Chapter 10 Rabbit Meat 3
The next day, the whole family went to work. Now that the autumn busy season was over and winter was approaching, there was not much work to do in the fields. After checking in at the production team, they would come back after a busy day and then go to their own private plots to tend to them.
When the children who didn't go to school saw the adults coming back one after another, they were as happy as if it were a holiday. They were all thinking about the pounds of rabbit meat in the jar in the kitchen.
Miao Xiuju was actually happy when she saw the children like that, but she deliberately scolded them on the surface: "Eat, eat, eat, all you know is to eat!"
She went into the kitchen, washed the pot, poured water, and began to prepare stewed rabbit meat.
Of course, the rabbit meat couldn't be stewed alone. Otherwise, how much of the 21 people in the family would eat if they shared the three pounds of meat? So she put a lot of cabbage, potatoes, and carrots in the pot, filling it up completely. Then she asked Fubao to bring firewood and began to simmer it slowly.
Gradually, the aroma of meat wafted out. Several children who had been helping the adults at home to weave straw mats and do some other odd jobs, now smelled the smell and could no longer continue working. They all looked into the kitchen.
Gu Shengtian was six years old, one year older than Fubao. He was drooling with greed. He asked Fubao, "Did you go to grandpa's house with him and eat rabbit meat?"
Fubao was feeding the chickens there. Hearing this, he nodded and said, "Eat it."
When she said this, Gu Shengtian hurriedly asked, "Is it delicious? Is it fragrant? How many pieces did you eat?"
Xiuni and Dongni, who were standing nearby, heard it and pricked up their ears to listen, their eyes full of longing.
Fubao thought for a moment and said, "I ate about half a bowl. There were four or five pieces of meat in it."
Four or five pieces of meat? Half a bowl?
Gu Shengtian swallowed his saliva greedily: "That's great!"
Xiuni and Dongni couldn't wait any longer.
Finally, the other children in the family came back from school, and they all rushed to the kitchen, saying they wanted to eat meat.
Miao Xiujiu cursed a few words and then started to prepare dinner.
When we got to the dinner table, each person had half a small bowl of food, which contained carrots, potatoes, and cabbage. When they turned it over with chopsticks, they found a piece of rabbit meat.
Dongni was only four years old, so young that she immediately started shouting, "I want to eat rabbit meat, I want to eat lots of rabbit meat, why is there so little!"
Miao Xiuju glared: "How many pieces do you want to eat? Do you think you can eat them all by yourself?"
Dong Ni was afraid of her grandmother, so she became a little frightened, shrank her neck, and started eating quickly.
Miao Xiuju placed a bowl in front of Fubao: "Fubao, eat."
Fubao hurriedly took it and ate it carefully.
Although there is only one piece of rabbit meat, the carrots, cabbage and potatoes all have the flavor of meat. Dishes with the flavor of meat are delicious!
Gu Shengtian first greedily ate a few big mouthfuls of potatoes, and then began to carefully enjoy the piece of rabbit meat. It was delicious, delicious, really delicious.
The adults and children around them were also working hard, eating non-stop, and sweat was dripping from their foreheads.
Liu Zhaodi looked at the rabbit meat in her bowl and felt reluctant to eat it. She thought it would be a waste if she ate it. She looked around and saw her three daughters busy eating meat.
She felt that her three daughters were just girls and not worthy of having her piece of meat. After weighing the pros and cons, she gave the piece of meat to her man Gu Weijun.
Gu Weijun looked at the meat in his bowl and frowned: "Just eat it, why are you giving it to me?"
Having said that, he picked it up again.
Miao Xiujiu heard the noise over here and raised her head to take a look.
Liu Zhaodi felt a little embarrassed and had to eat the meat herself.
When she was eating, she felt that the meat was very fragrant and she was very touched. Her husband was so good to her for giving her meat.
As she was feeling moved, her eyes happened to sweep across Fubao in the corner.
What did she see in the end?
She saw the piece of rabbit meat in Fubao's bowl. It seemed to be much bigger than her rabbit meat, twice as big as hers.
