14 Chapter 14: Stewed Goose in Iron Pot

"The chicken eggs are finished, but there's still the chicken." Suizi said.

Jiaojiao opened her mouth, her eyes full of hurt.

"You still want to eat my family chicken?"

"Once the chicken is finished, there's still the pig."

"Pig, you won't even spare the pig?!"

"Those two big geese, about the same age as you, right?"

Jiaojiao wailed and threw herself into her mother's arms.

"Mom! She won't even spare Tiebing and Tieqiu!"

Wang Cuihua had to hold back her laughter and comforted her daughter.

"Don't worry, Tiebing and Tieqiu are already nine years old, their meat is tough."

Jiaojiao stood upright, pointing at Suizi and made a clamor:

"If you dare to eat Tiebing and Tieqiu, you'll break your teeth! Then you will be drinking your porridge with it pouring down the sides of your mouth!"

"How do you write the word 'porridge'?"

"..."

"Moooooooom!!!" Jiaojiao's crying almost brought the roof down.

"Hahaha! Suffering for being uneducated? Are you still aiming for a zero-score?" Yu Tiegen was very pleased.

"Your sister-in-law is just teasing you, stop crying!" Wang Cuihua soothed.

"I won't eat your geese, will you stop bothering me?" Suizi proposed a condition.

"You promise?" Jiaojiao peeked at Suizi from her mother's arms.

Suizi nodded.

"I won't quarrel with you today." The young girl's eyes flickered with cunning.

Suizi pushed the bowl toward her.

"The yolk is for you."

"No, that's for you!" Wang Cuihua objected.

"I don't feel well and can't eat it, just some corn porridge will do."

As Jiaojiao stared at the squashed egg yolk, she bit her lip as if making a significant decision.

"I won't quarrel with you tomorrow either."

Wang Cuihua and Yu Jingting glanced at each other, seeing surprise in each of their eyes.

Isn't this getting along quite well with the child?

Watching Suizi bribe her little sister-in-law and the little girl mixing the porridge with the egg yolk, Suizi felt a lot of emotions.

When she had just married into the family, Jiaojiao had also tried to get close to her and it seemed she had given her something.

Suizi couldn't remember what little gift Jiaojiao had given her, in any case, it wasn't something valuable.

At the time, she was so scared that she didn't respond to Jiaojiao's goodwill and from then on, the child took a dim view of her.

After her miscarriage, Jiaojiao sat on the doorstep crying loudly, crying so hard that even Wang Cuihua hitting her wouldn't make her stop.

Thinking back, this child was very heartbroken for the unborn child, and she couldn't express her feelings, so she could only cry.

In her past life, Suizi only saw Jiaojiao's willfulness, without noticing that she was just a little girl who would crave for eggs and was innocent like a child.

She had tagged everyone in the Yu family as unreasonable, naturally she didn't even like the two old geese. In this lifetime, she must be nicer to Jiaojiao.

After eating, Suizi washed her face, and Yu Jingting struck a pose at the side.

Wang Cuihua watched as Jiaojiao brushed her teeth.

With family around, Yu Jingting couldn't be too direct.

He propped one hand against the wall, planting himself beside Suizi, turning his back to Wang Cuihua and straining his eyes as wide as possible.

Suizi pretended not to notice.

Yu Jingting felt anxious, he didn't want his wife to sleep in his mother's room. Suizi either truly didn't notice or pretended not to, ignoring his desperate hints.

"Suizi, go back to the room." Wang Cuihua glared at her son. Looking at his sly expression was laughable.

"Mom, she's not well-behaved in her sleep, I'm afraid she'll kick you, shouldn't I take her back and teach her a lesson?" Yu Jingting feigned earnestness.

"I like being kicked, can't sleep a night away from her?" Wang Cuihua saw through his ruse.

Yu Jingting straighten up, putting on a manly front.

"Am I that kind of person? If you want to spend the night with a woman who kicks the quilt, grinds her teeth and snores, then just hug her away."

"When did I ever kick the blankets, grind my teeth, or snore!?" Suizi was infuriated by him.

