Chapter 11: Chicken Stew with Potatoes



The moon sets and the sun rises, another day has passed, and it is noon.

Lao Fu’s family had just finished their meal.

The whole family sat on small stools in a row, leaning against the wall with listless looks, basking in the sun.

They are all pale and thin, and lifeless. At first glance, they look like a group of paper-made refugees. Anyone who pushes the door in will be frightened and will think he has mistakenly entered a funeral home.

The expressions on the faces of several of the female "refugees" were particularly ugly, as if the limited food they had was snatched away by bandits who suddenly appeared.

Upon closer inspection, the names of these "refugees" were Li, Zhao, and Wang.

Another 'refugee' looked guilty, but could hardly hide his joy. He looked like a refugee who had been forced to become a bandit and succeeded in stealing food as soon as he made a move.

Upon closer inspection, it was clear that the 'bandit' was none other than the one holding her new daughter - Yang.

Because the already large second branch had a new member, Li's sisters-in-law had been looking very unhappy these days.

The way he looked at Xiao Yang from the second room and the child she held all day long was as gnashing of teeth as if he was looking at bandits who were stealing food.

Even though the child was still a suckling baby in the arms, it could not alleviate the grief and anger that Li and the others felt as if their food supply had been robbed.

After all, children will grow teeth! And when they grow teeth, they need to eat food!

Where does the food come from?

Take it out of their mouths!

Even though the second wife is saying nice things now, when it comes to the dinner table, will the old lady really care whether the steamed bread came from the second wife's mouth?

As for asking the second wife to pay more?

Where is the money?

That has to count!

And what about doing more work at home?

In the cold winter, there is not much work to do at home. She can cook every day, and they have to eat!

As time goes by, all these will be meaningless!

It would be fine if it was the child of Lao Fu's family, but he is an abandoned baby who came from nowhere. No matter how we raise him, there is no blood relationship between us.

They are not like Xiao Yang, who doesn't know where to put her maternal love and treats other people's children as her own.

The Li family members became furious when they thought about this.

Little Yang didn't think so much about it. Her heart and eyes were now filled with her daughter.

This morning, I went to find Old Wu, the man pulling the ox cart, and asked him to help take a message to Fu Erbai to tell him the good news that he had a daughter.

Although she also felt the dissatisfaction of her sisters-in-law, Xiao Yang believed that she would not take advantage of them. At most, she would owe her family some money now, but she would definitely be able to pay it back.

Besides, little Yang has been feeling a little uncomfortable recently. It would be fine if these sisters-in-law didn't look at her with a favorable attitude, but why did they look at her Bao'er like this?

A group of adults are not ashamed. Baoer is still a kid who knows nothing. What can he do wrong?

Bao'er is Xiao Yang's new daughter. Xiao Yang gave her the nickname Bao'er, Fu Bao'er.

The name has not been chosen yet, and I wanted to ask my mother-in-law to choose one, but old Mrs. Yang was too lazy to pay attention to her.

Because of this, Younger Yang became dissatisfied with Older Yang. All the girls in the family were named by Older Yang. Why didn't Older Yang even look at her Bao'er when it was her turn? She said that all the girls in the family combined were not as good as her Bao'er!

As soon as these dissatisfied thoughts came up, Xiao Yang herself felt that they were outrageous.

My mother-in-law was so angry about this matter just now. Even if she didn't dislike Baoer, it would be impossible for her to accept it so easily.

Besides, the girls in the family are all well-behaved. If they eat well and are plump, they are also cute. Even if she loves Baoer more, there is no need to compare them.

If you think about it carefully, it is understandable that the sisters-in-law are unhappy. After all, whatever she says now is just empty talk. How can they make it more and more outrageous the more they think about it?

But this thought just passed through her mind, and instead dissatisfaction and resentment slowly grew and sprouted. The more her sisters-in-law and mother-in-law ignored Bao'er and treated her coldly, the more unfair she felt.

To get back to the point, because she felt a little unfair, although Xiao Yang felt guilty, she was unwilling to speak softly.

Life was not going well to begin with, and now the atmosphere at home was clearly not right.

Children like Yuan, who were already well-behaved, had to be even better, for fear of making the adults angry and getting scolded.

Old Yang and Old Futou, who were able to suppress all of this, chose to turn a deaf ear and dumb, and acquiesced in Li and the others' efforts to squeeze out Young Yang.

After all, the second branch does suffer because there are more people in it, so it's better to let off some steam than to hold it in. It's impossible for the old couple to accept whatever the second branch does but not allow the other branches to lose their temper.

Old Mrs. Yang knew all the tempers of her daughters-in-law. None of them were bad. As long as the family lived well, they would be fine after being rude for a few days.

It’s the second daughter-in-law… When old Mrs. Yang saw that young Mrs. Yang had a slightly dissatisfied look on her face, her right eyelid twitched twice.

Old Mrs. Yang pressed it, blinked, and looking at her face again, she still looked more guilty.

