Chapter 38 Stealing Chicken
Lin Yiyi took the cleaned and chopped chicken from Zhao Li and began to prepare the soup.
After blanching the chicken.
Put a few slices of ginger and scallion in the casserole, add cold water and bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over medium-low heat for two hours. Pour in the soaked dried mushrooms and cook for another half an hour before serving.
Chickens in the countryside eat vegetable leaves and insects, which is completely different from the feed chickens in later generations.
It smells so good even before it's completely soft. There are many people in my family, and each person can only take a few bites of this chicken.
Tiedan sat obediently on a small stool and helped to light the fire, his mouth watering with greed.
Afraid that Lin Yiyi would see him and say he was dirty, he quickly took out the small handkerchief in his pocket and wiped it.
After a while, he looked up at the casserole.
From time to time, he glanced at Lin Yiyi timidly.
Given how stingy my mother-in-law is, I don't think she will get a share of the stewed chicken once it's ready.
She looked at the chicken soup in the pot, and then glanced at Tiedan who was as greedy as she was.
A few pieces of chicken and half a bowl of soup were scooped out of the pot.
Lin Yiyi held Tiedan in her arms and blew on the bowl carefully while eating. She was afraid of being caught and scolded for eating secretly, so she coaxed Tiedan and said, "Sister will give you meat to eat, don't tell others!
This is a secret between us. If others know about it, you will not have a share. Do you understand?"
Tiedan leaned his little hands against Lin Yiyi's arms, sniffed the fragrance, followed the movement of the bowl, and nodded.
He is not stupid.
How could he tell others? If he did, he wouldn’t be able to eat the delicious meat.
The chicken soup in the bowl was a little hot.
Lin Yiyi fed Tiedan first, then drank a bowl of soup and ate a few pieces of meat. She threw the chicken bones into the fire to destroy them, wiped Tiedan's greasy little mouth, and coaxed him to teach him how to count.
Lin Yiyi always thought Tiedan was a little silly.
She was a man of few words and thought he was not smart enough. When she taught him to sing Two Tigers, he could not even say a word and just listened to her singing and laughed foolishly.
You can only teach him to count by repeating it over and over again. He will naturally remember it after repeating it many times.
Raising children is a technical job and she has no experience.
I could only teach him whatever I could remember, but the most I did was sing nursery rhymes to him.
I played the same few songs over and over again and asked Tiedan to learn to sing along.
This country place is very poor and there are many people in the family. When it is time for dinner, the dining table is set up in the main room.
Wang Caihong placed a large pot of stewed chicken in front of her younger son and daughter, and put the meatier parts into their bowls.
Ma Dongmei and Lin Yiyi were each given half a bowl of soup and two pieces of chicken necks, Zhao's father and Zhao Li were given a bowl of soup and four pieces of chicken, and the three little grandsons were also given half a bowl of soup and two pieces of chicken bones with little meat.
No one else is allowed to touch the rest.
“…”
Lin Yiyi felt that her guess was right, she knew it would be like this.
Fortunately, I had cooked a few pieces of chicken in advance. When I saw the two chicken necks in the bowl, I was secretly shocked.
This bias is really beyond measure.
But he could also understand that she was not Wang Caihong's daughter, and he began to feel a little sympathy for Zhao Li.
He is his biological son, and the difference in treatment between them when eating at the same table is so obvious. I don’t know how he has endured it for so many years.
But from a psychological point of view.
People who appear to be non-competitive on the surface are very clear-headed in their hearts and have probably already become cold-hearted towards their parents.
"Congcong, Lili, eat more and nourish yourself. Studying at school has made me thin and hungry."
Wang Caihong, the old mother, was overwhelmed with grief. She felt that her son's clothes were old and her daughter's face was smaller. She must not have eaten well and well at school. She felt so distressed.
Zhao Cong picked out a piece of chicken breast for Wang Caihong and Zhao Tiezhu: "Dad and Mom, you guys eat too, don't just focus on us."
"That's right, mom should eat more to nourish herself." Zhao Lili glanced at Lin Yiyi, still angry about what happened just now, and deliberately said sarcastically, "Unlike some shameless people who don't know how to be filial to their elders."
After hearing what her son and daughter said, Wang Caihong felt as sweet as if she had eaten honey. "Your father and I are old, there is no need to eat these. You should eat more since you are still growing.
Studying requires brainpower, how can you learn well if you don’t eat well? Stop talking nonsense and eat quickly, or it won’t taste good if it gets cold.”
Her tone was filled with indescribable pride and joy. There were no people in the world more caring and filial than her son and daughter.
Zhao Cong had wanted a watch before, but Wang Caihong was reluctant to buy it for him. But now that her son and daughter are so thoughtful and sensible, and the brother and sister are about to turn 18 next year, she plans to let the second son, Zhao Sheng, get watch and cloth coupons and give a watch to Congcong and new clothes to Lili.
Anyway, it's the New Year and she's got her salary, so it's almost enough for her to add a little more money.
Wang Caihong felt that as an older brother who had the ability to earn money, it was no big deal for him to give some gifts to his younger siblings.
As for the opinions of the parties who have to pay the money and issue the tickets, Wang Caihong doesn't care at all.
Zhao's father has always remained silent and always approved of Wang Caihong's actions.
Where there are people, there are right and wrong.
What's more, she is a troublesome sister-in-law.
It’s cold at night and my hair doesn’t dry easily after washing, so I’m afraid of catching a cold.
Lin Yiyi went to the hut in the backyard to wash her hair in the afternoon while the sun was still shining. As soon as she walked to the front yard, she felt that the atmosphere was not right.
The door was wide open. She had clearly closed the door when she came out, but after entering the house, she was so scared by the scene in front of her that she almost screamed.
The closet door was open, and the folded clothes inside were in a mess.
The door of the small cabinet on the kang had been flipped over, and even the quilt that she had never folded and spread on the kang was lifted up.
The Zhao family members all stayed at home and did not go to work.
Where did this thief come from and rummage through the house so arrogantly? This happened just after the two siblings came back. It didn't take much thought to know who did it.
Lin Yiyi wiped her wet hair and counted her things, but she didn't organize them. She was missing a pair of white sneakers and a tweed coat she bought in town, as well as a few dresses.
The most important thing was that the cookie box that contained her money and jewelry was missing.
Wearing platinum earrings is too obvious in this era, so she took them off and put them together with the magnolia pendant. She didn't take off her necklace and bracelet because they couldn't be seen under her thick clothes. Even her toffee biscuits and peach snacks were gone.
This thief is so evil that he doesn't let anything go.
He is extremely bold. He dares to search anyone's house and take anyone's things.
She should teach this thief a lesson. He really thinks that Lin Yiyi is a soft persimmon.
Lin Yiyi wiped her hair half dry, coughed, gathered her emotions, ran out of the yard and screamed in panic.
"Oh no! There's a thief in my house. Someone, catch the thief!"
Shouting was not enough, Lin Yiyi also banged the enamel basin, making a ping-pong sound.
He started knocking and banging to open the gate and shouted a few times to the outside, making quite a noise.
"This is terrible. There is a thief in broad daylight. Come and catch him."
When the Zhao family heard the noise, they all left the house. Only the culprit, Zhao Lili, hid in the house anxiously and did not dare to show up.
Wang Caihong was making cotton shoes in the house. When she heard the noise, she put down her shoes, walked out of the house, and looked at Lin Yiyi shouting in the yard. She suddenly felt a headache.
Where did this thief come from?
Their whole family was in the house. How could they not know if a thief came?
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