"Don't, ah, go away......" A terrible exclamation pierced the silence of the afternoon, and suddenly resounded in the silent room.

Gong Mengshu woke up from the nightmare, her chest rose and fell from extreme palpitations, her breathing was short, and her whole body was wet with cold sweat. She opened her eyes, her dilated pupils gradually adjusting to the light around her, and then she realized that she was in a dream.

She sat up slowly and leaned against the head of the bed, the little clothes inside were already soaked, her face was as white as a piece of paper, her slender fingers were still tightly gripping the bedding, and a chill on her back made her tremble.

In the nightmare, the same picture has been repeated, Cheng Ruikai's eyes pressed towards her coldly, tearing her clothes violently, his movements were rough and fierce, and the pain that penetrated deep into the bone marrow made her can't help but scream and cry in her sleep.

She was gasping for breath, the harsh afternoon sun still reminded her that she was dreaming, she patted her chaotic forehead with her hand, the cold sweat on her body had not yet dried, but new cold sweat kept coming out. She looked around nervously and sensitively, lest her unintentional dream cry be heard. But the room was quiet, and there was no half of it, so she breathed a sigh of relief and quickly got up and got out of bed.

It's just a nap in the afternoon, but she is having a nightmare, she wiped the sweat from her forehead with her hands, and before she could catch her breath, there was a call from Huang's mother outside the house: "Daughter-in-law, hurry up and help me go to the dim sum shop to take back the dim sum basket, and I will still load things when I go back!" Gong Mengshu hurriedly responded: "Got it, mother, I'll go now!" said and put on his coat indiscriminately, hurriedly put on his messy hair, and opened the door and went out.

Outside the door of the house, Huang Mu looked at Gong Mengshu's flustered appearance, and couldn't help but look at her a few more suspiciously, and said, "What are you doing in the room?" I shouted that you couldn't get out for half a day......

"Oh, I just leaned on the bed for a while, but I fell asleep......" Gong Mengshu's face was red, a little ashamed.

"I'm out of the room early in the morning when you're your age, and I can't go back until the evening, when the family has a lot of work to do. Even now I am not idle every day. I see you, you're used to enjoying it, so you're tired from doing some work......" Huang Mu shook her head and slurred.

Gong Mengshu hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Mother, will you let me go to the dim sum shop to collect baskets now?" As he spoke, he lowered his head and hurried out of the courtyard. Huang Mu said loudly behind her: "Come back quickly after receiving the house, Qilun is about to get out of class, and when he comes back, he won't see you anymore and he will play with the child's temper again!"

"I know, I'll be back soon!" Gong Mengshu turned around and replied to Huang Mu's words, and trotted out of the courtyard door.

The neighbors in the miscellaneous courtyard heard the conversation between Huang's mother and Gong Mengshu, poked their heads out of the door and said with a smile: "Huang family lady, in fact, your daughter-in-law is already very diligent, she gets up in the middle of the night to help you grind rice milk and make snacks, delivers and collects guys for you during the day, and serves your son at night, doing laundry, cooking, and running errands, you can be regarded as a virtuous person!

"What, this is what she should do, it's all to blame for my family Qilun being fascinated by her, otherwise now I married the daughter of the squire of our hometown, and now I still need to sell these cheap snacks, I would have been lying at home and enjoying happiness!"

Gong Mengshu took the household belongings containing snacks and hurried home, it was already dark. She went back to the yard panting, cleaned the bamboo baskets and plaques that had been stained with crumbs, dried them with a soft cloth and put them in order, and then returned to the kitchen to prepare for dinner. There was only a bowl of rice and two plates of dishes with only clear soup and little water left on the dining table, and a stack of used dirty dishes and chopsticks on the side.

She was so hungry that her stomach hurt a little, so she picked up the bowl and didn't sit down to eat, but stood and hurriedly picked up a few mouthfuls of white rice to fill her stomach casually. Then he began to clean up the dirty dishes and chopsticks on the table, and took them to wash them without saying a word. When everything was finally in order, she dragged her tired steps back to the house.

Huang's mother had already gone to sleep, Huang Qilun was reading under the lamp, when he heard the sound of the door, he didn't raise his head and said: "Mengshu, I'm going to climb the mountain with my classmates today, everyone competes to see who climbs the fastest, but I am so tired that I can't catch my breath, my legs are so sore that I almost can't go down the mountain, and now it's even more sore when I rest——"

"Oh, then I'll boil some hot water for you to soak your feet, it might feel better-" Gong Mengshu hurriedly said.

"I'm tired of you," Huang Qilun finally raised his head to look at Gong Mengshu and showed her a grateful smile. Gong Mengshu smiled lightly and shook his head slightly, then turned around and went out.

The stove was red, illuminating Gong Mengshu's slightly haggard face, and she sat on the small bench in front of the stove, staring at the red fire, bored and waiting for the hot water to boil. The autumn night was a little cool, and there was a little warmth by the fire. She opened her somewhat cloudy eyes, rubbed her fingers, which had been rough and chapped before winter, and sighed softly after a while.

It has been more than a month since I got married, and I repeat this process every day, and my life is dull. Huang Qilun was okay with her at first, but as time passed, his attitude became more and more cold. Although Gong Mengshu guessed that he might not be able to let go of her past, he still had a fluke mentality in his heart, feeling that maybe because of the pressure of Huang Qilun's studies and life, he had no time to treat her like before, and he should think too much about herself.

