Chapter 173 No Eggs to Eat



The two members of the Nan family slunk back home.

On this trip, Nankai and Shuzhizhen suffered a double loss.

The elderly couple slunk home.

Zhao Hui saw the mud stains on Shu Zhizhen's body and secretly mocked her.

With a brain like that, my mother-in-law still wants to fight against Nanzhi.

Nanzhi is now the owner of a large restaurant and the head of the village's cured meat factory. She's smart enough to swallow this loss.

However, the question still needs to be asked.

"Father, Mother, how are they?"

Nankai shook his head and slumped down on a stool in the main room.

Lost in thought, Shu Zhizhen suddenly stood up. "I'm going to find that wretched girl. Fine, she won't give me the house, but why is she taking back the money that's owed to me?"

"Stop right there!" Nankai shouted.

"She's protected by the county magistrate's young master now. If you dare to touch her, how can your family still live such a good life!"

Thinking about her money, Shu Zhizhen sat on the ground and cried without any regard for her image.

Zhao Hui was completely confused; what money, what house?

"Father, what exactly happened?"

Nankai: "It's all your mother's fault. It would be fine if she just wanted some money, but she insisted that Zhizhi give her the brick house and also take Zhizhi's rice."

"Now look what's happened, my two taels of silver a month are completely gone!"

"What!" Zhao Hui exclaimed.

My mother-in-law is so shameless!

How could you take someone else's house? Besides, that house doesn't even belong to Nam Gyi. How dare my mother-in-law ask someone to give her the house?

Those are brick houses!

This year, we didn't listen to Nam Tze's advice, resulting in a complete crop failure in the fields.

Zhao Hui was hoping for her mother-in-law's two taels of silver to get through the winter.

Now look what's happened, she's squandered all two taels of silver.

With the meager earnings of my father-in-law and husband, how will our family survive the winter?

Thinking of this, Zhao Hui collapsed to the ground.

She suddenly remembered something, "Father, Mother, what about the money Zhizhi gave you before? We need to stock up on grain as soon as possible."

Nankai looked at Shu Zhizhen on the ground and said, "Go and bring the money."

With two taels of silver per month, after deducting daily expenses, there should be at least ten taels of silver left.

But Shu Zhizhen sat on the ground, not daring to look at Nankai University.

Nankai frowned, "Go find it!"

Shu Zhizhen remained motionless, and Nankai suddenly realized something.

He rushed to the cabinet where the money was kept and opened it with one hand.

When the handkerchief was taken out of the box, it was surprisingly light. After opening it, Nankai was dumbfounded.

"Where's the money?!"

Nankai threw the remaining ten copper coins at Shu Zhizhen's face.

Shu Zhizhen had never seen Nan Kaifa angry before, and she was extremely flustered.

"Honey, I bought some things, and I gave the rest to my family."

Nankai was burning with rage, and all the blood in his body suddenly rushed to his head, causing him to feel dizzy.

"Father!" Zhao Hui helped the man sit down.

She never expected her mother-in-law to be so bold as to dispose of the money without her father's consent.

Nankai paused for a moment, then said, “Your family members are all lazy and good-for-nothings. How can you expect to get the money back after lending it to them?”

Shu Zhizhen: "Nankai, I've known you for decades, and you actually insulted me in front of outsiders."

Zhao Hui turned around and realized that in her mother-in-law's eyes, she was an outsider.

"Hmph," Nan Kai sneered, "Why can't we say it? Go ask around the surrounding villages and see what kind of reputation the Shu family has. Your son, daughter-in-law, and everyone in the village know about it!"

“No, that’s not okay either.” Shu Zhizhen glanced at Zhao Hui.

If you criticize your daughter-in-law in front of her, how will she ever act like a proper mother-in-law again?

Zhao Hui thought for a moment and said, "Mother, can we get the ten taels of silver back? Our family is about to run out of food."

"How can I ask for back what I lent out?" What will her family think of her?

Zhao Hui had no choice but to cry, "Mother, we don't have much food left. You have two grandsons. Are you going to let them starve to death?"

Shu Zhizhen remained silent.

As they were talking, Nan Cheng was suddenly interrupted by Nan Yaoguo running in.

"Grandma, I don't want to starve to death, I want to eat eggs." Nan Yaoguo snuggled into Shu Zhizhen's arms.

Shu Zhizhen looked at Zhao Hui and said, "What are you still standing there for? Go and cook some eggs for my precious grandson."

"Mom, we're out of eggs."

"Where are the eggs?"

Nankai: "Still asking! We sold them all. Do you even remember how long it's been since our family has seen any meat?"

Shu Zhizhen: "Impossible. We didn't have two taels of silver before, and we still ate eggs."

"Foolish woman!" Nankai exclaimed angrily, "The fields have yielded nothing now, let's see how you're going to survive!"

Shu Zhizhen retorted, "Isn't there that bitch? We'll go find her then. Do you think she'll let her parents starve to death?"

Nankai sighed, finally understanding why his mother hadn't let him marry this shrew back then.

This is retribution, this is retribution.

Zhao Hui walked out of her home with a solemn expression.

Nan Cheng and Nan Yaoguo also came out.

"Mother, do we really have no food left to eat?" Nan Cheng asked.

Zhao Hui squatted down and hugged her two sons.

"Don't worry, Mother will definitely not let you go hungry."

The two children missed their aunt terribly at that moment.

When my aunt was alive, they could still eat meat and eggs.

Since my aunt passed away, we've had less and less meat and eggs at home.

It's no longer available.

Nan Cheng looked up. "Mother, can we go find Auntie?"

Zhao Hui paused.

She still remembers all the foolish things she did before.

Now that I'm in charge, I understand many things.

Now that I think about it, I want to slap myself twice.

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