Li Guizhi entered the house and asked Mrs. Zhou for instructions, "Mother, the pig has been rubbed out of the water with snow, can you take a look at it?" ”

Mrs. Zhou put on her shoes and went to the ground, while slumping her face and reprimanding Li Guizhi: "What do you do every day, you have to find me!" My old arms and legs still have to serve you! ”

Li Guizhi stood aside with his head bowed and didn't say a word. It's not that she doesn't know how to make this pig go into the water, it's just the rule of the Zhou family, and the meat must be cooked by Mrs. Zhou's hands. There are a few pieces of meat that she has to see clearly, or the old lady Zhou scolds even more ugly, what kind of conscience to eat, no old man in the eyes, etc., it is light, and if it is serious, throw chopsticks and throw the bowl, everyone don't want to eat and stop eating. Therefore, knowing that if you come to ask, you will have to accept a few words, but Li Guizhi still has to come over.

"Grandma, I want to eat pigs in the water for dinner!" Qian Tie also went to the ground and wanted to go to the kitchen to watch Mrs. Zhou cook.

For the first time in a few years, when I smelled meat, the adults and children in the family all showed joy on their faces, and their laughter was several degrees higher, and their steps were brisk. Especially a few children, they always want to go around the kitchen and smell the meat.

But in the Zhou family, children are never allowed to go to see when cooking meat, which was reprimanded by Mrs. Zhou as "chopping pot" and "gluttony". Therefore, no matter how excited and curious the children are today, they all stay in the house in a proper manner. Even Zhou Xia, who had been burning the fire in the kitchen, cautiously returned to the house and gave the fire to Li Guizhi.

Of course, this rule does not exist for the four children of the Qian family and Zhou Hongying, so Qian Tie followed Mrs. Zhou to the kitchen with the pride of enjoying privileges, maybe his grandmother could give him a piece of it first when it came out of the pot later.

When it was dark, Zhou Chunfa came back and brought back a little purple potion. The frostbite cream in the township health center ran out last winter, and Zhou Chunfa had to come after grinding with Dr. Cui for a long time. Zhou Hongxiang can't help it, this purple potion is also a medicine anyway, so she can only wipe it first. As a result, Qian Yan's red and swollen feet were smeared with a layer of purple potion, turning into an even more terrifying purple-black.

Finally looking forward to the meal time, because of the arrival of Zhou Hongxiang's wife, today the women sat on the kang to eat, Qian Yan's feet could not go to the ground, and it was warm on the kang.

There is only a little salt smell of the pig water exudes a fishy smell, but no one cares, I haven't seen a shadow of meat for several years, no matter what the taste is, this is good meat.

Zhou Hongxiang and Zhou Hongying put a big bowl of corn batter made separately without vegetable leaves in front of them, which looked quite sticky, which showed that there was no shortage of grain. The pigs were also divided, and there was a small basin in front of the four people who received special treatment, and they were given most of the basin, and the rest of the Zhou family members each received a few pieces.

As Zhou Wanwan expected, Zhou Yang was forgotten as always. I haven't seen good food in a few years, and no one thinks that there is a thirteen-year-old child at home who hasn't eaten it. And this child is braving the cold of the wax moon to earn work for the family.

"Milk, can you leave a few pieces for my brother? My brother hasn't eaten meat in years. Zhou Chen begged Mrs. Zhou with a little weakness in his voice, and it is estimated that he also knew in his heart that the possibility of leaving Zhou Yang for him was also very small, but he couldn't help but say it.

"What do you leave for him? He has several taels of grain a day at the construction site, and he eats better than anyone else! Why didn't you see him leave a bite for his family? Mrs. Zhou stared at Zhou Chen on the ground with fiery eyes, it is estimated that it is one thing that refuses to leave Zhou Yang, but more importantly, Zhou Chen dares to question the authority of her as an allocator, implying that she is unfair, which Mrs. Zhou absolutely cannot allow.

"Didn't my brother give all the dried melons to the milk every day?" Zhou Chen was young after all, and he knew that he couldn't fight for results, so he still expressed his dissatisfaction for many days in anger.

This sentence stabbed Mrs. Zhou's hornet's nest, and she slammed her chopsticks on the table and began to clap her thighs and howl: "I'm dead!" What am I doing alive! I'm living so old to let a little brute point at my nose and scold! I get up early and serve the family at night, and in the end I have to suffer the anger of a grandson! What am I still alive for? ”

Zhou Chen's stubborn temper came up, and he wanted to say something more, but was dragged by Zhou Chunfa, "Sile, apologize to your milk!" ”

Zhou Chen took a breath, and he didn't speak.

Mrs. Zhou pointed at Zhou Chen on the kang and scolded: "You eat me and drink mine, I raised you and raised a revenge?!" You can't look down on me if your wings aren't hard yet, and you can still get it when you grow up! You white-eyed wolf! Your damned ghost mother fed you a litter of white-eyed wolves! ”

was scolded to his mother, the green tendons on Zhou Chen's neck jumped, and he was about to reason with Mrs. Zhou when he was stalked. was held down by Zhou Fu and covered his mouth. Zhou Chen struggled hard, after all, he was young, and he couldn't earn Zhou Fu, who had been doing farm work all year round, and he was held down by him, and he couldn't break it off, and finally his eyes were red in a hurry.

Mrs. Zhou pointed her finger at Zhou Chen and then scolded: "Have a virtue with your dead ghost mother!" Hide your eyes with me! Before you died, you played tricks on me, and you will be punished! God can't even see it! Let her not die well! That's retribution! ”

Zhou Wanwan looked at Zhou Chen who was struggling desperately distressedly, and the grief and anger that had nowhere to vent made him burst into tears instantly, and the grief in his throat shook Zhou Wanwan's heartache, and tears flowed uncontrollably.

