Chapter 39 This lie is too easy to expose
"You're asking for death!" When she saw that she was grabbing the biggest, fattest and most egg-laying hen in the house, Mrs. Cen screamed in pain.
Her voice frightened everyone.
If you don’t know, you might think that the old hen that was caught and waiting to be slaughtered was her!
"Grandma, what's wrong?" Cen Yan pretended not to know and looked at her in confusion. However, the hand that was holding the old hen was very steady. No matter how the old hen fluttered and screamed, it could not escape from her palm.
"What's wrong? Can't you change to a smaller one? The family is counting on this old hen to lay eggs!" Old Mrs. Cen glared at Cen Yan angrily and said.
"Smaller? But grandma, how can a smaller chicken be shared by so many people at home?"
Cen Yan glanced at the people in the first and third houses.
Seeing that they were all staring at the old hen in her hand with greedy eyes, she pursed her lips slightly, "Even if we in the second house don't eat it, the first house has Brother Lin and Sister Meng. They are in the period of growth, how can they be without meat? Uncle and Third Uncle are exhausted from working in the fields every day, and they should also have a good supplement. As for Auntie and Third Aunt, they have worked hard for this family, not to mention Grandpa and Grandma, you should eat more.
"This old hen has rich meat. Eat half of it today and castrate the remaining half so that you can eat it again tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. In this way, you only need to kill this one chicken in three days. Grandma, I want to save a few chickens for my family!"
As she spoke, she sighed, as if she felt helpless and lost because Grandma Cen, as a grandmother, did not understand her granddaughter's painstaking efforts at all.
As Cen Yan said this, he also brought the first and third wives into the conversation. They all felt relieved, thinking that Cen Yan was very sensible this time and did not forget about them as long as it was beneficial.
But Cen Ying was not satisfied: "What do you mean? Are you saying that I am the only one who is not worthy of eating this chicken?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, aunt. I forgot about you for a moment! Of course you can eat it too. Grandma treats you so well. As long as grandma has a bite of meat, how can I leave you out?" Cen Yan said hurriedly.
"Mom, I don't care, I want to eat meat too! Just let her kill the chicken! One chicken can be eaten for three days, how cost-effective is it? If we change to a smaller one, it won't be enough!" Upon hearing this, Cen Ying pulled Old Lady Cen and acted coquettishly.
"Grandma, I want to eat meat too!" Cen Shuang also asked.
"Mom, I think what Cen Yan said makes sense. Why don't you let her kill the chicken?" When Yu saw that her daughter was also clamoring for food, she rarely stood on Cen Yan's side.
"Grandma! I want to eat meat! I want to eat this fattest chicken!" When Cen Lin from the eldest wife saw this situation, he immediately ran to Grandma Cen, grabbed her hand and shook it.
Cen Lin is the second son of the eldest wife, and is also the most beloved grandson of Old Lady Cen besides the eldest grandson Cen Han.
Since he said so, how could Mrs. Cen still be so hard-hearted?
"Okay, okay! Then kill this chicken!" Old Mrs. Cen looked at her second grandson lovingly while speaking to Cen Yan in a domineering manner.
"Oh." Seeing that she agreed, Cen Yan's lips curled up quickly.
She carried the chicken to the kitchen, came out with a knife, and in front of the crowd who had not yet dispersed, she chopped off the chicken's head with a clang!
But the chicken head was not completely broken off, but was still connected.
At this time, she used a bowl to catch the blood below, lifted the hen's claws, and let it bleed upside down. The chicken's head hung there as if it was not broken, and the bright red blood flowed into the bowl.
If you ask anyone who kills a chicken, it’s probably done this way.
But there was no other reason. The scene of Cen Yan chopping off the chicken's head made everyone in the Cen family feel spooky and their feet went cold. A sense of fear arose in their hearts.
"I, I'll go back to my room first. I suddenly remembered that I still have some embroidery work to finish." Yu was the first one who wanted to run away in fear, but when she saw Cen Shuang still staring at Cen Yan with an inexplicable look in her eyes, she reached out to pull her.
But Cen Shuang refused to leave.
She stood there and suddenly asked, "Cen Yan, you didn't come back last night, where did you spend the night?"
Cen Yan heard this question, but she did not want to answer it. Instead, she continued to hold the hen and weighed it twice to make sure that all the blood had been drained. Then she placed the hen in a basin of water beside her and prepared to scald the chicken feathers with hot water.
Seeing that she didn't answer, Cen Shuang thought that she had something to hide, so she refused to speak.
"Cen Yan, although you haven't married yet, you have already been engaged. You should be more careful about your daily behavior. If something like this, not coming home all night, gets out, it will ruin the reputation of the Cen family. Like what happened last night, shouldn't you give an explanation to your family first and tell them clearly where you spent the night?" Cen Shuang asked.
When she said this, Old Lady Cen immediately realized that this was something she had to ask clearly.
Isn't the reputation of the Cen family what the old man cares about most?
What's more, the second house made her unhappy all day long. Today, that bitch Cen Yan made her lose money and even her best egg-laying hen. If she didn't give her a good beating, she really thought she couldn't do anything about her, right?
"Shuang girl is right. Cen Yan, where did you spend last night? If you don't tell me clearly, I will starve you for three days!" When Mrs. Cen thought about it, she immediately asked with a stern face.
"Grandma, where else can I be? I finally found the entrance to the forbidden forest yesterday, but when I was about to go in, I fell into a trap." Cen Yan had to stop what she was doing. She stood up and stretched out her arms.
It was only then that everyone in the Cen family saw that she was covered in dirty mud.
Since she was busy treating Cen Dahai right after she came back, she didn't even have time to change into clean clothes.
"The trap was not very deep, only about two meters, and there were weeds growing underneath for years. I fell into it, but I didn't get hurt, just scraped my hands." As she spoke, she showed everyone the scrapes on her hands.
It's obviously a newly scabbed scratch, it can't be faked.
"Although I was unlucky to fall into the trap, it saved me. Whenever it rains heavily in Wuyao Mountain, landslides often occur, and it is especially dangerous in the forbidden forest. But the trap was connected to a cave, so there was no accumulation of water. I hid in the cave and finally saved my life. It was not until early this morning that I woke up and found that the rain had stopped. Someone happened to pass by and heard my cry for help and rescued me. If you don't believe me, you can go to that person later to ask if I was lying." Cen Yan explained.
She tried hard to keep calm on her face so as not to appear guilty.
But to be honest, if you just go and take a look, you will know that there is no cave in the trap at all.
This lie is so easy to expose!
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