Chapter 24
Don’t give me a piece
Author: Unnamed.
Moonlight
Don’t give me a piece
The stone wall that is less than half a person's height is built on the side of the dirt road at the west end of the village. It has become loose and aged after years of wind and sun exposure. From time to time, a piece of gravel and dried mud will fall off. Everyone in the village knows the condition of this stone wall.
, when passing here, you will be careful to keep some distance to prevent the gravel from falling and bumping into it.
The four girls of the Zhao family were all natives of Bailangli Village, so they had no idea about the stone wall. This section of the wall had been a place where they had been warned since they could remember walking.
Although Li Cuizhen is a hard-hearted mother who doesn't dote on her children, she still tells her youngest daughter about walking away from dangerous areas like this. Zhao Wennan knows that if nothing happens, don't lean too close to the earth and stone wall, just lean up.
Most likely something is wrong.
Children's thinking is not quite the same as that of adults. They think that if this 'something' has something to do and he can rest against a dangerous wall, then it must be a big deal. But in the little girl's mind, there is no big deal other than cooking, and that is what she thinks about the most in her daily life.
Just eat.
It just so happened that Zhao Wennan saw Li Cuizhen give Zhao Mingyu money in the morning. Today is the market again. Maybe her father can buy some delicious food. With this hope, Zhao Wennan ran forward with a smile.
When I got closer, I saw the man's face, and it was indeed Zhao Mingyu. At that time, he was eating with his head down.
Sure enough, I bought something delicious. "Dad--" the little girl shouted excitedly.
Zhao Mingyu raised her head in shock and saw that it was Zhao Wennan, the fourth child. She quickly stuffed the remaining half of the twist into her mouth, chewed it hard twice and swallowed it.
Zhao Wennan: "..."
Isn't there a saying that goes like this: The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Seeing his gentle, sick, weak father's rough and wild eating habits, young classmate Zhao Wennan deeply felt the malice coming from the universe and blinked his big eyes twice.
, started wailing shockingly, trotting back home wiping tears and runny nose.
Li Cuizhen was frightened by the crying appearance of the little girl. She secretly helped her man and comforted the sad fourth daughter: "Your father is not in good health and needs to eat something rich. I happened to go to the market today and he was tired from shopping.
It’s not a big deal to buy some mahua to eat. Look at how petty you are, why aren’t you happy that your father can eat something good?”
It would have been better if she didn't explain, but this explanation was even worse. Zhao Wennan became more and more aggrieved, wiping his tears and shouted: "Don't lie to me, he didn't eat one, he ate five! I saw it all,
There is a bag with big red letters on the stone next to it, and there are five broken white bags, which is the whole bag. I saw it last time when my eldest sister took me to the market. It was five pieces. It was five pieces.
A piece of cannabis flower—oooo—”
"..." Li Cuizhen was silenced by her young voice. There was only one shop selling cannabis flowers at the market. There were five cannabis flowers in the big red-lettered pocket. One flower cost five cents, and a bag cost two cents. In the morning
Isn't the money given just right?
Zhao Mingyu was in poor health, and Li Cuizhen felt sorry for him. She didn't let him do more work and didn't let him have more strength. When it came to food, he was the only one first, and then she and her children. She was really serious about what happened this time.
She was a little angry. The man she loved only cared about herself and didn't think about his pregnant wife and young children. This made her very sad.
Zhao Wenduo, who figured out the cause and effect, had a dull face and looked at Zhao Mingyu who was sitting on the bed with a neutral look. He also realized that he had done something stupid today, and he listened to the scolding honestly with his eyelids raised, with a rickety face from time to time.
Cough twice.
He works less hard, eats delicious food, and often makes mistakes. He is free during the day and busy at night. Even if he is sick and weak, he does not delay having children at all. He doesn't care about eating well, and he can be like himself when he is five years old.
The children are snatching for food. Who has this father bear? Who can avoid having a headache?
"That piece of meat will be used as braised pork in the evening, cut into ten large pieces, just two pieces per person, enough to eat!" Zhao Wenduo suddenly said.
When we were still talking about Zhao Mingyu, and the whole family felt quite angry, they suddenly turned to dinner, and they were all confused for a moment.
