Mei Qingyu grabbed Mei Qingyao and said helplessly: "Brother, just listen to her scare you. She also ate the roasted rabbit. If there were crotons, she could escape?"
Yes.
Mei Qingyao finally reacted and realized that he had been tricked by Qiao Huaping. He was ashamed and annoyed, and his face turned red.
Looking at Qiao Huaping again, she was sitting on the stone, smiling happily.
Mei Qingyao was so angry that she ran to the forest to gather grass.
Mei Qingyu didn't notice, there was a faint smile on his lips.
On the willow branches above the moon, the frosty moonlight shines down, bringing a touch of coolness to the mountains.
However, the cave, which was originally damp, inevitably seemed a little cold now.
For the villagers of Liujin Village, although it is not that unbearable, it is naturally much worse than the earthen beds they usually sleep on.
This first night of escaping is destined to be a sleepless night for many people.
But the Mei family was fine. Qiao Huaping encouraged Mei Qingyao: "Yaoyao, you gathered a lot of grass in the forest earlier?"
Mei Qingyao's face was distorted, he thought this vicious little stepmother was mocking him!
Mei Qingyao was about to jump when she saw Qiao Huaping issuing a new command with a smile: "Yao Yao, there is no freeloader in this world. If you eat my roast rabbit, do you have to do some work?"
Mei Qingyao's eyes widened.
But couldn't refute it.
Indeed, he did eat the rabbit roasted by this vicious woman...
Well, to be precise, I ate a lot...
Qiao Huaping saw that Mei Qingyao was so aggrieved that she could not speak. She had a drooped face and looked like "Although I am very unhappy, but I can't do anything to you." She stood there, waiting for Qiao Huaping to continue speaking.
The smile is deeper.
Although Qiao Huaping has a strong sense of responsibility for these children, she is not a mother's character. There are some tasks that the children can't do, so naturally she will not take care of them all.
Qiao Huaping smiled brightly: "Yao Yao, go and take your younger brothers and sisters to get all the grass you gathered in the forest."
Mei Qingyao's eyes widened, and he was about to say, "You are idle," but his second brother, Mei Qingyu, pulled his sleeve.
Mei Qingyu probably guessed Qiao Huaping's intention. He whispered to Mei Qingyao: "Brother, just do what she said."
"...Okay." Seeing that the smartest second brother said this, Mei Qingyao endured it and prepared to go to the forest to hold grass.
When he turned around, he saw his little sister Mei Qingying rolling up her sleeves and looking like she was going to hug the grass with them. He felt a little distressed and said quickly: "Little sister, you can rest in the cave. Brothers can go there."
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Mei Qingying shook her head and said in a small, slow but firm tone: "Yingying, I want to go too."
Mei Qingyao wanted to say something else, but Qiao Huaping spoke leisurely at the side: "It's just a hug of a few grasses. It won't make anyone tired. Yingying can do it."
Mei Qingyao glared at Qiao Huaping, feeling angrily and thinking, she is indeed the stepmother, but she just doesn't know how to feel sorry for people, and their Yingying is still so young!
But before he could say these words, Mei Qing smiled sweetly with her eyes widened.
...The eight-year-old eldest brother Mei Qingyao’s heart melted.
He compromised with his lovely sister.
——Just walk around and let his reflection hold some grass.
The four children worked together and soon returned with a lot of grass.
Qiao Huaping smiled and reused the grass and spread it on the ground. He also spread the linoleum cloth on the grass. In this way, the moisture was not so heavy.
Only then did Mei Qingyao suddenly realize.
It turns out that this vicious woman didn’t mean to embarrass them!
He couldn't help but feel a little awkward.
Qiao Huaping sat on the corner of the linoleum, seeing that the children were reluctant to come near her because of her presence, she couldn't help but curled her lips: "What's the matter, do you want to keep a vigil for me tonight? It's not impossible, then I'll do it
Go to sleep first and recharge your batteries."
The Mei family only has Qiao Huaping and four children, so naturally they don't need to draw lots and keep vigil.
When she said this, the children of the Mei family immediately rushed to lie down.
Especially Mei Qingyao, who almost pounced on him.
Just kidding, who wants to keep vigil for her!
After all, they walked a lot of mountain roads during the day. Although they had a good meal of meat and replenished their physical strength, they consumed too much. The children of the Mei family fell asleep one after another almost as soon as they lay down.
Snoring slightly.
Some people in the cave have already fallen asleep, and the sound of snoring can be said to come and go.
Mei Qingyao was not sleeping well. When she turned over, she kicked off the thin quilt covering her body.
The Mei family was very poor, and all four children shared a quilt. When he kicked the quilt, the quilts on the other children were gone.
Several children were shaking in their sleep.
Qiao Huaping, who was lying on the other corner of the linoleum cloth and had not yet fallen asleep, opened his eyes and sighed helplessly. He got up and carefully covered the children with quilts, and even tucked the corners of the quilts tightly.
In fact, he lay down again.
The nearby villagers who were still asleep saw this scene through the moonlight at the entrance of the cave and felt it was incredible.
Why did Mrs. Qiao change her temper?
What surprised the villagers was yet to come. On the second day, as soon as the sky cleared, they were woken up by the smell of porridge.
The villagers got up from the cave in a daze and saw Qiao Huaping holding a cracked porcelain bowl in his hand, sitting on a stone outside the cave, enjoying the morning breeze and eating there slowly.
A bowl of porridge.
The porridge was filled with finely chopped meat. The aroma of the meat was mixed with the dense rice porridge and sprinkled with finely chopped pickles. The aroma was simply tempting!
Thanks to this bowl of porridge, the villagers woke up quickly, washed up, cooked, and prepared for a new day.
Naturally, the children of the Mei family also woke up.
They were still a little confused.
Especially after seeing the pot of rabbit meat rice porridge, they were even more confused.
They knew that the rabbit meat should be the leftover meat from the barbecue yesterday.
...But where did this dense corn come from?
Qiao Huaping curled her lips, as if she understood the surprise on the faces of the children. She smiled and said: "Is it difficult? I exchanged some roast rabbit for some."
We had just embarked on the road to escape, everyone had food in their hands, and their fingertips were naturally wide. What's more, Qiao Huaping offered genuine roast rabbit meat in exchange, so naturally some people were willing to exchange it.
Several children were stunned.
"Cuckoo."
I don’t know who’s stomach growled several times.
The third child, Mei Qinghuang, subconsciously covered her stomach.
He looked at the pot of porridge pitifully.
Qiao Huaping smiled brightly, and what she said sounded like the sound of nature among the children: "Okay, go wash up quickly and eat well so that you can go on your way."
Several children looked at each other and didn't know what was going on. Although they were fleeing from famine at the moment, they felt that the days of fleeing from famine were no longer so gloomy that they only left despair when they thought about it.