Two similar faces met the gaze, both of them were stunned, Qin Jingniang reacted first, and strode over the two men, "My child ......"

Chapter 39: How Did He Treat You?

When Meng Buding saw his mother, Dongzhu and Fengping cried all the way, and when they got home, they sat down to wipe their tears.

Qin Jingniang looked at the three children as if she couldn't see enough, holding the two small ones, her eyes were always on Haizhu.

Grandma Qi came in with a bowl of hot water and said, "It's cold, drink two sips of water to warm up." ”

"Hey." Goodbye to her ex-mother-in-law, Qin Jingniang was a little embarrassed, she lowered her eyes and pondered for a moment, and said, "Mother, why did you move to Yongning Wharf?" If I hadn't seen the third brother on the boat, I would have gone straight to Qijiawan. ”

"There are bandits in the New Year, and the government is also cracking down on bandits, and it is not safe to live in the village, so we will move here for a month, and we will return it after the New Year." Grandma Qi made a long story short, she looked at Qin Jingniang kindly and asked, "How are you doing?" After you left, Haizhu subsided from the fever, Jinhua asked someone to send you a letter and didn't find anyone, Haizhu's leg was healed, and he came to find it and pounced. After a month, I came again with Dongzhu and Fengping, and the children were worried about you, for fear that you would be bullied after you left. ”

Qin Jingniang's eyes were blurred with tears when she heard this, she hugged Dongzhu and Fengping tightly, and choked up: "I also want to come back to see them, I have been thinking about Haizhu's illness since I left, God is pitiful, let our mother and daughter have a chance to meet again." ”

Haizhu washed the basin and filling basin, and also sorted out her mood and walked in, she couldn't cry like Dongzhu, and she couldn't squeeze out tears, she was hugged, she patted the woman's back comfortingly, and was silent and didn't speak.

"Fortunately, it's all right, don't cry, it's a good day." Grandma Qi comforted, "Fengping and Dongzhu don't cry, your mother is happy to be back, but don't cry." ”

"Mother, don't cry." Haizhu took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, "As soon as you cry, Dongzhu and Fengping can't stop crying, crying too much hurts their bodies." ”

Chaoping hid outside the door and peeked in, he no longer remembered the eldest aunt who had fed him since he was a child, but because of her face similar to that of his eldest sister, when she looked over, he raised his face and smiled at her.

"This is Tidera?" Qin Jingniang wiped away her tears, walked to the door and hugged him, "Good boy, can you speak?" ”

"This is your eldest uncle, shout, you still grew up eating her milk." Grandma Qi said, and asked again: "Chaosheng didn't come back with you?" Why don't you see him? Or did you go back with your man? Let the third child call people over, and we will have a meal together at noon. ”

"Chaosheng...... Chaosheng didn't come back. Qin Jingniang said: "It's cold, I don't dare to take him out of the house, I took an ox cart and changed boats on the road, it took seven or eight days to arrive, he was too young, I was afraid that I would get sick when I brought him back." ”

At the beginning of winter, Yu Lai returned to her hometown with a batch of seafood, and Qin Jingniang learned from him that Haizhu had recovered from her illness and came back to life, and she wanted to come back at that time. But Yu Laishun disagreed, and wanted her to give him a child and then come back here, but unfortunately her teeth were flat and hot, sticky and sticky, and she couldn't go. It dragged on until the year before, half a month ago, she had nightmares for five days in a row, dreaming that Haizhu was so sick that she couldn't get out of bed, dreaming that Dongzhu and Fengping called her mother, she really couldn't stand it, so Yu Laishun let go and let her come back. As for the youngest son, Yu Laishun was afraid that she would not go back, so he held Pingsheng in his hand and asked her to go back quickly.

"Also, the weather is not good, and the children can't stand the cold on the boat." Grandma Qi understood, she got up and said, "You mothers talk, I'll cook." ”

Qin Jingniang pulled Haizhu to sit opposite her, and asked in a low voice, "Why don't you like to talk anymore?" When I see my mother, I don't spoil anymore, are you angry with me? After speaking, he looked at her cautiously.

Haizhu smiled and said, "No, I've never been angry with you, and I haven't blamed you, I'm worried about you after you leave, I'm afraid that you won't have a good time because of the rest of my life......"

