novelraw Chapter 424 - 15: Are You a Pig?_2
Chapter 424 - 15: Are You a Pig?_2
Chapter 424: Chapter 15: Are You a Pig?_2
Zhao Xiuhua: ...
She looked at the empty bowls and plates on the table, feeling a rush of anger shooting from her soles straight to her head, almost burning away all her sense of reasoning.
— This daughter-in-law is a no-go.
...
"Eat shit!"
Zhao Xiuhua’s smile couldn’t hold any longer, she suddenly stood up.
"How could you eat so much alone! Don’t tell me you’re just trying to make trouble for our family."
"I have to ask your Old Chu Family how they teach their children, letting you eat everyone’s meal alone!"
"So selfish!"
Chu River also felt uneasy: "Yeah, Mom, sometimes I’m shocked by my own character too. I don’t know how the Old Chu Family taught me, it’s like bad bamboo sprouts into good shoots—well, Mom, you’d better go, learn some more. Right now, the Old Chu Family must be having a meal too!"
"Ask clearly so you’ll be mentally prepared next time and won’t be so flustered."
Ah, it’s just that people are new here, not good to hit anyone, or else...
Forget it, just arrived today, give my full stomach some face, hold back a bit, and try again tomorrow.
Zhao Xiuhua: ...
She couldn’t say a word, simply turned around bitterly—
"Let’s see how long you can keep eating!"
Humph, hitting someone right after they walk in the door is not good to say. Wait a while, when this girl has nothing to eat, I don’t believe she won’t give in!
Big Brother and Second Brother’s families were still dazed, sitting next to her, watching their own mother walk into the room, finally panicking:
"Mom, what are we going to eat!"
The white bun hasn’t arrived yet, and the bowls are empty again, with no one at the table except for the two kids and Chu River having had a bite.
Their mom just went straight into the room!
...
And so.
On the first day of Chu Aiguo’s new marriage, the Chu Family held back their anger, waiting till midnight, then secretly went to the hidden stash to fill their empty stomachs.
Chu River was different.
She was sleeping in Shi Suifeng’s room, staring at the large cloth bag on the ceiling beams that no one else could see, satisfied.
First sleep, then wake up at dawn to catch fish.
Dried fish, smoked fish, cured fish, pickled fish...
Braising eel, braising loach, baking shrimp...
Tomorrow go up the mountain, choose a wild boar and carry it down...
She fell asleep contentedly.
While the eldest niece and nephew were eager and had already planned how to discuss apprenticeship with the team leader’s wife and Aunt Juhua tomorrow...
Becoming an apprentice isn’t easy.
These days, apprenticeship or not, being a teacher itself is a risky task. Haven’t you seen many teachers being beaten down by students? Let alone how both aunts’ skills could be passed down to their own children, giving them a skilled craft for the future.
How could they teach it to others easily?
But niece and nephew don’t care about this.
They couldn’t think of this at the moment, so they used a silly method—
The eldest nephew first went to find Bao Dan from Aunt Juhua’s family:
"Bao Dan, do you eat White Rabbit candy?"
...
Aunt Juhua rushed home after work.
Once inside, she quickly washed her hands and went into the room, the two daughters-in-law quietly busying themselves with household chores, not daring to raise their voices to draw attention.
At this moment, Bao Dan brought Old Chu Family’s Daya over.
He was the eldest grandson of the family, always lively and bold, now he suddenly pushed open the main room door, startling Aunt Juhua who was secretly working in the bedroom.
And then she saw that her grandson brought someone else!
Quickly moved her body to cover a few pieces of cloth in front of her.
"You kid!" She wanted to scold her grandson but feared the kids would spread it around, drawing attention to the family’s secrets.
In fact, what could be the secret?
She didn’t miss a day of work, just managed to get some extra dressmaking orders from the city secretly because her needlework was good.
A skirt was a two-dollar handiwork fee, which these days was quite a lot!
But this was capitalist behavior, absolutely not allowed, so the family helped keep it hidden.
Unexpectedly, despite many warnings, the grandson brought someone home today.
...
Daya was quite bold though.
Without a word, she walked two steps into the room, knelt on the floor and bowed three times, scaring Aunt Juhua into almost jumping up.
The black-haired girl in front said: "Aunt, I want to learn the craft of making clothes. My aunt said, as long as I have the skill, I can follow the army, and for the first two years, all the money I earn will go to Auntie!"
She pleaded: "Aunt, please teach me, I don’t want to be beaten, nor do I want to marry a cripple or a fool..."
Chu River only focused on working hard and never listened to gossip, unaware that there were two sisters before her four brothers.
But Daya was different, she was smart from a young age, heard many things, and naturally could piece together the truth from others’ fragmentary words.