Chapter 12 How a Cow Can Outrun a Horse
As soon as these words came out, Cai Lihua's pupils shrank, she rolled up her sleeves and stepped forward to make the argument: "By..."
"Old Meng's family, why don't you leave? The militiamen came with officers and soldiers overnight to arrest people, and they all arrived ten miles away from the village."
There was a roar from behind, frightening everyone in the Meng family to the point where they dared not breathe.
The Li family's mule cart didn't stop at all. It was already half a mile away after saying this.
Cai Lihua's pupils shrank and she forgot to take that breath.
"Oh, God, hurry up, hurry up." Wang was so frightened that her heels were unsteady and she didn't even need the crutch in her hand. She just broke into a trot and rushed to the bullock cart:
"Hurry up and help me get into the car, hurry up."
Only then did the sons react. Meng Shaode went up and helped the old lady into the car first.
The cart was piled with the food needed by the family, several sacks, and several baskets, leaving a nest in the middle for the head of the family, Wang, to sit.
Meng Shaokang put his two youngest sons in the old lady's armpits, beckoning everyone to follow.
Mrs. Wang cast a disgusted side glance at Ah Jiu and her mother-in-law, and said, "What a pair of disgusting things."
Meng Shaode couldn't care less about quarreling with his mother. If he was caught, he would be forced to go to the battlefield. He would not worry about his wife and daughter.
There was a panic on his face that he had never seen before. He picked up the shoulder pole and ran south with the ox cart: "Lihua, stop talking, it's important to run away first."
Cai Lihua pulled Ah Jiu and followed a large family: "Shaode? Have we ever had such a big son?"
Although the voice was very low and the steps did not stop, Ah Jiu still heard it.
Alas...her mother has completely forgotten everything.
"Isn't it the eldest son of our family? You gave birth to your first child. You are twenty years old this year. Later, because you lost too much blood from your first child, you didn't get pregnant again for eight years. Then you got pregnant by coincidence. Now, isn't it our family?
Ah Jiu? Stop asking and leave quickly. When we find a place to stay, I will have a good chat with you about our family situation."
Meng Shaode was so anxious that he started to sweat as soon as he followed the bullock cart out of the village.
It would be nice to have two daughters. Alas, he is an unfilial son at first glance. He talks so arrogantly to himself. He must take the time to educate this little grandson, Cai Lihua thought hard.
"By the way, Lao Meng, your mother said she wouldn't give us food, did you hear that?"
Cai Lihua murmured in a low voice, and Ah Jiu heard it. She knew Ah Nai very well, what would she do along the way?
After all, the carriages used by the wealthy people around me are much faster. The more they compare, the more people are afraid of falling behind.
"Ignore her." Meng Shaode couldn't give her a beating, and he didn't want to be called an unfilial son, so he decided to take one step at a time.
Ah Jiu suddenly looked back.
Today, Xinghua Village has been embedded in darkness, and the sound of horse hooves floats in the wind, faintly visible:
"Mom, I'm afraid we can't outrun the horse's hooves. Why don't we go into the mountains and hide?"
"Ah?" Cai Lihua didn't react.
"Ajiu is right, mother, brother, we can't outrun the horse's hooves. Let's go into the mountains and hide."
At this moment, people were in panic. Meng Shaode's two children were so frightened that they started crying.
It made people's hearts twitch even more violently.
"I think it works. The second brother is right." Luo Xiuying felt bitter. Now she was most worried about her two children. It was so frightening that it made her heartache.
"Pah." Meng Shaokang gave Luo Xiuying a slap in the face: "How did you teach this child? How long has it been since you cried? If you attract the militiamen, you can use it as a reward."
Ah Jiu swallowed her saliva. This was not the first time in her memory that she saw her uncle beating her uncle. But, wasn't this reward just a toy brought to those who were fighting for entertainment?
Only when I grew up did I realize that all of these were injustices. Grandpa had beaten her up from Grandma's generation, and future generations would learn the same thing.
It wasn't until Grandpa passed away six years ago that Grandma straightened her back and took up the position of head of the family. She always seemed to want to put all the grievances she had suffered on the women in the family, including her, Ah Jiu.
mother and daughter.
Chapter completed!