She was surprised and quickly looked at other people's bowls. The men's was slightly larger and the women's was slightly smaller. But that didn't matter. When Miao Xiuju divided the meat, she would definitely give her son a little more. Liu Zhaodi herself also felt that men who worked hard should eat well.
But why, why does Fubao also have to have such a big piece of meat?
Other kids don’t have a piece this big!
Liu Zhaodi suddenly felt unbalanced. She felt that the meat she ate was no longer delicious.
So during this meal, when others finished eating the meat and potatoes, and drank the broth after eating the potatoes, Liu Zhaodi felt that her mouth was tasteless.
She felt bad and uncomfortable, but she couldn't say it directly, so she kept it in her heart. Who knew that at night, when it was time to go to bed, Dongni would cry and ask for meat.
She slapped Dong Ni on the buttocks and said, "Eat meat, eat meat, you stinky girl, why are you eating meat?"
Dong Ni felt wronged: "Fu Bao is also a bad girl, she ate half a bowl of meat!"
Liu Zhaodi was surprised and asked Xiuni quickly. Xiuni told her what happened during the day and finally said loudly: "Half a bowl of meat, four or five yuan!"
Liu Zhaodi was already feeling aggrieved about eating meat, and when she heard this, she finally couldn't help it and went to Shen Hongying's room to talk about this matter with her.
"Sister-in-law, I'm not picking on this. If Tieniu and Tieshuan had eaten more meat, I wouldn't say anything. They're all boys in the family, and boys should eat well. But Fubao is a girl, and someone forced her into our family. How can she eat such a big piece of meat? I just don't understand what's wrong with mother. Mother didn't seem to like Fubao at first, but how come she treats him so well in the blink of an eye? What kind of magic do you think Fubao has cast on mother?"
Liu Zhaodi told Shen Hongying all her worries.
Chen Hongying sneered after hearing this: "Who the hell does she think she is? No, I have to go ask my mother why!"
As she said that, she pushed the door open and ran to the main room: "Mom, I want to ask you something."
Miao Xiuju was sorting through some old pieces of cloth under the oil lamp, planning to glue them to the soles of shoes later. When she heard this, she frowned and said, "Why are you asking so late at night?"
Chen Hongying was not afraid and asked directly: "Mom, why did Fubao eat such a big piece of meat tonight? And he also ate half a bowl of meat in private? She is just a little girl, why?"
Half a bowl of meat in private?
Miao Xiuju was stunned: "Where did we get half a bowl of meat for Fubao?"
Chen Hongying sneered, "Mom, please don't hide it from us. We all heard that most of the meat was secretly given to Fubao in the kitchen. Xiuni, Dongni, and Shengtian didn't even get a drop of oil. I don't understand. A poor girl came to our house. It's enough for her to have enough food. Why treat her so well? Mom, are you blinded by the lard or have you been bewitched by her?"
Miao Xiuju finally understood: "Are you here to find me and ask for an explanation? Are you dissatisfied with me for giving the meat to Fubao?"
Chen Hongying was so angry that she almost cried: "Yes, I have a bad temper, but you can't be like this. Such good rabbit meat, give it to a poor outsider! Who in this family is not your granddaughter or grandson?"
Chen Hongying and Miao Xiujiu were shouting here, and the noise could be heard in the rooms outside.
The Gu family had many brothers, and the old house was not small. The main house was occupied by Miao Xiuju and her husband, the eldest and second oldest lived in the east, the two rooms to the west were occupied by the third and fourth oldest, and the north side had a small room for household items. So the yard was not big, only the size of a palm, and if someone in the main house shouted, everyone would hear.
At this time, the brothers also came over, especially Gu Weiguo, who hurried over in his jacket and slippers, staring at him and asking, "What are you doing? What are you doing? Why are you making a fuss in our mother's room at this time of night?"
The other brothers couldn't say anything to their eldest brother, but they didn't dare to agree. As a wife, why is she arguing with her mother like that? What would it look like if it got out?
When Liu Guizhi heard the noise, she vaguely felt that it was related to Fubao, so she hurriedly put on her shoes and clothes and ran out, wanting to listen to the noise.
Liu Zhaodi hid in the house and didn't move. She felt guilty and was afraid that she would be implicated.
