Chapter 16 I Want to Eat Chicken
The other side of the fence.
Liu Fengjiao and Sun were busy preparing dinner in the kitchen.
Liu Fengjiao frowned and dug the fire pit hard with the fire poker in her hand.
She was angry. After marrying into the Chen family for so many years, this was the first time she entered the kitchen.
In the past, the first and second wives took turns cooking, and she just had to wait and eat the ready-made food.
But today, the mother-in-law asked her to learn how to cook and help Sun in the future.
I am not the type to do this kind of work. You are just trying to make things difficult for me!
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and she couldn't help but complain.
"Sister-in-law, do you think mother is deliberately making things difficult for me by asking me to learn how to cook from you? I've never done this kind of work before. The sight of pots and pans gives me a headache."
Sun rolled her eyes upon hearing this and said unhappily, "Fengjiao, don't complain. No one is born to work. If it weren't for your man's education, would your mother-in-law sell you as a maid?
If Qing Yatou hadn't been sold, the family wouldn't have split up and the relationship wouldn't have been severed. All of this is because of you, the third branch. You, just bear with it!"
Liu Fengjiao was furious when she heard her mocking her, "Stop talking nonsense, it's like you don't eat."
Sun curled her lips and sneered, "Anyway, I'm not thinking of selling someone else's daughter. Do you think everyone is like you two, pampering and spoiling your own daughter like a treasure, and having bad intentions towards other people's children?
If I were to ask you to split up the family, it would be better to avoid making money but not being able to feed ungrateful people like you from the third branch."
"You, you bully me, I will tell my mother-in-law." Liu Fengjiao threw the fire poker in her hand to the ground and walked out of the kitchen.
Old Mrs. Chen was feeding chickens in the yard.
Seeing his eldest son and his family busy at work, he gritted his teeth in anger.
She was so angry that her face turned blue, and she couldn't help but curse the hens in the yard.
"Shameless bastards, I won't feed you. Let's see how long you can last. Never again will you dare visit my Chen family. I'll starve you heartless bastards to death."
Liu Fengjiao was panicking. If the first wife didn't beg for mercy, her plan would be completely ruined. She couldn't really be like Lin and Sun, who had to spend all day around the stove.
She came closer, frowned, and said, "Mom, calm down first and stop scolding.
Now that we've written a letter of severance with the eldest wife, what should we do with Li the butcher? He's already received the betrothal gifts, so we can't really return them, right?"
Old Lady Chen spat, "What are you going to withdraw? Who said we were going to withdraw? It's still about ten days away from the agreed date. No rush, let's talk about it in a few days."
"Oh my dear mother, the situation is urgent and you are not in a hurry? I just don't understand. You can just scare them and split up the family, but why are you breaking off the relationship? From now on, we will be neighbors like chickens and dogs, and we will never have any contact with each other again. How can we sell our daughter? Isn't this just cutting off your own financial resources?"
"Look how anxious you are. I've never been kicked in the head by a donkey before, so I'll never take the initiative unless I'm absolutely sure.
Think about it, what ability do they have? Several people are carrying only half a bag of rice bran. How many days can they carry it?
I do this to teach them a lesson. When they come to me on their knees and beg me, I will kill them to obey me. If they dare to say no, I will disown them."
Old Mrs. Chen said it so confidently, as if it was a sure thing.
Liu Fengjiao was still a little worried. "Mom, you have some truth in what you said, but have you ever thought about it? What if they have bad consciences and secretly marry Qing girl off to someone else to help them through the famine? Then we'll be in trouble."
"Don't worry, I don't think they dare. If that were the case, no one would have a good life. Let's spread rumors about Qing girl, throw dirty water on her, and say she is not decent. Let's see who is willing to marry a piece of trash." Old Mrs. Chen had a vicious look on her face.
"Mom, your trick is so cruel and ruthless, they can't escape from your grasp!"
As she spoke, Chen Ruolan came out of the room, yawning and stretching. "What are you guys doing making so much noise so early in the morning? It's really annoying."
Seeing her precious daughter wake up, Liu Fengjiao glared at her in a feigned anger, "Oh my dear aunt, it's already dark, but you think it's early morning. If you sleep a little longer, we'll be working non-stop. Our family will be in chaos, and you can still sleep."
"What a mess, what's the mess?"
"Your uncle has severed ties with our family."
"What? Breaking off the engagement?" Chen Ruolan's eyes widened as she shouted at the top of her lungs, "Whose brainless mind came up with this? They're out of their minds! Isn't this clearly an attempt to kill us? I'm going to settle the score with them."
Old Mrs. Chen was so angry that she glared. This granddaughter was really stupid. She was crazy all day long. She never thought before speaking and just made up nonsense.
Liu Fengjiao almost couldn't hold it in, and forced herself to suppress her laughter. "What nonsense are you talking about, girl? Who's stupid? It was your grandmother who proposed to sever ties with your uncle and his family."
Chen Ruolan was stunned and smiled awkwardly, "Sorry, Grandma, I thought it was some idiot who was pissing you off, but it turns out you were the one who brought it up first."
"Ruolan, wake up and stop talking nonsense." Old Mrs. Chen waved her hands quickly. This was only the child of the third son. If someone else spoke like this, she would pinch and twist him, and beat him half to death without any mercy.
"Grandma, I'm hungry. I want to eat something delicious." As soon as Chen Ruolan finished speaking, a strong aroma of meat hit her nose, and she swallowed hard a few times.
"It smells so good, grandma, did you stew the meat?"
"What kind of meat is that? It's the ungrateful guy next door who's stewing chicken."
"What? They eat chicken?"
Chen Ruolan glanced at the chicken coop and immediately understood what was going on. She gritted her teeth and stamped her feet in anger.
"Grandma, you're getting more and more confused as you get older. How could you give them the old hen? Now they've stewed it and eaten it. How am I supposed to eat eggs in the future?"
"Don't worry, Ruolan. In a few days, your uncle will come back on his knees and beg Grandma to marry that ungrateful little bastard off. Grandma will buy you ten chicks and you'll have more eggs than you can eat."
"No, I want to eat chicken today too. I haven't eaten meat in a long time. Go get it for me right away."
Old Mrs. Chen looked embarrassed. "My dear, we have already severed our relationship with them. How can you shamelessly ask for it?"
"I don't care. In the past, they always remembered me when they had something delicious. Today, I want to eat chicken."
Liu Fengjiao was almost drooling at the sight of her precious daughter, but she couldn't let Old Lady Chen get into trouble, so she advised, "Ruolan, don't be so stubborn! You're just making things difficult for me!"
Chen Ruolan smacked her lips greedily, "No, I want to eat something delicious today."
"Okay, okay, my precious granddaughter," Old Mrs. Chen had no choice but to compromise, "Grandma has a few eggs in the cupboard. I'll fry them for you later to satisfy your craving. Is that all right?"
Chen Ruolan pouted, "I want to eat some egg custard too."
"Okay, okay, grandma promises you, I'll get you the eggs right away." After saying that, Old Mrs. Chen turned and went into the house.
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