Chapter 66: Really think you are a clay figure
"Don't worry, Second Uncle, Third Uncle, this konjac is a delicacy in Shu! We've all eaten it before."
They returned home chatting and laughing. Mrs. Du, Mrs. Wei and several other women and children were sifting soil and drying it in the sun.
Old Mrs. Su used a bamboo shovel to dig the soil, cursing non-stop, "Lazy! You're getting even lazier! Cry, cry, cry, you're the only one who's precious!"
Xiao Qinshi and her daughter Su He cried and sobbed, holding the flour sieve for a long time without moving.
"Work! You keep crying! If you don't want to work, go back to Xingyang and cry to your parents!" Old Mrs. Su was annoyed and gave him two bamboo picks.
Everyone was working, and the mother and daughter were lying dead in the house.
Mrs. Du and Mrs. Wei kept silent. They would have nothing to eat if they didn't work, so they didn't bother to serve them porridge out of kindness.
How could Old Lady Su bear to watch this? She was already working under the sun at her age, and yet these mother and daughter were capable of doing it, even older than herself!
He came into the house with a crutch and hit them a few times with the stick. Xiao Qinshi and Su He screamed in pain and crawled out.
The mother and daughter were forced to work, but they didn't put in any effort and just sat there grumbling.
As expected, he was beaten by the old lady again.
Mrs. Du and Mrs. Wei laughed in their hearts and pretended not to see it.
"Hey, why are you back?" Mrs. Du was surprised.
"Come back for lunch!" Su Ying said with a smile, "The workload is so intense that the porridge we had this morning is long gone!"
"Fairy, let's add a meal these days!" Su Bucheng said to his wife.
My two younger brothers are working very hard. I am so hungry now, and my younger brother who has been working in the fields must be even worse.
"Hmm!" Madam Du put down the sieve in her hand and stood up. "Zhao Yan, go call the brothers back for dinner."
"Oh!" Su Zhaoyan quickly dropped the bamboo rake and ran towards the woods.
After the offal and half of the pig's head were braised, Mrs. Du covered them with an upside-down wooden basin.
Put water in the earthenware pot to cook porridge. Mrs. Du opened the wooden basin and a fragrant smell of stew overflowed.
"Gurgle..." Everyone's stomach growled.
"Why does it smell so good?" Su Laosan looked at the sauce-colored meat and sniffed it. "Sister-in-law, what is this? It looks like sewage."
"It's offal! Ah Ying braised it with spices and soy sauce." Mrs. Du cut some of the pig's stomach, pig intestines and other offal and put them in a wooden basin.
"Mom, this is konjac. Let's cut it together!" Su Ying handed over the bowl of konjac.
"Hey, what is this?" Mrs. Du was holding it in her hand and making noises.
"Konjac is made from konjac. Cut it up and mix it with some marinade." Su Ying didn't want to eat the bitter and salty taste of coarse salt.
"Konjac?" Mrs. Du held it hesitantly. "Is it really edible?"
"Don't worry, mother. Raw konjac cannot be eaten, but it can be eaten if it is ground into pulp and cooked with wood ash water or lime water!" Su Ying hugged her mother and smiled.
"We've tasted it all in the village just now. Let's pack some braised meat and return the bowl to the village chief's house later."
"You are so brave, child. What if you get sick from eating?" Mrs. Du patted her daughter.
"Mother, this is a vegetable that people in Shu have been eating for many years. The poison can be removed with the right method." Su Ying said as she picked up a piece and put it into Mrs. Du's mouth.
"Woo..." Mrs. Du felt something chewy in her mouth. She chewed it gently and it was smooth and tender.
"Delicious, right?" Su Ying said with a smile, "It will be even more delicious with some marinade!"
Mrs. Du smiled and quickened her movements.
Su Ying put some offal and pork head into the bowl, filling it up completely.
"Bingyan, come here!" Su Ying called her cousin over.
"What's the matter?" Su Bangyan stared at the meat in Su Ying's bowl and swallowed his saliva.
