"Tangtang, what happened?" Aunt Chi rushed over, picked up her daughter, and felt extremely distressed.
Looking around, he found that his daughter was unharmed and breathed a sigh of relief.
Inside the house, Si Lang and Wu Lang were crying loudly, and Xiao Suotou was trying to comfort them, but to no avail.
Sister-in-law Chi hurriedly went inside to check on the child.
Chi Dashan looked around and asked Chi Tang, "Where's An'an?"
Today, only a few children are left at home.
Sister-in-law Chi also asked, "Yes, where's An'an?"
"Ah, yeah, hey..."
Chi Tang was so anxious that he kept spitting out saliva, and he couldn't even pronounce the words clearly.
Fortunately, the plump aunt from across the street came over and explained things.
It turned out that Zhou had come and taken away a pheasant. An'an tried to take it from her and chased after her to the Li family's house.
Aunt Chi immediately exploded: "When will this end? It's all your fault!"
Aunt Chi was so angry that she scolded Uncle Chi.
Old Man Chi went to the Li family without saying a word, his face grim.
Chi Dashan hurriedly followed.
"Third son's wife, do you know?" Aunt Chi asked suddenly, holding Chi Tang in her arms.
Sister-in-law Chi was startled and quickly distanced herself: "Mother, what does this have to do with me? I don't know anything about it."
She went up the mountain to pick medicinal herbs today!
Aunt Chi knew this too, but...
She always felt that things weren't that simple.
Meanwhile, when Old Man Chi and his son arrived at the Zhou family's house in a hurry, they saw An'an squatting at the entrance of the Li family's house, crying loudly.
Chi Dashan rushed over and picked An'an up in his arms: "What's wrong? Don't cry, don't cry."
"Wow, Uncle, Great-Grandma killed the chicken and stewed it..."
The air was indeed filled with the aroma of stewed chicken.
Old Man Chi's face looked rather grim.
At this moment, Zhou came out, carrying a pot of stewed chicken.
"What's with that long face of yours? What, am I your own mother? Can't I even eat a chicken from your house? You heartless thing, you know how to send meat and gifts to your daughter-in-law's family, but you don't even know how to send something to your old mother!"
The moment Zhou saw Old Man Chi, she almost instinctively started cursing.
What is it?
Old Man Chi said indifferently to her, "The bond between mother and child also requires fate. All relationships are mutual. Who would want to keep throwing meat buns at a dog?"
Who would want to keep doing something that only gives and never receives?
It's only a matter of time.
"You called me a dog? My God, everyone..."
Zhou was about to slap his thigh and curse.
Li Cuiliu suddenly appeared, steadied Zhou's hand, and said:
"Mother, didn't you take my brother's pheasant to stew for him because you saw that he was working too hard? If you meant well, you could have just told him directly."
After saying that, Li Cuiliu looked at her older brother, who was more than 20 years her senior, with a smile: "Brother, this time Mother really just wanted to help you. The pheasant has been stewed, and all the meat is here. There's not a single piece of chicken left."
At her daughter's prompting, Zhou, against her conscience, handed over the basin, saying, "Here you go, I've cooked it for you."
A whole pheasant!
This time, there wasn't even a bowl of chicken soup left, let alone any chicken meat!
Old Man Chi and his son were stunned.
An'an rubbed her eyes and patted her little head, "Uncle, am I dreaming?"
My great-grandmother was really so kind?
So why were they making such a fuss and taking away his pheasant just so they could cook it for him?
Chi Dashan: "Grandma, if you want to stew it for us, just stew it at our house. Why go through all this trouble? Besides, this pheasant... we were originally planning to sell it. What kind of conditions do we have at home? Are we really going to eat a whole pheasant? ... But Grandma, you mean well. Aunt, go get a basin and leave half for you. How can we let Grandma work for nothing?"
Kindness?
You won't be kind in your next life either!
He just didn't understand what Zhou's purpose was.
We had no choice but to deal with each situation as it came.
"Dashan, your grandma meant well, but we never expected this... How can we possibly take half a chicken from you?"
Li Cuiliu stubbornly refused to budge.
They just wouldn't take it.
Even Chi Dashan, who lives in the province, is starting to suspect that there might be poison in the chicken!
Otherwise, how could this happen?
"Dashan, put the basin down for your grandma and the others, consider it a tribute to your grandma," Old Man Chi said directly.
This chicken absolutely cannot be taken home intact.
Who knows what kind of strange rumors will spread after we take it back?
Chi Dashan obediently did as he was told.
An'an, who was very hungry, hugged her uncle's leg and took a big bite.
This left Chi Dashan both amused and exasperated.
After much persuasion, and even with the help of the neighbors, Zhou and Old Man Chi finally backed down.
Half for each family!
When they got home, the Chi family looked at the half-bowl of pheasant meat on the table and were all bewildered.
Brother Wu, quick to speak his mind, asked, "Could they have poisoned it?"
The eldest nephew, Chi Shuxing, chimed in, "I think it's possible."
"Slap! Slap!"
Old Man Chi tapped his youngest son and eldest grandson on the head with his chopsticks: "Don't talk nonsense like that. Alright, let's eat."
Aunt Chi, unusually, didn't say anything else.
The meal was rather dull.
The Chi family racked their brains but still couldn't understand what Zhou was trying to do.
Actually, it wasn't Zhou who wanted to do something, it was Li Cuiliu who wanted to do something.
——
The Li family.
During the meal, Zhou Shi and Li Cuiliu were often teased by Li Lao Er and his wife, but neither of them said anything.
After finishing their meal, the mother and daughter took a wooden basin to the river to wash clothes.
Zhou asked Li Cuiliu, "Is this really useful?"
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