Chapter 155
Aunt Xie felt a little guilty, but she remained calm and said, "Why do you need to eat so many chickens? I'll take one to Yiyi to replenish her body."
Zhong Lan found it funny, she knew Aunt Xie had no good intentions when she plucked her chicken.
"You can give it to Yao Yi if you want, but you have to give me six dollars."
Aunt Xie exploded: "You are robbing me! Why should I give you so much money?"
"This is given to me by my mother's family to nourish my body, not for you to nourish your body. If you want to give it to other people, you have to pay me!" Zhong Lan said firmly.
"My family provides you with food and clothes, but I have to pay you for a chicken? Is there any law?" Aunt Xie yelled with her neck stiffened.
"I've been doing laundry, cooking, and everything in your house. You don't feed or clothe me for free. Every time my family comes to visit me, they bring you something. What about you? What have you ever given them? You don't even want them to eat here, and you've never treated them kindly! Now you want to take the chicken they brought me to nourish me?"
Zhong Lan snatched the chicken from Aunt Xie's hand: "If you don't want to pay, don't touch my chicken!"
Aunt Xie's nostrils flared in anger. "What a rebellion! What a rebellion! Yao Hong—Yao Hong—won't you come out and take control of your wife? She took her family to eat at a state-owned restaurant, and now she's fighting with me over a chicken. Do you still think I'm your mother?"
"It was you who wanted to steal my chicken, but now it becomes me fighting with you over a chicken." Zhong Lan sneered.
Yao Hong bravely walked out of the house. If Aunt Xie hadn't called him, he would have continued to play dead.
Seeing Yao Hong coming out, Aunt Xie quickly pulled Yao Hong over and said, "You better take care of your wife. If you don't, she'll go to hell! She took her whole family to the state-owned restaurant, how much money did it cost? And it was all your money! Her family brought all these things to her and specifically told her that they were for her, not for anyone else. Who are those 'others' her family asked her to be wary of? It's us! We haven't treated her well or something, so her family has to be wary of us!"
Zhong Lan snorted coldly, "Why did I bring my family to the state-owned restaurant for dinner? It's because you don't want them to stay here for dinner, and you don't even want to give them a glass of water. You heard my family specifically tell me that these things are for my health, and you still want to give the old hen they brought to Yao Yi. My family asked me to be wary of you, isn't it because they know who you are? They know that the things they brought may not stay and may not enter my stomach! I am pregnant with your Yao family's child, Yao Hong's own flesh and blood, and you are unwilling to let your Yao family's child eat well!"
Zhong Lan’s last words touched Yao Hong.
Yao Hong had previously thought that this old hen could be given to anyone, but after hearing what Zhong Lan said, Yao Hong was shaken.
Yes! This was specially given to his child by his mother-in-law and father-in-law. He couldn’t let others eat it without his child getting to eat it.
"Mom, if you care about my little sister, just buy it yourself. Don't take Zhong Lan's things! These were specially brought to Zhong Lan by my mother-in-law and father-in-law. Why do you have to take away her family's kindness?"
Aunt Xie's eyes widened in shock and she angrily asked, "Even you're not on my side?"
"Mom, think about it yourself. If you gave the old hen to my younger sister, and her mother-in-law turned around and kept it for her own daughter, would you be happy?"
Aunt Xie was speechless. Of course she knew this, but it didn't stop her from throwing a tantrum and being extremely angry.
"You two have really made it! Good, very good." Aunt Xie said this with a grim face, turned around and went into the house, closing the door with a loud bang.
Yao Hong looked helpless, and a little annoyed.
"Even when mom didn't call you, you didn't come out to speak a few fair words for me." Zhong Lan sneered with a cold face.
Yao Hong sighed and said, "Why did you invite your mother-in-law and the others to eat at a state-owned restaurant? It must be so expensive!"
"I just said that Mom didn't want to keep them for dinner, so I had to take them out to eat. They brought so much food for me and our children, I can't even not let them have a meal, right? Your mom doesn't feel sorry for them, but they are my own family, so shouldn't I feel sorry for them too? Every month, you take your pocket money and eat out at state-owned restaurants once or twice, and I never ask you a question. I just treated my family to a state-owned restaurant once, and you're not happy? Let me tell you, the money I spent on treating them to the state-owned restaurant is far less than what they brought me!"
"I just asked casually. I don't mean to blame you. Come on, go into the house. I'll kill the chicken for you someday and you can make soup yourself." Yao Honghe said in a conciliatory manner.
Zhong Lan snorted and said nothing more.
While Aunt Xie was arguing with Zhong Lan about the old hen, Yao Yi was buying vegetables at the supply and marketing cooperative.
After buying groceries, Yao Yi was about to go home when she saw a dark blue scarf hanging on the counter. The material looked good.
"Comrade, let me see that scarf." Yao Yi said to the salesperson.
"You need a ticket to buy the scarf. It's three dollars. If you don't buy it, you can't see it." The salesperson said without looking up.
Yao Yi thought: So expensive?! If she didn’t look at it, how would she know if the material was good or not, and whether she should buy it?
Seeing Yao Yi standing there motionless, the salesperson grew even more impatient: "If you don't want to buy, go somewhere else. This scarf is a new model from the south, and it's selling very well."
Yao Yi was dissatisfied with the salesperson's attitude. She gritted her teeth and asked, "Is this scarf suitable for men?"
"It fits perfectly. I saved one for my husband, but lesbians can wear it too."
Yao Yi said, "Then I'll take it."
After paying the money and ticket, Yao Yi got the scarf and touched it carefully again and again.
The material was softer than she had imagined, and although it was a bit expensive, it was worth it.
Yao Yi happily put away her scarf and was about to go home with her vegetable basket when she ran into Teacher Yang who had just joined the supply and marketing cooperative.
Teacher Yang obviously recognized her as well. His gaze stayed on her for two more seconds, then he looked away as if nothing had happened.
Yao Yi stared at Teacher Yang's figure intently, and the scene of Lei Xiao and the female teacher talking and laughing that day appeared in her mind again, as well as the way Lei Xiao was obviously unwilling to say more when she asked him about the female teacher.
Yao Yi felt jealous and suspicious again and followed Teacher Yang.
"Comrade." Yao Yi called behind Teacher Yang.
Teacher Yang was picking out some side dishes at the counter when she heard the sound and turned around.
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