Zhou Caixiang didn't sleep well all night. When dawn broke, she was so hungry that she sneaked into the kitchen to find something to eat, but there was nothing there, not even the rice container.
She came out of the kitchen listlessly, rubbing her rumbling stomach. Suddenly, she remembered something and tiptoed toward the chicken coop in the backyard, thinking of picking up a couple of eggs to eat.
When she arrived at the backyard, she was stunned. Where were her chickens?
Why have they all turned into little chicks?!
Zhou Caixiang stood in front of the chicken coop for a while, stunned. It wasn't until she heard footsteps behind her that she came to her senses. She turned around somewhat guiltily and felt relieved when she saw that it was Zhou Cailian.
Zhou Cailian was taken aback when she saw Zhou Caixiang appear in front of the chicken coop early in the morning. "Why are you up so early?"
Zhou Caixiang pouted, looking aggrieved, "Big sister, I'm so hungry..."
In the past, Zhou Cailian would have felt sorry for her younger sister seeing her so wronged, but now, she only felt a little complicated.
My younger sister was sulking with Mom all day yesterday. It was one thing for her to go to Aunt Xiuying's house for breakfast in the morning, but she even went to my second sister's house in Shuiba Village for lunch! She's seventeen years old, how can she be so shameless...
And is it really that hard for her to accept that her mother is only asking her to do some housework?
He'd rather shamelessly freeload at other people's houses than do any chores. He's such a grown man, yet he's so immature. Sigh...
Thinking about what happened last night, Zhou Cailian couldn't help but ask her, "Did you hear any noises coming from Lao San and Lao Wu's rooms last night?"
"I heard it! What were they doing last night? It was so noisy!" Zhou Caixiang wiped away her tears. She had indeed heard Zhou Jiahong shouting last night. Just thinking about it made her angry. Yesterday, she had a fight with her mother. In the morning, she went to Wang Xiuying's house and ate two sweet potatoes. At noon, she went to her second sister's house in Shuiba Village for lunch, but she didn't eat enough. In the end, her mother still wouldn't let her eat dinner. She was so hungry that she couldn't sleep. She finally fell asleep, but in the middle of the night, she was woken up by Lao Wu's ghostly shouting. She tossed and turned all night without closing her eyes.
Zhou Cailian looked at her with some disappointment. Only at this moment did she truly believe what her mother had said. It turned out that her younger sister was indeed a selfish and cold-hearted person, and that she really didn't care about the rest of the family at all...
Last night, there was such a commotion in the third and fifth brothers' rooms, and she not only didn't come to check on them or show any concern, but she even complained that it disturbed her.
"Big sister, I'm so hungry. Do you have anything to eat in your room?" Zhou Caixiang asked, seeing that Zhou Cailian hadn't answered for a while. She didn't care about what had happened last night anymore. She was so hungry and just wanted to eat.
Zhou Cailian pursed her lips, her tone turning colder, "No."
"So, what's for breakfast? I just went to the kitchen, and the rice container is gone! Oh, and the chicken... where's our chicken? Why are there so many chicks?"
"What we eat for breakfast depends on Mom. She took the rice jar to her room. The chickens next door were poisoned. These chicks were just caught and raised the day before yesterday." After answering her question, Zhou Cailian ignored her and went into the outhouse next to the chicken coop.
Zhou Caixiang murmured blankly, "The chickens were all poisoned to death, when did that happen..."
Yu Qiuying got up a little late today, but to her surprise, Zhou Caixiang was sweeping the yard.
"Mom, you're up..." Zhou Caixiang saw Yu Qiuying come out of the house, her eyes quickly sweeping over the rice noodles and eggs in her hand, and immediately called out "Mom" in a flattering manner.
"Hmm." Yu Qiuying responded indifferently and went into the kitchen.
Zhou Caixiang lowered her head sheepishly and continued sweeping, thinking to herself, "Now that I've finished sweeping, I can have breakfast soon, right?"
Zhou Cailian cleaned the chicken coop, fed the chicks, and washed her and Yu Qiuying's clothes. When she returned, the aroma of rice noodles wafted from the kitchen.
She hung the laundry out to dry and went into the kitchen. "Mom, should I cook some porridge for our third son? I think he was really starving last night. He hasn't eaten for so long, he needs some porridge to soothe his stomach first."
"No need, rice noodles are easy to digest." Yu Qiuying stirred the egg liquid and quickly poured it into the pot, then poured in the prepared sauce, and the aroma instantly filled the air.
Breakfast was ready, but Zhou Jiahong and Zhou Jiadong were still not up, so Zhou Cailian had to go to their room to wake them up.
Yu Qiuying didn't say anything. Today was Sunday, and her youngest son didn't have to go to school, so it was fine for him to sleep in a little later. She wasn't forcing him to get up early every day to work.
Zhou Jiahong himself felt a little guilty, but seeing that Yu Qiuying didn't say anything, he sat down at the table with a grin, "It smells so good, Mom! I feel like your cooking skills are even better than before!"
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