This was an anti-theft stamp.
It was Auntie Cui and Sun Guixian.
The latter saw Xue Huahua staring at the woman at the door and quickly went forward to speak.
"Huahua, where's Dewen's wife?
You have to go to the commune hospital... "
Xue Huahua retracted her gaze from Sun Baoqin. She felt that something was wrong. However, giving birth was more important. She asked Sun Guixian to wait for a while.
She entered the house.
The room she lived in was big. Other than the bed, there was a big cabinet. There were two big jars next to the big cabinet.
There was a mat made of straw at the mouth of the jar.
There was a stone on the mat. She carried the stone down.
She took down the straw mat.
She squatted down.
She put her hand in.
After touching it for a long time, she took out a black piece of small steps and patted the dust off it.
She quickly walked out.
She handed the small steps to the thinner woman.
"Sister-in-law Cui.
I'll have to trouble you with Caizhi. I'm worried about giving the money to Dewen. Take it for him. "
The original owner of the body had put in a lot of effort to save up this money. She was reluctant to take it out even when Lu Mingwen got married. She was waiting for Chao Caizhi to give birth. Xue Huahua had counted it. It was not much. It was only enough to give birth to one child.
Sister-in-law Cui lowered her head in surprise. "You're not going?"
When the daughter-in-law in the village gave birth to a child, the mother-in-law would go and watch over her, afraid that the daughter-in-law would sell the newborn grandson. In this day and age, boys were treasures. They were fighting for someone to raise them. There were people loitering outside the commune hospital all day long. The family was so poor that they had no choice but to sell the boy.
After the founding of the People's Republic, selling a child was punishable by imprisonment. However, the two families did it secretly. They didn't say that they were selling it, but they said that they couldn't raise it.
However, the villagers knew the truth. They just didn't say it out loud.
Auntie Cui didn't expect Xue Huahua to not go. She opened her mouth and persuaded, "If you're quick, you'll be back tonight. If you can't walk, you can let Dewen carry you."
"No need, no need. I won't go. Second Brother and Third Brother are still lying down. Xixi can't leave me. I'll stay at home and guard him. Thank you for your trouble." Xue Huahua gave the small steps to Sister-in-law Cui and warned Lu Dewen. Lu Dewen didn't dare to say anything and nodded vigorously.
Sister-in-law Cui didn't say anything more. They could take care of her. She turned sideways and asked Zhao Caizhi if she could leave. After getting a nod, she left unhurriedly.
Xue Huahua went back to the house and picked up Xixi. She asked him if he was scared. Xixi shook his head. A two-year-old kid didn't know how to talk. Other than calling for his mom, dad and grandma, he could only say the word "work" clearly. She couldn't keep up with her nutrition. At Xixi's age, she would have started kindergarten when she died.
Xue Huahua patted his head and took him to the village to borrow eggs. There were not many people in the village who raised chickens. How could they have the food to raise chickens? They only borrowed 20 pens. Four of them were broken. She shook them by her ear and they made a ringing sound. She didn't mind and took them all.
When it was getting dark, she brought Xixi home. There was a bowl of wild vegetable porridge on the table. Xixi pointed at the bowl and called his grandma.
Xue Huahua shook her head at him. She put him on the firewood in the kitchen and began to cook.
She didn't know when Chao Caizhi and the others would come back, so she cooked more. She went back to her room and took out a small bag of sugar. She sprinkled some into Xixi's bowl. Xixi's eyes bulged and he couldn't stop smiling. Xue Huahua smiled and pinched his face. She scooped a bowl of porridge and stirred it with chopsticks. She carried him to the central room and fed him slowly.
When the small bowl of porridge was half left, Lu Mingwen walked in with his hands against the wall. He said embarrassedly, "Mom, I'm eating."
Xue Huahua's face was cold. "Where's your wife?"
Sun Baoqin never worked after she married. It was the original owner and Chao Caizhi who served her. She couldn't tolerate a lazy daughter-in-law.
Lu Mingwen lowered his head and whispered, "She went back to Sun Family Village. Mom …"
Lu Mingwen walked over slowly and sat down at the square table. The empty bowl on the table was taken away. In the dim light, he could only see the outline of the table. When he heard Chao Caizhi and Xixi talking in the room, he felt hungry. Sun Baoqin scolded him for being a good-for-nothing. He didn't even dare to eat leftovers. Why did she fall for him in the first place?
