Chapter 403 Fighting for Chicken
In this case, we can’t just fill Gu Ruinian’s stomach.
"Why are you crying, Yaojia? Did anyone steal your things? Come, eat meat." Gu Taohua said as she picked up two large pieces of meat from Jia's bowl and gave them to Yaojia.
Yaojia wiped his eyes and glanced at Wei.
Although Gu Taohua doesn't like the second family.
But the child is still young.
Wei looked at Gu Taohua with gratitude.
"Hey, sister-in-law, you eat too, and Xiaoxue too."
Gu Taohua picked up a piece of meat for Wei and another piece of meat for Xiaoxue.
Gu Xiaoxue, who had no sense of existence, sat sideways in the corner with her head buried. It was not her turn to eat the good food on the table, so she had a bowl of porridge with pickles.
It wasn't her turn to say a word about the commotion at the table just now.
Xiaoxue silently picked up the chicken from the bowl and put it into Jia's bowl and said, "Second brother is using up his brain by studying, so give it to him."
Gu Taohua was dissatisfied.
The chicken she brought can be given to whoever they want to eat. Why should Gu Xiaoxue give her meat to Gu Ruinian?
Second uncle's family had no shortage of money before, and Gu Xiaoxue was raised like a bean sprout. Now that they are penniless, one can imagine how difficult her life is.
Gu Taohua picked up the chicken from Jia's bowl and put it back into Gu Xiaoxue's bowl and said, "Xiaoxue, your second brother studies to use his brain, so he needs to eat meat. You work to use your brain and physical strength, so shouldn't you eat more?"
Gu Xiaoxue opened her mouth.
But her second brother wanted to take the exam to become a scholar, but she didn't want to.
Gu Taohua said, "Look at me. My third brother is also educated. When our family was poor, I would never give him the meat. My mother said we are all human beings, why should I give him the meat?"
After hearing these outrageous words, Gu Xiaoxue was stunned and had no reaction.
This cousin was a vicious girl in the eyes of her mother and grandmother. She had met her cousin when she was a child in Qinghewan, and the thing that impressed her most was that she dared to flip the table in front of her grandparents.
After not seeing each other for so many years, my eldest cousin is still so bad-tempered.
Wei's eyes lit up.
Although my aunt-in-law is vulgar, what she says is not rude.
That’s right, everyone in the family is the same, why is it that only Gu Honglian and Gu Ruinian can eat well.
And this cousin said something right, Gu Ruinian only uses his brain when studying, but she uses not only her brain but also her physical strength when working. Gu Ruinian passed the imperial examination for the family, and she also continued the Gu family's incense.
So why can't she eat the delicious food at home?
Thinking this, Wei confidently picked up a small bowl of meat with her chopsticks, placed it in front of herself and her son, and began to eat it.
You know what, the chicken stewed at my aunt’s house is so delicious, and they really use a lot of oil.
Old Madam Gu slammed the table in anger and said, "You starving ghost, do you think you deserve to eat this meat?"
Wei said, "Why shouldn't I eat it? I followed you from the south and came here to suffer. I gave birth to children for your Gu family. Why can't I eat a piece of chicken?"
Old Mrs. Gu was furious. She didn't even eat the meat herself, but saved it for Gu Honglian and Gu Ruinian. But the granddaughter-in-law from the outside got to eat it.
Jia was also dissatisfied with Wei.
The parents-in-law obviously wanted to save the chicken for Gu Honglian and Gu Ruinian. If Wei ate one more piece, Ruinian would have one less piece to eat.
"Wife of Fengnian, what are you talking about? What do you mean by coming here with us to suffer? I don't care about your repeated complaints about our family being poor, but you are taking advantage of me. Our Fengnian didn't beg you to marry him. If you don't want to be our Gu family's wife, you can just go back." Jia said.
Wei pointed at Gu Fengnian and said, "Fengnian, listen, your mother wants to divorce me. Ah, what did I do wrong to make her divorce me. Did I not give birth to a son or did I have an affair with another man? Ah, you tell me. I can't live like this anymore."
