Peng Cheng and Bai Xue heard about it, and hurried home after school to tell their mother. Chunmei still didn't believe it, Jin Cheng also said, she believed it, and suddenly remembered the ten yuan that Zhihao's mother had returned, and hurriedly rummaged through the drawers to find it, but she couldn't find it all over, it must have been him who stole it to buy a basketball, which is not a small amount, it is the money paid to the production team to buy rations. She was anxious, scolded Peng Cheng and asked Peng Xiang where he went, Jin Cheng said that Zhihao knew.

Chunmei scolded her son all the way to Zhihao's house, causing the neighbors to come out to see, and they all talked about the child stealing money and paying it back. Some say that they have never seen her like this, she must be mad, oops, who is uncomfortable, such a child, the bad reputation is out, and he can't even say that he has a daughter-in-law when he is older, so it makes people uncomfortable......

Not to mention what the neighbors discussed, just said that Chunmei came to Zhihao's house, Zhihao knew that he was in trouble, and he didn't dare to hide it anymore, so he told Chunmei. was so angry that Wang Yinshu slapped Zhihao a few times, thinking that there was also something about him, and Zhihao cried.

Chunmei couldn't care about him. She shouted her son's name and trotted out of the village to find it.

Pengxiang heard his mother's shout, but he didn't dare to respond, and hid in the corner of someone's house and sat there stupidly. Chunmei saw her son, she ran over, saw the basketball in his arms and hit him, slap after slap, hit him on the head and back, he scolded while beating, "You are so bold, dare to steal money to buy balls, this is our family's ration money, your father knows not to kill you, I will let you steal again, I will let you steal again," he grabbed one of his son's arms and beat him fiercely, beating him with tears on his face, but he didn't cry.

Chunmei picked up the ball and asked him where he bought it, and pulled him to return the ball.

Perhaps, Chunmei was dizzy, he slapped step by step, step by step slap Pengxiang stumbled one after another, hit him and trot, tears flowed constantly, and spit blood from time to time.

Chunmei didn't care about these at all, she was constantly scolding, adding fists and feet, which provoked everyone all the way to see and discuss, asking what was going on, how to beat the child like this, and there was no problem, so passers-by persuaded one after another.

Chunmei couldn't listen to anyone's words, she scolded and beat all the way, until the supply and marketing cooperative, or the saleswoman on duty, she opened the door. Chunmei knows her, she also knows Chunmei, she is Liu Xinxi's wife, during the Chinese New Year, Liu Xinxi also took her to Chunmei's house to play, Pengcheng Baixue knows everything, so he doesn't recognize Pengxiang.

The two met very affectionately, "This is your second child, he has been here many times, he came at noon today, and said that he bought it for the school, I screamed and ran away with the ball." ”

Chunmei said about the situation, "This is the family's ration money, he stole it to buy the ball, Xiao Cao, can you see if you can give it back?" ”

Xiao Cao took the ball and looked at it, she was very surprised and said: "If it is not cooked, it cannot be returned according to the regulations, you take it back first, wash the ball, come at night, I will secretly return it to you." ”

Chunmei responded, she was very grateful, and said some words of thanks......

When he returned home, Pengxiang didn't eat, he was still crying, and he spit out a few mouthfuls of blood from time to time.

Chunmei ignored her, and she carefully wiped the stain on the basketball with warm water. Peng Cheng spoke coldly on the side, and slapped him a few times. Bai Xue scolded him, and shouted at his mother: "Mother, the second brother vomited blood again, why don't you care." ”

The mother still ignored her, so she used her small handkerchief to wipe the blood from the corner of her mouth for the second brother, and brought him steamed buns to eat. Grandma came, he took Pengxiang in his arms and said to his daughter-in-law, seeing that her grandson's gown was full of mud, she asked Chunmei for a gown and wanted to change it for her grandson.

"Where is the gown, let him be naked first," Chunmei said angrily. Bai Xue turned out the second brother's broken vest, and his grandmother took it off for him, and Peng Xiang screamed. Grandma screamed too, and the gown she had taken off fell to the ground. Pengxiang's spine was red and red, the handprints were clearly recognizable, and the swollen old and high in some places were faint and purple, oozing a lot of blood.

"You are really ruthless, you broke his backbone, how old is he, you beat him like this, and you will do it, he is your own child, even your stepmother is not as ruthless as you." Grandma was very angry, she wiped her eyes in distress, and she lost her temper at her daughter-in-law.

Chunmei came over to see, she was also very distressed, regretting that she was ruthless, but she said: "Think about it in the future, tell you to steal money again, and your father won't kill you if he knows about it." ”

"His father stole my money when he was young, and I didn't lift a finger from him, so it's not good now," Grandma said angrily.

Chunmei was amused by her mother-in-law, she couldn't help but smile and said, "You said this in front of the child." ”

"Why do I say that, if you don't believe me, ask his father. The child is fortunately born to you, if you are a stepmother, don't say that I don't break up with you, you can't go out with the eyes of the neighbors. ”

Chunmei went out with a smile, and after a while, she and Zhihao's mother came in, and Zhihao's mother rubbed Pengxiang's purple potion and said to her grandmother: "It's okay, the child is getting better quickly, and it will be fine in a few days." ”

Grandma still didn't give up, "If his father beats him like this, I have to give him a comedown." What happened to his father when he was young, either stealing or touching, I didn't move a finger from him, and he didn't learn badly when he was older, his brothers' skills, who in the village compared? His grandfather is honest, he doesn't steal or rob, how about it, he has been in the bag for a lifetime. ”

Zhihao's mother couldn't help laughing, and Chunmei also covered her mouth and smiled. "Don't laugh, in the future, my five grandsons and two granddaughters can't be wrong, they are better than his grandfather and father, especially when I am lucky, when he was born, the sky was a white light, reflecting the same as the day, and the sky is full of sunshine, the second fairy aunt said that it was the white dragon reincarnation, you look at his eyes, there is a god, that is the dragon's eye, you hit him like this, maybe there is a sin."

