An Hongdou did not deny it. She nodded and approached Old Lady An and said, "I left one for Mom."
As for her brothers and sisters-in-law, she didn't even mention them.
Although her brothers all truly loved her, husband and wife are one body, and she couldn't let her brothers eat while her sisters-in-law watched.
Therefore, in line with the idea of sharing happiness and suffering together, my brothers can only bear the injustice and watch together with my sister-in-law.
Although she said she didn't care, Lin Cuihua's noise not long ago and the other two sisters-in-law's indifferent attitude not only made Mrs. An feel sad, but also left a mark in An Hongdou's heart.
An Hong did not lower her voice, so An Hongwei and Li Xiaomi, who were closer to them, naturally heard it.
After Mrs. An and An Hongdou returned to the room, Li Xiaomi said to An Hongwei in dissatisfaction, "Did you see that? You said I was stingy and didn't treat your sister as my own sister. Look at your own sister. She caught a pheasant but didn't bring it back. Instead, she roasted it on the mountain before bringing it back. She only said that she brought it for mom. She didn't care about her brother and sister-in-law at all. Why should I be generous to her?"
Li Xiaomi herself has a relatively tolerant personality and is used to keeping her thoughts to herself. If she had not been blamed by An Hongwei last night, she would not have been able to help but directly say bad things about An Hongdou.
An Hongwei was washing her face. After hearing this, she threw the towel into the basin, splashing water. "What's wrong with not giving you food? I didn't give it to you, but I didn't give it to your son? Mom is an old lady, and it's good enough that I can take care of the old and the young. You are in your forties and you still snatch food from the old and the children. Don't you feel guilty for saying this?"
An Hongwei didn't think there was anything wrong with this.
Not to mention that he was taught since childhood to be polite and love his younger sister. Just take the environment he lives in. He has old people above him and young children below him. He is young and strong. What does it matter whether he eats that or not?
Besides, the whole sheep at home has not been eaten even half yet. It has all been cut into pieces and pickled and hung in a basket in the house. My younger sister didn’t say that she wouldn’t give it to them, did she?
Even when I was cooking recently, I was thinking about how hard my family members work every day. Which meal would not include a few pieces of meat to satisfy their cravings?
He looks like a starving ghost reincarnated.
The fact that Li Xiaomi could still say these words at this time made him feel that she had completely lost her conscience.
An Hongwei felt that all the time he had spent talking to Lin Xiaomi for half the night was in vain and it only made him angry.
Seeing that the two were obviously angry, the two brothers An Jianguo and An Jianye no longer had any interest in looking at the little chicken. They just stood there ignorantly, with worried looks on their faces, not knowing what to do when faced with their parents' quarrel.
Only then did An Hongwei realize that what he said was heard by the whole family.
An unnatural look flashed across his face, and he turned around and went to the chicken coop to renovate it with An Hongbing.
Li Xiaomi's face turned even redder. She looked here and there, but no one came to persuade her. She turned around in anger and went back to the house.
An Jianguo took his brother's hand and followed him back to the room, taking small steps at a time.
Li Xiaomi was only concerned with her own anger and ignored her two sons.
An Jianguo hesitated for a long time before saying, "Mom, don't be angry..."
The frightened looks of her two sons made Li Xiaomi feel even more aggrieved. She started crying while holding the children.
The child's thoughts were very simple. He thought that his mother was angry because he didn't get to eat the roast chicken. At the same time, he was also upset because he couldn't help himself and ate it all in one go!
If I had known this earlier, I would have left a few pieces for my mother.
Inside the room, Old Lady An held the pheasant in her hand with a sullen look on her face.
Suddenly, I didn't know what I was thinking about, but I burst into laughter.
After removing the layer of oil paper covering the pheasant, Old Lady An reached out and broke off a chicken leg, put it in her mouth and started chewing it.
"This pheasant is really delicious. Back then, when your father was still alive, he often caught pheasants and rabbits, roasted them in the mountains and brought them back. Every time, mom couldn't bear to eat them, so she gave them to you brothers and sisters." Old Mrs. An praised the taste of the pheasant while reminiscing about the past. "In the blink of an eye, you brothers and sisters have all grown up. Our family really can't hold on for much longer!"
An Hongdou thought that Old Lady An must be very sad at the moment, and was about to say a few words of comfort when she heard Old Lady An speak again with a cheerful smile in her tone, "If I hadn't been so depressed and given birth to so many children, with your father's ability, we would have lived a very comfortable life. It's good to separate the family. Then I don't have to worry about whether the chickens and pigs at home are fed, what to do if there is not enough food, and whether the money in hand is enough. It will be great to eat and drink with the filial piety food every year!"
She has four sons, and each of them only gives her 100 kilograms of food a year, which is enough for her.
"You really think it's good to be the head of the household. Everyone knows how good it is. You will understand everything when you start living your own life!" Old Mrs. An would not think of taking the pheasant out to share with everyone. It was originally left to her by her daughter. If she took it out now, wouldn't it be a slap in the face of her daughter?
If her son and daughter-in-law were sensible, she would be happy even if she ate less. But she happened to have an ignorant daughter-in-law, so why should she starve herself to appease them?
An Hongdou thought that perhaps what people in later generations said, that there could only be one mistress in a family, was correct.
The elderly always think that their children are still young and want to help them for a few more years, but when people grow up, they always want to be in charge of their own lives.
Whether it is the house building or today's pheasant, it may just be a fuse.
The biggest cause of conflict in this family is the lack of division of the family property.
We all live together, and we don't work for a living to get paid, so the distribution of interests cannot be completely equal, and conflicts are inevitable.
An Hongdou collected the drawings on the table and put them in the drawer.
The family is in turmoil today, so it's really not appropriate to talk about the house.
Anyway, farming is busy these days, so there is no rush to build a house. It’s not too late to do it when we have some free time.
An Hongdou told Old Lady An that Cui Dashan wanted her to help out in the cowshed and pigpen, and Old Lady An's subconscious reaction was to object.
It is true that the work there is not hard, but it stinks all day long. After a long time, even your body will be covered with the stench, which cannot be washed off.
This is also the reason why no young people are willing to do this job even though the work is not hard and the work points are high.
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