Chapter 3 Huang's Children

On the other side, inside Huang's son's house.

"Son, have you come up with any good ideas?"

The young man in front of Huang was none other than her beloved son Xie Minglang, the one whom she cherished with her eyes.

He was wearing a white satin robe, which made his sturdy body look even more solid. The fan in his hand was swaying, which seemed a little inappropriate in the early autumn weather, but he didn't notice it at all.

He picked up the folding fan and tapped it lightly on the table, then opened it and folded it again.

"Mom, it's really inappropriate for you to drive Dad's ex-wife's children away right after he left."

At the age of twelve, he was not very well educated, but his tone of voice resembled Xie Zhi's.

Huang was anxious when she heard this, "If I don't drive him away, how can you hire a famous doctor? How much does one of his medicine bottles cost? If your father leaves, all the money and food distributed by the government will be gone!"

Do you want me to use my dowry to buy food for this little bastard? Besides, the fertile land at home was left to you by your father. Are you willing to give the remaining 20 acres to that little bastard?

Xie Jiaorui, who was standing by, heard about the fertile land and the money, and immediately quit and shouted:

"Mom, please kick him out! Why should he spend our family's money? The money is mine. I need to buy clothes and meat!"

Xie Minglang glanced at Xie Jiaorui, and the disgust in his eyes could hardly be concealed.

You are fat and ugly, yet you still have the nerve to buy clothes and eat meat!

He glanced at her and waved the fan in his hand, "Mom, I'm afraid he won't be that easy to drive away."

Huang was anxious: "What do you mean?"

"How could he bear to leave his sisters?"

Huang thought about it and agreed. He had endured those bitches bullying him so many times before.

Now I’m afraid...

"Then drive them away together. We can't let this sickly person bring you down in the imperial examination."

Xie Minglang said in a fake tone:

"Mom, it's not impossible to drive them away, but it's just housework..."

He looked at Huang with an embarrassed look on his face: "Mom, why don't I do the housework? I..."

Before Xie Minglang could finish his words, Huang interrupted him: "Son, you are the future number one scholar. Of course, rough work is for the unsophisticated. Your hands are for writing, not for these kinds of work!"

Huang rolled her eyes. If she drove these people away, who would do the work?

She couldn't bear to buy someone. Now she had three smooth-playing children at home, and the most important thing was that they were the children of a vixen. Wouldn't it be more comfortable to use them? She smiled and said:

"Then I'll be kind and give the stutterer food so they can live."

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Xie Minglang smiled and said, "Mother is the most kindhearted person. Everyone in this area knows her!"

Huang was so happy that she secretly took out the meat buns she had hidden away and said, "Here, mother bought these in town today. Let's eat them secretly in the house so no one can see us."

Xie Jiaorui rolled her eyes and said angrily, "Why can't we watch it? We're spending our own money, and they still have the right to control us!"

Huang looked at her like she was stupid, "You're stupid. Your father just left and we're eating meat at home. If you tell anyone about this, you'll be scolded to death.

You said you and your brother are twins, how come you are so different? If you don't have a brain, learn from your brother!"

I get angry when I talk about Xie Jiaorui. They came out together, but her mother just favors Xie Minglang.

She was very dissatisfied and said:

"Humph! You only know a few words, and you're just pretending in front of me!"

"Alright, your brother is better than you who only knows how to eat all day. You can't do needlework or cooking at all. Let's see what you're going to do in the future!"

"You don't know how to do it, I think you are just partial. Having a son is a big deal!"

Xie Jiaorui was so angry that she bit the bun, as if the bun was her enemy.

When Huang heard this, her eyes darkened and she thought of her mother's home in town.

I couldn’t help but say, “Having a son is amazing!

For two days, Huang didn't mention kicking the girl out, and the three sisters felt a little relieved.

As soon as the roosters crowed outside, the three of them got up to work.

Xie Qiushi skillfully washed vegetables, cleaned rice, made fire and cooked.

In the kitchen, Xie Xiachan looked at her eldest sister Xie Qiushi and asked quietly, "Brother just woke up, it's not enough to just drink water. How about secretly making some food for him?"

