"Yes, we know each other. They arrived late earlier, didn't they? They didn't have any firewood at home, so they bought the firewood from my house."
Upon hearing this, Xing Chunhua explained to Ding Yuzhen how they met. As soon as she finished explaining, Ding Yuzhen slapped her forehead in disbelief.
"Oh dear, look at my memory! You clearly told me before that two young educated youths bought firewood from you, but I just couldn't remember. Tell me about this..."
"It's nothing, it's nothing..."
Before the two could finish their sentence, another commotion broke out in the room.
"Ah—you're deliberately trying to kill me! Your whole family gets along so well, but I don't get along with you, is that it?!"
Then I might as well go die! I'll go die, and then you won't have to pretend anymore. You can all continue living happily ever after! Waaah—"
Before Zhu Qinghao and Si Tian could figure out what was going on inside, they seemed to hear an old woman shout a few words and then start crying again.
Then, many people at the scene offered words of comfort, while others criticized the person, but that person seemed to cry even harder.
Fearing they might not understand what had happened, Xing Chunhua took the opportunity while everyone was comforting them to give them a brief explanation.
After she finished telling Ding Yuzhen, Zhu Qinghao and the others realized that the protagonist of the story seemed to be an acquaintance, the old lady who was so frugal that Tian Haiying had told them before, and the one who had just made a fuss about wanting to die.
With the enthusiastic introduction of several older women around her, Zhu Qing quickly pieced together the cause and course of the story.
This old woman, the protagonist of the story who is always called "Old Sour Granny" by the villagers, has always lived a very frugal life.
In her house, clothes couldn't be washed until they were worn for a whole season. At first, people thought she was just lazy, but when her three daughters-in-law married into the family one after another, she didn't even allow them to wash them.
When cooking, except for holidays like Chinese New Year, oil is absolutely forbidden. The amount of grain used for each meal can only be a small amount, not a large amount. Even if her grandson can't hold it in and urinates outside, she will be scolded...
These things are so outrageous that anyone would find them a bit absurd.
Zhu Qinghao and Si Tian were both astonished.
The cause of today's farce was quite absurd: the old woman went back to her parents' home. She had originally agreed to return the next afternoon, but she came back without even having breakfast at her parents' home.
When she got home, she found her grandson sitting at the gate of the yard eating a pancake, which almost made her jump up.
"Damn it, who told you to eat this?!"
Her little grandson was happily munching on a biscuit when she suddenly made a sound, which startled him so much that he burst into tears.
At this moment, the people inside heard the child crying and naturally came out to check the situation. The first one to come out was her eldest son, and she discovered that he was also holding a pancake.
Without asking any further questions, she stumbled into the house and, sure enough, everyone eating had a pancake in their hand.
So, the old woman completely broke down.
"Ahhh—you plague-stricken people, are you all pigs? If you eat like this, how are we supposed to survive?"
Are you all in a hurry to die? Is this your last meal before execution? How can you eat like this? Who lives like this?
You guys, you're really infuriating! Why did I even come back? Why didn't I just die out there? I would have died out there so I wouldn't have to see you like this. Damn it, what a terrible thing to do..."
Hearing that the old woman's scolding was really too much, her eldest son immediately spoke up.
"Mother, what are you saying? We just had a normal meal, why are you rushing to die?"
"Listen to what you're saying! We only ate one tortilla each, and you're making it sound like we committed some terrible crime."
The old woman became even more agitated upon hearing her eldest son's rebuttal.
"Good heavens! This is terrible! My child has grown up and become independent, no longer listening to his mother! You're going to kill me! I can't live like this anymore!"
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