Although Sheng Nan's father couldn't see Yang Ruoqing's expression clearly, he could feel her coldness and anger. He moved awkwardly with his crutches, completely leaving her back.

"Auntie, my father also said that my mother is a bad person. Is my mother really a bad person?"

The childish voice sounded in my ears again.

Yang Ruoqing withdrew her gaze, knelt down in front of Jiaojiao, and said softly to her: "So Jiaojiao, do you think my mother treats you well?"

Jiaojiao tilted her little head, thought about it seriously, and then said firmly: "If there is delicious food, I won't even bear to eat it. Let Jiaojiao eat it. Mom never loses her temper with Jiaojiao. I like my mother."

Yang Ruoqing touched Jiaojiao's head: "So your father's words are wrong, and your mother is not a bad person."

Jiaojiao nodded and asked again: "It was dark that day, why didn't my father come back? Isn't he afraid of the big beast that eats people?"

"Your father is an adult, and adults are not afraid of the dark." Yang Ruoqing patiently explained to Jiaojiao again.

"Don't be afraid, Jiaojiao. Your father will be back soon. Let's go back to the house now."

Returning to the house, Mrs. Sun saw Jiaojiao holding her granddaughter in her arms, calling out "Bao Bao".

Lingling stood nearby and looked at him with envy.

Bao Suyun came over and touched Lingling's head, and then said to Mrs. Sun: "Third sister-in-law, it's already dinner time. I'm afraid the children are still hungry. Didn't we bring something over?"

Mrs. Sun suddenly came to her senses and said quickly: "Yes, yes, where is my basket?"

"Is it this basket?" Liu took out a basket from behind her like a magic trick and raised it above her head.

"Yes, yes, that's the one."

Mrs. Sun took the basket, put it on her lap, and took out the food from it.

There are two more insulated food boxes, both of which have a three-layer design.

"Duo'er, you and the children have something to eat," said Sun.

The food box contains rice, vegetables, steamed buns, noodles, and eggs.

The two children gathered around after smelling the fragrance, but Xiaoduo shook his head: "Mom, you can eat, I have no appetite at all."

"Duo'er, don't say that. If you don't eat for a day, you want to die!" Yang Ruoqing directly swore at Xiaoduo.

"Don't even look at your face. It's so pale and there's no blood at all on your lips."

"Sister, I really don't have any thoughts at all. I just want to wait for Katsuo to come back..."

"Shengnan will definitely come back, but if you don't eat, he will come back and you will be dead!" Yang Ruoqing said again.

"Besides, look at these two children. If you want to take care of them, you have to eat. If you don't eat, what will happen to the children if you fall?"

Xiaoduo lowered his eyes and looked at the two children in front of him, with guilt in his eyes.

Sun, Bao Suyun and others even tried to persuade Xiaoduo, but Xiaoduo had no choice but took half a steamed bun in his hand and stuffed it into his mouth randomly.

When Mrs. Sun saw that she was finally willing to eat, she breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued to share the food with the two children.

"Duo'er, your father-in-law didn't eat either, right?" Mrs. Sun asked again.

Xiaoduo looked confused, "Mom, I've been so confused all day. I really didn't pay attention to him. I didn't know about him..."

"Don't worry, eat, eat, eat." Mrs. Liu said again.

Xiaoduo looked at Mr. Liu inquiringly.

Mrs. Liu said: "At noon, I saw him go back to his room and get some snacks to eat, such a large piece of mung bean cake."

Xiaoduo understood, looked at Sun and Yang Ruoqing and explained: "Those are the snacks I brought back from my parents' house last night. I left one box for the children and two boxes for my uncle and father-in-law."

Mrs. Sun and the others all nodded, and Mrs. Sun added, "It's not enough to just have snacks. I have brought a lot of food, so I will send a bowl to your father-in-law."

Yang Ruoqing secretly rolled her eyes at the side.

How could He De, Shengnan's father, meet such a kind-hearted in-law? He had to consider his share when delivering meals.

If it were another strong and domineering in-law, if something like this happened, they would have come over early to pick up their daughter and granddaughter, and you would have cared about Xiang Shengnan’s life or death!

My daughter ran away from home after a quarrel? This is outrageous!

Sun was different. Not only did she not care, she also took the initiative to care about Qisheng's father's mood.

"Third sister-in-law, you don't have to worry about him. I think that old man is heartless. We haven't seen him since we've been here for a long time." Mrs. Liu curled her lips and said again.

Mrs. Sun glanced at Mrs. Liu and said, "Fourth brother and sister, you can't say that. How can there be parents in the world who don't love their children?"

Then, Mrs. Sun filled a bowl of noodles, put in an egg, and stood up to deliver it to Shengnan's father.

Yang Ruoqing said hurriedly: "Mom, you stay here with Duo'er and ask the fourth aunt to help with a run."

When Mrs. Liu heard this, her face was obviously unhappy. Then she saw Yang Ruoqing wink at her and glance at the eggs on the noodle bowl.

Mrs. Liu understood instantly and said, "I'll go and see you off. I'll go and see you off."

She took the noodle bowl and ran out of the house in a flash, heading straight to the cowshed.

Halfway through, she grabbed the egg on top of the noodle bowl and stuffed it into her mouth. She ate it all in three gulps.

Be careful not to have the fishy smell of eggs in her mouth when she came back later, so she used her chopsticks to pick up two more noodles and ate them to suppress the smell.

After doing all this, I was satisfied and sent it to Shengnan's father.

…

Blacksmith Luo, Cattle Trader, Yang Huaming, Chang Gen and others who were looking for it all came back.

Everyone met in the open space in front of the thatched house, and naturally the result was that the women waiting at home were once again disappointed.

Xiaoduo couldn't bear it anymore and fainted.

This frightened Ms. Sun and her two children. Ms. Sun exclaimed and the children cried. Everyone divided into two groups. One group sent Xiaoduo back to the house to take care of them, while Yang Ruoqing and Bao Suyun were responsible for comforting the children.

It took a while to put the tired children to sleep. Bao Suyun stayed by the bed and continued to take care of the children. Yang Ruoqing beat her sore lower back and went to the next room to see Xiaoduo's condition.

Xiaoduo has woken up and is wiping tears in Sun's arms. Her eyes, which used to be bright and bright, are now as silent as ashes.

She probably couldn't listen to a word of Sun's and Liu's advice. Her whole body was separated from her body, as if she was in an abyss of despair, with no hope at all.

"Don't worry, Duo'er, your brother-in-law hasn't come back yet, maybe he will gain something there."

Regardless of whether Xiaoduo could hear it or not, Yang Ruoqing still dropped this hope in her ears, then left the house and came to the yard to ask the men about the situation.

The cattle trader collapsed on the ground. He didn't cry like Xiaoduo. He just sat there quietly, looking straight at the mountains in the night, his chest rising and falling slightly, and sighing silently in the night wind.

Blacksmith Luo squatted beside the cattle dealer to accompany him, and several times wanted to hand him the pipe of dry tobacco in his hand so that he could take a puff to relieve his troubles.

The cattle dealers waved their hands and refused.
Chapter completed!