Several children and Zhou Qin were frightened, looked up at Qiao Erjing, and a group of people squatting together made a shushing gesture to him.

Qiao Erjing smiled, his focus was not on their eating and gesticulating, thinking that the wild vegetables he picked could be displayed in front of his family, this was their meal for a day, and the family had stuttered today.

He put down the wild vegetables in the basket and showed them: "You see, how many wild vegetables I picked in the afternoon, these are enough for our family to eat for a day." ”

Qin Shi looked at the bitter gynostemma and Qiqi buds and smiled, Yuan Yuan and Shui Yuanyu also smiled, and the others also laughed.

Qiao Erjing was puzzled by their laughter, looked at his daughter-in-law and asked curiously: "What's wrong today, isn't my mother at home?" Why are you so happy? ”

Instead of responding to him, Qin got up and went to the grass hut to serve him meat, while the others continued to eat the little meat left in the bowl.

Qiao Erjing saw that no one paid attention to him, and they all picked up the food in the bowl, he squatted behind his son Qiao Yang, looking at the things he sent into his mouth, and at the oil at the corners of his mouth.

He lifted Qiao Yang with one hand, put away his smile and asked, "Tell Dad, what are you eating?" How does it look like meat? Hey, it's really meat, tell me, where did this meat come from? ”

Qiao Yang was carried by Qiao Erjing and turned around, puffed out his cheeks and chewed the meat, hugged the small bowl in his arms, and muttered: "Dad, my mother has served you meat, and you will have something to eat later, don't you want to rob me!" ”

Seeing Qiao Yang protecting the meat in the bowl, Zhou smiled and said to Qiao Erjing: "Uncle, you quickly put down Yangzi and let him eat, I'll tell you ......"

At this time, Qin's Sheng Meat came over, handed it to Qiao Erjing, and took the words: "It's my mother......

Then the two told the mother how to pick up the pigeon in the woods, and asked them to cook the pigeon.

The more Qiao Erjing listened, the more he felt that something was wrong with his mother, why was this different from usual?

"Mother is not quite right, shouldn't you eat the dead pigeon yourself? If you don't eat for a day, give us food, is there something wrong, why did she suddenly treat us well? Qiao Erjing spoke, his eyes glancing at the meat in Qin's bowl.

He hadn't seen the smell of meat for a few years, and now that most of the bowl of meat was in front of him, he was hungry for another day, and when he smelled the fragrance, he couldn't stand it for a long time.

Since his mother left it for him, he didn't want to take a piece of bone meat and bite it, this bite was eaten, I don't know where the next bite is, I can eat a bite is a bite.

Qin handed the bowl to him: "When the meal is finished, my mother said that we should go to the house, saying that she has something to say to us." ”

Qiao Erjing is afraid of this stepmother from the bottom of her heart, she is not spicy, she is not mean, she is vicious and bad, if she doesn't listen to her, the whole family will suffer.

"Good...... I ate this bit of meat in a few bites, and soon! Qiao Erjing said.

A fat pigeon, after a few people predatory eating, only a few bones remain.

Qiao Cheng and Qiao Yang were reluctant to throw it, and after cleaning the bones, they took the bone rack together to see if they could restore the appearance of the pigeon to play.

In the house, Qiao Erjing took his daughter-in-law and sister-in-law into the thatched hut together.

The three of them saw Xiao Qing lying down, and Qiao Erjing walked over and shouted: "Mother!" ”

Xiao Qing heard the sound and opened her eyes, she turned over and saw the three of them standing at the door with Liang, she rubbed her eyes and pointed to the straw on the side of the rattan shelf.

"Let's all sit down first!" As he spoke, he sat up from the rattan shelf.

Qiao Erjing took his daughter-in-law to sit a few steps away from Xiao Qing, and Zhou sat down next to Qin, and none of the three dared to approach Xiao Qing, for fear that she would be angry and slap her hand.

Xiao Qing saw the distance between the three of them and her, and laughed secretly in her heart, the evil and evil of the original owner have been engraved in their bones, if they want to change their views, they can't change it overnight.

She didn't care about that, and she was loud and loud, and they could hear her when she sat so far away and talked.

"Did you come back to eat meat?" Xiao Qing asked.

Qiao Erjing's face is straight, there is no trace of a smile, he will not be bought by a pigeon, his mother will give them food, there must be very difficult things waiting for him.

"Well, Xie Niang cares, the second meridian is well eaten!"

Xiao Qing sat upright, regardless of the fear and crampedness of the three of them, she moved her seat, and the rattan frame sounded again: "I called you here to explain to you that I would go to the county seat early, and secondly, you don't want to go to the mountains tomorrow morning to look for wild vegetables, come with me to the county!" ”

As soon as the three of them heard this, they all looked at their mother, I don't know what their mother was doing in the county again, the last time she went to the county seat, she gave her younger brothers and sisters to others as slaves, what are you going to do with him this time?

Qiao Er asked vigilantly: "Mother, will you take me to the county alone?" ”

Xiao Qing couldn't see the scruples and vigilance in his eyes, so he sent her to ask her, mother, should you send that grandchild to a big family again! She has been in the workplace for many years, if she can't see this, she will be in vain.

"Take you and your sister-in-law, there is nothing at home, I am too fat, I am afraid that I will not be able to carry things by then." She said calmly: "What about me, I still have some money left by your father, the family lacks everything, you can buy as many things as you can for the family, tomorrow, you go to the county with me to buy some food for the family, and this day, it's going to be autumn, it's cold at night, you and a few children are still shirtless, how ugly it is to go out......"

The more Xiao Qing thought about it, the more money she had on her was really not enough, their family lacked food and drink, lack of clothing and housing, and lacked everything, so there was no shortage of mouths, she had to think about how to make her family eat better, dress better, and see people when they went out.

After Xiao Qing finished speaking, the room was quiet for a moment.

The three of them only felt that their ears were wrong, or that their mother bit her tongue and didn't make it clear, and she wanted to buy them food and clothing with the dowry money that her father left her?

I want to eat wild vegetables at home in the past two years, drink raw water, face the scorching sun, face the dry soil, how many days and nights of hungry stomach panic, the family old snacks Qiqi buds, gynostemma spent the day, the mother does not say that she will take out the volume money for them to use, as long as they don't want to make money from them, they are already chanting Buddha for a long time.

After Xiao Qing finished speaking, the three of them were shocked for a long time and did not come back to their senses.

Zhou is honest, he is a sincere person, he will not beat around the bush and ask questions, everything he says is shown on his face, and his surprised expression has revealed what she wants to say.

"Mother, why are you suddenly different? I think...... Felt ......"

Xiao Qing saw that the Zhou family was spitting and spitting, usually she worked the most, she was the most diligent, but she had the most stupid mouth, and she was a straight person, what to ask, unlike the Qin family, the Qin family was a little more eye-catching than her, but she couldn't escape the beating of the original owner.

Such an honest person should not be bullied continuously, Xiao Qing's attitude was easy, and she finished asking what she didn't ask: "Do you think my attitude towards you is different from before?" ”

Zhou nodded timidly, and immediately lowered his head after nodding, waiting for Xiao Qing to scold her for being stupid, scolding her for being stupid, scolding her for scolding her for everything, and waiting for the rattan to hit her body.