Chapter 18 Who said the Qiao family was a vicious stepmother?
The eldest Mei Qingyao sneered at Cao Hongchang, while the second eldest Mei Qingyu didn't even look at it and took her younger sister Mei Qingying to rest aside. However, the third eldest Mei Qinghuang was a foodie and was looking at Cao Hongchang's bowl eagerly.
While he was stewing bacon with cabbage, he refused to show weakness in front of Cao Hongchang and stubbornly turned his head to prevent himself from showing his greedy look.
But the tight little chin, and the red eyes from holding it in, looked a bit aggrieved.
Qiao Huaping couldn't bear it anymore.
She put the basket on the ground and ignored Cao Hongchang. She turned to Mei Qingyao and said, "Yaoyao, go build a stove and light a fire."
Sister-in-law Song, who had finished cooking not far away, stood up and glanced here. After a moment of hesitation, she still said hello: "Come and use my stove. There is still some fire."
Sister-in-law Song's mother-in-law, Mrs. Zhou Xu, showed a bit of dissatisfaction on her face. She was still thinking about the last time she brought pickles in exchange for Qiao Huaping's roast rabbit, but Qiao Huaping rejected her.
Mrs. Zhou Xu smiled softly and said, "That's quite generous. I'm sorry you didn't pick up this firewood. You don't feel sorry for my son, but I still feel sorry for him."
Sister-in-law Song stood there looking a little embarrassed, extremely embarrassed.
There is firewood all over the mountains and plains, just pick some at random, no matter how much effort it takes.
Qiao Huaping glanced at Song Yuelan, smiled and thanked Sister-in-law Song for her kindness: "It's okay, Sister-in-law, we can just set up now, it won't take much effort."
There happened to be some villagers nearby who remembered the kindness they had shown to Qiao Huaping in making herbal tea. Listening to what was going on here, they greeted Qiao Huaping warmly: "Hey, what a big deal, big sister, come to my place to cook." She also said.
I did not forget to criticize Mr. Zhou Xu, "You are so petty that you can't even light a firewood."
This eldest sister's surname is Du, and she is very enthusiastic.
As he spoke, he stood up to help Qiao Huaping and the others get the cooking guy.
This makes Zhou Xu even more stingy.
After all, Song Yuelan was also a member of the Zhou family, and her face turned red with shame.
Mr. Zhou Xu even snorted coldly: "If I didn't blindly agree in the first place, this wouldn't be a problem."
The daughters-in-law in other rooms of the Zhou family all stood aside without saying a word, happily watching Song Yuelan's jokes.
The man who was attracted to Song Yuelan was still urging her in a low voice, forget it, my mother has that temper.
Song Yuelan was so angry that she walked away quickly.
As for Qiao Huaping, she told the enthusiastic Sister Du that she still had some things left in the woods, and turned back to the woods.
Cao Hongchang followed him with his bowl of cabbage and bacon, and he didn't forget to fan the bowl with his hand to smell the smell, deliberately greedy for the plum blossoms: "It's so fragrant! You haven't started cooking tonight yet? That can't be true.
How about cooking it into a paste? It’s so miserable if you don’t have a father or a mother!”
"What did you say!" Mei Qingyao clenched her fist and pulled her face to hit someone.
"Yao Yao!"
Qiao Huaping walked out of the forest and called out. Mei Qingyao subconsciously looked over and saw that Qiao Huaping was holding a fat pheasant with a broken neck in his hand!
Mei Qingyao was stunned!
As soon as Mei Qinghuang saw the pheasant, he remembered the pheasant that Qiao Huaping cooked a few days ago before he set off to escape the famine.
It was so fragrant that he even drank two bowls of soup!
He even licked his fingers stained with chicken soup clean!
Cao Hongchang was so angry that he almost dropped his bowl!
Sister Du came up in surprise: "Oh, this pheasant is really fat. Where did you catch it, sister?"
Qiao Huaping pointed back at the forest with his free hand and said with a smile: "As for the forest, I was lucky. When I met a stupid person, he didn't even run when he saw me, so I jumped on him and broke his neck.
