bookbashuk Chapter 82 A fight broke out
Chapter 82 A fight broke out
Qin Yunzhou placed the meat porridge in front of Xu Sui, saying, "I specially saved this last time."
Most of the fat was rendered into lard, and a few pieces of lean meat were deep-fried and then hidden at the bottom of the lard jar by my grandmother.
"I happened to see it."
The lard solidified into a milky white color. Although there wasn't much of it, there were only a few pieces of meat as well. The meat was hidden underneath, and unless you peeled away the lard, you would have no idea what was inside.
Meat stored this way, if placed in a good location, will not spoil for more than half a year, even in the hottest weather.
The Qin family used to be from the countryside. In the city, they used rapeseed oil every month, while most rural people preferred lard, believing it to be more fragrant.
So after the lard was rendered, it was left there, and no one was willing to eat it, let alone dare to touch it.
This family has a precise control over the amount of grain and oil they consume each day.
The rapeseed oil for the month hadn't been used up yet, so no one would touch the lard, and naturally, they wouldn't discover the few pieces of meat she had hidden.
This was Qin Laotai's cleverness, but she never expected that Qin Yunzhou would see through her little trick.
After listening, Xu Sui was slightly taken aback. She really didn't expect that Old Lady Qin had quite a few tricks up her sleeve. No wonder she was so eager to handle the meat herself.
But this actually benefited her.
"Do you think the old lady might have already smelled the meat and gotten out of bed?"
The words had just been spoken.
Not only did Old Lady Qin get out of bed, but other neighbors in the same courtyard were also unable to sleep because of the aroma of meat. They jumped out of bed and followed the smell.
The Ma family across the street couldn't resist the aroma of the meat.
They knew whether they had meat or not. The couple couldn't help but swallow hard in bed, and even peered out the window, muttering curses under their breath.
"Who is it that's cooking meat so late at night instead of sleeping, deliberately making everyone hungry and unable to sleep?"
"Yeah, that's really shameless. Old Qin's kerosene lamp is still on at the other end of the street. They must be eating meat late at night. They're really something, not letting anyone get any sleep at this hour."
The couple swallowed hard as they smelled the aroma of the meat, muttering curses under their breath.
Adults can still tolerate it.
The boy in the family, who was about fourteen or fifteen years old, couldn't resist anymore. He was at the age where he was growing.
This was the couple's second child in their old age, their precious little one whom they had waited for after having several daughters.
Smelling the meat, he ran straight into Aunt Ma and her husband's house without saying a word and started making a scene, shouting, "I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat..."
This whole ordeal really took a toll on the couple.
Qin family.
Old Mrs. Qin was the first to rush out.
She went straight to her oil can, opened it, and saw a sight that looked exactly like someone who had lost their parents. She slapped her thigh, her eyes instantly reddening, and murky tears streamed down her face.
Meat.
Her flesh is gone, all gone.
At the dinner table.
Xu Sui had already started eating silently, spoonful after spoonful, and you know what?
The meat porridge the man made tasted good; it wasn't greasy or oily, and it was the most flavorful meal she had eaten in the past two weeks.
Qin Yunzhou didn't pay attention to Old Lady Qin's sadness. He sat next to Xu Sui, drinking the bowl of cornmeal porridge and eating the malted milk powder that Xu Sui had prepared for him.
He stood upright with a composed demeanor and a stern expression.
The couple ate their food at a leisurely pace.
Inside the house of Qin Min, the eldest son of the Qin family, and Xiao Fen, the couple hadn't been able to sleep because Xu Sui had become pregnant shortly after entering the house.
Now that I can smell the aroma of meat outside, I can't sleep at all.
Xiao Fen nudged the man beside her and whispered.
"Look at how good other men are to their wives. They even cook for their wives themselves, and it's meat too. Unlike you, I've been married to you for so many years and I've never had a hot meal from you."
I don't know what she was so blind to fall for such a good-looking but useless good-for-nothing man.
That's fine.
Everyone outside is saying she can't have children. Xu Sui's baby was born tonight, and the entire Qin family, young and old, are looking at her with a strange gaze.
Don't think she doesn't know what they're thinking. They're comparing her to Xu Sui and complaining that she hasn't been able to conceive after all these years.
Annoyed by being pushed around, Qin Min covered his head with his hands and muttered, "That man is capable, why didn't you find someone like him back then?"
"Look at what other people's wives look like, and what you look like."
"Other women get pregnant not long after they marry into the family. Do you have that ability? You've been married into the family for so many years. Haven't I been good enough to you? Have I ever said a bad word to you?"
In the tenement, there were several men around his age with children.
He's the only one who doesn't even have a child, let alone a baby, and is even looked down upon for not being as good as other men.
Xiao Fen's face darkened, and she glared at Qin Min fiercely. "These are your true feelings, aren't they? Don't think you're the only one who envies others having children; I'm envious too."
"You refused to go to the hospital for a checkup, so why should I be blamed for not being able to have children? Maybe you're just useless and incapable of getting me pregnant with your child."
Upon hearing this, Qin Min immediately objected.
"You're the one who can't have children, not me."
"Why don't you go to the hospital for a checkup? Why do I, a grown man, have to go? Don't I have any shame?"
Xiao Fen kicked the man off the bed hard. "What's wrong? You're a grown man and you're ashamed to get a checkup? Then why should I go?"
"Anyway, it's still the same thing: either you go by yourself, or we go together, or let's just leave it at that. If you can have a baby, great; if not, then forget it."
"At worst, we'll get a divorce. I can't live like this anymore."
Qin Min got up from the ground, pursed his lips and remained silent, exuding an air of depression.
He raised his hand, grabbed Xiao Fen, and slapped her hard across the face.
Snapped--
For a moment, the air seemed to quiet down.
Xiao Fen, who had been knocked to the bed, covered her swollen face and her nose, which was still bleeding warm blood. She looked up at the man in front of her in disbelief, her chest heaving violently.
"You...you hit me?"
Qin Min pursed his lips tightly, seemingly stunned on the spot, and it took him a long time to react.
But he didn't seem to regret it at all, and his voice was unusually calm.
"Yes, that's who I'm going to hit."
"If you dare to say another word of nonsense, I'll hit you again."
Xiao Fen was furious. She got up from the bed, wiped the blood from her nose haphazardly, and sneered.
Ignoring everything else, she rushed forward and scratched Qin Min's face with her fingernails, pulled his hair, bit his ears, and threw whatever she could grab at him.
"Let's see who kills whom first. At worst, we'll both die."
Xu Sui, who was eating at the dinner table, heard the noise from Xiao Fen and her husband's room.
She looked up at the other person's tightly closed door, finished the last bit of porridge, quickly put down her bowl and chopsticks, and took out a handkerchief to wipe her mouth.
"Did my older brother and sister-in-law get into a fight?"