Chapter 47: Xi Mei Loses Weight

  This day was completely exciting for the Chen family, Li Zheng's family was exiled, and the county magistrate was also brought down, this time there was no one who had not been offended.

  Xi Mei was delighted to think that now everything is fine, except for the young master of the Wang family who always sneaks glances at her sister, the biggest hidden danger in Zhoujia Village has been eliminated, and from now on she can go out with peace of mind.

  Through this matter, most people in the village knew that their family and the wealthy Zhang family in town had a relationship, not only with his family but also with the county governor who was acquainted with them.

  Haha, from now on, I guess I can walk sideways in the village, hehe. Someone was laughing with a sly face, enjoying themselves when suddenly, a pair of big hands stretched out from behind and picked them up, touching their little heart. Turning around to look, it turned out to be Second Uncle, scaring her to death.

  "Brother's wife, have you seen my second aunt? I haven't seen her since early morning." Xi Mei pointed with her little finger, "She's over there, Second Aunt is discussing with my mother and the others what to prepare for tomorrow."

  Chen Tianwang looked at the place where Xi Mei was pointing, weighed the small basket in his hand, and said with a smile, "Your aunties are crazy, they didn't show up early in the morning, didn't even make breakfast, and left me and your brother and sister starving."

  Xi Mei stared intently at her second uncle, still lost in thought from earlier. Tsk, tsk, it's really hard to tell, but her second uncle, a big roughneck, was able to marry such an intelligent second aunt.

  Probably being stared at by Xi Mei's eyes, Chen Tianwang reached out a hand to touch his face and asked in confusion, "Why are you looking at me like that, Second Uncle? Is there something on my face?"

  As soon as he finished speaking, he burst out laughing again. "It's not Second Uncle saying you're a handful, little girl, but you're really not light at all! You're only a few years old and Second Uncle can barely carry you!"

  This sentence has sounded the alarm for Xi Mei, yes, she is young but her little meat is not small at all, compared to the slender sisters in front of her, she is seriously over the standard.

  No, she wants to grow up to be a beautiful woman like a willow in the wind, not a chubby little girl who is pinched into a pit. Although it feels good, no, no, can't let her two sisters laugh at herself, she resolutely resisted the temptation of delicious food, she wants to lose weight.

  Looking at Xi Mei's determined face, Chen Tianwang shook his head in confusion and took her into the house. Inside, three women were chattering away about tomorrow's preparations, with several children listening intently around them.

  He cleared his throat lightly, but his wife didn't even bother to acknowledge him. He coughed again with more force, and this time he finally got a glance from her. Just as he was about to speak, he heard her say in an unfriendly tone: "If you need to cough, go outside and do it. Can't you see there are so many kids inside the house?"

  In an instant, Xi Mei, who was being held in someone's arms, felt the arm around her tighten, and looking at Er Bo's stiff face, she seemed to still hear the sound of a heart shattering.

  Haha, who made you just say I'm fat? Now what, come and get your revenge, I'll smile smugly, I'll smile smugly.

  "Hey, look at this girl's small mind! She's also cautious with her own family members. Tsk tsk, this kind of personality is hopeless."

  "Hey, isn't it too early for you to be out? We haven't even had breakfast at home yet, and the kids are starving." Chen Tianwang felt a bit embarrassed.

  "Isn't there still some congee from last night, add some steamed buns, just heat it up, if you want to stir-fry a dish then stir-fry one, what's so difficult about that."

  After listening to her, Chen Tian felt wronged. You say it's easy, he thought so too at first, isn't cooking just a matter of stirring the rice? But when heating up the porridge, he accidentally made it mushy, and when heating up the mantou, he carelessly dropped hot water on them.

  After going through a lot of trouble to cook the meal, who knew that the kids would all turn up their noses and not eat or say anything. The older son even tapped his chopsticks against the bowl and shouted "We won't eat! We won't eat! It's not mom's cooking, we absolutely won't eat it." Who knows if they'll get diarrhea after eating, but they're not stupid.

  He didn't, he just came over to find his wife with a gloomy face, put down the happy girl in his arms, looked at his own wife's expression, and was both eager to please her and afraid of losing face. He kept rubbing his hands nervously on the spot. Xue Shi looked at him and couldn't bear it either.

  He patted his clothes and walked out the door, but halfway there he realized no one was following him. Annoyed, he shouted back at him, "Are you coming or not? Just stand there like a wooden stake!"

  Chen Tianwang quickly followed up with Xue Shi, and as they walked away, He Shi also became anxious and decided to hurry back home. She wasn't sure if her father could handle things properly on his own, so she might as well go back and take a look.