As for Huang Mu's attitude, she was as harsh as before. In fact, she expected her bleak future before she got married, so she can accept the ordinary life as water now. Although the days are difficult and not as good as they should be, let it be safe when it comes, and maybe one day there will be a light at the end of the tunnel. Gong Mengshu, who has a weak appearance, has been like a tough thatch since he was a child, and he has not lost confidence in the current bleak life.

After getting hot water from the kitchen for Huang Qilun to soak his feet and serving him to sleep, Gong Mengshu dragged his tired body to bed. Just had a hazy sleepiness and was about to fall asleep, but she heard Huang Qilun suddenly remind her: "Mengshu, tomorrow is the deadline for me to pay tuition, you and your mother don't forget to pay me tuition." ”

Gong Meng opened his eyes in response, and his sleepiness disappeared. Huang Qilun saw that Gong Mengshu agreed, so he turned around and snorted reassuringly. Huang Qilun continued his unfinished studies after marriage, while Gong Mengshu and Huang's mother took on the responsibility of supporting the family.

Huang Qilun's annual tuition is a large expense, and Huang's mother can be said to get up early and be greedy for school every day, and do his best. Although now with Gong Mengshu's help, but after all, it is a small business, and he can't make much money from hard work, Huang Qilun's tuition fees this semester have been owed to the school for some time, and Huang's mother only needs to sell more osmanthus black plum cakes to fill this bottomless pit.

Gong Mengshu's sleep was already shallow, so he took care of his thoughts, and it was difficult to sleep this night. At three o'clock in the morning, Huang Mu came to knock on the door and stood at the door and coughed a few times, Gong Mengshu hurriedly got up from the bed as if he heard the hour ringing on time, and helped Huang Mu make snacks. She turned around and quietly closed the door, and Huang Qilun was still sleeping in bed.

After dawn, Gong Mengshu followed Huang's mother's instructions, first went to the dim sum shop to settle the payment for the pastries, and then went to Sister Ma's house next door to borrow a little, so as to make up enough for Huang Qilun's tuition for one semester. Huang's mother asked Gong Mengshu to send the tuition to Huang Qilun early, and he couldn't register anymore after today.

Gong Mengshu hurriedly ran away sweating with the money, and her hands kept covering her chest, for fear that Huang Qilun's tuition would be robbed. When he arrived at school, Huang Qilun, who was late for class, was already looking around at the door waiting for Gong Mengshu. As soon as Gong Mengshu ran closer, he stretched out his hand and said, "Money?" Gong Mengshu hurriedly handed over the money.

Huang Qilun took the tuition but did not enter the school immediately, but urged Gong Mengshu: "You go quickly, the family is busy again, and when the time comes, my mother will talk about you again-" Gong Mengshu thought about it, so he turned around and left, Huang Qilun saw Gong Mengshu's figure go away, Fang also turned around and left the school, and did not enter the campus at all.

Gong Mengshu felt dizzy while walking, presumably because he didn't sleep well last night, and he had a cold today. She sucked on her blocked nose, and just returned to the courtyard in a groggy state, when her neighbor Sister Ma saw her, she pulled her aside and whispered: "Huang family's daughter-in-law, you are back, it seems that your mother's family is looking for you in an emergency!"

"Huh?" Gong Mengshu's face suddenly changed when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked, "Where is the person looking for me?"

"I was bombarded by your mother-in-law and waited at the back door!" Sister Ma kindly gave Gong Mengshu advice. Gong Mengshu hurriedly thanked the neighbors, and didn't bother to go back to the house first, but eagerly ran to the back door to see what was going on. Standing anxiously at the back door was the tailor who had made her a wedding dress. This tailor and Mrs. Gong Wu Peisi have been friends for decades, and they grew up watching Gong Mengshu.

"Auntie, why are you here, come and sit down in the house!" Gong Mengshu ran forward and said apologetically to the tailor.

"Mengshu, I've been waiting for you for a long time, you hurry up and go back with me! Something is wrong with your family!" When the tailor saw Gong Mengshu, he didn't care about being polite to her, but pulled Gong Mengshu with a pale face and said.

"My family—what's going on?" Gong Mengshu looked at the tailor with a solemn face, and a sense of foreboding rose in his heart, and he hurriedly grabbed the tailor's hand and asked urgently.

"Alas, your dad suddenly had a stroke and was admitted to the hospital, and he may be paralyzed in bed. Now your mother is too busy to leave, so I asked her to help her talk to you!" the tailor sighed.

"Isn't my dad doing well?How did he have a stroke?Did something happen?" Gong Mengshu's head roared, and he hurriedly clenched the tailor's hand.

The tailor looked at Gong Mengshu, who was anxious, and looked around again to see that no one had a talent and lowered his voice and said to Gong Mengshu: "Your second mother ran away with someone, and even your brother was taken away, and all the gold and silver in your family were swept away, and nothing was left for your father and your mother, do you say that your father Gong Master Gong can not be so angry that he has a stroke and vomits blood?!"

The tailor's words were like a thunderbolt from the sky, and Gong Mengshu couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.