Chapter 4: Breaking the Rules and Beating People
"Mom, you don't need my sister-in-law's help. I can do it myself."
Chen Sufen didn't dare ask Liu Yue'e for help.
Otherwise, this guy will put on a fuss in front of my mother-in-law later, and it will be me and Maner who will be in trouble.
Chen Sufen first placed the first bowl of rice in front of Tong Huaqiong, and then placed the remaining bowls in front of Gu Taohua, Gu Jingzhe, Gu Yaozu, and Liu Yue'e.
The remaining bowl was placed in front of Maner, and finally he picked up his own bowl and sat in a corner far away from the dining table.
In this family, Chen Sufen, who is as hardworking as an ox, is not qualified to sit at the table.
"Come and sit down." Tong Huaqiong shouted to Chen Sufen.
Chen Sufen didn't dare to go to the table.
"Go get a stool for your sister-in-law." Gu Taohua, who was about to pick up the chopsticks to pick up the eggs, was arranged by Tong Huaqiong to move a stool for her sister-in-law. She was reluctant to get up because as soon as she left the table, Yaozu would finish the scrambled eggs with leeks.
"Sister-in-law, you don't have to come to the table." Gu Taohua muttered, picked up the egg and was about to put it into her mouth.
With a "pa" sound, Tong Huaqiong slapped Gu Taohua's hand holding the chopsticks, and the eggs spilled all over the table.
"If you don't move, then you and your sister-in-law can switch places."
Tong Huaqiong slapped Gu Taohua on the back again.
The fat on this plump girl's body was so thick that it hurt Tong Huaqiong's hands.
"Yaozu, go get a stool for your aunt." Gu Taohua glared at Yaozu.
Yaozu didn't dare to disobey his aunt and stood up and brought a stool.
Chen Sufen didn't dare to disobey her mother-in-law's words. Under Tong Huaqiong's sharp eyes, Chen Sufen trembled as she went to the table.
"Everyone, don't move your chopsticks yet."
Tong Huaqiong looked at the bowls in front of each person one by one.
The rice in the bowl in front of her was thick, the rice in Gu Taohua and Yaozu's bowls was as thick as hers, Gu Dashu's was a little thinner, and Liu Yue'e's was even thinner than Gu Dashu's.
When it was Chen Sufen and Maner's turn, Tong Huaqiong couldn't help but curse himself for being an old fool.
The two bowls of rice were as thin as water, and she could count the grains of rice at a glance.
At the Gu family’s dinner table, people with different identities have different bowls of rice. This is the rule set by Tong Huaqiong’s original body, Tong Dajiao.
Tong Huaqiong is going to break this broken rule today.
"What's wrong with you, mom? Can't you let me eat?" Gu Dashu complained with his eyes shining with hunger.
The dishes on this table are too plain.
He missed the dinner that Zheng family's housekeeper had invited him to at Zui Qingfeng in the county town a few days ago.
The delicious fish, meat and wine made him keep savoring the taste.
He was looking forward to Man'er getting married soon so that he could become the manager of Zheng's shop and go to Zui Qingfeng to eat meat and drink wine every day.
"Sufen, pour everyone's rice into the pot, stir it and serve it again." Tong Huaqiong said.
Chen Sufen thought she had heard wrongly and did not dare to move.
She has been married to the Gu family for so many years, and this has always been the rule at the dinner table.
"Sufen, you don't dare to disobey me?" Tong Huaqiong knew that being gentle and kind to Chen Sufen would only scare her, so she continued to act like a vicious woman and used a commanding tone.
"No... Mom, I'm not afraid..."
Chen Sufen was so scared that she was incoherent. She quickly poured the rice in everyone's bowls into the pot, stirred it according to Tong Huaqiong's instructions, and then served it up again.
The rice in everyone's bowl is the same.
"How can I eat this rice that is so watery?"
Gu Taohua pouted in dissatisfaction.
Even if the rice in our house was sent by the Zheng family, it was sent to the Gu family. Are Chen Sufen and Maner worthy of eating it?
"You feel so wronged for having to eat just a bowl of porridge, but your sister-in-law eats it every day? Look at you, you're as fat as a stone pillar. You can crush a fat pig to death, and you still eat." Tong Huaqiong scolded Gu Taohua without any mercy.
Gu Taohua looked at Chen Sufen hatefully, picked up a large piece of egg with chopsticks and stuffed it into her mouth.
"Eat the food." Tong Huaqiong saw that Chen Sufen just lowered her head to drink porridge and did not dare to pick up the food with chopsticks, so she ordered her to pick up the food.
Chen Sufen didn't dare to pick up her chopsticks.
Gu Dashu and Liu Yue'e looked at each other. What's wrong with the old woman?
Today is a bit unusual.
"Where are my aunt's and my boiled eggs?" Yaozu yelled.
Chen Sufen almost forgot about the boiled eggs in the vegetable basin. She quickly got down from the table and handed them to Yaozu and Gu Taohua one each.
This was stipulated by my mother-in-law, who said that my sister-in-law was a distinguished guest in the family and Yaozu was the incense of the Gu family, so they should have an extra boiled egg at each meal to nourish their bodies.
"Where's Maner's?" Tong Huaqiong asked.
Chen Sufen stammered, "Man'er likes to eat pickles."
Tong Huaqiong put down her chopsticks with a snap and said to Gu Taohua and Yaozu, "Give your eggs to Man'er."
Gu Taohua was naturally unhappy.
