Chapter 8 Sleepless Nights (I)

　　Everyone at the table stopped their chopsticks and looked at Zhou and Lian Man'er. Before Lian Man'er could reply, Zhou had already turned to Zhang to lash out. 　　"Look at the daughter you've raised, born of a glutton? This day is full of white flour and meat, thinking she is the daughter of some family? Let's also see if she has that life." Zhou gritted her teeth and scolded. 　　Hey, just a piece of meat, to the point, why say as if she killed and set fire to. 　　Zhang's face turned red. Zhou's words made her feel very ashamed, and at the same time, she was aggrieved. She understood Zhou's temperament, and usually gave her children a lot of instructions. Several children were also very obedient, giving her a face, and had never been scolded by Zhou because of their food. 　　However, today, Lian Man'er's hands went to clip the meat, which was something that normally Lian Man'er would never dare to do. 　　She knew that at this time, if she slapped Lian Man'er twice and scolded Lian Man'er a few times, Zhou would be able to dissipate her anger. But how could she bear to lay her hands on her? She was a mother, and Lian Man'er had almost lost her life. 　　"Mother, Man'er hasn't eaten for three days, she almost ......" Zhang's red face, trying to intercede for Lian Man'er to get Zhou's forgiveness. 　　"Isn't she not dead, look, she can still eat meat that." Zhou's viciously said. 　　"Mother, Man Er is your own granddaughter ......," Zhang said halfway through her sentence, she couldn't continue. 　　"Which is not my own granddaughter, this meat I have not eaten a single bite, you still want to be shameless!" Zhou continued to scold. 　　Lian Zhi'er and Xiao Qi also both reddened their faces, Zhao's and Lian Ye'er were so scared that they clung to one another, Gu's and Lian Hua'er's gazes at Lian Man'er were tinged with disdain and gloating, and only He's, who seemed to find it amusing, watched with a smile on her face. 　　It's just a piece of meat, and she hasn't even gotten it into her mouth yet. Just so humiliating cursing, this is still relatives and elders? Thanks to the soul in her small body is a few years older, not so fragile, if it is really a child who is only ten years old, from now on, it is not good to say that there will be a psychological shadow. 　　According to Lian Man Er's intention, she was about to put the meat into her mouth, deliberately eating it to gasp at Zhou's, but looking at Zhang's, Lian Zhi Er's and Xiao Qi's complexion, she had to change her mind. 　　"Milk why are you angry, this meat I wanted to clip for milk to eat." Lian Man'er sent the meat that she had intended to give to Xiao Qi to Zhou's bowl. 　　Zhou's froze, she didn't expect Lian Man'er to do this. Lian Hua'er's eyes also flickered, she couldn't imagine that this stupid little girl had this resourcefulness. 　　Zhang Clan, however, laughed from the bottom of her heart. 　　"Mother, although Man Er's head hit the ground, she knows more about filial piety to you." Zhang Clan said. 　　"Don't think that I can't see your little minds." Zhou clipped out the piece of meat and threw it onto the table, "I want to eat meat with her clipping it to me?" 　　Lian Man Er felt countless grass mud horses running wildly in front of her. Zhou's this is also ...... she can no longer find the right words to describe it. At the same time sighed, no wonder everyone's chopsticks are far away from that meat, she should have a bit of eye color. 　　Is it really that she has no color, Lian Maner heart and bitterly laughed again, she is not not see the difference here, the key is that she did not hold back. 　　Zhou's face was so open, Zhang was embarrassed and sad. 　　Lian Man'er blinked her eyes, Zhou's so unreasonable, what should she do? 　　"Milk, you beat me up." Lian Man Er put down her chopsticks and covered her face and cried, "Milk, you don't throw the meat away, Aunt Xiu'er had her fill of meat, Ye'er and Bud'er and Xiao Qi didn't have a bite to eat, Milk, you beat me, it doesn't matter if you beat me to death, as long as you reward my younger brother, Xiao Qi, with the meat that you don't want to be thrown away." 　　Master Lian's table stopped their chopsticks and looked this way. 　　Lian Man Er tried to recall what a ten year old child should look like, and deliberately cried herself out of breath, but her mouth was not idle, only saying that Mrs. Lian would rather throw away the meat than give it to the children to eat. 　　Lian old lady almost angry a backwards, home a few girls are she bouncing used to, especially Zhang's two daughters, is a hundred obedience, was scolded, but also only dare to cry, when dared to do so. 　　"You, you, look at you ......" Zhou pointed at Zhang's scolding. 　　"Quarreling what, eat. If there is meat, give it to the children." Lian Laozi said from the bed, "Don't come back to your biased set." 　　