Shen Rui was full of doubts, but he didn't dare to be casual, he lifted his toes and touched the door of the East Chamber first, and the door was guarded by the lock general half the size of a child's arm.

I touched the door of the main room again, and it was also locked, but the ear room of the human room and the stove room under the west wing was not locked, and there was no one.

Shen Rui entered the ear room, got used to it for a while, and his eyes were misty, and there was only a small stove here. I don't know if it was the main mother's lingering sickbed before her death, and medicine was often boiled here, so that this place still smells of medicine.

There was nothing to eat on the small stove, only a few bottles and jars. Shen Rui opened them one by one, and couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised, he found half a jar of honey and a jar of rock candy at the bottom.

Shen Rui was already hungry, so he lifted the honey and swallowed it twice. Even if it is sweet and greasy in the mouth, there is something in the stomach.

He looked at the rest of the bottles and jars, and the other jars were salt and vinegar and other condiments, and he found nothing.

Since there was a seasoning agent, Xiaozao went overboard, and Shen Ruirui only felt that he had motivation in his body. Touching the dark, I carefully turned over the small kitchen, and found a few paper packets, two packs of dry goods, and two packs of powder in the two small baskets hanging on the wall. There is also an empty paper bag, although there is nothing left, but there is still a strong fragrance of osmanthus, which should be filled with dried osmanthus.

In the wooden cabinet in the corner of the house, two cloth pockets were found, and inside were rice and millet. After being hungry for a long time, the raw rice rice fragrance went straight to the nose. The stimulation made the stomach sound even louder.

If there were no two mouthfuls of honey at the bottom, Shen Rui would have to swallow raw rice.

When he touched a few round things next to the cloth pocket, Shen Rui really burst into tears.

He sat on the floor against the stove, cracked an egg, and swallowed it raw.

The fishy and slippery feeling makes people not tired of it for the first time, only full of joy.

Shen Rui knew that he couldn't become a starving ghost for the time being.

There were four eggs in total, none of which were left, and all of them were swallowed raw.

The noisy stomach finally quieted down, although the hunger was still very strong, but Shen Rui knew that it was almost. If you really want to eat it in one bite, this small stomach can't stand it.

There are only eggshells left at hand, and Lao An people are waiting for themselves to "make trouble", so they should be careful about the disposal of these eggshells. Shen Rui pondered for a while, crumpled a few eggshells in his hands, walked to the wooden cabinet, and inserted his hand holding the broken eggshells into the half-foot-high rice pocket, and did not let go until he inserted it to the end.

Until this bag of rice is eaten to the end, no one will find this broken eggshell.

Thinking of the malice on Lao Anren's side, even this honey jar and sugar jar, Shen Rui didn't dare to take it.

Listening to the meaning of the words of Wang's mother and Mrs. Hao, the owner was blamed for fainting on the day of his biological mother's breath, and it is already the fifth day, and the day after tomorrow is the day of "burning seven", maybe the turning point is on that day.

In this way, what you need to survive is tomorrow.

Shen Rui poured out all the rock candy at the bottom of the jar, there were about a dozen grains. Wrapped in that empty paper, I originally wanted to pour two handfuls of lotus root flour on top, but I hesitated, or I just left. You still have to be hungry when you should be hungry, otherwise your previous hunger will not be in vain.

After putting the bottles, cans, and baskets and paper bags back in place, and carefully closing the wooden cabinet for rice, he crept out.

Before he reached the door, he heard footsteps in the distance, and the lights were still flickering. Shen Rui hurriedly avoided the gate of the courtyard, held his breath, and shrank in the dark behind the courtyard gate

I heard a mother-in-law complain: "This yard has been empty for a few days, what are you still looking at at the third watch in the middle of the night?" Before Lao Anren could say anything, Mrs. Hao took the goose feather as an arrow, did she really think that she could be the housekeeper? Erniang is about to be straightened, where is her turn to get a mother-in-law to point fingers. When the lady was there, how could she have tossed people like this? ”

The other mother-in-law gasped and said in a low voice, "Old sister, be quiet, let people hear carefully...... But the sky has changed, so it's better to be careful in the future......"

The mother-in-law who complained earlier was not angry: "A philanthropic person like a lady, who doesn't say that praise is good, and people who are partial to Lao An can't look down on it." Now that the eldest brother is guarding the mourning hall, who still remembers that the second brother is the flesh and blood of the mother, it is really God's eyesless...... "The last sentence is already inaudible.

The two mothers-in-law were talking, and when they approached, the courtyard door was pushed with a "squeak".

At this moment, a white shadow suddenly burst out.

The two mothers-in-law said "Mom", and they were so shocked that they almost dropped the lantern in their hands, but the white shadow stopped, "aimed", and ran into the sandwich road behind the wing.

It was a big white cat, originally squatting on the moon gate, but when Shen Rui came, he held his breath and did not alarm the cat. The two mothers-in-law held the lamp in their hands and shook the cat's eyes, and the big white cat jumped out.

"Amitabha, Amitabha......" The timid mother-in-law's mouth was already chanting: "It's really terrifying." ”

Before the words fell, a gust of night wind blew, and the lamp in the woman's hand shook again.