"No, no, your uncle treats me okay, you see I'm still gaining weight."

"Mother, we have money now, you can bring your brother back." Dongzhu said, with a strong expectation and happiness in her words, "We can make a lot of money a day by selling cakes, and we can eat meat every day." ”

Qin Jingniang lowered her eyes, touched Dongzhu's hair, and said, "Haizhu, tell me what happened after my mother left." ”

Dongzhu and Fengping didn't notice it when they were young, and looking at her evasive reaction, Haizhu understood that she was unwilling to come back, as for what reason......

Dongzhu and Fengping are like birds chirping on the branches in the morning, and the two of them chattered about what happened in the past six months, and Haizhu added or explained with a smile.

Qin Jingniang was stunned when she heard this, and always felt that the person around her was not her daughter, she had raised Haizhu for more than 13 years, this child was a little squeamish and timid, and there was not much resemblance to the protagonists of "going to the sea to grab whale meat", "saving people to know officers and soldiers", "repairing ships and buying ships again", and "going to sea to salvage sunken ships".

But the person sitting in front of her was indeed her child, and she looked at herself with gentle and close eyes, and her eyes were full of love and affection when she looked at her younger siblings. Qin Jingniang blinked, tears rolled out and were wiped away by her, after she left, her eldest daughter took her place to support the identity of a mother, a sister and a mother.

"Why are you crying again, our days are better, you should be happy." Haizhu handed her the handkerchief.

Dongzhu and Feng Ping raised their heads, not understanding what she was crying about.

"I'm not a good mother, I can't live with you." Qin Jingniang covered her face, she couldn't hold back, and truly accepted her weak and selfish side. She was afraid of hardship, tiredness, and fear of seeing her eldest daughter breathe in front of her eyes, she couldn't stand the days when her family was ruined, her husband and daughter died, she couldn't stand it, so she fled. After leaving, she realized that if Haizhu couldn't survive the high fever and died, she wouldn't even be able to see the child's last face, and the child would leave alone.

However, she realized that she didn't look back.

"Without the last silver you left, I have no money to see a doctor and buy medicine, and without the rice you sent, I can't take care of my illness." Haizhu whispered, "Don't think about it, I understand, you have done everything you can, and your departure is also thinking about me." ”

In the memory of the original owner, Haizhu found that Qin Jingniang was a smart person and a sober woman, beautiful but not self-esteemed, not greedy for wealth and nobility as a concubine, married a capable man, she would enjoy the man if he would earn money, beautiful and sweet, and coax the man into obedience. After the man left, she dragged her four young children with her, one of whom fell ill and depleted the family's savings, and she chose to jump out of the quagmire when there was no one to rely on. Her children were taken care of by her clansmen, and she also left silver to leave a way out for her children, and she also had a new life.

will be criticized for being a mother, but she is not ashamed to consider herself, the child is a human being, she is also a human being, and it is better for a child to have a mother, but she has no hope for half her life.

"We haven't had a hard life since you left, Uncle Wutang takes good care of our three sisters and brothers, and Uncle Zheng and Aunt Wei also care about us." Haizhu continued, "You don't have to blame yourself, if you stay, I'm afraid our life will not be as good as if you left." ”

Qin Jingniang stopped crying, she didn't want Haizhu to go to great lengths to comfort her, the more sensible the child was, the more sad and tormented she became.

"Does Uncle Yu really treat you well?" Haizhu asked, "If he treats you badly, you will come back, I have saved money, and I can return to him double the dowry he gave at the beginning." ”

Dongzhu and Fengping watched with a blank eye.

Qin Jingniang couldn't open her mouth, and she couldn't say anything she couldn't say in the face of the three children.

"Looks like I'm treating you well, that's good." Haizhu understood, "It's good for him to treat you well, my father is gone, you find someone to take care of you." ”

She has her own life, Haizhu is not reluctant, Qin Jingniang is also revolving around the children in the family when she comes back, and there are children who are naturally happy under their knees, but judging from the situation of the two of them before the boss died, Qin Jingniang prefers the days when there is a man to rely on.

Feng Ping was still ignorant, Dongzhu understood the meaning, she sat up straight suddenly, and asked with tears in her eyes: "Is he good to you with my father?" ”

Qin Jingniang didn't speak.

