Chapter 172: Pregnant women cannot eat mutton, theft case

She hadn't even touched her chopsticks, yet she still had to endure her mother-in-law's unreasonable harassment. Wu Fangyun lowered her eyebrows and said, "Mom, I won't steal food from Jindan. He is also my child."

Which mother doesn't love her child?

How come when it comes to my mother-in-law's mouth, it becomes food that I have taken away from my child?

Wu Fangyun couldn't understand why her mother-in-law repeatedly tried to instigate Jindan to stay away from her.

Mother Xu had no idea that her daughter-in-law was heartbroken. She smiled coldly and said, "If you can't snatch it away, then don't eat it. It might harm the baby in your belly."

After saying this, he pulled the meat in the bowl towards his eldest grandson and said, "Eating mutton can easily cause blood heat, so just eat two pieces of it."

Wu Fangyun's eyes widened in disbelief. Did her mother-in-law mean that she couldn't eat meat? She was obviously a member of the family and had given birth to children for the Xu family. Even if she had no merits, she had worked hard.

How come the meaning of my mother-in-law's words changed after just a few words? Could it be that I can't even eat a mouthful of meat?

Wu Fangyun looked at her husband with tears in her eyes. Xu Dajun sighed helplessly, "Mom, it's New Year's Day, why are you angry with Fangyun?"

"I'm not angry. I just heard that pregnant women can't eat rabbit meat or mutton."

"You forgot about the woman in our village. She just didn't believe these things. Look at her son's mouth. It's rotten and it hasn't healed yet."

Or maybe the older generation is superstitious and says that pregnant women cannot eat rabbit meat, otherwise the baby will be born with a rabbit's mouth.

If Chu Sangning were here, he would definitely refute it, saying that rabbit mouth is actually just a disease and has nothing to do with rabbits.

"Dajun, you have to listen to me on this matter, otherwise my grandson will be born with a sheep's mouth, how ugly it will be."

Mother Xu successfully shut her son up with a few words. She tapped the table with her chopsticks impatiently and stared at Wu Fangyun with a dark face, "Eat it. Are you waiting for me to chew it up and feed it to you?"

Seeing that her man didn't speak for her, Wu Fangyun felt even more disappointed. After dinner, she found an excuse and went into the house. After she went in, Xu Nier also went in when no one at home was looking.

"Mom, you eat it." Xu Nier held a piece of mutton in her hand and timidly handed it to Wu Fangyun.

Wu Fangyun sat up excitedly, and when she saw the mutton in the lady's hand, she hesitated for a moment, then touched the lady's head and said, "Mom doesn't want to eat it, so you eat it."

Regardless of whether it was true or not, Wu Fangyun didn't dare to joke about the baby in her belly. She just ate less meat. She would have the chance to eat it after giving birth to the baby.

With the idea of ​​doing good for the child, Wu Fangyun didn't eat a single bite of mutton even though she was hungry. She lay on the bed and fell asleep again. Xu Nier just came out of the room and a rag fell directly on her head.

Xiaomei, the niece, acted like the master of the house. She raised her head and said proudly, "Ni'er, clear the table."

Xu Nier was used to being bullied, so she didn't dare to say a word. She took a rag and went to clean. Such a small child, but she could do everything from sweeping the floor to wiping the table.

Xiaomei was happy to have some free time. She sat aside and coaxed her silly cousin, coaxing him to give her some of the food in his pocket.

Just as the Xu family was in a quiet and peaceful atmosphere, a soldier quickly ran in from outside downstairs, approached Qiao Xiangye and whispered a few words.

Qiao Xiangye frowned, "Are you sure?"

"Yes, they are indeed from the neighborhood, and their identities are not fake."

Qiao Xiangye said sternly, "Please ask someone to come over."

Not long after, a ragged old man carrying a shoulder pole came in, followed by two young men in police uniforms. When the two policemen saw the military title on Qiao Xiangye's shoulder, they stepped forward.

"Hello, we have a theft case involving the military, and we hope you will cooperate."

Troops, theft, any one of them alone would not be surprising, but putting these two together is really shocking.

Those who were sitting downstairs eating were considered to be important figures in the army. Seeing that there was someone in the army who was involved in the theft, they all had gloomy faces and vowed to find the person.

Qiao Xiangye also promised earnestly that he would definitely cooperate. This incident happened in the area under his jurisdiction, and the people in the army were actually doing it secretly. He, as the regiment commander, felt embarrassed if he told others about it.

"Comrade, please tell me what happened in detail." Qiao Xiangye looked at the old man in shabby clothes in front of him.

The old man put down the burden on his shoulders and opened the straw cover. Inside were a few pieces of dry mutton. He wiped his tears and hesitated for a long time before he dared to speak.

"I was selling mutton as usual today, but an old woman came over and said that my mutton was not good and must not be ready-made. She really wronged me. My mutton is all fresh. If you don't believe me, look at it."

As the old man spoke, he took out the mutton from his basket and told everyone about it. But didn't he go off topic? He was clearly talking about the theft by the army, so how did he change to teaching everyone how to identify fresh mutton?

Qiao Xiangye coughed twice, "Well, then what?"

"She wanted three cents for more than two kilograms of meat, and she didn't even have a meat coupon. I definitely didn't want to buy it, but it was Chinese New Year and I had no money left, so I gritted my teeth and decided to sell it to her."

Who would have known that after she left with the meat, I looked again and found that a piece of mutton was missing from my basket. It was more than two pounds of good meat with both fat and lean meat. I was reluctant to take it out as I wanted to keep it for my sick old lady at home to nourish her body.

I was anxious, so I followed her all the way here. The troops wouldn't let me in, so I had no choice but to tell the police, and they brought me here.

Old woman? Chu Sangning raised his eyebrows. There was only one new family building in this direction, and that was where they were. Although there were many people in the family building, old women were not common.

"Old man, are you sure it's our direction?" Chu Sangning asked again.

The old man waved his hands and feet anxiously, "Although my legs and feet are not flexible, my eyes are still good. I saw it with my own eyes, and it was in this direction."

The two policemen looked around and found Chu Sangning and his friends eating. There was also mutton in the pot. They were about to ask a few questions when Chu Yuanlin suddenly realized and explained hastily, "These are not mutton. We bought them from somewhere else."

Zhou Yongzhuo went with them and nodded when he heard this. Even the old man carrying the shoulder pole looked at them in confusion, "It's not them. I haven't seen them."

Since she was not present and was in this building, Chu Sangning suddenly remembered a woman who had come down from the building not long ago and was walking home happily.

She and Jiang Xingyan looked at each other and understood each other's meaning. Before Chu Sangning could speak, Jiang Xingyan asked, "Master, is the other party carrying a small basket also made of straw?"