couldn't resist Granny Zhu, Meng Xiao ran for a day and a night, and his stomach was indeed already hungry, he held the porridge bowl until he drank a drop of rice soup in it, and then Granny Zhu picked up the spoon, lifted the lid of the pot and scooped out another spoonful.

"Kid, eat, I know you can't eat enough at your age. ”

"I've already eaten my mother-in-law, you haven't eaten yet......"

Before Meng Xiao's words were finished, he saw Zhu Shengbao come out with a big porcelain bowl, and he didn't call his mother, but called the old woman directly, "It's not enough for the two of them, you can put all those in the pot."

Granny Zhu was holding a spoon in her hand, this spoon was supposed to be given to Meng Xiao, seeing her son glaring angrily, Granny Zhu holding the handle of the spoon but didn't know what to do, Meng Xiao hurriedly said: "Mother-in-law, I'm really full." Hurriedly put down the porcelain bowl in her hand while speaking, Granny Zhu had no choice but to take the bowl in the hand of the Shengbao, and the general filled most of the bowl, there was no rice left in the dark pot, the old lady sighed lightly, the Shengbao just turned a deaf ear, snatched the porcelain bowl in his mother's hand, and turned around and entered the house.

"But mother-in-law, you haven't eaten yet......" Meng Xiao felt a little unbearable in her heart, but she didn't know that Granny Zhu smiled nonchalantly, "I'm old and can't eat at night." As she spoke, she picked up the scoop and scooped half a scoop of water into the pot, "Just drink some hot water in a while." ”

"Mother-in-law, I see that you just got it back, isn't there still rice ......?"

Granny Zhu hurriedly sighed on her lips, "Child, if you don't have enough, mother-in-law will cook you another bowl later, ...... now"

"No...... I, I'm really full, thank you mother-in-law. Meng Xiao knew that it was useless to say more, so he wanted to leave.

"Child, it's raining so hard outside, wait until this rain is over and then leave, tomorrow my mother-in-law will prepare a cake for you, and I won't leave you if you want to go......" Granny Zhu's retention was sincere, Meng Xiao couldn't bear to refuse, so she had to stay in Zhu's house, a small kang in the middle, and three people lived in Shengbao, Granny Zhu originally had a wooden bed more than seven feet long underground, and wanted to give it to Meng Xiao, Shengbao and his wife were displeased, Meng Xiao insisted on refusing, and finally he could only sleep in the outer room, Granny Zhu did not forget to pile some firewood and grass on the ground to keep it cool.

At the end of autumn, it was cold, and it was raining lightly outside the house, which added a bit of coolness, but fortunately, Meng Xiao's body had already been different from what it used to be in the past few years, lying on top of the firewood and grass, it was not good to practice tonight, so he simply slept for a while.

In the middle of the night, there was a snoring sound from Granny Zhu in the inner room, Meng Xiao slept for more than an hour, his spirit was already awake, and it was still raining outside, the Shengbao and his daughter-in-law somehow whispered, Meng Xiao heard clearly outside, and couldn't help but get angrier and angrier the more he listened, and gritted his teeth with hatred for these two things in the heart of the beast.

The next day, when it was still dark, Granny Zhu got up, Meng Xiaowei closed her eyes, and she was still pondering the words of the Shengbao couple last night. Granny Zhu thought that Meng Xiao had not woken up, and was afraid of disturbing him, so she tiptoed into the stove and filled it with some firewood and lit it, and the cold was not likely to retreat.

"Old woman, you can make some food for Dongxiang and her mother this morning, and the sun will come out in a while, and I will take you outside to eat." Obviously, Shengbao hadn't gotten up yet, so he shouted to his mother outside, and when Granny Zhu heard it, a trace of brilliance flashed on her old wrinkled face, "Bao'er, my mother won't go with you, it's not easy for you to support your family, it's better to change back to rice and grain, whatever you want to eat, you tell your mother, and your mother can do ......it."

"Old woman, don't know what to do, Shengbao said that today is his birthday, his son's birthday, and his mother's hard day, so he wants to take you out to eat something good. ”

When Granny Zhu heard this, there were tears in her eyes, "Eh, my mother listens to Bao'er." While speaking, the old lady seemed to be a few years younger suddenly, and even her legs and feet seemed to be much more dexterous, Meng Xiao leaned crookedly on the firewood and grass, but secretly snorted in his heart, "Pigs and dogs are not as good as things!"

Granny Zhu filled two firewoods under the stove one after another, looked at Meng Xiao, and said in a very low voice to his side: "Child, wake up, my son will take me out to eat something good in a while, you will follow me, after eating this meal, I will not keep you old woman, poor people, there is no future." ”

Meng Xiao opened his eyes, the corners of his eyes couldn't help but be a little moist, looking at Granny Zhu in front of him, his heart was full of thoughts, "Mother-in-law, I ......" Meng Xiao wanted to say what he heard last night, but it was Granny Zhu who turned around and went into the house to get rice to cook, looking at her I don't know how much better her spirit was than yesterday, but Meng Xiao didn't know how to say it.

After a while, the smell of rice wafted out of the pot again, and Zhu Shengbao also got up and came to the outhouse, pouting his nose and taking a deep breath, "It's so fragrant!" Granny Zhu smiled happily, "Bao'er, today is your birthday, or let's eat at home, my mother will cut a few taels of meat and come back, cook some more rice, and make meat soup for you......"

"Don't be verbose!" Zhu Shengbao glared at his mother, "You all know that today is my birthday, so don't make me angry!"

Granny Zhu smiled like a little girl and kept nodding her head.

