Da Hu and Er Hu were running around outside when they ran into Da Wa and Er Wa on their way home. They immediately heard that there was meat to eat at home, and their little eyes lit up.
The eldest son was in a hurry to go back, but the second son remembered what he had heard at the village head's house. He even taught the first two lines of the Three Character Classic to both the eldest and second son.
Because Da Hu had shown off his first statement, "Man controls pigs," before, now that he knows more, he naturally wants to show it off back.
He not only learned one more sentence, but also understood the meaning behind it.
Sure enough, Da Hu and Er Hu looked at Er Wa with eyes full of admiration.
"Erwa, you're amazing! If you go to take the exams for the academy now, you'll definitely pass."
These words may sound sarcastic, but the two kids genuinely believe it; in their hearts, Erwa is incredibly important.
However, the two children quickly forgot about this and began to rage inside their home.
"Meat! Rabbit meat!"
The Zhao family sat together; they hadn't eaten such good food in a long time.
Everyone picked up a piece of meat and put it in their mouth.
"Wow..."
This meat is ten times, no, a hundred times more fragrant than the meat they used to make themselves!
It smells so good!
The Zhao family members all ate in silence, not one of them uttering a word.
Thatched hut.
While Yin Lan was waiting for her two children at home, she suddenly heard a voice calling her from outside, "Eldest daughter-in-law."
There was only one person who would call her that, and that was Old Mrs. Chen.
As soon as Yin Lan stepped out, a bundle was thrown at her face.
Yin Lan:...
She quickly caught it with both hands, narrowly avoiding being hit. This old lady Chen really can't shake her habit of throwing things.
"Keep this cotton here for now, I'll come back for it when I need it. Take some cloth back with you too, give it all at once, so no one will covet it."
Old Mrs. Chen was cursing and swearing.
Yin Lan understood. She now roughly figured out the personalities of the Chen family members. The third son and his wife were honest and loyal, while the second son and his wife were rather petty.
The old patriarch of the Chen family mostly favored his second son.
It's probably because Chen Yourun wasn't his biological son, so Chen Lao Er was actually Old Master Chen's first child, and a boy at that. No wonder he was favored, which led to his personality being that everything in the house had to be prioritized for him, and he wanted all the good things.
Old Mrs. Chen was probably afraid that if she left her things at home, her second son's family would covet them and secretly take them, and she wouldn't be able to explain herself, so she rushed over late at night.
"Mother, have you eaten? Why don't you eat dinner before going back?" The old lady's attitude was bad, but her heart was good, so Yin Lan asked her to stay.
Old Mrs. Chen cursed and swore, "What food do we have at home? There's not enough for the kids, and you expect me, an old woman, to eat? You have money but don't know how to buy grain, yet you're so stingy and generous with your wages. It's a sin for the child to be born into your womb, you heartless thing." Old Mrs. Chen ran away while cursing.
The original owner was a bully at home, not much of a talker outside, but she wouldn't hold back if people bullied her at home. If she couldn't talk her way out of it, she would hit people directly, like hitting the child. Old Mrs. Chen had been hit by her stick before, so she would run away after scolding people.
Yin Lan: ......
We're having meat at home today.
However, there wasn't much meat left, and to avoid arousing suspicion, Yin Lan actually ordered a wild rabbit from the system. That's why there wasn't much meat and it was extremely expensive. Later, when she was stewing the meat, she sent the two kids away for a few seconds, immediately ordered the already washed and chopped rabbit meat from the system, and added more than half of it in.
Even so, some were sent to the Zhao family.
The two children looked small, but they had big appetites. They ate more than Yin Lan, so there was only enough left for the three of them.
Anyway, she'll come back for cotton and cloth again in the future. Watching the old lady Chen's thin figure disappear, Yin Lan thought she'd give her something better to eat later.
This stubborn but kind-hearted old lady Chen is actually a good person. We should treat her better in the future, as a way of repaying Chen Yourun's allowance.
Not long after Old Mrs. Chen left, Da Wa and Er Wa rushed in.
His eyes gleamed with a ghostly green light as he stared at the rabbit meat on the table.
Da Wa really didn't expect that the rabbit, which didn't look very big, had so much meat. After sending it to Grandma Zhao's house, there was still so much left!
The family finally sat down. If it had been a few days ago, the eldest and second children would have had their mouths stuffed full and their hands full, chewing a couple of times before swallowing.
Now that the two kids are eating more meat and rice, they're not so "refugee-like" anymore.
Moreover, Yin Lan required the two children to chew the food at least twenty times before swallowing it.
Chewing slowly and thoroughly is good for your stomach.
The two kids still ate with their mouths full of oil, but they were a little better and could even exchange a few words with each other.
Erwa was extremely proud of his secret learning, exclaiming, "Mom, I can recite the Three Character Classic now!"
Yin Lan was surprised.
Erwa explained, "When I went to the village head's house, I heard Dashuanzi reciting it to him. I silently recited it twice and memorized it immediately. Ershuanzi is so stupid. Dashuanzi taught him for a long time, but he still couldn't learn it, so I left first."
Yin Lan was even more surprised. How could Erwa be so smart? He remembered it after only reciting it twice.
Erwa started showing off, "Humans control pigs, they're naturally stupid and kind..."
Yin Lan listened with a smile, but something about his pronunciation seemed off.
The next second, Erwa immediately explained, "The meaning of 'humans govern pigs, and their nature is stupid and kind' is that if humans want to govern pigs, they should choose those pigs that are stupid but kind. They should not choose pigs that bite, such as wild boars."
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