novelraw Chapter 426 - 16: The Shi Family Is Too Shameless
Chapter 426 - 16: The Shi Family Is Too Shameless
Chapter 426: Chapter 16: The Shi Family Is Too Shameless
The Shi Family had a sleepless night.
Nothing else, just didn’t have dinner, starving! Heartburn!
The eldest brother and second brother’s wives hid a bit of food, but all they managed to get were some sugar biscuits... this stuff doesn’t fill up a man’s stomach at night.
Sigh.
Since there was a sister-in-law added to the family, life suddenly became hard.
But Chu River slept soundly and satisfied.
Having been here for so many days, it was only after marrying into the Shi Family that she had good days. Had she known, she would’ve found a way to marry in on day one.
Look, had meat for lunch till she was full at the state-run restaurant.
Afternoon tea included meat buns, candies, and snacks.
Dinner had meat buns, along with flatbread and porridge.
Even at night, if hungry, there were snacks.
This life is as good as four days at the Old Chu Family.
Sigh, it seems like the Chu Family was really incapable. But since I’ve "married," the battlefield is now here, let bygones be bygones.
Getting married is great.
...
With this delightful thought, Chu River slept until 2 in the morning.
The village doesn’t have electric lights, let alone kerosene lamps, which are too precious to light. In early summer, it gets dark around seven or eight in the evening, and she went to bed close to nine, so waking up at 2 a.m. was quite satisfying.
In the still of the night, she took a large basket from the Shi Family and headed to the riverside.
With Shi Suifeng gone, there were no more attempts to jump into the river at midnight, no disturbances, and the village was so quiet you could only hear the sounds of insects.
Chu River swiftly jumped in and caught hundreds of big fish in one go, which couldn’t fit in the basket, so she just dug a pit right there and let water in to keep them alive —
Dear nephew, tomorrow it’s all on you!
She only finished tidying up as the day broke, took her nephew to see where she had hidden the fish, and then went back to hang around for breakfast.
There’s a saying from this era, people are iron, food is steel, and missing a meal makes you panic with hunger.
Chu River strongly agreed.
And stuck to it, not missing a meal.
Having previously lived at the Chu Family’s place, she timed breakfast perfectly, early in the morning already going to work, breakfast still had porridge, pancakes, and a big bowl of pickles.
With Suifeng’s salary, even the two kids could each have an egg.
Chu River was thrilled, plopped down: "Wow! Our breakfast is decent."
Zhao Xiuhua paused her hand while scooping porridge.
She knew by now that this family was no good, so she stopped pretending to be polite: "Little He, don’t forget, your ration isn’t in our family."
Chu River’s outstretched hand also paused.
The older sisters-in-law watched this tense and exciting scene, the two children full of hope, wondering if the magical Chu River could produce two more buns?
Zhao Xiuhua even fake-smiled: "By rights, our family shouldn’t be so stingy. But when Little Three left, didn’t he give you money? You shouldn’t starve, right."
Chu River slowly sat up straight, a quality radiating from her skinny and dark frame, vaguely resembling Shi Suifeng.
The older sisters-in-law, unexpectedly alarmed for unknown reasons, thought to themselves: Could this be the couple’s resemblance?
And the sister-in-law resembling her husband, at this moment, confirmed again: "Are you seriously not planning to let me eat?"
"Listen to yourself." Zhao Xiuhua’s expression was neither friendly nor unfriendly as she took a slurp of porridge:
"With Little Three not home, we can’t be so harsh to his wife. It’s just, you have money, don’t you? You can afford buns, so you look down on our food with no oil."
But the sarcastic words she said, for Chu River, had no effect. She has always been straightforward in thinking, only paying attention to the main point when listening.
— So it means they aren’t giving me food, right.
That’s simple.
Referring to the Old Chu Family, they turned out to be obedient later. Proved that old tricks aren’t afraid of being old, as long as they work.
She swiftly overturned the entire table.
The bowl of porridge crashed to the ground, mixing with the mud, absolutely inedible now.
The pickles and pancakes also fell, covered in mud and dust.
Not to mention the home furniture — the old Eight Immortals table ended up flipped, but luckily, the wood was solid, so it didn’t fall apart.
The Shi Family was momentarily stunned.
Moments later, the same chaos broke out again in the Shi Family.
...
The gong sounded for another day of work.
The Old Chu Family sent off the plague but ended up utterly impoverished, turning penniless.
But the good news wasn’t entirely gone, at least they didn’t suffer from a beating at every meal, and didn’t have to rack their brains to figure out how to give money and meat.
Therefore, despite feeling very pained over finances while working, overall, they felt a bit more relaxed in their steps.