Before Dad could figure it out, Mom had already turned around and went out to get busy.

Dad lay on the bed and began sighing again.

The mother and her two daughters quickly cut the wolf into pieces and dealt with it cleanly.

Although the wolf was not very fat, it was quite big and the meat on its body was acceptable. Wen Meijiu wrapped one of its thighs and followed his mother to the village chief's house at the east end of the village.

My mother said that after my father became paralyzed in bed, everyone stayed away from him. The family sold their house and had nowhere to live, so it was finally the village chief who let them live in this shabby house.

The previous owner of this dilapidated house was an old man living alone. He had a daughter, but she ran away with a peddler who traveled the streets because the old man disagreed.

After the old man died, it was the village chief who helped with his burial. As the village chief's status was there, he proposed that Wen Meijiu's family move in. Even if others had objections, they only dared to speak about it behind his back.

Based on this, my mother was very grateful to the village chief, so she brought warm wine to express her gratitude.

The village chief is the elder of the same clan. According to seniority, Wen Meijiu should call the village chief grandpa.

The village chief has four sons. He has a strong voice at home and his sons are all very filial and obedient.

The village chief is almost fifty years old this year, and most of his hair and beard are white. He is a very kind person, and when he smiles he looks like an immortal.

The village chief's wife looked like a person who didn't worry too much. She looked much younger than the village chief. She smiled at everyone she saw and spoke in a friendly and amiable manner.

Seeing Wen Meijiu and Jiao Niang coming in with things, he quickly asked them to come in.

Because they had other things to do at home, Wen Meijiu and Jiao Niang did not stay in the village chief's house for long. They said some words of thanks, left their things and left.

When sending Jiao Niang and Wen Meijiu out, the village chief's wife praised Wen Meijiu for becoming more and more beautiful and capable.

"Mom, it's almost noon, let's cook the meat quickly so it will be delicious at noon."

Seeing that it was getting late, Jiao Niang agreed with Wen Meijiu's suggestion, and the two of them quickly returned home to start work.

Jiao Niang was giving instructions from the side, while Wen Meijiu was responsible for adding ingredients and meat into the pot.

Jinxiang had been waiting since morning and hadn't eaten anything, so she was already hungry. She came over greedily and insisted on helping to light the fire.

After arranging the meat in the pot and waiting for his mother to turn her head, Wen Meijiu quickly activated his mind, grabbed a piece of stewing meat from the space and threw it into the pot.

Mother didn't see it, but when Jinxiang looked up, she saw that Wen Meijiu seemed to have thrown something into the pot, which seemed to be the color of clods of earth.

"Sister, what are you doing?"

Jin Xiang reached out to lift the lid of the pot that was filled with warm wine, but was held back by her.

"Sister, how can you throw dirt into the pot?"

Wen Meijiu smiled mysteriously, slapped her on the back of the head, secretly scolded her for being a clever ghost, but said:

"How can you be so dazzled at such a young age? What I just threw in were bones. It's just getting cooked, so don't move the lid, or else it'll leak and taste bad."

Jin Xiang curled her lips doubtfully and said:

"I've never heard of someone worrying about a pot lid leaking. It doesn't look like she's pregnant, so could it be that she's had a miscarriage?"

"Hey, that makes sense. You are so smart. I don't know how to praise you enough."

Wen Meijiu tapped Jin Xiang's head hard and praised her at the same time, making Jin Xiang wonder if she had really seen it wrong just now. Did she really wrongly accuse her elder sister?

"What's the point of talking about pregnancy? You two are still grown-up girls, and you don't feel ashamed."

The mother smiled and scolded her two daughters, hitting them on the back one by one and telling them to work quickly.

When the meat was almost cooked, Wen Meijiu picked up a big bone stick and asked her mother to taste it. After eating it, her mother gave her a thumbs up.

"Mom, you, Dad, and Jinxiang can eat first. I'll go get Lanling."

Seeing that it was almost time for lunch, Wen Meijiu gave his mother a look, and his mother nodded, knowing what he meant.

He cleaned his body, drank some warm wine and hummed a little tune as he went to his aunt's house in the back street.

**

When Wen Meijiu went there, Lanling and his two brothers were still playing in the yard.

The thin porridge in the morning was not enough for three people. The two brothers kept eating because Lanling said they wanted to go to his house to eat meat at noon.

The aunt had already prepared lunch and wanted to call her two sons to eat, but when she saw that they were still playing with Lanling, she was so angry that she didn't even call them to eat.

The room on the west was the kitchen. People carried the pots and pans through the inner door to the main room without letting them see them at all.

A table was set up in the main room, and the husband and the old lady were called to the table, and the family of three began to eat.

"Lanling, you're here. It's so easy for me to find you."

Wen Meijiu called for help only after he arrived in the yard, but he ignored Lanling who was squatting in the yard and went straight to the main room.

The three adults who were having dinner did not expect someone to come outside, especially since the person was from the second wife's family, they were very panicked.

"Mom, mom, what should I do?"

The aunt, who was holding the pot and didn't know where to hide, stood up anxiously and looked at her mother-in-law sitting opposite her for help.

The millet porridge and white steamed buns they eat now were all requested from Wen Meijiu's family in the name of honoring the old lady.

When they asked for it at the beginning, they used the old lady's name as an excuse, and said that the old lady had been feeling unwell recently and had to be nourished with these delicious foods.

Now, the whole family is eating. What will happen if the second wife sees it?

The mother-in-law took two quick gulps of the bowl, but before she could finish swallowing and answer her question, the warm wine had already opened the heavy door curtain and came in.

"Hey, auntie, grandma, you guys are eating."

Wen Meijiu walked and laughed, and sat down on a small stool beside the table without any courtesy. He looked around at the stunned people and said:

"Auntie, I'm hungry too, please give me something to eat.

Uncle, where are the chopsticks? Can you give me a pair of chopsticks?"

The aunt was still standing there holding the pot. Her throat moved and she said with a fake smile:

"Good wine, look at this, it's all we have at home. Your grandma is in poor health, and this is for her to replenish her body. How can you have the nerve to eat your grandma's food?"

Grandma seemed to have found a legitimate reason. She swallowed the millet porridge in her mouth with a "gulp", threw the enamel bowl in her hand and spun it around on the table.

"That's right. If you want to eat, go back to your house. It's not like you can't earn it."

The grandmother, who didn't know what to do just now, now raised her triangular eyes and drove people away with a sullen face.

This was said with great confidence and truth. Wen Meijiu had seen shameless people, but he had never seen anyone as shameless as this.

How can I eat her food and still feel disgusted by her?

"Grandma, you also know that I earned this thing, right?

Then I can’t eat much here, right?”

Wen Meijiu smiled and took away her aunt's chopsticks. She wanted to go to the table to eat.

The old lady knocked the chopsticks out of her hand with a "smack" sound, snorted coldly, and said as if she was holding back her anger:

"You earned a lot of money, but this is my son's filial piety to me, and my daughter-in-law sacrificed her dignity to get it back. It has nothing to do with you."

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