Chapter 57: Poor Gu Ruoqing, Poor Zhang Xiaohui (1) (1/2)
The dishes were all done. Gu Qingyao scooped them into plates and scraped everything from the pots into serving dishes. She did not leave a single bit. She even poured all the soup into a basin.
When she saw the fragrant rabbit meat, Gu Ruoqing could not help but reach out to take a piece. But Gu Qingyao smacked her hand aside viciously. “What are you doing?”
She hit her on the back of the hand and it smarted. Gu Ruoqing said angrily, “I want a piece.”
Gu Qingyao refused to let her have it. She laughed coldly. “There are so many adults today. Our grandmother’s entire family is here. Can’t you see that the adults alone number more than ten? There’s not even enough for the adults, and you still want to steal a piece?”
“You…”
At that moment, Old Madam Zhang and her eldest daughter-in-law came over with a few children. “Is the food ready? It smells so good!”
The children had been playing outside, but when they saw that the food was almost ready, Old Madam Zhang and her eldest daughter-in-law deliberately summoned them.
The children grew even more excited when they smelt the fragrance of meat.
“Meat… meat! I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat…”
“Eat meat!”
“Eat meat!”
…
The children who were here today were all quite young. The oldest was twelve, and he was the oldest grandson in the Zhang family.
Really, the oldest grandson in the Zhang family was only twelve. It was as if the Zhang family was cursed. The daughters-in-law who married into the family were barren for many years. Those who became pregnant were forced by Old Madam Zhang to work so hard serving her, that they had several miscarriages.
Also, medical care was poor in these times. Many of the children who were born did not survive. They had lost two children, until this eldest, 12-year-old grandson finally made it safely to this age.
This delighted Old Madam Zhang. He was the apple of her eye and she doted on him.
Especially because this eldest grandson was the son of her most beloved eldest son.
This grandson’s name was Zhang Dabao!
He was followed by Zhang Dachun and Zhang Daqiu.