These days they kept the fact that their eldest brother had woken up a secret from Huang, and secretly saved their own food rations for their eldest brother.

Xie Qiushi didn't reply. He walked to the door, looked outside, went to a hole in the corner, took out a small bowl of flour, and said softly, "I used all the flour I hid before. I'll make some porridge for big brother. Don't let it get away."

"I understand, sister." Xie Chunmiao glanced at the bowl of dusty flour, broke her hands and whispered: "If only mother were still here!"

Xie Qiushi's eyes darkened when she thought of her mother holding her hand and asking her to take good care of her elder brother and younger sister when she was dying.

But who would have thought that later on, the biological father didn't care about things and the stepmother was a fierce one.

With two younger sisters and a frail older brother at home, she dared not think about the future and could only focus on the present.

"Okay, you guys hurry up and get busy, don't let yourself be caught!"

"Don't worry, big sister!"

The second child, Xie Xiachan, hurried to clean the yard and the house.

The third child, Xie Chunmiao, went to clean the chicken coop and water the vegetables.

The three of them finished their work and wiped their faces, and Huang and the others just got up.

She yawned as she walked into the main room. Looking at the food on the table, she angrily said, "You little bitches, are you doing this on purpose? The food is cold, and you haven't heated it up yet! Cook later next time to save yourself from wasting firewood!"

"Mom, what's wrong? The noise so early in the morning makes my ears hurt!" Xie Jiaorui said while rubbing her eyes.

"It's all because of those damn girls. They can't do their job properly and are wasting firewood to get back at me!"

Xie Minglang was still wearing the same white satin robe from yesterday, smoothing his sleeves as he spoke:

"Why are you so angry, Mom? You can just go get more firewood when it's all used up. The weather isn't too cold now, so it's time for Big Brother to go out for a walk!"

"That's right, it's time for the sickly guy to move around. If he can't even collect firewood, what else can he do?"

Xie Jiaorui smiled triumphantly and turned to look at Xie Qiushi and the other two: "Don't you agree?"

Xie Xiachan's eyes turned red with anger, and Xie Chunmiao clenched her fists in anger. Xie Qiushi's eyes darkened, and he gently patted their hands, signaling them not to be impulsive.

Xie Jiaorui looked at the three of them who seemed to be unable to vent their anger, and the frequency of picking up meat increased a lot, which made Huang feel distressed.

He quickly picked up the chopsticks and picked up a few pieces of meat for Xie Minglang.

Xie Jiaorui watched as all the meat went into Xie Minglang's bowl and complained, "Mom, why are you so partial? You won't even let me eat a few pieces of meat!"

"It's not good for a girl like you to eat so much. If you get too fat, your in-laws will dislike you!"

"Mom, you...Xie Minglang has become as fat as a pig, why didn't you say anything!"

Xie Jiaorui gets most angry when people say she is fat, and her mother keeps provoking her.

Huang slammed the table and said, "How can you talk like that, little girl!"

Mrs. Huang was most angry when others said her baby son was fat. Being fat is so good, it means he is so blessed. How could he look like a sickly dead guy?

Xie Jiaorui looked at the three skinny sisters in the corner and became even more furious. She pointed at them and cursed:

"What's the point of being yellow, skinny, and withered like them? They look so poor. Only people like me are blessed. Mom, weren't you also very strong when you married Dad?"

"You silly girl, you keep saying things back to me. It's just like picking up a few pieces of meat for your brother!"

"Sister, our family can't afford to support two idle people, so I can only ask you to eat less." Xie Minglang said without even raising his eyes.

"What do you mean? Are you going to give my rations to that sickly bastard? I don't care who tries to steal my food. Mother, kick them out right now!"

Xie Jiaorui looked at Xie Minglang who was eating leisurely and Huang who was still enthusiastically picking up meat and vegetables for her son. She snorted angrily, threw down her chopsticks and ran out.

Xie Minglang raised his eyes to glance at Xie Jiaorui and whispered, "Idiot!"