The third aunt was speechless by Yan Fugui's remarks. Although she was stingy, she was not like Yan Fugui who could not be trusted by anyone.
"Okay, have you weighed it accurately now?" asked the third aunt.
"It's accurate, how could it not be accurate?" Yan Fugui was extremely happy when he spoke.
After hearing this, the third aunt said to Yan Fugui, "Okay, our family hasn't eaten meat for a long time, so let's cut a piece and have it for the whole family tonight."
Yan Fugui treated it like a baby, not caring whether it was greasy or not.
He just held both pieces of meat in his arms and said, "What are you eating? These are gifts. We can't eat them ourselves."
When the third aunt saw that the meat was all over Yan Fugui's clothes, she quickly reminded him, "Hey, hey, hey, keep it away from the clothes, otherwise it will be hard to wash if it gets on them."
Only then did Yan Fugui take the meat out of his arms and held it in his hand, as if the third aunt was ready to snatch it away from him at any time.
"It's okay to eat a little. You see, these two pieces of meat are quite big. Let's cut off a little of the big piece so that it will be neat when you give it to others, right?" At this time, the third aunt suddenly had an idea and thought of a way to fool Yan Fugui.
Yan Fugui took the two pieces of meat in his hands, then held them in front of him to compare them.
"It seems like one piece is big and the other is small." Yan Fugui muttered.
When the third aunt saw that this was a possibility, she quickly struck while the iron was hot and said, "Look, I was right, didn't I? Cut the two pieces of meat into the same size, so that they will look better when the time comes."
As she said this, the third aunt wanted to take the meat from Yan Fugui's hand and cut it, but Yan Fugui regarded the two pieces of meat as his life and was not willing to let the third aunt touch them.
Seeing the third aunt reaching out, Yan Fugui took a few steps back with the meat in his hand, and then said, "Wait a moment, wait a moment, I'll do it, I'll do it."
Having said that, Yan Fugui rushed to the kitchen first.
Next to the chopping board, Yan Fugui held two pieces of meat and gestured left and right. It took him several minutes before he decided where to cut.
"Oops, it seems to have been cut crooked, take a look and see if it is correct?" Yan Fugui began to regret it after he finished cutting, and he would have rather not cut it at all.
The third aunt said quickly: "No, no, look, isn't this just right?"
Yan Fugui said doubtfully, "Really? You're not kidding me?"
"No, no, or you can cut another piece." The third aunt wanted to fool Yan Fugui, but Yan Fugui was not someone who could be easily fooled.
He hurriedly put away both pieces of meat.
"No, no, you can't cut it anymore. Let's leave it like this. Look, this piece I just cut is a full two taels, enough for our family to eat for ten days or eight days." After Yan Fugui finished speaking, he ran away with the meat, as if the third aunt was trying to snatch his meat.
The third aunt was helpless, but she was very happy to be able to achieve what it is now. At least there would be some meat in the dishes for the past half month.
After Yan Fugui took the meat into the house and put it away, he rushed back to the chopping board as fast as he could.
"Hurry up and cook, hurry up and cook. Oh, I haven't eaten meat for a long time." Yan Fugui stared at the meat on the chopping board and drooled, waiting for the third aunt to start cooking.
At this time, Yan Jiecheng also came back.
Ever since Yan Jiecheng divorced Xu Li, he started eating with Yan Fugui again. All he had to do was pay Yan Fugui's food expenses on time every month.
Yan Jiecheng felt that cooking was troublesome for him. If he shared meals with his father, he wouldn't even have to wash the dishes or take care of anything. He could just pay a little more.
Now that he has enough food to eat and his whole family is not hungry, Yan Jiecheng doesn’t care anymore.
Yan Jiecheng had gone to see Xu Li twice before, but Xu Li's mother never let Xu Li in. One time, it happened that a matchmaker came to Xu Li's house. Yan Jiecheng was so angry, but was chased out by Xu Li's mother, who was also big and strong.
After coming back, Yan Jiecheng was still proud of himself for ruining Xu Li's blind date.
"Mom, is dinner ready?" Yan Jiecheng started yelling as soon as he got home and threw things back into his room. Yan Jiecheng is not enthusiastic about anything now, except eating.
"It will be ready soon. It will be ready soon." The third aunt said as she served the dishes.
At this moment, Yan Jiecheng sniffed hard and seemed to smell the aroma of meat.
At first, Yan Jiecheng thought it was from someone else's family. After all, the Yan family didn't celebrate any festivals, so when had they ever eaten meat?
However, after Yan Jiecheng sniffed around, he found that the smell of meat was indeed coming from his own kitchen.
And it seemed to come from the dishes that the three aunts were serving.
Yan Jiecheng looked doubtful. Was he seeing right? When did he get meat? Was his father crazy?
Although he thought so, Yan Jiecheng still ran to the third aunt with great surprise and stretched his neck to look at the plate of food in the third aunt's hand.
Then he said, "Mom, what day is it today? We are having meat at home."
"There is no particular day that you can't eat meat." The third aunt did not explain to Yan Jiecheng what was going on, and just when Yan Jiecheng wanted to continue speaking.
Yan Fugui appeared and said to Yan Jiecheng, "Jiecheng, please pay 50 cents for this month's food expenses."
After hearing what Yan Fugui said, Yan Jiecheng jumped up suddenly.
He shouted loudly: "Dad! What did you say? No, why should I pay an extra thirty cents?"
When Yan Fugui saw that Yan Jiecheng actually refuted him, his face darkened and he scolded Yan Jiecheng: "Why? Why? Because our family will have meat to eat for the next half month."
After hearing what Yan Fugui said, Yan Jiecheng was a little surprised at first, but when Yan Jiecheng thought about it carefully, he felt that something was wrong. Was this his father's style?
"Dad, where is the meat that our family will eat for the next half month? Take it out and show it to me, and I'll pay for it." Yan Jiecheng asked.
Yan Fugui pointed at the dish in Auntie's hand with a slight displeasure and said, "Can't you see? What's on the plate?"
"No, there's less than two ounces on the plate. How can it last for half a month?"
"Why can't I eat it for half a month? Didn't I eat like this before? Who told you to eat meat? If you eat vegetables, it won't be enough if the vegetables taste like meat." Yan Fugui said righteously.
"But why should I pay 50 cents for such a small amount of meat? It's just a small thing and is not worth 50 cents." Yan Jiecheng had no objection to this way of eating. Not only Yan Fugui's family eats this way, but there are many families who eat meat this way. They don't eat the meat but only cook for the meat flavor.
"Why is it not worth it? Why are you so fussy? Just tell me whether you want to eat it or not." Yan Fugui said.
Yan Jiecheng got angry and said, "I don't want to eat anymore."
"I'm telling you, if you don't eat, I won't refund your food expenses for this month." Yan Fugui can be said to have taken taking advantage to the extreme.
Now Yan Jiecheng was in a dilemma whether to leave or not.
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