Old Lady Hua ran into the house in a panic, shouting without looking back: "The war has begun, and soldiers are being recruited. No men can stay here. Pack up your things and run away!"

Song stood there stupidly, as if she was frozen in place.

Shen Lao Si's wife Yang screamed and shouted, "Yuan Bao Dad, go quickly and send a message to my parents' home."

Song then came to her senses and started calling her uncle, and also wanted to go deliver a letter to her parents' home.

Without saying a word, Old Man Shen went out pushing a cart, apparently going to the cornfield to look for the three brothers.

Daya and Erya were both teenagers, and they knew that war and conscription meant death, so they were so scared that they froze while holding Shen Youyou's hand.

At this time, Yang rushed over and grabbed Erya: "Go, go and send a letter to your grandmother's family, asking them to run away quickly."

This sentence attracted the old lady Hua who had just entered the room, and she raised her hand and slapped him:

"If you want to go, go by yourself. No mother like you can be like this! Your mother's home is more than ten miles away. You asked Erya to go, so why don't you go?

If you want to leave, pack your things. I won't stop you from delivering the letter. Go by yourself and don't tell my son or grandson to do anything!"

Li Jingshu and her daughter, who had never experienced such a thing, were a little panicked.

The main reason is that Li Jingshu and Shen Zhiqiu were neighbors in her previous life, and she grew up under the care of her mother-in-law.

Later, the two got married. Although the mother-in-law had a bad temper, she never dared to scold her.

When Shen Youyou saw this, she quickly picked up a bamboo basket and called her two sisters to pick mint and mugwort together.

Before she took two steps, she was grabbed by Old Lady Hua. Li Jingshu's heart skipped a beat. Was she going to beat her daughter?

"Oh, my dear grandson, why are you picking those broken leaves? Go eat something, or you won't have the energy to run later."

Old Lady Hua turned to Daya and Erya and said, "Daya and Erya, you have no sense at all. Go and serve your sister some rice."

"Grandma! My dad asked me to come back to pick mint and mugwort leaves to prevent mosquito bites. Please stop pulling me, mosquito bites are one of the ways the plague is spread!"

Shen Youyou shouted anxiously, she couldn't live without mint and wormwood.

When Mrs. Hua heard this, she stopped trying to stop them and slapped Daya on the back: "You two carry the baskets and take your sister to pick the fruits. Pick more."

Then he pulled Shen Youyou and said, "We harvested a lot of mugwort during the Dragon Boat Festival and dried it all. Do you want some?"

When Shen Youyou heard this, she thought it could be used to make mosquito coils, so she nodded quickly and asked her to pack it up and take it away.

Mrs. Hua responded and went back to the house to clean up. Li Jingshu breathed a sigh of relief and said to the two people who were still in a daze:

"Go and pack your things. I can't help you in your room. I'll clean up the things in the kitchen."

Li Jingshu put down her son and went into the kitchen to put the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar together, and then put away the grain bags and pots and pans.

He was still mumbling, "Luckily I bought a lot of food. Look at what we are eating. Didn't Old Shen buy a lot of land for our family? Why are we still eating these?"

Song didn't even pack her things, she quietly pulled Shen Dabao aside and said:

"You drive the carriage to your uncle's house to tell him the news. Mother will definitely not wait for her when she goes to your grandmother's house. You are her eldest grandson, so she will definitely wait for you."

These words were heard by uncle Shen Zhichun who had just returned with corn. He went up and kicked the woman. Is this woman stupid?

His eldest brother-in-law's home is farther away than his fourth brother's wife's home. Besides, the whole village is fleeing famine. Can his mother make the decision? Can everyone wait?

Can't you tell the difference between inside and outside? Besides, his eldest brother-in-law travels so far every year to visit his father-in-law and mother-in-law's graves.

You never took care of a bowl of rice! Now you ask your own son to deliver a letter, are you still a real mother?

Shen Youyou didn't know about this. If she knew, she would say: In the ancient feudal society, this deep-rooted idea of ​​men being superior to women was

Men are always the backbone of the family, and women are there to serve them. We have been taught at home since childhood that even after you get married, you should never forget your brothers, because they are the roots of our family.

But when the daughter needs help, her family will say, "You are married now, your family can't help you, a married daughter is like spilled water."

Here, Yang saw Song being slapped, and saw her husband coming back.

She started crying and rolling on the ground, calling all her parents, her father, and her three younger brothers, and insisted that Shen Zhidong be the one to deliver the letter.

Shen Zhiqiu couldn't intervene in this matter. Everyone is born by their parents.

But it’s already such a time, and many wives in the village are from other villages. Do they all have to go to deliver the letter? That would waste a lot of time.

He rushed into the warehouse to pack his things.

Li Jingshu also heard the commotion in the yard. She really had no way to persuade them, as every family has its own problems.

Old Mrs. Hua hadn't finished cleaning the house yet when she saw her daughter-in-law making trouble with her youngest son again. This time she really got angry.

He came up and pulled Yang's arm and dragged her out, cursing:

You go and deliver a letter to your mother's family. I'll ask the third brother to give you a horse. If you can get back in two hours, we can go together.

If you can't make it back, just follow your mother's family. Come, old lady, I'll give you all the 10 taels of silver I have.

This is half of our family's money. Take the money and go! Old lady, am I doing you justice by doing this?

The more she talked, the angrier she became. She thought about all the possessions she and her old man had accumulated over half a lifetime, which were now all gone. She sat down on the ground, covered her face with her hands, and began to cry.

Seeing her mother-in-law's attitude, Yang thought she was really going to divorce her! She dared not say a word!

At this time, Shen Yuanbao and Shen Luming also started fighting. Shen Yuanbao was the youngest son of his fourth uncle.

Yang's family also favors boys over girls. She was taught from a young age to give in to her brothers, to coax them, and to think about them even after getting married.

She just didn't care much about Erya, otherwise she wouldn't have let a ten-year-old Erya deliver a letter to her parents right away.

She doted on her son Shen Yuanbao to her core.

The county town is too far away, and few of Shen Zhiqiu and his friends come back. Shen Luming doesn’t come back, and Shen Yuanbao is the youngest in the family.

I always thought that I was the most favored one in the family, and my mother always gave me all the delicious food.

Seeing that Shen Luming had a candy in his hand, he went up and snatched it away, which made Shen Luming stunned.

Good fellow, this guy is not one to be bullied at home, so the two of them started fighting.

The main ones are eight years old and five years old. Their strength is obvious. Shen Luming is no match for them and was pushed to the ground, howling loudly!

Now everyone is packing up their things and has no time to care about anything else. What's wrong with everyone going out to see their children?

As soon as he went out, he heard Shen Yuanbao say, "This is our home. If you keep howling, we'll sell it to you."

The main reason is that Yang is a person with a loose mouth. She used to scold Erya often, saying, "If she doesn't listen to me, I'll sell her to you."

When children are young, they have no sense of right and wrong and they will learn from adults.

Moreover, Shen Yuanbao really didn’t think that this was Shen Luming’s home, because they lived in the city all year round.

Shen Zhiqiu and his wife hurried to coax Shen Luming, and Old Lady Hua also went to see if her grandson was hurt from the fall.

At the same time, Shen Lao Si heard Shen Yuanbao's words, raised his arm and started beating him:

What are you capable of? You still want to sell your brother? What do you mean by your home? This is also your brother's home. You are so lawless at such a young age.

The little butt was slapped repeatedly.

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