Li Xiufen didn't expect that after all the hard work to get to Lucheng, there would be an unexpected surprise waiting for her. She met her sister-in-law Yang Cuilian, who had parted ways with them a few days ago.
Catching a glimpse of the multigrain steamed buns in Yang Cuilian's hand, Li Xiufen's eyes became more eager.
She pretended not to see Yang Cuilian's cold face, let go of her children's hands, and quickly stepped forward to grab her hand emotionally: "Sister-in-law, I finally found you! It's great that you and Niuniu are safe!"
Yang Cuilian's face was stiff, and she struggled to break away from her hand: "I have left the Li family, please don't call me sister-in-law anymore."
Li Xiufen's eyes turned red and she shed tears: "Sister-in-law, are you still complaining about me? I have no choice but to do it. Do you know that the day you and Niuniu left, daddy, he was killed by someone, wuwu...
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Yang Cuilian was shocked and looked behind her. Sure enough, she didn't see Old Man Li, but she saw someone she didn't want to see at all - Hu Laoer!
Hu Laoer met her eyes and gave her a lewd smile.
Deep disgust flashed across Yang Cuilian's face, and she ignored his presence and looked at Li Xiufen: "What's going on? Who killed his old man?"
After all, the person who had been the daughter-in-law of the Li family for more than ten years and who had been called "dad" for more than ten years suddenly learned that she was gone. Even though she had left the Li family, she still felt very uncomfortable.
Li Xiufen said bitterly: "It was that little bastard Liu Jiarong who took out a knife from nowhere and killed Brother Hu while Brother Hu was tied up. He also wanted to kill Brother Hu, but his father rushed to stop him, so he killed him
killed!"
Liu Jiarong?
Yang Cuilian was very unfamiliar with this name. She was about to ask who this person was when she heard Li Xiufen continue: "This little bastard is just a beast. Fortunately, you and Niuniu left that day, otherwise you might have also suffered from his murderous attacks."
After hearing this, Yang Cuilian thought of the skinny young man who was with the three brothers of the Hu family.
After getting the affirmative answer, she smiled coldly: "We, mother and daughter, have no enmity with him, so why should he attack us!"
Then a child who has not grown up wants to murder his biological father. He is afraid that this biological father has done something that is outrageous to both humans and gods, so he kills him.
I just pity her father-in-law, it's really not worth losing his life for someone like Hu Laoer!
Yang Cuilian's words stung Hu Laoer hard. He rushed up to her with a stern expression, clenched his fists and was about to hit her: "Smelly bitch, what are you talking about!"
Niu Niu was frightened and ran over to block Yang Cuilian's path, crying: "Don't hit my mother!"
Yang Cuilian was heartbroken. She leaned over and hugged her daughter and comforted her softly: "Niuniu, don't be afraid. Mom is fine. Mom is fine..."
Li Xiufen quickly stopped Hu Laoer and pretended to persuade him: "Brother Hu, my sister-in-law can't speak. I don't mean to target anyone. For my sake, don't be as knowledgeable as her."
While talking, she secretly pinched Hu Laoer's waist.
Hu Lao'er understood it and hummed: "For Xiufen's sake, I'll let you go this time!"
Yang Cuilian looked at Li Xiufen with a complicated expression, and opened her mouth to say something, but saw that she looked so tender towards Hu Laoer, and blocked all her words.
That's all, she chose her own path. If she likes it, just let her go. She has left the Li family, is no longer her sister-in-law, and has no right to care about her affairs.
With this thought in her heart, Yang Cuilian relaxed and ignored the two people. She took out the firewood from the bottom of the pot, picked up the bowl on the side and put the boiled multi-grain steamed buns into the bowl, ready to cool down before feeding.
My daughter eats it.
The steamed buns cooked with leaf grass without oil or salt naturally do not taste very good, but they still firmly attracted the attention of Li Xiufen and Hu Laoer.
Seeing that Yang Cuilian had no intention of feeding them, Li Xiufen looked very unhappy, pinched the girl Tongtong's arm and winked at her.
Tongtong was choked with tears in his eyes. Under Li Xiufen's urging, he walked to Yang Cuilian: "Uncle, aunt, I'm hungry..."
Seeing that her face was thinner than a few days ago, Yang Cuilian sighed secretly and fed her a mouthful of paste that she was going to feed to Niu Niu: "Eat it."
Tongtong was only six years old and was a poor child. Before fleeing the famine, she was not loved by Li Xiufen and his wife, who favored sons over daughters. After fleeing the famine, she could not even drink a sip of water.
At that time, Yang Cuilian seemed to be soft-hearted and would often leave a few mouthfuls of food for her. Therefore, in Tongtong's heart, her aunt was better than her own mother. Her aunt would not beat her, but would also give her food.
Seeing that Yang Cuilian was willing to feed Tongtong, Li Xiufen quickly pushed her son Yuan Bao and motioned for him to come forward and ask Yang Cuilian for food.
Yuan Bao is already eight years old, which is the age when he starts to become sensible. He is not crooked at all. He knows that food is hard to come by and has no nerve to get close to it. He just stands there in a daze and refuses to come forward. When cornered, he wants to run away.
Li Xiufen was so angry that she had to say: "Sister-in-law, Yuan Bao hasn't eaten anything since yesterday. Can you serve him something?"
Yang Cuilian still loved Yuan Bao a little, so she had to take another bowl with less than half a bowl of boiled leaf grass and handed it to him.
Afterwards, no matter how Li Xiufen hinted, Yang Cuilian pretended not to hear.
She is a woman who can still stutter with a child. These two people have hands and feet but they have to beg for food. She is not their father and mother, so why should she spoil them!
Li Xiufen and Li Laoer were so angry that they scolded Yang Cuilian countless times in their hearts. However, they still wanted to take advantage and did not dare to rob her at this time.
Hu Laoer stared at Yang Cuilian's back for a long time and whispered to Li Xiufen: "I don't know where she got that piece of steamed bun. You can ask around later."
Li Xiufen was full of resentment: "She doesn't even recognize me as my sister-in-law, how could she tell me the truth! But steamed buns are so precious, who knows if she has done some shameful deeds!"
Having said this, she looked at Yang Cuilian with disdain, as if she had witnessed Yang Cuilian selling everything for food.
Hu Laoer's eyes flashed with evil: "Let's keep an eye on her, whether she is right or wrong, and we will know soon."
At this time, Song Xixi didn't know that her kind offer of steamed buns to Yang Cuilian would attract two people with ill intentions to her, and ultimately bring a huge disaster to their mother and daughter.
The family had just had a good meal hiding in a remote and uninhabited place, and were about to go to a shady place to take a nap. Suddenly, Song Qingshan, who was running at the front, screamed: "Someone is dead!"
The Song family was shocked at first, but then quickly calmed down.
During this journey of fleeing from famine, had they seen many dead people? Those who died of hunger, those who died of thirst, those who were beaten to death for grabbing food... They had already become numb to the sight of them.
Unexpectedly, Song Qingshi turned around and ran back, pointing over there and panting: "Not dead, not dead yet. I saw his hands moved. He must have fainted from hunger. Should we save him?"
If his ancestors hadn't appeared, he would never have dared to ask such a question. His own family was starving to death, so how could he have the time to save others.
Now that there is no shortage of food and drink, the kindness engraved in the young boy's bones is ready to stir.