PFC Chapter 342 Mention
Chapter 342 Mention
It gets dark earlier and earlier after winter.
Not long after, Lin Luoxia brought the prepared cornmeal porridge, steamed sweet potatoes and pickles to the table, and then called for dinner.
Mrs. Shen was standing at the door of the pigpen watching the pigs. When she heard the sound of dinner being served, her eyes lit up instantly and she hurried into the house.
Finally dinner.
It is winter now, and we don’t have to go to work and there is not much physical work to do, so the family has reduced the number of meals a day from two to one.
At noon, each person is usually given a sweet potato to keep them fed until dinner in the evening.
Although grain was distributed this year, there was not much of it, so we had to be frugal.
There were only a few dishes for dinner in the evening. The cornmeal porridge was very thin, mixed with sweet potatoes and pickles, which was barely enough to make me feel half full.
This way, you won’t be too hungry to sleep at night.
Mrs. Shen was a person with a big frame and got hungry easily. From morning to night, she was almost dizzy with hunger.
When they heard about the meal, they were naturally excited. Once they got excited, they ran into the house, shouting at the top of their lungs, "It's time to eat, it's time to eat."
The Shen family’s house is neither big nor small.
There is usually not much work to do, so everyone goes back to their rooms and lies on the bed to save energy. When it is time to eat, after the cook is ready, they just need to call for help.
At this time, Boss Shen and Shen Xiaoshan each came back carrying a bundle of firewood. In the middle of winter, they were sweating all over and panting with exhaustion.
Fortunately, I finally made it back and just in time for dinner.
After the two men put down the firewood and were about to enter the house, they met Shen Lao Er.
When Boss Shen saw this man, his face turned ugly with anger. He grabbed him and said, "Second Brother, where were you this morning? Didn't we agree to go up the mountain to chop firewood together this morning?"
"I woke up early this morning to call you, but you had already run away. If Xiaoshan hadn't been sensible and offered to go with me, how would we have managed to get firewood and food these days?"
"You're not young anymore, why don't you have any sense of propriety in doing things? You even let your nephew clean up your mess."
Today's snow has almost melted, making it easier to find firewood and carry it down the mountain. If it snows heavily again tomorrow, let alone finding firewood, it will probably be difficult to even go up and down the mountain.
Shen Laoer looked up and saw the father and son who were exhausted. Then he remembered that he had forgotten to go up the mountain to chop firewood today.
His body stiffened, and he avoided Boss Shen's gaze uncomfortably, "Brother...Brother, I forgot about this. I will definitely go tomorrow."
Boss Shen glared at him. "Hmph, what's the point of going tomorrow? Look at the weather, it's going to snow heavily tomorrow, and you won't be able to get anything back. Your nephew has already done your work for you today, just remember to make up for it next time."
"As for those things you're doing outside, and your wife, you'd better not bring them home. There have been enough things going on at home recently, and Mom's health is not very good either. You'd better stay quiet."
Really, a thirty-year-old man is not as reliable as a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child.
Shen Lao Er was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Don't worry, big brother, I know my limits."
He wants to divorce now, but unfortunately the woman threatens him with her life. If he dares to divorce, she will hang herself in the Shen family with the child.
Before this, he had never imagined that when this woman went crazy, she was no different from a real lunatic.
Boss Shen glanced at him again, said nothing more, and pushed the door open and walked into the house. "Come on, Xiaoshan, let's go eat."
I've been busy all day since morning, just to find these firewoods in such a cold snowy day. I'm almost exhausted at the end of the day.
Shen Xiaoshan followed Shen Lao Da into the house. Shen Lao Er looked at the backs of the two people leaving and followed them.
As soon as you enter the house.
Xu Manyue, Mrs. Shen, and Shen Baozhu, who had just returned from school, also sat at the dinner table.
Because the old lady needed to stay in bed to recuperate, whoever cooked would usually bring her meals. Lin Luoxia was not here, so she went to bring meals to the old lady.
Originally, Mrs. Shen was worried and planned to go by herself, fearing that this person would irritate the old lady again. But the old lady had given the order, and whoever's turn it was would go.
After Boss Shen and his son came in and sat down, Boss Shen also pushed open the door and came in. He glanced around the room and didn't see the man. He quickly retracted his gaze and found a place to sit down.
Mrs. Shen curled her lips and felt very uncomfortable, especially when she saw her husband and son looking so exhausted, she felt even more angry.
"Second brother, what's wrong with you today? Don't you know that today is the day you and your eldest brother go up the mountain to look for firewood?"
"Look at your elder brother and your nephew, they're so exhausted, and yet you still have the energy to fool around outside."
He's a 30-year-old man, but he even forgot such a thing. If she asked him, she would think that this man might have done it on purpose.
This couple is more unreliable than the other.
Shen Lao Er paused while eating and said, "Sister-in-law, I was wrong about this. I got the time wrong. I will pay more attention next time."
Xu Manyue sat next to Mrs. Shen and ate quietly. She usually didn't like to talk when she was eating.
What's more, today's incident has nothing to do with her.
Mrs. Shen snorted coldly and said sarcastically, "It's okay to get it wrong once, but don't get it wrong every time."
It's because her son is sensible and capable, unlike some thirty-year-old men who can forget even such things.
Shen Lao Er's expression looked a little unnatural.
He really had forgotten.
the other side.
Lin Luoxia brought food to the old lady. As soon as she entered the house, the old lady's weak voice rang out, "Just bring it over. I can eat it myself. You can go out and eat too."
Lin Luoxia paused, walked over with the porridge in her hand, looked at the old lady lying on the bed with a pale face without a trace of blood, and slowly spoke.
"Mom, let me feed you." After she said that, she sat on the edge of the bed, blew gently on the porridge in the spoon, and put it to the old lady's mouth.
"Mom, open your mouth."
The old lady slowly opened her eyes and looked at her, a complex expression flashing in her eyes.
But she didn't say anything, she just opened her mouth silently and let Lin Luoxia feed her.
The two of them just fed each other while one was eating.
The room was very quiet, without any sound, extremely quiet.
After a long time, the porridge in the bowl was finally gone.
Lin Luoxia put the empty bowl on the table beside her, took out a handkerchief from her body and wiped the old lady's mouth. Just as she had done everything and stood up to go out.
Suddenly, the old lady wanted to open her mouth to call her, but for some reason, she swallowed the words that were about to reach her throat.
Forget it, so be it.
She slowly closed her eyes and sighed silently.
Lin Luoxia didn't notice anything unusual about the old lady. She picked up the empty bowl and quickly pushed the door open and went out.