Liang Cuifen's shrill voice echoed in the courtyard. Ye Jianguo, as her father-in-law, couldn't lecture her, so he just smiled apologetically at the old doctor.
"This way, please."
The old doctor carried a snakeskin bag containing some snake meat and a snakeskin. The Ye family was generous and also gave him a cleaned rabbit.
But every family has its own problems. That daughter-in-law just now, she looks like she doesn't have much of a brain.
Li Chunhua was bleeding a chicken in her hand when she heard Liang Cuifen's words and couldn't help but roll her eyes.
"It's none of my business whether I kill my chicken or not!"
Chen Guifang and Fu Wan smiled as they listened, amused by Liang Cuifen's discomfiture.
"So this is how good you all are while I've been away? When I was home, all I ate were wild vegetables and loaches all day long!"
Liang Cuifen was indignant. If she hadn't come back in time, she wouldn't have been able to eat chicken today.
Ye Xiaofeng couldn't bear to see her mother like this anymore. "Mom, Grandpa and the others caught a big snake. Grandma is killing a chicken to cook it with the snake!"
Grandma just said that this is called "Dragon and Phoenix Soup," which sounds a bit like her name, and she remembered it immediately.
Before Liang Cuifen could say anything more, Fu Wan spoke up, "Second cousin-in-law, I've been standing here for so long, aren't you going to tell me about how you made my daughter cry this afternoon?"
Liang Cuifen felt a little guilty, "What are you saying? Your daughter isn't so easily teased anymore..."
Fu Wanqi laughed, "Adults should act like adults. If I told you my cousin doesn't want you anymore, would you think I'm joking?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Liang Cuifen looked unhappy, but Fu Wan laughed: "You don't know the pain until you're stabbed yourself. You think my cousin is important, but my daughter thinks I'm important."
"Being an adult is a requirement you set by example, not an excuse for you to speak recklessly!"
She was annoyed by these adults who talked nonsense since she was a child. Fu Wan had a brother and sister, and there were always idle people teasing her, saying things like, "Your mother likes your brother more."
To put it bluntly, it's adults bullying children. Children are just young, not stupid; they can understand and remember it.
Over time, this becomes an indelible wound.
Bai Qianzhou found Fu Wan's words somewhat novel and nodded in agreement.
He studied psychology abroad, and sometimes psychological trauma is more painful than physical trauma.
Liang Cuifen was somewhat frightened by Fu Wan's words. She was the type to be easily bullied and afraid of those in power, so she could only weakly reply, "I didn't know she was so easily swayed..."
Fu Wan was speechless. It was clear that Liang Cuifen did not understand what she meant.
And there was not a hint of apology.
Li Chunhua gets annoyed just seeing her like this; the atmosphere was so much better yesterday when she wasn't home.
"Either you go wash the vegetables and sweep the floor, or you get the hell out of here and go back to your parents' house. Don't be a troublemaker here!"
Liang Cuifen had no intention of going back to her parents' home, so she quickly hunched over and went to find a broom to sweep the floor.
Fu Wan and Chen Guifang went into the kitchen. Today, Li Chunhua was cooking, and they just needed to help wash the vegetables and start the fire.
After an hour of fussing, the Ye family finally had dinner around 7 p.m.
The chicken that Li Chunhua killed was an old hen that she had raised for several years. One reason was that Fu Wan and the others hadn't had any good food for the past few days, and the other was that Liang Cuifen had made Shen Lingling cry again today, so she specially saved a big chicken leg for Shen Lingling.
Secondly, it's because this hen is old and doesn't lay eggs anymore; she just stays in the nest all day and doesn't come out, even if there are no eggs under her buttocks, she acts like she's incubating chicks.
This is actually a physiological phenomenon in hens, and it will return to normal after a while.
Everyone in the neighborhood knew that Li Chunhua's family had caught a snake. When Li Chunhua was making chicken soup, several neighboring families brought two eggs and asked her to put them in the soup with them.
