Eat, eat, eat! Like a starving ghost reincarnated!
He ate so much good food from her, and it still wasn't enough! He kept eating!
Grandma Fang was overcome with grief at the thought of her treasured possessions being looted. With a bitter expression, she shoved a spoonful of thin porridge into Chen Qianqian's mouth.
Shen Qianqian picked up the axe from between her legs and slammed it on the table, causing the bowls and chopsticks to rattle. Old Mrs. Fang's face darkened. She shook the spoon again, her hands trembling.
Shen Qianqian sneered, "Wouldn't it have been better to do this earlier? Why did I have to resort to my weapon?"
Grandma Fang was on the verge of tears.
Feng Xiang, standing to the side, was dumbfounded.
She had sensed something was wrong from the beginning. Shen Qianqian, who was usually timid and cowardly, actually dared to speak to Old Madam Fang like that and even brandished an axe at the dinner table.
She observed the situation from the side but didn't dare to speak. When she turned around and saw Old Man Yu walk in, she secretly waited for his reaction.
As soon as Old Man Yu came in, he saw the axe on the table, frowned, and was about to say something, but then shut his mouth and sat down in his seat, fuming.
Feng Xiang suddenly trembled as she held the bowl and chopsticks.
Old Mrs. Fang, with her sharp eyes, saw this and banged the clapper twice more, saying irritably, "What are you doing? If you break this portion, there won't be any extra for you to eat!"
Feng Xiang was a local, but also a city dweller. She was someone Yu Jianshan had gone to great lengths to marry. Old Mrs. Fang had always been polite to this daughter-in-law and rarely made sarcastic remarks like this.
Feng Xiang was somewhat displeased, but she was perceptive enough to know the atmosphere; this was clearly not a good time to speak. Shen Qianqian tucked the axe under her lap, and without waiting for everyone to arrive, picked up her rice bowl and ate quickly.
She scraped off most of the pickled vegetables from the dish.
The tense atmosphere at the table instantly stopped, and everyone hurriedly started eating, lest it all be eaten up!
Grandma Fang was furious. Shen Qianqian had hit her head, and now her appetite had increased so much. The bowl was tiny, and the porridge was just a little bit, but Shen Qianqian finished it in a few mouthfuls and felt full.
She wiped her mouth and tapped the table twice with the handle of the axe.
"Have you all finished eating? Let's have a short meeting then."
"I hit my head today, and the doctor said I have a concussion. He gave me a prescription, so I can't do heavy work right now. As for when I can, I don't know. Of course, I'm not doing nothing. For example, I'd be happy to cook, if Grandma agrees. Grandma, do you agree?"
Grandma Fang bit her cheek until it hurt, and her laughter looked like crying.
She's like a mouse in a rice bin today; if we really let her cook, won't she eat everything in the house?
This cannot be agreed to.
"No need, you should rest well and clear your head. There's not much farm work to do right now."
Shen Qianqian nodded: "Alright, since you've said so, Grandma, I'll definitely listen to you. I'll definitely take good care of myself. Oh, there's one more thing. From now on, I'll eat an egg every day. I'm malnourished, so I need to nourish myself properly. It would be great if I could get some meat. I still love eating meat."
Grandma Fang: "...We don't have that many eggs at home."
"Not that many? Then what was my cousin eating all the time at home before!?" Shen Qianqian suddenly questioned loudly, attracting everyone's attention.
She gripped the axe tightly and stood up: "Seven cents for an egg, fourteen eggs for a dollar, thirty-five dollars a month can buy four hundred and ninety eggs! You've taken so much money from me, and now you won't even give me an egg to eat? Are you trying to kill me?!"
Old Man Yu and Old Woman Fang had long seen her unstable mental state, and now they remained silent, like gourds with their mouths sawed off.
But Yu Jianshan and his wife, along with the twins, were unaware of her changes. The former, as the "most successful man" in the Yu family, seeing his parents being provoked by the younger generation, slammed the bowl down on the table and shouted at Shen Qianqian with a fierce face, "How dare you speak to your grandparents like that?"
Shen Qianqian immediately turned her anger on him: "Shut up! You're the last person who deserves to speak. You took my mother's money from selling herself into servitude to marry a wife you're a good-for-nothing. You're not even as good as my second uncle. You're not worthy to speak to me!"
Suddenly brought up, Yu Jianhai looked up from the bowl in a daze.
Shen Qianqian: "An egg every morning, not one less!"
"I only eat one a week," Yu Linyun scoffed. "You're not hurting your head, are you? Two eggs? You're robbing me..."
"Fine, fine, since none of you will let me have an easy time, then none of you will eat!"
Shen Qianqian grabbed the edge of the table and flipped it over.
With a loud crash, soup spilled all over the floor.
Everyone was stunned by this crazy act; the twins stood with their mouths agape, their similar faces bearing the same expression of terror.
Shen Qianqian has gone mad!
Seeing the broken bowls on the ground, Old Mrs. Fang finally came to her senses and let out a painful howl. "My bowls!"
Shen Qianqian remained calm, her bloodshot eyes conveying a powerful sense of urgency as she observed the changing expressions on everyone's faces.
"If I don't see two eggs by tomorrow morning, you won't want to know what happens. I'm not kidding."
Grandma Fang: ...Didn't I just say one?
Shen Qianqian walked to the door and smiled at Old Man Yu, who hadn't said a word the whole time: "My grandmother might not be able to make the decision, so I'll tell you again, Grandpa, prepare the money as soon as possible. It's better for everyone this way. Otherwise, I'll go to the police, and it won't just implicate you, it will implicate your whole Yu family."
Shen Qianqian returned to her room and slowly ate two eggs.
The most important thing now, besides getting my living expenses back, is to take good care of my health. Look how thin I've become.
Shen Qianqian gently touched Du's bony arm and sighed softly.
Oh. And reading. That can't be forgotten either.
She had been out of school for several years in her previous life, but she always had good grades. She went back to borrow some books from the twins, who were in junior high school, which would be a good opportunity for her to draw out the knowledge in her mind.
I slept soundly tonight.
The Yu couple next door were horrified to see their son's bedroom door cleaved open. When they saw the cotton quilt they had just made for the New Year was gone, they were shocked and wailed.
He was about to go to Shen Qianqian to get it back, but was firmly stopped by Old Lady Fang.
The moonlight was faint.
Wan Yindi leaned against the door, secretly watching as Old Madam Fang led the two men from the eldest son's family into the room and closed the door, seemingly whispering something among themselves.
She gritted her teeth and stared intently, her eyes stinging. Yu Jianhai glanced at his wife, completely bewildered.
"What are you looking at? Go fetch me a basin of water."
Wan Yindi slammed the door shut, turned her head and glared at her husband. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She walked over and gave him a hard whack on the head: "I don't know what my parents were saying when they brought my older brother and sister-in-law into the room. They must be asking for money again."
Yu Jianhai: "No way, why would they give me money for no reason?"
He had been busy in the fields all day and just wanted to wash up and go to bed; he didn't want to think. Seeing his nonchalant attitude, Wan Yindi was so angry she almost had a heart attack, and her eyes turned red.
"Can't you be a little more assertive? Why do they get all the good stuff? You have a wife and children too. If you don't think about yourself, you should at least think about your kids!"
Yu Jianhai was quite annoyed, so he put on his shoes and ran out to fetch water.
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