Chapter 250 Bitten by a Rat 4
She was convinced that her eldest and second sister-in-law's families had leaked the news about the rat hole, so she cursed them with extremely vile language.
After finishing her tea, Ma Xiulian slowly said, "I was the one who spread the news about the grain."
As he spoke, he gave Li Chunhua a cool look.
Li Chunhua immediately shrank back in fright and quickly covered her mouth, saying, "I was just talking nonsense!"
However, I thought to myself that my mother-in-law must be senile and her mind was no longer working, because she actually gave away the grain that she had already received.
Zhao Mei, who had been worried, breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, as long as it had nothing to do with her family.
Zhou Zhaodi glanced at her husband with great pride: See? I knew it. He's cold on the outside but kind on the inside.
Chen Jiandang, stunned and speechless: ...
Chen Jianguo and Chen Jianye also looked incredulous. Why?
As the eldest son and elder brother, Chen Jianguo spoke on behalf of his younger brothers, asking in a muffled voice, "Mom, how could you have leaked such important news?"
"This is the result of my discussion with your father. One shouldn't be too greedy."
Ma Xiulian said in a very calm tone, "We've already dug out two of those big rat holes, and we can't reach the others. Besides, it's the commune's grain anyway. Instead of letting so much grain be wasted by rats, it's better to let the people in other communes dig it out and eat it themselves. That way, we can at least make up for the losses from the insect infestation."
Of course, there was an even more important reason she didn't mention.
Looking at her well-behaved and adorable granddaughter, her heart almost melted.
Heaven saw that the Chen family was kind-hearted and had not done anything evil, which is why it bestowed a fairy-like girl like Guabao upon them.
God is watching everything they do in their daily lives.
If we see how selfish and greedy the Chen family is, they might take our precious baby back if they get upset. What would we do then?
So sending the food out like this is considered doing a good deed, and it lets God see that the family where the baby lives is a good family, so that the baby can stay with them forever.
Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent. They hadn't really thought about anyone else and had only been thinking about themselves. As a result, a sense of guilt appeared on their faces.
Mom is right. One shouldn't be so selfish and greedy, taking so much food back to one's own home.
They had enough food to feed their entire family for the rest of the year; the extra food was better left for those who would go hungry.
In comparison, Mom is kind-hearted and has a broader mind.
The only one among these people who didn't feel ashamed was Li Chunhua, who even thought her mother-in-law was bewitched.
In her mind, this grain already belonged to the Chen family, no, it belonged to her own little family!
It's just temporarily left in the rat hole; it hasn't been moved back yet.
If the people from the commune were to dig it up, it would be tantamount to robbing her of her grain.
The thought of losing so much food made Li Chunhua feel a pang of heartache.
Zhou Zhaodi asked, puzzled, "But Mom, why didn't we wait until we'd dug up all the rat holes nearby before telling them?"
Even if Mom was kind-hearted and wanted other people in the commune to dig mouse holes, it wouldn't stop them from looking for nearby mouse holes.
Ma Xiulian said calmly, "Several communes already know this news. When the time comes, a large number of people will come looking for rat holes. Grain can be found near other communes, but the rat holes in our commune have been dug up. Doesn't that arouse suspicion?"
(End of this chapter)
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