Qi Nan'er was eating the rice from the bowl obediently, but kept looking at the door, wondering if she was waiting for Qi Zhong to come back.
Mrs. Gu coaxed several children to sleep before secretly crying. She covered her mouth, fearing that she would burst into tears.
Qi You'er turned over and bit her little finger. She was also sad, and she also saw her eldest sister crying secretly. Among the children, only Qi Dong'er was sensible. She already knew what happened.
What happened? Their father is still in Zongci. He can't eat or drink, so that's fine. He still has to be slapped with a stick, but that's a real slap in the face.
But this is punishment, punishment for unfilial piety.
Qi Zhong allowed himself to suffer, but he also saved his family. Otherwise, one day, they would all really die.
On the first day, Mrs. Gu was restless. She even got her hands pricked while sewing clothes. There was also Old Mrs. Qi yelling and cursing outside the door. She would scold whatever was unpleasant to her. She was almost hurting Mrs. Gu’s natal family, including hers.
My ancestors have been scolded for eight generations.
Mrs. Gu stayed behind closed doors and did not let her children go out, which made Qi Zuoer, who had always loved playing, angry for a long time.
The next day, she didn't even want to say a word, and still stayed behind closed doors. Old Mrs. Qi might have been scolding her for a long time and was tired, so she called it a day, and Mrs. Gu could only face a few people.
When I was a daughter, I would have some smiles, but behind the smiles, there was boundless confusion.
On the third day, she tied Qi You'er to her body, and then asked Qi Dong'er to take his two sisters and go to the fields. They had not been in the fields for several days. They still had to plant vegetables and grass.
There was no hoe yet, so she was busy in the field without saying a word, carrying her child on her back;
The folks in the field all ran in one direction.
At this time, someone's voice came clearly, "Where are you going so fast?"
The man turned around but still didn't stop to look at Qi Zhong. Isn't he going to be punished today? Let's go and see.
"Oh," the person who asked sighed, "How could I have forgotten this matter? You said this is the same in Qi Zhong. Why don't you want your mother if you are doing well? No matter how many troubles your mother has, you can't
Have you broken off the relationship with your mother?"
"You can't blame him," another person sighed, "that Aunt Qi, you don't know that she has a habit of taking advantage of others. She has bullied Qi Zhong's family before. I heard that this time
She took advantage of someone's absence and took two of his egg-laying hens and a basket of eggs. These were his life-saving money. She just took them away without blushing and out of breath, without even thinking about it.
What to do with his son, and what to do with his granddaughters?"
"Let's not talk about it. I also beat Xiao Si Ya. That child is also pitiful. I thought she was a boy, but she turned out to be a girl. She has been sick and prone to disasters since she was a child. Grandma doesn't care about her. She is pitiful.
These children, even if Qi Da is alive now, he may not even think about going to the fields for several months. The affairs of the fields depend on Qi Zhong's wife, what should we do?"
Their voices were getting farther and farther away, and Gu heard every word in his ears, but the movements of his hands still did not stop.
She hoeed the ground vigorously, pulled up the grass, and then planted all the seeds one by one.
When it was almost dark, she carried her tired body back home. When the door opened, she froze there. Then she walked in tremblingly and saw Qi Zhong lying on the wooden board.
Carrying them on his back.,
"His father?" Mrs. Gu whispered, her voice hoarse and hoarse, and it was easy to hear that she had cried.
The person on the wooden bed moved, and then turned over with difficulty, "Fuck, I'm back," he was smiling, his face looked very ugly, and even lost all the color, and he also lost weight.
There were still some blood stains on the quilt, it looked like the injury was unclear.