Su Ruyi touched the three eggs and was a little touched. Although they were just three eggs, they were still a piece of their heart.
She went to see a doctor in the middle of the night with an old bone. She confiscated one cent of the consultation fee and gave her three eggs. She was very kind.
She returned the three eggs to the two boys, "Take them to the kitchen and let the second aunt put them away for tomorrow."
The two boys felt a little weird when the eggs they gave out came back to their hands.
As long as the good things at home are in the hands of the third aunt, it is basically impossible to get them back.
did not expect……
The third aunt seems to be really different from before...somewhat different.
Su Ruyi closed the courtyard door and turned around to find that the two boys were still there.
They were a little confused, not sure whether they should take the eggs and leave.
The third aunt won't scold them, right?
"Are you sleepy? If you are, go to grandma's room to sleep first."
"Not sleepy."
The two boys shook their heads. They were actually a little sleepy, but they didn't dare to sleep.
It feels like something terrible will happen when you fall asleep.
"If you don't want to fall asleep, wait until you eat the lard residue before going to bed. Let's go to the kitchen to see how the lard is cooking."
lard? Oil residue?
The two boys' eyes lit up for a moment, but it didn't last long and slowly dimmed again.
Lu Duotian's incident still had a great impact on them, and their hearts were heavy.
There was no light in the kitchen, so Li Baozhu used the firelight in the kitchen to operate the pot.
"Second sister-in-law, do you still have oil lamps at home?"
"I can see. No need for an oil lamp. Brother and sister, you can go and have a rest."
Li Baozhu smiled awkwardly at Su Ruyi, which was quite flattering.
She didn't know whose money she bought the pork suet with. Maybe it was Su Ruyi's own private money, or maybe it was the money Su Ruyi stole from her mother-in-law.
But these are not important. It is enough that Su Ruyi can use the money to buy lard for the family to eat.
Li Baozhu, who had not been exposed to meat for an unknown period of time, was only grateful to Su Ruyi.
The two children squatting in front of the stove also looked serious, as if lighting a fire was a sacred thing.
Dalang and Niuer stood on tiptoes and looked into the pot. They were really boiling lard. It smelled so fragrant. Oil was already coming out of the pot, and it was shiny.
As soon as the three of them arrived, the small kitchen was so packed that they could hardly turn around.
Su Ruyi also walked over, stood behind the two older children and looked into the pot. The smell of the oil was so tempting.
"Second sister-in-law, I'll leave this place to you. I'll go to my mother's place and have a look."
"Okay, just leave it to me!"
Su Ruyi came out of the kitchen and saw someone sitting at the table under the tree in the courtyard. She looked like Zhang. She didn't know when she came out.
Her figure was lonely and frail, which made people feel quite sad.
Su Ruyi glanced at the door of her eldest brother and sister-in-law's room. The door was ajar and the light inside was almost negligible.
She walked to the table and sat down next to her mother-in-law.
"Mom, brother, how is he doing now?"
Mr. Zhang was sitting at the table in a daze, and when he heard the mention of his poor eldest son again, his nose became sore and he almost cried again.
He hurriedly reached out and blew it, then bent down to wipe it on the soles of his shoes.
A gust of evening wind blew, a bit cool.
Mrs. Zhang looked up at the night sky, seeing dark clouds.
"It's going to rain. Damn it! If it doesn't rain a few days earlier, my waist will be broken!"
Zhang cursed.
Su Ruyi said: "Anyway, we didn't get enough water in front of us. It's good to have another rain. Mom, what happened to my eldest brother today? How did he-?"
"well--"
Mrs. Zhang let out a long sigh and felt weak all over.
Then he scolded Su Ruyi: "It's not you yet!"
"I?"
Su Ruyi pointed to the tip of her nose. She was not at home today, so why did she have anything to do with her?
"Yes, it's you!"
Zhang said.
It turned out that when Su Ruyi left home today, she said she was going to the town to find work. It was this move that made Lu Duotian suffer all day.
Which woman in the family is not exhausted from the hard work? He is a man who can do nothing but lie down and eat.
He had long had the idea of committing suicide, but he never carried out the idea and just lived day by day.
I was stimulated by Su Ruyi today, and I felt really sorry for the women in my family. Maybe they would be a little more relaxed if I died.
If he hadn't had to guard Xiaodan'er during the day, he would have killed himself long ago.
He thought about it all day and made up his mind. After having his last meal at night, he secretly prepared to go on the road.
It's just that his house is a kang house, without even a bedside, and he doesn't have the ability to throw the rope to the rafters.
I tried it over and over again, just thinking about strangling myself to death.
He took off his belt and wrapped it around his neck a few times, then pulled it up with his hands.
Then he fell into a daze, and when he woke up, he found that he was alive again.
That's it for today.
Su Ruyi felt funny and sad at the same time.
Fortunately, there was no bedside, otherwise Lu Duotian might have really gone.
Mrs. Zhang was usually too lazy to talk to Su Ruyi, but at this time she was holding too much in her heart, and she couldn't care whether it was Su Ruyi, Liu Cuier, or Li Baozhu in front of her.
He said a lot of things at once.
He said that he had tears in his eyes and felt that there was no hope for tomorrow.
"Your eldest brother has saved his life now, but he still doesn't want to live. What should we do?"
Mrs. Zhang was very confused. She couldn't let go of her son, but her son was still suffering while he was alive, and so were the others.
She didn't know what to do or what to think.
"Old man Hu also said he wanted to make up for it. He only has three chickens and one pig at home..."
Mrs. Zhang paused and thought about killing the pig. Although the piglet was still half-grown, it could still be sold for some money. But if the pig could be saved now, what about the future?
Su Ruyi said: "Mom, there is no perfect path. As long as our Lu family is of the same mind, there will be no obstacles that we can't overcome. Let's slaughter a chicken tomorrow and make some chicken soup for my eldest brother."
Anyway, none of these three hens laid eggs.
Mrs. Zhang glanced at Su Ruyi, and knew that there was nothing a family could not overcome if they were determined?
It doesn't really sound like what she said.
But it was quite comforting for her to say such words.
If Su Ruyi keeps messing around tonight, her old bones will really fall apart.
"Okay, let's kill the chicken tomorrow..."
Mrs. Zhang is weak and weak.
She also knew that the three chickens raised at home could not lay eggs, but she always thought of selling them for money and saving them in emergencies. She never thought about eating them.
How can people like them be qualified to eat chicken?
There was a faint scent of oil in the air, and Mrs. Zhang could smell it just now.
I wanted to go back to the house and count the little money I had hidden, but my body was heavy and I didn't want to move at all.
Then I thought, forget it, so what if this woman stole it? Can you come back now?
Didn't she steal it and buy some lard for her family?
I am now more conscientious than before.
That's it.
She didn't have the strength to fight Su Ruyi now. Just thinking about how to live tomorrow morning was enough.
…
At night, everyone ate the oil residue before going to sleep.
But I ate the oil residue carefully, missing the happiness that it should have had.