…I was too tired when I came back just now, and the chicken was too heavy to lift, so I put it on the edge of the forest temporarily. I didn’t want to put the basket down first and then go back to get it.”
Of course, this pheasant was the one that Qiao Huaping had caught and thrown into the space before. He had just gone to the woods to do a show and secretly took the pheasant out of the space behind his back.
Due to the preservation function of the space, the chicken seemed to have just died, but no one raised any suspicion.
Sister Du was not suspicious, and helped Qiao Huaping weigh the pheasant. She was happy for Qiao Huaping: "Hey, this wild pheasant is very fat. I estimate it weighs six or seven pounds!"
Qiao Huaping smiled.
There was no water source nearby, so Qiao Huaping used the water she had previously stored in the water bag and boiled the water with Sister Du's wild stove. Then she bled the pheasant, removed its feathers and removed its internal organs. He did it in one go with a skillful technique.
This time she was still making chicken soup, and she reached out and took out some mushrooms she had picked earlier from her bag, and sprinkled them into the pot. She didn't need to add too many other ingredients, and the aroma was so strong that you could almost see it.
The four children of the Mei family squatted beside the stove, staring eagerly.
When the chicken was cooked, Qiao Huaping waved his hand and filled a bowl for each of the four children.
Although Cao Hongchang had escaped long ago, Qiao Huaping never let him go like this.
She sneered and asked the four children to carry their bowls of chicken to Cao Hongchang's place to eat.
Mei Qingyu's eyes were shining, and he and the other three children squatted on the windward side of Cao's house, holding a bowl and eating happily.
The fragrant chicken soup smell wafted unceremoniously into the Cao family's noses.
Even though the Cao family had just cooked a meal of cabbage and bacon stew before, the meat and vegetables were all required on the way to escape the famine. Even if they made a hearty meal, they did not say that there was enough meat for everyone to eat.
But the four children of the Mei family are different. The chicken in the bowl is piled up to the top, and it seems that they are willing to give it to the children to eat and drink!
She gave birth to four children and all of them ate with gusto, which made people’s appetites increase greatly.
No one will be greedy after watching it!
The Cao family is so angry!
Cao Hongchang even wanted to take action.
But Cao Hongchang had already been warned by the village chief before he started fighting with Mei Qingyao. The Cao family did not dare to let Cao Hongchang bully anyone anymore, so they could only be left to the four children to get angry all night long.
It was obvious that they had eaten a meaty meal, but their whole body was filled with anger that they had not eaten well. The Cao family was in trouble, and when I thought about it, I felt aggrieved and angry!
When the four children came back with empty bowls, they were all in high spirits.
Qiao Huaping also smiled happily.
Not to mention that she has no moral integrity, she actually has the good quality of not squeaking when others are hungry.
But Cao Hongchang came here deliberately to covet her Zaizai and commit suicide, so you can't blame her for fighting back, right?!
"More?" Qiao Huaping asked.
The four children said in unison: "Yes!"
Qiao Huaping raised her eyebrows: "Put it in your own pot."
Mei Qingyao was like a big brother, serving a bowl to his younger siblings first, and then serving himself a bowl last.
Qiao Huaping, who had already eaten and drank enough, sat and watched with a smile.
Sister Du looked at this scene and sighed in her heart.
Who said Mrs. Qiao is a vicious stepmother?
Let's see, whose vicious stepmother can feed her children with meat in this era of war and chaos?
The rumors are really unbelievable!
The rumors that Xiao Qiao's character is not good are also not credible.
Xiao Qiao just saw her little girl sucking her fingers with greed, so she even gave her a bowl with several pieces of meat in it!
Apart from other things, anyone who can carve out a bite of flesh on this escape route cannot be a bad person!
Thinking about Xiao Qiao's previous behavior of making medicinal tea for the villagers, Sister Du made her own judgment in her mind - if anyone dares to say that Xiao Qiao is not good in the future, she will be the first to stand up and refute!
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard the villagers next to me saying that Song Yuelan, the Zhou family’s daughter-in-law, could not be found!