Chapter 13 Chapter 13 Killing the Chicken
After eating and drinking, Yu Li was not in a hurry to leave the Yu family.
Of course she would not leave so soon. After all, her mother-in-law had told her to stay at home and spend more time with her parents and sisters. She decided to stay here until the evening and have dinner before leaving.
There was another reason. She was afraid that after she left, the Yu family would take their anger out on the people in the second house.
She still had to do something to ensure that her younger sisters would not be bullied by them again in the Yu family.
Yu Li went back to the west room to rest.
It is the hottest time of the day right after lunch. Villagers usually stay at home to rest and go to work in the fields in the afternoon when the sun is not so hot, to avoid heatstroke.
The second room is the smallest and most dilapidated room in the Yu family. The space of the two rooms is almost the same. It is very dark in the room. Even in broad daylight, the light is not very good.
But all mud houses in the countryside are like this, the lighting is not good.
There was only one wooden bed in the room. Actually, it’s not quite the right name to call it a bed. It was made simply of bed boards, about 1.8 meters long, with two tattered mats spread out on top and put together. The four sisters could sleep on it by lying down.
This is also the bed for the four sisters. They have been sleeping like this since they were young.
The room was not big. After putting down the bed, there was not much space left. Even the aisle was very narrow. There were two bamboo boxes stacked next to the bed for storing things.
Yu Li lay down and fell asleep in a short while.
Although a few days had passed, she still felt uncomfortable. At first she thought it was due to heatstroke, but after a few days, the discomfort in her body did not ease at all, which was strange.
This feeling of discomfort was too unfamiliar. It was her first time experiencing it, so she could only endure it temporarily.
Not long after she lay down, the three Yu Jin sisters returned to the room.
Unlike those members of the Yu family who were frightened to death, the three sisters were not afraid at all and were even slightly excited.
From the moment the eldest sister took away the cane from grandma, although they were shocked, they did not think that the eldest sister did anything wrong. In fact, because the eldest sister stood in front of them, they felt for the first time a sense of security of being protected by their loved ones.
Seeing Yu Li lying on the bed, the three sisters subconsciously slowed down their steps.
Usually in the afternoon, if there is nothing to do, they will take a break. Of course, most of the time, the sisters have no time to rest. When those people are resting, they still have to continue to be busy, washing dishes, cleaning or going to the back mountain to collect some firewood. Yuyin also has to make embroidered handkerchiefs and purses, so as not to be scolded for not making enough in a day.
When the three sisters approached, Yu Li opened her eyes and turned over and sat up.
Yu Jin asked, "Sister, did we wake you up?"
Yu Li groaned, without saying yes or no, and asked, "Do you want to sleep?" She was not used to the sound of breathing around her when she slept, and was worried that she would fall asleep and start strangling them again.
The three sisters shook their heads. They had eaten too much and were too excited to fall asleep.
Yu Li originally wanted to turn over and continue sleeping, but suddenly he thought of something and asked, "Where are my parents?"
"They went back to their rooms." Yu Jin said, "They didn't eat, but they brought the food back to their rooms. The others also drank some porridge and water just now, and now they are all back to their rooms to rest..."
What Yu Jin didn't say was that after Yu Li left the main room, they went out carefully and saw the collapsed courtyard wall.
The main room faces the yard. After the carrying pole was swung out, it directly collapsed a part of the yard wall, which was about ten feet wide.
It collapsed!
It actually collapsed!
When the Yu family saw this scene, their expressions were the same as when they saw Yu Li smashing the pillars of the house.
Although they had heard the sound of something collapsing before, they were too frightened by Yu Li at the time to think about it. Only now, when they saw it with their own eyes, did they realize how terrifying Yu Li's strength was.
She just swung a carrying pole and collapsed the courtyard wall. If she wanted to demolish the house, it would be no problem at all.
At this time, the Yu family finally believed Yu Li's threat. If they dared to go to the clan leader, she would destroy the Yu family's house.
Houses and land are the lifeblood of farmers.
They have land but no house, so where do they live? It costs a lot of money to build a house, and if the house is destroyed, they have to spend a lot of money to rebuild it.
Perhaps Yu Li's deterrence was too effective, and even when the two Yu Jin sisters left after dinner, the Yu family didn't say anything.
Yu Laoer and his wife stood there at a loss, not knowing what to do. It was Yu Jin who came over and called them away.
The couple had no idea what to do and could only obey their daughter and went back to their room with two bowls of bacon rice.
**
Yu Li fell asleep again quickly.
The three Yu Jin sisters stared at her in a daze for a while, then Yu Jin asked Yu Yin to stay and watch over the place while she took her younger sister to her parents' place.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw my parents sitting there in a daze, with sad looks on their faces.
In the minds of this honest couple, what happened today was so shocking that it left them at a loss.
When they saw their two daughters come in, they were speechless and didn't know what to say.
Yu Jin saw two bowls of cured meat rice on the side and said, "Why don't you eat? Aren't you hungry?" Without waiting for them to speak, she continued, "This is what my eldest sister brought back from the Fu family. It's a token of her love. You should eat it and don't let my eldest sister worry."
"Jin Niang." Liu called out, "Li Niang...how could she do this?"
