After my stepmother was shot, I took my brothers to the countryside

Li Qiu Sheng ran back home with his grandchildren, ready to take their bowls to the queue for dinner.

He walked quickly into the kitchen, intending to take the bowl and leave, but found a curled up figure under the table.

"Tian Juan? Why are you hiding here?" Li Qiu Sheng frowned and bent down to look at Aunt Li under the table.

Aunt Li raised her head, a hint of fear and terror in her eyes, "Qiu...Qiu Sheng, you're back."

"Tian Juan, what's wrong with you? Why are you hiding here?"

Li Qiu Sheng looked at Aunt Li with a puzzled look. Aunt Li's grandchildren were also attracted by the sound. They all squatted down and looked at Aunt Li under the table.

"Mother? What's wrong with you?"

Aunt Li swallowed hard and said in a trembling voice, "I... I was scared. Li Chunhua and I went up the mountain to collect firewood, and I ran back alone."

"What? Li Chunhua went up the mountain with you!?" Li Qiu Sheng exclaimed.

He frowned and couldn't help asking, "Tian Juan, why did you go up the mountain with Li Chunhua? And you left Li Chunhua alone on the mountain!"

Aunt Li said in a trembling voice, "When I saw Shen Zhiqing carrying firewood back from the mountain, I thought it was no big deal. I thought if she could go, we could go too, so I went up the mountain with Li Chunhua."

"Everything was fine in the morning, but who would have thought we would suddenly run into a group of wild boars in the afternoon. I had to run back quickly. I called Li Chunhua to run, but she didn't run with me."

Li Qiusheng was furious when he heard Aunt Li's explanation. This old woman had lived in Shuangxi Brigade for almost half her life, and she was half-dead. How could she not know that the mountain was dangerous?!

I'm afraid this old woman's jealousy has struck again! She kept clamoring to go fishing in the river, wasn't it because she saw Shen Zhiqing catch fish in the river?

She just can't stand seeing others do better than her! She's always hanging out with Li Chunhua! Now look what happened! She ran away first when something happened!

Li Qiusheng suppressed his anger. "Shen Zhiqing can kill a wild boar, can you? You usually have to ask me to kill a chicken, and you dare to go up the mountain with Li Chunhua? Are you going to die?"

After hearing Li Qiu Sheng's rebuke, Aunt Li hugged her knees in even greater fear, looking guilty and muttering to herself.

"I, I didn't mean it, I, I..."

The grandchildren also felt uneasy when they saw Aunt Li's expression, and they talked among themselves in low voices.

"You seem very scared."

"Qiu Sheng, Li... Li Chunhua wouldn't die in the mountains, right?" After a moment, Aunt Li asked again tremblingly.

Seeing Aunt Li looking guilty, Li Qiu Sheng became even angrier. She was still worried about Li Chunhua's life and death.

Li Qiu Sheng took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and calmed himself down.

"You ran down the mountain and then ran straight home to hide under the table? In such a dangerous situation, you didn't call for help to go up the mountain, but instead went home to hide?"

Aunt Li didn't dare to look Li Qiu Sheng in the eye. She curled up under the table, her voice trembling even more.

"I...I was scared, so I didn't think of calling for help."

Li Qiu Sheng didn't know what to say to his old wife at this moment, so he decided not to tell her that Li Chunhua was rescued by Shen Zhiqing, so that she could be frightened for a while and remember it.

He turned to his granddaughter Xiaoju and said, "Daju, take your bowl and take your brothers and sisters to eat first, don't worry about your grandma!" Li Qiu Sheng said in a firm tone.

Xiaoju glanced at his grandparents and nodded quickly, then hurriedly left the kitchen with his brothers and sisters and their bowls.

They knew that their grandparents must be in a very bad mood, so they didn't dare to say anything.

As the grandchildren left, the kitchen gradually returned to calm.

Li Qiu Sheng looked at Aunt Li's back as she huddled under the table, feeling somewhat helpless. However, he was more worried that Aunt Li would not learn her lesson and cause more trouble in the future.

