Liu Xingmei walked into the house with the mother and son, and the black tiger tied there watched in confusion, not roaring or screaming, as if she was afraid that blindly performing her duties would also attract the scolding of the powerful hostess.

The mother and son just followed her ass obediently, and their expressions were very unnatural.

Shen Qinqi said to Mei Xiang and Chu Ge, "You two just wait outside."

Tao Zhenkun came out to greet him after hearing the sound in the house, and he was quite puzzled when he looked at the things that the mother and son were carrying.

"It's ——?"

Shen Qinqi said with an embarrassed face: "Yes - it's my family that has no food, his aunt is enthusiastic and wants to help compete - but your family doesn't have much food, take some and we will be content!"

Liu Xingmei didn't say anything, and when she entered the house, she found a bag and took a bowl to dig rice noodles in two jars, and the rice noodles in the jars were only half a little.

Tao Zhenkun didn't step forward to help, but he grinned distressedly on the side, and it was not easy to stop him.

"You don't need to take rice noodles, let's keep them for you to eat, it's indispensable to have budding rice, people who eat sugar swallowed vegetables are used to it, sluts are cheap, there's nothing to be picky about, you can make do with it-"

"Eat whatever you want!"

"It's better to call it a ——?"

"As long as you have a number in mind, it's done."

"You've helped us a lot, so what does this make me say?!"

"In this life, it is fate to be able to meet, as long as you know how to cherish it!"

Shen Qinqi was grateful and burst into tears, but he was trying to control it and not let it flow. She hesitated, but still took the handle and propped up her pocket. After loading a few bowls of millet, Liu Xingmei tied a rope in the middle of her pocket to separate the rice noodles, loaded a few bowls of noodles, tied the pocket mouth, and then took a piece of paper to wrap a few handfuls of salty salt and a pack of matches to Shen Qinqi.

"You can eat a few meals of gruel and rotten rice, and then find a way when you don't have it."

"Thank you so much!"

"What do you do when you say this kind word, everyone will have a time when they are embarrassed and narrow in this life. Don't be extravagant, who knows what will happen later!"

Speaking of this, the child's father's intestines are rotten, but what is the use of this regret? Who's to blame for not being long-hearted!"

Liu Xingmei helped put her pocket on Shen Qinqi's shoulder and walked out.

At this time, Qiu Lanzhi, who had just woken up, came out of the East House, and when she saw it, she asked in surprise: "You-what are you doing?"

Liu Xingmei hurriedly said: "My sister-in-law's family has no food, come and get some-"

Unexpectedly, Qiu Lanzhi stepped forward and grabbed Shen Qinqi and said, "You can't take it, what are we going to eat if you take it?"

"This-" Shen Qinqi was kicking in and out of the door, and when this situation suddenly happened, she was in a dilemma, and her face was as red as a red cloth.

Liu Xingmei pulled her mother-in-law and smiled: "Mother, don't worry, we will not be short of food to eat, even if others are hungry, they will not let you starve." You're kind-hearted, you can't watch your sister-in-law's family starve, can you? Sister-in-law, go quickly, my mother is confused, don't take it to heart. ”

"Auntie, I'm sorry!" Shen Qinqi walked out of the door after speaking, tears streaming down his face. At this time, she began to wonder if Qiu Lanzhi's mental illness was real.

Mei Xiang and Chu Ge, the sister and brother who were standing in the courtyard, saw this scene in their eyes, and felt deeply wronged and sad for their mother, and their self-esteem was hurt! These two children have never seen a beggar begging for food, but isn't the mother just like a beggar now? In this unforgettable moment, both sisters and brothers cried!

"Mother!"

"Mother!"

The sister and brother threw down the furniture in their hands and rushed to their mother at the same time.

The mother and son cried one and a half, three lines of nose and two lines of tears, so pitiful!

Liu Xingmei stroked the heads of the sisters and brothers and said, "The two of you have grown up slowly, you must know what life is." The difficulties are temporary and will get better later. Take this one, eat it and put it at the bottom first. Don't be stupid, go back with your mother, your father is still waiting at home!"

She stuffed the two bud rice buns into the hands of the siblings.

Standing outside the gate, watching the mother and son leave, Tao Zhenkun spoke: "Sister-in-law, come and get it again if you don't have any food!"

Shen Qinqi didn't look back.

Liu Xingmei pulled Tao Zhenkun and said, "You will have a favor, why did you pretend to be bored just now?"

"You clean up this salty and eat radish and worry about it!" Tao Zhenkun said unhappily. But just now when he saw the handsome and pitiful Mei Xiang, his heart really hurt.

Liu Xingmei wiped the corners of her moist eyes and said, "You can also get rid of their eyes when they see their family starving?"

"Do you think you have a lot of food at home? This year, everyone is sweeping the snow in front of the door, and don't care about the frost on the tiles of others!"

"I knew I'd get shit! What you don't know is that this lady would dig a rat hole in the field to find food, you can't think of it, right? ”

"What?" Tao Zhenkun was stunned.

"We don't have much food, don't we still have a lot?"

"Who?"

"Of course it's the old Wu family."

"You really don't have a backache when you stand and talk, and some of them are also from other people!"

"As the saying goes, 'don't bite if you have more lice, don't worry if you have more famine', anyway, we owe someone else's family, and it doesn't matter if we owe a little. If the dog licks the wound - each takes care of each other, people don't know how to help each other, and live without human touch, then what's the point of living? The life of the Chu family is over! Do you blame me for not consulting you in advance and taking away the power of the head of your family?"

"My tolerance keeps the earth spinning! If there is a day when anyone can be in charge, I would be happy to settle down, but isn't this just nothing?! I ——,Look, what is my mother doing?"

Liu Xingmei looked into the courtyard and saw that her mother-in-law was holding a scoop and raising rice noodles to the ground.

The two of them hurriedly ran back—

In the days that followed, it was still the same as usual. Repeat the cycle and follow the rules.

After Tao Qisheng's death, Tao Zhenkun has been thinking of trying to make money to pay off the famine owed, mainly from the Wu family, followed by Wu He's, and from the neighbors.

He, who had wanted to stop hunting under Wu He's persuasion, began to return to his old business. Going up the mountain many times, sometimes in a group, sometimes alone, the paw prints of tigers have also been found to reduce fear, all for the sake of life. When he hits the prey, he can hand it over to Wu Long and sell it when he waits in the city to do business, where there are many people who specialize in collecting mountain goods.

Roe deer, wild boars, pheasants, hares, badgers - all the valuable animals became the objects of his hunting, and during that period he was very happy with the black tiger who was suffocated at home.

In this way, in the blink of an eye, it came to the Qingming Festival.

During the Qingming Festival, it rains a lot, and pedestrians on the road want to break their souls.

Where is the restaurant? The shepherd boy refers to Xinghua Village.

Du Mu's poem "Qingming" in the Tang Dynasty is popular and has been recited to this day.

According to custom, on the day of Qingming, every household has to sweep the tomb and make sacrifices.

Qingming Festival, in ancient times, was also called the Qingqing Festival, the March Festival, the Ancestor Festival, the Tomb Sweeping Festival, the Tomb Sweeping Festival, the Arbor Day, etc. It is known as the three famous "ghost festivals" in China, together with the mid-year festival on July 15 and the winter clothes festival on the first day of October. Around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar is the Qingming Festival, which is one of the 24 solar terms. Among the twenty-four solar terms, only Qingming is both a solar term and a festival. Although the customs vary from place to place, tomb sweeping and ancestor worship and outings are the basic themes.

Of course, Tao Zhenkun is also going to the grave.