Chapter 38 The Prodigal Son

"Is it true?" Zhang Defu expressed his doubt.

Bai Xiaowei nodded quickly to confirm: "It's true! I saw them bring back the food with my own eyes!"

"It seems that there are some precious things in that forest. Why don't we go and take a look?" Bai Xiaowei suggested.

Although he was reluctant to take the risk at first, after thinking about the fact that his family had to rely on wild vegetables to fill their stomachs recently, Zhang Defu decided to try to find something more delicious to improve their lives.

So he gave his child some instructions: "We are going into the mountains to find food. You stay here to guard the family's property."

After hearing these words, the child nodded solemnly and agreed: "Dad and Mom, you go, I will watch over you carefully!"

After seeing this, Huang Daying also became excited and quickly asked his son to follow.

She hurriedly pushed her son out of the door and shouted, "Brother and sister-in-law, wait for us, take our three treasures with you to find something to eat!"

The eldest wife originally didn't want to take Zhang Sanbao with her, but with so many people staring at her, Zhang Defu was too embarrassed to get angry on the spot, so he could only take Zhang Sanbao into the mountains.

"Mom, uncle and his family have gone into the mountains."

Zhang Tianfu bit into a piece of chicken and said, "I wonder what good food they can get when they go in?"

Zhao Chunhua said unhappily: "Why are you worrying so much? Just eat your food."

She saw it too, but she felt that the first and third wives might not be able to catch anything, and it would be good enough if they could find some wild vegetables.

But looking back

Look, Xie Lanqin is staring at a bowl of snake soup in a daze.

Zhao Chunhua frowned and tapped the edge of the bowl with her chopsticks to urge: "What are you thinking about? Why don't you eat quickly?"

But I vaguely felt that something was wrong with Xie Lanqin these past two days. Was she worried about something?

Could it be - pregnancy depression?

As soon as this thought came to her mind, Zhao Chunhua felt that she might be worrying too much.

Xie Lanqin looked at the snake meat with an embarrassed look on her face: "Mom, I really don't dare to eat this snake meat, let's not eat it, just drink the porridge."

In fact, she was not afraid of snake meat, but what Bai Xiaowei said made her lose her appetite.

"How can this be possible?"

Zhao Chunhua said seriously, "You are pregnant now. How can you get nutrition if you don't eat meat? If you don't dare to eat it, forget it. Just eat this chicken leg."

As she spoke, Zhao Chunhua picked out the snake meat from Xie Lanqin's bowl and scooped a few pieces of chicken from the pot and put them into her bowl.

Xie Lanqin looked at her mother's actions, feeling complicated and sad.

"Mom, thank you." She lowered her head and said softly.

Zhao Chunhua replied: "If you really want to thank me, just give birth to the child properly and don't think about any more messy things."

Xie Lanqin nodded silently, but felt a little uneasy in her heart.

Zhang Baozhu thought Xie Lanqin was being too pretentious, so she deliberately said, "Sister-in-law, you are too ungrateful. This snake meat tastes delicious! Mother said it is a nutritious food, and it is very expensive in the city!"

When Xie Lanqin heard the word "city", she accidentally choked and started coughing violently.

Zhang Tianbao quickly patted Xie Lanqin on the back, "How can you be so distracted while eating?"

Zhang Baozhu rolled her eyes and complained, "You're just pretending!"

Before he could finish his words, Zhao Chunhua slapped him in the face.

"You are the most troublesome one. Go to the side and cool down after eating." Zhao Chunhua said sternly.

After being hit, Zhang Baozhu suddenly became quiet. After glaring at Xie Lanqin angrily, he went to play with Zhang Dajun and Zhang Daniu.

But this lively family dinner did not escape the eyes of other villagers.

Although no one said anything, they were all very envious in their hearts, but they did not have the courage to take the risk and go up the mountain.

Just then they saw Zhang Defu and his group heading into the mountains, so the villagers decided to observe for a while.

If even Zhang Defu could return safely, they would go to the mountains to find something to eat.

But Zhang Defu and his companions had been gone for a long time and had not returned. It was almost dark, and there was still no sign of anyone.

Zhang Erxi was so hungry that he walked around his luggage, complaining about why his parents hadn't come back to cook for him.

Here, Xie Lanqin was busy putting the remaining live chicken into a cloth bag. She poked a hole in the bag to let its head stick out to breathe, so as to avoid suffocation.

Zhang Erxi's saliva was drooling as he looked at the lively chicken.

Last time I ate a skinny rat, how can it compare to this tender chicken?

The more he watched, the more itchy he felt, and finally he couldn't bear it anymore.

Just then, Zhao Chunhua ran away to go to the toilet, and Zhang Erxi felt that the opportunity had come.

He rushed to Xie Lanqin quickly, pushed her away, and almost knocked her down.

Fortunately, Zhang Tianbao supported Xie Lanqin in time and no trouble occurred.

Zhang Erxi grabbed the chicken and ran away, not giving anyone a chance to react.

Fortunately, Zhang Dajun was quick and as soon as he saw his chicken being stolen, he immediately chased after Zhang Erxi, followed closely by Zhang Tianfu.

After all, the two had just finished their meal, so they easily knocked Zhang Erxi to the ground. But Zhang Erxi held the chicken tightly and refused to let go.

He also shouted: "If you press me again, I will strangle this chicken to death!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Tianfu and Zhang Dajun felt scared.

My mother just said that we should take good care of this chicken and eat it after it is fattened.

Besides, my mother had gone through great pains to catch this chicken, and I couldn’t let it be destroyed by Zhang Erxi like this!

Zhang Tianfu said quickly, "Zhang Erxi, please be nice. This is my chicken. If you really kill it, do you know how my mother will punish you?"

Unexpectedly, Zhang Erxi didn't buy it at all: "So what? Does your mother really dare to beat me to death?"

"You..." Zhang Tianfu was helpless for a moment.

Zhang Dajun didn't want to waste any more time arguing, so he just pulled hard and actually lifted Zhang Erxi up.

"Why don't you give it back? Otherwise I'll leave you behind!"

At this time, Zhang Erxi was frightened and shouted quickly: "Give it back! I'm still here!" Only then did Zhang Dajun let him go.

But as soon as he stood firm, Zhang Erxi ran away again with the chicken in his arms, which made Zhang Dajun furious, and he turned around to chase him.

When Zhang Erxi was secretly rejoicing, he suddenly felt a hand reaching out from behind the tree next to him and knocked him to the ground with a "bang".

He was about to start cursing when he saw Zhao Chunhua walking out from behind the tree, staring at him with a fierce look on her face.

Zhang Erxi's face was swollen and painful from being beaten, and he wanted to escape, but Zhao Chunhua grabbed the back of his collar and lifted him up easily.

"Boy, it seems that you are really not afraid of death. You actually dare to steal my chickens. Aren't you too brave?"

Zhang Erxi kicked in the air with his feet, but was unable to break free from Zhao Chunhua's powerful fingers.

Zhang Dajun and Zhang Tianfu ran over and pointed at Zhang Erxi and shouted, "Mom, this guy stole our chickens and lied to me that he would return them to us if I let him go. But as soon as I let him go, he ran away!"