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The old lady and Sizhu smelled a strong aroma of oil before they even reached Zheng Yuan's house. Are they refining oil again?

When she reached the door, the old lady didn't know whether she should go in.

"Grandma, let's go." Sizhu pulled the old lady's sleeve in confusion. Didn't she just pull him towards this side? Why didn't she go in when they reached the door?

"Sizhu, the milk is not going in. You take this thing back to your mother." The old lady decided not to go in and handed the thing to Sizhu.

Sizhu shook his head and put his hands behind his back: "No, if you ask me to take it back, my mother will ask me to run again later, so just take it back, grandma."

"You kid..."

"Grandma Chen, you're here? What are you doing standing at the door? Come in!" Mei'er was arguing with Sizhu when she heard the voice, looked up and saw her.

Old Mrs. Chen had no choice but to walk in. Seeing the children all asking dryly, "Have you eaten?"

"Yes, are you looking for your aunt? She is in the kitchen."

As soon as she entered the yard, the fragrance was even stronger. It seemed that she had really caught the second son's wife refining oil. Old Mrs. Chen felt a little regretful. She would have accepted the thing given to her by the second son's wife.

Now, they happened to be refining oil again. Last time, when I asked Shitou to help deliver the chopping board, they happened to be refining oil and got a bowl of oil residue. If she knew they were refining oil, she would definitely not let the family members come forward. This time it happened again. The second son's wife would not think that they did it on purpose, pretending not to send it back, but came just when they were refining oil, and actually wanted some oil residue.

I swear to God, I really don’t think so.

The old lady walked to the kitchen door, but was unable to step in.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin had heard the noise a long time ago. Seeing the old lady stepping back and forth at the door and refusing to come in, the two looked at each other in confusion.

"Mom, what are you doing? Why don't you come in? Is there something wrong?" Seeing that she didn't come in, Zheng Yuan lost his patience and asked directly.

Seeing that she had been seen, the old lady had no choice but to hand the thing in her hand to Zheng Yuan. Zheng Yuan turned his head and looked at Sizhu who was following behind him: What's going on?

Sizhu hurriedly distanced himself from the matter: "I gave it to grandma, but she refused to accept it and dragged me back. I tried very hard to get grandma to accept it."

Sizhu blinked his eyes with an innocent look on his face, almost ready to swear to the heavens.

"Mom, what are you doing? This is a gift to you and my dad, so you should just keep it. Why are you taking it back? Is there something missing?" Zheng Yuan turned to the old lady again.

Zheng Yuan originally wanted to make a joke, but who knew that he accidentally hit the spot where the old lady was worried.

"No...no! Second brother's wife, I really didn't mean that. I just think there are too many things, and I'm afraid that young master will be angry. After all, you didn't buy these things yourself. What if he blames you? Besides, you are honoring us two old guys, so why do you need so many things? I know you want to take care of the eldest brother's family, but they have a big family with so many old men, so why do they need you to take care of them. You are an orphan and a widow, so if you have something, just save it for yourselves, and don't always think about sending it over there..."

"Wait, Mom, wait." Zheng Yuan interrupted hurriedly.

What is this and what?

The old lady was very excited, spitting all over the place, and she spoke a lot in one breath. If Zheng Yuan hadn't interrupted her, she would have continued. Seeing her excited look, both of them were afraid that she would faint.

"Mom, what are you thinking about? Why did you bring up taking care of my eldest brother's family? What about us being an orphan and a widow? Is it not enough for me, as your daughter-in-law, to show my filial respect to you two? Jiaming is gone, isn't that what I should do?"

"Yes, mother...Aunt, when good things come, we should share them together. There's no need to care about anyone. When you came to help us that day, you said we were a family. Now you're being polite again." Duan Minmin walked over and touched the old lady with her shoulder.

If they knew that the old lady was afraid that they would misunderstand her as coming to take advantage of her again, they would probably laugh their heads off. This old lady is kind of cute.

Seeing that the old lady still had an expression that said "I don't want it, take it away quickly", Zheng Yuan rolled his eyes.

"Okay, mother, since you're already here, then stay and help us. Aren't you embarrassed? It should be nice to exchange your labor for something." Zheng Yuan grabbed the old lady and put the knife in her hand.

"Here, please chop these two chickens into small pieces for me. Oh, by the way, mother, please chop yours too, so I can make spicy chicken together, otherwise it will taste bad if left until tomorrow. It just so happens that the steward Zhang sent over some seasonings, so you don't have to go back and mix them."

The old lady stared blankly at the knife that was stuffed into her hand. What was I here to do just now?

"I haven't even finished my meal yet, and you've already forced me to work." The old lady grumbled, but still started stewing the chicken skillfully.

"Mom, you haven't eaten yet?" Zheng Yuan was a little surprised.

"Not really, I ate half of it." The old lady thought that this young man had good hearing and he could hear her even though she spoke so softly.

"Oh, why did you come here without even having dinner? I told you that I had caught some free labor, so go back and have your meal." Zheng Yuan was about to take the kitchen knife from the old lady's hand.

"That's no big deal. You're not going to starve to death if you skip a meal." The old lady turned sideways to avoid Zheng Yuan's hand and started chopping the chicken again.

Seeing the old lady like this, Zheng Yuan didn't try to persuade her anymore. There was still some rice left today, so he would prepare the spicy chicken and fried pork ribs and make some egg fried rice for the old lady.

With the old lady joining in, Zheng Yuan can free up his hands to take care of the oil-soaked meat in the pot and prepare the condiments for the spicy chicken.

Although the old lady was small, she was very skillful and chopped up both chickens in no time. Duan Minmin was still struggling with the chicken in her hand.

The old lady couldn't stand her clumsiness and said, "Go away, go do something else. I'll chop it."

Hey! Being despised by a little old lady, Duan Minmin wanted to touch her nose in embarrassment, but then she put her hand down after remembering that she had just touched a chicken.

Well, the old lady is more skillful. Anyway, my battlefield is not in the kitchen, so it is normal that I am not as fast as the old lady. The old lady has been groping in the kitchen for her whole life.

Duan Minmin silently tried to save her dignity in her heart, calmly accepted the fact that she was despised, walked to the side, picked up the ribs and prepared to chop them.

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing!" The old lady dropped the half chicken in her hand and tried to grab Duan Minmin's knife.

Duan Minmin was startled: "Ouch! Be careful!"

Zheng Yuan also looked over: "What's going on?"

"I say, you two prodigal sons, how can you chop these ribs with a kitchen knife? The blade must have been completely broken by you. Do you think this kitchen knife is so easy to buy?"

The old lady took the kitchen knife with concern and checked it carefully. After seeing that nothing was wrong, she put it down and walked to the back of the stove, took out the axe used for chopping wood, scooped water from the water tank, washed it carefully, and handed it to Duan Minmin: "Here, use the axe. It's thick and durable. Remember to use the axe to chop big bones in the future. I don't know how many kitchen knives you have sharpened in the past."

"Mom, you think too highly of us. We didn't have the spare money to buy spare ribs before." Zheng Yuan said with a smile.

"Yes, this is not the first time that you have no experience, and it's you, aunt." Duan Minmin didn't care about being scolded by the old lady. She took the hatchet and joked.

"Forget it, just leave it there. I'll finish chopping this half chicken in a little while. I'll chop the ribs as well."

The old lady looked at them helplessly, then picked up the knife and started chopping again. How come these two people became even more shameless after getting together, but she didn't hate them.