Chapter 11: A False Alarm
Lu Caiqing hurriedly ran home, because she saw her uncle hurriedly holding something in his hands, and saw that she looked weak-hearted and ran away without even saying hello, Lu Caiqing thought that he must have done something bad again, so she hurried back home.
Or is it the same as last time, there is no movement in the house at all, could it be that while his mother-in-law is sleeping, he has stolen something valuable?
Suspicious, she quickly put down the flat burden, the water didn't have time to pour into the tank, so she hurriedly raised her legs and entered the door, this time she saw the old lady lying on her back with her feet facing the sky, her eyes closed, she was frightened, stayed in place, could it be that the uncle murdered the old lady, if the old lady died, she would not be liberated.
When she thought of this, she was secretly happy in her heart, and suddenly thought again, when this uncle did bad things, when the time comes, people will bite her, saying that she murdered herself, her reputation is not good, and she will be in prison at that time, who will testify to herself, and who will talk to a foreign daughter-in-law.
No, you can't carry the black pot for him in a daze, thinking that it doesn't matter what happens to the old lady, anyway, she also lay down for a while, came to the yard, and her brain moved, deliberately knocked down the bucket, wet her trouser legs, and threw away her flat burden, so she ran to the neighbor Brother Li's house.
Standing at the gate, he shouted: "Brother Li! Sister-in-law! Go and see my mother-in-law, my uncle grabbed something and pushed my mother-in-law down. ”
She thought to herself, in this way, she could prove that she had just gone to fetch water and was not at home, she could avoid suspicion, and she also exposed her uncle's face, just like her mother-in-law has three long and two short, and there is Brother Li's family to testify, which is better than explaining with one mouth.
She didn't expect this shout, Brother Li's family immediately came out to help, and at the same time attracted the help of other villagers, Lu Caiqing felt warm in her heart, thinking that not all people are hard-hearted, it seems that there are still many people in the countryside who are kind-hearted, and women like mother-in-law are still a few.
Everyone carried the mother-in-law onto the kang, and found a doctor from the neighboring village for diagnosis and treatment, the old lady actually relieved this breath, looking at the villagers in front of her, she was not good at slandering Lu Caiqing, but she was angry in her mouth, and only scolded the younger son in front of everyone, but in fact, everyone still knew about their mother and son.
When everyone saw that she was fine, they dispersed one after another, and Lu Caiqing sent everyone away with great gratitude. This fall, Lu's illness became even more serious, and he couldn't get up at all.
When Lu Caiqing opened the cabinet for her mother-in-law to make noodles, she told her that her uncle had stolen all the silver in the family, and now they are destitute except for the little white flour and millet left.
The old lady still kept blaming Cai Qing, saying that she was not right-minded, and she publicized something at home, and went out to deliberately ruin her uncle's reputation, so that he couldn't raise his head in front of the villagers.
She actually relied on the concern of the villagers, and even warned Cai Qing not to treat herself harshly when she couldn't move, otherwise she would call the villagers to treat her public on the grounds of abusing her mother-in-law.
Only then did Lu Caiqing know that if there was an abusive mother-in-law in this simple countryside, he would be punished by the people in the village. The so-called public office is to replay the 20 boards in front of the public, and then visit the village for three days to set an example.
Although Lu Caiqing said that she was uncomfortable, it was okay to abuse her daughter-in-law, but not the other way around, what kind of world is this, she is kind-hearted, and the public office is still a bit of a deterrent for herself, except for it, she didn't talk about it, but after thinking about it, her mother-in-law didn't treat herself harshly in terms of food and clothing, so she didn't care about her.
Through today's events, she also thought that although the Lu family usually doesn't get along well with the villagers, when there is something, the villagers will not sit idly by. If she treats her badly, if she keeps shouting, she will definitely be fine
Lu Caiqing waited cautiously, but in exchange for her mother-in-law's scolding and scolding, she felt very uncomfortable, and her heart was down, it was better to steal the household registration and run away, but this old lady was too shrewd and guarded against herself everywhere. But after all, he is a patient, and there are always times when he is negligent.
In the past few days, Lu Caiqing embroidered during the day, and when she cooked for the old lady at night, she secretly reserved her own dry food for running, and at night she estimated that the old lady was asleep, so she tiptoed up and dressed, and untied the key hanging around Lu's neck by the moonlight, and went down to the cabinet and gently opened the cabinet...... My stuff ......! ”
Lu Caiqing subconsciously turned around, stood upright, like a child who made a mistake, quickly closed his eyes, and waited for his mother-in-law to scold him, but after waiting for a while, there was no sound.
She cautiously opened half of her eyes first, checked the situation, saw her mother-in-law turn her back against herself, quickly opened her eyes and looked, a false alarm, it turned out that her mother-in-law was talking in her sleep, almost scared to death, quickly patted her chest for herself to suppress the shock, she did something sneaky for the first time, and she was so scared that a lot of sweat beads appeared on the tip of her nose.
Quickly wiped it off, grabbed the household registration in his hand and wanted to leave, but just as he was about to leave, he looked back at his mother-in-law who was lying on the kang and couldn't move, thinking about Lu Ming's concern for him, and his heart was not good.
After a fierce struggle in her heart, she silently sent the household registration back to the cabinet, relocked the cabinet, hung the key on her mother-in-law's neck again, and after undressing and lying down, she felt a lot more at ease.
At this time, I heard my mother-in-law lean back to herself and say, "You still have a little conscience!" ”
When Lu Caiqing heard this, her heart became nervous again, her face was flushed, and she was ashamed, this mother-in-law knew her intentions, was she testing herself? What a shrewd old lady, she is seriously ill, she doesn't sleep in the middle of the night, and she is still on guard of herself everywhere!
After waiting for a while, she didn't hear the usual foul words and insulting words, so she put her mind at ease, early in the morning, Lu Caiqing still repeated the work of the past, lighting a fire to cook, and boiling medicine.
After breakfast, Lu called Cai Qing and said, "Daughter-in-law! These days, I see that you have a good character, and yesterday you didn't leave my old woman alone, and I knew that you were a kind-hearted child. ”
Lu Caiqing was very surprised, thinking that her mother-in-law did not blame herself, but praised herself, and quickly apologized.
"Mother-in-law! I was wrong! Not in the future, I will help Brother Ming take care of you for him and take care of this family. ”
"Don't be nervous! Today I asked you to come to think about the way out of our mother and mother, now I am seriously ill in bed, I can't go out, I just thought, you treat me well, I scolded you so much, you still don't give up. ”
"Mother-in-law! What exactly are you trying to say? Lu Caiqing asked confusedly.