The three of them walked back and forth into the house, and there was an oil lamp left in the hall, and the dim light hit their bodies and left a short shadow behind them, like a bizarre afterimage. Widow Liu instructed without looking back: "Close the door." ”

I took a deep breath and turned around and was about to close the door, but Ah Ping slammed the door shut. When I looked back, I met Widow Liu's stern gaze, but she swept me and fell on Ah Ping, and immediately asked in a deep voice, "Ah Ping, what's wrong?" My heart sudden, knowing that she had only seen the stains on Ah Ping's robe that had not been washed off, and she had not really seen the wounds on Ah Ping's face.

And Ah Ping turned around and closed the door, so he stood still and didn't turn back, I sighed in my heart, do you understand that this is called covering your ears and stealing the bell, can you still hide from your mother and not be hurt by her? Clothes can be washed when they are dirty, but the bruises on the face and the cracks at the corners of the mouth can not be healed in a blink of an eye.

Widow Liu couldn't wait for my answer, and her eyes became more and more cold: "How did I explain to you in the morning?" I brought Ah Ping over so early and didn't come back until dark, something is hooking your soul, isn't it? Don't give me the original story of what happened throughout the day! ”

I measured in my mind how to speak, the skill of language is useless in Widow Liu, she only sees the essence of things, and her only criterion is to take Ah Ping as the main one. Even Ah Ping, who is immature, knows to turn his back to avoid her, so it can be seen that no matter how clever I am, it will be difficult to convince her.

Sticking out my head is a knife and shrinking my head is also a knife, I gritted my teeth and let it out: "A-Ping ...... today"

As soon as I started speaking, I heard Ah Ping interrupt me by muttering the word "sleepy", and then turned around and grabbed my arm and was about to rush to the back room. But just as we were about to step out of the door connecting the hall and the courtyard, Widow Liu suddenly shouted: "Stop! ”

My heart trembled, Ah Ping was also startled, and his body paused, only to hear the footsteps behind him approaching in a panic, and then Widow Liu lost her voice and asked, "Ah Ping, what's wrong with your face?" ”

At this time, the firelight shone obliquely, just shooting on the side of Ah Ping's face, and the broken corners of the mouth and the bruised patch were particularly obvious, and naturally they did not escape the sharp eyes of Widow Liu. I staggered forward, but Ah Ping grabbed my arm and didn't fall.

After stabilizing his figure, he turned around, and saw Widow Liu standing there trembling and staring at the wound on Ah Ping's face, her eyes were full of disbelief, and then two lines slipped down her eyes, and she burst into tears.

I was also shocked for a while, and Ah Ping was also trembling, and he was surprised that his mother would cry.

The first thing this woman who had always been strict and harsh did after seeing her son being injured was not to question the reason, but to cry in distress. It's hard not to be moved by such a scene.

Widow Liu trembled and her lips burst out from between her teeth: "What's the matter?" ”

Ah Ping didn't speak, just looked at her silently.

I was about to open my mouth to explain, but he squeezed his hand tightly, and my heart moved, is he stopping me from talking? But just after hesitation, a cold wind suddenly hit me, it was Widow Liu who slapped me, and I instinctively retreated, but behind me was the wall and there was no way to retreat.

Syllable! The palm swung down, but my face didn't hurt because it hit the back of Ping's hand.