At that time, he wanted to withdraw from the marriage, forcing Xiaotong to commit suicide, but fortunately he picked up a life, although now Xiaotong has become sensible and caring because of this incident, but this cannot offset An Huahao's hatefulness and ruthlessness at the beginning.

Not to mention Xiaotong, just myself, I want to accept a son-in-law like An Huahao, but I am afraid that I will have to deal with something in my heart.

Anyway, the girl has her own opinions, and she is a mother, and nothing else can help her, but this lifelong event has to be made by Xiaotong herself.

An Huahao lowered his head, and the green tendons on his hands clenched into fists were exposed, he did not regret the original divorce, Mei Xiaotong at the beginning, he was useless, he was lazy, he couldn't be ignorant

Say I like it in good conscience.

But now Mei Xiaotong is obviously the same person, but it is like a jade that has peeled off the ugly appearance of the ashes and revealed her true face, which makes people can't help but feel happy and want to have her.

He did not justify his original behavior, but only stood silently and did not speak.

Mrs. Li said that she was uncomfortable with An Huahao's idea in her heart, and she was happy, no matter what An Huahao thought in her heart, she also felt that she was kind to An Huahao for the sake of her own family, and she was merciful, and before that, if An Huahao dared to say this.

She resolutely pounced on it, first scratched the rabbit cub with a bloody face, then moved a chair, took a cutting board kitchen knife, and went to the door of An's house to scold for three days and three nights.

I think I am very generous, Mrs. Li looks at the girl who is still asleep and has not woken up, there is still a lot of work to be done at home, and there is really no way to stay for a long time, so I only confess "Wait for Xiaotong to wake up and eat." ”

An Huahao nodded.

Mrs. Li didn't feel at ease and went back step by step.

When Mei Xiaotong was about to dawn, she really couldn't stay up, mainly because her arms were sore and soft, and she was groggy and dozed off, almost falling down the stone.

Later, I didn't know which acupuncture point An Huahao pressed or something, so she felt that she didn't know anything.

In a daze, I seemed to hear someone talking, but I just couldn't wake up.

An Huahao looked at Mei Xiaotong's expression of struggling in her sleep, thought about it, and pressed another place on her arm, and Mei Xiaotong woke up leisurely.

When Mei Xiaotong woke up, he came to his senses after a while, looked at the clothes he was wearing, and looked at An Huahao standing under the stone, and the back basket beside him, and knew that someone had come, "Who sent it from my house?" ”

Don't even think about it, you definitely can't count on Mother Song.

While asking, he hurriedly took off the clothes he was wearing and returned them to An Huahao.

An Huahao squeezed his clothes tightly, with Mei Xiaotong's body temperature on them, he clenched his palms, "It was sent by my aunt, I saw that you were still sleeping, and I didn't wake you up!" ”

As he spoke, he put on his clothes, only to feel that he was surrounded by the smell of Mei Xiaotong, and he couldn't help but blush the tips of his ears, walked to the river, washed his hands and face with the river water, and then took out the same food.

Mei Xiaotong is also on it

He washed his face and drank a sip of warm mung bean soup, and the whole person was comfortable.

An Huahao also took a sip, the mung bean soup had a faint sweetness, thinking that it was sweetened, and it could almost be sweet to people's hearts.

"Yongzhu, if I was black, fat, ugly and short, and my face was full of pockmarks, and there was such a mother in the family, would you still like me, do you have to be engaged to me?" Just as Mei Xiaotong was drinking mung bean soup, An Huahao suddenly asked.

"Poof-" Mei Xiaotong squirted out a mouthful of mung bean soup, and looked at An Huahao in horror, what kind of evil is this?

An Huahao looked at Mei Xiaotong unmoved and insisted, wanting an answer.

Mei Xiaotong's mind turned, knowing why An Huahao asked this question, I thought about it, it was Mrs. Li who came and told An Huahao about the divorce, right?

Looking at An Huahao's eyes that he wanted to get an answer, Mei Xiaotong put down the bowl, pondered for a moment, and replied confidently, "Of course not!" ”

She's a pure face dog, okay? If An Huahao wasn't so handsome, would she accept that hellish rural mission?

