Chapter 78:
“Wife, I went to Li Ergou’s home this morning, wanting to borrow something to use…”
Luo Zhi’er rolled up her sleeve, knowing what he wanted to do, and used chopsticks to pick out the burnt scraps from the pot…
“How about it? Did you find anything?”
Li Sanmao shook his head: “No one was home, doors and windows tightly closed…”
“Only a fierce big black dog kept madly biting under the tree in the front yard…”
This big black dog wasn’t to guard against thieves, but to guard against others coming to his home to search for things!
This couple moved really fast, probably figuring out a way to haul it away last night.
Luo Zhi’er thought about it, if they were hauling it, a bamboo basket definitely couldn’t carry it in one trip, there must be some transportation tool at home…
They could start from this angle.
They were just chatting when Li Daqiang and Old Li Tou came in and took out the meal that Xiao Zhou Shi had kept for them.
Zhou Shi scooped a big ladle of pickled mustard greens, without putting in any seasoning, placed it on the table, and generously let them eat it with their meal!
The whole family, including Zhou Shi, also started eating.
Anyway, no one called her, Li Sanmao, or Miaomiao, so she told Li Sanmao to go eat first.
Li Sanmao stood up and shook himself off, unexpectedly, in that wooden basin over there, the clean water was swirling, and there was none left for him!
Zhou Shi ate steamed buns, and her bowl was still heaped high with a bowl…
Luo Zhi’er saw him go empty-handed and return empty-handed, speechless!
At least leave him a bite…
In this home it’s really too miserable, working a whole day and not even filling the belly.
Finish making the termite mushroom oil, pour it into the jar, wash the pot…
Call Miaomiao to get the hawthorn from beside the bamboo basket outside, and she would make candied hawthorn for her.
Scoop some water from the water jar to wash the hawthorn, have Miaomiao go ask Zhou Shi for some white sugar!
She hadn’t finished washing when she heard the shrill scolding from outside: “Luo Zhi’er you fat hoof, I was wondering why you were so well-behaved, turns out you’ve been scheming for my white sugar all along!”
Jumping up and down, cursing toward the backyard,
“White sugar is that for you all to eat? Do you even dare to think about it?”
Luo Zhi’er patted her sleeve and walked out, “Mom, if the white sugar at home isn’t for us to eat, then who is it bought back for?”
“For who to eat? You this fat hoof, aren’t you asking when you already know?”
“That white sugar is to be mixed with water for Miaomiao’s Fifth Uncle to drink when he comes back next time!”
She thought to herself, there’s also Zhenzhu, that girl will be back from the ancestral hall tomorrow, she must have starved these past few days, she likes sweet things the most.
“Oh, so our whole family works ourselves to death, and any good thing bought is only saved for Fifth Brother to eat?”
Luo Zhi’er sat down coldly to the side and said.
That look was like she was planning to throw down the pick and quit!
“You all eat it, are you worthy?”
“We’re not worthy, but the silver for buying this white sugar was always earned by our Sanmao and Eldest Brother working, may I ask, how much silver did Fifth Brother contribute?”
“You, you, you, you this woman, have you gone mad? Dare to question me like this, dare to talk about Gui’er? Where does Gui’er get silver for studying?”
Her eyes turned to Old Li Tou, this Luo Zhi’er disrespects her, dares to talk about Gui’er, why isn’t the old man standing up for her?
“Mom, I believe you when you say studying costs silver, but I don’t believe studying can’t earn silver.”
“Zhao Zuzu’s grandson Xuefeng is said to have earned quite a bit of silver in town during holidays by copying books and writing couplets for people, to give to his mom as pocket money!”
Zhou Shi’s face flushed red, when could her Gui’er be like Zhao Xuefeng and give her spending money, that would be so face-giving?
“Gui’er is studying, writing those useless things would delay his learning, can you make up for it?”
“Hehe, Mom, think whatever you want, it’s just that our Sanmao bustles a whole day and comes back without even getting food in his mouth, anyone would be dissatisfied, right?”
“In this home, we can’t use this thing, can’t use that thing, and to use anything we need your permission, this life can’t go on.”
“Hmph! Even the old yellow ox that plows the fields needs a mouthful of grass to eat before it’s willing to plow, we in this house, Eldest Brother and Third Brother aren’t even as good as one old yellow ox?”
