Chapter 13: Second Aunt, Third Aunt
“What’s that you are carrying? Let me take a look.”
Chen Guihua was in her 30s that year. While everyone was yellow and thin from hunger, she was fat all over, eyes squeezing into a line.
Her small eyes glinted as she stared shiftily at the items in Su Wen’s hand, wishing she could snatch it and take a look.
Su Wen guessed Chen Guihua’s identity based on her appearance.
Although this third aunt did not have many scenes in the book, she was a huge weirdo.
She was lazy, loved to take advantage of others, and did things that harmed others and benefited herself.
She couldn’t bear to see others doing better than her and would be jealous of those who were better off than her. If they didn’t do as well as her family, she would rub it in their faces and make matters worse.
Back then, she had been suppressed by Su Wen’s mother and couldn’t compare to her in any way.
Later, Su Wen’s parents passed away one after another, and there was finally no elder brother and sister-in-law above her. Chen Guihua caught the seven Su sisters and bullied them.
She often went to their house to steal things and splash dirty water everywhere.
“Quick, let me see what delicious thing this is,” Chen Guihua said as she reached out to grab it.
Su Wen’s brain was working quickly — she couldn’t let Chen Guihua find out about her family buying meat.
If the meat was snatched away, it would be fine. However, she might even ask for more benefits. Chen Guihua had done things like making reports if they didn’t give in to her demands.
Su Wen ducked and dodged Chen Guihua’s hand.
“Big sister, I want to eat meat. I saw that Niuniu’s family is eating meat tonight.”
Little sister Su’s voice suddenly rang out, making Su Wen laugh inside.
Her little sister was so quick-witted.
Hence, Su Wen acted like a drama queen and put on a mean look as she scolded, “Eat, eat, eat, all you know is to eat! Niuniu’s family is rich, and there is so much meat that they can’t finish it. What do we have in our family? Hmph! If you still want to eat meat, it’s good enough to have pigweed to eat.”
After she finished speaking, she raised her head high and didn’t even glance at Chen Guihua. She pulled little sister Su along and left.
Hmph! One of the reasons the original character’s family was so miserable was also because of the conspiracy of second uncle’s family.
Zhao Jiangang had repeatedly bullied the sisters of the original character, and he had relied on second aunt Zhang Chunxiang and cousin Su Pingfan to support him and stir up trouble.
“Bah! You shameless s***, you only know how to throw yourself at men. You can eat meat in your next life!”
Chen Guihua stood on the spot and spat at Su Wen’s back, cursing. She had completely forgotten that she had wanted to see what was in the bag.
While she was cursing, she suddenly thought of little sister Su’s words. Her eyes widened, and she wiped her saliva on her sleeve. She stopped cursing and turned to walk toward the home of second brother, Su Xuewu.
Once there, she happened to see the family having dinner.
Su Xuewu’s wife, Zhang Chunxiang, saw Chen Guihua coming from afar. She immediately got up and took the bowl of greasy meat from the table and hid it in the cabinet in the room.
By the time she came out of the room, Chen Guihua was already using all four limbs to grab and snatch at the flour buns on the dining table.
When the youngest son, Niuniu, saw that the buns were gone, he lay on the ground and rolled around.
The eldest daughter, Su Pingping, was afraid that the food would all be snatched away, so she quickly put the food into her own bowl.
The eldest son, Su Pingfan, looked at Chen Guihua with red eyes. He didn’t say anything, but he was very contemptuous inside.
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He was the eldest grandson that the Su family’s heads doted on the most. Since he was born, he had never done any farm work in the fields.
He hadn’t even done pigweed before, and his skin was whiter than the average villagers’. He was currently the most popular image of a feminine boy and the favorite of the two elders. They were looking forward to Su Pingfan getting into university and bringing glory to his ancestors.
If there was anything good to eat or drink at home, Su Pingfan would be the first to get it.
However, Su Pingfan was used to being pretentious. His grades weren’t good, but he still held his books every day and acted like he was very hardworking, earning everyone’s praise. He secretly seduced female educated youths and played with their feelings.