Lian Man'er's crying had made her completely untenable, and now that Master Lian had spoken, Zhou's chest rose and fell for half a day, and she could only hold her tongue. 　　"I'll let you eat meat, it's all for you." Zhou made her breath to clip the few pieces of meat left in the basin into Lian Man'er's bowl. 　　Che, this is too childish. 　　"Milk loves me the most." Lian Man Er's crying came and went quickly. 　　Zhang, however, changed her face and twisted her head to look at Lian Man'er. 　　"Man'er ......," Zhang's voice had fear and pleading in it, "Quickly return the meat to your milk." 　　Lian Man'er didn't think so, even if she returned it, she was only afraid that it would be thrown away by Zhou. 　　"Ye'er, bud, sister, and Xiao Qi." Lian Man Er distributed the meat in the bowl to a few children, and also gave Xiao Qi all of her share. 　　"This is the meat given by milk, let's thank milk together." Lian Man Er said to the children. 　　"Thank you milk." Seeing the meat in the bowl, the several children really said in unison. 　　Zhou's face darkened into a black pot. 　　Lian Man Er only pretended not to see it and lowered her head to pick up her rice. 　　...... 　　Everyone quickly ate dinner, Zhang Clan brought Lian Zhi Er to clean up the dishes, Zhao Clan and Lian Ye Er followed to help. Zhou only ate a few mouthfuls of rice, then said that her heart was not feeling well, and she lay on the bed and couldn't stop screaming. Several sons and daughters-in-law came forward to ask, Zhou did not say how it was, just said that her heart was uncomfortable, dying. 　　"Father, or I'll ask a bone-setter to come and take a look at Mother." Lian Shouxin said. 　　"Fourth brother, Mother is angry with your family's Mang'er." Lian Xiu'er said. 　　Lian Shouxin looked back at Zhang, who sighed. They were all in the same house, and Lian Shouxin knew what had happened. To say that Man'er did wrong, she just shouldn't have stuck out her chopsticks. But then the child understood and rounded it back, and once everyone laughed, the matter was over. In other words, Zhou's favoritism is not just for one day or two days. Lian Shouxin look at his own thin eldest daughter, and look at the head still wrapped in cloth second daughter, heart mixed feelings. 　　Zhou's pain in the heart, a few times a year, how to treat, everyone is clear. The best treatment was to beat Lian Man'er. However, whether it was Lian Shouxin or Zhang Clan, they were both strict with their own children, but never refused to beat or scold their own children. 　　"Man'er, come here and apologize to your milk." Lian Shouxin called Lian Man'er. 　　What m, apologize? Lian Man'er blinked. 　　"Fourth brother, you say it lightly, look at how angry our mother is, just say it with your mouth." Lian Xiu'er said in dissatisfaction. 　　"Man Er, come kowtow to your milk." Lian Shouxin said. 　　"Man'er's head." Zhang couldn't help herself, but she only dared to say so much and didn't dare to say anything else. 　　On the contrary, Lian Man'er was reminded by Zhang's words that her head was injured, and that she would be able to play tricks, and that Lian Man'er was only ten years old, so it was only natural to play tricks. 　　"I'll kowtow to milk." Lian Man'er said so, before she knelt down, she held her head, leaned on Zhang's body, and weakly said, "Mother, my head hurts, it hurts so much." 　　Zhang's didn't know that Lian Man'er was pretending, and all of a sudden, her head became sweaty with anxiety. 　　"Man Er, what's wrong with you, don't scare mother. God ......" Zhang cried, she was really crying. Her daughter had just been lost and regained, if she lost again, it would be poking a knife into a new wound, and it would hurt even more. 　　Lian Zhi'er, Wulang and Xiao Qi all gathered around as well, seeing Lian Man'er's eyes closed and motionless, they all cried as well. 　　"Carry the girl back and get a bone-setter." Elder Lian said to Lian Shouxin, and turned his head to rebuke the lying old lady Lian, "Don't hurry up, you're a big old man, you don't mind stumbling." 　　"I'll come to kowtow to Mother later." Lian Shouxin and Zhang hurriedly carried Lian Man'er to the west wing. 　　When they returned to the west room, Lian Man'er was placed on the bed, and Zhang Clan went up to the bed and hugged her, asking how she was doing. 　　Seeing the anxious faces of the couple and the three children, Lian Man'er felt a bit unbearable. 　　"I feel better." Lian Man Er said, "It's dark, the road is not easy to travel, don't go to the bone-setter." 　　This day was too tiring, Lian Man Er's body still hated being weak, and after saying these words, she wasn't quite awake. In a daze, she could smell a smell of Chinese medicine, and the sound of Lian Shouxin and Zhang's talking. 　　"Dr. Wang, thanks to you being in the village."