Chapter 6: I buy it with the money my father gives me, so I eat it
The dishes cooked by the vicious stepmother today smelled so good and looked delicious. Gu Dong swallowed his saliva.
"Put it on the chopping board, wash your hands and serve the food." Yu Hui opened the lid of the pot behind her, and white mist rushed towards her. Inside was white rice, each grain was clearly plump, and slightly browned near the edges.
Gu Dong has never served food since his stepmother came into the house. He doesn’t want to serve it today. Why should he listen to his stepmother?
But he was so hungry and wanted to eat quickly.
Gu Dong put on an unwilling face, washed his hands, wiped them casually on his clothes, picked up a plate of sweet and sour cabbage from the stove, and went to the main room.
The dish was shiny and greasy, and tasted of vinegar. It didn't look like the dishes my stepmother usually cooked. The dishes she usually cooked had very little oil, didn't smell good, and didn't taste good.
Could it be that her grandmother discovered today that she had abused her younger sister and caused such a scene, and she wanted to please them so that her father wouldn't come back and divorce her, so she started to prepare delicious food.
Humph, no matter how delicious the food is that stepmother cooks now, he will complain when dad comes back.
Gu Dong thought so and put the dishes on the table.
Seeing that it was time to eat, Gu Nan and Gu Xi also ran to the kitchen to get the rice and dishes. Gu Xi was too young, so Yu Hui only let him serve his own meal.
The three children brought the food to the main room, while Yu Hui herself took a bowl of rice soup.
Beibei started to feel sleepy after eating, so Yu Hui held her and patted her. The little one fell asleep quickly, and Yu Hui took Beibei into the inner room to sleep.
Although the three children were already very greedy, they still didn't pick up their chopsticks and were waiting for Yu Hui, the adult.
Yu Hui came out and saw this, and felt that they were not too bad. This child was well brought up and knew to wait for the elders to come before starting to eat.
"Let's eat." Yu Hui sat down, picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of slightly curled pork belly with chopped pickles on it, and put it into her mouth.
Seeing her move quickly, the three children picked up their chopsticks. Remembering what their stepmother had said before, although Gu Dong and Gu Nan's eyes were fixed on the meat, they still picked up the sweet and sour cabbage with their first chopsticks.
"Mom, can I have some meat?" Gu Xi asked in a low voice.
His useless look earned him the glares of his two brothers again.
"Do you want grandma to take away our meat and eggs, as well as my sister's milk powder today?" Yu Hui asked.
Gu Xi glanced at his two brothers and whispered the truth, "I didn't think about it. I just wanted to send some meat."
"Then in the future, when mom and dad are not at home, if grandma wants to take things from home without mom and dad's consent, will you stop her?" Yu Hui asked again.
Gu Xi looked at his two brothers and said timidly, "I, I can't stop it."
Gu Dong was so angry that he glared at his spineless third brother. That was their own grandmother, and he still wanted to stop her?
He said he couldn't stop it, but he didn't say he didn't want to stop it.
"You can't stop me, but you can say no. Things at home must be approved by mom and dad before they can be given to others, understand?"
"I understand." Gu Xi nodded.
Yu Hui picked up two slices of meat for Gu Xi. When the little guy saw the meat in the bowl, his eyes lit up and he took a big mouthful of rice with the meat.
"Mmm, the meat is delicious."
Gu Dong and Gu Nan's eyes were red. Although the sweet and sour cabbage was delicious and went well with rice, they wanted to eat meat more, but they didn't want to bow to this vicious stepmother.
After Gu Nan ate a piece of shredded potatoes, he stretched his chopsticks towards the meat. Yu Hui looked at him, and his neck stiffened. "What are you looking at? This is the meat my father gave me money to buy, so I'll eat it."
Gu Nan's words gave Gu Dong a new idea. Yes, the meat was bought with the money given by his father. Why should they not eat meat just because their stepmother told them not to eat meat today?
Not only should they eat, they should eat more.
Gu Dong also picked up the meat with his chopsticks, stuffed it directly into his mouth, and took a big mouthful of rice.
Wow, this meat is so fragrant and delicious.
Yu Hui just shook her head and smiled without saying anything. She had just said that and didn't really intend to not give them the food.
Yu Hui originally planned to eat three bowls of rice, but she only ate two bowls and drank a bowl of rice soup.
Except for Gu Dong who ate three bowls, the other two only ate two large bowls of rice.
The rice cooked in the pot had a very complete layer of round rice crust. Yu Hui was already full at this time and could not eat any more rice crust.
Using the remaining charcoal in the stove, fry it in oil, sprinkle it with fine salt, pepper powder, and chili powder, and make a spicy rice crust that both adults and children love.
Gu Dong and the others smelled the fragrance and knew that their stepmother must be making something delicious, but they could no longer eat.
Qian Lan, who lived next door, looked at the fried pork belly with chopped pickles in the pot and always felt that the taste was not as fragrant as the one next door, so she was puzzled.
They're all fried meat with chopped pickles, what's the difference?
After Yu Hui finished cleaning up the kitchen, she took the rice crust and put it in the cupboard. She walked into the main room and saw the three children sitting on the long chairs with bloated bellies. She said, "Let's go out for a walk to help digest the food. Otherwise, you won't be able to sleep tonight."
Before Gu Dong took his two younger brothers out, he looked at his stepmother worriedly and said, "Don't pinch Beibei while we're away. I'll come back to check. If I find out that you're still pinching Beibei, I'll go to Grandpa Wang and tell him about you."
Grandpa Wang is the highest commander in the military region.
Yu Hui sneered, ignored him, and went straight into the inner room to see Beibei.
Gu Dong, who was ignored, felt that he was looked down upon by his stepmother and stomped his feet in anger.
The three children went next door to find Yu Lixin to go for a walk together. Yu Lixin was still having dinner, so he asked the three brothers to wait for him in the yard.
On his way back, Qian Lan's husband Yu Qiang heard that Yu Hui had abused the children and not given them meat, so he invited his three brothers to come and eat.
"Thank you, Uncle Yu. We have already eaten." Gu Dong thanked him politely.
"Come and eat some meat after you've eaten. Your stepmother never gives you meat." Yu Qiang hated people who abused children the most. He didn't expect that Xiao Yu, who looked honest, would do such a thing.
When Captain Gu comes back from his studies, I must have a good talk with him.
Qian Lan glared at him and slapped him, "Why do you believe these words? Xiao Yu and I are neighbors. We see each other every day. Don't you know what kind of person she is?"
Yu Qiang gritted his teeth in pain and glared at his wife, dissatisfied that she hit him like this in front of other people's children, which damaged his dignity.
He had met Xiao Yu several times, but they had never talked much. How did he know what kind of person Xiao Yu was?
"Dongdongnannan, tell me, did your mother Yu Hui give you meat to eat?" Qian Lan asked, looking at the two of them.
Before Gu Dong and Gu Nan could say anything, Gu Xi said honestly, "Yes, I ate it tonight. The meat my mom cooked was delicious. I ate two big bowls of rice." He held up two fingers and said, "The shredded potatoes and sweet and sour cabbage were delicious too."
Qian Lan gave Yu Qiang a look that said, "Did you hear that?"
"I'm full." Yu Lixin put down his chopsticks and walked down the table, then headed out to the yard with Gu Dong and the other three.
Qian Lan shouted from behind: "Xinxin, take your brothers and don't go too far."
As soon as the children left, Qian Lan told Yu Qiang what Qin Shulan did after Yu Hui was sent to the hospital.
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