In the years of famine, the knife in my mother's hand is not bad either

The Liu family heard Wang Tianci's cry.

Suddenly I felt energetic.

Wang Shenshi couldn't escape this first meal of their meeting today.

"I'll be right there." Father Liu responded loudly, urging Mother Liu beside him:

"Hurry up and wipe your clothes and straighten the corners. They may be a little dirty, but they should be more presentable. Don't let your in-laws look down on you."

"Oh, I got it, Grandpa." Liu Hao responded impatiently, letting the rag in his mother's hand wipe his body back and forth.

The water-soaked rag soaked their clothes.

But it doesn't look as dirty as before.

After the family had packed up, Liu Hao rushed out first, jumping up and down excitedly. He turned back from time to time to look at his grandparents and asked them to hurry up.

When they arrived near Shen Qian's carriage, they were immediately shocked by the luxurious scene.

Refined rice, refined flour, some meat, and spices that cannot be named were placed aside.

Two maids dressed in silk and satin were bent over, stirring the food in the wok.

Hundreds of soldiers were guarding several large pots filled with oil and baking pancakes.

The fragrance spread, making Liu Hao swallow his saliva wildly.

"Aunt, are the food your servants eat... all refined noodles?" Liu Hao looked enviously at the person in front of him who got off the carriage and asked stutteringly.

Shen Qian looked at Liu Hao, who was wiping his clothes with water, and thought to herself: This relative still likes to put on a show, and looks exactly like the one I remember.

"There are no coarse grains at home." Shen Qian nodded and answered simply in six words.

It was these six words that filled Liu Hao's eyes with desire.

No whole grains!

How rich must my brother-in-law's family be that they didn't even have coarse grains when they were fleeing from famine?

I used to think that my brother-in-law was bragging to me. My grandparents also told me that my brother-in-law's family conditions were average and not much better than theirs.

But now I see with my own eyes that my brother-in-law's family is even richer than he said.

It's nothing like what grandpa and mom said, it's almost the same as their home.

If their family was similar in means to my brother-in-law's, how could they eat rice bran every meal? How could they not have a horse-drawn carriage or an ox-drawn cart?

So...it must be that my mother and grandfather lied to me.

Then I thought about how every time my brother-in-law came home, he would add meat and vegetables to the house.

He became more certain of what his brother-in-law had told him before.

"It's just right that my in-laws are here, let's have dinner together today." Shen Qian looked at the Liu couple standing aside, feeling a little awkward and reserved, and took the initiative to invite them:

"It's a welcome for the in-laws."

"This...this is so embarrassing." Father Liu said, and sat down directly at the small table next to Shen Qian.

Seeing this, Mother Liu nodded slightly to Shen Qian and sat next to Father Liu.

Liu Shi slowly walked to the side with his pregnant wife, placed a chair in place for her, and then let her sit down.

Although his wife never showed any tenderness while walking along the way, her pregnant belly was not obvious.

But it was still difficult to sit down.

As each dish was processed by the maid.

Simple, ten dishes and two soups, completely filling the big table.

The staple food includes rice and flour.

Shen Qian sat in the main seat and was the first to pick up her chopsticks. At the same time, she spoke to her mother-in-law and father-in-law:

"Let's eat."

"We don't have that many rules in our house."

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Hao immediately picked up the chopsticks and stuffed a piece of venison into his mouth.

He looked like a starving ghost reincarnated.

There is absolutely no sense of shame.

Father Liu was so shocked that he wanted to slap him in the face.

But it would be difficult for him to educate his child in front of his mother-in-law, otherwise it would be bad if his mother-in-law misunderstood him.

In the distance, Wang Miaomiao smelled the aroma of food in the air.

Asked softly:

"Uncle Dakuo."

“This aroma…”

Wang Dakuo, who was cooking porridge, heard Wang Miaomiao's question and immediately said:

"Over at Wang Shen's, the fourth son's mother-in-law and father-in-law came over, and we prepared a table of food to entertain them."