Zhao Mingyu was secretly enjoying himself. These three girls looked cold and cold on weekdays. Unexpectedly, they still cared about his father. They knew how to help him at critical moments and diverted everyone's attention. They still felt that
Pretty good.
When Zhao Wennan heard that there was braised pork, he immediately became energetic. He didn't feel aggrieved or red-eyed. He divided it with his fingers: "There are ten pieces of meat, two for me, two for the third sister, and two for the eldest sister."
Son, second sister, two bucks, mom, two bucks, dad—hey, there’s no more!?”
The little girl was angry with Zhao Mingyu because of the twist thing, so she automatically placed him at the end of the queue, but she didn't have enough ten fingers to count, so she felt confused for a while.
Li Cuizhen didn't react. She just put the last sentence, said 'bah bah' twice, and reprimanded: "What's your father gone? Do you know how to speak?" She was most taboo with such words, especially
There is someone around me who is sick all the time, so I can't bear to hear this.
Zhao Wenying knew that Zhao Wenduo disliked Zhao Mingyu's father very much. In addition, she had a dull temperament and would not say such a thing for no reason. She was talking about not caring about her family. With such a connection, it was not difficult.
I understood what it meant. I immediately pursed my lips and had fun, pretending to misunderstand Li Cuizhen's words, and said seriously: "Mom, Xiaosi'er's calculation is correct. Ten pieces of meat are just enough for the five of us."
Li Cuizhen was about to ask, what about your father's share? Before she could say anything, Zhao Mingyu quit: "How to settle the accounts? Are there only five people in our family? How old are we? Can you count?
?” That’s serious pork belly, some fat and some lean. Once it’s stewed, it’s so delicious that it’ll leave your tongue when you bite it. You won’t be able to eat it for years, so how can you miss it?
What kind of temperament does your father have? As a daughter, can you still not know? Zhao Wenying is the eldest son of the family, and Zhao Mingyu is "easy to work and delicious". In this regard, what I saw above is better than others.
There are more of them, and you can guess with your eyes closed that he must be anxious.
She has a dull temper, and usually she never expresses it even if she feels uncomfortable. This time she finally got such an opportunity, so naturally she wanted to vent a little bit: "Dad, you really made a mistake. Xiao Si'er and I
All the calculations are fine, our family is indeed a family of six, but the third child means that these ten pieces of meat should be divided among us, without dad’s share. Isn’t this just enough to divide it evenly? "
"Why don't you feed it to your father?"
"What are you doing without me?"
Zhao Mingyu and Li Cuizhen spoke almost at the same time. They were truly worthy of the couple and had a great sense of understanding.
Li Cuizhen is used to acting like a boss at home. When she shouts in her shrill voice, all the children will become frightened. It doesn't matter whether she is wrong or right, it is just a habit.
Zhao Wenying, the oldest, was the most affected. She had a conditioned fear. As soon as the loud voice reached her ears, her short and stocky body jumped, and the corners of her mouth with smile lines unconsciously retracted.
The sense of relief that doesn't appear easily disappeared in the blink of an eye, and the dullness returned with slumped shoulders.
No matter how honest and capable the eldest son of the family is, he will suffer more and suffer more. Zhao Wenduo has seen it clearly in the past few days, and secretly he feels aggrieved for her, which can lead to such a final outcome.
The root cause is this era and this poor family. Even she, who is called unfair, is part of these reasons. The younger sisters are so young that she, the eldest sister, has to endure more.
If we say who loves Li Wenying the most in this family, there is no doubt that it is Zhao Wenying. Even though she has only joined this family not long ago, it is not as long as the others, but this does not affect this emotion.
Having seen too much cruelty in life and death, I value those who bear the burden silently and never talk about their hardships.
Of course, this does not mean that the Zhao family is indifferent to Zhao Wenying's dedication, but that such apology and submission are regarded as normal. Maybe at first, they will feel that they owe this daughter and this sister something.
As time goes by, it becomes a habit. You get used to being patient and paying too much.
It is precisely for this reason that people who have just arrived at this home will feel it the most.
Chapter completed!