Chapter 5 Yam Controversy
Jiang Tangtang also entangled with the woman for too long. After a few words of retort to her, she was speechless and returned to the Lu family's resting place with the yam in her arms.
Just now, she and Lu Shiyan dug up more than ten pounds of yam. She was reluctant to cook it all, so she only put half into the hanging pot.
Then he asked Lu Shiyan for a large bowl and salt, crushed the wild garlic and dandelions with his hands, put them in the bowl, and mixed them with salt. This simple cold dish was ready.
Her clothes were all wet, and she wanted to find a place to change, but the temple was too small and crowded with people, so she couldn't find a suitable place to change clothes.
Jiang Tangtang sighed inwardly. She really had a treasure trove but couldn't use it.
Just as she was worrying, Lu Tiantian reached out her little hand and pulled her, "Mom, come over here and warm yourself by the fire. Grandpa Wang said that getting wet in the rain will make you sick."
We had only been on the road for a few hours when it suddenly started to rain heavily. The escort officer found a dilapidated temple for everyone to take shelter from the rain. The firewood was found by everyone in a hurry, and of course it was not enough.
The Lu family only had one fire, and there were only two good seats near the fire. Lu Tiantian pulled Jiang Tangtang to the good seat next to Old Madam Lu, and the people from the second branch of the Lu family were immediately dissatisfied.
"Mom, she's so fat that she takes up the space of three people. If she comes over, we won't have anything to grill." Chen, the wife of Lu Yingxun from the second house, grumbled dissatisfiedly.
Madam Lu glanced at the food cooking in the hanging pot and said, "If there's no room to roast it, just move aside and make room."
"Mom, she is just a junior, and she has the nerve to ask me, her elder, to give way to her?" Chen said in a shrill voice.
Madam Lu said, "You are an elder, but you sit by the fire like a stone statue, doing nothing, and even eating the food found by the younger generation. I don't think you feel embarrassed."
"I only ate one!" Chen said this angrily. She felt that Madam Lu was too partial. She used her own hidden money to buy food for Lu Shiyan's children, but never gave her second wife any.
Aren’t the children from their second wife descendants of the Lu family?
Lu Shiyan's children could each get a bunch of grapes, but the children from the second wife only got one each.
This bias is really extreme!
"That one was also found by someone else!" Old Madam Lu said with a cold face, "If it weren't for Shi Yan's wife, you wouldn't even get one per person in the second branch."
Watching Madam Lu scolding Chen with a cold face, Jiang Tangtang felt that her strategy was correct.
Madam Lu was just as she had judged; she wasn't completely clueless. If she could behave well in front of her and change her mind about her, she could save herself a lot of trouble.
Look, without her having to do anything, the old lady solved the problem of the second wife’s cross-eyes?
I have to say that Xiao Tiantian chose a great position for her. Leaning against the fire, Jiang Tangtang instantly felt alive.
After a while, the yam in the pot was ready. Jiang Tangtang scooped it out and picked out a large piece for Madam Lu. "Grandma, this is the yam my husband and I just dug outside. Try it."
"Just feed the children. I'm an old woman, and every day I live is earned. Let's not waste food." Although Mrs. Lu had just scolded her second daughter-in-law and sent her away with a few words, she was still upset when she looked at Jiang Tangtang's fat face.
The grandson she valued the most and was most proud of actually married such an ugly thing. It was really a waste of her grandson.
"Grandma, you can't say that. You are the pillar of our Lu family. With you here, no matter where we are, we all feel that our family is still together. But if you..."
Unable to burst into tears like the movie star, Jiang Tangtang lowered her head, sniffed hard, and said in a choked voice, "What should we do then?"
Mrs. Lu was very surprised that her always confused granddaughter-in-law could say such a thing! Could it be that the fall in the morning had cleared her muddled brain?
Jiang Tangtang ignored Madam Lu's inquiring eyes, stuffed the yam into her hands, and said, "Grandma, please eat it quickly!"
The second piece of yam was given to her favorite little sweetie. The yam was a little hot right out of the pot, so Jiang Tangtang blew on it before peeling off the skin and handed it to her, saying, "Eat it quickly!"
Little Tiantian thanked her in a sweet voice, which was so cute no matter how you looked at her. But the two troublemakers were not so cute.
The two had clearly heard a lot of gossip and had a very negative impression of the original owner's mother. Furthermore, some of the original owner's previous behavior was indeed absurd. When Jiang Tangtang offered them yams, they were as cold as ice and refused to take the yams from her hand.
However, Jiang Tangtang had no intention of pleasing them. She just wanted to eat it or not.
With this ugly skin left to her by the original owner, it's already good enough that she can help raise the children. Does she also have to pamper both of them?
The two refused to accept it, and Jiang Tangtang did not force them. She turned around and sat with Xiao Tiantian, taking the yam and happily started eating.
Seeing Jiang Tangtang enjoying the yam and wild vegetables so much, the two brothers, who had been so tough just now, swallowed unconsciously.
But thinking about what people said about Jiang Tangtang, and how Jiang Tangtang had gone crazy when he saw food during the exile, grabbing it and stuffing it into his mouth without any regard for the consequences, the two of them turned their heads away stubbornly.
Seeing that the pile of things Jiang Tangtang had dug up was actually edible, the people in the dilapidated temple rushed to see where Jiang Tangtang had been digging yams. Others ran to the woods to see if they could find the wild fruits Jiang Tangtang had just picked.
They had been walking for more than a month since they were sentenced to exile, and every day they ate the dry rations distributed by the officers and soldiers.
The steamed bread made of mixed noodles and vegetables was hard and tasted bad. After such a long journey every day, everyone was already very hungry. Who wouldn't want to improve their food?
Chen came over again with a thick face and said, "I'll scoop two pieces for my brother Jun."
Jiang Tangtang got the soup spoon before her and scooped two pieces of yam for her.
Chen was dissatisfied and said, "Why is it only this little?"
Jiang Tangtang bluntly retorted to her, "If you think it's too little, go dig it yourself in the mountains."
Chen ignored her and stared at the yams in the pot. "Aren't there still plenty in the pot? What are you keeping them for?"
"Sorry, this is for Cheng'er and Heng'er." Although she did not flatter the two boys, Jiang Tangtang could not let anyone take away their food.
Chen muttered, "How can such a small kid eat so much?"
Jiang Tangtang said: "My husband and mother-in-law haven't eaten yet! I still think this is not enough!"
She was kind enough to give you two yams, but what else did she want? She used the yams she worked so hard to dig to support these annoying people who spoke ill of her behind her back every day?
Chen pointed at the remaining half of the yam and said, "There's still plenty left, right? If it's not enough, just cook the rest!"
"That's for making porridge for the kids!" Jiang Tangtang ran out of patience and said unkindly, "How can you be so ashamed? You keep staring at my kids' food all day long."
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