As soon as the rooster crowed, he got up. She called out to Herui Heyi, folded the quilt with her hands and feet, and quickly cleaned the room, ready to start making breakfast. In the cold winter and early spring, everyone prefers to eat pasta, and drinking noodle soup can not only warm up the body, but also be easy to digest, so as not to cause indigestion in the stomach in the severe cold. Following the scent, Jiafu and Cuiying stepped into the kitchen in the first morning light of the day, and sat down around the table with a hazy sleepiness.

They discussed with each other whether this year's weather would have an impact on the grain planting and grain harvest, and they ate their noodles casually. Today's noodles are especially fragrant, the noodles are very firm, and the noodles poured on them are more delicious than usual. Jiafu, who only eats one bowl of noodles on weekdays, actually asked for a second bowl, he praised twice, and as soon as he raised his chopsticks, he heard a knock on the big iron gate in the courtyard, and listening to the sound, it was not like knocking on the door with his hands, like knocking on the door with his feet.

"I'll open the door." He hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks and stood up. She hurried out, and the knock on the door echoed freely in the courtyard, and she pulled the latch open, and when she opened the door, the man was still knocking. He Tu frowned and glanced out unhappily, and his eyebrows suddenly wrinkled even tighter.

"Second uncle?" She cried out, "Why are you here?" ”

"I'm looking for your dad for something, is your dad here?" He was about to go inside with a big grin, regardless of whether he got out of the way or not. He looked at him angrily, slammed the door shut, and followed him into the house.

"Ouch, what's breakfast?" The man who was known as Lishang sat down at the table, he turned his head and said to Hetu happily, "Give the second uncle a bowl too." ”

"Oh." He Tu reluctantly responded, took a clean bowl from the cupboard, and scooped up the noodles from the pot.

"Why are you here?" Jiafu looked at him, "It's really a strange thing, I didn't see you come to my house when my mother was sick." What, what's wrong? ”

"Brother, look at what you said, I can't come to my brother's house if I'm fine?" Li Shang said with a smile, "Besides, the noodles made by my niece are delicious, so I came to rub two bowls." ”

Cuiying's complexion suddenly sank, she already had a bad impression of Lishang, and she couldn't even eat when she heard him talk like this. She put down the dishes and chopsticks, got up and walked to the back room, muttering in her heart: "An elder, talking with such a hippie smile in front of a child, it's really ugly to die." ”

"Say it, I know you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace." Jiafu put down the dishes and chopsticks, and he couldn't eat anymore.

Li Shang stopped talking, lowered his head and began to eat noodles seriously. He ate three bowls before he stopped, and his already fat belly was even fatter, almost dragging him to the ground. Li Shang wiped his mouth, turned his head to look at Herui Heyi, his eyes suddenly changed from full of smiles to cold and piercing, and Herui Heyi shivered heavily. He turned his head to look at Jiafu again, the gloom in his eyes disappeared without a trace, and said with a smile: "I came to look for my son's things." ”

"You came to my house to find your son's things?" Jiafu couldn't help but laugh, "You're not kidding. ”

"What am I kidding, can you ask your family Herui Heyi." Li Shang twisted his head towards Herui and said, "You two will tell your dad to save me some saliva." ”

He Yi was already trembling with fright, she looked at her sister timidly, then at her father, and lowered her head, trying to avoid her father's questioning gaze. And Herui still pretended to be calm, pursed his lips and looked at Li Shang provocatively.

"What's that?" Jiafu asked, "You two said." ”

He Yi raised her head and was about to speak, but she was preempted by He Rui, she stood up and said, "Is it just a game console?" When I went to the second aunt's house for dinner that day, Heyi saw it, and she had to play around, so I said that she could only play for a while, and she would return it to the second aunt when she was done, but she didn't know why, she secretly brought it down by herself. She moved her gaze to Heyi again, and said sternly, "I told you that you can't take other people's things casually, but you don't listen, hurry up and take them out and return them to the second uncle!" ”

He Yi looked at his sister in surprise, he didn't expect her to sell himself so quickly. She sat on the stool in a daze, not knowing how to react, although she was naughty on weekdays, but always following the rules and not doing what she thought was wrong, at this time she was thrown such a bucket of dirty water on her head, she was immediately at a loss.

