On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

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Li's mother let out a long sigh towards Li Wangming. This sigh from Li's mother seemed to be a heavy weight that weighed down Li Wangming's shoulders.

He hunched his shoulders and lowered his head without saying a word. Seeing Li Wangming like this, Li's mother sighed again.

"Alas, Wangming, I have already divorced your elder brother, how can I have the right to interfere in his affairs after his death?

I know you are affectionate. He is your biological elder brother who has been with you for twenty years. He is the closest relative to you besides your father and mother.

When you were young, he treated you like an elder brother.

He is no longer with us, and you want to build a cenotaph for him. This is the right thing to do. Why do you need to ask for my opinion?

Wang Ming, although we are sister-in-law and brother-in-law, I have brought you up since you were a child, and I once held the title of your eldest sister-in-law. Today, I am standing beside you, your mother, and I am speaking to you from the bottom of my heart."

Big, hot tears dripped onto the hem of Li Wangming's clothes. He lowered his head and bit his lips tightly not to make any sound.

There was only an oil lamp on the kang table, and even the dim light was enough for Li's mother to see the traces of tears on Li Wangming's clothes.

When Mother Li saw Li Wangming, who didn't even dare to cry out loud, she felt her heart aching too. This was the child she had raised since he was a child!
Seeing Li Wangming like this, how could Li's mother stay out of it?
She endured it again and again, suppressed the sour feeling at the tip of her nose, and finally put on a serious face and called out to Li Wangming: "Wangming! Raise your head! Look at me!"

Li Wangming raised his head, his eyes were red and the traces of tears on his face made people feel distressed when they saw it.

Mother Li looked into Li Wangming's eyes and said to him word by word: "The grudge between your elder brother and I ended after his death.

He is your elder brother and the father of October and Shitou. This is the irreversible relationship between you and him.

I am not a narrow-minded person. For the rest of my life, I only hope that you, Shiyue and Shitou can live in peace and longevity.

If I could see you achieve success, get married and have children in the future, I would be even happier.

Whether you want to build a cenotaph for your elder brother or hold a memorial service for him in the future, this is what you should do. You don't have to worry about my feelings.

He has wronged me, and I have divorced him. After a hundred years, you and Shiyue will find a place to bury my sister-in-law.

From now on, if you have time and remember me, please come and see me. If you don’t have time, I will bless you well from below.”

After saying this, Li's mother breathed a sigh of relief. She took Li Wangming's hand and said, "Wangming, blood ties cannot be severed.

Thank you for considering my feelings and asking, but don't worry, I don't care about these things. As long as the three of you are fine, I am willing to do anything. "

Li Wangming couldn't hold it in any longer, and he burst into tears with a loud "wow".

While crying, he wiped his snot and tears on his sleeves;

While crying, he said to Li's mother: "Sister-in-law, wuwu, I have lost my mother, my elder brother, and my elder sister and second sister are nowhere to be found. Wuwu, I only have you.
Sister-in-law, I'm afraid you'll be unhappy, I'm afraid Shiyue will be unhappy, my elder brother has let you down, he killed my mother
But I just, I just can't let him go.
He is my elder brother!
Woohoo!

Li Wangming cried like a child, and even the sleeping stones were awakened.
Shitou half sat up, rubbed his eyes with his hands, and looked at Li Wangming, who was now in the arms of Li's mother, and called out in confusion: "Second Uncle? Why is Second Uncle crying?" Shitou, who was only wearing a middle-aged shirt, came out from the bed and sat next to Li Wangming.

Seeing Li Wangming getting up from Li's mother's arms with some embarrassment, Shitou thought for a while and finally stretched out his right hand. When Li Wangming was off guard, he pulled Li Wangming into his arms, then put his arms around the stunned Li Wangming and held him in his arms.

Then Shitou imitated the way Li's mother coaxed him when he was a child, saying, "Don't cry, Uncle, let Uncle hold you.

Shitou loves his second uncle and gives him candy;
Don't cry, don't cry, if you cry you won't have any candy."

Li's mother, who had tears in her eyes because of Li Wangming's irritation, was immediately amused by Shi Tou's actions. She was laughing and crying at the same time.

The corners of Li Wangming's mouth, which was covered with tears and snot, finally turned up, and he was lying soundly in Shi Tou's arms, letting him hold him.

"Okay, one by one, get into bed quickly. If you catch a cold outside, you will suffer."

Li's mother got off the kang, scooped hot water from the bottom of the pot in the kitchen and brought it into the house. She soaked a cloth in the hot water, asked Li Wangming to wipe his face, and told them to close their eyes and go to sleep.

However, before leaving, Li's mother said to Li Wangming: "You have to talk to Shiyue about this matter. Shiyue is a good and sensible child. If you talk to her, she will definitely understand."

The people of Liujiatun, who had suffered a whole night in the wind and snow, finally returned to Liujiatun around noon.

The road was very difficult to travel on, and the cart got stuck into invisible pits under the snow several times. It took a lot of effort for everyone to pull the cart carrying the coffin out.

Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian also went down to help. As they were from the same village, they had to help with this little bit. Otherwise, Li Shiyue and the others would not be able to face people in the village in the future.

In a world like this, one must always deal with the ways of the world.

After saying hello to Li Shiyang at the entrance of the village and asking the villagers who had unloaded the coffins to remember to return the carts back home, Li Shiyue rode their horses and went home with Li Qiutian.

After returning to the Li family, Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian ate a hot meal and drank boiling hot water to warm themselves from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads. Then they lay on the kang and fell asleep immediately because they could not resist the sleepiness.

When Li Shiyue woke up, it was already midnight.

Li's mother and Zheng Meiniang lit the oil lamp and brought the food that had been prepared in the kitchen to the kang table.

While eating, Li Shiyue told his mother and others what happened along the way. When Li's mother heard Li Shiyue say that Li Chunli caught up with Liu Shu's carriage, she was really surprised.

"I haven't heard any shouting over there in the past two days. Could it be that Qin Tao asked Li Chunli to chase after them?"

"Qin Tao is also a cruel person. In such a cold weather, he is willing to let his little girl chase after him?
What if something goes wrong? "

Zheng Mei Niang commented on this matter, “If this were autumn or summer, I would not be willing to do it!
Besides, being a maid might allow you to have enough food and clothes, but it is ultimately a job of serving others, so what good can you gain from it?

Even in good times, can we be good citizens?" (End of this chapter)