Chapter 3 Shameless Liu Hongmei
Sooner or later this matter would become known to everyone, so there was no need for her to hide it.
When Mr. Qi heard this, he got so angry that his face turned red, and he said with regret.
"Assholes! I'm not even dead yet, and they're already targeting you. What would happen if I died?"
He knew that when the second wife came, it would be bad news.
Qi Man hurriedly tried to calm down Mr. Qi.
"Grandpa, don't be angry. It's not worth getting sick from such a small matter. Leave it to me. Look, I'm fine."
They are just some clowns, she can handle them.
While comforting Mr. Qi, he also took his pulse calmly.
As a top experimenter who has been working in the special environment of the apocalypse for more than ten years, she is omnipotent.
Mr. Qi has been suffering from long-term malnutrition and has accumulated various minor ailments due to years of hard work, which is why he is bedridden.
Old Master Qi was very disappointed with the second family and kept muttering to himself. It took Qi Man a long time to comfort him.
After Mr. Qi fell asleep, Qi Man left and returned to her own room.
He opened the plastic bag that Grandpa Qi handed him, and found a small stack of big unity bills inside. All in all, there were a total of 650 yuan.
This was a huge sum of money in the 1980s.
Qi Man casually threw the money into the space, took out a fresh and processed chicken, and white rice from the space. As for the seasonings, she could take them out when she wanted to use them. It was convenient to carry the space with her.
Wearing an apron, she cleaned the chicken quickly, cut it into pieces, put it in a pot with cold water, and added onions, ginger and garlic to remove the fishy smell.
After the water boils, remove the foam on the surface, rinse the deodorized chicken pieces with cold water, then pour them into the pot, add potatoes and wild mushrooms.
The wild mushrooms were picked by Grandpa Qi from the mountains some time ago and dried, and the potatoes were also picked from the fields recently.
Wash the white rice and steam it in a pot, and stir-fry some small green vegetables.
Smoke rises from the chimney, and the rich aroma of chicken soup wafts from miles away.
This caused the nearby neighbors to whisper to each other.
"Hey, whose family is this, stewing chicken so generously?"
Everyone smelled the scent and looked.
"Isn't that Old Qi's house? Usually this old man is very stingy and eats dry steamed buns every day. I didn't expect that today he stewed a chicken for the first time!"
"Her granddaughter just came back from abroad. I heard she's a spoiled girl. I guess that girl paid for the chicken!"
"A chicken is not cheap. This girl doesn't know how to live. She spends money lavishly. Whoever marries her will be in trouble!"
"You can't say that. That damn girl has a foxy face. When she first came into our village, she walked on the ridge of the field. Didn't she make those boys in our family dizzy?"
The chicken smelled so good that the aunts kept muttering and moving to the side, and their words became more and more unpleasant.
Qi Man had sharp senses, and the kitchen window was half open, so she heard every word the group of aunts said.
He glanced through the window and remembered the aunties who had just spoken rudely, and immediately brought the dishes to the table.
Mr. Qi was unable to move, so Qi Man had to carry the food in.
As soon as Qi Man entered the room, Old Man Qi carefully sat up from the bed.
"Grandpa, it's time to eat."
Old Master Qi's eyes fell on the food brought in by his granddaughter. The air was filled with the rich aroma of chicken. He swallowed his saliva subconsciously and looked at her for a few more times. His kind eyes fell on Qi Man.
"I made chicken soup today. I'm old and it would be a waste if I drank it. Manman, you keep it for yourself."
Manman hasn't had a good meal for quite some time, and her little face has become thinner. Grandpa Qi feels very distressed.
Qi Man scooped up some chicken soup with a spoon and felt that it was about the right temperature before feeding it to Grandpa Qi with a soft and chewy tone.
"Grandpa, I stewed a whole chicken. I can't finish it all by myself. It's so hot, and it will go bad if left for too long. It's shameful to waste food. And you have to take good care of yourself!"
His eyes fell on the pure white soup with a layer of oil floating on it. It was made from chicken skin, and the aroma continued to stimulate Grandpa Qi's taste buds.
In recent years, the harvest in the village has been poor, and most villagers have been unable to make ends meet. Mr. Qi was abandoned by his two sons and is now alone, living a more difficult life than most people.
If you calculate carefully, Grandpa Qi hasn't eaten meat for about a year. It was only during the few days when his granddaughter went to the countryside that he took out his meager savings and gritted his teeth to buy some meat.
Whatever Qi Man couldn't finish, Grandpa Qi would dry it and make it into jerky, and then take it out when his granddaughter wanted to eat it.
Now that the chickens in the yard have been slaughtered, Grandpa Qi doesn't feel the slightest bit of heartache. Instead, he feels sorry for his granddaughter who has suffered with him and has lost a lot of weight.
Listening to his granddaughter's soft and caring words, Grandpa Qi's eyes suddenly became red.
His two sons, whom he had raised with great difficulty, now refused to accept him as their father just for a bite of food and listened to his daughter-in-law's instigation to sow discord between them.
On the contrary, this soft granddaughter who had been raised abroad by her mother-in-law always missed him.
Seeing her grandfather in tears, Qi Man felt distressed and tried to comfort him.
"Grandpa, don't cry. In the future, Manman will work hard to make money so that you can eat meat every meal. I will definitely make you fat."
“Okay, okay!”
Grandpa Qi responded several times, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and then heard his granddaughter's resentful murmurs.
"Grandpa, if we don't drink this chicken soup, Manman's hands will break and the soup will get cold."
Old Master Qi was so soft-hearted that he took the chipped white porcelain bowl with his bony hands.
"I drink it by myself."
Qi Man touched the white porcelain bowl and felt its temperature, not being very hot, so she let go.
Grandpa Qi scooped a mouthful of chicken soup and put it into his mouth. The sweetness of the chicken and the flavor of the wild mushrooms stimulated Grandpa Qi's taste buds, and he couldn't help but drink a few more sips.
Seeing her grandfather eating with relish, Qi Man was also happy. She served a few more bowls of soup until Grandpa Qi could no longer drink. Only then did she stop.
After serving her grandfather, Qi Man finally had her meal.
Having not eaten enough for many days, Qi Man ate up all the remaining food by herself.
Just after I finished washing the dishes, an aunt came to visit and started speaking in a sarcastic tone.
"Oh, Manman, look at this delicate girl, she looks like a capitalist lady, but I didn't expect she can cook and wash dishes."
While mocking, his eyes kept looking around, holding a big bowl in his hands and a nasty smile on his face.
"I smelled the chicken soup in your house from a distance. It doesn't matter if we adults suffer a little, but I have several hungry grandchildren who haven't had meat for more than a year. How about you give me some?"
Having said that, he handed the bowl in his hand over.
Qi Man lowered her eyes and looked at the bowl that was bigger than the other person's face.
It is true that a shameless person is invincible.
On the one hand, they stand on the moral high ground to accuse others, and on the other hand, they shamelessly demand from others.
She was the one who was gossiping with those aunties outside just now, and she said the most unpleasant things.
"It's none of my business!"
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