Chapter 9 Zhou Cuihua is causing trouble
A whole wild goat has quite a bit of meat.
Zhao Zhilan asked her three daughters-in-law to divide the mutton into two portions, one for stewing and the other for chopping into meat stuffing to make buns and dumplings. Part of the stewed meat was also given as a bowl to a family of fellow villagers who came up the mountain to help find the child.
The Yun family had a delicious meal, and the families who got the meat also enjoyed it very much.
Liu Lizheng had always been fair and impartial in all matters of the village, and he had also taken good care of Baoya when she was at the Chen family. Zhao Zhilan asked Yun Sanlang to send two bowls to his family.
The families that have meat to eat are all pretty, but the Chen family is not so pretty.
Chen Changshui's house was just one row behind the Yun family's, not far away. Zhou Cuihua was busy preparing dinner when she could smell the delicious aroma of stewed lamb wafting from the Yun family's house.
She was chopping cabbage stalks in the yard, swallowing her saliva, feeling both aggrieved and angry.
She couldn't understand why the Yun family picked up a wild goat for free just after Baoya went there?
When she came back, she pulled Chen Xiaojuan aside to ask her about it. Chen Xiaojuan said that the goat had died by hitting itself on the big rock under Baoya's feet, cleanly and neatly.
But Baoya has been at her house for more than two years, and she hasn't gained anything? Why haven't there been any sheep crashing into their house?
She couldn't figure it out, and neither could Chen Xiaojuan.
Chen Xiaojuan was squatting in the yard washing clothes, grunting and rubbing them with great effort. She rubbed the clothes in the basin as if they were her treasures.
In the past, these chores were done by Baoya, but now that Baoya is gone, they all become hers.
While washing, Chen Xiaojuan thought, isn’t it just a wild goat?
She will also go and hide in the mountains tomorrow. She doesn't believe that Baoya, that glutton, can wait for him but she can't.
Zhou Cuihua, who was cooking nearby, grew increasingly angry. Seeing Chen Xiaojuan venting her anger on the clothes in the basin, she kicked her: "Be gentle with the rub! Do you have a grudge against those clothes?!"
Chen Xiaojuan almost fell into the basin. She didn't dare to say a word even after being kicked. Her mother was a tigress!
The more Zhou Cuihua saw that her kick failed to produce a fart, the angrier she became. She muttered to herself that this couldn't go on. If Baoya was really that powerful, she couldn't let the Yun family get the advantage for nothing while she herself got nothing.
She will go to the Yun family tomorrow. The Yun family has such a big sheep, so she must ask them to give her half of the mutton!
After all, she raised Baoya for more than two years!
That night, Chen Changshui and his family of three had a meal of cabbage soup and coarse flour buns with pickles.
Early the next morning, Zhou Cuihua ran to the back door of the Yun family.
Li Rongyue was cooking this morning. She held a basin of rice water and poured it over her head, which happened to splash on Zhou Cuihua's feet, soaking her shoes.
Zhou Cuihua was just worrying about how to start the conversation, and now she found an excuse.
She grabbed Li Rongyue's sleeve and said, "Second daughter-in-law of the Yun family! What are you doing?! You're splashing water on me?!"
Li Rongyue was startled by her gesture: "Sister Cuihua, I didn't see it."
"Didn't you see? What's the point of having eyes?" Zhou Cuihua insisted, "Your family has meat, so you must be so arrogant, right? Do you still take me, your sister, seriously?"
"I'm not..." Li Rongyue held the basin, looking embarrassed, "Sister Cuihua, why do you say that?"
"Hey, what did I say? I, your sister, am telling the truth!"
Zhou Cuihua raised her voice even higher. She knew that Li Rongyue was soft-hearted and easy to bully.
He stepped forward and pushed Li Rongyue, saying, "I think you have no conscience! Baoya was raised by our Chen family, and you caught a wild goat and didn't even bother to bring it to us. What kind of heart do you have!"
"Then...your family didn't help us go up the mountain to look for people." Li Rongyue was honest and said whatever he wanted to say.
Zhou Cuihua felt a little embarrassed, but she still glared at her: "Why, Baoya was raised by me! What's wrong with giving me a bowl of meat?!"
"Pooh!"
Wang Cailian heard the noise and came out too.
She didn't like Baoya very much before because there was no extra food at home to feed another mouth, not to mention that the girl caused her son to get into trouble in the mountains.
But later, she knew that her son was fine, and Baoya and the others had brought back a sheep, so she didn't care about Baoya so much anymore.
She spat at Zhou Cuihua's feet, pushed Li Rongyue away, told her to go in and cook, and continued to argue with Zhou Cuihua.
"You're just bullying my second brother and sister-in-law because they have a good temper! How did you treat Baoya in the past? You thought we didn't know, right?"
"This is none of your business, Yun family's eldest daughter-in-law!" Zhou Cuihua also knew that Wang Cailian was powerful. She took a step back and pointed into the house, "Call your mother-in-law to come out and talk!"
"Call, call, call the soul!"
Zhao Zhilan came out holding Baoya in her arms, "Zhou Cuihua, it's so early in the morning, aren't you going to feel uncomfortable if you don't start something?"
"Hey!" Zhou Cuihua's eyes lit up immediately when she saw Baoya. It had only been two days since they last met, and Baoya seemed like a different person. Her little face was round, fair and tender, with two little buns on her hair. She was so cute.
But she rolled her eyes. She was just a girl. What was the point of dressing up so well? She would get married in the future anyway!
Then he pointed at Zhao Zhilan's nose and cursed, "Old Lady Zhao, you are such a heartless person! After all, I raised Baoya. You guys are taking advantage of Baoya and eating mutton, but you didn't even bother to give us a bowl?"
Seeing her look like a debt collector, Zhao Zhilan immediately became alert.
The wild goat was dragged down by Baoya and Chenglu together. No one in the Yun family told anyone about it. They got the wild goat because of Baoya's blessing. How did Zhou Cuihua know about it?
"You're just talking nonsense!" Zhao Zhilan glared at her. "Zhou Cuihua, you're a grown-up, and you're making up stories like this just for a bowl of stewed mutton. How shameless of you!"
"Even if this sheep was obtained with Baoya's blessing, what does it have to do with you?"
"You're shameless! You have no conscience! You got Baoya, so you should thank me!" Zhou Cuihua said, "If it weren't for me, how could you get Baoya? How could you have meat to eat!"
Zhao Zhilan had never seen such a shameless person. She was so angry that she almost laughed.
Handing Baoya to He Chunxiu who came out after hearing the noise, Zhao Zhilan rolled up her sleeves and started scolding Zhou Cuihua.
"Hey! You're shamelessly asking for favors now? What about when you abused Baoya in the past?"
"Now that you see the meat, you remember Baoya's kindness? Are you a slut?"
Zhou Cuihua was so angry that her face turned pale: "What! What if I said something wrong? Our family is not well off, but the child is not starving! At least I raised her to this age!"
"But you guys, you got the mutton but didn't even bother to share some with us, you're so heartless!"
Zhao Zhilan sneered. "Isn't she hungry?" She was too embarrassed to point it out. Baoya was almost bullied to death by this black-hearted bitch!
"Don't beat around the bush with me. What on earth are you doing here today? If it's for a bowl of mutton, I'll bring it to you right now! But from now on, don't use Baoya as an excuse to come here and ask for something for free!"
"Bah! I just want to get back what I deserve!" Zhou Cuihua was also furious. "Bao Ya is such a big girl, and you just gave her to your family for free. Why?"
When she said this, He Chunxiu beside her became anxious: "Sister Cuihua, that's not what you said at the beginning!"
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