According to rural folklore, cooking eggs in a soup made with dragon and phoenix seeds will prevent prickly heat and is also very nutritious.
Although Fu Wan didn't quite understand the truth of the matter, she still boiled three eggs, one for Ye Zhenxing, one for Ye Xiaofeng, and one for Shen Lingling.
These children go out and play everywhere every day at noon, and their necks and backs are covered with dense heat rash.
Chen Lingling was fine at first, but after playing here for two days, she got quite a bit better.
Liang Cuifen saw her mother-in-law give Shen Lingling and Ye Xiaofeng a decent-looking chicken leg each, and Ye Zhenxing and Fu Wan a chicken wing.
Ye Zhenxing is just a kid, so why does Fu Wan get special treatment too?
Just as Liang Cuifen was about to speak, Ye Jun, the second son of the Ye family, coughed and quickly picked up a piece of food with his chopsticks and stuffed it into her mouth.
"Have a meal!"
Ye Jun picked up a small piece of chicken skin, and Liang Cuifen was delighted. Her husband was so good to her; he knew she loved chicken skin the most.
Ye Jun: Actually, I just wanted to shut you up.
After she finished eating, Ye Jun quickly put the food in her bowl, giving her no chance to speak.
Without Liang Cuifen's meddling, everyone enjoyed the meal. Li Chunhua cut half of the pork she bought during the day and cooked a large bowl of it with the kelp that Fu Wan brought. She also sliced some green peppers and stir-fried them.
After dinner, Fu Wan went back to her room to pack her things for tomorrow's trip, while Bai Qianzhou asked Fu Ming if there were any houses available for rent in Fu Family Village.
He knew he couldn't go back to the county town, but he also couldn't stay at the Fu family's house, so he thought about renting a house near theirs.
As for meals, just give them some money and they can eat at the Fu family's house!
Fu Ming racked his brains and remembered that there seemed to be a house behind his own house, but he wasn't sure. He just said that he would go back and ask the village chief.
Li Chunhua counted the rabbits she caught today, thinking that she would catch two more tomorrow for Fu Wan to take back.
Rabbits grow quickly and reproduce quickly. If they take a male and a female rabbit home, Fu Wan's family will never have to worry about rabbit meat.
Liang Cuifen was in the room complaining to Ye Jun that he was heartless for not coming back to pick her up. Ye Jun was exhausted every day, and his wife was so oblivious.
“You should learn from your sister-in-law. She knows to be considerate of my brother going out to catch mantis shrimp to earn money. Can’t you be more considerate of me?”
Liang Cuifen was moved to tears by what was said, and she also felt bad seeing her husband looking so tired.
Ye Lin, the eldest son of the Ye family, and Chen Guifang got along much better. Li Chunhua gave her five yuan for her trip today, and she gave it all to her husband.
I knew that Ye Lin would only earn fifteen yuan a month working on the dam.
Seeing how capable his wife was, Ye Lin couldn't help but hug and kiss her again.
I'm looking for a virtuous wife, and thankfully my wife is sensible and doesn't cause me any trouble.
Shen Lingling was indeed frightened today. In the middle of the night, she was still crying and calling for her mother while clinging to Fu Wan's arm with her eyes closed. Fu Wan was so distressed that she spent half the night comforting her. Li Chunhua listened from next door and felt extremely guilty.
"I think we really need to keep a close eye on this second son's wife!"
Ye Jianguo nodded in agreement. Fu Wan was his niece. How could she bully his niece's daughter? Did she think he was dead?
"I'll talk to my second son tomorrow and find something for his wife to do, so she won't just be idle and messing around at home all day!"
Even if it's just having her catch loaches after the kids, it's better than her being idle at home!
The next morning, before Fu Wan and the others had even had breakfast, Fu San rode his tricycle to the front door of Ye Jian's house.
"Ah Wan, hurry! Something's happened at home!"
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