"Why are you serving it out now? Don't think I don't know that you want to steal some. You'd better give up the idea as soon as possible. Normally, when you are asked to work, your butt is always on the kang, but now that there is food, you are more enthusiastic than anyone else."
Old Mrs. Tian, who was listening nearby, immediately scolded Chen Guihua. It was obvious that Chen Guihua didn't want to give so much snake meat to the Shen family.
If she were really asked to serve, she would definitely fill the entire earthenware jar with soup, or serve two pieces of meat to Shen Lingling as a token of her appreciation.
Shen Lingling was willing to give the snake meat to Tian Tian. This was a matter of trust between the two sisters. If Chen Guihua really did this, it would create a rift between the two of them.
This daughter-in-law is good in every way. She works diligently and is straightforward in what she says and does. Although she dotes on Tian Baobao a little, she never indulges him on major issues and she teaches him well.
The only thing he likes to do is to take advantage of others when it comes to food, which worries Mrs. Tian. She gets anxious every time she eats.
Needless to say, every time she ate something delicious, Chen Guihua would stuff it into her stomach as hard as she could, as if she hadn't seen food for 80 years. She almost wanted to stuff the plate into her stomach.
Old Mrs. Tian could understand this habit. Everyone had lived through famine and regarded food as more important than life.
No one will say anything to you at home, but if you embarrass yourself outside, Old Mrs. Tian will not allow it.
Tian Tian and Tian Baobao were both in the kitchen. Chen Guihua felt embarrassed after being scolded by Old Lady Tian. She pulled back her outstretched hand and explained, "Mom! Look at what you said. Am I that kind of person? I just wanted to help Tiantian. She looked tired after working all morning."
Tian Tian was suddenly cueed at the side, and she smiled awkwardly at Old Lady Tian. It was embarrassing enough to listen to Old Lady Tian scolding Chen Guihua, and now that Chen Guihua used it as an excuse, she felt even more embarrassed.
"Grandma! I'm going out first. The chestnuts I brought back today are stained with snake blood. I'm going to wash them." Tian Tian made up an excuse and went out with the basket of chestnuts.
Before leaving, he did not forget to drag Tian Baobao, who was watching his mother's show, out.
Seeing that both of them had gone out, Chen Guihua was worried that Old Lady Tian would scold her even more harshly when no one was around, so she smiled and said, "Mom! I'll go back to my room first, and you should go back and have some sleep too."
After saying this, Chen Guihua slipped away without waiting for Old Mrs. Tian to speak.
Old Mrs. Tian watched Chen Guihua leave and snorted coldly. She lifted the lid of the pot and looked at the snake soup in the pot. It was already stewed, and the white snake meat was bubbling up and down in the pot.
She took out all the firewood from the stove, leaving a little charcoal to keep the snake soup warm.
"Tiantian! The soup is ready. Serve it out and bring it to Shen Lingling later."
"Yes!" Tian Tian agreed.
Chen Guihua heard what Old Lady Tian said in the room and hit Tian Lilin with her backhand.
Tian Lilin was about to fall asleep, but was hit by Chen Guihua, and he woke up with a start, "What are you doing? Why are you going crazy instead of sleeping?"
Chen Guihua hit Tian Lilin on the shoulder again, "Don't you think your mother and Tian Tian are stupid? Snake meat is such a good thing, but they are going to share it with others. How can the rest be enough for our family to eat?"
"Didn't Lingling kill the snake? If it weren't for Lingling, we wouldn't be able to eat even half of the snake meat. You should be content." Tian Lilin yawned and said a few perfunctorily to Chen Guihua.
"I just want my son to eat more meat. I'm not doing this for myself." Chen Guihua defended herself.
"Come on, don't I know you? You want to eat more meat, right? If you want our son to eat more, you can save money by eating less meat." Although Tian Lilin is taciturn to outsiders, he talks a lot with his family and he exposes Chen Guihua without any hesitation.
"You are the only one who has the guts to talk! Go to sleep!" Chen Guihua was exposed by Tian Lilin and felt a little embarrassed.
"Just be content. Look at how other people in the village live. They only have two meals a day, and it's hard to say whether they can get enough to eat. Although we drink soup at night, we at least have three meals a day. Every now and then, my mother can give Tian Baobao an egg. Although there is only half of the snake meat, you will definitely get a share. Look at how the wives in other families live, and look at how full you are!" As he spoke, Tian Lilin stretched out his hand and pinched the soft flesh on Chen Guihua's belly.
“Bang!”
Chen Guihua slapped Tian Lilin's hand and said, "What are you doing? I worked so hard to grow this meat. If there is a famine again, I will rely on this meat."
Tian Lilin felt uncomfortable after hearing this. Chen Guihua was scared of hunger during the previous famine, so she was so obsessed with food now. Old Mrs. Tian also knew this, so she turned a blind eye to Chen Guihua's protection of food.
"Okay, go to bed quickly. We still have to go pick corn in the afternoon!" Tian Lilin was not the kind of person who could say words to comfort others. He felt that it was too corny, so he had to pat Chen Guihua's thigh and change the subject.
Chen Guihua looked at Tian Lilin who fell asleep in a second. She felt so angry that she pushed open the window and wanted to call Tian Baobao to come in.
Just as she was about to say this, she remembered that everyone in the family was asleep, so she had to lower her voice and whispered to Tian Baobao, "Are you done with your shower? Come back to bed soon after you're done! Otherwise you'll wake me up when you come in later!"
She looked at Tian Tian from the window, glanced at her, lowered her head and said something to Tian Baobao, and then Tian Baobao ran over.
She grinned at Tian Tian, closed the window and waited for Tian Baobao.
"Mom!" Tian Baobao pushed the door open and came in softly.
"What did your sister say to you just now?" Chen Guihua asked curiously.
"Here you go!" Tian Baobao stretched out his hand in front of Chen Guihua, with three big, round chestnuts in his wet palm. "Sister said the chestnuts have been washed and are ready to eat!"
When Chen Guihua saw Li Zi, all the anger and awkwardness she had just felt at being scolded by Old Lady Tian disappeared.
She took the chestnut happily and said, "Daughters are the best! They are considerate!"
As he said this, he bit open the chestnut shell and began to nibble on the sweet and crispy flesh inside.
After Tian Baobao came into the house, Tian Tian spread all the freshly washed chestnuts on the curtain to dry, and then went back to the house to sleep.
In the afternoon, Tian Tian poured half of the warm snake soup in the pot into a clay pot, added a few more pieces of snake meat for Shen Lingling, covered it with a bowl to prevent the smell from escaping, and went to Shen Lingling's house to find her carrying the clay pot.
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