Chapter 5: There's Meat Today
Ding Xiaodie looked at the old woman's gloomy face, not afraid at all. Instead, she smiled innocently, "Of course I caught it."
"You caught it, you?"
Wang Dafeng naturally didn't believe it. She looked at the little boy beside her. He was so thin and small. Almost from the day he was born, he gave people a feeling of weakness that he could not be raised. He was obviously a twelve-year-old child, but his body looked like he was seven or eight years old, and his voice was almost like a kitten's meow.
Can you catch a rabbit with just this?
The strangest thing is that there are rabbits in such a place, and she happened to catch them.
Wang Dafeng looked at the busy couple in the distance and threatened in a low voice, "Tell me the truth, grandma. Did your parents have money and secretly buy it from someone? You lied to me and said you caught it. Tell the truth, and I'll give you a bite of the cake."
Ding Xiaodie had no expression on her face: "..."
Do you really think she's a little brat?
For some reason, Wang Dafeng felt nervous when she saw the little girl looking at her quietly. Something was wrong. Was this child different from before?
Just when she was about to say something, Ding Xiaodie smiled again, "Aren't all the little money my parents worked so hard to earn in your hands? Besides, in times like these, even if we have money, we can't eat meat. Who would sell us rabbits? Grandma, if you don't believe me, you don't have to eat them. It's just right for me to let my father eat more. He'll have more strength so he can protect me and my mother."
Wang Dafeng blinked her triangular eyes when she heard this. The little guy usually spoke incoherent sentences, but what was going on today? He spoke in a completely logical way.
But she still grasped the key point: "What did you say? You asked your father to protect you and your mother, but... don't you want to protect me?"
Ding Xiaodie smiled and said, "It depends on your performance."
What?
Just when Wang Dafeng was about to put on a stern face and argue with the little girl, the aroma of meat came from the other side.
Ding Gui and Zhang Xiu skinned the rabbits and skewered them, then found some dead branches. How difficult would it be to start a fire in this drought? Back in the 21st century, Ding Gui's favorite thing was camping, so making fire by rubbing two sticks together wasn't a problem for him.
Soon a raging flame started up. When the rabbit was roasted in the hand, fragrant oil came out in a short while. The fragrance in the air was so delicious that people could only swallow their saliva.
Wang Dafeng, who smelled the aroma of meat, was afraid that he would miss a bite, so he immediately let the little brat go and stood up and walked towards the fire.
Even if she can't eat it for a while, she is willing to sit next to it and watch it with her eyes.
The three members of the Ding family saw that the old woman looked like she was about to drool. They looked at each other and thought that it would be difficult to take such a selfish old woman with them when they fled from famine in the future!
The rabbit is finally baked!
Wang Dafeng immediately pounded the ground with his dog-beating stick. "Give it to me, Ding Gui. Let me divide it. No one of you is allowed to touch it."
The three members of the Ding family were dumbfounded: "..."
What is there for her to divide? When the roasted rabbit is in her hands, the three of them can only smell its fragrance at most.
Because he didn't want to break up, Ding Gui tried to patiently persuade her: "Mother..."
But before he could even begin to speak, Wang Dafeng picked up a stick and started to hit him: "I told you to bring it here, did you hear me? You dare to be an unfilial son? I'll report you to the village chief, did you hear me? Bring it here."
Ding Gui didn't say anything, but he was getting angry.
Who is this? Zhang Xiu was at a loss for words: "..."
Finally, Ding Xiaodie walked over, picked up the knife her father had used to skin the rabbit, held it over the fire to burn away the blood, and said sternly, "The four of us are originally one family. If you want special treatment, then we can go our separate ways. Grandma, make up your mind. If you want rabbit meat, that's fine. We'll give you half, but we won't care about you from now on. Why don't you go see if your two sons are willing to take care of you? Also, you're going to complain to the village chief, so go ahead, as long as you can catch up with the villagers."
After saying that, he handed the knife to his father and gave him a wink.
Ding Gui looked at the stunned Wang Dafeng with understanding, still looking timid. "Mom, think carefully. Xiaodie caught the rabbit, so now it's Xiaodie's turn. If you want half a rabbit, we'll go our separate ways from now on. If we divide the food equally into four parts, then we can still be a family and support each other to escape the famine."
Wang Dafeng, who had never encountered such a situation, was stunned!
She looked around helplessly, but there were no villagers around, except for the deceased old man whose feet were sticking out from behind a huge rock not far away.
But... the three people in the family who never dared to resist her actually dared to threaten her today. How... how could she tolerate this?
At this time, Zhang Xiu quickly pretended to smooth things over: "Mom, look, Xiaodie is still a child. She caught the rabbit. She was hungry for a few days, but she didn't say that we old people couldn't eat it. She is very sensible and knows that the whole family should share the food. Xiaodie is right. We are a family. We should care about each other and look after each other, don't you think?"
Wang Dafeng's face tightened. "What do you mean? Are you saying I'm not as sensible as a child?"
Zhang Xiu shrugged his head. "So, mother, what you mean is... you want half a rabbit, and then part ways with us?"
Wang Dafeng was confused again!
If she fled the famine separately, she would surely die. As for going to find her other two sons, she was dreaming. When she was in the village, she had quarreled with her two daughters-in-law many times. Now asking them to support her would be harder than the sun rising from the west.
Thinking about the consequences, Wang Dafeng had no choice but to wave his hands helplessly. Although he still looked at the rabbit reluctantly, he could only say: "Okay, in your eyes, I am just a useless old thing, and I don't have the right to speak. You can divide it however you like!"
In fact, I was thinking in my heart, just wait and see, when I catch up with the group of villagers, I will make you suffer.
When the three members of the Ding family saw that the old woman finally softened, they smiled bitterly with helplessness.
Without further ado, Ding Gui divided the rabbit meat into four portions. He and Zhang Xiu ate less, each gnawing on half a rabbit head and a little bit of meat.
There was no meat on the rabbit head. Ding Xiaodie disagreed and insisted on giving him the two rabbit legs. However, as parents, they couldn't bear to let their daughter go hungry. After much pushing and shoving, they finally decided to divide the rabbit legs into small pieces and let each of them eat one.
Wang Dafeng, who had not seen meat for a long time, not only finished her share of rabbit meat, but also licked all ten fingers one by one. Ding Gui felt a little sorry for her and was about to give her some of his own, but Ding Xiaodie held her hand and gently shook her head to indicate.
But we can't indulge the old woman's bad temper. The original owner's family was bullied like this because she was spoiled too much. If they want to have a normal family and unite with each other in the future, the old woman's selfish temper must be changed.
Ding Gui understood his daughter's thoughts, shrugged, and threw the last piece of rabbit meat into his mouth: "Okay, get up and go."
(End of this chapter)
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