Chapter XXVI
The ancestors and grandchildren of the Fu family were talking considerately in the house.
When Jin Mei went home, she saw a bunch of things on the kang table in the hall, and without thinking about it, she turned it over and whispered: "It's still Fu Chengxu, this little cub has the ability, and every time he goes home, he will bring a bunch of good things." ”
She was arrogant when she was young, so naturally she didn't have a good face for the young Fu Chengxu, and she was often beaten and scolded; But after so many years, she also wanted to open it, no matter how she said Fu Hua was his father, she was also a stepmother, she treated him well and didn't suffer a loss, and the leakage of some good things from the old lady's fingers was enough for them to go out and show off.
However, she was naturally unwilling in her heart, coveting Fu Chengxu's money, and cursing why she didn't strangle him to death when she was a child?
So she still has to look at his face to live.
But Jin Mei thought about it, as long as the old lady was still in this family, Fu Chengxu would always honor her, and they would be able to benefit from it.
As soon as Fu Chengxu came out of Grandma Fu's house after talking, he saw that the gift he gave to Yun Ling was messily spread on the kang, and he immediately became angry and scolded loudly: "What are you doing!" ”
This sound made Jin Mei shudder, and the white scarf in her hand fell on the ground next to the kang cave, Fu Chengxu hurriedly picked it up and found that it had been stained with a large piece of soot.
He clenched his fists, glanced at Jin Mei fiercely, and then quickly scooped a few scoops of water out of the water tank, took the soap and carefully cleaned it a little bit, and only after he had carefully dried the scarf did he lock everything into the cabinet in his room one by one.
Jin Mei saw that all the good things were taken away, and she didn't even leave the last fried walnut kernels, so she was instantly anxious: "Chengxu, what is this for?" You took all this stuff, why should I use it for your grandma then? ”
For her to use Grandma Fu as a raft to fish for things every time, Fu Chengxu just didn't care about it before, after all, one or two worthless gadgets or food can send away this annoying woman, and he thinks it's worth it.
But this time it touched his scales.
"If you don't ask, you will be stolen, don't you understand this truth?"
Jin Mei muttered in a low voice: "It's all a family, and if you say this, you'll see the outside......"
Although she complained, she still didn't dare to do it directly with others.
Fu Chengxu stared at her coldly, "When did these things for you get into the hands of grandma, didn't they all give them to that waste?" ”
Jin Mei regarded her son Fu Chengqi as an eyeball, how could she hear the disdain in the other party's tone.
So he laid out the score of the stepmother and taught: "Chengqi is your younger brother, how can you, as an elder brother, say that about him?" Your grandmother feels sorry for him, and it is not a loss to give him things, they are all brothers, why should they be so clear? ”
As she spoke, she began to float, and taught him bitterly: "Although you have the ability now, your father and I are always your parents......"
After Fu Chengxu heard the word "parents", he raised his eyes coldly and looked at Jin Mei, the cold light in his eyes seemed to be able to shoot her into a sieve, and said lightly: "It seems that you haven't eaten enough of the previous lesson." ”
Jin Mei also blamed herself for committing Fu Chengxu's taboo as soon as her mouth was bald, and she didn't dare to think about it.
A few years after she entered the door, Fu Chengxu had been raised under the old lady's knees. No matter how much she pleased, the child was always lukewarm to her, could not get close to her, and even repeatedly disobeyed her wishes.
So Jin Mei was ruthless, picked up her stepmother's shelf and reprimanded him in every way, and even scolded him without words, "You are a little beast who has a mother and no mother".
At that time, she only felt that she was happy after scolding, and Fu Chengxu didn't react, and the vanity of bullying Kong Wei's son in her heart was satisfied. I can't wait to go underground in the middle of the night to find Kong Wei and say: Your son is now living like this under my hands, what can you do? You two deserve to be trampled on by me!
But when she got up that night, she inexplicably tripped over the rope, and fell headfirst into the dung pit and almost drowned.
Her feeling will not be wrong, it is a slender rope that trips over her, but the rope will not appear out of thin air, and there is no evidence to cry to Fu Hua, so she can only eat this secret loss.
At that time, she didn't dare to go out for several days, and even felt that there was a lingering smell of feces in her nose, and she didn't eat several meals in a row, and she was so hungry that her chest was close to her back. But at that time she was still pregnant, and she didn't see it in the shallow months, although she went to the hospital for a check-up later, and the doctor said that there was no problem, but she was still born prematurely.
The midwife said that she had overnourished during pregnancy, which caused the baby to be too large and born prematurely.
But at that time, there was a great famine, although no one starved to death here, but every family was not well fed and clothed, even if she had been deducting Fu Chengxu's rations to subsidize herself, how could she be overnourished?
She couldn't put this hat on, otherwise she would drown in the spittle of the villagers.
She always felt that it was because of a fall during pregnancy that Fu Chengqi would be strong and middle-class, and she would have to calculate this account on Fu Chengxu's head sooner or later.