  Zhao sent a few people to work in the fields and started his own tasks. Chen Tian decided to take advantage of today's free time to go and weed the east field, which he had already weeded once before. This year's rainfall was abundant, and it had been a long time since he last tended to it, so he estimated that the weeds must have grown wildly by now. He slung his hoe over his shoulder, bid farewell to Zhao, and headed towards the fields.

  Behind her, Rui Xuan and his two brothers were still following. After the three of them left, the house was a bit quieter. Zhao Shi took the dirty clothes that had been accumulated over the past few days to wash, and Xi Jue altered some of Rui Xuan's old clothes that he couldn't wear anymore, so that Rui Hao could continue wearing them.

  Xi Mei and Xi He, it turned out that the two sisters were dissatisfied with the empty space in front of their own house, so today they wanted to tidy them up. When the weather cools down, they can plant some Chinese cabbage and radishes, so that their family will have something to eat during winter.

  Everyone is busy with their own things, where did the younger sister go? Ah, that girl felt she got up too early this morning, now her stomach is covered with a special small blanket and she's sleeping soundly on the kang.

  Alas, I don't know who just said they wanted to lose weight. After eating their fill, they sprawl out on the bed, living a life that's even better than that of the gods. They even smack their lips while sleeping, as if savoring some delicious food.

  At noon, the sun had slowly risen, and the busy villagers outside were all rushing to their homes. Chen Tianfa was no exception, hurrying home with his two sons, and as soon as they entered the yard, he threw down the tools he was carrying behind the door and scooped up a basin of cool water to pour over himself.

  Zhao held a coarse cloth handkerchief on one side, waiting and seeing that his son was also following the trend, hurriedly stopped him, "No, you're still young, can't learn from your father, wait until he's old, see if it's all his fault."

  Although he said so, his hands were still gently wiping the water for him. Ruihao envied and said: "When I grow up, I also want to marry a wife like my mother, and let her wipe my hair."

  Hao, Ruihao, I have to say, this is really an extraordinary wish of yours.

  "Daughter, look what we've caught and brought back?" Rui Xuan handed over the bag behind him to her.

  Zhao opened the bag and looked inside, exclaiming in surprise: "Is it a wild chicken?" Chen Tian burst out laughing with a satisfied expression on his face. "Yes, we originally said we were going to use the bag to pick some wild fruit, but after clearing away the grass, we found that something was moving around inside the bag. When we opened it up, it turned out to be this wild chicken - who knows how it managed to get in there?"

  Zhao smiled, "Today is really lucky, and at home there are some wild mushrooms that were picked before. Let's have a good meal at noon, with a small chicken stewed with mushrooms."

  Xi De Ruihao cheered excitedly, "Oh, oh, it's great, we can have delicious food for lunch again!" In his eyes, having meat was happiness. Since Xi Mei had a serious illness, the family's diet had been getting better and better. Before, eating meat once a year felt very happy, twice was already a luxury.

  But now, in just these few days, he has eaten more meat than he had in all the years he was growing up. How could he not be delighted?

  Zhao saw him like this and unusually didn't scold him, but instead turned around and went back to the kitchen to make lunch.

  At noon, Xi Mei woke up in a fragrant aroma, closed her eyes and felt her way to put on her shoes, and walked out of the house in a daze.

  Following the fragrance to the kitchen, she slightly sobered up, "Mom, what are you doing? It smells so good."

  Looking at her children searching for food, Zhao said, "Quickly wipe your face with water and call out to your brothers and sisters that we are setting the table and it's time to eat."

  After hearing this, the happy sister immediately sobered up, "Alright, I'll go now." She said and jumped out.

  Everyone was present, and Zhao's family brought up the stewed chicken. As soon as the lid was lifted, the aroma of chicken filled the air, and Xi Mei's mouth watered at the sight. She hugged her small bowl and looked at her mother with anticipation.

  Zhao picked up her small bowl and first scooped a bowlful, placing it there, and got a sweet smile in return. "Thanks, Mom," she said, then picked up her chopsticks and started eating, her mouth making oily sounds, with a few grains of rice stuck at the corner of her mouth.

  Not just her, several children didn't eat well either. Chen Tianfa and Zhao Shi exchanged a glance at each other and couldn't help but smile. Chen Tianfa even picked up a piece of chicken and put it in her bowl.

  Under the background of cicadas singing on the branches, Chen's family rarely had leisure time together. It has to be said that this feeling of stealing a half-day idleness is really great.

  If there were no Ruihao and Xi Mei gobbling down food on the table.

  Hey, Xi Mei, what about the weight loss you promised?