The morning sun is falling, and green smoke rises in the village.

There were adults working in the fields, children laughing and playing with each other, a few chirps of unknown birds, and a few barks of dogs disturbed by children.

The village presents a peaceful atmosphere......

......

At this time, Wu Laoer's house, a seven or eight-year-old boy, was laboriously lying on the stove and stir-frying the steaming dishes in the pot.

Due to his relatively small stature, he could only build a small stool under his feet to barely reach the stove that was much taller than him.

Even stir-frying, which is a mundane thing, is more laborious for his weak body.

Fortunately, he was accustomed to it, although his little face was black and white with smoke at the moment, and his arms were sore, and his forehead was sweating, he still continued to turn the dishes in the pot very seriously.

After putting some spices on the table until he saw that it was ripe to seven or eight points of aroma, he carefully put it on a plate that had already been prepared, and then skillfully stir-fried the next dish.

......

A quarter of an hour later, the boy wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, gathered everything and placed the fried dishes on the dining table.

He picked up two small bowls full of rice porridge that had already been boiled and put them away, two plates of green vegetables, one dish of pickles and two bowls of rice porridge on the small table, steaming and beautiful.

The boy nodded with satisfaction and shouted at the back room:

"Mother, it's time to eat!"

In a few moments, a woman slowly stepped out of the back room, her steps a little staggering, and her face slightly pale.

Seeing this, the boy's eyes were a little red, and he hurried to the woman, put her arm on his thin shoulder, and helped her to sit down carefully at the dining table.

The woman looked at the boy lovingly and said gently:

"Heng'er has worked hard, let's eat quickly, and Aunt Xiao will come over to help you see your frequent nightmares. ”

As soon as the woman had finished speaking, the boy could no longer control his howling and began to cry, and he fell to his knees and choked up:

"Mother, I'm sorry, the child made you suffer again!"

Then he kowtowed to the woman as hard as garlic.

He guessed that he must have woken up the man by crying and crying by a nightmare last night, and his mother must have suffered on his behalf to stop him from going crazy......

Seeing this scene, the woman hurriedly supported the boy, her eyes were also a little red, and her tone was slightly disgusted, and she said:

"Silly boy, I'm your mother, how can I be willing to let my father beat you?"

"He's not my daddy!" The boy said angrily.

"Shut up, don't you listen to your mother?" the woman rebuked her severely.

"I'm sorry that the child made my mother angry......"

When the boy saw that the woman was angry, he hurriedly relented.

"Alright, let's eat!"

The woman finally couldn't bear it, and her tone gradually softened, and she straightened the boy's clothes and comforted softly.

"Hmm!"

Seeing that his mother was no longer angry, the boy hurriedly and obediently served the dishes and chopsticks for the woman, and put some of the dishes she liked to eat in front of the woman.

The woman watched the boy's actions with relief, and the pain in his back seemed to have been alleviated a lot.

Seeing that there were three dishes on the table, she immediately understood, looked at the boy, and said in a slightly instructive tone:

"Heng'er, it's not easy for our family, we don't have to fry so many dishes when we eat in the future, do you know?"

"If my mother is injured, I need to eat more, and if it's a big deal, I can save food in the future......" The boy said with some snort.

The woman's nose suddenly became a little sour, she hurriedly picked up the dishes and chopsticks, took a deep breath, calmed down and said gently:

"Okay, okay, my mother listens to Heng'er, but Heng'er also has to promise my mother that she can't starve herself, otherwise her mother will be angry, you know?"

When the woman had finished speaking, she ate a mouthful of porridge and a bite of food.

It looks like a plain dish, but it is extra sweet in the mouth.

"It seems that Heng'er's craftsmanship has grown a lot!" the woman thought.

She decided that when she was better, she would definitely have more fields, secretly save some money, and give him a daughter-in-law when Heng'er grew up, and she would be comforted.

When the woman thought of this, a slight smile appeared on her face.

"Oh!"

The boy secretly looked at his mother, and found that she was eating seriously and peacefully, and he was unconsciously relieved, and stuck out his tongue and picked up the dishes and chopsticks.

For the boy, this time of day is his warmest and happiest moment in the world, as long as that annoying person is not there......

When he thought of that person, he couldn't help but feel a little afraid, but also full of hatred and disgust! For as long as he can remember, the word father has been so foreign to him......

That person has never looked at himself squarely, and he has never even helped his mother when she was working hard......

The nasty man would not come to dinner almost every morning, and would either sleep until sunrise or go to the town early in the morning with some money from his house, and he would not come home until sunset!

Either they will scold and scold someone to serve them as soon as they come back, or they will be so drunk that if they are not careful, their mother and son will provoke a burst of beating and scolding.

What's even more excessive is that when they are eating, they are not allowed to eat with their mother and son, and they have to wait for their satisfaction to eat by themselves after they have nothing to order.

In fact, the boy thought it was okay, he really didn't want to be with such a disgusting person during dinner, and he was afraid that person was going to have fun again today, right?

"Alas......"

The boy shook his head and stopped thinking about the mess, and ate happily with his mother.

After breakfast, the boy helped his mother to rest, and when she was able to lie on her side, he began to clean up the table and wash the dishes. After everything is done, he has to sweep the floor, wash the laundry, carry water and chop wood.

......

Just as he was busy, a pleasant female voice suddenly came from outside the door:

"Is the lady of the Wu family better?"

The boy heard someone outside the house asking, was stunned for a while, hurriedly walked out of the house and opened the door of the small courtyard outside the house, only to see a charming woman in her twenties standing outside the courtyard who was smiling faintly at him......

Beside her was a little girl of five or six years old, with two pigtails and as cute as a porcelain doll, who was staring at him curiously with her big beautiful eyes......

The boy looked at this charming woman and blushed a little, hurriedly lowered his head and said a little sneeringly:

"Mother, mother-in-law just fell asleep"

"Why don't you invite us in and sit down?"

The charm woman was not surprised by the boy's restraint, but just smiled faintly.

"Uh-huh, uh-huh......"

The boy nodded mechanically, but remained stunned.

"Hahaha...... Mother, you look at him so stupid......"

The little girl seemed to have discovered something terrible, and laughed exaggeratedly.

"Rong Rong must not be rude!"

The charm woman glanced at the little girl with disgust, a little helpless.

The boy's face turned even redder, and just as he was embarrassed, his mother's voice came from the house:

"Heng'er, is the aunt of the Xiao family here, why don't you invite her in?"

After hearing his mother's command, the boy immediately calmed down, and hurriedly turned sideways and respectfully said, "Aunt Xiao, please ......"

Seeing the change in the boy, the charming woman nodded with satisfaction and said:

"My surname is Lu!"