"My father, my father has only been dead for half a year......"

Qin Jingniang choked out, clasped her hands and said, "Your father treats me very well, if he lives, I will guard him and live a good life." ”

"My dad has only been dead for half a year, less than half a year." Dongzhu muttered that she felt that her mother had betrayed their family, "You don't want to leave him for us, do you?" ”

"I'm already married again, he doesn't die, I'm a member of his family." Qin Jingniang tried hard to explain to Dongzhu, she didn't want the child to hate her, "I won't go back a year ago, and we will live in Hongshi Village when your uncle comes over after the year, we can meet every day, and you can also go to your mother's place for dinner." ”

Dongzhu looked at Haizhu with tears in her eyes, and her lips trembled.

Haizhu stretched out her hand, and Dongzhu threw herself into her arms with a "wow", crying worse than on the way back.

The people sitting in the courtyard looked at each other, Qi Laosan squatted in the yard and picked up the mud, gritted his teeth and said, "She might as well not come back." ”

"Less fart, she's back thinking about her baby." Grandma Qi reprimanded in a low voice, "It's raining, push your second brother in." ”

The rain fell and the cold wind rose, and the atmosphere in the house became colder, Qin Jingniang was very at a loss, she lowered her head and didn't dare to look at the three children, in the sad sobbing, she even thought about her plans to come back. She came back with her life, she accompanied her four children every day, grew up with the children, watched them marry, marry, and then coax her grandson after her son married a wife and gave birth to a child. But she lives with Yu Laishun, and she can also accompany her four children, and she can still help her son coax her grandson when her children have children in the future.

"I won't have any more children, just the four of you." She whispered that Yu Laishun should not be able to give birth, she has four children in her life, "I am still your mother, I don't want you." ”

Chapter 40: Don't Regret It

"I'm still your mother, I didn't want you."

Fengping understood this, he is small, and his thoughts are simple, He is very scared if he can't see his mother for half a year, With two sisters with him, he still misses his mother, and now he can let him see people and hold him, he is satisfied.

"I want to see you in the future, can you hug me if you shout at you?" He asked childishly.

It's so pitiful, Qin Jingniang choked up with her arms around Fengping, "Yes, you miss me, I'll come to see you, I'm not leaving."

Dongzhu turned back in surprise.

Qin Jingniang noticed it, she didn't dare to look at her little daughter's eyes, and made up in a low voice: "I will live in Hongshi Village in the future, and I won't go anywhere." ”

The light in Dongzhu's eyes went out in an instant, she stopped crying, wiped away her tears and sat on the side in a daze, looking at the dripping rain outside the door.

For a while, some people were happy and some were sad, Haizhu was caught in the middle and didn't know what to say, she thought for a while, stood up and said, "I'll help my milk cook, mother, you can taste my craft later, I got this food list, and now it's better than the food you cook." ”

Qin Jingniang was supposed to go to the stove to help, but she glanced at Dongzhu and sat still. When the door closed, she walked to Dongzhu's side, squatted down and hugged her, no matter how much she pushed and made trouble, she wouldn't let go.

The crying in the house started again, Haizhu calmly poked the ashes in the stove hole, the wind came in, the flames soared instantly, and the soup in the pot gurgled and bubbled.

"You don't want your mother?" Grandma Qi asked.

Haizhu looked up, "Me?" ”

"There's a third person in this room besides you and me?"

"Yes." Haizhu lowered her eyes, stepped on a branch and stuffed it into the stove, "I must think about it, but when I grow up, I definitely can't cry like Dongzhu and Fengping." ”

"No one laughs at you if you cry."

Haizhu shook her head and said, "My mother said, she will live in Hongshi Village in the future, I can come to see her when I think of her, she can go back to see me if she misses me, it's good to see me often, why am I crying." I still miss my dad, what's the use of wanting? I can't see anyone, I can't hear when I'm crying, so I don't cry. ”

Grandma Qi didn't ask, she just felt sorry for her eldest granddaughter who was too sensible, and it would be good if she could cry in front of her mother.

The crying in the house stopped, Grandma Qi lifted the lid of the pot, poked the ribs with chopsticks, the meat was stewed, she turned around and cut the tofu and threw it along the edge of the pot.

