Old Wu’s house.
Wu Li was still lying in bed. His injuries from being beaten by that woman Xu Qinghuan had healed, but he had only been working for two days. Last night, he was put in a sack and beaten again, and he had to start recuperating at home again.
"What is this food? There is no oil or water at all."
Chen Juan ate steamed buns with an expressionless face and ignored everyone.
"You're dumb if you don't speak, right?"
Chen Juan threw down her chopsticks on the table and said, "Yes, I wish I were blind and dumb, so I don't have to see the dirty things you do, and I don't have to listen to what you say to those women outside."
"You, what are you talking about?" Wu Li acted as decisive as before.
"Haha! It's only been a short time since you climbed onto the roof of Xiao Jiang's wife, and now you're already looking for the pretty widow next door. How horny are you?"
"I am old and ugly, I am a hen that can't lay eggs, and no one else can please you."
"Go to hell. If you don't pay me in the future and want me to serve you, no way."
Wu Li would never have thought that everything he said to Widow Yang was heard by Chen Juan. He said gloomily, "Aren't you afraid that I will divorce you?"
"You better divorce me! Do you think you're still as popular as before? Last time you went to the hospital, I asked the doctor to check you there. You know, I haven't been able to have children. It's not my fault, it's yours. Once this news gets out, will any woman dare to marry you?"
"Widow Yang next door would like to marry, but do you dare to marry her? You cheated on me, and Widow Yang dared to take care of your child. You even have to help others raise children. You are a cuckold from beginning to end."
Chen Juan spoke fluently, but her heart felt like it was being cut by a knife, and each cut was so painful that it was killing her.
"You're crazy, Chen Juan, you're crazy." Wu Li was so scared that he hid behind.
"Look, you are a bully who only bullies the weak and fears the strong." Chen Juan picked up her chopsticks and sat down to continue eating. After eating, she put away the bowl and chopsticks and left without caring whether Wu Li wanted to eat or not.
She finally realized that most of her life had been a joke.
Old Li’s house.
Today, Xiong Cuihua stir-fried the chicken offal, gizzards, and intestines that she earned through her labor with chili peppers and added chili powder. The spicier it was, the more she wanted to eat. Li Ba, the youngest in the family, had a small mouth and was eating hard, but he still wanted to pick up the food with his chopsticks. The four golden flowers of spring, summer, autumn, and winter were sweating profusely while eating.
Old Wang’s house.
My beloved son is not at home for lunch today. Only Old Mrs. Wang and her daughter-in-law Wu Lian, her three granddaughters Lai Di, Pan Di and Zhao Di, and her most beloved grandson Wang Jianye are at home.
"These young people have no respect for the elderly. One day I'm going to go to the neighborhood committee office and file a complaint against them."
Daughter-in-law Wu Lian timidly glanced at Old Lady Wang and was scolded: "What are you looking at? Look at you. If you hadn't given birth to my precious grandson, my Wang family would have divorced you. What a piece of shit! You gave birth to three money-losing things."
The daughter-in-law came from the countryside, and her four children all had rural household registration and were not provided with food. Her son worked hard every day to support these money-losing children, which made Old Lady Wang even more upset.
"Go, go, stop eating and get back to work."
Wu Lian put down her bowl and chopsticks and pulled her three daughters away from the table.
The eldest daughter, Wang Lai Di, was indignant: "Mom, I haven't eaten enough yet. We take on so many odd jobs in the factory every day, why can't we eat enough?"
Wu Lian slapped her eldest daughter's hand. "You're talking so loudly, aren't you afraid your father and grandmother will kick you out? We'll just have to endure it a little longer until Mom finds you a good family and you can get married."
"I listen to my mother." Wang Lai Di never went to school since she was a child. Her mother taught her everything, so it was right for her to be obedient.
…
In the compound, every family lives a different life.
Sweet, sour, bitter, spicy and salty, that’s all life.
Looking at the empty rice jar at home, carrying the empty flour bag, and only half of the cornmeal left, Song Ji Yu expressed his feelings about life.
Do you want to take food out from the system warehouse?
This question deserves her deep consideration.
She didn't have any food supply, but Jiang Baizhou did. However, the food at home was good and they ate well. It would be strange if they never ran out of food, right?
"Don't let it go for now. Let's wait for Jiang Baizhou to come back."
I made a porridge with the remaining cornmeal, paired it with other dishes, and ate it at noon.
After hearing the news from his daughter-in-law, Jiang Baizhou's eyes were filled with kindness, which looked strange.
Song Jiayu asked, "What are you doing?"
Jiang Baizhou touched his wife's head and said, "I see you have grown up."
This made Song Jiayu tremble uncomfortably.
In fact, what Jiang Baizhou was thinking was that he finally had a place to show his talents. He ate the food made by his wife every day. As a grown man, it was okay for him to be a gigolo occasionally, but it was not good to do so all the time. It would make his wife feel useless, and he wanted to find a place to kill himself with a piece of tofu.
"Don't worry, I'll ask my old friends to keep an eye on the black market. Results will be out in a day or two."
Things developed just as Jiang Baizhou said. On the second night, he and Gu Siyi sneaked out of the compound.
"I thought your family didn't need to buy food."
Lao Gu and his wife work in a hospital and a factory respectively. They not only have salaries but also food supplies. The only baby in the family eats milk powder, so they shouldn't be short of food.
Gu Siyi had a headache: "My sister knows how to eat. She comes to help take care of my son. I can't let her not eat enough. It will make me feel at ease if I have some food at home."
The two men came to the county's black market with ease and nostalgic looks on their faces. You know, their group of brothers used to be big bosses in the black market.
The person selling grain was indeed in this corner.
Jiang Baizhou was puzzled. Why did they choose a place with few people? What was their intention if they couldn't make much money selling grain? And they only appeared in these two days. If the person he saw had a different body shape from his wife, he would have suspected that his wife had come to the black market to sell the grain without his knowledge.
After looking at the grain, whether it is flour or rice, they are all good stuff.
The transaction was very successful. Jiang Baizhou bought 50 kilograms of rice and 100 kilograms of flour at a price higher than that of the grocery store, while Gu Siyi bought 50 kilograms of rice and flour each.
The two men came back carrying the grain, and naturally they didn't know that the grain seller had finished his work immediately after they left.
He nimbly left the black market alley and cleaned up all traces.
The rice jar was refilled, and a large bag of flour was placed in the cupboard, giving people a full sense of security. Song Jiayu felt a little regretful that the food in the warehouse was not used. She asked, "Did you and Lao Gu really buy it?"
Jiang Baizhou said with great concern: "Yes, when we went there, he happened to be there. If he didn't look like you, I would have thought it was you."
Someone who really wanted to take out food out of thin air hurriedly shook his head.
"Not me, I've been home all day."
Next door, Xu Qinghuan also came back with two bags of food. When he passed by the Song family, he saw the smile on Song Jiayu's face through the main hall and muttered, "It's not in vain for me—"
Mrs. Xu just happened to say, "What are you doing standing outside like an idiot?"
She looked up and replied, "Coming."
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