"A game console." Li Shang said in Herui's tone, and smiled coldly, "Child, do you know how much it is?" ”

Jiafu's face was already red with anger, he slammed the table, and shouted, "Who took it!" Hurry up and return it to others! ”

He Yi shuddered, she raised her head and stole a glance at her father, and saw that his gaze was fixed on her, as if he could burn a hole in herself. But how did she know where Herui had hidden the console? Let her take it out, what will she take out and return it to the second uncle?

"Hop!" Herui hurriedly kicked her secretly, "Didn't you hide in the cabinet last night?" You hurry up and take it out. ”

"Oh, oh." He Yi stood up resignedly, she was already frightened, and only listened to what others said. She walked into the room with her hands and feet weak, and looked up to see her mother's gaze. What kind of eyes were that, and her heart ached. With tears in her eyes, she opened the cabinet and rummaged through it, and soon found the rectangular, cold thing. She took it in her arms, trembled and walked out, and put it in front of Lishang. Li Shang picked it up and looked at it carefully, as if he wanted to find some traces on it.

Jiafu was already dizzy with anger, he never thought that his daughter would do such a thing. Although the family is poor, people must have backbone to live, and they can only borrow other people's things, and they have to pay back when they borrow, and they have never taken them away without saying a word. It's stealing! This is the act of a thief! He stood up with a bang, and the table he brought with him shook slightly. He Yi looked at him in a panic, his heart almost stopping.

"Hedi! Take your sister out! Jiafu let out a low roar. He Tu hurriedly took Heyi's hand and coaxed her out. He Yi didn't even have the strength to walk, and leaned softly on Hetu's body, his hand tightly grasping the corner of Hedi's clothes, as if grasping a life-saving straw.

Seeing this, Herui hurriedly followed Hedi out. She secretly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that she was free from suspicion and would no longer be criticized by her father.

"Brother." Li Shang suddenly said, "Look, there are so many cuts on it. ”

Jiafu looked at him with a frown and asked, "Is it broken?" ”

"It's not bad, it's just that so many Daozi look ugly." Li Shang said unhappily, "This is also what I bought back for more than a hundred, which is really distressing." ”

Jiafu bowed his head and fumbled in his arms, taking out a few crumpled but neatly folded bills from his pocket. He threw them on the table and said coldly, "This is what I accompanied you." ”

Li Shang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly picked up the money and counted it carefully, there were as many as fifty or sixty. He grinned and put the money in his pocket, stood up and said, "Okay, forget it, it's just a child's plaything." However, niece, don't hit too hard, child, it's normal to make some mistakes, just talk about it. ”

Jiafu didn't speak with a cold face. Li Shang didn't get a response, so he had to smile stupidly, nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go first." After speaking, he paused for two seconds, and saw that Jiafu still didn't respond, so he had to go out in a sneer.

Jiafu slumped on the stool like a deflated balloon. He looked at the air in front of him disappointedly, his eyes full of pain that hatred of iron could not be made of steel.

"Family Portrait." Cuiying lifted the curtain and walked out of the back room, her face with an anxious expression, "How much did you pay him?" ”

Jiafu shook his head and said slowly: "It doesn't matter how much you lose, you can earn it again if the money is gone, but if you lose this face, you can't come back." He turned his head to look around, and at a glance he saw the stick in the pyre, and he abruptly stood up, picked it up, and walked out. Hetu was sitting on the steps with Heyi in her arms to coax her, and there was a listless Herui squatting next to her. Jiafu stood on the steps and roared heavily, "You guys let me in!" ”

All three of them shook in unison. He Yi grabbed Hedi's hand tightly, and said in a trembling voice: "Sister, sister, what should I do?" ”

"I'll just ask you, did you take it?" He Yi stared at He Yi tightly, his expression serious.

He Yi glanced at He Rui, hesitated, and shook his head vigorously.

