Chapter 81 This is mine

The person who came was the second young mistress of the Marquis's mansion, Madam Sun, Li Nanke's aunt.

She was also holding her two children by the hand.

She entered the room shouting, "Xuan'er and Youyou have been saying they wanted to come and pay their respects to their mother-in-law. I thought of their filial piety, so I brought them along."

When Mrs. Sun saw the steaming food on the table, her eyes lit up and she covered her mouth with a smile.

"Oh, we've come at just the right time! Grandma is just setting out the meal."

As he spoke, he reached out and pushed the two children.

"What are you standing there for? Aren't you supposed to pay your respects to your grandmother? Go on."

Li Zhenxuan is seven years old this year. He loves to eat meat but doesn't exercise much, so he's as fat as a ball.

Staring longingly at the glutinous rice chicken that had just been peeled from its lotus leaves, he didn't hear a word his own mother said.

The next moment, the chubby little hand pressed down on the table, climbed onto the chair, and knelt down on it.

With his other hand, he dragged the plate of sticky rice chicken to his side, picked up a piece of sticky rice chicken, broke off the outer sticky rice, and threw it on the table.

Pick out the meat and sausages inside and stuff them into your mouth.

They sucked on their food while chewing impatiently.

"The sticky rice chicken smells so good, this whole plate is mine."

As he spoke, he used one arm to pull the entire plate of sticky rice chicken towards himself.

The entire sequence of movements was performed in one smooth motion.

Li Nanke puffed up her cheeks in anger when she saw that the sticky rice chicken she had been longing for had been taken away.

He shouted loudly, "This is my sticky rice chicken!"

Li Zhenxuan ate without looking up, retorting as he ate.

"mine."

Li Nanke pursed her lips slightly.

She disliked her second uncle and aunt's family very much.

In the dream, on the second day after the family was exiled, the grandfather and the second uncle led the second branch of the family to bribe the yamen runners and leave with forged identities.

No matter how much she begged and pleaded with her parents, she was still abandoned.

Second Aunt sneered even more sarcastically, "Eldest Sister-in-law has a beautiful face, and Ke'er is pretty too. If she serves the yamen runners well on the road, she might suffer less physical pain."

Over the past eight years, her cousin Li Zhenxuan, relying on his grandfather's favor and being the only grandson of the Marquis's family, had bullied her quite a bit.

She glared at Li Zhenxuan and suddenly shouted, "A big chicken leg fell on your chair!"

Li Zhenxuan subconsciously looked down at the chair.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Li Nanke pushed his arm away and took the whole plate of glutinous rice chicken back.

Then he quickly ran to He's side, wrapped his arms tightly around her, and did the whole thing in one smooth motion.

Like a kitten guarding its food, it made a face at Li Zhenxuan.

Hehehehehe.

Li Zhenxuan looked at the pieces of glutinous rice he had just broken off in front of him and burst into tears.

She jumped off the chair and rolled around on the floor while crying.

"I want to eat sticky rice chicken, Mom, I want to eat sticky rice chicken now."

Seeing her son suffer a loss, Mrs. Sun's face darkened slightly, and she helplessly pulled her son up.

He pretended to be angry and tapped Li Zhenxuan's head, looking helpless.

"You child, you haven't even greeted your grandmother yet, how dare you start eating already? How rude of you!"

As she spoke, she used a handkerchief to wipe the oil off her son's hands, saying, "You should pay your respects to your grandmother and be filial to her."

Grandma has always loved you all, so naturally she'll give you the best food.

Five-year-old Li Xinyou's mouth watered, and she tugged at Sun's sleeve, shouting, "Mom, I want to eat glutinous rice chicken too!"

Mrs. Sun patted her on the shoulder.

"You and your brother should greet Grandmother together."

Li Xinyou's eyes lit up, and she pulled the still angry Li Zhenxuan to kneel down in front of Madam He.

"Greetings to Grandmother, I want to eat sticky rice chicken."

Li Zhenxuan tugged at He Shi's sleeve and acted coquettishly.

"Grandma, please have Li Nanke give me the glutinous rice chicken."

Mrs. He slowly put down her chopsticks, her expression indifferent.

"Get up."