The timid woman's strands were like a sieve, and her teeth "gurgled": "Old sister, this yard is cautious...... It's not a lady, a lady didn't go far......"

The complaining mother-in-law said: "It's not us who are sorry, what are you afraid of?" When he said this, he was afraid, and he said to the four sides: "The old slaves are irrelevant, and they respect the lady in their hearts." If the lady hasn't left yet, she will bless the second brother safely...... Don't be resentful......"

The clouds in the sky covered the moon, and it became darker and darker.

The night wind gusted, and the lantern that had been static shook again, and the two mothers-in-law were frightened, holding the lantern and shaking it indiscriminately, and said: "I've seen it, I've seen it, let's go!" ”

I didn't dare to stop for a moment, I opened the door in a panic, the footsteps were very hurried, and after a while, the silence returned, and I had already walked away.

Shen Rui stood behind the door, but his eyes were black for a while, and he felt a headache.

A two- or three-year-old boy in red, waving his little arms, rushed at a woman in her thirties, calling "Mother, Mother", but was hugged, and a fifty-year-old woman touched his head lovingly, and said: "Your mother is busy with housekeeping, Brother Rui'er don't disturb your mother, grandmother asked someone to make cakes to eat." ”

The young woman only smiled and watched, and did not come forward to pick up the child.

When he saw the young woman again, the boy only faintly called "Niang", and concentrated on guarding half a plate of osmanthus pond rice cakes and eating attentively.

When the boy was five or six years old, he was followed by two little guys, one carrying a birdcage and the other somersaulting on the ground, and said: "Second brother, don't be that nerd, you are stupid and looked down upon, you have to be a hero." The second brother is the fourth son-in-law of the Shen family, and his status is noble, so there is no need to be afraid. ”

In the school, the boy looked at the "Three Character Classic" in front of him with a look of disgust.

When the boy was seven or eight years old, the servant woman beside him was not angry: "The old man is eccentric, he only hurts the second mother and the eldest brother, and the second brother is the son-in-law. ”

In the school, Mr. praised a little boy, and the boy turned back, his little face was tense, and a small knife could shoot out of his eyes.

In the hall, a middle-aged man touched his beard and praised the young man, and between the answers, he was satisfied. The boy drooped his head and slammed his fists hard.

The middle-aged man left, the young man turned around, touched the boy's child, and said softly: "I'll teach the second brother to endorse, the second brother has memorized the "Three Character Classic", and my father will praise the second brother." ”

The boy knocked off the young man's hand, glared at him and said, "Who wants you to teach the evil seed raised by the little woman!" ”

The young man's hand froze, and his face turned pale.

The boy snorted triumphantly, turned and ran away.

The boy had grown up to about the same size, and the young woman was no longer young, but a little old, and her face was pale, and she lay on the bed, looking at him with a loving face, and said, "I don't want my son to be noble, but I want my son to be safe." ”

The boy looked puzzled, but he was also well-behaved and clever, and he was not domineering in front of others.

The woman chuckled and said, "If you don't like to read, don't force yourself to read, just know the law, but don't think about being a ranger, when a ranger is beaten, it hurts, and he is not a good citizen, maybe he will be put in prison at any time." ”

The boy was not angry and said, "He has tried to be a boy...... Everyone laughed at me ......"

The woman stretched out her hand, rubbed the boy's head, and said with a smile, "There are many ghosts in the hearts of those who chew the tongue, and my son must be clear-minded and not impulsive." Without hard work, don't talk about harvest, there will be no pie in the sky. He can have today, but also after ten years of cold and summer, day after day, his hands are not left the scroll, and he is respectable and cannot be envied. Although the clan attaches great importance to reading, there is no shortage of people in the agricultural heirlooms, and it is good for my son to be a free member, but don't forget that the Shen family is a loyal family, and don't treat the tenants harshly, and do more good deeds. If you really want to fight with him, don't be cold-faced and hurt with bad words, and become your own son as soon as possible, so that I can teach my grandson to read. You are brothers and sisters after all, and do not fall short in front of others. ”

The boy pulled the woman's sleeve, looked at her sleeve showing a skinny bone, and said with red eyes: "My son has grown up, he will no longer be as ignorant as he was when he was a child, and he will be a good employee in the future. ”

The woman nodded, but her eyes were a little misty.

When the picture turned, it was still in the woman's room.

The woman was already lying on the bed, her eyes closed, and the ground was kneeling with "woo" and crying mothers-in-law and maids.

The boy stood in front of the window, not knowing what he was thinking.

A few people came in at the door, and the boy turned his head and looked at them coldly, and his eyes fell on a pretty woman, and he opened his mouth to say something.

The woman was stunned for a moment, then her eyes were teary and she faltered.

But the boy became more and more annoyed, and pointed to the woman and said something. The middle-aged man next to the woman was pale, and he was about to step forward, but he was grabbed by the arm of the young man next to him.

The boy stepped forward with red eyes and opened his mouth to speak, but the boy pushed hard, and the boy fell to the ground, and his forehead hit the case next to him, and blood gushed out at once......