All the delicious food at home is given to her, otherwise she would have eaten herself into a stone block.
One egg per meal is not enough for her, and forget about asking her to give it to Maner.
"Mom, you said that daughters should be pampered. If I don't keep giving me delicious food at my parents' home, who will feel sorry for me when I go to my husband's home in the future?" Gu Taohua said while peeling eggs.
"As the eldest grandson of the Gu family, Yaozu should eat the egg."
Liu Yue'e didn't want her son's eggs to be shared with Man'er, and she glared at Man'er fiercely.
You are just a money-loser. You want to steal her son's food? How dare you!
"Man'er doesn't want to eat it. Man'er wants to eat pickles." Man'er was so scared that she added a chopstick of pickles.
"It's not good to be called the eldest grandson of the Gu family. Even if he is the ancestor, he shouldn't eat the egg."
Tong Huaqiong rolled her eyes at Liu Yue'e.
"You don't listen to me, do you?"
Tong Huaqiong then put the bowl down heavily, snatched the eggs from Gu Taohua and Gu Yaozu and stuffed them into Man'er and Chen Sufen, then knocked away Gu Dashu's chopsticks that were reaching for the fried eggs with leeks, and brought the whole plate of fried eggs with leeks to herself and Chen Sufen.
"You guys eat the cabbage and pickles, and this plate of eggs will be eaten by Sufen, Maner and I."
Gu Yaozu had never suffered such humiliation before.
As the eldest grandson of the Gu family, he was always pampered. Apart from Gu Taohua, he was the one who got the food and clothes. If it were normal times, he and his aunt would share the eggs.
Tonight, his grandmother actually snatched his eggs for a loss-making item. How could he tolerate this?
With a roll of his eyes and a curl of his lips, Gu Yaozu began to howl with his mouth wide open.
"I want eggs. I want eggs."
Liu Yue'e felt sorry for her son and tried to snatch Man'er's eggs, but she retracted her hand at Tong Huaqiong's sharp eyes.
In order to avoid conflict, Chen Sufen was about to pass the egg in her hand to Yaozu, but was intercepted by Gu Taohua, which made Tong Huaqiong so angry that her liver hurt.
Yaozu howled for a while, and when he found that his grandmother, who had always loved him, was indifferent, he began to attack Maner.
“Give me back my eggs.”
"Why are you paying for my eggs?"
"You are such a money-loser, hurry up and go to the Zheng family and become a widow..."
The money-loser and the widow made Tong Huaqiong angry, and she grabbed Yaozu and slapped him twice.
"You naughty little bad guy, you deserve to be cut in half."
Tong Huaqiong searched for the ending of Gu Yaozu's previous life and felt happy.
"Who is the money-loser? Who is being called a widow?"
Tong Huaqiong picked up the feather duster beside her and hit Gu Yaozu on the head.
Gu Yaozu's dry howls turned into wet cries from being beaten.
Liu Yue'e hurriedly protected him.
Gu Dashu pushed Liu Yue'e away and held Gu Yaozu to let Tong Huaqiong whip him. Although Gu Dashu was not a good person, he was still very filial to his mother. Just now, the son called her a widow. What else could he do if he didn't poke the widow's heart?
It was not easy for a widow like her to raise three siblings.
Anyone who dares to hurt my heart should be beaten, even my own son.
"You're shaking because you have this extra thing down there, right? Do you really think you can bring honor to your family? If your ancestors knew that they had a descendant like you, they would be so angry that they would crash into the arms of the King of Hell and die."
"A money-losing thing with a black heart and rotten seeds. I'll teach you a lesson, and I'll let you bully Man'er."
Tong Huaqiong took off Yaozu's pants and slapped him hard on the butt with a feather duster.
Gu Taohua was eating eggs while watching her nephew being beaten. Tong Huaqiong screamed and moved the feather duster to hit Gu Taohua on the forehead.
"I told you to eat! I told you to eat! You are a piece of shit, you do nothing all day long but eat. You are worse than a fat pig. Fat pigs can be slaughtered for meat during the New Year. What can I do by raising you? How can I not eat you to death if you are so lazy and do nothing all day long?"
The half egg that Gu Taohua was hit with rolled to the ground.
She had never been hit by a finger since she was a child, and this was the first time she was hit by a feather duster.
It hurts, it really hurts!
"Mom, are you crazy?"
Gu Taohua screamed loudly.
"I am crazy. If I were not crazy, I would not beat you. You are a bunch of lowly creatures raised by black-hearted seeds, a bunch of bad bamboos that have not grown well and are rotten to the roots. Beating you is not a light punishment."
Tong Huaqiong cursed and waved a feather duster.
"And you, Gu Dashu, the conscienceless bastard who was struck by lightning and torn into pieces. You do nothing all day long, and you still want to rely on your niece to be the manager. Are you dreaming of your ancestors?"
"Your wife is not a good person, you two are the worst couple ever. You always go around bullying the old family, doing a shameless and lawless business. I will beat you to death, you bastards."
Not only Gu Yaozu and Gu Taohua were drawn, but also Gu Dashu and Liu Yue'e.
A few evil bamboos were running around the room, circling the table.
Tong Huaqiong was like a madman, beating whoever he caught. The feather duster was not enough for him, so he switched to a fire poker. Several bad bamboos were chased into the yard with the fire poker.
Everyone felt severe pain on their shoulders, backs, thighs and buttocks from being beaten.
The entire Gu family fell into wailing.