Chapter 10: My man is not worthy of eating mixed-flour steamed buns?

"Wait a minute." Xia Juanjuan stopped Li Wen and asked, "Why are you cutting pig grass at such a young age?"

Li Wen turned around, gave Xia Juanjuan a stubborn look, and said in a baby voice: "I cut grass for pigs to earn work points! With work points, we can exchange them for food! I, Xiao Wu, and Bei Bei will not be hungry anymore!"

Xia Juanjuan felt heartbroken after hearing this.

A five-year-old child knew how to cut grass for pigs to earn work points in exchange for food? Wasn't it all because of Wang Guixiang's pressure?

"You don't have to earn work points. I'm here and I won't let you go hungry again." Xia Juanjuan promised.

Li Wen frowned and looked at her with hostility and arrogance on his face: "We don't want to eat the food in this family. We don't need you to feed us! I will cut a lot of pig grass and earn food for Xiao Wu and Bei Bei! I want to feed myself and my brothers and sisters!"

Li Zhan and Xia Juanjuan looked at Li Wen in astonishment. They didn't expect that this kid was so ambitious!

Li Zhan squatted down, raised his hand and patted Li Wen's head, and said with a smile: "Xiao Wen, earning work points is the adults' business. Fourth uncle can get a lot of allowances in the army and buy a lot of food. Xiao Wen doesn't have to worry about his brothers and sisters going hungry anymore."

Xia Juanjuan thought about it for a moment and probably guessed why this brat was so hostile to her, so she said, "You want to earn food for yourself and support your brothers and sisters? Well, I won't bother you. From now on, you will be considered a member of my family. I will calculate your work points and give you a share of the food. I won't let you eat for free.

Li Zhan looked up at Xia Juanjuan with some confusion, not understanding why she suddenly wanted to settle accounts with such a young child?

Xia Juanjuan blinked at Li Zhan and continued to talk to Li Wen:

"But let's wait until after dinner to go. Didn't Beibei just say she was hungry? Do you have the heart to let her go with you to cut pig grass while she's hungry?"

Li Wen looked at his younger brother and sister who had run up to him, holding their own small bamboo baskets in their hands and looking at him with trust, and he felt a little torn.

At this moment, Wang Guixiang's voice came from outside the door: "It's time to eat!"

Li Wu and Li Beibei looked at Li Wen eagerly and whispered, "Brother..."

"Brother, I'm so hungry..."

Li Wen sighed, looked at Xia Juanjuan stubbornly, and said, "Then let's eat first today, and then I'll go mow the grass! This breakfast... count... count as I owe you!"

Xia Juanjuan felt a little tired.

This kid is really stubborn!

Xia Juanjuan and Li Zhan took their three children to the kitchen and saw Wang Guixiang breaking a large cornmeal bun into two halves and handing them to her son Li Sheng and daughter Li Jiaojiao respectively.

Li Sheng took it reluctantly and muttered, "Why is it steamed buns again? Mom, didn't you say you steamed three mixed-grain buns yesterday? I want to eat mixed-grain buns!"

When Li Jiaojiao heard this, she immediately said, "Mom, I want to eat mixed-grain steamed buns, too!"

Wang Guixiang saw Li Zhan and Xia Juanjuan with their three kids coming over, so she winked at her son and yelled, "What mixed-grain steamed buns! Which eye of yours saw mixed-grain steamed buns?"

But Lisheng was a fool. He didn't understand his mother's expression. He pointed at the mixed-wheat steamed buns in his father Liqiang and grandmother Liu Lan's hands and shouted righteously: "Aren't they in my father and grandmother's hands? My grandmother even gave half to my aunt!"

Xia Juanjuan looked at Liu Lan and Li Qiang, and sure enough, she saw that both of them were holding a piece of gray-white steamed bread in their hands.

Next to Liu Lan sat a girl of about 16 or 17, also holding half a cigarette in her hand. This girl should be the "younger sister" that Li Sheng mentioned, that is, Li Zhan's younger sister Li Qiaoqiao.

When the three men saw Xia Juanjuan looking at them, they took their bowls and went back to their house to eat with a bit of embarrassment.

Wang Guixiang was almost mad at her son and raised her voice and shouted:

"Having cornmeal steamed buns to eat is already good enough! Those three... no... how can there be three! Those two mixed grain steamed buns, your father is a strong worker, shouldn't he eat them? And there is one for your grandmother, is it your turn?!"

Lisheng and Li Jiaojiao were scolded and dared not say anything more. They took the Wo Wo Tou and a bowl of corn porridge and went away to eat.

Wang Guixiang smiled and looked at Li Zhan and Xia Juanjuan, saying, "Fourth brother, fourth sister-in-law, today is a bit unfortunate. I didn't expect fourth brother to come back suddenly. Now there is only one person left in the nest. Fourth sister-in-law, don't eat it. Let fourth brother eat it, okay? Don't feel uncomfortable. I didn't get any either! We women can't do much work anyway. Isn't it all up to the men to eat so that we can earn some work points? Don't you agree?"

As he spoke, he handed a cornmeal pot to Lizhan attentively: "Here, fourth brother! This is for you! The cornmeal porridge is in the pot, and the rest belongs to your family, so you can help yourselves!"

Xia Juanjuan walked over and lifted the lid of the pot, only to see that there was only a bottom layer of porridge left inside. She was afraid that it was not enough to fill the bowls of Wang Guixiang's son and daughter just now!

And these, plus a bowl of cornmeal, are left for her, her husband, and their three little ones!

Xia Juanjuan was so angry that she almost laughed.

If her husband hadn't been at home, I'm afraid that cornmeal bun wouldn't even be left for her!

After Wang Guixiang finished speaking, she took a bowl full of corn porridge and a basket covered with an old gauze and went back to her room.

Xia Juanjuan suddenly raised her hand and pulled the cloth on the basket open.

There was a mixed-flour steamed bun in the basket!

Wang Guixiang didn't expect to be suddenly exposed and her face turned red immediately. Then she hurriedly put down the bowl in her hand and tried to grab the gauze in Xia Juanjuan's hand.

"You... why are you talking nonsense?"

Xia Juanjuan threw the gauze to Wang Guixiang, and then took advantage of her distraction to grab a handful of mixed-flour steamed buns.

Wang Guixiang was so angry that she almost vomited blood when she saw it. She rushed over to grab it: "You...how could you grab my steamed bun! Give it back to me!"

Xia Juanjuan pushed Wang Guixiang away and sneered, "Second sister-in-law, didn't you say there was only one steamed bun left? What's with this mixed-flour steamed bun? Could it be that Second sister-in-law left it for herself to eat?"

"I...I..." Wang Guixiang was speechless for a moment, and after stuttering for a long time, she finally said, "I left it for my husband to eat! My husband is too tired from working in the fields, and a mixed bun is not enough! He is the strong laborer in the family! The pillar of the family!"

Xia Juanjuan tilted her head and sneered, "Only the strong laborers in the family are qualified to eat mixed-wheat steamed buns? If that's the case, your man can earn work points in the fields, and my man gets a monthly allowance! He is not worthy of eating mixed-wheat steamed buns?"

"Haven't I already given my fourth brother a home? Since he doesn't work in the fields, one home is enough!" Wang Guixiang continued to speak domineeringly.

"So..." Xia Juanjuan's eyes were full of anger, and she said with a half-smile, "For one meal, your family of four gets two mixed-wheat steamed buns, one Wo Wo bun, and four bowls of corn porridge. Our family of five is only entitled to one Wo Wo bun and less than a bowl of porridge?"