Chapter 17 Half a Meat Pie for 1,000 Taels
"That's enough, stop arguing!"
Xie Deyi was so annoyed by their quarrels that he wished he could tear the steamed bun into eighteen pieces.
Aunt Fang was so frightened by him that she shrank her neck.
Aunt Zhao wasn't afraid of him. She poked Xie Deyi's eyebrow with her index finger and shouted, "You used to let Liu do whatever she wanted, but now that she's in jail, she's trying to snatch things from us. If you're a man, you should take responsibility!"
At this moment, the regret in Xie Deyi's heart was like the endless flow of the Yangtze River.
If I had known this, I wouldn't have taken so many concubines and had so many children!
Xie Jingci was annoyed by the noise and secretly tugged at Lu Wanyin's clothes.
Lu Wanyin was watching them quarreling with great interest.
She thought it was Yun Ge'er asking her for food, so she didn't even look down. She raised her leg and twisted it, muttering, "Don't bother me."
oh.
Xie Jingci thought to himself, okay then.
He smacked his lips and planned the future out of boredom.
He had originally felt hopeless, but now seeing the Xie family's performance, he felt much better.
I don’t know what the situation is outside now.
The emperor did not say where he was exiled that day.
He was caught off guard and had no idea what to do.
…
The third house later reached a stalemate, and Xie Deyi had to give away most of it first.
"Stop arguing. Come and receive them according to age, from youngest to oldest."
Liu hurriedly came to pick her up, holding Yun Ge'er.
She thought it was a big piece, but she didn't expect Xie Deyi to be so stingy that he only grabbed a small piece and handed it to her.
Mrs. Liu was dissatisfied: "Yun Ge'er is only six years old. She cried all night because of hunger. What do you think this bite will do?"
Thinking back, it was Liu and her sons who protected him just now.
After all, she is the legal wife, much better than these heartless concubines.
Xie Deyi pinched another piece and said, "That's all."
Liu was still angry, so she grabbed the steamed bun and stuffed it into Xie Yunge's mouth.
She muttered, "Eat, eat! It's my fault that I found such an irresponsible man!"
Xie Yunge is still young, how can this be enough for him to eat?
She grabbed Liu's sleeve and said, "Mother, can you please exchange some steamed buns with my sister-in-law? I'm so hungry that my stomach hurts."
Liu's belongings had long been given to Xie Deyi and were stolen.
Now where is the money to buy steamed buns?
She could only comfort Xie Yunge and coax her patiently: "Don't cry, Yunge'er. Go to sleep. You won't be hungry when you sleep."
The situation wasn't much better for the others; the adults could barely tolerate it, but the children couldn't.
There are more than a dozen children in the Xie family who are several years old. When they cry, it seems like they are going to blow the roof off.
Some people looked at the indifferent Lu Wanyin without giving up.
Is it possible that she has a heart made of stone?
Can you really watch so many children crying from hunger while you are able to do so but refuse to lend a helping hand?
Soon, Lu Wanyin's behavior told everyone.
She will.
These children are usually spoiled in the general's mansion. They are very picky and don't want to eat anything.
She took this opportunity to discipline their children on behalf of their parents.
Let’s see if I dare to be picky about food again in the future.
As for the few babies still in cradles, there is even less need to worry.
Didn’t the jailer bring the food? If you really feel sorry for the child who has no milk, then don’t complain that the food is dirty.
In the evening, the jailer came again to deliver food.
Still the same as before.
But this time, the starving Xie family members pounced on it, and after taking a bite, they felt like vomiting, but they forced themselves to endure it.
Zhou and others no longer had the energy to curse.
Lu Wanyin slowly took out a dozen more meat patties from her sleeve: "Here, let's change the taste."
This meat pie was freshly steamed in the imperial kitchen, still steaming hot, with plenty of ingredients and a strong aroma.
Xuan Qi was no longer surprised this time: "Thank you, Madam!"
Everyone in the Xie family was so dizzy from the delicious smell.
The old lady took the meat pie but didn't eat it. She glanced at the Xie family who were like vicious wolves and finally sighed.
She broke off half and waved, "Ziqian, give it to Yaer and Suer."
Xie Ziqian crawled over and reached out to take the meat pie.
But he watched as the meat pie in the old lady's hand was taken away by Lu Wanyin.
The old lady said anxiously: "Girl..."
Lu Wanyin interrupted the old lady: "Don't say anything. I respect you as the general's grandmother, but they are not destined to eat my food."
Xie Ziqian's eyes were red and his throat was dry and hoarse: "Sister-in-law..."
He wanted to curse, but he didn't dare.
Lu Wanyin stretched out her hand towards him: "Bring money in exchange."
Xie Ziqian was not convinced, and suppressed his anger and smiled apologetically: "Sister-in-law, isn't this something you gave to grandma? Grandma also felt sorry for the child."
Lu Wanyin didn't waste any time talking to him: "Give me money!"
Where does Xie Ziqian have money?
To be precise, any money that the Xie family had hidden away was used to exchange for steamed buns with Lu Wanyin.
"Sister-in-law..."
Lu Wanyin interrupted him directly: "No money, right? Okay, write me an IOU. Half a meat pie is one thousand taels."
Xie Ziqian almost wanted to say "Why don't you go and rob it", but he held it back.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll write it, but there's no paper or pen here. Wait until I get out..."
Lu Wanyin said calmly, "Write a blood letter."
Xie Ziqian's eyes widened. He never thought that Lu Wanyin would ask him to write a blood oath!
Zhou originally didn't intend to speak, but seeing this, she had to stop him.
Xu Yinghe also came over with the child in her arms to stop them: "Forget it, husband. The road to exile is long, you can't let your body collapse."
She looked at Lu Wanyin and begged, "Sister-in-law, can I write it?"
Lu Wanyin remained unmoved: "The child is not yours alone, so let him, the father, write it."
Xie Ziqian had no choice but to tear a piece of cloth from his clean inner clothes.
He hardened his heart, bit his finger and wrote the IOU.
Only then did Lu Wanyin give him the pie.
Seeing this, the others completely gave up the idea of asking Lu Wanyin for mercy.
Lu Wanyin returned to Xie Jingci and gently kicked his leg: "I will only demonstrate this once. If you encounter such a heartless family member in the future, you know how to deal with it. I think you know how to deal with it now."
Xie Jingci was lying there quietly when his name was suddenly called.
He nodded muffledly.
He used to care about that little bit of blood relationship and allowed these people to suck his blood for so many years.
The return they gave him now was not worthy of being called family.
Lu Wanyin managed to vent his anger for him.
The old lady looked at the remaining half of the pancake in her hand with some hesitation.
She originally planned to give this half to Liu, because Yun Ge'er, who was by her side, was still young, and she had three grandchildren.
With so many mouths to feed, they only got half a steamed bun in the morning. It was really pitiful.
Lu Wanyin didn't even look at the old lady: "Grandma, if you want to eat it yourself, I can give you a few. But if you use it to help these ungrateful people..."
She took out the white jade cake again, broke it into pieces and fed it to Xie Jingci.
Lu Wanyin's voice instantly turned colder: "I'm sorry, Wanyin can only offend you as well."
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