Chapter 90 Erni's Punishment

Ma Xiulian completely ignored her, her sharp gaze fixed on Erni: "You only see that I favor Guaibao, but you can't see how much good fortune you've benefited from Guaibao! Without Guaibao, I wouldn't dare buy fruit candies, and you could coax them from her pockets? Didn't you eat any of the wild meat Guaibao brought back? Even this braised fish on the table tonight was only brought over because someone likes Guaibao!"

Ma Xiulian has always been clear-headed. Even the battalion commander didn't treat the Gu family any differently, so why should the Chen family be able to?

It's all because her adorable baby is so lovable!

Erni bit her lip and remained silent, but her stubborn eyes clearly showed the words "unconvinced".

Seeing that she showed no remorse, Ma Xiulian was too lazy to waste her breath lecturing her anymore. She said with a stern face, "You are not allowed to eat tomorrow. Go back to your room now and reflect on your actions."

If she doesn't punish Erni severely this time, others will follow suit and secretly bully her precious baby!

Chen Erni burst into tears, genuinely scared and regretful.

After all, these days, even missing a meal can cause a burning stomachache, let alone working all day on an empty stomach.

Looking at her stern-faced mother-in-law, Zhao Mei stammered, "Mom, this...this..."

She always respected her mother-in-law, and her heart was pounding with anxiety as she tried to plead for her daughter.

Ma Xiulian glanced at her expressionlessly: "Whoever pleads for her will starve along with her!"

Zhao Mei immediately shut up, and Erni ran back to the inner room crying.

Zhao Mei felt heartbroken listening to this; even the braised fish didn't taste as good anymore.

Apart from her and Da Ni, the rest of the Chen family ate with great relish.

Li Chunhua, who couldn't eat wild boar meat, ate it with gusto.

I don't know what kind of fish this is, but it doesn't have any small bones. Every bite is all meat, and you don't have to worry about getting a fish bone stuck in your throat.

It has almost no fishy smell, and it's so oily that it's so delicious you'd want to swallow your tongue along with it.

But there's only so much meat on a fish, and the Chen family of ten or so ate it all up in the blink of an eye, leaving only the tail and scraps of meat on the skeleton.

So she slapped Sanni's hand as she reached for the fish with her chopsticks, then turned to Ma Xiulian with a fawning look and said, "Mom, you see I can't eat wild boar meat because I'm pregnant, so you can have the rest of the fish."

Seeing that there wasn't much fish left, Ma Xiulian nodded.

Li Chunhua immediately and happily brought the plate of fish to herself and began to eat the fish meat, dipping it in the oil little by little.

Chen Xiaobao followed suit, eating with his mouth full of oil.

Although the others didn't get to eat their fill, they were satisfied with having wild boar meat to eat.

After finishing her meal and just as she was about to clear the dishes, Ma Xiulian heard her granddaughter's loud and clear voice, "Grandma, I'm back!"

"Why!"

She immediately shouted in response and turned to walk outside.

As soon as I stepped outside, I saw my granddaughter holding the hands of Director Gu's wife with her left hand and Director Gu's son with her right, skipping and laughing happily.

Then, as soon as he saw her, he immediately broke free from the hands of the Gu family mother and son, and ran towards her with his short legs.

"Milk!"

Ma Xiulian quickly squatted down and hugged her little cannonball-sized granddaughter, exclaiming, "My darling grandma!"

Jiang Manyun stopped and stood at the gate of the courtyard, saying, "Auntie, we've brought your baby back. Now we're going back."

Ma Xiulian warmly urged her to stay, saying, "Sit down and have some water before you leave."

Jiang Manyun smiled gently and said, "No, Old Gu is home alone."

Although her husband is a tough and resolute man outside, he is quite petty with his family. Leaving him alone at home will make him angry.

(End of this chapter)