Heavenly Blessed Baby: Fleeing Famine, Busy to Prosper!-Chapter 44: Are You Trying to Come Back from the Dead?
Er Laizi was dragged five or six meters away by Qi Quanjin before he finally managed to grab the front of his own clothes and said with difficulty, "Qi the Fourth, stop, stop, it’s, it’s the village chief who sent me over."
Qi Quanjin halted his steps but didn’t let go of Er Laizi. He just frowned and looked at him with a gaze full of disdain and suspicion.
Er Laizi struggled a bit but didn’t break free, so he simply stopped struggling and let Qi Quanjin hold him by the back of his collar, half-lying on the ground, slanted: "I say, Qi the Fourth, be a little respectful to me. After all, I was sent by the village chief to your house; no matter what, I’m a guest. Is this how the Qi family treats guests?"
"Pfft!"
Someone couldn’t hold back and laughed out loud.
Others, affected by the laughter, also couldn’t help but chuckle quietly.
It’s possible for anyone to be a guest at someone else’s house, except for Er Laizi.
Wherever this guy goes, disaster follows. Instead of being a guest, not driving him out with a broom is already considered polite.
"What does the village chief want you to do at my house?"
Qi Quanjin had a bit more patience to listen to Er Laizi only because he mentioned the village chief.
Since it involved the village chief, some face had to be given after all.
Er Laizi snorted, gesturing for Qi Quanjin to let him go.
Qi Quanjin hesitated for a moment but eventually let go.
However, he had internally decided that if this guy tried any tricks again, he’d just throw him down the mountain!
Er Laizi tugged at his own front collar and climbed up from the ground, saying, "The village chief said your family’s hunted game is plentiful and wants you to share a little with me and my mother. But we won’t ask for much, just give us a stewed rabbit."
"What the hell? What does the village chief want you to do?"
Qi Quanjin doubted his ears for a moment, wondering how he could have heard such nonsense.
Er Laizi didn’t feel embarrassed at all and repeated what he had just said.
"Get lost!"
Qi Quanjin didn’t believe for a minute that the village chief had said such a thing and kicked Er Laizi in the shoulder: "Get far away! If you dare come any closer to my house, I’ll kill you!"
Saying this, Qi Quanjin fondled the sickle at his waist.
Er Laizi originally didn’t believe that Qi Quanjin would really use a sickle on him, but facing Qi Quanjin’s undisguised coldness, Er Laizi suddenly got scared.
"If you don’t believe me, I’ll call the village chief to come and tell you!"
Er Laizi didn’t even dare to stand up properly and practically crawled away in a frantic escape.
Qi Quanjin spat in Er Laizi’s direction, turned around and went back to his house, carefully washed his hands, and then sat back down.
Qi Quanli said to Qi Quanjin, "Fourth Brother, that Er Laizi is really annoying. Now he even has the nerve to lie like that. Does he really think the village chief can decide what to do with someone else’s food?"
"Old Six, eat your food!"
Qi Zheng glared at Qi Quanli.
This Old Six—no filter at all. If this kind of talk reached the village chief, wouldn’t it seem like the Qi family had a serious issue with him?
Qi Quanli pouted, looking very displeased, but didn’t say anything further.
Instead, it was Qi Ercai who seriously analyzed, "The village chief wouldn’t say something like that, but who knows if someone in the village chief’s family suggested it."
"Not everyone in the village chief’s family is good. There’s no telling what might happen."
Qu Laodi mumbled softly.
Mrs. Qi glared at her second daughter-in-law and said, "Alright, finish your meal! Every day this happens, even while eating you can’t keep your mouths shut!"
"Shut my mouth! Eat meat!"
Qi Manman, who was initially gnawing on a bone with relish, suddenly looked up, his face covered with grease.
Everyone paused, then burst into laughter.
"Look at our Manbao eating so heartily! Just watching this girl eat makes me feel like I can eat two more bowls of rice."
Qi Dafu laughed especially loudly.
Wang Daya also nodded: "Yes, this girl looks so lovable and eats so well. She’ll definitely grow up sturdy."
When Yi Meng heard this, she shivered immediately.
Goodness, she didn’t want her sweet and soft daughter to turn into a female Hulk!
But seeing how happily the little girl was eating, Yi Meng couldn’t find the words to stop her.
Oh well, oh well, she’s still young, there’ll be time to control her diet as she grows older.
The Qi Family was not at all affected by Er Laizi’s disruption when it came to their appetite.
On the contrary, after a busy day, everyone was both hungry and tired.
Plus, Yi Meng’s cooking was excellent—even if it was the same old stew, their own stew just tasted better than others’ cooking.
Er Laizi dashed away from the Qi family but didn’t actually go to the village chief’s house to seek help. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶
No one knew better than Er Laizi whether or not the village chief had said such a thing.
The village chief might have tacitly approved of something his eldest daughter-in-law said, but hadn’t uttered a word himself.
This meant that even if he went to reason with the village chief, the village chief could easily deny it and he’d still get nothing, and might even get beaten up by the Qi family in return.
So Er Laizi just went back to his own mother.
At this moment, Mrs. Lai Sr. was sitting by a small fire, making porridge.
The iron pot hadn’t been brought out, so they could only use an oil jar to cook the porridge.
That bit of leftover oil couldn’t be used all at once for the porridge, so Mrs. Lai Sr. scraped it with a stick, wrapped it carefully in oil paper, and planned to add a little to the porridge next time to give it some flavor.
Seeing that the porridge was almost ready and her son hadn’t returned yet, Mrs. Lai Sr. got a bit anxious and yelled, "Erzi, the porridge is ready, come quickly to eat!"
Mrs. Lai Sr.’s voice was loud, causing the nearby adults to jump in surprise, and making the children burst into tears.
"Mrs. Lai Sr., do you think this is your own house’s hearth? Why are you yelling like that, trying to scare people to death?"
Some old lady was displeased immediately and started cursing at Mrs. Lai Sr.
Mrs. Lai Sr. wasn’t someone easy to deal with either, and she retorted, "You’re the one scared to death! Your whole family is scared to death! I’m calling my son to eat, why the hell are you responding? I don’t have a sharp-tongued daughter like you!"
"You!"
The old lady was so angry she stood up, looking ready to fight Mrs. Lai Sr.
Family members hurriedly stopped the old lady.
The old lady was not young anymore, and usually, bickering and arguing in the village was fine, but today they’d climbed mountains and fled for their lives, and she’d fainted twice. If she got upset again and something happened to her, what would they do?
Just then, Er Laizi came back, and Mrs. Lai Sr. spat in the other woman’s direction and started happily calling her son over to sit.
