Chapter 161
Again and again, the sound of heavy hammering echoed throughout the room.
Tian's mother was furious and jumped up from her chair: "Are you crazy? Why did you break my lock?"
"Stop it! Stop it now!" Father Tian was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, roaring.
Brother Tian and Brother Tian II hurried over to pull Tian Hao, while Sister-in-law Tian and Sister-in-law Tian protected their own children, staring at Tian Hao with fear, vigilance and contempt.
When the eldest and second brothers Tian grabbed Tian Hao, Tian Hao had already smashed the lock.
He held a brick in one hand and smiled at Tian's parents, saying, "If I don't break the lock, how can I get the ingredients inside to cook for myself? It's because you didn't leave any food for me, so I have no choice but to break the lock and get the ingredients myself."
Tian Hao broke free from the hands of Brother Tian Da and Brother Tian Er, took four eggs and a piece of pork belly.
"There are so many good things here! You hid them so well, Mom." Tian Hao held the eggs and pork belly in his arms and said to his mother, "Mom, please use a stronger lock next time. This lock won't work. It opens as soon as you hit it."
After saying that, Tian Hao prepared to make himself some fried eggs with leeks and a portion of fried pork belly with green peppers. These were much more luxurious and oily than the dishes that Tian Dasao and Tian Ersao usually made.
Tian's mother was so angry that she almost fainted. She pointed at Tian Hao with a trembling finger and shouted: "Don't touch my eggs and pork belly! These are for..."
Tian Hao interrupted her while cutting vegetables: "Without the household allowance I handed over, where would you get the money to buy these things? These are not yours, these are my eggs and pork belly."
"You're not the only one who paid the household expenses, and where have you paid the household expenses in the past few months? You..." Tian's father also yelled.
Tian Hao still didn't have the patience to wait for him to finish, so he interrupted him: "Dad, are you too old and have a bad memory? I used to pay ten yuan for household expenses just like my eldest and second brothers, and you want to pretend you don't remember? You've taken advantage of me for so long, and now I want to get some of the principal back. What's wrong with that?"
Tian Hao ignored them and quickly made scrambled eggs with leeks and stir-fried pork belly with green peppers.
Before the eldest and second sisters-in-law came into the house, Tian Hao often cooked for the family. Although he stopped cooking after the eldest and second sisters-in-law came into the house, his cooking skills were not rusty. He made these two dishes quickly and the aroma was tempting.
He also made himself a pot of fragrant white rice.
The white rice paired with golden fried eggs and fried pork belly is so delicious that it makes you feel restless.
The whole family watched Tian Hao eat voraciously and kept swallowing their saliva.
You have to know that what they ate at noon were dishes with little oil, only a little meat, and not even eggs, because Tian's mother didn't allow it, saying that eggs and meat should be saved, so how could they eat so luxuriously every day.
Now, everything that Tian's mother left behind went into Tian Hao's stomach.
"Mom, I want to eat." Daxiang said to Mrs. Tian greedily.
Erxiang also said to Tian Ersao, "Mom, I want to eat too."
Hearing what his two nephews said, Tian Hao poured the remaining dishes onto the white rice, refusing to let anyone eat his meal.
Mrs. Tian and Mrs. Tian were very angry and whispered: "He can eat so much, he might as well choke to death!"
Tian Hao heard it with his sharp ears, and he didn't intend to pretend not to hear it.
"Don't worry, sisters-in-law. I won't choke to death. I haven't even collected all my bills. It would be a shame if I choked to death." Tian Hao glanced at his father and mother, whose faces couldn't be any darker, and said, "If you don't leave me a meal in the future, I'll just get the ingredients and cook it myself. Anyway, I'm not like my elder brother and second brother who can't cook. Our house is so small that you can't hide the ingredients even if you want to. I can always find them. Besides, I can cook by myself and use as much oil as I want. It's more comfortable and the food tastes better."
Tian Hao grinned at Tian's father and mother, which once again made them so angry that they almost fainted from a heart attack.
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On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Yao Yi and Lei Xiao returned to the slum.
Lei Xiao was carrying some dried fruits, some egg cakes and a few cans of food.
Yao Yi said to Aunt Xie in a particularly proud manner, "Mom, these things were specially prepared by my mother-in-law and asked Lei Xiao and me to bring them back."
Aunt Xie looked at these things and was very satisfied. She couldn't stop smiling and nodded: "Okay, okay."
"Where is my sister-in-law? I heard she is pregnant. Is she okay?" Yao Yi asked.
Aunt Xie was stunned for a few seconds before she realized that the sister-in-law Yao Yi was referring to was Zhong Lan.
Aunt Xie yelled at the inside: "Zhong Lan—Zhong Lan—Yi Yi and Lei Xiao are back, why don't you come out quickly!"
Yao Yi caught a glimpse of displeasure and annoyance flashing across Lei Xiao's face.
Zhong Lan came out of the house with a slightly bulging belly.
Yao Yi acted like a close sister and enthusiastically said to Zhong Lan, "Sister-in-law, your belly is so obvious. How many months are you pregnant?"
"Just five months."
"It's been five months." Yao Yi sighed, "You're pregnant now, so you need to rest well and don't do any heavy work."
After giving her instructions, she said to Aunt Xie, "Mom, you have to take good care of your sister-in-law and don't let her get tired."
Aunt Xie frowned slightly in dissatisfaction and was about to say something when Yao Yi quickly interrupted her.
"Mom, Lei Xiao and I are a little thirsty. Please pour us a glass of brown sugar water so I can have a chat with my sister-in-law." Yao Yi took Zhong Lan's hand, looking very intimate.
Although Zhong Lan understood what was going on with Yao Yi, she was still a little uncomfortable.
Seeing this, Aunt Xie, who originally wanted Zhong Lan to pour water, had to go herself.
Yao Yize pulled Zhong Lan aside and asked her all sorts of questions, asking if she felt unwell and whether she had a good appetite, acting as if he cared about her very much.
Zhong Lan answered Yao Yi's questions one by one with a smile. However, she noticed that when Yao Yi was chatting with her about her well-being, she would occasionally steal glances at Lei Xiao, who was sitting nearby. Seeing that Lei Xiao looked better, Yao Yi would chat more relaxedly and happily.
What else does Zhong Lan not understand?
Aunt Xie poured a cup of brown sugar water for Lei Xiao and Yao Yi, put away the things Lei Xiao brought, and asked Zhong Lan to go with her to cook.
"Zhong Lan, come with me to the kitchen to cook. Yiyi, Lei Xiao, you two sit here. I know you'll be back today, so I've prepared a lot of dishes for you."
Yao Yi stood up and said, "Mom, I'll go cook with you. Let sister-in-law rest."
"It's so rare for you to come back, how could I ask you to cook? Besides, you didn't have to cook when you were at home before, and now that you're back to your parents' home, it's even more impossible for me to ask you to cook." Aunt Xie said.
Yao Yi was afraid that Aunt Xie would say something that would disgust Lei Xiao, so she quickly pushed Aunt Xie into the kitchen and said, "I'm really good at cooking now. I'll cook with you."
Zhong Lan was relieved that she didn't have to cook for herself. She smiled and nodded at Lei Xiao, then went back to her room, leaving Yao's father to talk with Lei Xiao.
In the kitchen.
Aunt Xie looked displeased and was about to speak when Yao Yi said "Shh" to her, signaling her to speak more quietly.
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