"Qi Qiao (pronunciation, it should be a magpie) The old eagle (crow) has a long pointed beak, marries a daughter-in-law and forgets his mother, the daughter-in-law takes it to the kang, and the mother takes it to the Nanshan Mountain......" Meng Xiao suddenly remembered a few words of ballad that his great-grandmother used to sing when he was still in the previous life, and he really wronged the crow, but he couldn't help singing, Zhu Shengbao listened to it in his ears, but every word seemed to scold him.

"Stinky food, what are you talking about?" Zhu Shengbao's eyes widened angrily, Meng Xiao was a head shorter than him, no matter how he looked at it, he was a child, how could he be ridiculed, Granny Zhu next to him also seemed to hear the sound outside the strings, with a blank face, Meng Xiao couldn't bear it, got up and looked at Zhu Shengbao and said: "You know what I said, I know what the two of you said in the middle of the night last night." ”

"You ......" Zhu Shengbao looked embarrassed, and Meng Xiao said again: "You husband and wife conspired to sell me to the Li family, I want to ask, people like me were sold over, enough for you to live for a few days?"

"Bao'er, this is not going to work. When Granny Zhu heard this, she immediately grabbed her son's sleeve, "Your father and I have been honest people all my life......"

"It's none of your business. A touch of cruelty flashed in Zhu Shengbao's eyes, and Granny Zhu was so frightened that she didn't dare to fight back, "Dead begging for food, what else have you heard, and then go on." ”

Meng Xiao glanced at the helpless Granny Zhu again, and snorted coldly, "Sending my mother to Nanshan is such a thing, I originally thought that I could only hear it in songs, but now it seems that there are really such hard-hearted beasts in the world!"

Zhu Shengbao's mouth twitched again, but Granny Zhu's face was calm, and she didn't even look at her son's expression, "Bao'er, is what he said true?" Zhu Shengbao shouted angrily, "Don't listen to his nonsense......" I didn't know that I was only halfway through the words, and a woman's voice came from the house, "Shengbao'er, since she has asked, why do you hide it from her, why should you hide it from her, why don't you tell me how we discussed last night, if you can't open your mouth, I'll tell you." As she spoke, the woman also came to the outer chamber, holding the sleeping child and the donkey in her arms.

"Mother, this is the second time I have called you Mother after I got married, and it is also the last time, because you really don't deserve me to call you that all these years. Dongxiang gently patted the son in her arms, and stood in front of Granny Zhu with her head high, "I can't eat or drink with your son all these years, and in turn I have to feed you, so I discussed it with Shengbao last night, and I will send you to Binshan today, and there are companions over there, I and Shengbao will sell these two dilapidated houses that are about to collapse to Master Li, and return to my mother's house in exchange for money, and the donkey can be regarded as having a home, and your son Shengbao will not have to work so hard from now on." ”

When Granny Zhu heard this, it was tantamount to five thunderbolts, and she looked at her son with tears in her eyes, "Bao'er, what Dongxiang said is true?" Zhu Shengbao nodded expressionlessly, Granny Zhu seemed to be more than ten years old in an instant, "Bao'er, this house is your father's life's work, you were born in this house back then, our Zhu family ancestors have been here for generations to marry wives and have children, you sell the ancestral business, you are not afraid of the ancestors to blame in the future......?"

"Old woman, shut up for me!" Zhu Shengbao was already red-faced at this time, "You don't want me to be tired every day, Master Li has talked to me several times, and the price he paid is enough for me to go to Dongxiang's mother's house to build five big houses, even if I don't go out to work for ten years, I don't have to worry about food and clothing......"

"Ridiculous!" Meng Xiao couldn't listen anymore, "You throw away your own mother, and you have to sell your ancestral house, are you just doing it for yourself to be lazy for ten years?"

Zhu Shengbao glanced at Meng Xiao, from a sneer to a crazy laugh at the end, "It was originally ten years, but if I sell you to Master Li, I estimate that at least another two years will be added!"

Meng Xiao also snorted coldly, "I'm afraid that you made a mistake in your wishful thinking." The corners of Zhu Shengbao's mouth twitched, "My bowl of porridge is not eaten for nothing, how do you spit it out for me if you eat it! Dongxiang, bring me a rope, I will see how hard his mouth is for a while." ”

"Bao'er, this can't be done!" Seeing that Zhu Shengbao was about to make a move, Granny Zhu hugged her son's arm.

"Get out of here!" Zhu Shengbao slammed his shoulders, this Granny Zhu was already old, and she couldn't eat for many years, she even gave up the bowl of porridge to Meng Xiao last night, how could she have the strength to support her son, Shengbao was like throwing her sleeves, Granny Zhu fell out on her back, and the back of her head hit the stove.

Dark red blood flowed out at the back of Granny Zhu's neck, her eyes had already rolled and she was unconscious, Zhu Shengbao was stupid, "Mother!" was just about to go over to check the injury, but was pulled by Dongxiang and snorted at Meng Xiaonu, "The old immortals are already dead, why don't you hurry up and do something serious." ”

"I ......"

"What are you! Catch him quickly, I'll go get the rope, and send it to Master Li as soon as it gets dark, if you get the money in the morning, we'll ......leave at noon."

"But the deed is still in my mother's possession. ”

"You fool, my mother already knows in her heart, the house deed is in the plywood of her wooden bed, and I will go and get it for you. ”

Meng Xiao's heart is already cold at this time, Granny Zhu's fate may be difficult to change, and she is definitely not the only one who suffers the same as her in the world, otherwise Binshan will not be the old mountain in the mouth of Shengbao and his wife.