"Then tell the truth, and don't be afraid, do whatever you want." He Tu pulled up Heyi and led her to the kitchen. Jiafu sat on the kang head, glared at them angrily, and yelled at Heyi: "Come here!" ”

"Dad!" He Yi cried out with a wow, "That's not what I took it, no!" I was wronged! ”

"You still don't admit it!" Smoke rose above Jia Fuqi's head, and he took the fire stick and hit Heyi. He Yi hid in pain, crying while hiding: "I really didn't take it!" It was taken by the third sister! She asked me to say I got it so she would give me the console to play with! ”

Jiafu stopped his hand and looked at her breathlessly, "Now that you know, why didn't you let your sister go back?" If you still want to play a game console, what's the difference between you and taking it? ”

He Yi bit her lip and lowered her head, she felt very regretful, she knew that she should have persuaded Herui to return the game console in the first place, so that it would not end up like this.

Jiafu glared at Heyi fiercely, and turned his gaze to Herui. He Rui looked back at her father calmly, wanting to show a righteous and awe-inspiring look, but her legs had begun to tremble, her forehead had begun to sweat, and her eyes had shown timidity.

"I ask you, why are you taking a game console?" Jiafu sat down again on the edge of the kang, and he cast his blade-like gaze on Herui's face, which made Herui's heart panic. She swallowed, tried to stabilize her trembling body, and said loudly, "Anyway, it's still there, why don't I play with it." ”

"You're reasonable, aren't you?" Jiafu felt a blackness in front of him, and hurriedly reached out to hold the edge of the kang, and after he recovered, he pointed to Herui and said, "You come here!" Hands out! ”

He didn't remember how many times he hit Herui that day, only that he almost fainted after he stopped. Her hands were inky black with the ashes of the fire sticks, and were so mixed with the blood and swollen flesh that they were barely recognizable. He Yi was so frightened that he couldn't speak, he shrank aside, and He Tu hugged He Rui beside him, crying and persuading his father, even Cuiying cried, and took Jiafu's hand to prevent him from beating again. Jiafu's mind was blank, and he was angry and hateful, but when he saw the miserable hands and the pale face of Herui, his body was suddenly drained of all strength, and he couldn't move anymore when he sat on the kang.

"Look what the baby looks like!" Cui Ying cried, "Just such a thing, you can teach a lesson!" Whoever doesn't make mistakes in the world, do you have to beat her to death! Cuiying squatted down, touched Herui's forehead with her hand, and patted her face gently, hoping that Herui would quickly return to the way she was before the injury, but Herui's eyes were tightly closed, her lips were pale, and she seemed to have fainted.

Jiafu glanced at Cuiying blankly, then at Herui, shook his head and didn't speak.

"Hedi, carry your sister to the kang." Cui Ying said, wiped a handful of tears, glanced at the family portrait hatefully, and shouted, "Get up! Still sitting here in the way! ”

The stick in Jiafu's hand fell to the ground with a snap, and he stood up and watched blankly as they lifted Herui onto the kang, covered her with a quilt, and wiped her face with a wet towel. He couldn't help but wonder if he had hit himself too hard? Is the child okay now? He suddenly felt a tingling pain in his heart, and began to feel sorry for the third daughter in front of him.

He Yi quickly picked up the stick on the ground and threw it outside, she was afraid that her father would be angry and fight again. Cuiying called Heyi to call the doctor at the village clinic, and Heyi spread his feet and ran out. Jiafu sat down on the kang and looked at Herui, feeling very guilty, but he didn't know what to do. He wanted to reach out and touch Herui's forehead, but was slapped back by Cuiying, and wanted to take a closer look at Herui's hand, but was pushed away by Cuiying. She said hatefully: "You didn't feel distressed when you hit, but now you know that you are distressed?" The girls were all born to me, only I hurt, you don't have our girls in your heart at all! ”

"No, it's not." Jiafu silently shouted in his heart, but he didn't say anything. He stood up, sighed, and headed outside. The weather was gloomy and not too windy, so he squatted on the steps, staring intently at the gate of the courtyard, waiting for the arrival of the doctor.