In February, there was still the cold of early spring, so it was easy to catch a cold if I stepped on the ground without shoes, so I hurriedly stepped forward to pull him. But he was very stubborn, and the pestle refused to go with me at the moment. Gritted his teeth, dropped a sentence of "don't move here" turned around and ran quickly back to the room, took out another pair of new shoes and walked out of the door, purely subconsciously turning his head to look at Widow Liu's door.

Because I could think of the reason that would make Ah Ping's sudden mood change was her, but I saw two shoes scattered on the ground in front of her door, which seemed to be the new shoes that Ah Ping had changed before. My heart sank, and I didn't go over to confirm but walked back to the courtyard, at this time it was dark, and I only saw a figure squatting in the center of the courtyard, needless to say, it must be Ah Ping.

"I've got you a new pair of shoes, do you want to wear them?"

When I stood in front of him and spoke softly, he raised his head and looked up, his dark eyes were starry, and he seemed to have a pitiful sadness, his eyes fell on my hand and he paused before nodding reluctantly, but he didn't mean to get up, I had to squat down too.

After putting his shoes back on, he no longer saw the simple happiness of before, but just drooped his head listlessly. I didn't ask why, I just softened my voice and asked, "Can you come with me to cook?" ”

He looked up at me and finally nodded.

In the stove room, I wash vegetables and make a fire to cook, as busy as the day, but there are also differences, and I will glance at the table from time to time, because Ah Ping is sitting there. He had been in a silent daze since he sat down at the door, and sometimes his eyes followed me, but he looked like he had lost his mind.

I hesitated to take out the rest of the fish, and I was not sure if it could be used as an ingredient due to the turmoil over the fish head during the day. But at this moment, I heard Ah Ping suddenly say, "I want to eat fish." Thinking he had misheard, he turned around to see that he was staring at the fish on the stove.

Somewhat apprehensively picked up the body of the fish, this is a big grass carp, the head of the fish is cut off and the body of the fish is still very large, if you really want to throw it away, it would be a pity, but Widow Liu's side ...... The ointment on the back of my hand still hurts, and to be honest, I have palpitations.

But Ah Ping reiterated again: "I want to eat fish." ”

Half an hour later, a plate of braised fish pieces comes out of the pot. There was no soup, so I had to make a vegetarian soup with cabbage, and then heat up the rest of the braised pork, and serve it to the table, Ah Ping wanted to eat, I tapped it with chopsticks and said, "I haven't called your mother yet." ”

He pouted, not very happy, and did not want to get up.

I had to go and call Widow Liu, and when I got to the door of the back room, I saw two shoes scattered on the ground, and bent down to pick them up. It was indeed the black cloth shoes I put on for Ah Ping before, and after thinking about it, I put them back in front of our house and then came back to Widow Liu's side, knowing that it was very likely that she might touch her fire at this time, but I still knocked on the door and said, "Mother-in-law, it's time to eat." ”

There was a moment of silence, and the door opened as footsteps approached the house. At this time, the aisle was dim, and I couldn't see Widow Liu's expression clearly, but I could feel a stern gaze sweeping over me, and then she walked past me towards the stove.

I secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the work of serving people was really tiring.

When Widow Liu arrived at the table, I deliberately observed her expression, her expression was still gloomy, and there were deep wrinkles between her eyebrows, which showed that she was also very serious on weekdays. When her eyes swept over the bowl of braised fish on the table, I held my breath for a moment when she paused, and finally she didn't really have a seizure, but frowned and pulled out a chair and sat down.

I immediately brought three bowls of rice, but as soon as the bowl fell, I heard Widow Liu lightly order: "Wait for Ah Ping to finish eating before you eat." ”

His body stiffened, and he bowed his head in response: "Yes." ”

This is not surprising, and A-Niang is also the last one to eat at home. But Ah Ping can eat that meal by himself in the morning, do you still need me to feed it? Resignedly, I scooped half a spoonful of rice with a spoon and handed it to Ah Ping's mouth and waited for him to open his mouth, but he did not cooperate, but raised his eyes and glared at me accusatory.

Grinning at him, your mother has to be like this, what can I do? Hurry up and open your mouth, lest your mother will be mad again! I made eye contact with him, but he didn't understand what I meant.