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"Mao Ren..."
"Hey, mom..." Chen Maoren responded,
"Come here..." the old lady said weakly,
Hearing the sound, Chen Maoren squatted down in front of the old lady,
"You..."
The old lady stretched out her hand, took off the filial cloth tied on Chen Maoren's head with some difficulty, sat on the seat, bent her waist, and patted the dust on Chen Maoren's body.
"You, you..." The old lady looked at her son, shook her head, and finally said nothing, just sighed,
"I was wrong, Mom, I was wrong..." Chen Maoren listened to his mother's voice, tears welled up in his red eyes, squatted in front of the old lady, crying,
The old lady looked at Chen Maoren,
"Moren, get up..."
"Mom, I..."
"Get up."
Chen Maoren stood up again when he heard the sound, his eyes were still red.
"Go and ask your family to come over and have a meal together." Looking at her son, the old lady said aloud.
Hearing this, Chen Maoren nodded,
"Okay, Mom, I'll call right away, and I'll definitely let them come over."
"Go."
Chen Maoren turned around and walked out of the courtyard. When he reached the edge of the courtyard, he looked back at his mother who was sitting on the chair.
……
"Xiaqin..." the old lady sitting on the seat called out,
"Hey, mom..." Xiaqin responded, and hurried over,
"Let the big guys go away, just our family, have a meal." The old lady looked at the people around the courtyard, inside and outside the main room, and said aloud.
"Okay, Mom..." Xiaqin also glanced at her and replied.
……
"...Please come here, everyone. I'm really sorry today..."
"...It's all gone, let's go back, the old lady finally woke up, let the other family have some time, have a meal alone, talk..."
The old man also helped to persuade, and all the villagers who had gathered by the courtyard dispersed one after another.
Chapter 188
"……gentlemen,"
People inside and outside the courtyard left one after another. The middle-aged woman Xiaqin walked up to Lian Ge and hesitated.
Witnessing the old lady's awakening process before, she clearly knew that the old lady's 'resurrection' was entirely due to Lian Ge's actions.
Hesitating, turning around, the middle-aged woman Xiaqin looked at the old lady sitting by the courtyard,
"...Sir, please come and sit down, let's have another meal together."
The old lady turned her head, looked at Lian Ge and said aloud.
"The meal has already been eaten, so there is no need for this meal, I just stand here." Lian Ge smiled slightly,
Hearing this, the old lady didn't force her anymore, she nodded,
"Then sir, please forgive us for neglecting our family."
The middle-aged woman Xiaqin listened to the conversation between Lian Ge and the old lady, nodded to Lian Ge, then turned and walked away.
……
Under the persuasion of the middle-aged woman Xiaqin and several elderly people in the village, people inside and outside the courtyard gradually left one after another.
Only the old lady's family, Lian Ge, and the cook were busy at the temporary desk and stove by the courtyard.
……
Standing at the edge of the courtyard, looking at the few people left in the courtyard, Lian Ge cast a small spell of 'invisibility' on himself, and continued to quietly watch the scenes in the courtyard in front of him.
……
With the busyness of the chefs and helpers in the kitchen, the aroma of the dishes is permeating,
While chatting with his mother from time to time, Chen Deyi reopened the dining table that had been packed under the eaves of the courtyard and placed it in front of the main room.
The middle-aged woman Xiaqin also helped, placing stools.
"... Deyi, how long will it take?" The old lady leaned back on the seat and said weakly,
"Soon, soon..." Chen Deyi pulled the piled stool from under the eaves, and responded quickly at the same time,
"Mom, if you're tired, I'll help you into the house and rest for a while. I'll call you when the dishes here are ready."
After setting up the round table and stools, Chen Deyi turned around and said.
Hearing this, the old lady shook her head slightly,
"...Where's Maoren?"
"...haven't come back yet." Chen Deyi glanced at the road outside the courtyard, and replied after a moment of silence.
Hearing this, the old lady nodded and said nothing.
Chen Deyi hesitated on the spot, glanced at the table that had been set up, and then at the busy chef by the courtyard.
After a pause, he walked towards the mourning hall that had not been dismantled in the main room,
"Deyi... what are you going to do?" The old lady turned her head and looked at Chen Deyi,
"Mom, I'm going to clean up the messy things in the main room... You're awake now, looking at the bad luck." Chen Deyi paused, turned around and said,
"No need, just put it there." The old lady looked at Chen Deyi, shook her head,
Hearing this, Chen Deyi looked at his weak mother, fell silent for a while,
"mom……"
"Okay, then let it go."