"Come, eat some meat!" Su Ying grabbed a thick piece of meat from the basin and fed it into Bingyan's mouth.
"I have a task for you. Deliver this bowl of meat to the village chief's house!"
"Hmm!" Su Bangyan's mouth was filled with the aroma of braised meat that he had never tasted before. He took the bowl and trotted towards the village.
"Slow down, be careful not to fall! I'll wait for you to come back for dinner." Su Ying had never seen her cousin run so fast.
Wei smiled, knowing what her youngest son was worried about.
"Hmph!" Xiao Qin snorted coldly, "Starving ghost! You're eating these disgusting things!"
Even though I was drooling because of greed, I couldn't control my mouth.
"You are so ambitious, don't eat for a while!" Su Ying was not angry at all. If one person was missing, everyone could have one more bite to eat.
The young men who had been digging the rotten soil came back and washed their hands by the stream.
"Why are you finishing work so early today?" Su Boyan asked.
"We'll give you an extra meal during the busy farming season!" Su Ying replied, "Zhao Yan, come here!"
"Sister!" Su Zhaoyan ran over happily.
"Open your mouth!" Su Ying fed her cousin a piece of meat, "Reward for running errands."
"Haha!" Su Zhaoyan was so happy to eat the delicious braised meat.
"Zhao Yan, spit it out quickly!" Xiao Qin shouted harshly.
"Why, mother?" Su Zhaoyan was puzzled and continued chewing.
"Just spit it out when I told you to!" Seeing that her youngest son was disobedient, Xiao Qinshi was filled with anger.
He walked forward, pulled Su Zhaoyan over, clamped his chin tightly and reached out to scratch it.
"Wuwu..." Su Zhaoyan refused to open his mouth and struggled desperately.
The people who were resting in the shade were stunned by this sudden change and stood up suddenly.
"What are you doing!" Su Laoer pried Xiao Qin's hands apart with force, allowing Su Zhaoyan to escape.
"Wow!" Su Zhaoyan couldn't hold it in anymore and burst into tears of grievance, not knowing what he had done wrong.
There were several bruises on the chin, as well as pinch marks from fingernails.
"Zhao Yan!" Mrs. Du and Mrs. Wei pulled their nephew over distressedly, "Don't cry, don't cry!"
"Qin Jiuniang, are you done yet? If you don't want to live together anymore, let's get divorced! Don't take your anger out on the children!" Su Laoer pointed at little Qin with trembling hands.
"You spineless thing, how could I have given birth to such a useless thing like you!
"If someone gives you shit, you'll eat it too! Why are you so greedy? Did you die of starvation and be reincarnated as a ghost? Ah!"
Xiao Qin cursed her youngest son, saying that her obedient and well-behaved youngest son actually disobeyed her for a bite of food.
"You have guts! Live on your own!" Su Lao Er was furious. "Brother, give Jiu Niang some food rations so she can live on her own!"
"Su Lao Er, how dare you!" How could Xiao Qinshi agree to this? Living alone, who would help her farm?
"Qin!" Su Bucheng walked over and stared at her coldly, "If the Su family really can't accommodate you, you can leave on your own! Give me more food, and go! Go wherever you want."
"?" Little Qin paused and whimpered, "Who said we were leaving? You can't bully people like this!"
"If you don't want to leave, just be quiet! If you make trouble every day, how can you live like this? If you want to live like this, just be honest. If you don't want to live like this, get out as soon as possible!" Su Bucheng said viciously.
This sister-in-law is too much of a troublemaker. She makes trouble again and again. Does she really think she is made of clay?
He's only been here a few days and his true nature has been revealed, causing a lot of trouble.
"I reiterate, if you don't work you won't have anything to eat. If you make trouble again, no matter what the reason is, just get out!" Su Bucheng said harshly.
I have seen all kinds of troublemakers, and there is nothing I can't deal with.
She tolerated it again and again for the sake of her mother and brother, not because of her ability.
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