She simply couldn't believe that this was their daughter who only knew how to work hard. What she did today made the couple feel as if they were dreaming. They were also a little terrified and unspeakably worried.
Yu Laoer sighed. He had never been good at speaking, and as a father, he had even less to say to his daughters.
Yu Jin said: "What's wrong with my sister being like this? Isn't it good? We can all have a full meal today."
Yuzhu touched her bulging belly and said with satisfaction, "The bacon rice is delicious."
Looking at their two daughters, the couple moved their mouths.
"Dad, Mom, you should eat now." Yu Jin said, taking out two boiled eggs. "This is what my eldest sister cooked this morning and left for you. Don't let her down."
After putting the boiled egg down, she took her little sister away.
**
Yu Li slept until the evening.
When she woke up, she saw her three sisters standing by her bed.
Yu Jin looked at her face and said worriedly, "Sister, are you feeling unwell?" Otherwise, she wouldn't have slept for so long.
She began to worry whether her elder sister was not having a good time in the Fu family and was sleeping less than in the Yu family.
When they were at the Yu family, these girls had a lot of work to do. They were busy from morning to night and had little time to sleep. If they slept a little longer, they would be scolded as lazy women. Sleeping in had never been a concern for them.
When Yu Li just woke up, her throat was very dry, so Yu Yin considerately brought her a bowl of water.
After drinking a glass of water, her throat finally felt better. She sat up and said, "It's okay."
She didn't tell her sisters that she was feeling unwell and got out of bed directly.
Glancing at the sky outside, Yu Li asked, "Second sister, is it time to make dinner?"
"Yes, but grandma didn't come to call me." Yu Jin said, "Grandpa, my parents, and my third uncle have all gone to the fields. Grandma and my third aunt are at home."
The crops in the fields require people to work all day long. Even though something like that happened at noon, the work in the fields still needs to be done when the time comes.
Yu Li walked out of the room.
When passing by Old Madam Yu and the third room's house, their doors were locked, but Yu Li clearly felt there was someone behind the window. She ignored it and went straight to the kitchen.
She first drew water from the water tank to wash her face, and then asked Yu Jin to boil water.
"What are you boiling water for?" Yu Jin asked while boiling water obediently.
Yu Li said, "Today is the day I return home. Shouldn't my parents usually kill chickens and pigs to entertain me?"
Yu Jin: “…”
Yu Jin didn't know what to say. That was the rule of wealthy families, and usually they only entertained sons-in-law of status.
In places like the countryside, if a man values his son-in-law, he will kill a chicken, or buy a pound of pork, some wine, and prepare a table of dishes to entertain him.
But today only Yu Li came back, and his son-in-law Fu Wenxiao was still lying in bed, so it was impossible for the Yu family to kill chickens and pigs to entertain them.
Yu Li went to the chicken coop in the backyard.
There is a chicken coop and a pigpen in the backyard. The Yu family raises more than a dozen chickens, seven or eight ducks and two pigs. There was no breeding technology in those days, so the chickens and ducks were very small and the meat was very tough. The pigs also couldn't be raised big, and rarely could they weigh over a hundred kilograms.
Generally, these pigs are raised until the Chinese New Year, when one is sold and the other is slaughtered at home.
Yu Li stared at the two young pigs in the pigsty, feeling a little sorry.
We still have to raise them. There is too little meat now, so it's not cost-effective. We should wait until the New Year and then catch one to slaughter and eat the meat.
So she turned and went to the chicken coop, reached out and caught two chickens, then carried one in each hand to the kitchen.
When Yu Jin saw her coming over with two chickens, he was stunned.
"Second sister, let's have chicken tonight." Yu Li recalled the delicious taste of chicken in his memory and said, "One for soup and one for braised."
Yuzhu shouted happily, "Great, let's eat chicken~~"
The little girl's voice was cheerful and she couldn't control her volume, so it was heard by Old Lady Yu and Wang who were paying attention to this place.
They actually want to eat chicken?
How can this be possible?
Old Mrs. Yu couldn't bear it any longer, and suddenly opened the door and ran out.
When she arrived at the kitchen and was about to curse, she saw Yu Li holding a chicken in one hand and a knife in the other. She turned her head calmly, as if the knife would fly towards her in the next moment.
Old Mrs. Yu suddenly wilted.
"Is there something wrong?" Yu Li asked.
Old Madam Yu moved her mouth and finally managed to say, "You want to kill a chicken?"
"Yes." Yu Li said as a matter of course, "I am coming back today, shouldn't you treat me well? The pigs in the pigpen are still young, it would be a pity to kill them now, so let's kill two chickens first. I haven't tasted the flavor of chicken in all these years, so today is a good opportunity to try it."
Old Mrs. Yu: “…”
Old Mrs. Yu wanted to object and curse, but she held it back when Yu Li looked at her.
Especially when she caught a glimpse of a collapsed part of the courtyard wall not far away, she shuddered.
The courtyard wall is made of mud. It has been hammered repeatedly to make it solid. After being exposed to the sun, even if an adult squats on it, it may not be able to collapse it.
Even if they use a carrying pole to hit it, they may not be able to break it down.
Finally, Old Mrs. Yu silently retreated back into the house.
After seeing this scene, Wang would not take the initiative to do this.
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