Chapter 40 A Good Opportunity to Show Attention

Even though Shen Meng was scared, she couldn't act timid at this time. After all, there was a baby clinging to her legs. If she ran away out of fear, the baby would be scared to death.

"It's okay, Xiaokai, there are no ghosts in this world. Let's pretend we didn't see anything and go home. We'll be home soon." She bent down and hugged Lu Mingkai in her arms, resisting the urge to run, and walked quickly towards home.

Lu Mingkai was young after all, and he lay on his mother's shoulder, closing his eyes in fear. However, he still couldn't help opening his eyes and looking towards that place. Suddenly, there was movement over there, and he suddenly tightened his hands around Shen Meng's neck.

"Mom, the ghost is moving. It really is a ghost. Woohoo, Xiaokai is scared."

Shen Meng was scared, and with Lu Mingkai's crying, her fear and heartache suddenly turned into anger. She gritted her teeth, turned around and walked towards the "ghost". She wanted to see what the thing was that dared to scare her lovely baby.

When Lu Mingkai saw his mother walking towards the "ghost", he suddenly felt sad. He thought his mother might have been possessed. He imitated the trick he learned from the old lady next to him, and stretched out his little hand to pinch Shen Meng's philtrum hard.

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Shen Meng: "Hiss! Xiaokai, what are you doing? You're pinching me so hard that it hurts."

"Mom, you were just possessed. This is not the direction of our home. You went the wrong way. It was Xiaokai who saved you."

Shen Meng: “.”

I thank you, really!!!
Half of Shen Meng's face twitched violently in pain. She didn't expect that such a half-grown child could have such great strength.

When the mother and son walked in, they found that there was a person lying on the ground and occasionally moving. Shen Meng moved closer to the person, but before she could figure out who it was, Lu Mingkai slipped off her body.

"Mom, it's A-Man."

"What?" Shen Meng's heart moved when she heard it. She remembered that there seemed to be a passage like this in the book. A man fell ill on the side of the road and was met by the heroine Zhou Jiaojiao who got up in the morning to wash clothes by the river. She casually gave the steamed buns she had secretly put in the basin to that person. Later, after that person went back, he recognized Zhou Jiaojiao in Shangjing and secretly helped him a lot.

The man named Aman, seeing someone coming, quickly struggled to get up. It was early autumn and it was still a little cold at night, but not cold enough to make you shiver.

Shen Meng had a plan in mind. She was so happy that she almost jumped in circles. She raised her hand and placed it on the man's forehead, and it was indeed burning hot.

"You have a fever, don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person, nor am I a radical person, I won't do anything to you, my husband is a soldier, I just happen to have some medicine here, you can take it first."

Shen Meng took out a tablet of antipyretic and anti-inflammatory medicine from her pocket and stuffed it directly into Aman's mouth without waiting for him to say anything.

The bitter taste spread in his mouth. Aman stretched his neck hard and swallowed it with great effort. His whole face was wrinkled like an orange peel.

"Thank you, I'll leave right away."

How could Shen Meng just give up such a great opportunity to show her affection? She quickly reached out to support A-man. When Lu Mingkai saw that his mother was going to help A-man, he laughed in his heart and wanted to help too, so he reached out to pick up the empty basket on the ground.

"Hmm?" The little guy tried several times to pick it up but failed, and couldn't help but want to lift the cloth to take a look. Shen Meng quickly took it over, "Look at you, kid, there are things your mother put in here, how can you take it, hehe."

After she helped the man up, she took out a shepherd's purse steamed bun from the basket. She bought it in a store when she lived in the countryside. It was made with young shepherd's purse in spring and was quite expensive.

"You must be hungry. This is a steamed bun made with dried shepherd's purse at home. Have one." Shen Meng handed a still warm steamed bun to Aman.

Aman is now a sixteen-year-old boy. He has been sent down to Lujia Village with his grandfather for six years.

He fell ill today because his grandfather is old and in poor health. He ran to the mountains to find some wild game to replenish his body. However, he didn’t find anything to eat after running all day. He felt drowsy in the afternoon. He went to the river at night to catch some fish, but he didn’t catch any and fell ill. There was a moment in his heart that he might as well just die. What’s the point of living like a dog?

He was trembling all over, holding the warm vegetable dumplings in his hand but never putting them into his mouth. He knew the woman in front of him, the only military dependent in Lujia Village. She used to look down on people, but it was said that after being butted by a cow, her mind suddenly became clear.

But he didn't expect that he could be kind to him again.

"Eat. If you don't take good care of yourself, what will happen to your grandfather? He's so old. If anything happens to you, won't it cost him his life?"

Thinking of his grandfather, Aman's nose felt a little sour. He did not have time to think too much and finished the vegetable dumplings in his hand in no time. Just as he was about to say something, a kettle was handed to him.

Ah Man: “.”

How can someone go out so late at night and come prepared with everything, including food and water!

"Drink some water. Xiaokai and I were originally visiting Daqing's mother, and we happened to meet you. There is some food in the basket. You can take it back to your grandfather. It's not something valuable."

Lu Mingkai opened his little mouth, looked at his mother, then at A-man, and then at the basket. These were beyond the scope of his little brain.

He stood on tiptoe and tried to look at the basket his mother handed to him. Why was it different from what he had seen before? He was really puzzled. And his mother mentioned going to see Daqing's mother, hadn't she just seen her?
Lu Mingkai pinched his philtrum suddenly. He wondered if he had been possessed.
"Ouch!"

"What's wrong, Mingkai? Don't be reluctant. Your brother Aman is hungry. We still have some at home. Mom will get it for you later. Aman, you should go back quickly before it gets dark. I will ask Mingyang and other children to come and play with you in the evening and take the basket home. We will be back soon."

Shen Meng didn't wait for him to refuse. She quickly picked up Lu Mingkai and ran home with him in her arms.

Because of his fever, Aman's reaction was a little slow and his movements were much sluggish. With the help of the unknown moonlight, he lifted the cloth on the basket and saw that in addition to the vegetable nest, there were also two vegetable dumplings and it smelled like meat.

He quickly covered the thing with a cloth, then staggered towards the cowshed holding the basket in his arms. He walked very quickly, fearing that someone would discover him and snatch away his things. Even at night, there would be patrolling militiamen on the roadside, and if he was discovered, they would not let him go easily.

Shen Meng trotted all the way back home. Before she entered the yard, she heard Xie Jing's stern voice.

"Second sister-in-law, you should leave quickly before the eldest sister-in-law comes home, otherwise when she comes, she won't be as good as you."

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