The two of them looked carefully, and it was really like that. Chunmei was a little scared by her mother-in-law, but when she thought about it, what did it matter if she gave birth to her own and raised her own after a few beatings, even if the real dragon was reincarnated, she couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

After the meal, Chunmei went to the consignment to weigh half a pound of candy and went to return the basketball. Soon she was back. Wang Sen also happened to come back, Chunmei talked to him, and said that there were knife marks on the ball, if it weren't for Xiao Cao, he wouldn't have returned at all. The money is not enough, the ball is only five yuan, he said that there is eight anise left, I don't know what to buy with that money, I have to ask him.

"Whose money did he steal?" Wang Sen asked.

"Our money is the ten yuan that Zhihao's mother paid us, I put it on the table, and after sending Zhihao's mother away, I was busy steaming dry food and forgot to put it away, so he stole it, and he was in the house at the time," Chunmei said.

"I took 10 yuan from the table to buy a window lattice," Mr. Wang said.

"You took it?"

"Didn't I tell you?" "Yes," Chunmei remembered. "It's all made me angry, so whose money did he steal, is it his Kanto's?" Chunmei asked. If it weren't for the late night, she would have asked.

When she got up early in the morning, Chunmei met Kanto Ye in the alley, and he was pushing the cart to catch the market. Chunmei hurriedly called him to his house to ask, but Guan Dong Ye flatly denied it, saying that Xiang'er didn't steal his money, and he hadn't been there for a long time.

Chunmei wondered who he stole from. While she was thinking nonsense, Wang Jie hurriedly came in, she blushed and said to Chunmei: "The money was given to Pengxiang by me, not stolen by him, don't beat him, and don't tell my mother," After speaking, she hurriedly left.

was so shocked that Chunmei didn't come back to her senses for a long time, and when she understood that she came over and hurried to the door, Wang Jie had already disappeared.

Wang Sen just got up, and Chunmei told him, and both of them laughed. "This kid, I didn't say anything about beating him like that, he was beaten in vain, it's really tough!" Chunmei said. She regretted it, was distressed, and went to her mother-in-law's place to watch the children. Peng Xiang was asleep on the edge of the kang and hadn't woken up yet.

The mother-in-law called her out and whispered: "I moaned in pain all night, and vomited a few mouthfuls of blood, and burned so much that my mouth was full of bubbles, and I just fell asleep." ”

Chunmei whispered to her. "I said how to come, our child is not the bad boy, he knows how to fight without distinguishing between indiscriminate and wrong. The child can't just vomit blood, go and see him, it's a big mouthful of vomiting at night, scared me all night, how old the child, how much blood is on the body. Grandma said worriedly.

"It's okay, he usually vomits, he can't eat or drink, and he doesn't look short, this kid is so hot......"

Pengxiang lay at home for a week. He went to school, walked down the street, and he always felt that there were countless pairs of fingers pointing at him, and countless pairs of eyes laughing at him. He walked with his head down, exerting all his strength with each step. He felt like a thief, exposed to the sun and the disdainful gaze of the people.

When he walked into the school, he was even more embarrassed, and all the eyes of his classmates were on him, and the sneering words were full of ears, as if the fog in the sky protected him, making him unable to discern the direction; He was like a besieged little animal, surrounded by wolf-like green eyes and sharp teeth, which had to be torn to pieces and devoured.

His eyes were glazed, his legs were filled with lead, and he was sweating profusely with every step. He finally escaped into the classroom, and many classmates were surrounding Cheng Lotian and laughing. Gao Yang was even more proud, he even said that he was acting, learning to cry like being beaten, there were no tears, he wiped saliva on the corners of his eyes and cheeks, Jin Cheng pretended to beat him, the two performed very funny, accidentally Gao Yang sat on the podium, rubbing his hands and grinning, and his classmates laughed.

Suddenly, Gao Yang got up and returned to his seat, he lowered his head and said nothing. Only then did the students find that Pengxiang had walked into the classroom. So, they all returned to their seats as if they were fine, and the classroom suddenly fell silent.

Cheng Letian also stopped laughing, he walked around the classroom twice as if he was fine, and went out without looking at Pengxiang. Peng Xiangxiang didn't notice anything, he was numb, and his numb heart made him a numb person. for a few days. He's like that, he doesn't say a word to others, he comes to school early and leaves early after school.

Zhihao deliberately approached him, but he was also cold and ignored. He changed, he became withdrawn and aloof, both at school and at home. He is a loner and away from people.

Escaping into nature, he felt comfortable, he found himself, looked at the sunset and shed tears, looked at the floating clouds and thoughts, and told the birds. He yearns for a new world, blue sky, turquoise meadows, high mountains, green water, gurgling streams, warm sunshine caresses, listening to birds, smelling flowers, gently closing his eyes, and falling asleep sweetly......

Yes! The innocent life makes people yearn for it and makes people intoxicated.

However, the basketball dream has been shattered......