This time, it was a coincidence that Shen Zhiqing met Li Chunhua and rescued her, but he doesn't always have such good luck.

He looked at Aunt Li twice again, then simply picked up his bowl and left the kitchen, leaving Aunt Li alone there.

Aunt Li slowly opened her eyes in the hospital ward. The light from above her head shone on her eyes, appearing a little dazzling.

She looked at the unfamiliar environment around her in confusion, and for a moment she even forgot what had happened.

When Li Xiaoyong saw her wake up, he immediately ran to find a doctor to check on his mother. He wondered if his mother had gone mad. Why was she looking around so foolishly?

Aunt Li felt dizzy and covered her forehead with her hands, trying to recall what had happened.

"Mom, you're finally awake." Aunt Li's youngest daughter Li Lai Di shouted.

Aunt Li tried to open her eyes wide, looked at her daughter and nodded. She began to recall the scene of encountering the wild boar in the mountains, and a wave of fear surged in her heart.

Then, she thought of Shen Nian, the educated youth who had watched her die without helping her. She hurriedly asked, "Where's Shen Nian?"

Li Lai Di was completely bewildered. Her mother woke up and instead of caring about her, she was concerned about Shen Zhiqing. Was she still her mother?

"Shen Zhiqing should be at her own home at this time, right?"

Although she had doubts in her heart, Li Lai Di still answered her mother's questions honestly.

"What! She's okay?" Aunt Li's face turned pale when she heard that.

At this time, Li Xiaoyong and the doctor hurried into the ward. The doctor carefully asked Aunt Li how she felt and then examined her injuries.

"Your condition is relatively stable. Don't get too excited. You have several broken bones and will need to rest for a while. We've already treated you. Now the main thing is to rest and recuperate."

Li Xiaoyong looked at Aunt Li, who was dazed again, and asked nervously, "Doctor, is my mother really okay?"

The doctor nodded. "Although her injuries appear serious, fortunately, they are not life-threatening. As long as she rests and recuperates according to the doctor's orders, she should gradually recover."

Li Xiaoyong breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the doctor's words and thanked the doctor gratefully. The doctor saw that the patient's condition was under control and left the ward.

Looking at Aunt Li who was in confusion, Li Xiaoyong showed a concerned expression on his face.

"Mom, how do you feel?"

Aunt Li looked at her son and forced a smile.

"I'm fine, just a little dizzy. Is it true that Lai Di said Shen Nian was fine?"

Li Xiaoyong looked at his mother. Shen Zhiqing saved his mother, so why did his mother have this expression? It was as if she hoped that Shen Zhiqing was in trouble?

"Yes, mother Shen Zhiqing is fine. She was the one who saved you in the mountains!"

Aunt Li suddenly became emotional when she heard this. She clenched the quilt covering her body with both hands, and a glimmer of resentment flashed in her eyes.

"Shen Nian didn't save me at all. I begged her, but she didn't want to save me!" Aunt Li's voice was filled with anger and grievance.

Li Xiaoyong and Li Laidi looked at each other, both at a loss. This was completely different from what they had heard before.

"Mom, what's wrong with you? Shen Zhiqing clearly saved you, we all saw it." Li Xiaoyong tried to explain.

Aunt Li shook her head. She was a little excited and couldn't calm down. She spoke harshly.

"She just stood there and watched me get knocked out of a tree by a wild boar. She didn't care if I died there!"

Li Lai Di watched her mother arguing and shouted:

"Mom, you can't say that. Shen Zhiqing really saved you. We all saw it!"

"Yes, mother! Everyone in the brigade knows that it was Shen Zhiqing who killed a wild boar to save you!"

Li Xiaoyong looked at his mother's expression and didn't know how to comfort her for a moment.

They thought Aunt Li would be grateful to Shen Zhiqing, but they didn't expect her to say that Shen Zhiqing didn't save her.