Xie Bitao is studying at the village primary school.

Yuan Qiuhua was busy with farming, and when it came to the busy farming season, he had to rush to harvest when it was sunny and rushed to plant when it rained. As the agricultural proverb goes, spring fights for a day, summer fights for a time, farming should be sooner rather than later, people mistake a season, and people mistake a year. She had to work day and night, hurry up and work, and before she knew it, she forgot the hour, and at noon, she delayed going home to cook.

When Xie Bitao came back from school, she saw that the house was closed and the fire was out, so she found her grandmother to ask for food.

Shu Shilei is also studying in the village primary school, and Gong Magpie is at home with his granddaughter, cooking on time, and waiting for him to come back. After eating, the two old cousins went to school together.

Yuan Qiuhua knew, so he bought five catties of pork ribs, a pot of "Arowana" edible blended oil, a few one-pound crucian carp, three catties of tofu, a bottle of "Lao Gan Ma" hot sauce, and a 100-yuan snack to give to her mother-in-law to express her gratitude. Publicize the benefits of having the elderly in the family, and thank your mother-in-law for her help.

Xie Bitao ate a few times, and Shu Zhiqiang talked about cooperatives eating canteens again.

Not to mention how much grain his family eats from the Xie family, let's just say that his family now lives in Xie Bitao's house, cultivates Xie Bitao's fields, and has never paid a penny in rent, and Xie Bitao eats a few meals from his family? Not to mention how much grain his family eats from Xie Han's family, just that his family still eats the grain in the barn of the old ancestral house, how can he say this? Not to mention that Gong Magpie helped his family raise a few children, let's just say that like Xie Bitao's situation, Gong Magpie should have raised her to adulthood, and he was really good enough to do it!

Xie Bitao was angry, went home and filled a basin full of rice with a basin and sent it to him. Xie Jiayan accepted it without saying a word and poured it into the rice bucket at home.

Although the object is small, it shows the heart, understands the motives and purposes of others, and does not listen with the ears, but looks at the actions. When Yuan Qiuhua heard this, she was so angry that she couldn't speak, so she picked up a load of rice and gave it to Shu Zhiqiang.

Xie Jiayan also accepted it and poured it into the rice jar at home.

Shu Zhiqiang is still not satisfied, his attitude is blunt, he beats children from time to time, scolds his wife, complains about his mother-in-law, scolds Sang Huai, loses his temper at every turn, throws dishes and chopsticks, lifts the dining table, picks up the bench, roars like thunder, scares people and does not dare to laugh, the scene is particularly quiet, indifferent, and the atmosphere is particularly depressing and restrained.

Xie Bitao was originally timid and afraid, but she was intimidated by her second uncle, and she didn't dare to come out, she was trembling and cowering when she ate, like sitting on pins and needles, she didn't know the taste of food, and eating was like receiving a punishment. I was hungry during class, so I bought instant noodles, chewed them dry, and chatted to satisfy my hunger.

The dinner table is like an interrogation table, as soon as Shu Zhiqiang sat down, he picked up the wine glass and reprimanded him with a straight face, saying that this is not good, saying that it is not right, everyone owes him, everyone is not as good as him, and he roars angrily at every turn, the eldest child is scared to cry, the younger child is scared to cry, and the eaves sparrows are frightened and flying. Drinking alcohol is like drinking mad medicine, as soon as the pot is down, he goes crazy, howls at every turn, his wife avoids his eyes and wipes tears, and his mother-in-law complains bitterly behind his back.

Seeing this, Xie Bitao got off the table, didn't dare to eat, and hurried out of the house.

The snacks that Yuan Qiuhua bought for her mother-in-law were either accompanied by Shu Zhiqiang's wine, or they were fragrant by the children of the Shu family. Gong Magpie and Xie Jiayan watched Xie Bitao go out of the house with an empty stomach, hungry to go to school, neither of them took a piece of cake or a biscuit to satisfy Xie Bitao's hunger, nor did they give Xie Bitao a yuan to buy instant noodles to eat, and they all regarded Xie Bitao as a fool who didn't eat and didn't know how to be hungry.

Fortunately, Yuan Qiuhua's pocket money is sufficient, Xie Bitao is tired of eating instant noodles, she can eat a boxed lunch, and when she is tired of eating a boxed lunch, she can eat a small stir-fry. Fortunately, there are many good people in the world who pity the lonely, I heard that Xie Bitao had no whereabouts for lunch, both the teacher asked her to eat at home, and some classmates brought her food from home, and even the school's kitchen staff also gave her a free copy of the working meal that the teacher ate.

Unfortunate children have more complex emotions, more sensitive psychology, stronger self-esteem, and are most afraid of human favors, especially those that contain charity. Under people's special attention, in the whispered discussion, Xie Bitao lowered her head to eat the free lunch, the corner of her eyes swept away, everyone looked at her kind of pitiful eyes, compassionate demeanor, and took it all in her heart, the more she ate, the more ashamed she became, the more she ate, the more ashamed she became, the more ashamed she felt, the more she felt ashamed, the more she felt ashamed, she felt more and more ashamed, she couldn't find a cave to get into, and she couldn't wait to be invisible. At that moment, she would rather buy instant noodles to eat, buy egg fried rice to eat, rather eat nothing, be hungry, or spend a high price, at least with peace of mind, at least at ease.

There is no free lunch in the world, in terms of material, people make an exception to give, and in terms of spirituality, people have gained something. For example, in contrast, people feel superior conditions, feel lucky, grateful for the care of their parents, feel happy in life, sigh at the warmth of the family, and discover the importance of their loved ones.

