Chapter 14 The Food Rations Were Stealed

Ma Xiulian glanced at her indifferently and said slowly, "My eldest daughter was chosen by the townspeople because she is beautiful. Now she works at the supply and marketing cooperative and is eating commercial grain."

Old Mrs. Song retorted, not to be outdone: "A married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl; no matter how successful she becomes, she belongs to someone else's family."

Ma Xiulian retorted in a loud, energetic voice, "Even after she gets married, she's still my daughter. She's been very filial to me and her father."

Everyone in the production team had personally witnessed Chen Honghong carrying large bags and small packages back to her parents' home, and not just once or twice. It would be a lie to say they weren't envious.

Ma Xiulian is so lucky!

In the first five years after marrying into the Chen family, she gave birth to three big, healthy boys in a row. Her only daughter married into the town, her fourth son was selected to join the army, and her youngest son was learning carpentry in the town.

Old Mrs. Song had no rebuttal and could only give up.

He silently cursed his daughter in his heart for being useless and not bringing good things to the family.

*

Since the full moon, Helian Jiao's little body has grown like the wind, changing every day, and her appetite has also increased.

Gradually, she realized that her mother, Li Chunhua, was not producing enough breast milk.

Especially these past few days, she only drinks until she's about 70-80% full before her milk runs out, so she has to take a nap and then drink again.

Ma Xiulian felt sorry for her, but there was nothing she could do. She could only try to get good things for Li Chunhua to nourish her body, hoping that she would produce more breast milk.

Everyone thought that Helian Jiao ate too much, which caused her to not have enough milk, and even Helian Jiao herself thought so.

Until this day, when she woke up, she saw two-year-old Chen Xiaobao nestled in Li Chunhua's arms, happily drinking milk.

This little human brat dared to steal her food!

Helian Jiao was furious.

"Wow!!!!!!!!!!"

"Boom—"

A sudden clap of thunder rang out, and the once clear sky instantly changed color, with dark clouds looming overhead.

Ma Xiulian, who was working in the field, was stunned for a moment, then dropped her sickle and ran home as fast as she could, leaving everyone else dumbfounded.

After a long while, the foreman finally came to his senses and called out, "Jianguo's mother, where are you going?"

But Ma Xiulian had already run far away and couldn't hear her at all.

The supervisor had no choice but to find a reason not to deduct her work points: "Jianguo's mother must have gone home to relieve herself. Everyone, let's work harder and try to keep our brigade's honor of being number one in the harvest."

In an instant, the production team members were filled with energy, as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

"Sigh, how come the weather changes so suddenly?"

"Exactly, if it rains, it will delay our progress."

*

At the Chen family home, Chen Xiaobao was so frightened by the thunder that he choked on his milk and was crying loudly.

Li Chunhua patted his back gently with a look of heartache, comforting him, "Little Bao, don't be afraid, Mommy's here, don't be afraid~"

Then, without them noticing, they saw Helian Jiao lying on the bed, grinning at them.

Serves you right! Serves you right for stealing my food.

Li Chunhua raised her hand and slapped her across the face. "You brat, what are you laughing at?!"

Helian Jiao was completely stunned by the beating.

She blinked her big eyes in disbelief at first, then burst into tears after feeling the real pain.

Just as Ma Xiulian was about to breathe a sigh of relief as the sky cleared, she heard a series of thunderclaps.

Amidst thunder and lightning, the sky darkened again, and a torrential downpour began.

Her breath caught in her throat, and she ran frantically toward her doorstep.

Inside the room, Li Chunhua continued to comfort Chen Xiaobao while yelling at Helian Jiao with a dark face, "Shut up, stop crying!"

I don't know how this brat can have such a loud voice; it's almost deafening.

(End of this chapter)