CHAPTER XXV
"Mother!" Mei Xue screamed, hugged Mei Sanniang at once, and buried her face in Mei Sanniang's chest.
As soon as she heard her lovely voice that had not changed for thousands of years, Mei Sanniang didn't say a word and hugged her gently. In the same way, she was afraid of being a woman, and her tears were no longer uncontrollable and gushing out. His eyes were red as well, and he touched her back.
As soon as she heard her lovely voice that had not changed for thousands of years, Mei Sanniang didn't say a word and hugged her gently. In the same way, she was scared of being a woman, tears were no longer uncontrollable, surging out, her eyes were red, and she touched her back.
"Well, my mother is here, don't be afraid."
"Kid, let's go home."
Mei Sanniang looked at Liu Tao next to her and instructed: "Child, you should go home too, it's dark, don't stay outside." ”
"Aunt Mei, are you okay?"
The boy's childish voice was particularly good, and Mei Sanniang nodded with a smile.
"Don't worry. Auntie is fine. ”
In front of the children, she tried her best to pretend to be calm, the children were scared, when Xu Erzhu walked out, Mei Xue subconsciously hid behind Mei Sanniang, she could feel a pair of small hands tightly tugging at the corners of her clothes.
"Cher."
"Why did you two get here?"
Although Xu Erzhu's voice sounded very gentle, Xue'er still didn't agree, as if she had met a stranger.
"Cher."
Xu Erzhu took a step closer, and Mei Xue hid behind Mei Sanniang.
"Brother Erzhu, it's not early, you can go back first. I took Cher home. ”
"Okay..."Xu Erzhu glanced at Xue'er meaningfully, and then reluctantly left.
After Xu Erzhu and Liu Tao left, Xue'er dared to poke her head out, her eyes full of fear.
"Cher, let's go home."
Mei Sanniang took Xue'er's hand, and the two of them walked home, it was completely dark, and it was so dark that they couldn't see Xue'er's expression.
The surrounding grass made a sizzling sound, as if music was playing, and the night dance party was coming.
But it didn't take long for the drizzle to hit them, Mei Sanniang looked at the sky, no wonder it got dark so fast.
Not a single star in the sky is visible.
"Xue'er, come on, put your little hands in your pocket."
Mei Xue obediently put her hand into Mei Sanniang's pocket and didn't say a word.
Usually Xue'er can find words, but today she is a little unaccustomed.
"Is Cher hungry?"
"Is my brother well-behaved at home?"
"Cher?"
Mei Sanniang screamed several times, but Xue'ergen didn't hear it, and finally reacted with a "hmm".
Seeing this, Mei Sanniang didn't ask, so she just pulled Xue'er home.
She was scared of an adult, let alone a child.
When she got home, she went to the house to look at Guitang, and she fed Guitang before leaving, and the child would not be hungry at this time. But it's hard to say in the middle of the night, this child cries whenever she is hungry, and when she wakes up hungry in the middle of the night, she needs hot milk and feeding.
She thought that Cher had eaten a vegetable cake in the afternoon and must be hungry, so she went to the kitchen and rummaged through the eggs.
Just fry two more omelets in the evening, and you don't have to cook the dish.
She had just picked up the egg when one eye caught a glimpse of a large tank in which many small fish swam around.
There were also a few thumb-sized fish, so she grabbed the small fish, disemboweled, coated them with flour one by one, and boiled the oil.
Although there are not many fish, this small fish is the most fragrant when fried.
After the remaining water in the pot boiled, she poured some oil, and when the oil was boiling and smoking, she carefully took a few steps back, holding the spatula in her hand, and the small fish were placed in the spatula, and she put the fish into the pot from a long distance.
When the small fish is put into the pot, the iron pot is smoking, and there is a splash.
Mei Sannian quickly shook the spatula, and shoveled it several times, waiting for the oil to splash a little bit, she dared to keep turning over the fish in the pot.
The fish cooked quickly, she stir-fried it a few times, beat another one, and added a little iron amaranth, and this pot was the dinner of their mother and daughter.
"Cher, it's time for dinner."
"Cher."
Mei Sanniang looked into the house, and the child had been making the wooden doll made by Xu Erzhu.
There are no toys in the village, and the children are either mwing pigweed or picking up snails to feed the chickens and ducks, especially after the rain, when swarms of snails crawl out, and if you don't pay attention, you will click when you step on them.
And the wooden doll in Mei Xue's hand was carved out of Xu Erzhu with the wood she didn't want on the beams of the house little by little, although this doll is not very good-looking, but it contains Xu Erzhu's full love for Xue'er.
"Xue'er, let's try the small fish made by my mother."
Mei Xue picked up the chopsticks and tasted it, the rich rapeseed oil flavor made her linger, she looked at her mother and asked, "Is this the little fish I caught?" ”
"Of course, it's a fish that Cher caught."
"If it weren't for Xue'er, I wouldn't be able to eat fish for my mother! Cher is awesome. ”
Mei Xue bared her teeth, this was the first time she smiled when she was frightened, Xue'er's voice was still the same as before, sweet and very flattering.
"The things made by my mother are the best, but it's a pity that Xue'er has no ability, and she caught these few small fish in the afternoon, which is not enough to stuff her teeth."
