Chapter three hundred and sixty-two waves before going to bed
Following the route in his memory, Lu Ning walked back slowly.
After a while, a small hut appeared not far away, which was his original home.
"How come you come out alone and go back alone?"
After seeing the hut, Lu Ning slowed down.
He is recalling what happened.
It seemed that his elder brother Lu Tian called him out again.
The original person was really stupid. He didn't have any doubts about anything Lu Tian asked him to do. In his heart, Lu Tian was his big brother, and he would do whatever he was asked to do, resisting without any understanding.
It was getting dark now. After Lu Ning pushed open the hut and went in, he found that everyone had already gone to sleep.
The sound of pushing the door startled some people who were not asleep, including Lu Ning's mother in this world.
Her eyes opened in the darkness, and she stood up halfway to look towards the door, with some disbelief in her eyes. She was about to get up, but her body was suddenly grabbed by the man next to her.
In the darkness, she vaguely saw her man shaking his head towards her.
She hesitated for a moment, then lay down again silently. She curled up and remained motionless, but her ears were paying attention to the movement outside.
"I came back so late and didn't go to bed yet." Lu Ning's father muttered. His words were particularly clear in the silent darkness, and Lu Ning was suddenly startled.
If he had followed the original owner's normal script, Lu Ning would have climbed into bed obediently and then slept peacefully.
But at this time, the original body had already died, and the small body already contained an adult soul.
Lu Ning touched his growling stomach. If he went to bed at this time, he might really sleep to death at night.
"Dad, I'm hungry~"
Lu Ning tried to call out.
His small body stood there, his waxy voice echoing in the room, but he received no response.
"As expected, hey~"
There was no response, which was what Lu Ning expected.
He even vaguely guessed that Lu Tian deliberately sent him away because of his parents' intentions.
Without his father's consent, if it were the little Lu Ning in the past, he would not dare to have any objections. He would just crawl into bed and go to bed even if he could hold back his hungry stomach.
In this small family, if the eldest brother Lu Tian is the eldest among several sisters, then their father is the absolute authority in the family, and no one dares to disobey him.
In this era, it is natural for me to beat and scold my children.
Stories of children being sold by their fathers can be seen everywhere.
At home, my father is the real king of heaven, Lao Tzu, just like a tiger in the mountains, no one dares to touch his beard.
But it is a pity that the current Lu Ning is from the earth and is no longer the little Lu Ning of this world. In the face of his own life and death, how can he be used to his father's bad habits in this world.
He is already a thoughtful person, not an unawakened soul in this world.
So in the darkness, he did not go to his bed, but slowly moved towards the wooden table where the food was placed.
Lu Ning's little hand touched the entire table in the dark. The table was very rough, which was related to the dining table in his impression. After touching around, he was disappointed to find that there was no food at all.
In a house of eight people, it’s really hard to have much food left.
He didn't give up and thought for a while before coming to the stove.
If he remembered correctly, there should be some food in the iron pot on the stove, which would be his father's breakfast in this world tomorrow morning.
Although the rice fields in the fields have been harvested, the people at the bottom still need to work. His father, in addition to being a tenant farmer of the landlord's family, is also a charcoal seller.
Winter is coming soon, which is the season when carbon is needed.
His father had to travel early in the morning to the mountains to cut firewood, then make the wood into charcoal and then sell it in the market.
The trees in the nearby mountains and forests also belong to the landlords, and a large part of his father's money from selling firewood needs to be handed over to the landlords.
Unless it is firewood in the deep mountains and old forests, you can cut the firewood there as you like. However, the deep mountains and old forests are remote and there are many wolves, insects, tigers and leopards, so it is extremely dangerous for people, and it is not a place that ordinary people dare to go.
In Lu Ning's mind, the charcoal at home had already been made. In the past few days, his father had been getting up early in the morning and rushing to the market before the sun came up.
At this time, he opened the lid of the stove, and his little hand quickly touched a bowl of rice. Because the rice was placed in the iron pot, it was still warm at this time.
"I can't worry about that much. Let's eat first and then talk about it."
Lu Ning didn't care, he took out the rice and shoveled it into his mouth. He didn't even take the chopsticks, he just stuffed it into his mouth with his hands.
The rice is very fragrant, but occasionally there are some rice husks that make your mouth burp.
"Huh? This is a snail."
During the eating process, in addition to white rice, Lu Ning also chewed other food, which was similar to the texture of abalone on earth. Memories of this world suddenly emerged, and he knew that this was exactly what snails tasted like.
No one eats snails on earth anymore, and even if there are people who do, they are very few.
But in this world, snails have to be handed over to the landlord.
Snails have become a food reserved only for the upper classes.
Although that is said, in addition to the snails handed over, ordinary people will occasionally find a few in the fields and take them home to eat secretly without anyone noticing. This is also the normal behavior of the people at the bottom.
“It tastes pretty good, really like abalone.”
Lu Ning was eating the rice with saliva in his mouth. Even though there were no side dishes, he still ate with gusto. At this time, coupled with the snails that tasted like abalone, he felt that the aftertaste was endless.
In a daze, he felt that this was the most delicious food in his life.
