When the mother and son returned to the ruined temple, Qiumei and Laimei had also returned. The two little ones' faces were full of anxiety and fear, and Laimei, who was braver, even had anger in her eyes.
Seeing their mother and eldest brother coming back, the two little guys ran over quickly, but were frightened by the wound on their eldest brother's face and stepped back, screaming again.
Seeing her brothers' reactions, Jiang Panmei's eyes dimmed and she subconsciously turned her head away, not wanting to scare them.
But soon he felt a weight on his legs, and when he lowered his head he found that it was his third brother who was hugging his legs.
Jiang Laimei looked up at her elder brother and cried, "Brother, are you in pain? Squat down and let me blow on you. The pain will go away."
Jiang Qiumei also shed tears, but she turned her head away and wiped them, pretending that nothing had happened, and changed the subject, saying, "Mom, brother, you are finally back. Laimei and I have prepared the stove and collected firewood. Let's grill some fish later!"
Mingyue sighed in her heart, but smiled and said to Qiumei: "Okay, we'll grill fish tonight."
Jiang Panmei's eyes were a little blurry. He blinked hard, then touched his third brother's head, shook his head and said, "Brother, it doesn't hurt. Thank you for your hard work today, second and third brothers."
Lai Mei bit her lip. She knew her brother was lying. With so many injuries and so much blood, how could it not hurt
But even if my eldest brother was in pain, there was nothing we could do. The family didn’t have the money to pay for his medical treatment, just like we didn’t have the money to pay for my mother’s medical treatment before…
Jiang Laimei used her sleeve to wipe away the tears that could not be wiped away, and suddenly said: "I must make a lot of money in the future."
Jiang Qiumei looked at her brother with some pity. Her brother was too young to know that men could not earn any money at all because men were not allowed to work in shops, and no shop would recruit men as clerks.
Jiang Qiumei was about to tell her third brother about this when Jiang Panmei shook her head at her second brother and encouraged her third brother, "Okay, we will make a lot of money in the future."
Jiang Laimei was encouraged and made a solemn promise: "After I make money, I will buy a yard, clothes and lots of delicious food for my eldest brother, second brother and mother. Oh, and I will also buy a doctor, so that we don't have to worry about getting sick in the future."
Panmei was silent for a moment, then gently rubbed her third brother's head and said, "Okay, wait for Laimei to earn money to support us."
The tears that Qiu Mei had just held back fell again. Without money to see a doctor, her brother's face would not be healed, but he was already old enough to get married...
Mingyue felt a little sad. These three children were so sensible, so sensible that it made her feel distressed.
Mingyue stepped forward to hold Laimei back, and patted Qiumei on the shoulder. Then she smiled and said to Panmei, "Let's go home and grill the fish."
The three little ones all agreed and followed their mother closely.
The mother and her two sons returned to the dilapidated temple, and sure enough, a simple earthen stove had been built inside, with a pile of dry firewood next to it.
Mingyue asked Panmei and Laimei to find branches to string the fish, while she took Qiumei and carried a basket to the river to process the fish.
As soon as he left Jiang Panmei's sight, Jiang Qiumei tightly grabbed Mingyue's arm. His eyes were flashing with uncontrollable anger. He was like an angry little lion, his teeth were grinding loudly: "Mom, my brother's face was scratched by Jiang Xueer."
"Laimei and I asked Uncle Jiang, and he said that Sister Yunxi saw it with her own eyes. Jiang Xueer scratched Brother's face with her fingernails, and there was a lot of blood in her fingernails. When she heard Sister Yunxi calling for help, she ran away in fear."
"Mom, my brother is injured on his face. He will..." Jiang Qiumei's voice was a little choked, and tears flowed down her cheeks: "What will he do in the future?" No one would want a disfigured man. My brother is such a good man, why did he have to encounter such a thing
Thinking of the unruly and headstrong daughter of the original owner's third sister, Mingyue's brows unconsciously furrowed.
If Jiang Panmei's injury was caused by an outsider, Mingyue would be able to seek justice for him.
But it happened that this deed was done by Jiang Xueer. According to Old Lady Jiang's attitude towards Jiang Panmei and Jiang Xueer, and according to the current situation of Mingyue and her three sons, this matter is not easy to handle, at least it is not easy to make up for it openly.
Mingyue was fully convinced that if she brought Jiang Panmei to the old lady's house, they would be greeted with ridicule and sarcasm from old lady Jiang, who might even beat them out.
After all, in the eyes of Old Lady Jiang, Jiang Panmei was a money-loser, and a disobedient one at that, so it would not be a pity if she died.
So if the open way doesn’t work, let’s do it secretly, Mingyue thought, her eyes fell on some plants and trees along the way.
The scar on Panmei's face also needs to be treated properly. Although Mingyue thinks it's nothing for a man to have a scar on his face, one has to adapt to the local customs in this world...
Mingyue patted Qiumei's arm and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, it will be fine, everything will be fine."
Jiang Qiumei clenched her hands into fists, somewhat disappointed with her mother's perfunctory response: "But mother, are we letting our eldest brother suffer in vain?"
Mingyue stopped, stared into her son's eyes, and asked, "Qiumei, do you believe me?"
In fact, Jiang Qiumei didn't believe her mother. Although her mother had never treated them harshly, she always listened to her grandmother, so she gave them such names. Moreover, her mother's attitude towards them was always cold and indifferent. Even if she saw Jiang Xueer bullying them, she would pretend not to see it and walk past.
But he then thought about how his mother would leave the Jiang family for his eldest brother, and how his mother would give them lots of fish to eat. His mother had changed, and he liked the mother now very much, and he was willing to believe in the mother now.
Jiang Qiumei nodded vigorously: "I believe in mother."
Mingyue touched his head and said, "Then you should listen to your mother and leave everything to the goddess of heaven. The goddess of heaven will punish Jiang Xueer."
The Goddess of Heaven is the deity worshipped by this world. Strangely enough, there is only one such deity among the gods known to the public in this world, and all temples and incense are dedicated to the Goddess of Heaven.
Jiang Qiumei knew that his mother was trying to coax him, but he also understood that his mother had no choice, because Third Aunt was so powerful and would become a high-ranking official in the future, but his mother...
He dropped his head and nodded glumly.
The mother and son went to the river, cleaned up the fish in the basket, and then returned to the dilapidated temple.
At this time, the sky was gradually getting dark, but a warm light rose in the dilapidated temple. It turned out that Panmei and Laimei had lit a fire.
(End of this chapter)