Chapter 44 Rumors and dunghills fermented together!
The naughty boy was startled, but it was too late to stop him.
He stamped his feet in anger and yelled at the top of his voice, "This is what step-uncle Zu asked me to bring to dumb grandpa!"
Lotus dodged her son's attempts to snatch the food away and quickly finished her meal. She even wiped the bottom of the bowl with her fingers and licked it clean.
The naughty boy was so anxious that he was about to cry, but Lotus burped and kicked her son hard.
"You little bastard, are you stupid? I'm your mother, so it's better for me to eat it than for someone else to eat it! Besides, a mute can't speak! If you don't tell anyone, who will know whether he ate it or not?"
The naughty boy was kicked to his knees on the ground and burst into tears in grievance.
Mr. Tai San drank a little too much and fell asleep on the kang.
It was Tai Jicai who heard the noise and came out to check.
Seeing his son sitting on the cold ground and his daughter-in-law holding a bowl with a wry smile, he guessed something.
Sure enough, the naughty boy told the story while crying. Tai Jicai glared at his guilty daughter-in-law, and then tried to coax his son.
"Well... son, your mother is wrong. She's too greedy and shouldn't have snatched the food that was given to the mute. But he's already eaten it, and there's no leftovers in our kitchen to share with him. This is the only way to deal with it.
"Go to step-granduncle Jizu and deliver the bowl. Don't say anything and save some face for your mother, okay?
Daddy promises you that he will speak well of your mother and make sure she never embarrasses herself again!"
When the naughty boy heard what his father said, he had no choice but to get up and run away with the empty bowl.
No matter how young one is, one has to save face. If this matter gets out, Tai Yonglu and Tai Yongyue will probably laugh at him in the future.
So, he had to lie even if he didn't want to.
When Tai Jicai saw his son running away, he raised his hand and slapped Hehua on the back, making her stagger.
Tai Jicai cursed, "You are the reincarnation of a starving ghost. You just finished your meal and you are trying to steal your son's things! Why did I marry such a disgraceful thing like you! Get out of here right now! If you dare to do this again, I will break your legs!"
Lotus pouted and walked into the yard with her butt twisted.
It was a rare opportunity for her to have a full meal, but she didn't appreciate it at all and secretly cursed her sixth uncle's family in her heart.
Such delicious food would rather be given to a useless mute than to her niece-in-law!
Tai Jicai couldn't hear what she was really saying, otherwise he wouldn't mind slapping her again!
Unfortunately, some stupid people have water in their brains, and they can't be cured by a few slaps...
The naughty boy ran all the way to the gate of Tai's courtyard. Tai Jizu happened to be twirling branches and firewood against the wall. He put the bowl aside, turned around and ran away.
Tai Jizu still had a few more questions to ask, so that was all.
When Grandpa Tai came out to relieve himself, he saw his son holding firewood under one arm and a bowl in the other. He asked, "What have you been doing?"
Tai Jizu said, "There's a bowl of food left in the kitchen, so I sent it to Uncle Dumb."
Old Master Tai frowned and asked, "Did the mute eat?"
Tai Jizu looked at the empty bowl and replied, "I've eaten it."
Mr. Tai waved his hand and didn't ask any more questions...
Although Mr. Tai Sanye warned everyone in the village to keep their mouths shut, there is no such thing as a completely airtight wall in the world.
A man's father-in-law was celebrating his birthday. Since he was well-off, he bought a piece of meat and took his wife and children for a walk.
As a result, at the dinner table, with his face flushed and his heart beating fast, the man accidentally told the story of the thief who robbed the Tai family.
Fortunately, the man's wife was smart enough to pinch her husband several times, which made him retain some rationality. He did not say how much money the Tai family earned in the city, but only said that the thieves were seriously injured and blood was flowing like a river.
But this was enough to spread throughout the surrounding villages for quite some time, and everyone was shocked for a long time.
Especially now that it is already February and heading towards the end of March, the weather is getting warmer and the remaining snow is slowly melting.
Every household transported the fertilizer they had saved over the winter to the fields to prepare for composting.
After being depressed for half a year, the villagers finally met each other and became more enthusiastic and talkative.
Generally, after asking about the elderly and children at home, the next sentence will be about the Tai family's affairs.
"Hey, brother, have you heard? The Tai family was robbed!" A man tucked his neck into his tattered cotton jacket, his hands on his sleeves, his eyes burning with gossip.
The partner on the other side was also not to be outdone, and quickly responded, "I heard that too. It seems that the Tai family made a few hundred taels of silver outside, and a famous gangster found out. He broke into the house in the middle of the night and almost killed everyone in the Tai family!"
"No, no, you heard it wrong! I heard it from the people in Taijia Village myself. I don't know exactly how much wealth they made, but they did make a fortune. The thieves who came to the door also used smoke to knock out the Tai family members before attacking them.
"But who is the old man from the Tai family? He's killed a Rakshasa before, and he's been on the edge of a knife, so he's very ruthless. It's said that he had noticed the thief stepping on the plate nearby, so he deliberately made a trap to lure the thief into the house, and then locked the door and beat the dog.
"Even though the thief escaped in the end, he must have been dead, because his intestines were all over the floor!"
"Ah! This is too scary! Cruel, too cruel! Without intestines, a person must not be able to survive! This bandit must be a powerful figure outside, but he actually fell into the hands of Master Tai!"
"Yeah, yeah, if you ask me, the people over there are like little chickens, nowhere near as tough as us northerners! This bandit is blind, how dare he come here and act wildly!"
"Haha, that's right, I just came here and died right here!"
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