"Grandma, Xiaobing hasn't had meat in a long time." Lu Jiajia stood next to Zhang Chunxiang, holding a pheasant feather, and tugged at Zhang Chunxiang's clothes, speaking softly and shyly.
Girls this age are already somewhat concerned about their image, and given the good upbringing they receive at home, they have developed a strong sense of shame. Therefore, even if they are truly craving something, they will still make up an excuse and feel embarrassed.
“This child…” Zhang Chunxiang was both amused and exasperated, but she also felt sorry for the child, so she didn’t really mean to blame Lu Jiajia.
These days, no one has it easy. Even if he's the village chief, he might not be able to eat meat even once every month or two.
Yun Duo wisely spoke up: "Aunt Zhang, I still have some at home. Grandma is stewing it. It's hot, and things don't keep well. If you take it back, it will spoil."
"Besides, we should have invited Uncle Village Chief and the others to dinner, but our family doesn't know how to cook, so we had to trouble Auntie to make it. If Auntie refuses, Duo'er will have to go back and tell Grandma that she borrowed someone else's pot to cook it and invited Uncle Village Chief and the others to dinner at our house."
Hearing Yun Duo speak like this, Zhang Chunxiang was quite pleased and immediately said, "You child, you're so eloquent at such a young age. Your parents are probably blinded by greed. They'll regret it later."
"Well then, your auntie will shamelessly accept the chicken giblets and blood tofu as an extra dish, a treat for herself. But you should take the chicken back with you. If you hurry, your grandma can stew it with it."
"No!" Yun Duo shook her head vigorously, adopting the spoiled attitude of a child, and said, "It's for Auntie, so it's for Auntie. I won't take it back. If Auntie doesn't accept it, I won't leave."
"Okay, okay... Auntie will accept it." Seeing that Yunduo was sincere in giving it to her, Zhang Chunxiang didn't stand on ceremony. She reached out and took the basket from Yunduo's hand, then took Yunduo's hand and said, "Come on, Duo'er, come sit at Auntie's house for a while. Auntie will give you some candy."
Knowing that there would be meat for dinner, Lu Jiajia was overjoyed. Upon hearing Zhang Chunxiang's words, she said, "I'll go get it! I'll go get some candy for Duo'er!" As she spoke, she ran quickly into the house.
"This child, doesn't she even know to get Duo'er a little stool first..." Zhang Chunxiang said with a doting expression. She then called to her younger daughter-in-law, "Fenghua, Fenghua..."
Chen Fenghua carried her son Lu Xiaobing out of the house, saying as she walked, "You're here, Mom. What's wrong? I was just giving Xiaobing some water. This child is all sweaty and doesn't even know to drink water."
Zhang Chunxiang said, "Duo'er brought over a pheasant. Go get a small hoe and dig up some taro. We'll stew it for dinner tonight."
"Oh? Duo'er is being so polite?" Chen Fenghua said, somewhat surprised and happy. As she spoke, she hugged her son and shook him, coaxing, "Son, did you hear that? We'll have meat for dinner tonight."
"You're quite impolite," Zhang Chunxiang said, feigning annoyance, before reaching out to take her grandson. "Give me Xiaobing, and you can dig up some more taro so that Duo'er can take some home to eat too."
"Mom, I know, don't worry." She handed Lu Xiaobing to Zhang Chunxiang, saying, "Let him drink some more water, he didn't drink much just now." After Zhang Chunxiang took Lu Xiaobing, she looked at Yun Duo and said, "Duo girl, you play for a while, I'll be back in a bit. Wait for me."
Yun Duo felt a little embarrassed and quickly shook her head, saying, "No need, Sister Fenghua. I'll go home after Auntie empties the bowl."
"I'm not even being polite with you, why are you being polite with us? How much meat can a pheasant have? How can it be enough to eat without adding something? You wait here, I'll be back in a bit." Chen Fenghua said, grabbing a hoe and a dustpan, and hurried off.
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