Chapter II
She stumped Xu Erzhu when she asked this, isn't this all a woman's business? Then Xu Erzhu's gaze kept moving downward, until Mei Sanniang noticed that something was wrong, and hurriedly protected her hands on her chest.
"Won't let me breastfeed, will you?"
"I..."
Mei Sanniang is stumbling, where did she get the milk from a young girl, she has never even given birth to a child.
"Sanniang... You won't..."
"That's what you think, I can't feed the child.
It's no wonder that food and clothing are a problem in poor villages, not to mention a steady stream of milk.
"Hey."
"I can only get some pimple water and feed it to the church."
After that, Xu Erzhu hurriedly went home and got some corn flour, Mei Sanniang stared at it, how could she give the baby gnocchi water.
"Why don't you go to another house and see who has milk?"
Xu Erzhu was not idle, cleaned up the stove and set up a fire, "Sanniang, this is a good thing, other children can't eat enough, let alone give alms to other children." ”
It was the first time for Huizhi, who had lived in the age of science and technology all year round, to see such a poor family, and his heart was churning, and tears almost flowed out.
"Sanniang, what's wrong with you?" Erzhu saw Sanniang in tears, thinking that something was wrong.
"It's okay, it's all my fault, Xue'er girl has suffered a lot with me."
"Mother, Xue'er is not bitter, as long as there is a mother, Xue'er and her younger brother are very satisfied."
"Okay, Sanniang, the child is hungry, help me wash the dishes."
"Okay."
As soon as Mei Sanniang agreed, Mei Xue consciously took the iron bowl, "Mother, I'll do it!" You just rest. With that, he rolled up his sleeves and walked towards the cistern, sat on the ground and slowly rubbed the stains with his hands.
Mei Sanniang, who was stunned in place, has not yet eased up, Xue'er has been sensible since she was a child, and when Mei Sanniang was there, she often couldn't ask for good fruits to eat, so in order to keep her mother by her side, she became surprisingly sensible.
"Xue'er, let my mother do all this work in the future."
Mei Xue's heart trembled, and the first time she heard her mother say this, her heart became sweeter and sweeter, but somehow, she felt that it was her own hallucination.
In the stove room, Xu Erzhu was busy outside, and saw that Sanniang was fine, so he asked her to coax her back to the hall, the baby was very hungry, and the crying of her mother should be quieter.
Mei Sanniang coaxed the baby for the first time, and in the face of returning to the church, she held her forehead and sighed, because she didn't know how to coax.
Thinking of the time when others coaxed children, they seemed to be humming lullabies and gently stroking the baby, thinking of this, Mei Sanniang also made a presence, humming that only mother is good in the world, and in the next second, Guitang really didn't cry, and began to smile at her, with tears on her face, revealing two little white teeth.
At this time, Xu Erzhu had already boiled a small half pot of pimple water, and he didn't see it, but there was a lot of water, "Sanniang, bring a bowl." ”
"Wait."
Mei Sanniang picked up the bowl that Mei Xue had washed just now and handed it over.
This move can scare Mei Xue on the side, usually her mother is crazy, she won't do anything when she gets home, and she will always rudely press her on the board when she doesn't like her, so in Mei Xue's eyes, she can't make her mother angry, let alone let her mother do things, otherwise she won't be able to get good fruit to eat.
"Sanniang, I'll trouble you to feed the church later."
Mei Sanniang agreed, which made Mei Xue anxious.
"Mother, let Xue'er come, mother-in-law sit down to eat."
Seeing such a sensible girl, Mei Sanniang really wanted to teach the original owner a good lesson, after beating the child and his father left, Mei Sanniang changed her sex, and when she saw Mei Xue, she was angry, and if she didn't do well, the child would have to be beaten, and she was so hungry that she couldn't stop crying, so Mei Xue could only go door to door to ask for help.
After many times, no one was closed, she gnawed some bark and stuffed some grass in her stomach to survive, but her brother couldn't. Fortunately, Uncle Erzhu of the next door treats Mei Xue every time, so that he has survived until now.
"It's okay, mother, you go sit down and eat."
Mei Xue was flattered by her mother's actions, and then consciously said, "Mother, I'll go and give my brother pimple water." ”
Although these two children are not her own, after all, people's hearts are also long, combined with the memory of the original owner, these two children have suffered a lot on weekdays, and they have not eaten the next meal.
This is even more bitter when she is a sister, every time Mei Sanniang comes back crazy, she beats Mei Xue, if Mei Sanniang is annoyed by the crying of the return to the church, even the baby will not let go, Mei Xue can only use her body to protect the return to the church.
As soon as Mei Sanniang wanted to say something, Mei Xue handed over a bowl of pimple water, "Mother, you drink first." ”
First of all, filial piety comes first, this year, Mei Xue has not really lived a good day for the sake of the family, like this age is the happiest childhood for children, but Mei Xue took on the heavy responsibility of the family early.
"Good boy, it's okay, my mother is not hungry, you go and eat with your second uncle first."
Mei Sanniang picked up the bowl and walked towards the return hall, letting the baby in swaddling clothes drink pimple water, which was really unbearable, but there was only so much food in these years, and she had no milk, so she could only suffer a little bit of the child.
Such a big baby, you must not drink directly from a bowl, Mei Sanniang thought about it, saw the tooth marks on the cloth, and understood something, so she hurriedly washed her hands, until she thought she was clean, she dipped her fingers in a little pimple water, and let Guitang suck her fingers little by little.
After feeding and returning to the hall, Mei Sanniang also went to the pot to scoop a bowl of pimple water, squatted on the ground and drank it, Mei Xue on the side saw that her mother also drank it, and looked at Mei Sanniang with a smile, "Mother, today's pimple water is better than usual." ”
Mei Sanniang, who lowered her eyes, took a closer look at the pimple water in the bowl, and the bowl said that it was pimple water, but there was only water, not half of the corn flour.
And the pimple water in the half pot Mei Xue only scooped a small half bowl, and after drinking more mouthfuls, she licked the bowl unsatisfied.
"Come here, little one."
Mei Xue was stunned for a moment, and cautiously moved to Mei Sanniang's side, "Mother." ”
"When a child grows up, how can he eat enough of such things? You drank my bowl of pimple water, not enough to scoop some in the pot. ”
"Mother, Xue'er is not hungry, mother-in-law drink more."
"Drink it when you want to."
Mei Xue was so frightened that she hurriedly took the bowl, for fear of making her mother angry, so she drank pimple water in a big gulp, and she didn't dare to look at Mei Sanniang with her head down.
She regretted it after yelling, after all, she didn't mean it, but fortunately Xu Erzhu gave a step down, "Xue'er, your mother is a duplicitous person, Sanniang, there is still a pot in the pot, I will scoop a bowl for you." ”
"It's fine." Mei Sanniang looked at Xu Erzhu and replied.
After Xu Erzhu left, Mei Sanniang took a look at the house and thought for a long time, how could the Li family have come out with a substitute doctor, how could they be so poor.
Just when Mei Sanniang was distracted, Mei Xue obediently called her mother, and there were a few gray and black roast bird eggs in her hand, Mei Sanniang thought it was a carbon lump and was startled.
"Mother, Xue'er took out the nest of bird eggs, and just now my mother didn't drink much pimple water, for fear that my mother would be hungry."