“Chen Guihua, what are you doing?” Zhang Chunxiang’s face darkened and she went up to slap Chen Guihua.
Chapter 14: Braised Pork
“You hid the meat from me, and now you want to hit me?”
Chen Guihua glared at her and cursed, hands on her hips, “I’m telling you, Zhang Chunxiang, you won’t die a good death if you keep it all to yourself. Hmph! All you know is to go to the old lady’s place to cheat them of food, getting all the benefits. What the h*** is this?”
“You’re the one who’s going to die a terrible death.” Zhang Chunxiang was not someone easily trifled with. “Give those to me. These buns belong to my family. Aren’t you afraid of sores growing in your mouth after you eat them?”
“Bah! You’re the one with sores growing in your mouth. Where’s the meat? Don’t think that I won’t know if you hide it.”
“You old hag. What meat? There’s none. If you want to eat meat, cut it off from your own body.”
Zhang Chunxiang was famous for being stingy. Seeing the white flour buns being snatched away by Chen Guihua, her heart ached. She went to grab Chen Guihua’s face.
Su Pingping was also eager to help.
Although Chen Guihua didn’t get the meat, she wouldn’t lose out if she got the white flour buns. She quickly ran away.
Zhang Chunxiang took a broom and chased her around the village, but she still didn’t manage to get the flour buns back. She stood in the village and cursed.
It attracted a group of people who had come back from working in the fields, and they watched the commotion. It was said that the two sisters-in-law of the Su family had not been on good terms for a long time and often quarreled.
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Since Su Wen went out with little sister Su in the morning, Su Qing and Su Xiu had been feeling uneasy.
They didn’t have the mood to earn work points or make clothes. They returned early in the evening and waited. The more they waited, the more antsy they became. They were afraid that Big sister would be caught by the patrolling guards, and were also afraid that the sleeve guards and shawls wouldn’t sell.
They waited anxiously by the door and finally, they returned.
“Big sister, Big sister, you guys are finally back.” Su Xiu hurriedly came up to them. “Big sister, are you guys alright? Did you encounter any patrols?”
“We did, but we ran quickly.” Su Wen smiled.
It was only upon hearing this that Su Xiu heaved a sigh of relief and laughed as well. She then asked little sister Su out of concern, “Little sister, are you tired? Your feet must be hurting after walking for a whole day, right?”
“I’m not tired!” Little sister Su smiled foolishly.
“Let’s go inside.”
The three sisters quickly entered the courtyard and closed the door behind them. Then, they sat around the eight-seater table.
They looked at Su Wen excitedly, waiting for her next words.
“Ahem, ahem.” Su Wen felt embarrassed under such passionate gazes. She coughed and motioned for little sister Su to speak on her behalf.
Therefore, little sister Su stood on the chair because she was too short. She vividly described the ups and downs of the day’s experience.
Su Qing and Su Xiu had their hands to their chests in nervousness and cheered softly. They were afraid that they would wake up from their beautiful dreams if they were too loud.
When they heard that two of their shawls had been stolen, the two sisters clenched their fists in anger.
When it came to the part where the patrol came and they even had to abandon their things before managing to escape, the sisters hugged each other and cried, hearts aching for the things they had lost.
Su Wen was speechless.
She realized that little sister Su was actually a natural speaker, and she did a good job in eliciting emotions!
“Here’s the money. We’ve earned more than 20 yuan in total. I didn’t have time to count the exact amount. Also, we spent 2.5 yuan on the meat and bones we bought on the way back.”
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She finally had the starting capital.
“So much money?”
“Twenty? More?”
Su Qing wiped her tears and looked at the money in front of her carefully. She cried, “I’ve never had so much money in my life.”
Su Xiu nodded vigorously. “Big sister, let’s make more sleeve guards and shawls. I’ll go and sell them the next time! It would be too dangerous if you were caught and sent to the study class; our family would be broken up.”
