After returning to the village that night, Tatsu fell ill.

When she saw her husband being eaten by a monster, she was so sad and frightened that she could only lie in bed all day long, her eyes blank, and she described her as increasingly emaciated.

In addition to taking care of his mother every day, he also has to take care of his two-year-old sister, and in addition to his busy work every day, his small body bears too much pressure that should not be borne at this age.

On this day, seeing that the last spoonful of rice in the jar was also scooped up, and hearing my sister crying hungry in the back room, Chen Shi couldn't bear it anymore, and sat on the ground and hugged his arms and cried silently.

On the day in Aoyama, what he thought was the happiest time for his family has now become his most painful memory. What made him even more uncomfortable was that if he didn't run when the monster first came, but chose to stand with his father, then with the protection of that golden light, his father would definitely survive, and the family would definitely be able to sit together and talk and laugh.

Now, my father is dead, my mother has lost her life, and the family is crumbling.

The more Chen Shi thought about it, the more he blamed himself, and he hoped that it was himself who was eaten by the monster.

In fact, it is precisely because he is too sensible and kind that he thinks about others in everything, but he has drilled the horns of the bull.

He hadn't figured out a very simple joint - he didn't even know he had a life-saving golden light on his body at first.

After crying for a while, Chen Shi stood up and continued to wash rice and cook.

He secretly swore in his heart - in the final analysis, it was because I was too sloppy and had no ability, and in the future, I must learn the most powerful skills and kill all the monsters in the world.

When the meal was ready, he brought it to his mother and sister and asked them to eat it first.

Chen Yi grabbed the white rice and devoured it, but Chen didn't get up, just stared out the window blankly, like a shell.

Seeing this, Chen Shi's heart was sour, but he still pretended to be happy and grabbed his mother's hand and said, "Mother, do you know, spring is coming! Two days ago, I saw that your favorite gardenia outside the courtyard has bloomed, and it has bloomed so big, it is very beautiful! You eat more, hurry up, and when you recover, take my sister and me to the mountains to pick those colorful wild flowers!"

Chen Shi looked at Chen Shiqiang and squeezed out a sweet smile, and couldn't help but shed two lines of tears.

Her body, she herself knows, she has had a bad heart since she was a child and is easily frightened. In the past, Lao Chen only hunted some small animals, and occasionally caught a big beast and hid it secretly, for fear that those hideous faces would scare her. And this time, in order to protect her and her son, Lao Chen did not hesitate to fight for his life.

At the last moment of Lao Chen's life, he must still be worried about the safety of himself and his children, right?

In fact, Chen wants to take the children out to play more than anyone else, but her limbs are limp and weak, and when she moves a little, her heart beats violently - she can clearly feel that her life is losing bit by bit.

She didn't want to die either. Her daughter is only two years old, and she has not completely quit breastfeeding, what kind of sin will she suffer in the future.

The more he thought about it, the more Chen felt that his chest was tight. She withdrew her hand from Chenshi's hand, clutched her chest, and frowned.

"Okay, okay, then mother, you can eat later. Chen Shi hurriedly helped his mother rub his chest and stopped talking.

In this way, another month passed, and the courtyard was already full of mountains and peach blossoms.

During the day, when his mother was asleep, Chen Shi carried his sister on his back and borrowed vegetables and grain seeds from door to door in the village and planted them in his small yard.

There was nothing to eat at home, so Chen Shi also carried his sister on his back and went to help other people's families work in exchange for some food.

People in the village praised the boss of the Chen family for being sensible and capable, and he supported a family at a young age. But there are also some women who will get together and gossip, what Lao Chen was eaten by monsters in the mountains, Chen is dying, Chen Shi and his parents and brothers and sisters don't look like each other.

I heard it occasionally, but I couldn't bear it. Because for now, he and his sister's life still depends on the people in the village. The milk that my sister drinks every three days is squeezed from the Zhang family, who said that his mother is dying.

In the early morning of this day, when I woke up, I suddenly saw that my mother had been dressed up, as if she had returned to her previous healthy appearance, and she was sitting on the edge of the bed gently patting Chen Yi, who was still sleeping.

Chen Shi was overjoyed, "Mother, how are you?"

