Chapter 94:
Zhi’er clapped her hands and turned to the kitchen to prepare food!
Xiao Zhou Shi saw this and hurriedly followed her in: “Zhi’er, what are you doing?”
Seeing her lift the pot lid, she felt something was wrong and immediately stopped her.
“I’ve been running around all day, I’m hungry, so naturally I’m here to cook rice!”
“Don’t touch it! This pot has water in it, it’s for boiling dumplings!”
Xiao Zhou Shi had long been unable to resist wanting to eat them.
“I know, Eldest Sister-in-law, aren’t you hungry?”
Xiao Zhou Shi instantly understood her meaning: “You’re not going to… But Mother… Hmph! Aren’t you afraid Mother will curse you?”
Zhi’er said in a bold and vigorous tone,
“This thing was bought to be eaten, right? Why keep it here?”
Zhi’er saw the pot bubbling vigorously with white foam, not knowing how long it had been boiling. Xiao Zhou Shi’s expectant eyes had added fire several times and water several times when it boiled dry.
She felt both pitiful and ridiculous for her, all for a bite of dumplings!
Boldly dumping all the nearby wrapped dumplings into the pot at once, Xiao Zhou Shi widened her eyes, “This, this is what you did, it has nothing to do with me!”
“You gonna eat?”
Zhi’er didn’t even look up, swiftly running to the cutting board to peel garlic, smash it with a knife, chop green onions, ginger pieces, mix some seasonings in a bowl…
Eat!
Of course eat!
Xiao Zhou Shi swallowed saliva, hesitant. Earlier when she was wrapping them here, she had wanted to do the same, but didn’t dare!
Soon Zhi’er prepared ten bowls, lifted the pot lid and saw the dumplings floating inside, scooped them into bowls, and added soup!
The aroma overflowed everywhere!
Xiao Zhou Shi couldn’t help drooling!
“You, you leave a bowl for me!”
She hurriedly ran out in a panic, shouting loudly, “Mother, bad news! Third Wife boiled all the dumplings in the pot…”
“What? This rebellious fat hoof!”
She forgot about this!
Zhou Shi was still rolling on the ground in the yard, wailing loudly!
She slapped her thigh root, bounced up from the ground, and rushed toward the kitchen with a howl…
“Zhi’er, you knife-killing one! Greedy fat woman, you have some nerve, daring to cook my dumplings on your own?”
She happened to collide head-on with the outgoing Zhi’er. Zhi’er swiftly dodged to the side, and Zhou Shi crashed into the wall with a thud!
Zhi’er was still holding a bowl in her hand!
“Zhi’er, you woman, rebellious to the heavens, and you dare dodge!”
Zhou Shi reacted, picked up the broom from the wall corner, and swung it at her!
“Ouch, Mother, you misunderstood me. If I didn’t dodge, how could I keep the bowl from spilling?”
“Still making excuses, watch Mother not give you a lesson!”
“Stop!”
“What?”
“Smack!”
Zhou Shi was dazed, as if swept by a leg sweep, making her dizzy, and she fell to the ground with a smack…
“Ouch!”
She touched her butt, reacted, and wailed weakly,
“Why doesn’t lightning strike you dead? You… this fat hoof, you actually kicked your mother-in-law again?”
“Oh dear! Bad! Why is my leg cramping again? Mother, make way!”
She lifted her leg…
Scaring Zhou Shi… she quickly rolled to the backyard, looking at her in fear!
Seeing her really lift her leg high and swing it around in a circle before putting it down and going out…
Doubt.
What’s really going on with this Zhi’er?
Zhi’er hooked the corner of her lip and walked straight toward the stone table under the big tree in the yard.
While walking, as if nothing had happened, she called out to the people big and small in the yard to come get their bowls.
Zhenzhu seemed to hear the dumplings being boiled, and a series of pig-slaughtering screams came from her room as she ran out…
“Zhi’er, these dumplings were bought by my matchmaker father, these are mine, you… how dare you boil and eat them?”
She suspected that earlier she was angered on purpose to make her leave so she could do it.
“Father had them bought to be eaten, right? Since Matchmaker Wan, Second Aunt and the others have left, and Father and them didn’t eat breakfast this morning, they must all be hungry. Seeing none of you going to the kitchen, I did it first…”
As she spoke, she shouted loudly toward Old Li Tou by the distant riverside: “Father, Father, come back for dinner!”