Chapter 15: Fragrance
Su Wen shook her head. “I’ll go with Little sister! It’s a good time for me to distribute the work at home. You’re still in charge of earning work points in the brigade. I’ll look for Aunt Chunyan and ask her to help arrange an easier job for you.”
It didn’t make sense that there wasn’t a single person in the family who earned work points.
Su Qing will continue to learn tailoring, and you two will help me when you have free time. I’ll be in charge of thinking of ways to make money, and Little sister will be my helper. Let’s try to get Sixth sister to go to school this year.”
Sixth sister was eight years old that year, long past the age to go to school. However, she had been helping their aunt take care of her child and was ordered around like a servant.
She had just transmigrated and had not fully grasped the situation. She would hold back for the moment. When school reopened in September, she would definitely send her sixth sister to school.
“Big sister, does sixth sister really have the chance to study?” Su Qing asked in disbelief.
She realized that Big sister had really changed a lot. In the past, she didn’t allow her sixth and seventh sisters to attend school, and even wanted her fourth and fifth sisters to drop out of school to earn work points.
Because of this, Sixth sister had hid in the straw pile in the kitchen and quietly wiped her tears.
“Of course.”
“That’s great. When Sixth sister returns, I’ll tell her this good news.”
“I’ll also make more sleeve guards to earn money.” Su Xiu quickly declared.
I’ll also make more sleeve guards to earn money.” Su Xiu quickly declared.
Su Wen waved her hand. “Let’s not make sleeve guards. I’ll try to make something else.”
“Why not?”
“We did it before because we had free cloth, so we didn’t have to spend much. The cloth is now gone, right?” Su Wen said as she looked at Su Qing.
Su Qing nodded. She had still been worrying during the day! She had brought back the cloth that her master had collecting for almost a year. Even if they wanted to make more later, there was no more cloth to be had.
“Alright, let’s not talk about this. Let’s cook first.”
Su Wen’s order made the three sisters cheer. Such good meat and bones; Su Wen personally cooked and asked Su Qing to help with the fire.
After all, little sister Su was still young, and had to be tired after walking for the entire day. She asked Su Xiu to give her a bath and let her rest.
In the big pot, the tubular bones were boiled using cold water to produce scum. Then, she added ginger, scallion, salt, seasoning, and boiling water to simmer it over low heat.
The streaky pork was cut into moderately thick chunks. Not a single drop of oil was needed. After frying the fragrant oil in a smaller iron pan, she added in ginger and star anise for a stir-fry.
Very quickly, a fragrant and intoxicating braised meat dish was done.
There was no sugar at home, otherwise it’d be even more delicious.
When Su Qing started the fire, she couldn’t help but swallow her saliva and look at Su Wen with shining eyes.
She was curious about how Big sister’s cooking skills had suddenly become so amazing, but on second thought, she felt that it was a good thing, so she simply put it aside and didn’t ask about it.
The Su family’s house was relatively remote in the village. The surrounding areas were not as densely packed as the middle and east of the village, but there were still quite a few people.
The aroma of the braised meat spread far and wide. Chen Guihua, who lived on the east side, was at home eating steamed buns. She caught a whiff of the aroma.
“Where’s the smell of meat coming from?”
As soon as the little fatty Zhuangzhuang smelled the meat, he refused to eat the flour buns, rolling on the ground and shouting for meat. Su Xueqiang’s face flushed with anger. He wanted to hit the child but was stopped by Chen Guihua.
“Hit him if you dare. You don’t have the ability to earn enough to buy meat, yet you’re taking it out on the child.”
You…” Su Xueqiang angrily threw down his chopsticks and stopped eating.
“Mom, I want to eat meat! I want to eat meat…” Zhuangzhuang insatiably shouted.
Chen Guihua was also annoyed. She had gone to Second brother’s house that night and smelled meat, but she hadn’t been able to get her hands on it. She was furious about it! Now that her son was making a scene, she raised her hand and slapped him.
It was one thing not to let her husband hit their son, but she would not be soft-hearted when she hit him.
After Zhuangzhuang had been given a beating, he gave up and obediently ate the steamed buns.
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