Chen Shi turned his head to Chen Shi and showed a long-lost smile, and said, "Yes, Shi'er, I'm fine." What do you and Yibao want to do today? ”

When I saw that my mother also wiped the rouge that she was only willing to wear during the New Year, she smiled beautifully and warmly. He hurriedly crawled to Chen Yi's side and woke her up, "Yibao, don't sleep, look, my mother is fine." ”

Chen Yi woke up with his little hands rubbing his eyes, and saw that his mother was looking at him lovingly, and just like the spirit when he was not sick before, he cried out with a "wow" and stretched out his hand to hug him.

"You two kids. Chen chuckled, one on each side, and hugged the brother and sister in his arms.

Chen Shi happily put her arms around her mother's waist and put her head in her arms, but she heard that her mother's heart was still beating violently, and it was beating very irregularly.

"Mother, why are you doing this?" Chen Shi sighed in his heart, but he didn't say anything, but just hugged his mother tighter.

On this day, Chen led Chen Shi and Chen Yi to the hill in front of the courtyard to pick wild flowers, catch butterflies, and fry the green vegetables that Chen Shi had grown - this was the first decent lunch that the brother and sister had in three months.

In the afternoon, the mother and son sat in the courtyard to bask in the sun, and when Chen had enough sun, he took a bath for Chen Yi and Chen Shi.

When they were tired of playing and fell asleep, Chen Shi rushed to sew new summer clothes for Chen Shi, Chen Yu and Chen Ye before dark. In the evening, Chen Shi and Chen also smelled the smell of meat, and finally woke up, "Meat! There is meat to eat today!" Chen Yi exclaimed happily.

At this time, Chen smiled and brought a large bowl of hot beef stew and three bowls of fragrant white rice into the house.

Chen Shi knew that there was no meat or rice at home, and he didn't know what precious things his mother had taken in exchange for these foods. Chen's craftsmanship is very good, and the meat is sweet, but Chenshi is bitter and hard to swallow when he eats it.

He noticed that his mother had been beating her spirits all the time, and her face was getting worse and worse.

He wanted to ask his mother if she was okay, but he didn't dare to ask, he was too afraid of that answer.

At night, when the mother and son all lay down, Chen also fell asleep. Chen Shi turned to look at Chen Shi who was pretending to be asleep, she gently stroked Chen Shi's face, and said, "Shi'er, my mother will tell you a story." ”

Chen Shi was shocked and speechless.

Chen knew that Chen Shi was listening, so he said slowly: "You know Shi'er, my mother is forty-three years old this year, and your father is also fifty. When I was young, my mother and your father never conceived a child, and when my mother was thirty-eight years old, your father and I basically broke off the idea of having a child, until that year, my mother and your father met you. ”

Chenshi's heart was beating wildly, and he understood that what should come was still coming.

The gossip of the people in the village has actually existed since he was sensible, and his friends said that he was a child who was picked up, because he was not at all like his parents and brothers, and some people also said that they had not seen Chen's pregnancy, so how could there be an extra son out of thin air. Whenever Lao Chen hears this kind of words, most of them are going to pick up the sickle and cut people.

When Chen Shi first heard this kind of words, he was just over two years old, he pushed down the little friend who said he had picked it up, and cried when he went home, and his parents comforted him so much. Chen said to him at that time, it was the children who were jealous of your good-looking nature, and they said nonsense, so you don't have to take it seriously.

But the more I grew up, the more these gossips I had, and Chen Shi also doubted his own background. But he is kind by nature, and thinks in his heart that if he really picked it up, his parents are generally good to him and his younger siblings, so he should listen to his parents well and not break their hearts.

With the passage of time, Chen Shi became more and more sensible, and he had to rush to do any work, and he slowly stopped caring about those gossip. Because he knows that his parents love him, and he loves his parents, and that's enough. What's more, gossip is gossip after all, who knows if these folks are idle and rumor-mongering?

And today, when my mother said this, Chen Shi was sure of his life experience, but even if he knew, what could he do, and what had happened could not be changed.

"Mother, don't say it, you have a good rest. It doesn't matter, it's important that you get better sooner. Chen Shi didn't really want to hear it, he was just worried about his mother, she must be very tired today.

"You've been the most sensible since you were a child. Tatsushi took Chenshi's head to his side and kissed him on the forehead. Tatsushi felt that Chen's lips were cold, like ice and snow in the winter of last year.