Their family always ate cornbread made from mixed grains for breakfast. Tie Dan sat at the table, looking at the familiar breakfast but had no appetite at all, and didn't notice that something was wrong with his mother.
Er Ya didn't sleep well last night, but she had to get up and wash up as soon as it was light this morning, because she was afraid that her mother would make her stay home to take care of her younger brother again.
Fortunately, this topic wasn't brought up until they were all seated at the table.
"Mom, why are we eating this again?"
Previously, the mixed grain steamed buns would at least have a little bit of wheat flour mixed in, but later they were all mixed grains. If you took a bite, you had to stretch your neck for two miles, and you could only drink water constantly.
After drinking the water, the grains immediately swelled up, and they quickly felt full. So when there wasn't enough food at home, Zhou Lian would make cornbread for them.
Everyone complained, but Zhou Lian was unusually silent today.
"Mom, my pants are ripped."
"My clothes are torn too."
Normally, if Zhou Lian heard that the children's clothes were torn again, she would definitely scold them and accuse them of not taking care of their clothes, but she didn't today.
"Huh? Put it there, I'll make it for you later."
Even Wang Minggui, who had been silent all along, glanced at her and noticed that Zhou Lian looked somewhat flustered.
He frowned slightly, but didn't pay much attention, quickly put down his bowl, and went to work.
The cornbread at home wasn't enough for him. He trained so much in the morning, so he had to buy two steamed buns from the canteen to tide him over.
Er Ya didn't say a word from beginning to end. As soon as she finished eating, she put on her schoolbag and ran out.
"Tiedan, wait a minute, Mom has something to tell you."
"What's up? Why don't we talk about it after school? I'm going to be late."
Soon, apart from Xiao Liu lying in his swaddling clothes, only Zhou Lian and Tie Dan remained in the house.
Tiedan is her eldest son. Before Wang Minggui was home, Tiedan was Zhou Lian's emotional support. Even though she had other children later, this child was always different in her heart.
"Mom wants you to do me a favor." Zhou Lian swallowed hard, trying to appear calm.
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"Bye, Daddy!"
An'an sat on the back of her aunt's bicycle, excitedly saying goodbye to Lu Yang.
Lu Yang sighed and closed the door.
The sun has been shining brightly these past few days, and the marinated meat has been left to dry in the backyard. The kitten is very perceptive; although it's not very big, Lu Yang told it once, and it's been lying in the backyard ever since, preventing the birds from coming over.
Of course, Lu Yang also promised to reward it with a small piece of dried meat every day.
An'an has become obsessed with going to the mountains with Liu Jiandong, and now she doesn't even want to go to the nursery class anymore.
"We agreed to go to the preschool tomorrow."
An An nodded repeatedly, but Lu Yang knew that even though she agreed now, it was hard to say whether she would actually go tomorrow.
Lu Yang told himself that he was not spoiling his child; it was just that the preschool class didn't teach her much at her age, and he definitely couldn't let her do whatever she wanted when she started attending classes.
"Auntie, we're going up the mountain again today, are you coming?"
She almost cried that night on the mountain, but now all she remembers is that they hunted a wild boar, had a lot more meat at home, and started going up the mountain again.
"Your aunt has to go to work today. You will go with your uncle. You must stay with your uncle and don't wander off."
"OK."
An'an is extremely happy now. She's someone who can hunt wild boars, that's amazing!
Aunt Tian and the others had emphasized to An'an that she was not allowed to mention to outsiders that she had found something on the mountain at night.
She remembered it, but still wanted to brag to others. Now she just hoped her mother would come back soon.
"Huh? What's that scoundrel doing here again?"
Following An'an's words, Lu Ronghui looked over and saw a boy of about ten years old walking on the mountain road with his schoolbag on his back.
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