Haizhu came out late, and when she came out, Grandma Qi had already stewed the meat, the pork ribs and dried bamboo shoots were stewed in a pot, the rice was steamed in the back pot, and the kelp, tofu and shrimp soup was cooked in the clay pot.

"Third child, set the table for dinner." Grandma Qi wiped her hands, walked to the closed door and knocked on the door, "Jing Niang, the meal is ready, take the children out to eat." ”

"Okay, here we go." Qin Jingniang took Dongzhu's hand, and with the other hand, she held Fengping, opened the door and said, "Mother, thank you for your hard work." ”

"Since you're still willing to call me mother, don't say polite words."

The dining table was placed in the hall, Haizhu stewed in with a pot of meat and vegetables, passing by Dongzhu glanced at her, this girl was still pouting, but it was not the same as a dead heart.

Qi Laosan served the rice, handed the first bowl to the former sister-in-law, and the other half bowl he took some tofu and two pork ribs, and then poured some soup with a spoon and took it to another room.

Qin Jingniang thought of the people she saw in the courtyard when she entered the door, and when Grandma Qi came in with rice, she asked, "What is the situation of the second child now, why don't you come out to eat?" ”

"He can move his head and hands, and his hands are not flexible, and he doesn't eat much when he eats, and he often eats alone in the house." Grandma Qi took Chaoping and sat down and said, "We eat ours, it's inconvenient to go grocery shopping when it rains, so we stew a pot indiscriminately." ”

There is meat, vegetables and soup, this is already a good dish for hospitality, Qin Jingniang eats little by herself, and takes care of her three children wholeheartedly.

"Stay at night, I heard Haizhu say that you don't plan to go back after the New Year, then you will live at home and sleep with Haizhu and Dongzhu." Grandma Qi took the initiative to mention the matter of staying overnight, "The boss is gone, you have remarried, you are not my daughter-in-law anymore, but you are still the mother of my grandchildren, and this family is also your home." You can live in peace, don't go to Hongshi Village, it's not safe for you to live alone as a woman. ”

Qin Jingniang agreed, she also wanted to take this opportunity to accompany her three children.

When Wei Jinhua came over, Haizhu and the others had just dropped the dishes and chopsticks, and there was nowhere to go on a rainy day, everyone was awkwardly in the same room, looking up and not looking down, and saying things that were not embarrassing or embarrassing.

"I'll go talk to Brother Haishun." Qi Laosan found an opportunity to slip away.

"You two are talking in the house, I'm going to turn over and beat my legs." Grandma Qi took Chaoping away and said, "Jinhua, it's not easy for Jing Niang to come back once, when the rain stops, I'll go grocery shopping, and you and Haishun will take the two children to eat at home at night." ”

"Auntie don't bother, we see each other every day......"

"This is not for you, if Jing Niang didn't come back, I wouldn't have invited you to dinner." Grandma Qi joked.

The sound of opening and closing the door sounded next door, Wei Jinhua pulled Qin Jingniang to take a closer look, and saw that she didn't look like she was suffering, so she slapped her the back of her hand, "You, you, you leave a letter when you leave, we are almost worried to death." ”

Qin Jingniang smiled bitterly, "That's it, don't talk about the previous ones, I won't leave when I come back this time, I will live in Hongshi Village outside the town, and it will be convenient to meet in the future." ”

The rain outside the door has weakened, Haizhu walked out of the door and stood under the eaves, waiting for the water droplets to turn into rain, she went back to the house to get five taels of silver, stood outside the threshold and said: "Mother, I want to go out for a trip, find a carpenter to fight a wooden cart, you talk to Aunt Wei at home, I will go back." ”

"It's still raining......"

"The rain has stopped." Haizhu walked down the eaves and shouted into the house: "Milk, I'll go buy the vegetables back, don't come out." ”

"Call your third uncle and let him follow you to carry things." My mother is back, and the things she bought are indispensable.

Dongzhu ran out of the house, and the fleeing posture was like a wolf behind her, "Sister, wait for me, I'll help you carry something." ”

Feng Ping subconsciously stood up, stepped out and took it back, "Mother, are you still home when I come back?" ”