After laughing for a while, Chrysanthemum accompanied Liu Xiaomei to see Liu Yunlan again, and then turned around and went back to Zhang's house, not eating at Zheng's house, so as not to cause chaos over there. (Below. Carry. F)

It is rare for Liu Xiaomei to eat here, and Chrysanthemum called Meizi to come over to accompany her.

Meizi was very happy to hear this, made lunch, told her mother-in-law, and came over by herself without bringing the baby.

When I met Liu Xiaomei, there were naturally a lot of new things to talk about, a lot of gossip to ask, and the two of them couldn't stop talking.

Chrysanthemum came out of the kitchen, looked at the two and smiled: "Why are you so lively?" Time to eat. ”

Liu Xiaomei hurriedly pulled her to sit down under the eaves of the porch, and said, "Uncle Zhang hasn't come home yet, let's wait." I'm not hungry either. ”

Meizi swallowed melon seeds and said to Chrysanthemum: "I just talked about Xiaoxiu." Chrysanthemum, don't be like Xiaoxiu, my mother said, if some people make a mistake, they won't be able to open their minds. ”

Chrysanthemum laughed and said, "I haven't seen her yet, where would I think about that?" ”

Xiaomei said: "She asked me what I was doing, and I didn't hide it from her, so I told her." She's just trying to persuade you in passing. I said, Meizi, don't go home and say, if your mother-in-law hears it, and spreads it out, maybe the word will change. ”

Meizi spit out the skin of melon seeds to the bamboo basket, and said, "How could I tell her this, I can't be busy all day." Besides, if you don't say it, people won't know? There is nothing that no one in this village does not know, and the slightest thing is spread by people with noses and eyes. Uncle Shorty punished Xiao Xiuniang for the whole village, Xiao Xiuniang cried and scolded him for thinking about other people's widows, which caused my second aunt (Li Changxingniang) to be unlucky and gossiped. ”

The little sister burst out laughing and asked in wonder: "Isn't Xiao Xiuniang usually the most afraid of Uncle Shorty, why is it all over this time?" Last time, the loach was lost, and it was reasonable for her to lose her temper with Uncle Shorty through this incident, but now there is nothing to do, why are you still holding on to that incident? ”

Chrysanthemum said in her heart, what do you know, women are jealous, and they are the most terrible.

Meizi shook her head and said something Chrysanthemum listened to it and thought deeply: "No matter what you do so much, the village is lively all year round, and things are constant." Let's not think so much, if we get along, we will come and go more, and if we can't get along, we will come and go less. ”

After laughing for a while, he waited for Zhang Dazhuan's house to come, and was just about to eat, but he heard a stack of shouts outside, and the noisy shouts continued.

Several people looked at each other strangely, not understanding what was happening.

Huaizi and Liu Heizi talked all the way, came out of the backyard, and Chrysanthemum said: "Brother Huaizi, go and see, what's going on outside?" "Don't have anything to do with her family.

Without waiting for Huaizi to answer, Liu Xiaomei's second sister-in-law rushed in from outside the courtyard, and almost tripped when she crossed the threshold in a panic, shouting at her: "Little sister, no······ It's amazing, Xiaoxiu jumped into the lake. ”

After speaking, he turned around and ran out again, ran to the gate of the courtyard, stopped and turned back to Liu Xiaomei in a daze: "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up!" Then he ran out again.

Liu Xiaomei's face fell in an instant, and she said to Chrysanthemum: "Help me look at the lock." He lifted his feet and took her second sister-in-law out.

Chrysanthemum was furious, gritted her teeth with frost on her face, and said, "If she wants to die, let her die." After speaking, he said to Huaizi, "Let's eat." Leave her alone, and if she dies, she will die. Nowadays, human life is not worth much. ”

Suddenly, she became indifferent, and her heart was as hard as iron.

On the day the loach was lost, although she was also angry, she didn't pay too much attention to it, but she was sympathetic to her loss of her son's gaffe, and now, this woman actually jumped into the lake, it really didn't make sense, she actually said it at the time!

This kind of person, so can't think about it, and tramples on life, so she doesn't have the mood to sympathize with her.

Meizi was also stunned, looking at Chrysanthemum's face that was still smiling just now, she suddenly became cold, and she was angry in her heart, and secretly said that this little show can really be tossed, but is she really dead?

Huaizi strode over, smiled at Chrysanthemum, took her hand, entered the house together, and said lightly: "Eat." When you're done eating, you go to sleep. I'll just wait at home to see who dares to come to the door. ”

Mei Zi walked in with her, she still couldn't help it, and suddenly said to Chrysanthemum: "Chrysanthemum, I'm not eating here, I'm going to take a look." I'll tell you later, don't worry. With that, he turned around and ran.

Chrysanthemum looked at her back and smiled bitterly at Huaizi, the simple plum thought that she still cared about Xiaoxiu, but it was not easy to come forward, so she helped her to find out the news, but she didn't know that she was really indifferent to this matter.

Although it was very shameful for Xiaoxiu's approach, and he didn't take it to heart, it was impossible to be happy, so the meal was very tasteless.