The free lunch made Xie Bitao feel humiliated, eating the same taste and chewing wax, eating tears to her face, and she couldn't swallow it anymore. After school, she no longer stays at school, even if she knows that she has no food to eat, she has to go home, even if she buys instant noodles to eat, she has to avoid her classmates, and even if she is hungry, she has to laugh and say that she eats.

Xie Hejia's classmates still thought she was having lunch at Shu Zhiqiang's house. When I went home after school, I didn't break up until the old ancestral house, and when I was invited to school, I also came to the old ancestral house to call her. Under the eyes of his classmates and the inquiries of his elders, Xie Bitao wanted to create the illusion of "having something to eat", so he couldn't help but step into the door of the old ancestral house. When she entered the door, the food was placed on the table, Shu Shilei asked her to eat, and she couldn't help but pick up the bowl.

Occasionally, he did not go crazy, Shu Zhiqiang talked about things, ate in the canteen every word, and explained in detail what a people's commune was, what kind of tossing and turning during the people's commune period, and how many people starved to death; what is a cooperative, publicizing world harmony, and severely criticizing privatization, all the peasants' fields, furniture, and livestock were confiscated by the cooperative, used collectively, and jointly owned, and the agricultural cooperatives only had endless work, but they could not get enough rations, and the good year was also a famine year; what was a canteen, the iron pot was smashed to make steel, every member was not allowed to cook, and the whole family was free of charge for old snacks, and when the canteen collapsed, people starved to death every day。

On similar topics, she said over and over again that no matter how stupid Xie Bitao was, she could understand her second uncle's metaphor that she ate in the canteen, worried that she would be addicted to eating from now on, tabooing her eating habits for many years, and finally eating his family down and causing his family to starve to death.

Xie Bitao sighed, didn't eat food, didn't drink water, turned around and went home, and cooked by herself. When she went to school, she took Yuan Qiuhua's rice and the milk that her little brother drank to the third mother who was working in the field.

Yuan Qiuhua felt abnormal, interrogated Xie Bitao, and then went to the school to inquire, and finally figured out the reason and process, she regretted it, blamed herself for being careless, thought things simple, reviewed herself lightly, and took them seriously, some people have no sense of proportion, no weight, and they don't deserve the respect of others at all.

At first, I heard Shu Zhiqiang say that Xie Bitao ate in the canteen, Yuan Qiuhua thought that he was explicitly indicating that his niece would eat white food, so she sent him a load of rice, and his niece would eat five meals a week, and one load of rice was enough for her to eat for half a year, so he didn't suffer.

Unexpectedly, it backfired, but Shu Zhiqiang's attitude became worse and worse, in addition to scaring his niece, he also had to eat in the cafeteria, Yuan Qiuhua suddenly understood, he didn't care about rice, he cared about the existence of his niece. As long as she lives, she will inherit her parents' family property when she becomes an adult, and the house he lives in now and the land he planted must one day be returned to its original owner. Besides, she has her adoptive mother Yuan Qiuhua, her godmother Blue Fire Lotus, and the two backers have joined forces to help her, these two women are not fuel-efficient lamps, they have both intelligence and money power, lawyers and the media have a good relationship, and he will go to war every day, even if the gentleman can deceive him, if he does not lose money, he will lose face, and if he does not lose his anger, he will lose money. What he lacks most is money, but these two women are not bad for money, and they spend money to help her, and they don't seek fame or profit, just to overthrow him and prove that evil does not prevail over good.

With suspicion and hatred, entangled and twisted, he looked at Yuan Qiuhua with all kinds of unhappiness, just as Yuan Qiuhua looked at him ominously. For the subject Xie Bitao, he naturally regarded it as a thorn in his eye, a thorn in his flesh, and when he saw it in his eyes, he saw it in his heart, and his thoughts were corrupted. If she dies like Xie Jinlian, from the legal aspect, her mother-in-law is the only heir to Xie Wu's family property, and her mother-in-law's money, he can induce her mother-in-law to make a suicide note, designate him as the heir, and then turn it into an existing one, and from the perspective of folk customs, he can also persuade his mother-in-law to let his nephew inherit his uncle, or his nephew and nephew inherit half of each, even if the status quo is maintained, he has to have a wing of the old ancestral house, and Xie Wen has to be connected to a half room, even if these two women come forward to obstruct it, they can't help the mother-in-law to force the palace with death, take their lives to knock each other, and give an ultimatum, even if these two women stick to their posts, they can't help Xie Han's fear of things, fear of death, and fear of involvement。 As long as these two women are overturned and bypassed, the family has always been based on settling lawsuits, filling the inside, balancing interests, and the result of the coordination of the men, it is nothing more than that the three parties take a step back, and no one wants to swallow it alone, only to divide it together, Xie Han raised his niece, got the land, and he got the wing house and earned it.

According to the clues of the gathering, Yuan Qiuhua analyzed the few words, studied the clues, and had an epiphany that Shu Zhiqiang had bad intentions, and wanted to blackmail his mother-in-law to make his wife and brother, from seizing the orphan's property to inheriting the property of a childless household.

From then on, she was afraid of delaying Xie Bitao's schooling and affecting her studies, so no matter how busy she was, she had to rush home early, cook and wait for her, so that as soon as she came back, she could eat on time and go to school on time.

The encounters of family life kept admonishing and reminding Yuan Qiuhua, although she couldn't bear it, but the feeling of being lonely and sad and having cold lips and teeth prompted her to be vigilant against the Shu family from beginning to end, and her defensive heart was much stronger than ordinary people. She thinks in the worst direction, and the heart of defense is indispensable, and at the same time she does it in the best direction, and the heart of harm must not be had, and the rest is natural, and she can do what she wants.