Everyone was talking when suddenly, the door opened, followed by the sound of horse hooves. Shen Ping had an idea.

Who is this late at night? I didn't hear any knock on the door.

"Mom, I'm going to go out and take a look~" Sanchun stood up and walked out the door while speaking. After a while, he turned back and said, "Mom, it's Honggu and Uncle Dadong who are back!"

"My mother is back?" Upon hearing that Hong Gu was back, Cuihong hurried out. Hong Gu happened to walk in from outside the door and the two almost bumped into each other.

Fortunately, Cuihong managed to stop herself. She was so frightened that when she saw who it was, she realized it was her mother. She patted her chest and said tremblingly, "Mom, you scared me to death!"

Hong Gu glared at him, "How can a girl be so reckless? Didn't mother tell you not to panic when you hear a noise?"

Cuihong curled her lips and didn't say anything else. From childhood to adulthood, her mother had never spoken to her loudly. What was wrong with her mother today? She seemed to be in a bad mood.

"Auntie Hong, why did you come back so late? Have you eaten? Or let Cuihong heat up some food?" Shen Ping asked with concern.

"No, no, I ate a pancake when I came back!" Hong Gu waved her hand.

Looking at Hong Gu, Shen Ping felt that she seemed to be in a low mood, and her eyes were a little red and swollen, as if she had just cried.

Shen Ping could only smile and say, "Okay, that's fine. You and Dadong have been tired all day, go and rest early."

"Oh! Okay! Thank you, madam!" Hong Gu turned and walked out, and Cui Hong followed her out.

The weather was cold, so Shen Ping asked everyone to go back early to take a shower and rest.

Now the days are short and the nights are long, and it gets dark before six o'clock. Although it has been dark for a while, Shen Ping looked at the watch and found that it was only eight o'clock.

Shen Ping washed up in the space, packed some crops, and was about to go to bed when there was a knock on the door.

Shen Ping opened the door and saw Erya also opening the door. Shen Ping asked her to go back to her room to rest and went to open the door herself.

"Who?"

Shen Ping walked to the door and asked.

There was silence outside the door for a while, and then a voice came, which seemed a little hesitant: "Madam, I am Hong Gu~"

Shen Ping opened the door and found Hong Gu standing outside. She didn't know if it was because of the cold or something, but her face was pale and looked extremely ugly, as if she was worried about something.

"Hong Gu, what's wrong with you? Come in and talk!" Shen Ping quickly let her in.

"Come on, come in and sit down, what do you want?"

Shen Ping sat down and pointed at the stool opposite.

As soon as Hong Gu came back, Shen Ping noticed that something was wrong with her, but she didn't say anything and she didn't ask.

I was getting ready to go to bed, and she came and knocked on my door. I guess she had something to ask of me.

Shen Ping was not in a hurry to ask, but waited quietly for her to speak.

Hong Gu bit her lip, lowered her head and said nothing, as if she was hesitating. After a long while, she seemed to have made up her mind, raised her head and looked at Shen Ping with burning eyes: "Madam, I want to ask you a favor~"

Shen Bing frowned and narrowed his eyes: "What's the matter? Tell me!"

"I want to bring my mother to live with me~" Hong Gu's voice became lower and lower.

"What? Did I hear it right?" Shen Ping couldn't believe her ears and asked.

"Madam, you heard me right, I am telling the truth!" Hong Gu said seriously.

Then, Hong Gu talked about her trip back to her parents' home today.

It turned out that today the couple wanted to avoid letting their younger brothers know that they were working for a wealthy family, so they parked the carriage farther away.

They entered their mother's house with chicken and pork in their hands, but they were unexpectedly met with nothing but ridicule and sarcasm.

"Hey~ My sister-in-law hasn't shown up for two years. Where did she escape back from this time?" The second brother's wife, Ou, said sarcastically.

The third sister-in-law, Hong, had sharp eyes. She spotted the salt-baked chicken in Hong Gu's hand and quickly snatched it away: "Isn't this the Zhang's braised salt-baked chicken that's been very popular recently? This is good stuff!"

Fourth brother's wife Liu ran out of the house, excitedly took the things from Dadong's hand, and said sarcastically: "Hey, sister-in-law, look at what you said, no matter where they come from, as long as they have the things, it's fine."

Ou was furious. She had been so busy talking that she forgot to look at their things. Unexpectedly, all the things were taken away by the two of them.

"Boss, your elder sister is here."

While yelling, Hong and Liu took the things into the house. Ou followed closely behind, leaving Hong Gu and her husband outside.

The couple looked at each other, walked in angrily, and found that the younger brothers were in the room, seemingly discussing something.

Several nephews and nieces around seven or eight years old were surrounding the two Hongs, looking at the things in their hands and shouting loudly:

"Mom, I want some candy~"

"Mom, I want to eat chicken~"

A few children tried to grab the food, but Hong pushed them away and glared at them, saying, "You look so hungry, get out of here!"

There were several thin men in the room, wearing gray homespun clothes. They were Hong Gu's brothers Yang Laoer, Yang Laosan, and Yang Laosi.

As soon as Hong Guzi and her husband came in, they frowned when they saw the adults scolding and the children making noise.

The brothers' eyes lit up when they saw Hong Gu and her husband come in. They looked at each other, and it seemed as if Hong Gu saw a plot in their eyes.

After looking around, Hong Gu didn't see her mother anywhere and had a bad feeling in her heart.

"Where did mother go?"

Sure enough, when these brothers saw Hong Gu asking questions, they complained to her, saying that their mother had broken her leg years ago and had no money for medical treatment.

Later, I fell ill for a while and now I can't walk at all. My brothers and I really can't do anything about it. We have no money now, so I can only wait to die.

When Hong Gu heard this, she was shocked and asked them where she had placed her mother. Unexpectedly, the answer she got was in the woodshed.

The couple hurried to the woodshed and smelled a foul odor before they got close.

Hong Gu covered her nose and pushed open the door while suppressing the urge to vomit.

The situation inside completely overturned her imagination. In the middle of winter, she saw her mother, Zhao, lying on the floor of the woodshed.

There was a bed board on the ground with some straw on it. I lay on it, covered with a thin quilt, shivering from the cold.

There was feces everywhere, even on the straw. Hong Gu's mother had her eyes closed, her eye sockets were sunken and she was just skin and bones.

There was a rotten bowl next to my mother, with some black stuff in it. It looked like it had not been finished and it looked moldy.

Hong Gu came to her side cautiously and called out "Old Mother". Old Mother recognized her and burst into tears.

He moved his mouth, but what he said was not clear. It took a lot of effort for Hong Gu to understand that he was saying sorry to her.

In an instant, Hong Gu could no longer hold back her tears.

She knew that her mother had been strong all her life. When she was young, she gave birth to three sons. This gave her confidence. She stood straight and spoke loudly in the village.

He treated his three sons like treasures and his eldest daughter like a servant. He never expected that he would be treated like this by his sons who regarded him as a treasure when he was old.

Coming out of the woodshed, Hong Gu questioned her younger brothers, asking why they didn't take care of their mother and why they didn't give her food.

Unexpectedly, they remained silent, saying that she was old now and had incontinence, and had to defecate anywhere and at any time, so who could stand it!

If she wants to eat Dorado, then just give her one meal a day. Hong Gu couldn't believe that they could say these words.

In the past, I could support several children by myself, but now, with several brothers, I can’t even support myself. It really proves the saying that too many children make a mother worthless.

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