Niu Dazhu was heartbroken. He usually didn't like to get involved in family matters, but now that his granddaughter had been wronged, he couldn't just sit idly by.
"From now on, don't put any chili peppers in your cooking, not even a single one!"
Niu Dazhu glared at Tie Dan's mother, his eyes warning her. Before his daughter came, she had specifically called to tell her that her daughter-in-law couldn't eat spicy food, and that the old woman should put less chili in the dishes or serve it separately. The old woman knew this but did it on purpose, and even made his granddaughter suffer.
"Dad, how can we eat without chili peppers? Junjun can't eat without chili peppers." Sister-in-law Niu was unhappy. Junjun was her youngest son, born in the same year as Roubing. He was not as tall as Roubing, but he was almost a foot wider. He was round and chubby, and the flesh on his face was sagging.
Junjun was enjoying his meat with gusto. He'd been eating chili peppers since he was little and couldn't live without them. Hearing his name called, he immediately looked up and shouted, "Eat chili peppers!"
"Dad, did you hear that? Junjun doesn't even want to eat rice without chili peppers. You love your granddaughter, but you can't just ignore your grandson, can you?" Sister-in-law Niu said sourly, her heart filled with resentment towards Niu Dazhu.
Grandsons are the treasures that can carry on the family line. No matter how precious a granddaughter is, she's just someone else's child. The old man is getting senile. He treats his granddaughter like a treasure, saying she won't eat spicy food. Humph, her son can't go hungry.
Sister-in-law Niu also had an opinion, saying, "My Dazhuang also wants to eat chili peppers, but Roubao can't eat spicy food, so let's put hers out of the menu. We can't all not eat, can we?"
She spoke more gently than Sister-in-law Niu, and was also the most cunning. Among the four women, Sister-in-law Niu was the most cunning and the most shrewd. She had a sweeter tongue than anyone else, and she could charm Brother Niu and Tie Dan's mother so much that they were willing to be her pawns to achieve her goals, while she herself remained uninvolved.
Dazhuang was Niu Ersao's youngest son, and he was the same age as Roubing. The two sisters-in-law always wanted to be the first in everything, from building houses to having children. Niu Ersao originally didn't want to have a third child, but since Niu Dasao had given birth, she naturally didn't want to fall behind. She put all her effort into having another child, even if it meant having a miscarriage and damaging her body. She was determined to have another son and not fall behind Niu Dasao.
Sitting next to Junjun is Dazhuang. He was born two months younger than his cousin Junjun, but his height and weight were about the same, or even a bit fatter. His neck was squeezed out of shape by his flesh.
"Mom, I want a Coke." Dazhuang stared intently at the iced Coke that Tiedan's mother had taken out earlier, his throat making gurgling sounds as he kept swallowing.
"I want some too!" Junjun was also tempted.
All four eyes were fixed on the Coke, like wolves eyeing sheep; this big bottle wasn't enough for the two brothers.
"Drink if you want, even your little meat bun sister doesn't drink." Sister-in-law Niu reached for the Coke. She was always generous when eating at her in-laws' house, giving her son as much as he wanted, afraid that he would be shortchanged and the second wife would benefit.
Of course, Niu Ersao thought so too. For more than half the month, the two families would eat at their parents-in-law's house. Who wouldn't love free meals? With their families in tow, they could save a lot of money each month!
But each of them was determined not to let the other eat too much. The two sisters-in-law kept piling meat onto their son's plate, and he drank his beverages as if they were water. Their thinking was simple: pick the most valuable food to eat, because only what they ate was truly theirs.
As a result, Junjun and Dazhuang grew increasingly obese. At eight years old, they were 145 cm tall but weighed 160 kg. Their eyes, which were not small, were now squinted into slits, and their cheeks sagged heavily. Their arms and legs were thicker than their mother's, and they were clearly abnormally fat.
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