Chapter 75.2

Translated by Aviana

He-shi always had tight control over the food at home, while Wang-shi was inherently gluttonous. After craving it for a long time, she couldn’t bear it anymore.

In the past, Yang jia used to raise dozens of hens. Although they killed a lot of them for Yang Xuezhang’s marriage, they still had a few hens that could lay eggs.

These hens laid eggs almost every day, but nevertheless, there would be days when they didn’t lay any eggs. One time, even after the chicken laid an egg, He-shi didn’t have the time to pick them up. Usually, He-shi never allowed her daughters-in-law to pick the eggs. If anyone happened to pick them, she would severely reprimand them.

That time, Wang-shi reckoned she must have been craving for them too long, for she dared to pilfer three eggs to boil them and eat.

He-shi still had a basic idea of how many eggs the hen laid every day. That day, when she went to collect the eggs, she didn’t find any. It would be plausible to say one hen didn’t lay an egg but to say none of the three hens laid eggs would be hard to believe. Suspicion crept into He-shi’s heart, but she hadn’t seen who had stolen them; thus, she remained silent. Who would have imagined that after eating the eggs the previous day, Wang-shi seemed to have become addicted and once again went to steal the eggs the next day as well? He-shi, who had been keeping an eye all along over this side, caught her in the act.

He-shi flew into a terrible rage and showered Wang-shi with a torrent of curses onto Wang-shi in the yard. Wang-shi didn’t even have a bit of face left and was thoroughly embarrassed.

At that time, Lin Qingwan was sitting in the room. Upon hearing bits and pieces of He-shi’s tongue-lashing, she understood the gist of the situation.

Generally speaking, the situation shouldn’t be far from this.

Wang-shi was ruthlessly reprimanded; consequently, she became truly well-behaved for the next few days. With great difficulty, she and her mother-in-law had finally forgotten about this incident. Thus naturally, Yang Xuezhang mentioning this matter again made her furious.

Had it been an ordinary person, in the event their weakness was unmasked, they would be overwhelmed with shame and embarrassment.

However, was Wang-shi an ordinary person? No, she was not! Her reactions were never like an ordinary person’s!

Wang-shi rolled her small eyes before opening her mouth, “Aiyo, fourth younger brother, we cannot be compared with you. We were raised by a stepmother and aren’t welcomed at home. Our entire family, adult and young alike were all picked from the roadside and brought home. To say nothing of a hen egg, we can’t even eat a hen’s sh*t. If we don’t resort to pilfering, how would we be able to even eat? We are not you to have a mother who secretly stuffs you with all sorts of food every day.

Eccentricity was overflowing from Wang-shi’s tone. Lin Qingwan, who was listening to all of this from the side, was nearly choked by peanuts from her remark. She quickly poured a glass of water and drank.

Wang-shi’s words didn’t just cause Yang Xuezhang to flush but also made He-shi’s face become livid.

“Woah! this is how you have regarded this old lady. Had I dug your ancestral grave or what? Every day you ride on top of this old lady’s head…”

“Mother, don’t say my words are unpleasant. I truly feel that our eldest branch was picked from outside. We do the dirty work and work tirelessly, but all the delicacies are concealed and eaten by you guys. This is the only time I happened to catch you, but who knows how many of such incidents have been happening out of my sight. How can you all bully a person like this?”

The more Wang-shi spoke, the more wronged she felt and the more she wanted to cry. Why was it that her life was drifting more and more away from her expectations? Those days when the second and third branches were living together were far better. At least there was Yao-shi, who was below her.

Recalling her past days, Wang-shi was beset with gloom.

When she was unhappy, how could others possibly be happy?

“Our family’s Dalang, Erlang, and Sanlang are your blood-related grandsons, but I never saw you giving them any boiled eggs to eat? Why? In other families, boys are treated previously, but in our family, they are treated as if they were picked from the roadside. In the end, in the entire Yang jia, only Yang laosi is precious. The rest of us all are equivalent to grass, right?”

Yang Xuezhang’s face turned red. However, whether the cause for redness was embarrassment or fury was unknown.

Feng-shi chipped in, “Eldest sao, do not indiscriminately frame a person. It was just this once…”

Wang-shi cut in, “I only happened to see once, but what about the times when I haven’t seen? All of this stuff is locked by the mother in her room. How will I know how much of the food is pilfered by you all?”

Never heard of the saying, ‘Getting caught once is equivalent to getting hit ten times’?

Similar thoughts were running in Wang-shi’s brain, too. Furthermore, an unfettered imagination begets unlimited thoughts in a person. The more Wang-shi mulled over it, the more confident she became in her assumptions. Subsequently, her words similarly became unpleasant.

He-shi was itching to seize Wang-shi’s flapping mouth. Unfortunately, Wang-shi nimbly dodged away from her.

Utterly discomfited, He-shi picked up the broom in the yard and began thrashing Wang-shi with it. Nevertheless, don’t get fooled by Wang-shi’s plump figure. She was quite agile and excellent at dodging. All of He-shi’s strikes fell upon Yang Xuezhang and Feng-shi, who grumbled while continuously avoiding them.

Though Wang-shi was busy dodging, her mouth didn’t stop.

“Mother, are you now even raising your hand on others? You can condemn others when you catch them, but others can’t even say a few words…”

While scampering all over the yard, Wang-shi trotted towards Lin Qingwan’s side.

Initially, Lin Qingwan was cheerful watching the play from the sidelines, but when Wang-shi’s movements and He-shi’s figure chasing from behind fell into her eyes, an ominous feeling crept over her. She quickly wanted to stand up and move far away from them. But her big belly posed an inconvenience in her movements.

Anxiety flooded her heart, dreading that a calamity might befall her. At this time, Dahei, who was lying beside her, moved.

Dahei issued out low guttural sounds as his body leaned in as if he would pounce on them at any minute. Dahei resembled a wolf in appearance and possessed a lofty and robust body. He appeared extremely frightening when he postured himself in a hunting stance with bared fangs.

Wang-shi was intimidated by Dahei to the point she didn’t bother about hiding from He-shi. Her legs became soft and slumped onto the ground. While He-shi, who was chasing her from behind, didn’t have time to stop her momentum and directly crashed into Wang-shi, causing the two to roll into a ball.

Seeing them not approaching, Dahei, still not feeling reassured, growled a few more times and bared his fangs as if warning them he wouldn’t be polite if they came again.

Both Wang-shi and He-shi were plump; thus, even after struggling for a long time, they were unable to get up. Seeing his mother tumble over, Yang Xuezhang quickly rushed over to help her up and was only able to do so after expending a lot of effort.

After stumbling down, He-shi and Wang-shi both forgot about their fight. Their faces flushed with anger, and they wished to berate Lin Qingwan a bit. But upon glancing at the Dahei, who was glaring at the two akin to a tiger watching its prey, they didn’t dare to open their mouths.

Lin Qingwan’s belly was about to burst from restraining her laughter, but her face didn’t show any expressions.

The incident today was so hilarious, particularly when He-shi and Wang-shi fell together; they resembled a human pyramid. And her family’s Dahei was also quite cool.

Lin Qingwan supported her waist and stood up before patting Dahei’s head, wishing to hurry into her room and burst into laughter inside.

“Good job, Da Hei. I will cook you some stew tonight.”

Nevertheless, she had yet to step into the room when Lin Qingwan broke into a peal of laughter.

“Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha……”

The people in the yard weren’t aware of what made her laugh so much, but they were sure she was laughing at them, causing their faces to turn black.

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