"But... ours isn't bad either. There's meat in the corn porridge today."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Dakuo had already brought a bowl of corn porridge with meat to Wang Miaomiao.

Wang Miaomiao tried hard to open her blurry eyes, and after carefully identifying the position of the bowl in Wang Dakuo's hand, she raised her hand.

But... her right hand still deviated, fortunately her left hand touched the edge of the bowl and held the bowl.

But this strange behavior made Wang Dakuo confused.

You can hold it with one hand, why do you need to use two hands?

Thinking about it, Wang Dakuo didn't think about it any further. He just thought it was Wang Miaomiao's polite habit. He shook his head, returned to the pot, and started drinking with his wife.

The salty porridge took a sip, and the old couple drank it with relish, that salty and fishy corn porridge with a meaty taste.

Wang Miaomiao, on the other hand, held the bowl of corn porridge in her hand, put it in front of her nose, and sniffed the fishy smell.

I can't open my mouth at all.

If...if I hadn't been so willful, I wouldn't be blind now, right?

If I were to stay with my mother...

But where do so many ifs come from in the world?

She just felt wronged, with many mixed grievances in her heart.

Why... didn't my mother come to take me back? Wang Miaomiao thought, her eyes moistening again.

As the salty corn porridge entered my mouth, I couldn't tell whether the stronger saltiness was from tears or the saltiness of the pickled meat.

......

Halfway through the meal, my father-in-law Liu was still trying to find an opportunity to speak.

Mentioned to Shen Qian the matter of borrowing cows and horses.

But throughout the entire dinner, from the very beginning, Shen Qian adhered to the style of not talking while eating or sleeping.

Not a word.

They ate in silence, which made the Liu couple so anxious that their palms were sweating.

His daughter and Wang Tianci were just being affectionate with each other and didn't even look at them, making it impossible for them to make any eye contact.

The meal is almost over... No!

Already finished.

Shen Qian picked up the handkerchief beside her and wiped her mouth.

The maid waiting on the side saw Shen Qian finish eating, and immediately brought a cup of brewed tea and placed it in front of Shen Qian.

Opening the lid of the teapot, Shen Qian sipped the tea.

He looked like he had absolutely no desire to communicate, which made the Liu couple anxious.

"Ouch!" Liu Hao suddenly cried out in surprise as he felt the force coming from his feet.

He was gnawing on a large piece of bone-in venison in his hand, looking at Father Liu with dissatisfaction.

Seeing this, Liu's father pinched his leg hard, and Liu Hao's mouth opened.

But under the pressure of Liu's father's gaze, he didn't even cry out.

A pair of eyes looked at Father Liu with grievance.

"You bastard." Father Liu cursed angrily:

"You have no manners when eating, haha!"

"If it weren't for my mother-in-law, I would have to teach you a lesson."

Liu Hao felt confused when he was scolded by his father.

I thought to myself: Eating at home is even wilder than this.

Why don’t you tell me at home?

Scolding me like this in front of Aunt Shen Qian?

Every time he opened his mouth to refute, he would see the look in his grandfather's eyes that looked like he wanted to eat him up, and his voice would immediately wilted.

After scolding Liu Hao, Father Liu turned around and looked at Shen Qian and complimented her:

"My child can't compare to the outstanding people in my mother-in-law's family."

"Having such a beautiful girl marry into the Wang family makes our Liu family marry up."

After he finished speaking, Father Liu looked at Shen Qian secretly.

Shen Qian listened to Liu's father's compliments and maintained an elegant smile on her face.

Seeing this, Father Liu breathed a sigh of relief.

The foreshadowing is over, now it’s time to get down to business:

"Mother-in-law, you've seen how my family lives."

"It's not easy to escape famine, and there's a pregnant woman who might give birth at any moment."

"I'd like to borrow a horse or ox from you to help pull a cart. When the time comes, the pregnant woman can sit in the cart, which will make the journey safer. When the baby is born, it will ensure the safety of both mother and child."