“Uh… Third Daughter-in-law, what do you mean by that?”
Old Li Tou felt something was wrong!
“Dad, I just finished being busy and wanted to make some snacks for the children, this isn’t allowed?”
“White sugar is bought back to be eaten, I didn’t waste it, why won’t Mom let it out, clearly favoring Fifth Brother!”
Favoring Fifth Brother, who in the home doesn’t know, it’s just everyone tacitly understands, no one dares to bring it up openly in front of the parents…
“Since it’s like this, the elders in the home can’t hold the bowl level, let’s divide the family.”
“What?”
Old Li Tou’s heart croaked like frogs…
“Sanmao, let’s not slave for the family anymore, slaved half a day and look, not only no food in the mouth, even white sugar our Miaomiao can’t even think about!”
Li Sanmao said flatly: “Whatever wife says, that’s it!”
“Cough! Cough…”
“In your dreams! You say divide family and it’s divided, I don’t agree, last time the village chief and them said it very clearly, without us old couple’s agreement, you mentioning it is useless!”
Zhou Shi choked and coughed urgently, the corn paste in her mouth burst and sprayed far away…
The key is she also said her Gui’er is not as good as Zhao Xuefeng, who can earn money!
Old Li Tou glared at her disgustedly, this death-seeking old woman just knows how to make the home disharmonious!
Shook off the dirt on himself, “Third Son, don’t mention dividing the family, old woman, go to the room and get the white sugar!”
“What?”
Zhou Shi was furious to death, “Have you gone mad? That white sugar is…”
“Shut up! Still spewing nonsense? Told you to go then hurry go, so much talk, annoying!”
“It is what it is, Gui’er will bring glory to the ancestors in the future, can they compare? Everyday scheming for his few things! In the future don’t come to leech off our family’s Gui’er…”
Muttering in her mouth, under Old Li Tou’s stern oppressive gaze she lifted foot and went into the main hall, into the room where she slept.
Old Li Tou was unhappy in his heart, looking at Luo Zhi’er!
Eldest Daughter-in-law had just proposed dividing family a few days ago, now Third Daughter-in-law also proposed it!
For Third Daughter-in-law and Third Son, daring to openly question and retort these elders’ words, he naturally felt uncomfortable!
But currently the home still needed them to work and earn money!
Even if they couldn’t divide the family, if the family wasn’t united, how could they wholeheartedly work and earn money for this home?
Luo Zhi’er was expressionless, accepting his scrutiny, she naturally knew proposing family division over some white sugar was impossible, she was just using this to make her attitude clear.
If you go too far I will be dissatisfied, I have ideas!
Not some doormat bun! Luckily Li Sanmao was pretty good, knew to cooperate with her!
Old Li Tou glanced at Li Daqiang, saw him silent, scraping the bottom of the bowl of corn paste into his mouth, brows furrowed tight, seeming to have a bit of dissatisfaction too…
Li Daqiang’s heart was complicated, Third Daughter-in-law was right, white sugar his family’s Muqing Yunliang also had the right to eat, he worked himself to death for what?
Although parents are elders and can’t be contradicted… he and his wife can eat some loss, but he didn’t want to shortchange his own child!
Zhou Shi brought out the bag of white sugar, huffily shoved it into Luo Zhi’er’s hand with one grab, “Shallow-eyed thing, actually eyeing my few belongings! Fat as a pig, why not eat yourself to death!”
“Mom, take a good look, can you eat me to death?”
Luo Zhi’er smiled faintly at the corner of her mouth.
“Later don’t come rob the little children’s things! It would be bad if those who rob others’ things ate themselves to death!”
“You this fat hoof, who are you saying that about? Who to eat to death?”
“Whoever comes to rob later, that’s who I’m saying! Mom, you wouldn’t come to rob, would you? Eh, but… Mom, look at this white sugar, only this much left, how did it reach the bottom…”
Held it up and shook it in front of her eyes,
“Speaking of which, since the people from Oldest Brother, Second Brother, and Third Child’s family haven’t eaten any, then where did it go?”
“I remember this was what Sanmao got from hunting at the beginning of the month, you had him bring it to town, could it have grown legs and disappeared by itself?”
Old Li Tou’s face went pale then green, ashamed to death, wishing to drill into a ground crack!
This large part was him and the old lady at night, with nothing to eat, using it to have a little snack, eaten!
