Chapter 11: Fierce tone but sweet words

Seeing that the relationship was broken, Wang Guixiang said angrily, "I'm going to divide it this way, what do you want to do? I'm only giving you a steamed bun for the sake of my fourth brother! You just came in yesterday and didn't earn any work points. You didn't even cook in the morning! I'm already doing you a favor by giving you a mouthful of porridge! I tell you, give me the steamed bun back now! Otherwise, I'll tear your face apart!"

Li Zhan, who was standing aside, glanced at Wang Guixiang with a frown, then stood in front of Xia Juanjuan and said, "Sister-in-law, if you dare to touch my wife, don't blame me for not giving you face!"

The scene just now refreshed his view of his family.

In the past, he would only come back for one or two days every one or two years, or even every two or three years, to visit his family. Sometimes he would only come back for half a day and could not afford a meal at home. He would just leave after paying his allowance and did not really care about how his family members behaved.

But now that he has married and adopted three kids from his eldest brother's family, he will have four people to support in the future.

Now, he is still at home, and the way second sister-in-law distributes breakfast is already so unfair.

When he returns to the army and is no longer at home, won’t his wife and three little brats be bullied to death by them?

After the commotion, Liu Lan and Li Qiang both came out of the house.

When Liu Lan saw the mixed-flour steamed bun in Xia Juanjuan's hand, her face began to look unhappy.

Wang Guixiang clearly told her that she only steamed two mixed dough buns, so how come there was a third one now? Wang Guixiang was actually hiding something from her!

But Xia Juanjuan is not a good person either! Even if there are three mixed buns, it is not Xia Juanjuan's turn to eat them as a newly married bride!

"Why are you quarreling again so early in the morning? Wang Guixiang, have you learned to keep secrets from me? See how I will settle accounts with you later! And Zhan's daughter-in-law, give me the mixed-flour steamed buns! I will distribute them!"

Of course Xia Juanjuan didn't give it to Liu Lan, but asked: "Who does mother-in-law plan to give it to? My husband or my second brother?"

Liu Lan glared at Xia Juanjuan fiercely: "Of course it's Zhan'er! Zhan'er sends back his allowance every month, so of course he is qualified to eat mixed-noodle steamed buns! Qiang'er, you don't have any objections, right?"

When Li Qiang heard Liu Lan asking him a question, he first glared at Wang Guixiang, who was more likely to cause trouble than to do anything, and then said, "Let mom make the decision! But I think what my wife said is right. My fourth brother is in the army, so he doesn't have to work in the fields..."

Liu Lan interrupted him: "Shut up! Since you agree, then this mixed bun will be given to Zhan'er. Zhan'er's daughter-in-law, don't make trouble anymore! What nonsense are you talking about!"

Xia Juanjuan was so angry that she laughed.

She had taken the mixed-noodle steamed buns by her own skill, and now Liu Lan was the one who acted as a good person? And she was the one who distributed them?

"Mother-in-law, don't blame me for making a fuss. If it weren't for my second sister-in-law's dishonesty and unfair distribution, I wouldn't have made a fuss. As for this mixed-flour steamed bun, it was already in my hands. Even if you wanted to give it to my second brother, I wouldn't agree."

When Liu Lan heard this, her nose almost got crooked with anger.

These words clearly told her that she had already grabbed the steamed bun, so she shouldn't use it as an offering to gain favor!

Wang Guixiang wanted to make a scene, but her husband pulled her back inside. Xia Juanjuan also took Li Zhan and the three kids back inside. The matter was over.

As soon as they entered the house, Xia Juanjuan broke half of the steamed bun and gave it to Lizhan, and broke the other half into three pieces and gave each to the three little ones.

Xiaowu and Beibei took it immediately and ate it happily.

"Brother! It's a mixed flour bun! So delicious!"

"Mixed flour steamed bun! Beibei likes it!"

Ever since their father passed away and their mother remarried, they haven’t eaten mixed-flour steamed buns, let alone Wowo buns!

Wang Guixiang only gave the three siblings a little porridge with watery soup every day. Not only that, she also asked them to cut pig grass and send it to the production team to earn work points! If they didn’t cut enough, they wouldn’t be given food!

Li Wen did not answer, but just frowned and looked at Xia Juanjuan.

Xia Juanjuan sighed and said, "This is a pre-paid bill for you. I will deduct it when you earn work points. Is that ok?"

Li Wen then took it over and added, "And I owe my younger brothers and sisters some too!"

This kid is quite protective of his own shortcomings.

It seemed that the boy was very hungry. He wolfed down the mixed-wheat steamed bun and almost choked!

Li Zhan looked down at the half steamed bun in his hand, then looked at Xia Juanjuan with mixed feelings.

Xia Juanjuan grabbed the mixed-wheat steamed buns, but gave them all to him and the three children, not keeping any for herself...

Xia Juanjuan felt that Li Zhan was looking at him, so she looked up at him strangely: "Why are you looking at me? Eat, aren't you hungry?"

Li Zhan suddenly grabbed Xia Juanjuan's hand, which scared her: "You...what are you doing?"

Li Zhan put the steamed bun in her hand and said, "Eat it."

Xia Juanjuan was stunned for a moment, then said subconsciously: "I'm not hungry..."

She ate two big meat buns and drank some milk last night, so she is not that hungry now.

This mixed flour steamed bun is made of sweet potato flour, corn flour and a little white flour. Although it was a rare thing in the 1970s, for her who was used to eating white flour steamed buns, she really looked down on it, not to mention the unappetizing-looking porridge in the pot.

Moreover, she has meat buns and chicken legs in her space, but she just doesn't have the chance to take them out and eat them now.

Therefore, she had no intention of eating this breakfast.

The reason why she wanted to expose Wang Guixiang and snatch the mixed-flour steamed bun was simply because she was angry, and it was not something she wanted to eat.

"You have to eat even if you're not hungry!" Lizhan said domineeringly.

Xia Juanjuan looked up at Lizhan in some surprise. Although this rough man had a fierce tone, his words were very sweet.

"I'm really not hungry..."

Lizhan frowned: "If you don't want to eat it, I won't eat it either. Give it all to the three little guys."

As soon as the words fell, Xia Juanjuan heard Li Zhan's stomach growling.

Xia Juanjuan: ...

Lizhan turned his face away somewhat embarrassedly. After one night, his beard had grown a lot longer. The green stubble made his handsome profile more masculine, like a sculpture. But now it had also turned red.

Li Zhan threw the blame in panic: "This is... Xiao Wu's stomach is rumbling!"

When Li Wu heard his name being called, he looked up at his fourth uncle in surprise. He had already eaten his fill, so why was his stomach not rumbling?

Xia Juanjuan almost couldn't hold back her laughter.

This man... is so cute.

She sighed, divided the steamed bun into two halves, handed the larger half to Lizhan, and said, "Here! We can each have half, is that ok?"

Lizhan then took it and ate the mixed-wheat steamed bun in no time. He thought it was the most delicious mixed-wheat steamed bun he had ever eaten!

After breakfast, the second brother Li Qiang came and knocked on the door, telling them to take the three little kids to the commune to register for adoption.