Yan Bugui had barely arrived at the courtyard gate when he saw Sha Zhu returning with a piece of meat in his hand.

Yan Bugui was so envious when he saw it.

He secretly swallowed the drool that was gushing from his mouth: "Silly Zhu, you're doing well today, buying meat. What are you planning to cook for lunch?"

"Yes, look at this meat, it's so fatty, it's so beautiful! But, what to cook it into?"

"You won't get any either!" Sha Zhu saw Yan Bugui staring intently at the meat in his hand, so he deliberately waved it in front of Yan Bugui.

"You silly Zhu, you're just making fun of your grandpa," Yan Bugui said, not caring about Zhu's attitude, and instead rubbed his hands together.

"Alright, I need to go back and cook. You can continue your post."

In case someone tries to offer you something, I won't bother you any longer. Let's go. Time to eat braised pork! Sha Zhu shouted twice, then proudly carried the meat away.

Yan Bugui was furious. He was so close to touching that flesh! That damned idiot Zhu, what's wrong with letting him touch it? He's so stingy.

When Jia Zhangshi, who was busy repairing shoe soles inside the house, heard Yan Bugui say that Shazhu had bought meat, she immediately perked up her ears.

Then he called out to Qin Huairu, who was tidying up the house, "Didn't you hear that Shazhu bought meat? Hurry up and go check on him!"

Otherwise, that bastard might not even get the benefit he deserved.

Qin Huairu glanced at Jia Zhangshi with a hint of helplessness. It was she who had told her to keep her distance from Sha Zhu.

It was she who made herself rush to find Sha Zhu.

What should I do to please my mother-in-law?

"What are you looking at? Hurry up and go! Can't you see my grandson hasn't eaten meat for days?"

When Jia Zhangshi saw that Qin Huairu was still standing there, she immediately started cursing.

When Qin Huairu heard Jia Zhangshi mention the stick, she cursed inwardly, "Damn old woman!"

You always bring up sticky rice cakes; I think it's just that you're greedy.

However, Qin Huairu also wanted to eat meat deep down. After thinking for a moment, she picked up the washbasin in the corner of the room and walked towards the door.

Just as Qin Huairu turned on the tap to wash things, Sha Zhu happened to walk in from the front yard.

When Sha Zhu saw Qin Huairu, his eyes lit up.

He tiptoed up behind Qin Huairu and covered her eyes with his hands.

"Guess who I am?" Sha Zhu said to Qin Huairu in a lewd manner.

"Get lost. Who else could it be?" Qin Huairu laughed and scolded, then turned around and gave Sha Zhu a symbolic slap on the arm.

"What are you holding in your hand?" Qin Huairu asked with a smile. Sha Zhu was overjoyed; his Qin-jie was truly the best.

Your smile is so beautiful and sweet.

"I bought some meat. We'll have braised pork for lunch," Sha Zhu said proudly. Then he held out the meat in his hand and waved it in front of Qin Huairu.

"Want some, huh?" Sha Zhu smiled when he saw Qin Huairu secretly swallowing.

Sure enough, no one could remain calm upon hearing the words "braised pork".

Even my own Sister Qin is not an option.

"I don't want to." Qin Huairu glared at Sha Zhu, then turned back to washing the things in the basin, ignoring him completely.

"Hey, you two-faced woman, this is braised pork!"

"I, Sha Zhu, made it myself, and you actually say you don't want to? Humph." Sha Zhu also looked unconvinced.

"Shazhu, I've washed your clothes. Remember to take them in; I need to go home and cook. I won't hang them out to dry," Qin Huairu said, handing the basin to Shazhu.

With red eyes, she prepared to turn and leave. Seeing this, Sha Zhu panicked. What was wrong with his Sister Qin? Something seemed off.

But before Sha Zhu could react, the deaf old lady called out to him, "Sha Zhu, what are you dawdling for! Hurry up and come cook!"

The deaf old woman watched Qin Huairu's retreating figure, secretly resentful, thinking, "Luckily I kept an eye on her."

Otherwise, who knows who would have gotten this meat?

"Oh, you're here." Hearing the old lady call him, Sha Zhu didn't bother arguing with Qin Huairu anymore.

He simply held the basin in one hand and carried the meat in the other.

Jia Zhangshi saw through all of this and directly mocked Qin Huairu, "Hey, it's over now. People don't like you anymore, do they?"

Unexpectedly, the usually docile Qin Huairu acted out of character.

He directly confronted Jia Zhangshi, saying, "Yes, are you satisfied now? You'll be even more satisfied when Sha Zhu stops helping our family."

"Why shouldn't he help our family? How dare he! Sha Zhu is planning to rebel!"

When Jia Zhangshi heard that Sha Zhu might not help her family anymore, she was both shocked and furious.

"Hmph, didn't you see that the old lady has already arranged a wife for Sha Zhu? Who knows what might happen in the future?"

Qin Huairu made a few sarcastic remarks, then turned and went back to the kitchen to cook.

In truth, Qin Huairu was even more furious than Jia Zhangshi.

I was originally planning to sweet-talk Sha Zhu and cry poverty, and then the meat would be under the Jia family's name!

It's all that deaf old hag's fault. If it weren't for her, staring at me so menacingly...

I couldn't just put down the basin and run away.

Madam Jia Zhang was also sitting on the bench, looking angry, muttering something unintelligible.

He picked up the shoe sole that he hadn't finished repairing earlier.

His face was contorted in a ferocious grimace. Gritting his teeth, his right hand, as if about to stab something to death, viciously plunged the needle into the sole of his shoe.

With a cry of "Ah!", Jia Zhangshi saw that her left thumb was bleeding profusely.

"That damned idiot Zhu. If it weren't for him, how would I have gotten my hands on him? Ugh, it's all Zhu's fault!"

"That bastard Zhu!" Seeing that she was injured while Qin Huairu was still busy cooking, Jia Zhangshi...

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