He was so angry that he ate the food.
It wasn't that he didn't eat secretly in the past. His eldest brother took the opportunity when they were working in the field to sneak home with the key. He ate all the leftovers in the kitchen. When his mother came back, she sat in the kitchen and secretly wiped her tears. After crying, the matter was over.
Now that he saw Xue Huahua's expressionless face, he felt scared. "Mom …" Lu Mingwen pursed his lips. "I ate the porridge. I was so hungry that I couldn't help it when I saw the porridge in the bowl …"
Xue Huahua glanced at him lightly and didn't say anything. After Xixi was full, she picked up the bowl beside her and ate. She ate very slowly, occasionally putting down her chopsticks to look at Lu Mingwen before continuing to eat. Lu Mingwen was scared by her gaze. He trembled and said, "Mom, I … I won't dare to do it again."
The house was silent.
The moon was hanging in the sky that night. It wasn't bright, just enough for him to see Xue Huahua's eyes clearly. That pair of eyes that were as empty as a dead pond had become much deeper, as though it was accumulating a vigorous energy. Lu Mingwen trembled and didn't dare to look at her.
After a long time, Xue Huahua said coldly, "Since you've eaten, go back to the house and sleep. I'll wake you up tomorrow morning," Xue Huahua said again.
Lu Mingwen frowned. "Mom, I'm not full …"
Xue Huahua threw her chopsticks and didn't look happy.
"You're not full? I'm not full yet. You guys don't work for a year and you want me to feed you for the rest of your lives? You want to eat your fill, right? Go to work tomorrow and earn some work before we talk. "
If not for the fact that she was afraid of scaring the child, she would have beaten up Lu Mingwen. He ate leftovers today, would he have to steal food tomorrow? It was easy to learn good but hard to learn bad.
Lu Mingwen trembled from the scolding and nodded in panic. "Okay."
Xue Huahua finished eating and then scooped a bowl of porridge for Lu Jianxun. Of the three sons, Lu Jianxun was the youngest and the most impulsive. Liu Huaxian brought people to scare them. Based on the original owner's character, he didn't fight back and just let them bully him. But Lu Jianxun was different. He shouted that political power comes from the barrel of a gun and rushed forward to fight.
This infuriated Liu Huaxian and she swung the hoe. Lu Jianxun was the most seriously injured. When he was sent to the commune hospital, the doctor said that there was no hope for him. He couldn't resist Lu Jianguo's persuasion before he agreed to have a check-up. Fortunately, it was more scary than dangerous. Other than the serious injury on his leg, everything else was fine. There were 5 stitches on his forehead, 12 stitches on his arms and 8 stitches on his leg.
She didn't know if it was because of his good foundation, but Lu Jianxun recovered the best out of the three brothers. Xue Huahua took into account his young age and let him lie at home until he was better before going out.
At this time, people's thoughts were not so complicated. Whatever the elders said, no matter how unreasonable or shrewd you were, you had to listen to your own parents.
Xue Huahua watched Lu Jianxun finish eating and washed the dishes under the moonlight. Just when she was about to go back to the room to sleep with Xixi in her arms, there was a fire not far away. Xue Huahua was happy and weighed Xixi in her arms. "Xixi, your mother and others are back. I don't know if they gave you a younger brother or sister."
After putting Xixi on the bed, she hurriedly went to the kitchen to boil water to cook poached eggs. The fire went out outside the yard, and Sister-in-law Cui's laughter sounded. "Huahua, your Caizhi made you proud. She gave birth to a boy again."
Before they reached the yard, they saw the shadow of fire in the kitchen. Needless to say, Xue Huahua must have seen them coming back and was making food in the kitchen. Many people in the village didn't have enough to eat, but they never forgot to do favors. For example, they came back with poached eggs. She asked Lu Dewen to help Chao Caizhi into the room to lie down, and she carried the child into the kitchen to let Xue Huahua see him.
Seeing the eggs and sugar on the stove, Sister-in-law Cui smiled from ear to ear. "Come and see your grandson. I'll light the fire for you."
As soon as she finished speaking, Sun Guixian had already sat down on the stool. "Let me do it. Huahua, go and see your grandson." She didn't mention a word about Sun Baoqin coming back and leaving.
