"Didn't you two chop firewood? How old is it to be back? Who are you fooling with your laziness? Zhou Hongying reprimanded the Zhou Yang brothers with confidence, and there was no embarrassment of stealing things and being caught on the spot.

"There is still a small stack of firewood, it can't be burned for several days, let my brother come back to sleep first, and I'll split it alone during the day tomorrow." Zhou Chen explained, while quickly scanning the room with his eyes, and when he saw Zhou Wanwan smiling at her with a small head in the quilt, and secretly pointing to his own quilt, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhou Yang was obviously more shocked by the situation in the house, and asked Mrs. Zhou after a pause: "Milk, what are you doing here?" ”

Zhou Chen didn't care about this girl, quickly walked to the side of the kang, wrapped Zhou Wanwan in a quilt, hugged her, touched the malt milk essence box and the pocket containing wheat that she pressed under her little belly, and quietly winked at her.

"What do you say I'm doing?" Mrs. Zhou came to her senses and asked Zhou Yang in a fierce voice: "You don't know what you did wrong?" ”

"Sanle, Sile, Xu Da has no face to see it, Chief Shen gave you a can of malt milk essence, take it out, it's just such a room, your milk can be found sooner or later, what are you doing in a hurry, it's so old, I'm angry." It was rare for Zhou Hongxiang to speak to the Zhou Yang brothers so softly, and she usually ignored these two nephews.

"! Chief Shen is ......" Zhou Yang wanted to say that this can of malt milk essence was saved by Chief Shen to his sister, but as soon as he started, Zhou Chen stuffed Zhou Wanwan into his arms and interrupted his later words.

"Milk, who is Chief Shen? Can we say that we know and we know? Can you give us something so expensive? So what is malt cream? Why haven't I seen it? Zhou Chen continued Zhou Yang's words.

"I don't admit it yet! Xu Da didn't have the face to see it with his own eyes! The officials of the provincial capital made a car to see Chief Shen, and carried it to Chief Shen with a net pocket, and the driver who drove the car personally said to Xu Da that he was faceless, called malt milk essence! Sanle also saw it when he took it out of Chief Shen's house that day! What else do you want to do? Zhou Hongying was so angry that she couldn't wait to pounce on these two nephews who ate alone.

"I haven't seen any malt cream, who said you want to go." Zhou Chen stood in the middle of the ground with his arms crossed, but he didn't admit it.

"Sanya has seen you feed Wuya! A dead girl, she doesn't look in the mirror, she also has that life to eat such expensive things? She deserves it too? Why didn't you choke her! Zhou Hongying pinched her waist, shook her fingers violently and pointed at the three brothers and sisters to scold, and learned Mrs. Zhou's scolding posture to the fullest, "Just like your dead ghost mother, you know what to hide!" The production team also shared the land and white noodles with my mother, if it weren't for Sanya'......"

"Okay, Yingzi," Zhou Hongxiang pulled Zhou Hongying to stop her from continuing, "If there is something to say, don't talk about those useless things." ”

Old Mrs. Zhou's eyes also flickered, and she remained silent very strangely, and she didn't even help Zhou Hongying speak.

"Sanle, Sile, my aunt knows that you two are sensible and can't eat alone. You two take out the malt milk essence, and the aunt won't let you take all the milk, so you have to leave some for Wuya. Zhou Hongxiang took a closer look at this small room again, there was really no place to hide things, it would not work to turn over and rob, so he could only start from the Zhou Yang brothers, hoping that they would not be able to withstand the foolishness, and they could take the initiative to take out a few good words.

"What to stay! Don't leave them at all! Don't look in the mirror to see, does she have the life to eat malt cream? Just threw Nanshan's goods in the morning and evening, and gave her the expensive money to eat? Zhou Hongying stopped Zhou Hongxiang, "Can they understand what they are talking to?" Are they the ones who are lifted up? Xiao Yan'er hasn't eaten yet, she doesn't leave a bite for them, she will eat their big teeth! ”

Zhou Hongxiang looked at Zhou Hongying helplessly, this malt milk essence is not ready to arrive, what are you talking about now?

"Anyway, we don't know what malt milk essence is, you can find it, eat it if you find it, if you can't find it, you won't be able to eat that expensive thing." Zhou Chen dragged Zhou Yang, and the three brothers and sisters went to the East House.

The three brothers and sisters passed through the west outer room, Li Guizhi and Zhou Ping dodged their eyes and didn't look at them, and immediately retracted their heads behind the curtain without saying a word.

When they came to the East House, Zhou Chunfa's family was also sitting on the South Kang in the East Outer Room, including Old Man Zhou, Qian Yan, and Qian Gang in the Kang, all of whom looked at them silently. Zhou Yang didn't let go of Zhou Wanwan, just hugged people with quilts, and sat on the kang without saying a word.

