Chapter 391 Put down the cleaver first, let's talk things out slowly.
Chi Heng's gaze gradually drifted into the distance, as if he had returned to his childhood, when firecrackers outside the window roared like thunder, continuing all night long. He would squat alone in the empty ancestral hall, feasting and chatting with his parents' memorial tablets until dawn.
Just as I was lost in thought, a pale, ghostly face suddenly crawled up onto the clear glass window in front of me.
"Ah! What the hell is that?! Take this!"
Chi Heng was startled and let out a strange cry. At the same time, he slammed his right hand out like a palm.
The next second, with a "crack", the iridescent glass in front of me shattered.
The air seemed to freeze for a moment, and almost the entire family stopped what they were doing and stared blankly at each other.
Jiang Nuanzhi had almost finished frying the food and was cutting up the pig liver when the sound of shattering glass came out. In a daze, Jiang Nuanzhi felt as if her heart had shattered along with it.
"Who did this!" Gritting her teeth, Jiang Nuanzhi stepped out of the kitchen and saw the culprit, Chi Heng, squatting at the scene of the crime, blankly holding the broken glass. He turned around and gave Jiang Nuanzhi a smile that was more like a grimace.
"Sister-in-law! She...she's clinging to the window like a female ghost! Don't blame me, I was just slaying a ghost!"
Chi Heng said through gritted teeth, "You bastard, you tried to harm me! Get in here and apologize right now!"
Jiang Nuanzhi squinted at her, only to see the little princess, who had initially seemed a bit guilty, suddenly jump up and down: "You bastard! Chi Heng, your whole family are bastards!" With that, she pointed at Jiang Nuanzhi: "Hey, do something about him! That bastard Chi Heng wants to kill me. This thing is incredibly sharp; if it were to cut my face, I would be disfigured! I don't care! This matter absolutely cannot end well today."
Chi Heng recognized the person who had come, and his face darkened even more. His trembling finger pointed at the young princess: "Who told you to suddenly lean against the window! This is hardly the behavior of a gentleman!"
"What gentleman or not? I'm not a gentleman! I'm a woman! Open the door, I want to come in."
As the young princess was speaking, Wu Zi walked in from the doorway, staring with wide eyes, and said, "I don't care, you have to compensate me."
As she spoke, her nose twitched, and her gaze lingered for a moment on the bowl that Chi Heng hadn't taken off his hand even after shattering the glass. Her throat bobbed slightly. Crossing her arms and tilting her chin up, she said, "I'm not leaving until I get a plan today."
Jiang Nuanzhi squinted at the hole in her window, her gaze lingering on Chi Heng's face for a moment before shifting to the little princess's. She said slowly, "If you two don't give me a plan, I don't mind coating you both in glue and deep-frying you!!!"
As she spoke, the kitchen knife in her hand gleamed with a deep chill. Chi Heng had no doubt that if he answered incorrectly, the knife would fly towards his head in the next second.
"Sister-in-law, please calm down. Please calm down. As for how much silver it is, I will compensate you."
Chi Heng smiled apologetically: "Please put down the cleaver first, and we can talk about it slowly."
Meeting Jiang Nuanzhi's murderous gaze, the young princess felt a little guilty, but still said, "It wasn't me who hit him, it was him. Although I cough cough, anyway, I can only pay half!"
Jiang Nuanzhi squinted, slammed the kitchen knife down on the table, and glanced back and forth between the two of them.
Chi Heng was getting nervous, wondering to himself if the little silver he had left would be enough.
Even the young princess felt a little insecure under Jiang Nuanzhi's gaze. She only had two thousand taels of silver on her, and Yu Chuan certainly didn't have any more. If it wasn't enough, she could just go back and get more.
Her gaze fell on Chi Heng's bowl again, and she secretly wondered if she could find a way to buy some later. It was this taste that was making her mouth water. Otherwise, why would a princess like her be peeking through someone else's window like this?
"Fifty taels."
After a while, Jiang Nuanzhi said, "Hurry up and pay the money to settle the matter."
Upon hearing this, both Chi Heng and the young princess were stunned. They even exchanged a glance, both reading disbelief in each other's eyes.
Without saying a word, Chi Heng took out some silver from his pocket and said, "Please accept this, sister-in-law."
Almost simultaneously, the young princess hesitated for a moment, then took out two hundred taels: "Hey, beauty, I'll give you two hundred taels, use the rest to buy the meat in his hand!"
Jiang Nuanzhi didn't take the money from the two of them for a moment, her brows furrowed tightly.
Just as the atmosphere became tense again, Jiang Nuanzhi suddenly grinned and said, "Oh dear, how could I accept this? Brother Chi is family, so I shouldn't take your money. But since you're so sincere and insist on giving it to me, then I'll take it. Don't worry, if you break anything again, I promise I won't be angry with you."
Chi Heng: "Huh?"
Are you sure this is the same person as the one from before?
Jiang Nuanzhi didn't care about others, and turned to look at the little princess, stuffing all the silver into her bosom: "And the princess, just tell me what you want to eat. Next time, just tell the servants to bring the money, why do you have to come all the way here yourself? Come, sit down properly, I'll go get you the freshly fried food."
As he spoke, he took the little princess's hand and affectionately led her to sit down on a chair.
When Jiang Nuanzhi went to the kitchen, the corners of her mouth were practically upturned to her ears. She had already secretly planned to count her money properly when she got back. She had calculated that as long as she saved up 10,000 taels in this area, and as long as her children didn't make any fatal enemies with Xie Liangchen, she could rest easy and retire comfortably without any problems.
At this moment, everyone who was watching the spectacle was dumbfounded.
The old man, who was clutching his stomach and holding a piece of paper, was so startled that he dropped the pen with a "clatter."
Xinbo finally managed to separate a handful of red beans and green beans. While watching the excitement, he accidentally dropped a handful of red beans into the green bean basin without realizing it, his eyes wide open in surprise.
Baozhu hugged the rattle drum, unconsciously chewing on the meat strips her brother had given her, her eyes darting around.
Ping'er dropped the meat strip she was holding with her chopsticks, but subconsciously stuffed it into her younger sister's mouth again.
The little boy held a bowl of meat, chewing and chewing, glancing in his mother's direction, then chewing and chewing again.
The young princess felt a little uneasy under everyone's gaze, and the chair felt like it was burning her bottom, making her very uncomfortable.
Fortunately, Jiang Nuanzhi brought out the basin shortly afterward and handed it to her with a smile.
The young princess wanted to take it, but Jiang Nuanzhi stopped her. She personally picked up a chicken strip with chopsticks and fed it to the young princess, looking at her encouragingly and gesturing for her to eat.
The young princess blinked dryly a couple of times. Although she was always being waited on, being treated like a child like this was a first for her. With so many people watching, to be honest, even the most delicious food didn't appeal to her anymore.
However, with Yu Chuan not by her side, she was alone with so many people. After thinking it over, she decided to take a bite anyway.
Chew, chew, chew.
"Huh?" The young princess was stunned: "What kind of meat is this?"
Jiang Nuanzhi smiled and said, "Chicken."
Princess: "This is so delicious!"
Jiang Nuanzhi: "Is it delicious? Then I'll slaughter two more chickens and fry them for you."
The two chickens outside: "..."
Chicken Big: "Cluck...cluck cluck..." (Suddenly feeling a bit cold, how about you?)
Chicken Two: "Cluck cluck cluck..." (Hmm, my neck is cold.)
(End of this chapter)
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