Don't you know that liking someone starts with appearance, loyalty to character, and talent?

You look crooked and cracked, like a joke, and you let me discover your charming inside through your appearance?

Please, as an upright face dog, you won't take a second look at it at all, okay?

Only when you are handsome and have long legs, will people have the desire to see more, even if it is a straw bag, you can also feel that it is a beautiful straw bag?

If it weren't for An Huahao's handsome appearance, the big girls and little daughters-in-law would all be happy with him?

Wasn't the original Mei Xiaotong fascinated because he was handsome?

If An Huahao was really ugly, dark, short and fat, and his face was pockmarked, plus his unobtrusive mother, a fool wouldn't like him?

Who doesn't love to look at beautiful women!

Seeing Mei Xiaotong's straightforward and unintentional appearance, An Huahao smiled lowly, I don't know why, seeing Mei Xiaotong like this, he was very happy, very happy!

The faint disdain and suspicion of himself in his heart was completely abandoned by him.

Mei Xiaotong looked at An Huahao inexplicably, and was said by herself, shouldn't you be angry if you are a man?

Shouldn't you rant how are you such a superficial woman? Did I read you wrong or something?

Instead, he laughed like a fool, sick, right?

Mei Xiaotong, who lowered her head and bit the bun, couldn't bear to look directly at An Huahao's expression at the moment.

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Night.

Mei Changgui stayed up all night for most of the day, and finally filled the water in the paddy field next to the ditch in his house, and the two pieces that were far away had to wait for the water in the paddy field in front of him to be full before he could put it over, which was not in a hurry.

was driven upstream by Mrs. Li again.

Mrs. Li pointed

The piece of land that his daughter secretly bought, "This piece of land was rented by your sister from the Wu family, and the Wu family said that there are more than ten acres of land in our Lingshan Village, and our family was bought back, and this piece is too lazy to rent it to others, so I just rent it to your sister together, and your sister can't refuse, so she rents this land, and plans to plant something else next year." ”

"What are you doing? Still not going to help? Your sister can't come back now guarding the water source, don't you help as a brother? Go, when this field is full of water, go and plug the opening, lest all the water run away, do you hear? ”

When Mei Changgui heard this, he didn't think much about it, he nodded and agreed, and went to work in the field.

This is rented by a girl, so naturally you can't be sloppy.

Mrs. Li went home with peace of mind.

It wasn't until the evening that Mei Changgui finally went home, took two mouthfuls of food, and didn't even wash it, so he just lay down on the kang and snored loudly.

No matter how much you push, you can't wake up.

Mei Zhongzhong was so tired last night that she couldn't walk, and her hands and feet hurt so much today that she couldn't walk.

Tianlong and Tianhu rested during the day, and most of the heavy physical work was done by Mei Changgui, so they could still hold on.

Mrs. Li also unceremoniously asked Mei Xiaoque, Tianlong, and Tianhu to go to the ridge at night to keep vigil.

Although the water reached their own fields, they could not guarantee that someone would steal it in the middle of the night, and if no one was watching, the water in the field would run out overnight, and the hard work of those days would be in vain.

Although Mei Xiaoque can't do heavy work now, she can still do things like night patrols

。

Now that the family is so busy, in previous years, he and the Zhou family were busy, but this year there are two less main forces, and it is indeed a little difficult for the family.

Therefore, as soon as Mrs. Li arranged it, he hurriedly agreed.

It's okay in the daytime, mainly at night, when it's dark, Mei Xiaoque took Tianlong and Tianhu to the ground.

There are those diligent and cautious people, who are afraid that people will steal water, and there are people who guard the ground, but after grabbing water for a day, they are so tired that they fall asleep on the ridges.

After midnight, most of the people couldn't stay up, and at first some people shouted and gossiped, but then they all died down, and they dozed off unconsciously.

Although the two brothers, Tianlong and Tianhu, were young, they also sat on the ground, and they couldn't help but lean against each other and dozed off.

But Mei Xiaoque, who always felt that something was wrong, got up and walked around after a while, and took a look.

In the second half of the night, even Mei Xiaoque couldn't stay up, yawned, and reluctantly got up to inspect again.

Suddenly, a clever man saw a black shadow, sneakily touching his ground.