Xue Huahua also didn't bother to ask. Her mind was on her grandson. The newborn child's face was wrinkled like an old man. Moreover, the light was dim, so she couldn't see his face clearly. But she still joked with him and asked about Lu Dewen's performance at the commune.
"He's doing well. He did whatever the doctor asked him to do. Guixian and I didn't run errands. On the way back, he even carried his wife for a while." He was already a father of two children. How could he be as lazy as before? Sister-in-law Cui said, "I see that Dewen is hardworking. You will live a happy life in the future."
Xue Huahua didn't think much of it. "I don't count on him."
God didn't let her come back to live a happy life. She came back to atone for her sins. She didn't teach her son well. Now that she had the chance to teach him well, she must make them right.
The water boiled. Xue Huahua let Sister-in-law Cui hold the child. She cracked four eggs into the pot. She kept the four rotten eggs alone. She didn't dare to take them out to serve guests.
The four poached eggs were placed in bowls with a lot of sugar. After eating them, they would still taste sweet with a bowl of soup.
Sister-in-law Cui and Sun Guixian sipped on the soup. Their eyes narrowed into slits. Xue Huahua may be poor, but she was generous when it came to favors.
In front of Lu Dewen was a small bowl of egg soup. He didn't expect there to be eggs and sugar in it. He was already grateful that Xue Huahua was willing to scoop out the egg paste for him. He held the bowl and drank two mouthfuls. His tongue touched something hard. It was so hot that he retracted his tongue. He raised his head in surprise. "Mom, I have eggs too?"
Xue Huahua sat at the side with the child in her arms. She looked indifferent. "Half an egg white. It's a reward for you."
Although it was only half an egg, it was enough to make Lu Dewen dance with joy. He drank the soup first and scooped two bowls of soup from the pot. He let the egg white fill the bowl. After he finished two bowls of soup, he raised the bowl and took small bites of the egg. It was tender and smooth. He hadn't eaten it for almost half a year.
Delicious!
His mother didn't lie to him. If he wanted to eat, he had to work. Only when he worked would he be given delicious food.
Ren'an Village was located in a hilly area with a gentle slope. At the foot of the mountain, a bamboo forest was planted. Up there were sparse trees. There was a narrow path leading to the production team on the other side of the mountain. Xue Huahua walked along the path and carefully picked up the dead branches that had fallen from the trees. At this time, everyone was busy working in the fields. Few people came to the mountains to collect firewood. Along the way, she picked up a lot of dried branches. She brought a few straws with her. She tied the branches and put them into the basket on her back. It was easier to carry it on her shoulder.
When she was halfway up the mountain, she was attracted by a cluster of green plants next to her. Under the bright sunlight, bright red and delicate fruits shook their heads. They were like stars flashing in the night sky, shiny and dazzling. She put down the basket and walked over slowly. When she got closer, she recognized that they were thorns that were everywhere in the countryside. They were small fruits that the children in the village fought to pick up.
Because thorns were full of thorns, the children were pricked and bled a lot. Even so, they still enjoyed it. The thorns in the field were still green. Many children couldn't wait to pick them and eat them. If there was a place where the thorns were mature and red, the children would be surprised. Even if it was a hillside where the adults didn't allow them, they would still secretly climb up to pick it.
Xue Huahua reached out to steady the branches and avoided the thorns. She carefully picked the thorns and put them into her right pocket. This was what Lu Jianxun saw. His mother was standing in the depths of the weeds. The light shone on her head and dyed her yellow hair with a layer of gold. Lu Jianxun called his mother and walked over step by step. "Isn't this a thorns? Why does mom pick it? "
Children liked to pick it and eat it when they were free, but adults didn't like it very much. It was sour and their teeth couldn't stand it. Moreover, picking thorns was troublesome. If they had the time, they might as well go to the field and dig.
Seeing that it was him, Xue Huahua didn't stop. There were many thorns. She picked the big and red ones and said, "Xixi will like it. I'll pick it and let him have a taste." Wild fruits that were worthless in the eyes of the villagers were quite nutritious. She remembered that when she was cleaning the street, they were sold for 29 yuan for a small box. There were many people who bought them. She asked curiously and found out their value.
Lu Jianxun held the leaves with two fingers and pointed his thumb to pick them. Xue Huahua laughed and said, "You stand on the side. You are the easiest to be pricked like this."
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