“Okay!”
The little ones rushed toward the kitchen, “Yay! Eating dumplings, eating dumplings!”
Extremely joyful!
“Run slower, there’s enough for everyone!”
Zhi’er shouted crisply toward their backs!
Liuliu and Miaomiao also followed into the kitchen to get their own bowls.
Zhenzhu saw this and had no mind to curse anymore, first going to the kitchen to find her own bowl.
Old Li Tou came back, his expression slightly eased…
Seeing the bowls on the stone table, he unconsciously swallowed saliva.
Old Li Tou felt this was what home felt like…
Zhou Shi rushed first to the kitchen, found the plate for dumplings on the cutting board empty, every bowl full, with various seasonings mixed, “This wasteful woman!”
She bent down under the cutting board to find an empty bowl, planning to take some from each bowl.
Looking up, the brats had already taken their bowls and run out like the wind, making her curse nonstop!
“You death-seeking little bastards, reincarnated hungry ghosts or what?”
“You stop right there!!!”
The little eggs trembled in fear and ran even faster, snatching food from the tiger’s mouth!
Then the adults, Li Daqiang, Li Sanmao, Xiao Zhou Shi also came in.
“Mother… what’s wrong?”
Li Daqiang scratched his head!
The others took their bowls and left!
Zhenzhu picked up a bowl and said, “Mother, you gonna eat this one? If not, give it to me!”
It made her tremble with anger; if she didn’t act, she wouldn’t even have her bowl!
Miscalculated, miscalculated. Earlier she was only venting in the yard and lost control of the dumplings!
Li Daqiang sat under the big tree eating big mouthfuls, like a pig, making noises, praising repeatedly, “Mmm, I’ve never eaten such delicious dumplings!”
Xiao Zhou Shi sneered, just focusing on eating her own. The taste made by this Zhi’er was good, mainly because the family hadn’t cut meat for a long time, nor eaten wheat flour.
The kids didn’t need to be mentioned, Liuliu ate reluctantly, bit by bit feeding into her mouth. She also had a full bowl, never having had such treatment before.
Zhou Shi came out with a bowl, still chewing a dumpling in her mouth, one hand on her waist cursing: “Zhi’er, you acted on your own, just you wait!”
Saliva sprayed far…
Zhi’er shifted her body, clamped a dumpling from her bowl to Miaomiao, and grinned,
“Mother… why are you still angry? You should thank me. Father said these days there’s no grain ration at home for you and Zhenzhu. It was the wife’s bold decision that let you eat such delicious dumplings!”
“Hmph! That’s true. If Third Wife hadn’t said it, I would’ve forgotten!”
“Father, in this hot summer, meat goes bad if left out, and if bad, it has to be thrown away! You won’t blame the wife for boiling it, right?”
“Cough… No, how could I? Hehe!”
Old Li Tou cleared his throat and said.
Even eating a meal couldn’t be peaceful; this old woman had to come out and curse!
Really annoying!
“Old man, do you have a problem? This Zhi’er acted on her own, using the family’s grain without my permission, and it’s dumplings, all boiled up!!!”
“Don’t you feel sorry? We rarely eat dumplings once a year in our family!”
“If you’re not eating, put down the bowl and stop nagging!”
Zhou Shi jumped in urgency at the old man’s attitude!
Even more hating Zhi’er for bringing up the wrong topic!
She had no choice but to take her bowl to the side and eat sullenly.
For some reason, she felt extremely aggrieved.
“Father, once our family’s acorn beans are delivered to Yumian Tower, and we send chicken mushroom oil and such, the family’s days will definitely get better and better, eating dumplings every day won’t be a problem.”
Zhi’er saw it; this Old Li Tou did feel sorry for the dumplings, but Zhou Shi made him lose face.
Rarely eating dumplings once a year, as the head of the family, unable to manage even this, how embarrassing!
“Father, Third Wife is right! I’ll definitely work hard on farm work, Third Child will hunt more!”
Li Daqiang suddenly felt motivated, feeling life full of hope!
He felt this meal of dumplings let him see the beauty of life!