In her previous life and present life, Zhou Wanwan had no impression of her mother at all, and besides, in her previous life, she had heard too much of her grandmother's insults to her mother, so she didn't have much feeling about Mrs. Zhou's sudden attack today. She just felt sorry for Zhou Chen, this sensitive and affectionate little boy, he couldn't bear to be slandered like this after the death of his gentle and loving mother in his heart, the anger of being insulted and the inability to defend his mother shocked this little boy who was only ten years old to the point of almost collapse.

"It's all stopped!" In the end, Old Man Zhou couldn't stand it, slapped the table, and drank Old Mrs. Zhou down, "What are you doing with a dead man?" When people die, don't mention it anymore! He instructed Zhou Chen again: "Apologize to your milk, why do you talk to your milk?" And there are no rules! ”

was stirred up by Old Man Zhou like this, Zhou Chen couldn't say anything, so he could only cry there with his neck in his hands.

"Apologize to me! How can I make him apologize? Mrs. Zhou twisted her body on the kang and pouted her chin to make a face like an old lady.

"If you don't apologize, no one wants to eat this meal!" Zhou Jun whispered next to Zhou Chen. Because of the cultivation of spiritual spring water and spiritual liquid, Zhou Wanwan's five senses became very intelligent, and she heard Zhou Jun's low whispers clearly.

Zhou Chen looked at the family, took a few deep breaths, and said hoarsely: "Milk, I was wrong." ”

"What's wrong with you? It's me who is wrong! I should have thrown you into a urinal and drowned when I was born! To feed is to be a sin! Mrs. Zhou didn't even look at Zhou Chen, obviously dissatisfied with his apology.

"Just say the wrong thing so lightly? It's time for a big-eared scraper to slap you hard! Zhou Hongying was obviously also very dissatisfied, and couldn't wait to tear Zhou Chen on the ground, "Kneel down and kowtow to your milk!" ”

"Sile, kowtow to your milk! Your milk feeds you so big, can't she stand your head? Wang Fengying looked at the pig in the bowl and was so anxious that Mrs. Zhou didn't want to eat, she knelt down according to Zhou Chen's heart.

Zhou Chen looked at the people of the Zhou family who were staring at him, wiped his face with his sleeve, his expression slowly became very calm, and even his voice became calm, he knelt down without any ambiguity, and kowtowed to Mrs. Zhou, "Milk, I was wrong." Raising her head again, Zhou Wanwan found that there were a lot more things in Zhou Chen's eyes. This smart and sensitive teenager suddenly seemed to have grown up a lot.

The old lady Zhou saved face, once again established the status of the queen of the Zhou family without dispute, and began to eat proudly under the service of her two daughters.

It's finally time to eat. The Zhou family, as always, began to eat silently, attentively and ferociously.

Zhou Wanwan found that Zhou Chen ate one bite at a time, eating very seriously and slowly, as if it took a lot of effort for him to drink the bowl of thin vegetable leaf porridge in his stomach. Just when she was worried about whether Zhou Chen had been injured in the struggle just now, Zhou Chen suddenly sped up her eating speed and drank the porridge in a few sips.

As if knowing that his sister had been paying attention to him, Zhou Chen finished drinking the porridge, turned his head to meet Zhou Wanwan's gaze accurately, and smiled lightly, his smile was bright and warm, and his eyes were clear and deep.

This meal, except for Zhou Wanwan, who has been paying attention to Zhou Chen, no one noticed that Zhou Chen didn't touch the pigs in his bowl without touching a mouthful, he took them back and left them for Zhou Yang.

That night, the brother and sister went back to the West House early, and Zhou Chen never looked at the kang head that Zhou Hongxiang and they were talking about.

After burning the kang and laying out the quilt, Zhou Chen put his sister on the quilt and sat down. Recently, she sat at the evening party every week, was trying to learn to crawl, and trained herself very actively every day, even if she returned to the West House, where the walls were so cold that there were pieces of hoarfrost, she had to exercise for a while before she was willing to enter the bed.

But I didn't have the heart to practice tonight tonight. She had been paying attention to Zhou Chen's emotions, and after experiencing such huge mood swings, it was impossible for him to be as calm as he appeared to be.

Finding that her sister was particularly attached to herself today, Zhou Chen took off her padded jacket and pants for Zhou Wanwan, hugged her into the quilt, and began to talk to her.

"Do you remember our mother?" Then he smiled bitterly, "You're too young, you must not remember." Our mother is beautiful, when I was a child, I competed in the township Yangge, and I also asked my mother to play a fairy. ”

"Our mom is beautiful." Zhou Wanwan repeated, encouraging Zhou Chen to continue to speak, let him say it, and the depression in his heart can be dissipated.

"Hmmm! Our mom is beautiful. Zhou Chen smiled and kissed the top of his sister's head, "Our mother is also skillful, needlework, knitting sweaters, crocheting lace, our mother is the most skillful, and many people come to learn from my mother." ”

"Our mother is clever." Zhou Wanwan continued to respond to Zhou Chen.

"Our mother's cooking is also delicious, and the wild vegetable dumplings made have a fresh fragrance, which is like the second uncle's cooking, a smell of pig food!"

"Delicious cooking"

"Hmmm! It's a pity that you haven't eaten it......" Zhou Chen's voice was low, and then he began to choke, "Nan, don't forget our mother, our mother is good to you." You were born like a little mouse, and your mother said that you couldn't live, so your mother threw it away, and our mother secretly told me and my eldest brother that you would definitely be able to live, and you would be a beautiful little sister when you grew up. You see, you're not alive, you're still a smart and beautiful little fellow! Zhou Chen hugged his sister tightly, smiling with tears in his eyes.