Volume 1: Peasant's Joy 011 Egg

  Fu Qiu Lian almost cried, a child of just over three months, how can her belly be so big? She sat on the edge of the bed, looking up and down at her own belly, round and plump, hmm, the more she looked, the more it seemed like she was five or six months pregnant.

  Next to him, Lian Qing opened his mouth, "Wife, what are you thinking?" Crying and shouting, almost scared him unconscious. If something happened to Fu Qiu Lian in their Lian family, her unreasonable brother would definitely tear the whole Lian family apart!

  "Master, I'm hungry. Can you help me get something to eat?" Fú Qiūlián didn't respond to Lián Qīng's words and suddenly changed the subject, she was really very hungry, her stomach growled, "It's not me who's eating, it's the descendants of your family who need to eat."

  "----No one has eaten it." The kitchen didn't have any leftover food at all, every meal was cooked just right by the elder sister, on time and in the right amount, how could there be any extra?

  "Then you go cook it." She opened her palm, and inexplicably there were two more eggs. Qing almost jumped up in surprise, "You took mother's eggs, mother won't forgive you, put them back quickly——"

  "I don't want to. I want to eat." Qiao Fei's hand retracted, and he stepped back, sneering coldly, "If you don't go cook for me, I'll do it myself. And if that stepmother of yours dares to make a sound, we'll settle the accounts for these past two years."

  "What are you calculating?" Lian Qing's forehead was full of black lines, he thought Fu Qiulian would improve a bit this time, but looking at her now, she was still arrogant and domineering, gluttonous and lazy?

  "My dowry, my marriage portion, surely the master won't forget all these and think I came to your family with nothing on me?"

  "Although the dowry is in her mother's hands, she won't use it for you."

  This can only deceive the likes of Fú Qiūlián in the past, but as for her? They are all moves left over from her play. With a flick of her mouth, Fú Qiūlián turned around and walked out, "I'll go get it myself."

  Lian Qing stomped her foot in annoyance and chased after, "I'll do it." She took the egg from Fu Qiu Lian's hand and walked into the kitchen with a huff.

  "Hey, Second Uncle, what are you doing again? Boiling water? Our firewood is scarce, how can we afford to use it like this?" Erniang Qian Shi appeared with a sarcastic tone, seeing Lian Qing about to boil water, and couldn't help but jab two sentences. "Third Sister, is this boiling water? We're not fortunate enough to have our husband help with boiling water. Only Third Uncle dotes on Third Brother and Sister the most. I'm even getting a little jealous just watching!"

  "Second sister, what are you talking about? Nothing happened." Lian Qinghong's face turned red, and he didn't dare to look directly at Qian Shi. In his heart, such behavior was very disdainful, but now, he was doing this sneaky thing.

  "Huh, Third Brother, the water is boiling, I'll help you scoop it out." Before Lian Qing could even speak up, Qian Shi already had a ladle in hand and directly bent down to lift the pot lid. As she peered into the pot with her head lowered, there was some disappointment at the bottom of her eyes - it really was just water?

  Lian Qing stood beside him, somewhat at a loss for what to do, "Er, Er Sao, let me make way for you——"

  "Ah, eggs! I knew you'd have something delicious, Third Brother. Hehe, Second Sister is so lucky. Okay, give me two." Her eyes sparkled at the sight of the eggs. She didn't even wait for Lian Qing to say anything, and directly used a ladle with both hands to scoop them out of the pot.

  Lian Qing was a bit anxious, and hastily stepped forward to intercept them. "Second brother, second sister-in-law, these eggs are for my younger sister to eat. She's hungry and can't eat anything else..." Under Qian Shi's angry gaze, Lian Qing unconsciously changed his words. "Or... or you could just take one? Two is not possible..."

  What bad luck! "Alright, just one then." Qian nodded and quickly threw the egg from the water scoop into cold water to soak for a bit. She looked pitifully at another egg in the pot and whispered to Lian Qing, "I'm telling you, Third Brother, that woman is all because of your spoiling her. If you stood up straight, would she dare behave like this? Women are like this - if you don't beat them severely for three days, they won't be obedient. This way, there definitely won't be any more trouble."

  Lian Qing: "......"

  Just standing at the kitchen door, Fu Qiulian heard this and became displeased. She raised an eyebrow and let out a soft laugh. "I was wondering who it was, Second Aunt," she said. "Was that comment based on your personal experience? I was wondering why your eyes were red this morning. So it turns out you were beaten by Second Uncle. Tsk, tsk, Second Uncle is really not being gentle with his loved one. Just listening to it makes me sweat for you, Second Aunt."

  "It's my younger brother and sister, what nonsense are you talking about? My second brother treats me very well. He has never hit me." Qian Shi felt that she was too lazy to talk to Fu Qiubian, wasn't she just a merchant's daughter? Among the four occupations of scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, merchants were the lowest! A merchant's daughter, no matter how elegant and luxurious her clothes were.

  She is still that rural woman.

  Qian Er Sao probably forgot her own humble origins and began to look down on Fu Qiu Lian, the merchant's daughter. She was more concerned about the fact that she could eat her fill at every meal now and wouldn't go hungry, thanks to Fu Qiu Lian's dowry!

  "Second sister-in-law, what's in your hand?"

  "No, nothing." Qian Er Sao's hand retreated to her back, shaking her head as she walked out. She had to hurry and leave, or else this woman would find out that she had taken the eggs and make a big fuss. As they brushed past each other, Fu Qiulian grabbed Qian Er Sao's hand, saw what she was holding, and her face fell. "You dare to steal my eggs!"

  "I didn't steal it, your third brother gave it to me. Your two nephews at home are very hungry..." But Fu Qiulian didn't care, and directly reached out to grab, "Return my egg."

  "No way, this is mine." Once she gets her hands on it, it's hers, and she won't give it back even if you kill her!

  "Daughter, daughter-in-law, otherwise, give that to Second Aunt, her family has many people, and the nephews are also hungry..." Fú Qiūlián was furious, looking at Lián Qīng who was standing on one side with his head almost touching the ground, knowing he couldn't be relied upon, and hated to go over and kick him a couple of times.

  For just two eggs, you still want to give one to someone else?

  Are your wife and children starving now?

  Fed others but starved one's own wife and children.

  You're really a saint!

  "Third sister, get out of the way, don't blame me if I bump into you later." Erniang was about to rush off when suddenly Fuchaun shouted, "Mother, mother, how did you come here? Ah, you're asking about the eggs? It was Erniang who gave them to me, I don't know where she got them from. Erniang, aren't you going to explain things clearly to mother?"

  Qian's eyes widened in shock, nearly jumping up, "The mother-in-law has arrived?"

  She suddenly turned around, didn't notice the ground beneath her feet, and fell straight down. The eggs slipped out of her grasp, rolling away with a "gulu gulu" sound. She watched as Fu Qiu Lian bent down to pick them up with a smile, and she cried out in distress: "Ahh, my eggs! Don't take them, give them back to me, those are mine!"

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