Looking at Aunt Lin's sincere eyes, Su Xiaoxiao was deeply moved.

Life is not easy for people in the countryside, and every little bit of food is very important to them. It is not easy for Aunt Lin to give her food at this time.

When she makes money in the future, she will definitely return it to Aunt Lin.

She bowed to Aunt Lin again and turned to walk home.

When she got home, she immediately went into the kitchen to prepare the fish.

Cut open the belly and clean out the internal organs and cheeks.

Su Chengen squatted beside Su Xiaoxiao the whole time, holding his chin with both hands, watching her seriously, looking like a good boy.

After Su Xiaoxiao cleaned the fish, she started to heat the pot.

After the pan is hot, add a small amount of lard into the pan.

When the oil was hot, Su Xiaoxiao grabbed the fish tail and let the fish head slowly slide into the pot along the edge of the pot.

It's sizzling!

When the fish touched the lard, the lard jumped restlessly and the fish meat changed color instantly.

Su Chengen was startled.

Su Xiaoxiao hurried to comfort her.

"Don't be afraid, Cheng'en. Go outside and wait for your sister. The food will be ready soon."

"Ok!"

Su Chengen obediently left the kitchen and went to the yard to wait.

Su Xiaoxiao put various seasonings into the pot at the right time, and the strong smell of fish came from the kitchen. Su Chengen was so greedy that he kept swallowing his saliva. From time to time, he would lift his feet to look into the kitchen, wanting to see how the fish was cooked.

The more anxious I was, the more frequent my stomach growled.

After an unknown amount of time, he finally saw Su Xiaoxiao coming out with the food. He jumped twice in excitement and hurried over, staring at the fish with shining eyes.

"Sister, this fish must be delicious, right?"

Looking at Su Chengen who was about to drool, Su Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "You'll know once you try it!"

Su Chengen really wanted to take a big bite of the fish immediately, but he shook his head again.

"No, mother and sister haven't eaten yet. Cheng'en can't eat first. It's very rude and impolite!"

Su Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that the silly Su Chengen was so sensible.

She had mixed feelings inside.

"Okay, then let's go find mom and eat together, okay?"

"Okay!" Su Chengen smiled with his eyes curved, looking forward to it.

Su Xiaoxiao tilted her head towards Su Chengen, motioning Su Chengen to follow her.

"Let's go and find mom to eat fish."

"Ok!"

Su Chengen nodded repeatedly and followed Su Xiaoxiao excitedly into Zhao Wanzhu's room.

In the dimly lit room, there was only a tattered cabinet with nothing on it except a sewing basket.

Although simple, it is very clean.

Zhao Wanzhu was lying on the kang, with protruding cheekbones, a pale face and eyes closed.

In a trance, she seemed to hear Su Xiaoxiao's voice.

Su Xiaoxiao put the food on the table, walked to the kang, bent down, and called out tentatively in a low voice.

"mother!"

Zhao Wanzhu slowly opened her eyes and confirmed that it was her daughter Su Xiaoxiao in front of her. The corners of her mouth rose slightly, and she forced a smile.

She was about to weakly ask Su Xiaoxiao something when she saw a blood-soaked cloth tied around Su Xiaoxiao's head.

Her calm, cloudy eyes suddenly became panicked.

She forced herself to stand up, grabbed Su Xiaoxiao's arm and said nervously.

"This was caused by the old mansion? How could they be so cruel?"

Ever since they were kicked out of the old house, the people from the old house would come and make trouble every few days.

Either they took away their food, or they found any excuse to beat and scold them.

Her health was not good enough, making it inconvenient for her to go out and protect her children, so Su Xiaoxiao had to bear all the misfortunes.

But she never expected that the people in the old house would be so excessive that they would actually kill Su Xiaoxiao and beat her to death, especially hitting her on the head.

If something really happened to Su Xiaoxiao, becoming mentally retarded would be the least of her problems, and she might even lose her life.

She was angry and blamed herself at the same time.

The dim eyes were filled with tears.

"It's all because of my uselessness. I couldn't protect you! I made you suffer like this! I might as well have gone with your father!"

Since Su Yong left, Zhao Wanzhu's health has been getting worse day by day. She has thought about committing suicide, but she is still worried about her two children.

Su Xiaoxiao hurried to comfort her.

"It's just a little scrape, don't worry."

"The blue cloth on your head is almost turning black. How could it be just a scratch? Xiaoxiao, you lied to me again!"

For more than a month, Zhao Wanzhu has been crying all day long and almost cried her eyes blind. Su Xiaoxiao doesn't want her to cry anymore.

"Mom, it's really okay. I'm fine. Please stop crying or you might hurt your eyes."

Su Chengen, who was standing by, saw Zhao Wanzhu crying, so he started crying too.

"Don't cry, Mom! Cheng'en will protect you!"

"Good boy!" Zhao Wanzhu looked at Su Chengen and cried even harder.

Su Xiaoxiao frowned slightly. It’s not good to cry all the time.

The original owner had suffered all she should have suffered, and now she just felt a little pain in the wound, but it was nothing serious.

She pointed to the fish nearby to change the subject.

"Mom, I also caught fish and cooked fish meat. If I were busy, how could I do all this? Why don't you try the fish I cooked and see how it tastes?"

"Cheng'en is so greedy! But he says he can only eat after mom has eaten first."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Wanzhu stopped crying and looked at the fish on the table in disbelief.

At the same time, I could also smell the aroma of fish.

"Did you really do it?"

"Of course. Mom must be hungry too. Let's eat first, shall we?"

Although Zhao Wanzhu was sad, she didn't want the children to go hungry. She lowered her head and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her worn sleeves.

"Mom's body isn't doing well, so you have to do everything. It's really hard for you, Xiaoxiao!"

"Mom, let's not talk about that. Leave this family to me from now on, and everything will be fine. But you have to take care of yourself and get well soon. If anything happens to you, Cheng'en and I will be bullied to death by the people in the old house."

Zhao Wanzhu was stunned for a moment.

Yes, if she died, her two children would become fish on the chopping board, to be tortured by the people in the old house.

Before, I only thought about not bringing trouble to my children, but I overlooked that without her, this family would be completely broken up.

Her good children were completely left without protection.

She couldn't die yet. She had to try her best to live until Su Xiaoxiao got married.

Su Xiaoxiao knew that Zhao Wanzhu had taken her words to heart, so she helped Zhao Wanzhu sit up.

"Mom, please sit down. I'll set the table and we'll eat!"

Zhao Wanzhu came back to her senses and nodded repeatedly.

"Okay, okay, let's eat!"

Su Xiaoxiao made sure that Zhao Wanzhu was fine before she slowly let go of her hand. While telling Su Chengen not to cry, she turned around and put the small square table with a missing leg leaning against the corner of the wall on the kang, closer to Zhao Wanzhu's position.

In order to make it easier for Zhao Wanzhu to eat, she adjusted the distance and angle of the small square table.

The sensible Su Chengen also wiped his tears and hurried to get the small wooden sticks to pad the table legs.

After Su Xiaoxiao determined the position of the small square table, he immediately placed a small wooden stick under the missing leg of the small square table.

Su Xiaoxiao shook the small square table gently to make sure it was stable. Only then did she feel relieved and placed the prepared fish and coarse grain steamed buns on the small square table.

The family gathered around the small square table and started eating.

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