Chapter 50: No way to protect the eldest wife!
The second wife must have eaten a lot of meat behind her back yesterday afternoon.
But she thought that no matter what the account was, she would settle it all after Cen Dahai woke up, so she turned a blind eye and did not investigate further. How could the second wife steal the remaining half chicken when she found out that she could eat the meat?
Moreover, the second room didn’t have its own kitchen, so it was impossible for them to cook half a chicken without anyone knowing!
On the contrary, the big room and the third room both have their own small stoves...
If they really roasted and ate half a chicken behind closed doors, it's not impossible!
So, is it someone from the first wife or someone from the third wife?
Old Mrs. Cen was very angry.
An old hen was enough for the family to eat for three days, but it was eaten on the first day. Doesn’t this mean that we have to kill another chicken at noon today?
She can't bear to do that!
Old Mrs. Cen decided to pretend that she didn’t know that Cen Dahai still needed chicken soup, and she never mentioned killing chickens again…
However, her wishful thinking was doomed to fail.
"Grandma, my father is still lying in bed. We can only kill one more chicken at noon today." Cen Yan said at this time.
"You dare!" Upon hearing this, Old Lady Cen said in a harsh voice and glared at him fiercely.
"But grandma, this is not a question of whether I dare or not. My father needs to drink chicken soup for nourishment. Only in this way can he wake up quickly, recover quickly, and then do work at home! I see that my uncle and third uncle have been working without my father these two days, and they are very tired..." Cen Yan frowned and said in a tone that was concerned about the family.
It can be said that her words hit the nail on the head for Old Lady Cen.
Why did Old Lady Cen spend so much effort and even five taels of silver to treat Cen Dahai?
In addition to being afraid that his ghost would make trouble and scare people at home, the more important thing is that they want to wait until Cen Dahai recovers so that they can continue to exploit him and make him work like a slave for them!
Thinking about it this way, Old Mrs. Cen felt that for the long-term, sacrificing one or two chickens at the moment did not seem so unacceptable.
But the chicken stealing thing...
Old Mrs. Cen decided not to pursue the matter this time.
What if the one who did this stupid thing was the first wife?
These days, Dajiang has been working all day and comes home exhausted like a dead dog. As his mother, she has seen it all.
If Dajiang wants to eat more meat, it is reasonable for him to steal a chicken.
Besides, if the eldest wife wants to steal, can it still be called stealing?
That's called taking!
After all, the entire Cen family will have to rely on the eldest son Han to study and pass the imperial examination to become prosperous!
Besides, the eldest wife’s cute grandchildren are at the stage of growing up, so what’s wrong with them eating more meat?
Thinking of this, Old Lady Cen said to Cen Yan, "Go grab another chicken from the chicken coop. This time, remember to grab a smaller one! Eat half today and put the other half aside! Don't put the other half in the kitchen. Put it on the table in the main room! I want to see who dares to steal the chicken again!"
The eldest wife took half a chicken from yesterday, so that’s fine.
But we can’t ask them to take it away today!
Cen Yan couldn't help but raise her eyebrows when she heard that the stingy and mean Old Lady Cen was not going to pursue the matter of the stolen half chicken this time.
"Oh, yes, grandma, I'll go down first." She responded without asking any more questions, then left the main room and went to catch chickens from the chicken coop.
Just as they caught another big fat chicken, Yu happened to walk out of the house.
When she saw this scene, she couldn't help but frown and asked, "Cen Yan, what are you doing? Stealing chickens from the chicken coop for most of the day?"
"What do you mean by stealing? My grandma asked me to catch a chicken to make chicken soup for lunch today!" Cen Yan glanced at her, walked out of the chicken coop carrying a big fat chicken, and said.
"Catch again? Why? Didn't you catch an old hen yesterday, and there's half of it left? Didn't you say we'd eat it today?" When Yu heard that this was actually allowed by Old Lady Cen, she couldn't help but look surprised.
When did the old lady who treated every chicken in her house as her precious treasure become so generous?
Could it be that her brain was caught in the door?
"The half chicken yesterday? The half chicken yesterday was stolen!" said Cen Yan.
"What? It was stolen? I knew it! Who stole it? Are you the greedy one from your second branch?" Yu was also the first one to suspect, and she let something slip. Her tone sounded as if she had known for a long time that half of the chicken had been stolen.
"How could it be our second wife? This chicken was killed for the second wife!"
Cen Yan repeated the words she had said to Old Lady Cen before, and then looked at Mrs. Yu with some doubt, "But Third Aunt, from what you said, it seems like you knew that half of the chicken was stolen a long time ago? Could it be that you..."
"How could it be me!"
When Yu heard this, she jumped up and retorted without waiting for Cen Yan to finish her words, "Yesterday I just wanted to know how the half chicken was marinated, so I opened the lid of the porcelain basin and took a look. Who knew that there was no chicken in it at all!"
"What? Is that so?" Cen Yan showed a surprised look on his face. "Do you remember when that happened?"
"When was it? After you finished decocting the medicine for your father, it was quite a while later, about a quarter of an hour. I had just finished my meal and couldn't sleep, so I came out for a walk and found it." Yu didn't want to act as if she had been staring at the chicken, so she said the time was a little later.
"So it was at that time. I was not in the kitchen at that time..."
Cen Yan looked thoughtful, but then shook her head. "Forget it. What's the point of saying all this now? Grandma doesn't even plan to pursue the matter. She just asked me to kill another chicken! Third Aunt, I'm going to kill the chicken."
As she said this, she was about to leave with the chicken.
But when Mrs. Yu heard this, she jumped up and down again, yelling, "What? No investigation? Why not? This must have been done by the eldest wife!"
She was almost certain.
Because only if the eldest wife did such a bad thing, Mrs. Cen would, contrary to her usual practice, not pursue the matter!
When she thought of this, Yu was furious!
Thinking about yesterday, she just thought that the third room had the least meat, and felt that it was unfair, so she thought about going to the kitchen, stealing some of the remaining half chicken meat and secretly cooking some in the third room...
But who would have known that when she went to the kitchen, there was no trace of the half chicken.
Why is it so difficult for the third wife to eat some meat, but the first wife can steal it if she wants to, and she doesn’t have to be punished after stealing it?
How can there be such a good thing in the world? !
"No! I'm going to file a complaint! I'm going to expose the fact that the first wife stole half of the chicken yesterday!" The more Yu thought about it, the more unbalanced she felt. Her chest heaved with anger, and she immediately rushed towards the first wife.
There was a sharp cold light in her eyes.
Old Mrs. Cen wants to protect the first wife and keep the peace?
No way!
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