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Chapter 5: The dry grandmother

The sun was shining brightly, Zhenxiang took the child out to bask in the sun, and kept working.

For double-sided embroidery, the Yunjin store in town has ready-made patterns. Women with outstanding female celebrity can go there to pick up some single-piece work.

"Sister, look, this is the rattle made by grandpa." Wenzhuo put a small rattle in her hand and taught her to make a thumping sound.

There is also a wooden pony that An Ran couldn't put down. These two gadgets are extremely exquisitely made.

It has not been painted, only has simple wood grain, it is polished smooth and does not hurt your hands, and it exudes the fragrance of pine wood.

"Zhuo Bao, are you going to see grandma tomorrow?" Zhenxiang wants to take her son there. She hasn't seen her mother for a long time. She is such an honest and friendly person. Now she is sick, and her brother will not take care of her.

How sad.

"I want to go. I haven't seen my grandma for a long time. She hasn't even seen her sister. Let's bring her there too."

Zhenxiang was still afraid that Zhuo Bao wouldn't want to go because of what happened last time, but what should she take with her?

Looking at the house that was just built, I saw that most of the family's money had been used for this house, and the rest was reserved for winter rations.

The penny that the sister-in-law had carefully calculated was cut in half and used. Zhenxiang took out a piece of fine cloth and peeled it off layer by layer. A jade earring of low quality added a bit of brightness in the sunlight.

An Ran went on a long trip with her mother for the first time in more than two months since she was born. This time they were going to Lijia Village, which was a mountain pass more than 20 kilometers away from their village.

Originally, Wang Yonglin wanted to follow them, but unfortunately the repair work in the town was very expensive, and after one or two months of work, there would be no more work. Li Zhenxiang was reluctant to part with that day's wages, and it would be difficult to live without doing winter work now.

Li Zhenxiang asked her son to hide some boiled eggs. When her brother's two children saw it, they clamored to eat it.

The sky was still slightly bright, so Wang Yonglin sent them to the intersection and handed over the responsibility of protecting them to Wang Wenzhuo.

An Ran's face was red and she was yawning. She knew that her mother was tired and sweating and didn't want to take a few breaks. Speaking of which, she was quite worried about her mother.

Even with that cheap uncle's appearance, he knew that his family was not that good. It would be great if he could come back well, but he might have to be skinned before he could leave.

Lijiacun seemed to be a little more backward than where they lived. The houses that had collapsed and been washed away had not yet been built, and several households had built straw shacks.

If he hadn't met a few people, An Ran would have thought this was an uninhabited village in the wilderness, especially the coffin board that had been washed out.

I don’t know who his descendants are, and I don’t care if his ancestors were rushed out.

After going down a long slope, two children ran towards us, their appearance unkempt and unkempt.

"Little aunt, it's little aunt." Two children surrounded Li Zhenxiang, holding the corners of her clothes with their two dark hands.

Wang Wenzhuo took off their hands and stood in front to protect his mother and sister.

"Liu Bao, where is grandma?" Li Zhenxiang did not see the home she was familiar with before, only the broken wooden shelves were there.

The two children happily took them to a hillside. There was a square-inch hole on the hillside, which was pitch black, as if no light could penetrate.

Before she even got close, Li Zhenxiang's eyes turned red. This was the cellar where her family used to bury sweet potatoes. It was dark and small.

Before entering, the smell of rotten urine hit my face, making me retching.

"Grandma, grandma, little aunt is here." The two children rarely became happy, because every time little aunt came, she would bring delicious food.

"Mom!" Li Zhenxiang saw the old man who looked like a rotten tree at a glance.

The dim yellow eyes, gray hair, and sunken cheeks looked like a withered old corpse. When he heard a familiar sound, his body trembled violently and he turned his head.

"Ah~ it smells so good..." The dry calls showed excitement.

Li Zhenxiang did not expect that her mother, who was originally in good health, would be in such a state. She was heartbroken. She was unfilial and thought that her mother had alienated her over the years.

Then An Ran felt the touch of a pair of hands, which cautiously touched her forehead.

An Ran knew that this was her grandmother in this world, and it was estimated that her end was coming soon.

The old man's lips were chapped and the skin was split open, he couldn't speak well, and his hands and feet were like fire sticks, with only a layer of skin hanging on them.

Wang Wenzhuo opened the bamboo bucket, peeled an egg and fed it to the old man's mouth. His grandmother liked him the most. In the past, when he came, she would always give him the snacks she had hidden for a long time.

The two children swallowed their saliva when they saw the round egg, staring straight at the white egg.

Can you lick this eggshell?

"Brother, brother, I'm so hungry."

The little girl shook the boy's hand. Her father had been missing for a few days and she really wanted to eat.

"What are you doing! Come back!"

A pair of black hands snatched Wang Wenzhuo's bag, and he saw that the egg was taken out from it.

In the blink of an eye, the boy grabbed the bag and ran out quickly, his bare feet not afraid of being poked on the ground.

Li Zhenxiang grabbed her son who was about to chase him out and shook his head. The two children of the third brother were also pitiful. They hadn't eaten for who knows how long.

If your own child becomes like this, your heart will break out. Motherless children are like weeds.

The old man held his daughter's hand and shook her head. She wouldn't eat the egg. She knew she was going to die soon. She was pitiful for the two children. Last night, she heard the sound of them eating weed roots.

She thought she would have three daughters and one son in her life, but she didn't expect that it was her youngest daughter who gave her away in the end. She regretted that she failed to educate her three children well, and she felt sorry for the family.

I burst into tears when I was so excited, and my spirits improved unexpectedly, and I could half lie down.

I don't know why An Ran always feels that his pupils are wrong, as if they are flashing back.

The old man pointed at the cellar entrance, then took Li Zhenxiang's hand and shook it, whimpering twice.

No matter how stupid Li Zhenxiang is, she still knows that her mother wants her to take care of these two children in the future. They are more or less part of their family's blood.

The third brother is not a good father, nor is he a good husband or a good son. I am afraid that these two children will be sad in the future.

But how capable she is, she also has her own little family, Zhuo Bao and Fubao are her sweethearts.

An Ran felt a little depressed when she saw such a scene. The little woman holding her had great strength. Look at how thin her shoulders were.

Not long after, Li San came back and kicked his daughter who was hiding aside.

It was obvious that Li San was in a very bad mood because he had been wrangling with his eldest sister for a long time today and was beaten and thrown out.

"You still know how to come back." Li San's tone was obviously yin and yang. Since these women got married, the family has relied on him alone, leaving some useless old and young, all asking him to support them.

Li Zhenxiang looked at him fearlessly, her lips trembling: "My mother is gone."

Li San thought it was such a big deal, and laughed cruelly: "This is not all caused by you. This is not the result you expected. If you die, just die. It looks terrible."

"You bastard, do you have any conscience anymore? You are the one my mother protects the most, and you actually said such a thing." Li Zhenxiang's body trembled, and she beat Li San.

"Get lost! You are a cat crying and a mouse is pretending to be compassionate. How dare you say that to me? There is no place for you to stay here.

You are all married outsiders, living a good life in your husband's family, how can you think of me as your biological brother?"

Li San's eyes were filled with scarlet red, as if he was going to hit him with his fist in the next second.
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