"You-" Mei Xiaoque was just about to shout, when he saw the black shadow raise his head, and the light of the torch was on, it was Zhou?

Mei Xiaoque immediately lowered her voice, "What are you doing here?" He looked at Zhou vigilantly.

Zhou is weak

Rubbing his hands weakly, his attitude was very humble, "I'm worried about your legs, your body is not yet complete, I'm afraid I can't stand this late patrol, I want to come and replace you!" Don't worry, I'll leave as soon as the morning dawns. ”

Mei Xiaoque sighed and looked around, the two brothers Tianlong and Tianhu were sleeping soundly, and there was silence around them.

"You come with me." Mei Xiaoque was afraid of waking up her son, so she turned her head and walked to the ridge in the distance, signaling Zhou to follow.

A flash of light flashed in Zhou's eyes, and he hurriedly followed.

Walking to a tree on the edge of the ridge, Mei Xiaoque leaned against the tree to relieve her sore legs from standing and walking for a long time, and waited until Zhou approached before saying, "These days, everything you have done, I have seen it in my eyes, I know that you really want to change, and you really can't go back to the Lin family." But, I, I'll tell you the truth, it's me, I don't dare to believe you anymore, even if you change, but as soon as I see you, I can't help but think of your ruthless appearance when you were going to leave that day, as long as I think of this, I hate to kill! ”

Zhou understood what Mei Xiaoque was trying to express, the light in her eyes dimmed, and she opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted by Mei Xiaoque.

"Listen to me! But you're right, one day husband and wife hundred days, even if you can't stand me, for the sake of Tianlong's three children, you are like this now, I can't help but pull you, otherwise it will be the three children who suffer. I pondered, discussed with my mother and little sister, and said to the patriarch, I will build a shed for you nearby, so that you can have a place to rest for the time being, it's okay now that it's summer, but in autumn and winter, you can't sleep in the firewood stack, right? ”

"The food you eat, with me and my three children, save a little from your mouth, and you won't starve to death after all. What about you, live in the shack first, and then find a way out when the body is almost raised, and then you will find someone to marry, or do your own work to support yourself, and when the future Tianlong they are older, after the family is separated, you will be taken over to support the elderly, all with you. ”

"Let's be a husband and wife, I thought I could die and be buried in a grave, but now it's like this, I don't blame you, you can do it yourself!" After speaking, Mei Xiaoque turned around and was about to leave.

In the past few days, he has thought a lot, and he has indeed seen the changes in the Zhou family, but he can't get over the hurdle in his heart.

Zhou reduced his trust in women to the minimum, and completely made him give up the idea of finding another woman.

For the sake of a few children, I can't really watch the Zhou family starve to death or finally have no choice but to go back to Lin's house and be forced to die.

After thinking about it, there is only this way, which can be regarded as giving the Zhou family a way to live!

Zhou thought for a long time before he figured out the meaning of Mei Xiaoque's words.

The head of the house means that although he does not accept himself, he is relieved, and promises to build a shack for himself outside, so that he can have a place to stay, and then he and his children's rations will be saved for themselves to eat and nourish their bodies.

Even the road behind has been arranged for myself, waiting for myself

If you have your body raised, you can either find a man who does your duty and remarry; Either wait for Tianlong to get married and split up, and take himself over to support the elderly, and he can be regarded as having something to rely on for the rest of his life.

It stands to reason that she should be happy, with such a guarantee from the Mei family, Tianlong is the eldest grandson of the Mei family, with Mei Xiaotong's business, the Mei family's life is good, and Tianlong will not lose him in the future.

If Tianlong gives her a pension, as long as she moves out with Tianlong, then she will be her mother-in-law, there is no mother-in-law and men on her head, Tianlong's family is only afraid of her being the biggest, isn't it the same as the child, her grandmother, and Mrs. Li? The whole family had to listen to themselves, and that day was full of energy.

However, she didn't feel happy at all, she only felt chills on her body, she had never realized so clearly that Mei Xiaoque was real, and she really didn't want her.

Mei Xiaoque turned around and walked a few steps, her body shook, and she was busy supporting her body with a torch, her body was stable, but the torch was also extinguished.