He and Zhang Dazhuan were angry, and they wanted to say something, but they were stopped by Huaizi and said: "Dad, mother, what people want to do is other people's business, let's not do bad things, and we are not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door." I haven't bothered with her yet, she has gone to die. Whether she is dead or not, it means that she is an unlucky person. Let's talk about her, save your appetite. ”

Saying that, she helped Chrysanthemum pick up a pair of chopsticks and dried eggplant stewed meat and put it in her bowl, and said softly: "Eat it and rest for a while." ”

Chrysanthemum nodded and said with a smile: "Such good dishes, Meizi said just now that I wanted to eat two big bowls, but unfortunately I didn't eat them." After she took a few mouthfuls of rice, she got up and scooped a bowl of green vegetables and roasted tofu, and added some to Cao's babies on a small stool one by one, and advised: "This green vegetable must be eaten, and you can grow tall if you eat it." The greens are the sweetest on a cold day, and the shallots are the first to taste. ”

Several babies ate "half of the sky and half of the earth", and on the bench and on the ground, it was full of rice. The chestnut raised the hand holding the spoon and scratched it on the head, and the rice grains on the small bamboo spoon fell to the top of the skull and landed in the center of the lid.

The corners of He's mouth twitched, and he resisted the urge to go up to help his grandson feed him, glanced at Chrysanthemum, and listened to Chrysanthemum: "Whoever finishes eating first and spills the least rice, my mother will help him be a little mouse and tell him a story." ”

Chestnut listened and hurriedly scooped a spoonful of egg bibimbap into his mouth, accidentally, half of it leaked on the bench, he was so anxious that he grabbed the rice paste with his other hand, fed it into his mouth, covered his mouth with his small palm, and raised his eyes to look at the chrysanthemums to see how his mother reacted.

Chrysanthemum pretended not to see it and ate by herself. The kid was relieved, lowered his head and continued to deal with the food in the bowl, but there was no clean place on his head, face, hands, and chest.

A few babies rushed to eat, and even Xiao Suo'er ate happily, and did not lose his temper because Liu Xiaomei was not there.

When they had finished eating, He breathed a sigh of relief and took a towel to wipe their mouths and hands clean, while Grape came up to clean up the spilled meals and fed them to the chickens with a dustpan.

He muttered: "The meal is so leaky, it's like a leaky jaw." How long does it take to hold the spoon steadily? ”

Chrysanthemum couldn't help but smile: "Mother, haven't you seen that they are much better than before?" The gourd doesn't need to be fed at all, and it's not because he eats by himself and exercises since he can hold a spoon. ”

I heard the gourd say, "Auntie, I'll finish eating first."

Chrysanthemum smiled: "Okay, my aunt will give you the mouse later." I'll tell you a story. ”

The babies were jumping happily, and the chestnut suddenly grinned, he found that his mother was so stupid, he and his sister didn't eat well first, and they couldn't listen to the story the same? Don't think about it, but he can play with Brother Hulu's things.

Chrysanthemum saw her son smiling brightly, a little inexplicable, not knowing that she was evaluated as a "stupid" by her son. She hugged her daughter, patted her gently, and told stories to several babies.

Grape fetched water to help them wash their faces, and after a while, a few little babies drooped their eyelids, and Chrysanthemum placed them on the small bed, and went to bed to squint and take a nap.

In the hall, Huaizi sat on a small stool, holding a small square wooden block in his hand, and while carving, he wondered in his heart: Why is the meal all eaten, and no one comes to make trouble?

Zhang Dazhuan frowned and looked out the door absentmindedly - he was not as calm as his son and daughter-in-law.

Aoki stood on the ridge of the paddy field by the mirror lake to inspect the late rice, clear the ditch and drain the water, and prepare to arrange for the harvest to be harvested two days later.

After inspecting the ten acres of paddy fields, he picked up the hoe and was about to go home, when he suddenly saw Xiaoxiu coming from the middle of the field, walking straight forward, and not looking down at the soles of his feet, sometimes tripping and twisting, and he didn't see her stop, and secretly wondered: the mirror lake in front of her, she didn't mean to turn at all, what is this going to do?

Seeing her staring straight ahead, Aoki followed her gaze and looked there: there was nothing left, it was Xiaoqingshan, and the foot of the mountain was full of households.

As soon as he retracted his gaze, he heard a "plop" sound, and the little daughter-in-law walked into the lake like this, which shocked Aoki dumbfounded!

After being stunned for a moment, he came back to his senses, and instead of rushing over and jumping into the water to save people, he wrung his eyebrows and pondered: Do you want to treat it as if you didn't see it?

He remembered what Uncle Ma and Huaizi had said, and his expression turned cold. Even if the Zheng family has a close relationship with her mother-in-law, after what happened last time, the love will be discounted. If other members of the Liu family fell into the water, of course he would go into the water to save them; Xiaoxiu, he's in a bad mood, why should he save him?

This is karma, and people can't blame him.

So, Aoki lifted his legs and left.

After walking a few steps, the faces of the mother and daughter-in-law who had just given birth flashed in my mind, and I remembered that Xiaoxiu had questioned Liu Sanshun in public to maintain Chrysanthemum, if Xiaoxiu really died, would it damage Chrysanthemum's reputation?

Because he and Huaizi deliberately spread the nonsense that many people said when Zhou Xiaoman got married when they got drunk, so the village has been talking about this recently, and no one has mentioned Xiaoxiu's words anymore, but if she dies, that person won't want to break it?

Aoki thought with a stiff face, this mother-in-law is uneasy to live or die, it's really annoying! Forget it, save her life, and you should do good deeds for Yun Lan and her mother.

He didn't pay attention at all, after he made up his mind to save people, his heart suddenly relaxed, all kinds of reasons were just his excuses: he couldn't see death after all.