Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 93 - 51: Killing the Chicken_3
But now, seeing Lian Manman like this, Lady Zhou immediately became annoyed and started to curse vehemently.
"Go on, curse louder, as if there aren’t still people who don’t know what a disgrace my mother is." Lian Manman said.
Lady Zhou immediately fell silent. A little sister-in-law causing her sister-in-law to have a miscarriage was not something that would sound good if it spread. If people asked in detail and found out the truth, who would want to marry her Lian Xiuxiu in the future?
Having hit a nail that was neither too soft nor too hard with Lian Manman, Lady Zhou could do nothing but swallow her anger and go back to her room to make some special food for Lian Xiuxiu.
Although it was said that the children should take turns looking after Lady Zhang, it was always Lian Manman who stayed at home, even though Lian Zhizhi was more attentive and more familiar with household chores. But everyone knew that with Lian Manman at home, Lady Zhang wouldn’t be bullied and could also enjoy good food, so they all tacitly agreed that she was the best person to take care of Lady Zhang.
Xiao Qi wasn’t one to sit around idly either. For example, at this moment, the brown-speckled hen clucked as it hopped down from the firewood stack. Xiao Qi dashed over, scampering up the pile, and with a still-warm egg in hand, he grinned at Lian Manman. Lady Zhou could only watch angrily from the side. Even if she could feel a chicken’s backside and tell which ones would lay eggs, she didn’t have the leisure time nor the keen eyes of Xiao Qi, couldn’t outrun him, and couldn’t climb a woodpile or run atop walls like he did, forced to watch as egg after egg ended up in Xiao Qi’s hands.
Lady Zhou naturally wouldn’t let things rest, but Lian Manman was already waiting with a response.
"Old Master said that all the eggs laid by the chickens in this house are for my mother to eat."
After several occasions, Lady Zhou would always hit a snag and gain nothing good, so she stopped provoking Lian Manman and merely pounded and slammed things around in frustration, angrily complaining of a pain in her liver. Lian Manman, smiling merrily, actually found joy in the daily chaos.
There were only so many large bones, which couldn’t be preserved for long, and they were all eaten within a few days. Lian Manman then thought about what kind of nourishment she could provide for Lady Zhang. Her gaze turned towards the chicken coop.
"Mom, people say that mother should drink chicken soup during her postpartum recovery, so let’s kill a chicken to make soup for her," Lian Manman proposed to Lady Zhou.
"What!" Lady Zhou nearly jumped down from their kang bed as if Lian Manman was asking for her very life.
"We won’t kill the hens that lay eggs; aren’t there ones that don’t?" Lian Manman hastily said.
"Even those that don’t lay eggs cannot be killed. You little girl, your guts are getting bigger and bigger. Talking so grandly about wanting chicken soup, why don’t you piss at your own reflection..."
Lian Manman didn’t stay put to hear Lady Zhou’s rant and turned around to leave the house.
Lady Zhou cursed from inside the house for a while, then came out and continued, but she dared not curse too excessively. After cursing for a while and seeing that Lian Manman remained silent, she thought Lian Manman had given up the idea. Seeing that it was time to prepare lunch, Lady Zhou went to the backyard garden to pick vegetables.
Lian Shouxin came back with Lian Zhizhi and Wu Lang, pushing a cart full of peanuts.
"Dad, could you kill this chicken? I don’t know how," Lian Manman and Xiao Qi presented Lian Shouxin with an old hen," to make soup for mom."
"Does your grandma know about this?" Lian Shouxin was asking if Lady Zhou had agreed.
Lian Manman nodded confidently, "She knows." She had talked it over with Lady Zhou, so of course Lady Zhou knew, although she hadn’t agreed.
Lian Shouxin, thinking that Lady Zhou had agreed, took a kitchen knife, squatted by the loofah trellis in the front yard, and killed the chicken.
"Dad, you should go back; let my sister stay here to help me," Lian Manman urged Lian Shouxin to leave quickly.
By the time Lady Zhou hurried over from the backyard, Lian Shouxin had already left with the cart, and she saw the old hen had already met its maker, being plucked by Lian Zhizhi and Lian Manman in a basin of boiling water.
Lady Zhou immediately started screaming and crying.
"You wretched girl, you little beast, you’ve really grown guts as big as a panther’s..."
Lian Yaya was of no help, Lian Shouren and Lian Jizu had gone out to meet friends, Lady Chiang had disappeared somewhere, Lian Xiu was injured and scared out of her wits, unable to rally, so Lady Zhou had to thrash and fuss. But with Lady Zhang silently remaining in the West Wing Room and the children going about their own business, Lady Zhou was helpless.
When Old Master Lian returned, Lady Zhou lodged her complaint.
"...There is no law anymore, killing a chicken to eat behind my back."
Lian Shouxin was taken aback and realized something but said nothing.
"Who killed the chicken?" Old Master Lian asked.
"Dad, it was me," Lian Shouxin responded.
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This Chapter was written with quite a bit of joy.
A rather plump Chapter, seeking pink. (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to cast your recommendation tickets and monthly tickets on QiDian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation.)