As she spoke, she hugged Yaojia and cried.
Gu Fengnian was upset by Wei's crying and walked out.
Mr. Gu, Mrs. Gu, and Mrs. Jia all looked livid.
Gu Xiaoxue sat there like a quail, while Gu Honglian continued to gnaw on the chicken as if nothing had happened.
Two wars broke out in the house in one night, and both were for a bite of food. Gu Youtian couldn't stand it anymore and shouted, "Is this over yet! Is this over yet! If you keep making trouble, no one will get to eat the chicken."
The old house fell into chaos again.
Gu Taohua looked at it for a while as if it had nothing to do with her, expressed her satisfaction, and hurried out of the old house.
Tong Huaqiong was counting the accounts after dinner. Gu Taohua returned home and told Tong Huaqiong everything that happened in the old house.
"......Mom, grandparents and my second uncle and second aunt's family are not as united as an iron barrel. Grandma favors my little aunt, my second aunt favors Gu Ruinian, and my sister-in-law from Fengnian's family has her own plans. They are not satisfied with each other and are fighting like a pair of chicken eyes." Gu Taohua said.
She used to think that Mr. and Mrs. Gu favored the second wife's family, but now she doesn't envy them at all.
A whole family lives together in a crowded place, and everyone has their own thoughts, unlike our own family, where the mother leads them all to work together.
Tong Huaqiong said while calculating on an abacus: "This is just the beginning. They will cause a lot of trouble in the future."
A family fears favoritism the most. As long as there is favoritism, conflicts are likely to arise and life will become worse and worse.
Aren’t Mrs. Gu and Mr. Gu living examples of this?
They favored the second son's family and invested all their capital in him, which disappointed the first son.
If the two elders had been nicer to the original body and the litter of cubs, Tong Huaqiong would not have just stood by and watched them. Now she was just giving them a bite to eat for the sake of her reputation.
Don’t think too much.
"By the way, if Gu Ruinian asks you about the dessert shop, just make up nonsense." Tong Huaqiong said to Gu Taohua.
She had already told Liu Yue'e the same thing.
Gu Ruinian is now inquiring about their family's fortune and investigating who his fellow villagers are. After asking about pig farming today, he will definitely go to the town's pastry shop to inquire about the situation in the next few days.
Gu Taohua nodded and said, "Gu Ruinian has a lot of bad intentions, I'm too lazy to even give him a look."
At the old house, Jia took advantage of the chaos in the upper room and went to Gu Ruinian's room with the selected chicken.
"Mom, why are you here again?" Gu Ruinian was upset and spoke in an impatient tone.
Suddenly he smelled the aroma of meat, and his mouth was watering with greed.
In the past two days, Mrs. Gu found that there were fewer eggs. She thought that her granddaughter-in-law Wei had taken the opportunity to steal them, so she hid the whole jar of eggs in her room. Jia couldn't steal eggs to cook for Gu Ruinian. Gu Ruinian was very angry and cursed Mrs. Gu in his heart.
“Where did the chicken come from?”
Gu Ruinian heard a quarrel in the upper room and didn't know it was Gu Taohua who came to deliver the chicken.
Jia closed the door and lowered her voice, "This is a gift from the eldest wife to your grandparents. Eat it quickly."
Gu Ruinian picked up the chicken with his hands and stuffed it into his mouth.
Fragrant!
So delicious!
Watching her son wolfing down the chicken, Jia couldn't help swallowing. She hadn't eaten meat for a long time, and her greed was rising up uncontrollably.
Gu Ruinian knew that Jia needed some nourishment, but he also knew that Jia couldn't even get an egg to eat.
For a moment, he felt a little sympathy for Jia, who loved him, and wanted to share a few pieces of chicken with Jia.
After thinking about it, I finally gave up.
It's not that he is selfish, but his family is really too poor.
For poor families, all resources can only be focused on people who deserve the investment.
For example, he is the hope of this family.
Gu Ruinian sighed in his heart and thought that when he was granted a title of nobility and appointed as prime minister, he would never treat this cheap mother badly.