Chapter 111 Hiding Some Rabbit Meat

In the next room, Chen Erni was licking her fingers clean, removing all the food scraps.

But eating the tiny corn cakes, no bigger than the palm of my hand, was like eating nothing at all; my stomach was still throbbing with hunger.

With red eyes and a look of utter grievance, she said, "Mom, I'm so hungry."

Although Zhao Mei felt sorry for him, she could only say, "Go to sleep. You can eat when you wake up tomorrow morning."

Erni licked her lips and asked hopefully, "Mom, did we not finish the wild boar meat at home?"

Zhao Mei said helplessly, "I've finished eating, but when Mom cooks tomorrow morning, she'll make sure the sweet potato cakes are packed tightly and give you some extra porridge."

Although the bowls used for porridge are all the same size, there is a layer of brown rice at the bottom of the pot, so the porridge is not too thin when scooped up before stirring. This is what Zhou Zhaodi and Li Chunhua usually do.

Ma Xiulian knew this, but she turned a blind eye for the sake of her grandsons.

But Zhao Mei had never done that before. Firstly, she was an honest person, and secondly, she felt insecure without a son.

This time, she's really going all out for her daughter.

Upon hearing this, Erni's eyes lit up immediately: "Mom, then you should secretly hide some rabbit meat too."

Zhao Mei replied without hesitation, "No way!"

If her mother-in-law found her scooping a bowl of wild vegetable and brown rice porridge from the bottom of the pot, she would at most be scolded a couple of times, but if she dared to steal meat, she would definitely be severely punished.

Erni said with tears in her eyes, "But the whole family ate wild boar meat all day long, and I didn't get a single piece. From last night until now, I've only eaten a few sweet potato cakes that aren't very filling. Mom, I'm so hungry!"

Seeing her crying and saying she was hungry, Zhao Mei felt bad too, but she would never dare to steal meat.

So I coaxed her, "Next time there's meat at home, Mom will give you all of her meat, okay?"

Erni bit her lip, her eyes filled with accusation and resentment: "Second Auntie has stolen meat for Da Bao and Er Bao to eat."

Moreover, she had seen it more than once.

Zhao Mei was taken aback, then said with a bitter expression, "But your second aunt gave birth to two big, healthy boys for the Chen family."

She herself gave birth to three worthless girls in a row, and couldn't hold her head up in front of her two sisters-in-law who had given birth to sons.

If she really can't have a son in the future, after she and her husband die, they will have to rely on their nephew to break pots and send them off at their funeral.

Just then, Chen Erbao's excited shouts rang out from outside: "Dabao, Xiaobao, come out quickly, Grandma is going to share the apples!"

Then came the sound of running footsteps; you didn't even need to look to know how happy and excited the three boys were.

Erni bit her lower lip hard and began to regret not having a younger brother!

If they had a younger brother, the eldest branch of the family would always get a share of the good food!

In the courtyard, Ma Xiulian was cutting an apple. She first cut a quarter of it for her little granddaughter, but when she saw that a piece of apple was bigger than her little hand, she smiled and said, "Sweetie, use both hands to hold it."

Helian Jiao gave a soft "Mmm" in her childish voice, grabbed the apple with both hands, opened her little mouth, and took a big bite. Her chubby cheeks immediately puffed out even more. "So delicious!"

Although dragons are carnivores, they occasionally eat some fruit and snacks. Not to mention, the poor little princess has hardly eaten any real fruit in the past four years, apart from wild berries.

The other children were drooling as they watched, and Chen Erbao urged impatiently, "Grandma, hurry up and cut it!"

Ma Xiulian said unhurriedly, "What's the rush? It's not like a duck that can fly away."

(End of this chapter)