Chen Deyi said, and walked back to the old lady,
"Mom, I'll help you to sit at the dining table."
Hearing this, the old lady looked at Chen Deyi, shook her head, and did not let Chen Deyi help her.
Holding the seat with your hands, you want to stand up by yourself,
But it seemed to be weak in the past, lacking in strength, getting up halfway, and falling back.
Seeing this, Chen Deyi quickly stretched out his hand to hold the old lady, but just as his hand touched his mother's skin, he couldn't help being stunned.
"Mom, why are your hands so cold..."
As he spoke, Chen Deyi showed a flustered look on his face,
"Mom, wait a minute. I'll get you a quilt and clothes. You should wear thicker clothes..."
Chen Deyi
"Mom, are you cold? I'll get you clothes right away, I'll go get them..." After speaking, Chen Deyi walked towards the room.
"Deyi..."
The old lady sat on the seat and called softly,
Suddenly, Chen Deyi stopped his movements and turned around.
Looking at Chen Deyi, the old lady slowly shook her head and said nothing.
"Mom..." Chen Deyi called out to his mother, his voice trembling slightly, with a crying tone, a little choked up.
"Help me over there." The old lady said out loud.
"Okay...Mom, I'll help you there." Chen Deyi choked with sobs, reached out to support his mother's cold hand, and walked towards the dining table step by step.
……
Walking to the dining table, Chen Deyi helped the old lady to sit down slowly on the seat again, and then sat beside him,
"... Deyi, let's talk to Mom." The old lady sat on the seat, turned her head to look at her youngest son, and said with a smile,
"Okay, mom, we can say whatever you want," Chen Deyi nodded in response,
Hearing this, the old lady looked at her younger son with a smile on her face, as if she was lost in memory,
"... I still remember when you were young, but you were wild, climbing trees and descending rivers, you wanted to try everything, unlike your brother, who was honest and honest, and he would not go if he was told not to do anything Dry.
Once, when you were playing with a slingshot, you killed the neighbor’s chicken, and someone came to your door. Do you still remember how it happened in the end? "
Hearing this, Chen Deyi smiled knowingly,
"...I gave the slingshot to my elder brother, although he knew what was going on, he still took it..."
While talking, Chen Deyi fell silent again.
"...When your father asked your eldest brother to ask, he admitted it directly, saying that he killed the chicken. At that time, your father was so angry that he beat your brother with a bamboo pole for a long time, but he didn't cry..."
The old lady looked at Chen Deyi and said,
"Deyi, you are two brothers..."
Hearing this, Chen Deyi remained silent and did not speak again.
……
"...Old lady, here comes the food."
By the courtyard, the chef came over with a plate of dishes and put them on the dining table.
The old lady looked at her with a smile on her face,
"...When your father was still here, he also liked to eat this preserved egg mixed with tofu. Once this dish is served, you two will rush to eat it, and you are not afraid of choking..."
"right now……"
With that said, the old lady shook her head and didn't continue talking.
Chen Deyi looked at the dish on the table, and was also a little dazed.
……
"...you can follow your father's taste, and your elder brother's taste can follow mine, so I like to eat this kind of chicken."
While talking, the chef came up with a steaming dish and placed it in front of the old lady.
At the same time,
Beside the yard, several figures stepped into the yard along the village road.
It was Chen Maoren and his wife, son and daughter-in-law who had called their family over.
After Chen Maoren stepped into the yard, he took a few steps and walked up to the old lady.
As for his wife, Tao Jiahui, she had a reluctant and unwilling face.
Chen Maoren's son and daughter-in-law followed closely, the makeup on their faces had not been removed, and the woman looked nervous, while Chen Maoren's son looked at his grandma, with complex expressions on his face just like his father's.
"Come and sit down."
The old lady glanced at several people and said aloud,
Hearing this, Chen Maoren sat down on the other side of the old lady.
Tao Jiahui, on the other hand, was dawdling, walking to the table, unwilling to sit down even while standing,
"Sit down." The old lady looked at Tao Jiahui and repeated it aloud again.
Hearing the sound, Tao Jiahui subconsciously glanced at the old lady. Looking at the pale face of the old lady, she couldn't help feeling a little flustered. She didn't dare to act anymore, and sat down in a panic.