Chapter 12: This Kid Is a Bit Sly
After Shen Meng and the others left, she lay down on the bed. Speaking for a while had made her dizzy, and Wang Guizhi was quite tired as well, but even with her daughter lying down, she couldn't rest. Looking at the silent children, she pulled Lu Mingkai over to her side.
"Xiao Meng, the children must still be hungry. There are some egg cakes in your bed-cabinet. How about giving them some to fill their stomachs? When you move back, I'll cook something for you. I'll have your father bring some grain over later."
Shen Meng closed her eyes, weakly saying, "Okay, mother, please take them. There's also some brown sugar in the cabinet. It'll be good to mix with water. Everyone, have a drink. My body is so weak; I've caused you and father so much trouble. Don't go back tonight. Find someone to take a message home; we'll go back tomorrow. Once we've divided the grain, we'll have rice to cook at home."
Hearing her daughter's words, Wang Guizhi's heart soured. She took the key, unlocked the cabinet, and gave Ming Liang, Ming Fang, and Ming Kai an egg cake each, then made a large bowl of brown sugar water and put it on the table for the children to drink.
The children, who were used to being scolded and hit, didn't know how to react to such treatment. The youngest, Ming Kai, with his big eyes, glanced at his mother several times sneakily, but still dared not eat.
Both Ming Liang and Ming Fang did not eat either. One's eyes kept darting around, thinking of asking for another cake for his elder brother. The other was genuinely afraid, since whenever their mother had given them food in the past, she would regret it later and end up hitting them. Just the thought of it made their butts hurt.
Little Ming Fang panicked, placed the cloth she had been holding on the bed, and pushed the egg cake into Wang Guizhi's hands.
"Grandma, I'm not hungry. You eat it. I...I..."
"Eat, Ming Fang. Your grandmother is here. Your mother doesn't dare to hit you. Just now, your mother said that she would never hit you again. She's realized her mistake. Today, in front of your mother, I say: if she dares to hit you again, I'll no longer acknowledge her as my daughter."