Sun pulled the two children up and said with a smile, "I told you your grandmother loves you and wouldn't hold it against you."

Li Zhenxuan raised his chin and glared at Li Nanke.

"Give me the sticky rice chicken right away."

Li Nanke pursed her lips and didn't say anything.

This is her glutinous rice chicken; she wouldn't give it to people she doesn't like.

snort.

Sun's face darkened slightly as she began to berate Li Nanke.

"Why are you so insensible, child? Quickly bring the sticky rice chicken over and eat it with your younger siblings."

Li Nanke shook his head.

"This is sticky rice chicken that my grandmother made for me."

Mrs. He reached out and ruffled her hair, then nodded.

"That's right, this is sticky rice chicken made especially for Ke'er."

Sun looked at He, her smile slightly stiffening.

"They are all the same grandchildren, so Grandma can't favor one over the other, right? How can she make a special sticky rice chicken for Ke'er?"

What's wrong with our Xuan'er and Youyou? Grandma is being way too biased."

"I'm biased?" Madam He pointed at herself and nodded with a sneer.

“You’re right, I am indeed biased. This sticky rice chicken, and every dish on this table, were all bought with money by your sister-in-law.”

Your sister-in-law saw that I was so sick I couldn't get out of bed, so she specially gave me two hundred taels of silver and had Granny Sun prepare different nourishing dishes for me every day.

Madam He's expression darkened slightly. "You're right. Both the eldest and second sons are my sons. The two families should treat each other equally."

Second son's wife, send me two hundred taels of silver tomorrow to help me recover.

Sun's expression immediately changed.

I didn't even get the glutinous rice chicken, and now I've had to pay two hundred taels of silver instead?

She chuckled awkwardly, "So it was my sister-in-law who paid for it. I heard that she got back her mother's dowry, a full 100,000 taels of silver."

My sister-in-law is now very wealthy, while we, the second branch of the family, have hardly any income. Even if we wanted to be filial to our mother-in-law, we simply couldn't afford it.

Madam He: "If you can't afford the money, don't covet other people's food."

Sun's face was pale, and she reached out to smooth her sideburns.

"What you said, Mother-in-law, is truly heartbreaking. They are all your grandchildren; it's unreasonable for the eldest son's family to eat meat while we, the second son's family, can't even get soup."

Besides, we're all family. My sister-in-law is kind-hearted and loves the children dearly; how could she possibly deprive the kids of a bite of sticky rice chicken?

As she spoke, she gently nudged the two children.

"Don't you want to eat sticky rice chicken? Quickly beg your aunt."

Li Zhenxuan and Li Xinyou grabbed Song Yi's sleeves from both sides.

Li Xinyou still pleaded in a coquettish manner, "Auntie, Youyou wants to eat glutinous rice chicken."

Li Zhenxuan was very domineering, "Auntie, I love glutinous rice chicken the most. You should ask Li Nanke to give me the glutinous rice chicken."

Song Yi frowned, looking troubled.

Seeing this, Madam Sun secretly gave Li Zhenxuan a wink.

She has always looked down on her sister-in-law Song Yi. So what if she's good-looking?

What a crybaby!

Doesn't the Marquis's mansion still rely on her, the second young mistress, to manage it?

See? The child cried twice, and Song Yibao obediently handed the glutinous rice chicken to her child.

Li Zhenxuan received his mother's hint, grabbed Song Yi tightly, and started wailing.

"My aunt wouldn't even let me eat glutinous rice chicken. My aunt is so mean and stingy."

I want to eat sticky rice chicken right now, I don't care, I need to eat it immediately.

“If you don’t give it to me, I’ll go tell Grandpa and he’ll teach you a lesson.”

Madam Sun secretly cast an approving glance at her son.

In the past, whenever Xuan'er cried and made a fuss like this, no matter how difficult it was for Song Yi, she would always grant Xuan'er's request.

She waited to see Song Yi coax Xuan'er to eat glutinous rice chicken.

But then Song Yi forcefully pulled her sleeves out of the two children's hands, her voice as gentle as ever.

"Xuan'er, Youyou, if you want to eat sticky rice chicken, you can ask your mother to go to the street to buy some. If you go now, there should still be some for sale."