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An electric light stretched across half of the sky, deafening, and then the autumn rain began to fall, and it was estimated that this was the last rain before the New Year's Festival, the weather was getting colder and colder, and many people had already put on cotton clothes.

Meng Xiao stood lonely and lonely opposite the Chase Money Village in Zhuxian Town, watching the guy close the doors of the shops one by one, and at this time he had already made up his mind to exchange money tomorrow morning.

With a squeak, a door behind him was pushed open, Meng Xiao was hiding under the eaves to avoid the rain, hurriedly getting out of the door, and out of the door came a mother-in-law with gray temples, the old woman was pale and yellow, obviously not young.

"Oops. The mother-in-law was slightly hunchbacked, and looked up to see Meng Xiao, "With such a heavy rain, whose child is standing here drenched, why don't you hurry home?" But as she spoke, she looked up and saw an unfamiliar face.

Meng Xiao nodded slightly, and stepped back slightly, the rain had already hit half of his shoulder, and the old woman hurriedly beckoned: "This stupid boy, come over quickly, wait for the rain to stop before leaving." With that, she retreated back to the door and gave Meng Xiao the place at the door.

Mother-in-law's face was already full of wrinkles, I couldn't see whether she was kind or not, but at this time she at least had no ill will towards Meng Xiao, Meng Xiao just walked to the door, but behind her mother-in-law came out a man, who looked to be about thirty years old, medium build, slightly fat, walked behind her mother-in-law and asked in a somewhat unhappy tone: "Mom, why are you still here? Didn't you say that you should hurry up and buy rice? ”

The old woman snorted "oh", looked up and saw Meng Xiao's immature face, and then the middle-aged man also found Meng Xiao standing at the door, and then saw that he was dressed in rags, and there was no good cloth on his body, so he couldn't help frowning, "Stinky food, get out!" As he spoke, he raised his slap and launched a threat towards Meng Xiao.

"Shengbao, stop it, don't you see that he is also a child of a poor family, it is raining outside, so take shelter from the rain......"

"Shut up, I haven't said anything about you, hurry up and buy rice, Dongxiang and the donkey are hungry for a long time, by the way, remember to cut two taels of meat and come back, Dongxiang said that he wants to drink a bowl of broth, remember, to be fat, so that there is oil." ”

"Alas. The old woman nodded smartly, and was pushed out of the door by the holy treasure, "Go and come back quickly, I'll wait." ”

The old lady's pace was already a little staggering, and there was a light rain above her head, although it was not big, but the autumn rain was cold, falling on her face, and the ice was in her heart, but when she went out of the door, she still didn't forget to look back at Meng Xiao, "Child, you are carrying the rain here, it is not heavy, my son will not embarrass you." ”

"Old woman, why don't you go quickly, what do you say to a person who asks for food?"

"Shengbao'er, can I still drink this soup in my mouth today? I gave birth to a son for you, and without broth, there will be no milk......

"Hey, it's coming. The man turned around and went back to the house in a hurry, and the old woman's eyes were obviously a little lost, so she closed the door casually and went out in the light rain. Looking at the back of the legs and feet that were no longer very flexible and turned a small street, Meng Xiao heard the laughter from the house again.

"Shengbao'er, you said that our donkey will be four years old this year, and if I have another one next year, just such a small kang will not be enough for the four of us to sleep." ”

"So what do you say?"

"Get your mother out, the wooden bed is just free for the donkey to sleep on, so we can ...... together."

"Okay...... Incense one first. ”

There was a pop, as if something had fallen to the ground, and then I heard the woman yell: "I told you Zhu Shengbao, you listen to me, if you don't kick your mother out, you don't want to touch the old lady, the donkey is watching there, you have to look like a father!"

"Yes...... Yes, I understand, didn't I think of a way to get my mother out, who will serve the two of us? Besides, when my father didn't have it, he made it clear that he left this house to my mother, and there was a witness at that time......

"I don't care, I don't understand what you're talking about, if you don't kick her out, I'll take the donkey back to my mother's house tomorrow. ”

"Look at you, why did you say you were leaving...... Haven't I been trying to figure out how to do it? Besides, there's nothing wrong with my mother here......

"It's not good, it's not good, I feel disgusted when I think about what her dirty hands do, anyway, if she doesn't leave, I'll leave!"

......

Meng Xiao heard clearly outside the window, and after a while, the old woman came back with a small bag in her arms, holding an oiled paper bag in her hand, and it seemed that she had gone to buy rice and fat, and she was afraid of being wet by the rain, so she carried it in her arms.

As soon as there was a knock on the door, the Shengbao and his daughter-in-law in the house hurriedly stopped talking, only to hear the Shengbao come to open the door, and when they saw Meng Xiao still standing outside the door, they couldn't help but twitch their cheeks and scolded angrily: "I said that you want to eat, hurry up, don't stand at the door of my house!" Xu Shi also knew that what he said just now was difficult to be a son of man, and he couldn't hold it on his face, so he picked up a wooden stick from behind the door and made a threat, but then he heard the woman in the house shouting: "Shengbao'er, I'm about to starve to death." ”

The old woman hurriedly took out the oiled paper bag from her arms, which was not as big as a fist, "Shengbao, go and cook soup for your daughter-in-law, this time it's all fat." ”

Zhu Shengbao snorted coldly, glared at Meng Xiao and said, "It's really unlucky, people are poor and, if you want food, hurry up and get out of me!" After that, he took the oil paper bag and the rice bag and entered the house, and the old woman also stepped in on one leg, and suddenly looked back at Meng Xiao again, and asked with concern: "Child, it's not early, go home quickly, the adults in the province are worried." ”

The corners of Meng Xiao's mouth grinned slightly, and he couldn't help but think of his own mother, it turned out that most of the mothers in the world were the same, and said blankly: "Mother-in-law, I don't have a home." ”

"How can this child talk nonsense, who doesn't have a home?" the old woman's smile finally showed a little kindness, maybe she was too old.