Thinking about it again, although she usually said stupid things and was always stingy, but except for this time, she was honest and clear-headed at other times. I just thought I had seen it wrong, suppressed the sudden feeling of confusion, and didn't think too much about it.

Let me explain this on two sides.

The four Bais from the Fu family were rushing home with the money they had earned in the past few days and carrying half a bag of grain.

On the way, I met Old Wu who was pulling a ox cart to the county.

After hearing from Old Wu that the family had a new daughter, Fu Erbai was so happy that he grinned.

But when Fu Dabai and Fu Sanbai looked at each other, their hearts skipped a beat. Their first thought was -

There is a problem!

Could it be that little Yang's stupidity was passed on to my parents?

Otherwise it doesn't make sense. The family is so poor, how could they possibly raise an abandoned baby they picked up who is not related to them?

Only Fu Sibai, after pondering for a long time, still couldn't figure it out, so he asked innocently:

"Second sister-in-law isn't pregnant, so where did the girl come from? Is Uncle Wu too old to recognize the wrong person and pass on the wrong message?

Why don't we go and remind him!"

Old Wu is a qualified messenger. When he delivers a message, he never misses a word, and always delivers it exactly as the other party says, with his pauses being exactly the same as the other party's.

I am not the kind of person who likes gossip, so even if I heard something, I would keep silent and just let the message come across.

But even if Old Wu didn't say it, Fu Dabai and the others immediately thought of the child, except Fu Sibai, whose brain was not enough.

"It must be the girl who was picked up," Fu Erbai was overjoyed.

"Your second sister-in-law is right. This child is destined to be with us. It is a gift from God. She has really become our daughter."

It was a very cold day, but Fu Erbai could feel warm and full of energy.

"So it was that kid!" Fu Sibai suddenly realized, and asked in confusion:

"But didn't my parents disagree with raising me?"

Fu Erbai's joy froze for a moment, but after walking about ten steps, he became happy again and found the most reasonable explanation:

“My parents must have been touched!

My parents must have felt sorry for the child, and thought that he was so well-behaved and cute. My husband and I also wanted a girl, so they softened their hearts and brought the child back!

Your second sister-in-law is right. This child is destined to be our daughter. No one can take her away. No one can snatch her away. She will come back to us after all the twists and turns. This is destined!"

Fu Sibai seems to have gained a lot of knowledge:

“So that’s how it is!”

Fu Dabai and Fu Sanbai looked at the two fools in surprise.

What the hell are you guys talking about?!

Even your mother’s shoe soles, your father’s flying kicks, and even your slap in the face can’t wake you up, right?

What are you dreaming about?

Is there a ton of money at home?

If there is nothing going on here, can parents raise other people's children?

But what my second sister-in-law and second brother's wife said was quite interesting. I can't help but think about it too much. Tsk tsk.

But you are really a big fool imparting knowledge to a second fool, and you are passing it on from one fool to another. One really dares to say it, and the other really dares to believe it!

When your parents gave birth to you, they thought your brains were part of the placenta and threw them away.

They were so stupid that people couldn't bear to look at them directly. They were afraid that they would not be able to help but poke their eyes out to avoid being upset. Fu Dabai and Fu Sanbai really didn't want to pay any attention to them.

I simply slowed down my pace and let these two idiots, who were getting happier and happier, go home first.

Fu Erbai and Fu Sibai had no idea that their two brothers were getting farther and farther away from them, and they were still chatting happily.

Fu Dabai and Fu Sanbai were upset, but they noticed a wild duck nestling in the snow in front of them. No, it was so fat that they couldn't tell whether it was a chicken or a duck!

It's meat anyway! You can also take it home and stew some potatoes.

Looking at the two idiots in front of them who were still laughing at the quacking duck, Fu Dabai and Fu Sanbai really wanted to knock their brains into a pot and stew them, so that the water could be boiled out and only the empty shells would be left so that the stupidity would not come out.

The two brothers ran after them quietly, their hearts pounding as they were afraid that the two idiots might scare the piece of meat, but they dared not warn them loudly.

I can only hurry up, and be gentle, and hope that the two fools' necks will turn a little. Don't look at each other, what's wrong with that face? Look ahead, there's a pheasant or a wild duck in front! Look at each other to satisfy your hunger!

We haven't seen any oil for several months. If this one runs away, where can we find a second one? Going up to the mountains in winter will be a meal for wild beasts!

Fu Dabai and Fu Sanbai moved very quietly and quickly, and finally caught up with the two idiots before they got close to the pheasant and scared the meat away. They successfully passed them and pounced on the pheasant.

The pheasant was unaware of anything and was still lying there intently, not realizing that it looked like chicken nuggets stewed with potatoes.

It seems that the floating big white and floating three white are about to succeed.

At this moment, Fu Dashazi Erbai saw the two brothers, so he turned his gaze and shouted in surprise:

"pheasant!"

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