"Mother, I thought you would say that I had eaten such a small fry."
Mei Sanniang rubbed Xue'er's little head, "How come, it's too late for my mother to be happy, these fish don't grow big, and they are only so big all their lives." ”
Mei Sanniang picked up a finger-sized fish with chopsticks and said to Xue'er: "Look, this fish is the biggest fish, they are only so big at most." ”
"Mother..."Mei Xue called, and stopped talking.
"What's wrong?"
As soon as Mei Xue remembered the scene of Uncle Erzhu's beating, the voice in her head kept fighting with her.
Uncle Erzhu on weekdays is a gentle and kind person.
But she saw the unknown side of Uncle Erzhu, irritable and terrifying.
Mei Xue couldn't accept it for a while, she asked Dao Niang: "Uncle Erzhu is not that kind of person, right?" ”
Mei Sanniang paused, sure enough, it was because of Fang Cai's matter, otherwise Xue'er would not have been silent along the way.
"Your Uncle Erzhu is not that kind of person, if it weren't for Brother Erzhu, his mother would have been poisoned, so Erzhu is his mother's benefactor, but his method is a little too radical, but his heart is good."
Mei Xue listened to her mother's words, but seeing is true, and hearing is false.
She could only nod, but the knot in her heart had already been buried.
Mei Sanniang thought that Wang Ma would stop after being beaten, but she didn't expect this guy to come to make trouble the next day.
It was not yet dawn, and the chickens had not yet crooked.
Wang Ma stood outside the courtyard and shouted, "Mei Sanniang, come out for labor." ”
"Deceived my chickens, and deceived my sheep."
Mei Sanniang got up from the bed hideously, and Xue'er on the side opened her eyes helplessly, "Mother." ”
Mei Sanniang softly agreed: "Sleep for a while, my mother will go out and have a look." ”
Hearing Wang Ma's voice, she was completely sleepy, holding a rolling pin in her hand, she opened the door with her shoes on, and when she came to the yard, she saw Wang Ma behind this kind of fence.
"Didn't you give me these things? When did it become a fraud? Besides, it's all mine now, where are your chickens and sheep. ”
Wang Ma has seen shameless people, but he has never seen such a shameless person as Mei Sanniang, he turned his face and didn't recognize anyone, and he was directly knocked out last night.
"Ahh Wang Ma shrugged his nose and asked Mei Sanniang: "What did you promise me before?" Don't count? ”
Mei Sanniang pretended not to know anything, and wondered: "What did you say?" How did I not know? ”
Wang Ma covered his half-swollen face and said fiercely: "I can't take this sheep and chicken." ”
Saying that, Wang Ma crossed the fence and entered the yard, Mei Sanniang couldn't stop it, and shouted loudly: "There is a thief, come quickly!" Stealing. ”
With this roar, Wang Ma's hands trembled.
Immediately after that, everyone turned on the lights, and some people ran out wearing thin coats.
Xu Erzhu's house was close to Mei Sanniang's house, and not long after Mei Sanniang's voice fell, Xu Erzhu almost ran out wearing only pants.
Wang Ma saw Xu Erzhu again, the whole person couldn't help but tremble, I don't know if he was scared, Xu Erzhu didn't know the severity of his attack, and even had the rhythm of beating people to death, he couldn't get up today, but he couldn't swallow this breath.
"Wang Ma, it seems that I started too lightly? I still want to try it. ”
Xu Erzhu raised his fist and walked towards Wang Ma, but Mei Sanniang stopped him.
"Brother Erzhu, the child is still sleeping, what happened last night has left a shadow on Xue'er, don't do it here, the child can see it through the window."
Xu Erzhu's clenched fist loosened again, he sighed and asked Sanniang, "Sanniang, are you okay?" ”
"It's fine."
Mei Sanniang yelled a few times and attracted many villagers, one of whom walked over to Mei Sanniang and asked, "Mei Sanniang, where is the thief?" ”
"That's right! I just heard you say that there are thieves. ”
The others chimed in.
After a while, many people gathered in Mei Sanniang's yard.
"Early in the morning, noisy, and a thief, where is the thief?"
One of the villagers noticed Wang Ma and wondered, "Wang Ma, why are you here?" Your house is a little far from here, right? Is this coming faster than us? ”
Of course, Wang Ma didn't come when he heard Mei Sanniang shouting, he covered his face and trembled: "It's your business." ”
"Sample, Wang Ma, what's wrong with your face?"
As soon as someone said it, Wang Ma's face became the focus.
There was an accident yesterday, and today there was a thief in Mei Sanniang's house.
Looks like they're all the same people!
Someone said loudly: "Mei Sanniang shouted that the thief stole something, it can't be Wang Ma, right?" It's not dawn yet, was it accidentally hit by Mei Sanniang? So the eyes are swollen? ”
Wang Ma was at a loss for a while, his face was all because of Xu Erzhu and Mei Sanniang.
After a long pause, he said that he lent Mei Sanniang a chicken and a sheep, and now he was going to come back, but Mei Sanniang was not allowed to return it.
"I see that Mei Sanniang's family is pitiful, such a young child has been weaned, I have a bodhisattva heart, lend her sheep, what's wrong with coming back now?"
"Could it be that you want to come back?"