After the mother and daughter finished eating, they carried the rice to feed Meng Chongxi and Meng Wenang respectively.
Qian Yan was responsible for feeding Meng Wenang and stuffing food into his mouth. Meng Wenang kept his mouth closed and refused to eat, as if in protest against being tied up.
"Since you don't want to eat, forget it."
"It's not me who's hungry."
Qianyan went out with the bowl, and Meng Wenang was dumbfounded. He wanted to shout, but Qian Yan had already tied his mouth, making it impossible for him to shout. He hadn't eaten anything all day, and his stomach was growling, and now he felt very uncomfortable.
The door slammed shut, and he cursed fiercely in his heart, regretting why he didn't take a few bites just now.
Qian Yan went to Meng Chongxi's room and saw that he was not eating either. Mrs. Zhang was sitting by the bed with a bowl in her hand and was at a loss.
"Mom, let me do it."
Mrs. Zhang immediately found the backbone and handed the bowl in her hand to Qian Yan without going out: "Your father refuses to eat. He should know..."
"Dad, do you want to eat?" Qian Yan stood beside the bed holding a bowl, and dropped his chopsticks into the bowl. "If you don't eat, you will have to wait until tomorrow morning."
Meng Chongxi closed his mouth tightly, closed his eyes, and made his attitude clear.
This look seems to be saying, if you really want to watch Meng Wenang have his fingers chopped off, then he will not eat even if he starves to death.
"Mom, daddy shouldn't be hungry yet."
"He was lying down all day and didn't consume anything. He only ate at noon. He probably really wasn't hungry."
Mrs. Zhang was stunned, aren't you hungry?
She looked at Meng Chongxi, right in front of Meng Chongxi's suddenly opened eyes, and asked subconsciously: "Old man, aren't you hungry?"
Meng Chongxi was so angry that he wanted to jump up and hit someone. Could he not be hungry? The food we eat in the morning and noon doesn’t have much oil or water, so even if we don’t work, we will still be hungry before the meal is over.
However, Meng Chongxi could not make any other facial expressions except staring.
"Mom, when you are hungry, you definitely want to eat. If you don't want to eat, you are not hungry."
Qian Yan held the bowl and pulled Zhang out of the room: "Dad, you're not hungry."
"That's right." Ms. Zhang chose to believe it, and her mood suddenly felt a little better.
Meng Chongxi was so angry at the back that his lungs burst. He wanted to eat, but he couldn't shout and could only watch the mother and daughter leaving the room.
In this way, both father and son were hungry all night.
The next morning, Qian Yan and Zhang went to feed them separately. They all cooperated in eating their breakfast without refusing at all, for fear that they would not be able to eat if they opened their mouths too slowly.
Ms. Zhang sat by the bed and looked at Meng Chongxi's eager look. The image of Meng Chongxi who was indestructible and could not resist in her heart suddenly collapsed.
It turns out that Meng Chongxi is not incapable of resistance. He is now lying on the bed, unable to move, unable to eat or drink, like a pathetic creature.
She sighed when she thought of the days when Meng Chongxi was beaten until she couldn't resist. It was good that the child was older. Meng Chongxi's temper was not very good earlier and he would take it out on her if he was even slightly dissatisfied.
In the morning, there were noisy sounds outside Meng's house.
There is no airtight wall in the village. Yesterday, Meng Wenang invited Hualou’s mother to sell her sister, but everyone in the village knew about it.
Qian Yan's exposed hand was seen by the villagers.
None of them wanted to have more contact with the people in Hualou. Not only did they feel that the people in Hualou were unclean, but they also felt that the thugs were not easy to deal with, so they stayed away.
People in the village had long known that Meng Wenang lost a lot of money, and Meng Chongxi's borrowing of money could not be hidden.
Meng Chongxi suddenly contracted a strange illness, which was unexpected.
Knowing that today is the time when the gambling house owner wants to collect debts, the villagers have already paid attention to this.
No, as soon as he entered the village and arrived at Meng's house, the villagers gathered around him to see how this matter would be resolved.