He had already memorized the way, step by step, slowly walking back, and after a few steps, he seemed to hear something?

The sound of rushing water?

Louder and louder? Mei Xiaoque immediately sensed that something was wrong, and stumbled to a simple small dam fenced with stones and mud in Lingshan Village.

Ran to the river, and sure enough, I saw that the river dam had been opened a big hole, and in the night, there were several figures, digging their heads.

There were also a few people around, not only dug the dam, but also the ditches and some paddy fields, and the water in the river flowed down in a hurry......

"Stop!" Mei Xiaoque broke off, "What are you doing?" Stop! ”

The figures paused, stopped the movements of their subordinates, and looked up at this side, only Mei Xiaoque was alone, and buried his head in digging again.

"Stop me!" Mei Xiaoque threw the torch head in his hand over.

The head hit one of them on the head very coincidentally, and the man snorted, touched his head, and then scolded in a low voice, "- just one person, dare to do something with labor and management, fight!" Knocked out and good work! ”

At the sound of an order, several men who were stealing water all swung hoes and shovels and surrounded him, Mei Xiaoque hurriedly retreated, but his legs and feet suddenly cramped at this time, and a pain like a pinprick came up, making him stumble and fall to the ground.

"Labor and management thought it was a ruthless character, it turned out to be a soft-footed shrimp, phew-" The leader spat a mouthful of phlegm on the ground, picked up a shovel, and slapped it on Mei Xiaoque's head.

Mei Xiaoque had to watch the shovel get closer and closer......

Suddenly, a scream rang out, "Someone's coming, someone is stealing water—" and with the scream, a dark shadow appeared

pounced and blocked in front of Mei Xiaoque, and heard a muffled bang, and a warm heat sprinkled on Mei Xiaoque's body and hands.

It's blood!

The figure barely moved, and raised its head, it was Zhou.

Mei Xiaoque instantly

Stupid, his lips moved and he didn't know what to say, and his trembling hands wanted to touch the back of Zhou's head.

The person who stole the water was shaken by Zhou's voice and slapped on the back of Zhou's head.

The voice was unusually loud under the silent night sky.

Immediately woke up the men who were keeping vigil nearby, and suddenly hurried footsteps rushed in this direction.

"Run—" The stealer looked bad and was about to run.

Zhou didn't know where the strength came from, so he pounced and hugged the leg of the man who injured him, while shouting, "Hurry up!" Stealing water! Kill! Come on—"

The sound was poignant, piercing the night sky.

Not only the people who kept the night were awakened, but even the people of Lingshan Village were awakened and rushed here with torches.

The man who stole the water was in a hurry, and kicked Zhou with a dead force, trying to make Zhou let go, but the woman was holding his leg and couldn't run if she wanted to.

Zhou gritted her teeth, no matter how the man beat her and kicked her, her head was dizzy for a while, and her nose was bleeding, she didn't let go.

Soon, the people in the village arrived, and when they saw Zhou's tragic situation, they were all stunned for a moment, and immediately stepped forward and kicked down the man who beat Zhou with three punches and two kicks.

Mei Xiaoque came back to his senses at this time, his leg hurt so much that he couldn't stand up, so he knelt and crawled to Zhou's side, and finally crawled to Zhou's side, trembling his hands, not daring to touch, "Xinghua, Xinghua, how are you?" ”

Zhou was lying on the ground, blood was coming from his nose, the back of his head was still bleeding, the whole person was groggy, and his eyes were black for a while.

Hearing Mei Xiaoque's voice, she felt that she was dying, maybe this was her retribution, but she was very happy, she saved Brother Xiaoque, at least, even if she died, Brother Xiaoque shouldn't blame herself, right?

Groggy, she felt that she was getting colder and colder, and then she was held in a warm embrace, a familiar embrace, a familiar taste.

There was something wet dripping on her face, she tried to open her eyes wide, trying to see Mei Xiaoque's face clearly, but she couldn't see it clearly, so she had to reach out and want to touch it, but she couldn't move.

Mei Xiaoque watched Zhou's face become whiter and whiter, opened her eyes, but she didn't seem to see herself, and felt her fingers move, as if she wanted to say something.

(End of chapter)