Chapter 542
When Bai Dazhu went to the kitchen, he saw the pot was cold and empty . He panicked and hurried back to their room and said to Mrs . Liu: “It’s gone, there is nothing left . ”
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Mrs . Liu was stupefied: “What’s gone?”
“The porridge, the pot is empty . There is nothing left . ”
Mrs . Liu became flustered . She couldn’t dare to lie down anymore . She immediately opened the quilt and get out of the bed . She put on thick outer clothes and went to the kitchen with Bai Dazhu . She looked at the pot, and indeed, there was nothing inside . No need to look for porridge, she couldn’t even see a single grain .
Mrs . Liu turned around and rushed to the second branch’s room . Their door wasn’t close, so she pushed it and rushed inside .
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At a glance, she saw the two empty bowls on the table . The bowls were very clean . There was nothing even a single drop of rice soup . Mrs . Zhang was sitting near the lamp and embroidering . When she came in, she didn’t get surprised: “Sister-in-law? What’s wrong? Are you tired of sleeping all day?”
How can Mrs . Liu not sense the sarcasm in her words? Mrs . Liu took a deep breath and asked: “What about our dinner?”
The smile on Mrs . Zhang’s face became brighter: “Sister-in-law, you must be joking . What’s your dinner had to do with me? We have finished eating dinner . ”
Mrs . Liu said with an angry tone: “Zhang Shumei, don’t be too much . You did it intentionally . You didn’t cook our food on purpose . ”
Mrs . Zhang nodded her head: “Yes, I did it intentionally . I didn’t cook your food on purpose, what about it? Does, I, Zhang Shumei, owes you, the first branch? Why should I serve your family?”
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Why? For what?
Mrs . Liu couldn’t think of a word to refute, so she simply said: “What about niang? Don’t you care about niang anymore?”
Bai Erzhu, who was on the side said: “Niang has also eaten, and I have cleaned up the kitchen . You can cook your own meals . ”
Mrs . Liu angrily said: “What can I cook? Don’t you know that we don’t have grains left?”
Mrs . Zhang sneered: “You don’t have grains left? Are you saying that us, the second branch ate your grains?”
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Mrs . Liu continued shouting: “In the past, isn’t it always like this? Our family doesn’t eat much, so why do you have to embarrass us like this?”
Mrs . Zhang put down the embroidery in her hands and stood up: “I am embarrassing you? Do you have any conscience? Look at my hands, then look at Erzhu’s hands? Look and you will see . ”
The couple’s hands were covered with frostbite, red and swelling . Some part was already ulcerating . It was itchy, but they don’t dare to scratch it .
To earn some money, she embroidered every day and night . Bai Erzhu was responsible for laundry, cooking, and cleaning . Even Bai Zhenzhu started learning embroidery, in hopes of helping the family . But what about the first branch? They only sleep for the whole day . They don’t care about other things outside the room . They only get up when they smelled foods and eat, then continue to sleep . What is their difference to the beast, who’s hibernating?
Seeing Mrs . Zhang’s hands, Mrs . Liu immediately frowned: “Your hands are like this, who is to blame for this? Why are you telling me this?”
Mrs . Zhang’s coldly sneered: “Right, why should I tell you . So, your family has no food, why are you telling me this? What does it have to do with me?”
Mrs . Liu and Bai Dazhu couldn’t win against Mrs . Zhang . They could only turn around and go to the old lady’s room, hoping to get help .
Old Lady Bai ate her porridge when she heard the yelling in Bai Erzhu’s room . So when Mrs . Liu and Bai Dazhu came to her room, she ordered them to take away the small table and the bowl, then continue lying in the bed .
Mrs . Liu was so anxious: “Niang, you have eaten already, but our family hasn’t eaten yet . ”