Mo Yunmei ran back, having anticipated that dinner would be served at home.
She was startled to see people gnawing on yellow, flowery sticks. What were these things? She'd never seen them before!
But it smells so sweet, it must taste delicious!
She was quicker on her feet than on her brain, and immediately ran to check the winnowing basket on the table. Finding more inside, she reached out to take some, but her hand was slapped.
Mo Yunmei cried out in pain, jumped back a big step, and blew on her hands as she asked, "Big brother, why did you hit me? You hit me so hard, look, there are marks!"
Boss Mo didn't even look at him. "What are you doing reaching out your hand?"
Mo Yunmei gave her a "Are you stupid?" look, "I want to get something to eat!"
Mo Laoda quickly ate half a stick, then stopped using chopsticks altogether and just picked up a stick and started gnawing on it, no longer worried about getting burned. He even thought it was more enjoyable to eat like that.
No one really wanted to pay attention to Mo Yunmei, lest it spoil his eating mood, so he didn't even look up, saying, "I'll eat at the house of whoever I'm helping with the work!"
Mo Yunmei said matter-of-factly, "I didn't help anyone! I went to see what was going on. I heard that the village was planning to set up a small workshop and that someone was going to give guidance, so I went to take a look."
"Then go find something to eat somewhere exciting, don't block my way from eating!"
Mo Laoda really wanted to kick her away. She was so close, and she even had the nerve to say she was right, spitting everywhere, ruining his appetite!
Mo Yunmei was unaware of her own ignorance; all she wanted was to win the argument and get something to eat.
"There's nothing to eat there! Everyone's gone home, so I came back too. There's still so much here, I'll take two too. I haven't eaten all day, I'm starving!"
Feeling perfectly justified, he reached out to take it with both hands after speaking.
Mo Lao Er simply pulled the winnowing basket away.
Mo Yunmei missed her target and said to Mo Lao Er with dissatisfaction, "Second brother, what are you doing! Big brother didn't say I couldn't have any!"
Mo Laoda was so angry he laughed. He hadn't said he wouldn't give her any, but had he said he would give her any? Had he lost his mind?
"I didn't say I was giving you any. Second brother, put it away." The eldest brother didn't help her, turning to her and saying rudely, "Get your brains back and think carefully about how the Mo family gets to eat!"
Mo Yunmei pouted, "I'm a member of the Mo family, so I'll eat whatever the Mo family has!"
Boss Mo was no longer angry. "Then what are the Mo family doing? Why don't you follow suit?"
Mo Yunmei's eyes followed the winnowing basket. "I'm a girl, and I'm going to marry into a rich family in the future. How can I do manual labor? Besides, there are so many people in our family. It won't matter if I'm not doing the work! Everyone is doing just fine!"
Old Master Mo didn't want to talk anymore, but Old Lady Mo started scolding, "Aren't you ashamed! So eager to get married? It's not a big deal if our family loses one more person to work, but it's not a big deal if we lose one more person to support! Your family is just an ordinary poor family, recognize your situation, if you don't have the means, don't keep dreaming about marrying a swan! Rich people can have any kind of person they want, right? You're nothing, they won't even give you a second glance!"
Mo Yunmei was unhappy with her mother's words. "How am I nothing? At least I'm good-looking! That Zhao Jinhua is even uglier than me, but she still married into a rich family!"
Seeing that Mo Yunmei was still unrepentant, Old Madam Mo was also furious, "Do you also want to marry someone in their sixties or seventies, older than your father?"
Mo Yunmei glanced at her father, imagined what was going on, and immediately denied it, "No, no! He's too old! He can't carry me anymore!"
The others almost choked. What kind of talk is that!
Mo Yunmei started daydreaming again, muttering to herself, "I want to marry a young, handsome man who is also very rich and treats me very well!"
It's hopeless!
The others quickly divided up the corn cobs, scattered, and found places to sit, keeping a distance from this idiot.
I've heard that stupidity is contagious, so you have to stay away from it!
Mo Yunmei was lost in thought for a moment when she came to her senses and found that everyone had left and the tables and chairs had been moved in!
Everyone went back into the main room and was drinking corn porridge!
Mo Yunmei ran over again, but couldn't open the door. She shouted a few times, but no one paid any attention to her, so she started to cry pitifully.
After everyone finished eating and came out, Mo Yunmei suddenly hugged Grandma Mo's leg, "Mom! I'm so hungry! I want some food, please give me some!"
Grandma Mo sighed, "Why didn't you do this sooner?"
Mo Yunmei answered honestly, "I helped Sister Qiuxia make rice noodles a while ago, and then I went to watch the fun."
Thinking that Grandma Mo had softened her heart, she said in a pitiful voice, "Mother! I'm hungry, I want to eat what you just ate."
Grandma Mo said expressionlessly, "He's in the kitchen, go ahead!"
Mo Yunmei jumped up and happily skipped to the kitchen.
Her mother still cares about her, that's right, she could have eaten without doing anything!
She might not dare to cause trouble with her older brother, but she can certainly cause trouble with her mother!
I ran into the kitchen excitedly, but found no food in the bowl. I only saw a yellow stick in the basket, which hadn't been cooked yet!
This isn't cooked yet, how is she going to eat it?
She's never seen this thing before, how would she know how to cook it?
"Mom, I don't know how to do it, can you help me?"
Mo Yunmei came to find Old Lady Mo again, but Old Lady Mo was collecting clothes and preparing to take a bath. She didn't really want to talk to anyone. "I don't understand either!"
Mo Yunmei saw the food, but couldn't eat it yet. Suddenly, she felt incredibly hungry and her temper flared up. "Who made this? Tell her to make it for me!"
Grandma Mo's expression was indifferent; she was numb to it all. She knew someone would come looking for her, so her mindset was calm.
Without even looking up, she said, "It was done by the mute woman. If you have the guts, go find her and see if you get thrown out."
Mo Yunmei had visited Su Nanxi in the morning and was startled. Afterwards, she harbored resentment towards Su Nanxi but was powerless to do anything about it. Now, upon hearing that this person was involved, her jealousy and hatred surged up and she couldn't suppress it.
She immediately yelled, "Mom! Why do you let her interfere in everything? If she understands and then runs away, wouldn't we suffer a huge loss? Why can't you keep it a secret from her? Can't all of you in the family manage it?"
When Old Mrs. Mo saw that Mo Yunmei was so ungrateful and had completely lost the spirit of her hard work in teaching her, she felt disheartened and immediately slapped her across the face.
"Look at the state you've become! How dare you yell at me like that! You look so ungrateful! I should never have raised you in the first place! I'd rather have raised a dog; at least a dog would wag its tail and greet me when I come home!"
Mo Yunmei was stunned by the beating. She covered her sore face, looked at Old Lady Mo with teary eyes, and dared not utter another word.
A moment later, the sounds of wailing and howling filled the air.
Others found it jarring and felt inexplicably irritated.
"Mother! Am I still your child?"
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