Chapter 68: Family Punishment

When he got home, Lao Mu didn't have the strength to say anything to Mu Zhen anymore, put down the bicycle, and walked straight into the house, without saying a word, he fell directly on the bed, at this time he knew in his heart that he had to rest quietly for a while, otherwise he would really beat Mu Zhen the head and face, he held back the anger in his heart, and carefully thought about the means that would be used to deal with Mu Zhen's problem.

Xiuhua, who was cooking in the kitchen, saw Lao Mu coming in from the door, his face was a little sallow, this is the color of Lao Mu's face when he was angry, Xiuhua didn't have time to greet Lao Mu, she heard Lao Mu's "bang" push the door, she had a hunch that things were not as simple as she thought, and even a little complicated, Xiuhua was silent, at this time she didn't know how to comfort Lao Mu, but her role in compromising in this home should also be played to alleviate Lao Mu's excited and manic emotions. This kind of compromise is not the first time, the moment Mu Hua entered this house, she has always played the role of a placebo in the family, no matter what the big right or wrong, Xiuhua will not be shocked by honor and disgrace, this is also the ability she practiced when she was a girl in her mother's house. People often say that husband and wife, for the combination of Lao Mu and Xiuhua, it really responds to the saying that heaven and earth are compatible.

Xiuhua, who was cooking well, did not rush to greet the whole family to eat, but asked Mu Yan to prepare before the meal first, and went to the bed to see Lao Mu lying down, she knew that Lao Mu's heart was on fire, and Mu Zhen's grades always affected his heart, this is Mu Zhen has been tightly connected with Lao Mu's nerves since the day she went to school, but the current matter, how to relieve it?

"Are you alright?" Xiuhua asked Lao Mu who was lying on the bed softly.

"What can I do? It's not me who has the problem, it's your unruly son!" said Old Mu in the tone he used to show when he was angry.

"Hey, there must be a reason for Mu Zhen's results, you can't just blame the child!" Xiuhua sighed and said.

"If you don't want him, can you still want me?" said Lao Mu and sat up from the bed, about to get out of bed.

Xiuhua pressed his shoulder: "Look at you, even if you wish for your son, there is no need to be angry, angry and angry, how are we going to live this day?"

Lao Mu sat on the edge of the bed and didn't respond, just sat there stunned.

"Is Big Brother at home?" a voice from outside the gate broke the brief silence between the two in the house.

The Xiuhua in the house and Lao Mu heard it at the same time. Xiuhua hurriedly retreated to the door of the house and beckoned, "Which gust of wind is blowing you again?" ”

"I came here, and I still need to blow the wind, but I am busy these days, and I don't have time to come and see the eldest brother, although in a village, it is really rare to see each other, because of the busy farming, you have not been to the pig farm to help for a while, so take advantage of this free time to come to the eldest brother to discuss something!" Tiancheng said, and went directly into the house.

Lao Mu, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, heard that Tiancheng was looking for him, so he stood up and answered: "What are you looking for me?"

"It's still a matter of the pig farm, the fire that happened in the pig farm a few days ago, although it didn't cause much damage, but the people in the village are in a mood, and there are still nonsense to talk about, I want to clarify it for you, calculate the accounts in detail, and give you a public view of our business during this time. Tiancheng said and stared at the expression on Lao Mu's face, and suddenly felt that Lao Mu was a little strange.

"Why is your face so ugly?Do you need to go to Lao Li Tou to take a look?" Tiancheng changed the topic and directly cared about Lao Mu's face.

"It's okay, don't mention it!" Lao Mu motioned for Tiancheng to continue.

"I see that you have something on your mind, and I want to hear your mind first!" Tiancheng felt that for Lao Mu, who was not in a good mental state, he should solve his own affairs first, and it was not too late to talk about his own affairs.

"My business is the child's business, Mu Zhen didn't do well in the exam, I just came back from school, and I heard the teacher say that he talked about his girlfriend at school!

"This ......" Lao Mu's words reminded Tiancheng of what happened that morning, his girlfriend must be the little girl he saw that morning, but for Lao Mu, Tiancheng can't mention it, and mentioning it is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire.

"It's not an exaggeration to say that this normal intercourse between men and women in adolescence is just about girlfriends, and this matter must be clarified before making a conclusion!" Tiancheng also wanted to extinguish the fire in Lao Mu's heart.

"It's also a fart, this kid is not angry, I don't plan to let him go on again, you came just in time today, if I don't see you, I really don't know what to do with him?"

"I have such a great ability!" Tiancheng smiled.

"Don't let him study, let him go to your place to raise pigs and wash his pig brains!" Lao Mu said with a sense of anger.

"How can this be done, besides, children can correct their mistakes, why let him go to me to suffer this sin?" Tiancheng immediately denied Lao Mu's idea.

"If you still have my eldest brother, let Mu Zhen go to your place to raise pigs, if you don't have my eldest brother, don't enter my house in the future!"

Lao Mu's stubbornness, Tiancheng is very clear, it seems that this matter has to be agreed, and if you don't agree, you have to agree, there is no room for negotiation.

"Okay, okay, you're the eldest brother, the younger brother listens to you, and it just so happens that I also need personal help!" Tiancheng responded.

Lao Mu's heart was soothed, what he was thinking about just now was lying on the bed, Mu Zhen was no longer a child, talking about a girlfriend, it means that he is already old, almost an adult, he can no longer fight like before, for such a problem, he should be punished in other appropriate ways, he was worried that he did not find a suitable way, and Tiancheng, who came in, immediately made his heart light up and had an idea.

