Chapter 232 - Chapter 232: Chapter 230: Sisi brings game, fellow villagers eagerly inquire and rejoice (1/2)

Chapter 232: Chapter 230: Sisi brings game, fellow villagers eagerly inquire and rejoice

By dusk, Liu Sisi had finished dinner and carried four wild rabbits and two wild chickens to the old house.

The little chicks they had bought were now only about a pound each. Although they could not afford to spend money on egg-laying wild chickens, Liu Sisi took two roosters directly.

The courtyard of the old house was brightly lit, with eight torches burning and swaying in each corner!

As soon as Liu Sisi arrived at the old house holding the game, she immediately attracted the attention of countless people.

“Sisi, you’re here! Hurry over!” Guihua called out to her urgently.

There were several fellow villagers who had come to help, all gathered together and washing and scrubbing non-stop in busy preparation.

“Sister Guihua, I have some things to do, I’ll be back in a while!”

Liu Sisi turned around to answer and then walked into the inner room.

Ms. Zhao heard the commotion outside and came out from the inside, bumping into Liu Sisi. She was about to scold her when she saw the game in Liu Sisi’s hand, the words of scolding on the verge of her lips, but swallowed them back.

She hastily put on a fake smile: “You’re here from Third Son’s family? Why did you bring the game so late? Hurry up and give it to the teachers, or else it will delay the cooking, what can we do then?”

“Mom, this game was sent by Ye Lei. There are four wild rabbits and two wild chickens in total. Would you like to check?”

Liu Sisi deliberately raised her voice.

“Alright, alright! Hurry up and take it over, no need to check! It’s just a few pieces of game, isn’t it? Before, when there were so many games, Third Son didn’t say anything.” So many of them come now just to bring it over and fuss over it!

“Mom! Before, Ye Lei was in good health, and whenever he went hunting in the mountains, you’d take several game every two or three days, naturally feeling like it was nothing. But now Ye Lei can’t even get up from his bed due to his illness, and he’s been waiting for this game to nourish his body! It’s only natural for it to be precious!”

These words, Liu Sisi had to say.

These words suddenly made the people around start to whisper, and Ms. Zhao’s face changed again.

But Liu Sisi didn’t care. She handed the game to the cooks while being pulled aside by Guihua.

“Sisi, why did you send the game again? Brother Ye Lei is badly hurt. Don’t you want to save some for him to nourish his body?”

Guihua’s voice was not lowered, as if everyone around could hear.

Liu Sisi complied and sat down beside Guihua, sighing helplessly: “I want to save some, but there’s no other way! I…sigh! Let’s talk about it later!”

Her evasive and half-truth words made everyone else silent!

She was happy for the peace and quiet and picked up a cloth to start washing dishes, taking advantage of the fact that everyone else wasn’t paying attention and lightly pinching Guihua.

Everyone else was silent. The only sounds were the crackling of the burning flames and the dying struggle of the wild chickens.

After a long time, one of the villagers who’d come to help finally whispered, “Ye Lei’s family, you’re just too meek, completely eaten up by your mother-in-law! If it were me, I wouldn’t give in even if it meant a big fight. And your Ye Lei as well, he’s too agreeable with his stepmother, really feeding a white-eyed wolf!”

“Hush! Keep your voice down! You know what kind of person Ms. Zhao is, be careful she doesn’t go after you later!” Another person hurriedly pulled her back.

“What’s there to be afraid of? Who doesn’t know what kind of person she is in the Upper Village?”

The villager continued, but still lowered her voice.

She turned her head to look at Liu Sisi: “Sisi, I’ve heard that you can read, and you’re teaching your son Xuan’er to read as well. Is it true?”