"My father and mother ......" After a slight pause, Meng Xiaocai said slowly: "My hometown has been plagued by bandits, and I have fled here." ”

"I see, I'll just say, then...... Come in first, it's raining outside, and it's cold, but don't catch a cold. The old woman stretched out her hand to pull Meng Xiao into the house as she spoke, and Shengbao inside seemed to hear something shouting: "Old woman, what are you doing, why don't you close the door quickly?"

"Shengbao, can my mother ask you for something?" the old woman said as if begging for Meng Xiao's wrist with one hand.

"Don't ask for it, we don't have any extra food at home, if you want to ask for food here, you will be hungry tonight. The old woman's body trembled obviously, "Shengbao, my mother wants to beg you, it's raining outside, can you let this little brother come in first to avoid the rain......"

"Dead old woman, are you still kicking your nose in the face?" With the cold shout, a bloated woman walked out of the room, with a thick waist and round shoulders, slightly shorter than Meng Xiao, wearing heavy makeup, and facing his eyes.

"Dongxiang, you see this child is also pitiful, his hometown has suffered from bandits, and in my opinion, most of his parents are gone......

"Less nonsense. Dongxiang interrupted the old woman's words with a disgusted face, and asked Meng Xiaodao: "Let me ask you, how old are you this year?"

Meng Xiao glanced at her, but didn't say anything, the old woman hurriedly pulled Meng Xiao's wrist, "Child, how old are you this year?" Meng Xiao hesitated for a moment and replied, "Ten years old." ”

An imperceptible smile flashed on the corner of Dongxiang's mouth when she heard this, "Ten years old, Shengbao'er, Ming'er let him go to work with you, didn't you say that Master Li's family is lacking a fine worker to clean the latrine." ”

"Everything is up to my wife, what do you say, I, Zhu Shengbao, will never be scolded. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, old woman, you bring him in, let's talk about it first, you two only have a bowl of white porridge tonight, and he won't have you if he eats." Then he turned and went into the house.

Meng Xiao secretly sneered, this dog really took him as a begging for food, but this old woman was really pitiful, and she couldn't help but have a feeling of pity in her heart, just as the rain was getting heavier, she hadn't exchanged money yet, and she couldn't live in the store, so it was better to just stay here for one night, and make plans for the rest tomorrow.

Follow her mother-in-law into the house Meng Xiao saw clearly, this house is just two rooms inside and outside, the stove is built in the outhouse, Shengbao is busy cooking broth, a little boy squatting on the ground in the inner room to play, the old woman hesitated slightly, and said to Meng Xiao: "Child, there will be a bowl of white porridge for you to eat in a while, and our family's life is not easy, you will order it." After speaking, the old man and the young watched Zhu Shengbao cook soup on the stove, and when he finished cooking, the old woman went over to cook porridge again.

Meng Xiao stood in the outhouse and looked at it, his heart was inevitably desolate, and the eyes were really on the four walls of the house, with a black stove and a few coarse porcelain bowls on the gray wooden shelves.

The old woman put a bowl of rice in the pot, scooped up two scoops of water, and heard the woman in the house shout: "Old woman, if you dare to add more water and let the old lady drink thin water, don't say that I can't get along with you." Hearing this, Shengbao hurriedly came out to take a look, and said with a smile: "Dongxiang, it's rare, my mother also grabbed an extra handful of rice." ”

"Fart!" Then I heard a "snap", it seemed that someone had been slapped in the face, and Dongxiang yelled wantonly: "You have worked for five days in exchange for so much rice, grab an extra handful, and tomorrow the old lady will drink the northwest wind? You useless thing, your daughter-in-law can't support it, it's better to die!"

Zhu Shengbao didn't dare to say a word, Meng Xiao listened in the outhouse and gritted his teeth, "Old woman, I'm sorry to disturb." After that, he turned around and wanted to open the door and go out, but before the money village was completely closed, he was pulled by the old woman again, shook his head, and whispered "It's okay", sure enough, after this slap, there was a child's cry in the house, and then no one seemed to care about what happened in the outhouse.

While adding firewood to cook porridge, the mother-in-law talked to Meng Xiao at home, "Child, what is your name, where is the person ......" The two of them said a word, I said a word, and the rice grains in the pot also danced happily, with the water splashing, a tempting aroma emerged.

After a while, the porridge was already cooked, and the old woman first took two large bowls to the house, but only then came out and filled a full bowl for Meng Xiao, "Child, eat slowly, it's not enough, I'm old, and it's uncomfortable to eat here at night." She pointed to her chest, Meng Xiao was holding the porridge bowl, and she couldn't help but feel sad.