Chapter 30: With Lips Like a Coated Knife Blade, Sickeningly Sweet
Everyone saw with their own eyes that the Lu Family’s Lao Si and his wife brought food to Shen Meng and the several children earlier. How could it be that just after one day, they stopped providing food, leaving a patient and four children so hungry they had to go out and look for something to eat.
Liu Sanjin stomped his feet in anger and pointed trembling fingers at Shen Meng.
"You’re spouting nonsense, what a bad seed you are! Doctor Lu said you couldn’t get out of bed for a year and a half, yet next thing we know, you’re capable of running off to the county town. How do you manage to go such a long distance just like that? When you moved back, you were also given your share of food, and the production team gave you grains and eggs as well. How could you be starving to the point that Mingyang and Ming Liang had to go out to catch fish? Full of lies. Do you have no conscience speaking such things?"
When Shen Meng moved, not only did Lu Debang and Zhang Hongfa personally bring things to visit, but they also had their family members bring things over as well. Many people knew about this, and Liu Sanjin’s character over the years was well known to everyone; it’s impossible for him to be the kind of person who would mistreat his daughter-in-law.
"Mother, everyone knows Doctor Lu’s medical skills in our ten-mile radius villages are beyond reproach. Initially, when I was not in good health, I was afraid you wouldn’t be able to accept it right away, so I had him tell you it was more serious to prepare your heart. Otherwise, when the village chief and the others came, I wouldn’t have been able to handle my own funeral affairs. With Zhenping not at home, I had to plan ahead for the kids in case they lost their mother. I received a letter from Zhenping yesterday, and I don’t know if it was a sudden burst of energy or what, but I felt very strong and went to the county. I had a headache from the journey back, and as soon as I arrived home, I lay down on the kang. We still have some food at home, but who would have the heart to eat it? If I were to pass away and Mingyang couldn’t take good care of himself and the children, I’d have to crawl out of my grave to cry."
Liu Sanjin: "....."
Lick your bear face! The children have grown up this big, when have they ever relied on you!!!
"Ah, mother, did you come here just to scold me? I thought, cough, cough, cough... I thought you came to see the children and me. Didn’t I have Jinghao send you the retirement money Zhenping mailed? And the Diannan vermicelli and mushrooms, Mingyang took some for you when he went out too!"