In fact, more than this time, every time Jin Mei reprimanded and scolded Fu Chengxu, he would receive a lot of "retribution", either tripping or being stoned.
Now he admitted it as if he didn't have it, which ignited Jin Mei's anger at once, raised his hand and pointed at him and asked, "I knew that it was you, a little scumbag, who harmed me and Chengqi in the first place!" Why are you so ruthless, he's your own brother! ”
Fu Chengxu didn't seem to listen to her foul language, and even felt that saying more words to this kind of person would dirty his ears, so he closed the door and went back to the house after leaving the next sentence.
"I don't hit women, but I have a lot of ways to get into trouble without violence, and if you're still buzzing like a fly, don't blame me for being rude."
The neat and cruel words really shocked Jin Mei, she withdrew her fingers, stood in place with resentment and trembling, stared at Fu Chengxu's closed door, and after a while, she turned to look at Grandma Fu's room, and her eyes flashed malice.
After Fu Hua came back from work, he saw Jin Mei lying on the side of the kang and couldn't stop shedding tears, paused for a moment, and asked, "Is this...... What's wrong? ”
When Jin Mei saw him come back, she suddenly cried loudly, her voice was delicate and contrived, although there was an acting component, but it sounded particularly distressing to Fu Hua.
"What else can I do? Everyone says that the stepmother is embarrassed, I admit that I do prefer to inherit a little, but I have never treated the child of Chengxu badly! The people in the village said that he was treated badly by me, but you know, it's not that I don't give him food, it's that he doesn't eat what I give! You say, can I be blamed for this? ”
Fu Hua had witnessed Fu Chengxu throwing the white-flour steamed buns handed to him by Jin Mei into the dirt, and stepping on them several times. At that time, because of the waste of food, he also took the iron tongs used to dig coal and slapped Fu Chengxu a few times.
But he didn't know until now that the steamed bun was mixed with fine Guanyin soil, there was not enough food to eat that year, and everyone else was pure grain steamed buns, but Fu Chengxu's was mixed with sand.
Maybe he didn't know, maybe he didn't see it. After all, Fu Hua only cares about his family and everything, it's just a trivial matter, and he complains about why this kid is so ignorant?
Jin Mei continued to cry: "I know that he is capable now, and he always goes home to bring things, although he has never mentioned filial piety to the two of us, but it is also filial piety to our mother." ”
"When I saw the things on the kang today, I thought it was still for his grandmother, and I just wanted to put it away and slowly use it as a family. I didn't tell him in advance that it was my fault, but this is all a family, isn't it all useful here? After so many years, that kid still treats me as an outsider......
Her acting skills are perfect, otherwise it would not have been possible to coax Fu Hua to turn around for so many years.
Sure enough, Fu Hua naturally thought that Fu Chengxu disrespected his stepmother and did not kiss his family, and even thought that he would not have a good face for his biological father when he came back this time.
even thought about it several times in his heart, why is Kong Wei so supple, but the son she gave birth to is like a demon king of the world? Could it be because this kid's life is too hard, and Kong Wei was killed to death!?
He didn't think this once or twice, and every time he mentioned it, it was like adding a piece of incriminating evidence to Fu Chengxu's untaming.
But in an instant, he suddenly flashed what Grandma Fu said to him that day, as if he was exhausted, both decadent and powerless, and sighed: "Forget it, he is also older, and sooner or later he will become a man in a family, let's take care of it less...... You are not related to him by blood, so you don't have to worry about him so much, just take care of our inheritance. ”
“???”
Jin Mei's eyes widened suddenly, why was it different from the previous result?
If she had complained like this before, Fu Hua would have run to Fu Chengxu and scolded him. Although Fu Chengxu didn't listen to her, he finally gave her a bad breath.
Why is it so calm this time?
Seeing Fu Hua's bitter face, she had to wipe away a few tears by herself, and saw the wind and persuaded her: "You're right, it's true that my eyelids are shallow, and I shouldn't hurt my feelings because of those little things, so take it back if he takes it back." I was wrong this time, I'll apologize to him later! ”
Jin Mei quietly gave Fu Chengxu eye medicine, and secretly looked at Fu Hua's expression, but found that he seemed to be immersed in his own world, and he didn't listen to what she was saying at all.
"What do you want?"
Fu Hua came back to his senses in a daze, and hurriedly said, "It's nothing." There is no need to apologize, you are his mother, how can a mother bow her head to her child? Let this matter go over like this, and you won't hang around in front of him in the future. ”
“……”
Jin Mei seems to be disgusted like eating a fly, co-authoring or is it her fault? She shouldn't have come to Fu Chengxu, so she should have suffered a loss?
She rolled her eyes secretly and smiled, "I know." ”
Lifted his eyelids and looked at Fu Hua, disdainful in his heart, this man is also a wreck, and his wife is bullied and he doesn't dare to choke with his son. That is, it depends on how easy he is to fiddle with, otherwise he would not have lived with him a long time ago.
The woman calculated in her heart that she had to make some trouble for that little cub, otherwise she would be angry in vain?