The mother and son are in this not-so-warm hut, quietly feeling the passage of time, even if they are not living a good life.
However, as long as these two people can still rely on each other, they can still live in this life.
Before I knew it, it was getting dark outside.
There was a squeak,
The wooden door of this dilapidated hut made a heartbreaking sound. Zheng Ping, who was leaning next to the stove and reading by the light of the scattered fire, stood up suddenly. He thought it was the girl Xiujuan who left and returned.
"Hey, Xiujuan came to your house today?"
A mean voice sounded, it was Wu Xiujuan's mother Li.
Next to Aunt Li is Aunt Zhang, who is inseparable from Aunt Li all day long and speaks ill of people behind her back.
Zheng Ping secretly thought of bad luck.
Behind Aunt Zhang is a tall and sturdy figure, which is Aunt Zhang's biological son Masan. As his name suggests, he is a bully in the village. I heard that he has someone in the Anqing County Yamen, so he has been running rampant in the village all year round.
Looking at this posture, it seems that he is here to raise an army to investigate the crime.
Mrs. Hu, who was paralyzed on the bed, snorted coldly and turned away, not even bothering to look at Aunt Li. Aunt Li had contempt in her eyes.
A paralyzed woman is still on the stage here.
Who knew that Hu and Li had a very good relationship? Otherwise, Zheng Ping and Wu Xiujuan wouldn't have been childhood sweethearts since childhood.
When both were poor, the relationship between the two was extremely good.
When someone really gets better, the two families become enemies, even comparable to the kind of enemies that have been feuding for generations!
"Aunt Li, Aunt Zhang, why are you here so late?"
With a smile on his face, Zheng Ping placed the new book brought by Xiujuan on the hay pile far away from the stove.
I was secretly glad that I had put away all the rice that Xiujuan brought, otherwise I would have been messed with by these two people again!
Aunt Li was too lazy to chat with Zheng Ping here, so she asked again in a colder voice,
"Xiujuan came to your house during the day?"
Zheng Ping paused. Nothing that happened in such a small village could be hidden from other people's eyes.
What's more, Xiujuan has stayed at home for so long and taken so many things, which has long been seen by interested people.
"Aunt Li, Xiujuan is here to sit for a while..."
"snort!"
Hearing this, Aunt Li snorted angrily and her face turned red visibly. Aunt Zhang fanned the flames and said,
"You said that this girl in your family was too unfilial when she was born and raised. It doesn't matter if she doesn't return to the village for a long time.
But this time, people were dumping things in large and small packages at this house. Could this be her natal family? "
Aunt Li's eyes were dizzy and she was so angry that she almost couldn't stand still.
Wu Xiujuan married the county magistrate. Aunt Li thought she could follow Zhan Guang and live a long life.
But after Wu Xiujuan got married, she forgot about her biological mother. Not only did Aunt Li not get married, there was one less person working in the family on weekdays. It was like giving away a girl for nothing.
Moreover, because of this incident, I don’t know how many people in the village were secretly laughing at her! I'm afraid this paralytic man was just at home and was planning on this matter!
Aunt Li talks behind her back all day long, so she thinks everyone is like this too.
Aunt Li said sharply,
"Return the things Xiujuan gave you!"
Zheng Ping was stunned when he heard this, and a fake smile froze on his face. He thought that Aunt Li was here to vent her anger, and left after being messy.
But I never expected that Aunt Li would break the defense so much that she would take away everything Xiujuan gave Zheng Ping!
"This..." Zheng Ping looked ugly.
Mrs. Hu turned around, pointed at Aunt Li, and said in a trembling voice,
"How can you be such a bully!"
Aunt Zhang's biological son, Masan's nose twitched, he jumped to the stove, opened the lid of the pot, and the aroma of meat hit his face.
There is a bowl of meat sitting in the pot.
After seeing the meat in the pot, Aunt Li, Aunt Zhang, and Ma San were stunned for a moment, and then looked at Zheng Ping with green eyes, full of jealousy.
They can only eat so well during the Chinese New Year! Wu Xiujuan brought so much meat to the Zheng Ping family? !
"I raised a white-eyed wolf!"
Aunt Li sat down on the ground, slapped her legs and cried loudly,
"I raised a white-eyed wolf!"
"I have a white-eyed wolf!"
Aunt Zhang glanced at Masan, and Masan's eyes flashed with impatience, but then he seemed to think of something again, and he was very respectful to his mother and nodded.
Seeing that her son, who usually beat and scolded her, was so filial to her today, Aunt Zhang's eyes lit up.
Masan held out his big hand, and even though it wasn't too hot, he took out the meat bowl sitting in the pot with his backhand.
Zheng Ping was furious and stepped forward to hold Masan's hand, but Zheng Ping was so thin that he couldn't compete with Masan.
Ma San slapped Zheng Ping to the ground with a backhand strike.
When Mrs. Hu saw her son being beaten, she became anxious and struggled to get up.
"You robbers! I'm going to report it to the police!"
There was chaos in the hut instantly.
Screams, curses, and cries came and went.
Aunt Zhang leaned behind Ma San and whispered,
"I usually don't like this paralyzed person, so you take advantage of the chaos and teach her a lesson."
Masan nodded. Zheng Ping stopped in front of his mother and looked up at Masan. A huge sense of humiliation surged in his heart.
Aunt Li, whose face was covered with wild hair, suddenly laughed when she saw Zheng Ping's pitiful look.
"Haha, hahahaha, hahaha!"
The laughter was so terrifying that it frightened Masan to the spot.
Aunt Li pointed at Zheng Ping and cursed,
"You have today too! You have today too! You deserve it!
God has eyes!
I still remember what you looked like that day! How proud you are! I can’t even look down on Xiujuan!
You gain momentum so quickly. This is the retribution for being such an ungrateful white-eyed wolf like you! "
Zheng Ping's eyes were deep. He had heard this sentence countless times.
Everyone in the village said that he had changed since high school, and that he had ended up like this as retribution.
"Changed? Haha..."
Zheng Pingping was expressionless, with a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth.
Aunt Li looked at Zheng Ping and her laughter stopped.
"It only takes a day to get ranked.
Before I came out of the rankings, after taking the exam, I was the first in the provincial exam. I still remember that morning, you brought Xiujuan to my house, and we were all the same as usual,
But after reading the exam, it was only in the afternoon, and you all said that I had changed.
Is it possible that my situation has changed in less than half a day?
Is it me who has changed, or you? ! "
Zheng Ping roared,
He has always been Zheng Ping, even if he studied hard in the cold window and failed to gain any fame, even if he completed his studies in high school, and even if the flowers disappeared and he struggled to survive,
He has always been who he is, and that has never changed.
And those who always say he has changed are the ones who have really changed.
Aunt Li opened her mouth wide and stood there in shock.
She always thought that Zheng Ping looked down on the villagers after high school, but she never thought of this possibility.
It was after seeing Zheng Ping in high school that she became so jealous that she started to look down on herself.
Who has changed?