Zhou Chen looked at Zhou Xia, who was hiding in the north kang, and directly lifted her to the ground, "My aunt said that you saw me feeding her malt cream, when did you do?" ”

Zhou Xia was still scared at first, dodging and refusing to speak, Wang Fengying shouted in a loud voice on the kang: "Silezi, why are you still doing it?" Sanya, you just say! Is it reasonable to eat alone? Your grandfather and your grandmother haven't eaten it yet, so you opened a small stove for such a girl who may throw it out one day, why is she so expensive? Why did Chief Shen give you malt milk essence? It's not that you look at your uncle's face as an accountant in the brigade, or you are an old farmer who is digging in the soil, who do people know about you? ”

"What are you afraid of! What to talk to the milk in the afternoon, what to say now! Zhou Juan also helped, "What about these old people, who would dare to beat you?" ”

"I just saw it!" Not only did Wang Fengying's mother and daughter say something that touched Zhou Xia, she broke free of Zhou Chen's hand like crazy, and shouted at him desperately, "Okay, today you plug in the door and give that dead cub hot water to eat, it has a sweet taste, it is very fragrant, and my aunt said that it is malt milk essence!" ”

"When you saw it, why didn't you say it at the time?"

"I ...... I'm afraid you'll beat me! Zhou Xia's tears poured out all of a sudden, "You always beat me up for that dead cub!" Ever since I had her, none of you look down on me! ”

"You don't talk about those useless things! Then you're not afraid of me now? You say I'm not going to beat you now? Zhou Chen glared at Zhou Xia, "Besides, how did you see when I plugged in the door?" ”

"One of the hairy poles on the wall is broken, I saw it through the hole!" Zhou Xia felt that what she said was the truth, and someone supported her, yelling at Zhou Chen louder and louder, "You are so good to her, when will you see me?" You can't see me when I'm dead! ”

"And where did you see me hiding the malt cream? You go and tell the milk, let the milk find it, if you can't find you, it's a lie, see if I don't beat you! ”

Zhou Xia wiped her tears, glared at Zhou Wanwan viciously, and trotted to the Westinghouse.

"I haven't seen any malt cream, let me find my milk casually, and if you don't believe it, everyone will follow and look for it, and if you find it, you can say anything. I can't find who you are looking for, so don't come and toss us again in the middle of the night. Zhou Chen said to Zhou Chunfa's family on the kang, and after speaking, he also went to sit next to Zhou Yang, concentrating on helping his sister tidy up the quilt that was hurriedly wrapped just now, and no longer looked at the group of people on the kang.

Wang Fengying and Zhou Juan glanced at each other, and walked to the West House together, Zhou Jun immediately followed, and Qian Gang paused and followed.

The room fell silent for a while, and only the sound of Old Man Zhou clicking a cigarette pouch remained.

"Master," Zhou Yang said with difficulty, "When I grow up and make money, I will buy malt milk essence for you and my milk, so that you can also taste the food of the people in the city." ”

Zhou Wanwan didn't think so in the quilt, just like in his previous life, Zhou Yang always thought that Old Man Zhou was a good person in the family to them, and he had always thought so before, at least, Old Man Zhou didn't do anything bad to them directly. Later, he became a wisp of soul, and after thinking about everything upside down, he realized that Old Man Zhou, like their father, looked at nothing and did nothing, but he didn't care about others bullying and persecuting them at all. In particular, what is the difference between these two people who have the ability to stop these bad things from happening, but do nothing, and connive at others to do it without saying anything, and doing it themselves?

Like yesterday's pig diving incident, it is enough to prove that as long as Zhou Laofa says a word, whether it is for Mrs. Zhou or the rest of the Zhou family, it is very useful. But why he never said it before, and let it go in the future, it was all because he didn't bother him, as long as he could hide quietly on the side and not delay his eating, sleeping and working, he wouldn't care which of his children and grandchildren was wronged and which was forced into a desperate situation.

The reason why Old Man Zhou expressed his stance yesterday was that he just wanted to end this quarrel quickly, so that he could eat quietly. Yes, it's as simple as that, this is the conclusion that Zhou Wanwan analyzed in combination with everything that happened in the past and present lives. It's as simple as that.

In fact, Zhou Wanwan's father Zhou Chunliang's personality is also completely inherited from Old Man Zhou. He even didn't care about his son's eating and sleeping and working in the fields when he was sent to take the blame for others, and there was no reaction. What made Zhou Wanwan happy and self-comforting was that Zhou Chunliang was not only indifferent to their brothers and sisters, but also ignored Zhou Tiezhu, the son born to his stepmother, and even Zhou Tiezhu was later divorced by the woman three days before the marriage because he couldn't get the bride price.

Therefore, Zhou Yang's sincere and apologetic confession is destined not to be appreciated, let alone cherished.

Old man Zhou then clicked on his cigarette pouch and pot, and only gave a vague "um" to his grandson's words. Before the end fell, he was interrupted by Zhou Hongying's sharp voice, "Waiting for you to buy it for your grandfather and grandmother?" That's not enough to get rid of their big teeth! Don't look at it, just you are an old farmer, what do you buy? That malt milk essence is a good thing for people in the city to replenish their bodies, and you will never touch it in your life! With Zhou Hongying's ridicule, a group of people who went to Westinghouse to look for things came back, of course, empty-handed,

"Auntie, are you looking for malt cream?" Zhou Chen raised his voice and asked.

Zhou Hongying brushed her face and sat down on the edge of the kang angrily. Everyone else came back and sat down, and the sky was already dark, and the faces of the people who had returned were also black.

"Alright, let's sleep." Old man Zhou put down the cigarette pouch and pot, knocked the cigarette ash on the edge of the kang, and summed up today's farce.

"It seems that none of us in this family have the life to eat malt cream!" Zhou Chen sighed with a smile as he followed his brother and sister back to the West House.