Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 1528 - 777: Gluttony (Part 2)

"A banquet wasn’t all, I heard that the Wu Family also sent the Old Fourth Family a lot of other dishes, saying there was a heaping bowl of dried meatballs. The next day, the Old Zhang Family took it all away. Besides the meatballs, there were plenty of other dishes too, probably enough for the Old Zhang Family for half a month, without needing to add anything else."

Talking about food, Lady He’s eloquence suddenly improved. She leaned forward towards Lady Zhou, winking and talking non-stop.

"Whenever there’s something going on, relatives and family have to eat for a few days, right? The Old Zhang Family got their share, why didn’t we? We’re the true grandparents. Even if they don’t send a feast, couldn’t they at least send us some leftovers?"

"Right, the Old Three Family didn’t get a small share either," Lady He said, spitting as she talked. Usually, Lady Zhou would’ve interrupted her by now, but today she didn’t stop Lady He, letting her continue in one breath.

"I saw it with my own eyes, oh my, there was even a whole pork knuckle, all oily. " Lady He swallowed loudly, "The Old Three Family’s three members have been living the good life these days, every meal making their mouths glisten with oil."

"You go there every day, didn’t you eat a bit?" Lady Zhou raised her eyelids, looking at Lady He and asked.

Lady Zhou’s tone and demeanor, her question was half sarcasm, half probing.

"Oh my, don’t even mention it." Lady Zhou’s words seemed to sting Lady He a little. She slapped her thigh, raising her voice, "Those two in the Old Three Family are really stubborn, and that Yeye kid, it’s really scary. I said, just give me a scoop of rice, let me help her tidy up the leftover dishes, so she wouldn’t have to scrub them clean with grease and grime. But they didn’t agree, even chased me out. Too scary, that kid, really too scary, guarding the food!"

Scary, here, means about the same as stubborn. And tidy up, is a common rural slang in Thirty Mile Camp, roughly meaning to finish up the leftover food, especially in the sense of eating it all, to the last bit.

Lady He was grudging about not getting pork knuckle at the Lian Yeye Family, Lady Zhou’s face was getting darker and darker, it’s unclear whether she was angry at Lady He’s disgraceful conduct or because of something else.

"How could you be so brazen!" Lady Zhou gritted her teeth and cursed Lady He, "You made the Old Lian Family lose face! You even went to the Old Three Family asking for food, do you think they would give you something good? Who do you think you are? They see you as an enemy. They don’t even treat you as a person. I bet, they would rather give their good stuff to a dog than to you."

Perhaps due to her excitement, Lady Zhou started panting by the time she finished cursing.

Lady He didn’t dare to retort, only muttered softly, clearly indifferent to Lady Zhou’s words.

"Do you still think the Old Three is what he used to be? He’s climbed high! How could he care about you? " Lady Zhou panted for a while, then continued to scold, "Don’t be fooled by his visits to the old house, saying he’s visiting us old folks, he does it out of obligation. In his heart, he wishes we would die soon so he can be happy. Still hoping he will send us good stuff? Dream on, even if his food goes bad, he wouldn’t bring it here."

"Those things aren’t even his, the Wu Family didn’t send him anything, it’s all from the Old Fourth Family." Lady He wasn’t a clever woman, she didn’t pick up on why Lady Zhou was so angry, nor the underlying meaning in Lady Zhou’s words. So she continued chit-chatting with Lady Zhou.

"The Old Fourth Family now has a mountain of gold and silver, so is his family lacking those things? He’s given it to the Old Three Family, why not send it to his real father and mother?" Lady He finally said, "I guess the Old Fourth Family probably can’t even finish all that food now. Mother, why don’t we have Jizu’s wife pass on a message?"

And these words, indeed were the main point of Lady He’s whole speech.

But Lady Zhou’s face was already pale with anger, she slapped the clothes she had just pulled from the basin back into it. With too much force, almost half the water splashed out, soaking a large area of the brick bed and the ground.

"Besides eating, what else do you know. The thing on your neck, is it a face or a backside!" Lady Zhou, with wet fingers pointed at Lady He, cursed, "If you don’t like the food here, get lost. Go to the Old Fourth Family, the Old Three Family, go be their dog. Get lost!"

Full of anger, scolding alone couldn’t vent her rage, Lady Zhou looked down, saw the basin on the brick bed, simply yanked out the wet clothes, threw them onto the bed, then flung half a basin of water at Lady He.

Lady He was caught off guard, getting drenched, half of her body soaked through.

"Oh my, oh my," Lady He cried while trying to stand up. But before her bottom left the stool, she tipped over with it, falling to the ground.

It turned out that Lian Shouyi, sitting on the other end of the stool, was also splashed by Lady Zhou’s basin of water. Moving faster than Lady He, standing up first, causing the weight on both ends of the stool to imbalance, led Lady He to fall.

Half of Lady He’s body was soaked, and the ground in this room was still compacted yellow earth. Falling like this, Lady He’s appearance was a sorry sight.

"Get out, don’t hang around me." Seeing Lady He’s pitiful appearance, Lady Zhou’s anger eased a bit, but she still barked harshly.

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