Lu Ning did not go to bed, but ran to eat. This movement was noticed by the two people on the bed.
Lu Ning's father, Lu Daniu, found it strange that Lu Ning had not gone to bed at first, but he didn't take it to heart. He was about to continue sleeping, but when he found out that Lu Ning not only did not go to bed, but instead boldly ran to steal food.
When he had breakfast tomorrow morning, he suddenly felt angry in his heart.
He suddenly stood up and straightened up his upper body, ready to teach Lu Ning a lesson.
However, his arm was quickly grabbed tightly by another hand.
It’s Luo E, Lu Ning’s mother.
"Daniu." Luo E put her mouth close to Lu Daniu's ear, her whole body looking nervous.
"Let the child eat his last meal."
"He won't live long."
"I beg you."
Luo E grabbed Lu Daniu's arm tightly, her tone full of pleading.
Yesterday the doctor said the child only had a few days to live.
But Lu Daniu's chest was heaving, and he seemed to be having difficulty breathing out an angry breath. He wanted to shake off Luo E's hand.
"He is your son."
Luo E rushed to him and hugged him tightly, her voice choked with sobs.
After all, Lu Ning was also her youngest son. As a mother, Luo E felt extremely guilty for ignoring Lu Ning tonight. How could she bear to let Lu Daniu teach him a lesson at this time?
Lu Daniu felt Luo E's body trembling against his body. After taking a few deep breaths, he slowly calmed down.
He glanced in the direction of Lu Ning in the darkness, hesitated for a while, and finally continued to lie down and sleep as if nothing had happened.
When Luo E saw him lying down, she seemed to feel uneasy, her whole body was coiled around him like an octopus.
The two people's movements had already woken up their eldest son Lu Tian and other daughters one after another, but when they saw no further movement from their parents, they fell asleep again.
On the other side, after eating half a bowl of rice, Lu Ning felt that he was only three-thirds full, but compared with just now, he seemed to be alive.
He glanced at the other side of the bed, resisted the strong urge to eat all the food in the bowl, and slowly put the bowl down.
Although his parents' movements just now were not loud, how could he not know about it? He is no longer a child.
"It hasn't reached the point of breaking up yet."
With this thought in his mind, Lu Ning put the remaining half bowl of rice back into the iron pot on the stove. He touched the corner of his mouth, put a grain of rice into his mouth, and after squeaking, he tiptoed.
He reached the bed position.
The room was dark and quiet, and you could only hear the breathing of a few people if you listened carefully.
Lu Ning relied on the memory of the original owner and gently touched a bed.
There are three beds in the room.
Lu Daniu and Luo E share a bed.
Lu Ning's second sister, third sister, fourth sister, and fifth sister, four of them share a bed.
Lu Ning shares a bed with his eldest brother Lu Tian.
Although they are at the bottom of society, there is a custom in this world that after the age of six, men and women must sleep separately.
Now Lu Ning is seven years old and she sleeps with Lu Tian all the time.
On his bed, Lu Ning saw a dark shadow wrapped tightly in the quilt. It was almost winter, and the temperature dropped suddenly at night, so the small quilt was naturally occupied by Lu Tian.
At this time, Lu Ning quietly climbed onto his eldest brother's bed and moved to his side.
The bed is not big, with dry straw underneath and a layer of linen on top.
There is some noise during the climb.
Lu Ning stretched out his hand and pulled the quilt, but the quilt was still tightly wrapped by Lu Tian. Even if Lu Ning struggled to pull it out a little, Lu Tian would immediately pull it back hard.
"Haha~"
Lu Ning sneered inwardly and made no move.
How could he not think that this was Lu Tian's method against him.
Suddenly in his memory, he remembered that the original owner was often without a quilt and would often freeze all night. For some reason, Lu Ning felt angry in his heart.
"Now that I'm here, I won't let you bully me anymore."
Lu Ning felt furious, raised her calf, aimed at Lu Tian's butt, and kicked him hard.
With a thud, Lu Tian successfully fell from the bed to under the bed.
"Well."
Lu Tian woke up from his dazed sleep. Fortunately, the bed was not high and he was wrapped in a quilt but did not get hurt. Moreover, he did not dare to make any noise to disturb others at night.
But when he thought that Lu Ning had just kicked him down, he suddenly felt angry and wanted to settle the score with Lu Ning immediately.
But when he climbed back onto the bed with the quilt in his arms, he stretched out his hand and touched it. There was no trace of Lu Ning on the bed.
But Lu Ning saw that Lu Ning had climbed onto the bed of his sisters, and then got into the arms of the two sisters while they were dazed, and closed his eyes peacefully.
The two sisters were already deeply asleep at this time and did not notice Lu Ning's arrival at all. They only thought it was other sisters.
"Small, I'm the only one who can bully others from now on. No one else can bully me, not even my eldest brother!"
Feeling the warmth coming from both sides, Lu Ning felt proud.
On the other bed, Lu Tian couldn't find Lu Ning. He didn't dare to make any noise, so he had no choice but to give up and slowly fell asleep in depression.
His last thought before falling asleep was - see if I beat you to death tomorrow.