Chen Hongying was glared at by her man, feeling extremely aggrieved. She rolled up her sleeves and started yelling, "Today, I just want to ask why you gave Fubao half a bowl of rabbit meat. It was all rabbit meat, a full half bowl!"
When she said this, everyone was shocked and looked at Miao Xiujiu.
Miao Xiujiu was still disliked Fubao a few days ago, but now she has been secretly giving Fubao special treatment these days?
Miao Xiuju simply didn't want to say anything. She laughed, shaking her head repeatedly. "Why did the boss marry a brainless wife like you? There's only so much meat, and it shrinks after stewing. There are 21 people, and each person has such a big piece. What else do you expect? Do you think I have that much meat to give Fubao another half bowl? You can make it for me!"
As she spoke, her spit almost sprayed on Shen Hongying's face: "I secretly gave half a bowl of meat to Fubao? Do you think I'm a fool or do you think I can turn into meat?"
Chen Hongying was directly confronted by Miao Xiuju and was a little confused: "But, but I heard Dongni say that Fubao ate half a bowl of meat! Can a child lie? Isn't it Fubao who said it himself?"
Liu Guizhi outside was startled and quickly led Fubao in.
Gu Weidong frowned when he heard this and asked Fubao, "You said you ate half a bowl of meat?"
He looked a little fierce, and Fubao was stunned for a moment. After thinking about it, he shook his head and then nodded.
Everyone was confused for a moment, and Shen Hongying was right: "Look, he just ate half a bowl of meat!"
Fubao was puzzled and whispered, "Brother Shengtian asked me if I had ever eaten rabbit meat. I said I had eaten it at my grandma's house. He gave me half a bowl with four or five pieces of meat in it."
As she spoke, she was indeed a little timid. Didn't she understand that this was a big problem? She looked at Liu Guizhi for help and whispered, "Grandma stuffed it in my mouth, and my mother asked me to eat it, so I ate it..."
As a result, all the people in the Gu family, from old to young, from male to female, were stunned.
Liu Zhaodi, who was hiding in her room by the window with the window paper pressed against her lips, was startled and blushed with shame.
It turns out that there was a mistake?
Shen Hongying's face first turned pale, then red. She rubbed her hands, looked at Liu Guizhi, then at Fubao, then at Miao Xiuju, and tried to find a way out: "Then...then why is the meat in Fubao's bowl bigger than the other children's?"
Miao Xiuju snorted and glanced at Shen Hongying with disdain: "The meat in Fubao's bowl is a little bigger, so what? Do you know where the rabbit meat came from? Fubao found it. Why can't Fubao eat a few more bites of the rabbit he found? I, Miao Xiuju, have been in charge of the family for so many years. Have I ever treated any of you badly? I have always been upright and honest. I have four sons, four daughters-in-law, and ten grandchildren. Have I ever favored any of them?"
Miao Xiujiu was now right, and she almost lashed out at her eldest daughter-in-law against the wall.
When Shen Hongying heard Miao Xiujiu roar, her body became shorter. When she heard her roar again, her body became shorter again. Finally, her legs went weak and she almost fell down.
Gu Weiguo looked at his wife like that and stamped his feet in anger: "Instead of living a good life, you just know how to find fault all day long, believing everything you hear, finding fault with this and that! Why don't you think about yourself? Have you ever seen a daughter-in-law like this? She runs into her mother's room to quarrel in the middle of the night, and even keeps the whole family awake!"
As he said that, Gu Weiguo angrily grabbed Shen Hongying and said, "Why don't you apologize to your mother?"
Chen Hongying looked at Miao Xiuju: "I, I was wrong, isn't it? I - it's all my fault... I was wrong..."
Miao Xiuju snorted a few times: "Well, do I expect you to apologize? It's late at night, go back to your room and rest!"
So the family dispersed awkwardly. Gu Weiguo naturally couldn't let Shen Hongying off easily. After returning to the house, he scolded Shen Hongying again.
Usually, Chen Hongying is quite capable and has a bad temper, so Gu Weiguo would tolerate her as much as possible, but this time he was really angry, and the couple quarreled for most of the night.
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