Tiancheng naturally also understood what Lao Mu meant, how could Lao Mu in front of him be willing to let Mu Zhen follow him to raise pigs, he knew very well that Mu Zhen when he was a child did not do well in the exam because of his grades, and Lao Mu punished him to go to the field to cut the grass and feed the cattle, at that time Mu Zhen was still a child, when he walked into the village cattle pen with the cut grass on his back, Tiancheng also felt a little sorry for Mu Zhen in his heart, and he gave him his vacation in private at that time, and let him watch the cattle eat grass in the cattle pen.

The two thought about different thoughts, and after a while, Lao Mu thought of Tiancheng's topic again: "I said half of what I just said, what do you want me to do here?"

"You help me calculate the account, the people in the village believe in you, so you have to settle this account, and only after you calculate it clearly, can I win the trust of the people in the village in me!" Tiancheng said, with an expression of trust in Lao Mu on his face.

"Okay, I can't push this thing, as long as everyone trusts me, I will do it, and I will definitely live up to everyone's trust!" Lao Mu became a little naïve. It seems that Mu Zhen's troubles have been put aside.

"That's it, I see you haven't eaten yet!Go to my house after eating!" Tiancheng said, waving his hand to Xiuhua: "I'm leaving, sister-in-law!"

The three of them had a conversation in the hall, so that Mu Zhen, who was reading a book next door to the kitchen, could hear it clearly, and it was inevitable that there was an inexplicable pain in his heart. How did Lao Mu know what happened in Binhu Middle School, no matter who told him, in short, the truth of this matter Lao Mu didn't know, only knew part of it, and it wasn't very clear, otherwise he would understand why his test scores fluctuated so much. In this matter, Mu Zhen felt that there was still no need to tell Lao Mu thoroughly, it was better to keep it secret than to say it thoroughly, that is, if it was thorough, Lao Mu would not understand himself, and there was still the disgraceful details of the escape, how could he say it, that detail could only rot in his stomach, and it was impossible to tell anyone.

Mu Zhen, who was sitting in the room, was no longer thinking about the book, and was like a movie in front of him, thinking about which Lao Mu had found to understand his situation at school. He thought of Liu Xuchang's father's concerned eyes on him living in his home, thought of Director Liu's ardent expectations for him, thought of Lu Shuang's almost hideous face on the podium, and thought of the cunning of the bearded Zhang when he finally talked to him, they could all be the people who revealed his information to Lao Mu, but these were not like them, and he suddenly felt that this world was small.

Regarding the mention of letting herself go to Uncle Tiancheng's house to raise pigs, Mu Zhen thinks that this is much better than doing boring test questions under the supervision of Lao Mu.

"Brother, you have a girlfriend, when will you bring it home?" At some point, Mu Bao ran over and interrupted Mu Zhen's thoughts.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Mu Zhen rebuked in a low voice.

"I heard what my uncle said just now, but you still don't admit it?" Mu Bao said a little aggrieved.

"They said there is?" Mu Zhen raised his hand and made a gesture of clapping his mouth: "Don't follow the coaxing!"

Mu Bao saw that Mu Zhen was really angry, and he didn't dare to make a sound, he ran to find his sister Mu Yan, in fact, Mu Yan, who had been preparing a meal in the kitchen, also heard what the adults said, but he just felt that this was unlikely, after all, his brother was only two years older than him, how could he talk about girlfriends?

Mu Bao whispered to Mu Yan again when he mentioned his brother's talk about his girlfriend, and Mu Yan also scolded angrily like Mu Zhen: "Don't talk nonsense, my brother's grades are not good, I don't know who is talking nonsense, you follow the blind ginseng and what, and if you talk nonsense, you will be asked to go to the pigsty to feed the pigs!"

Mu Bao was bored with himself, stopped making a sound, sat on the small bench and stared at Mu Yan's action of serving dinner, I don't know what to think?

After lunch, Lao Mu took Mu Zhen to Tiancheng's pig farm, and there was nothing to say all the way, and when he arrived at the pig farm, Lao Mu noticed Lao Zhao who was sorting out pig manure under the scorching sun.

"Brother Zhao, what about Tiancheng?" asked Lao Mu as he greeted Lao Zhao.

"Rest in the house!" Lao Zhao stopped what he was doing and said casually.

Tiancheng, who was resting indoors, heard the sound of the two talking, and immediately stood up and greeted the door: "Come into the house quickly, and bring Mu Zhen here!"

"This child will be handed over to you from today onwards, and you can do whatever work you have here, and you can't take care of it in the slightest!" Lao Mu's emphasis was unpleasant for Tiancheng.

"A child is a child after all, besides, my work here is dirty and tiring, let him follow Brother Zhao for a few days!" Although Tiancheng understood that Lao Mu also made a decision in anger, he also tried to follow the classmate in front of him, so that he could have a ladder to go down.

"Brother Zhao, arrange a help for you, let him follow you to raise pigs for a few days!" Tiancheng shouted to Lao Zhao, who was working outside.

Lao Zhao heard the shout and entered the house, he looked at the three people suspiciously: "Which of you can do this kind of work with me?"

Tiancheng pointed to Mu Zhen who was standing beside Lao Mu: "Let him work with you for a few days, you just look at the arrangement!"

After speaking, Tiancheng waved his hand and motioned for Lao Zhao to lead Mu Zhen out.

Tiancheng in the house took out the account book and began to calculate the purchase, sale and inventory with Lao Mu for half a year, and from time to time there was a "crackling" sound of Lao Mu pulling the abacus beads.