Wang Cuihua sniggered.

"You marrying a wife must be due to good fortune from your ancestral tomb."

The door to the east room closed.

Yu Jingting didn't manage to win his wife back, instead, he was looked down upon by her.

He pricked his ears to listen to the conversation in the east room, hoping that the rebellious little girl, Jiaojiao, would scare his wife back.

"Jiaojiao, come sleep with me at the top of the kang bed."

"No, I am not happy with you."

Did you hear that?! The girl is not happy with you! Your man is happy with you, even intimately happy!

Yu Jingting was ecstatic, lifted the quilt, ready to head over to win her back.

"Come sleep with me. I'll tell you the story of Snow White."

Jiaojiao had originally slept at the top of the kang bed, but now her "throne" had been usurped by Suizi. The little girl harbored resentment and hurt, feeling that with her brother's wife around, she was not loved anymore, even her sleeping spot had been taken by her sister-in-law.

Suizi saw her thoughts and actively invited her to share the quilt.

Jiaojiao wanted to resist to the end, but upon hearing "Snow White", her ears perked up.

What is that...?

They had a radio in their house, which was forever commandeered by her brother for listening to storytelling, always missing out on the times for hearing tales.

"I don't want to listen." Jiaojiao hardened her heart and declared.

Yu Jingting in the west room had a bigger grin on his face.

Did you hear that? The girl doesn't want to listen, come back and tell me instead. Just tell me that naughty story of Little Brother Yu meeting Little Sister Chen that only adults are allowed to hear, it would be perfect.

"Snow White is a story about a queen who…." Suizi noticed Jiaojiao's little ear twitching as she turned her back to her.

The Yu siblings all have ears that move, which is absolutely adorable.

"What happened next?" Jiaojiao turned around.

Suizi lifted the quilt, beckoning her in, and the girl couldn't resist her curiosity and crawled in.

My sister-in-law smells so good, like jasmine soap. Jiaojiao took a deep breath in, it's no wonder my brother likes her so much—wait, she shouldn't waver so easily.

Jiaojiao quickly acted cool, stating in what she thought was a cold voice: "I will let you hold me just for today, but not anymore tomorrow."

"Damn!"

There came an exclamation from the next room, Yu Jingting praising plants.

The laughter of the women echoed from the east room, while Yu Jingting laid down bitterly and covered his head with the quilt.

Jiaojiao was so engrossed in the story that she soon fell asleep. Suizi wanted to use the toilet, so she got up and put on her cotton jacket.

In the darkness, Wang Cuihua enquired in a low voice:

"What does the witch do?"

Suizi didn't expect that her mother-in-law was still awake. The old lady seemed to be into the story.

"Erm, she's like the foreign version of a shaman. But instead of performing exorcisms, she'd sell fake medicine and wave around a crystal ball."

"What if the medicine harms people? No wonder they say capitalism is deep in trouble. The shamans have no work ethic. I perform for half a day for a little money, while they just wave around a ball and get paid? Aren't they just deceiving the poor?"

Wang Cuihua passionately stated her views, while Suizi tried her best not to burst into laughter.

The toilet was outside the courtyard. After Suizi was done, she recalled her mother-in-law's "deep in trouble" theory and sniggered.

"What are you laughing at in the toilet in the middle of the night?"

"Ah!" Suizi got a fright.

The door of the northern privy was only half closed, and a head peeked out from behind it.

"Who's this little imp invading my toilet?"

Nothing could be seen in the pitch-dark.

"Yu Tiegen! Are you insane!!!" Suizi kicked him after opening the door.

Yu Jingting, with a sly grin, lifted her up, ignoring her struggle, and rushed towards his room.

And he flaunted, "This little devil is quite attractive, watch how I'll tame you. Let's go~"

Wang Cuihua let down the curtains, shaking her head.

"How on earth did this foolish boy manage to marry a wife? It must be because I am too capable. After we overthrow the evil capitalism, I'll show those witches what real shamanism is....."

"Tieqiu, Tiebing, run quickly, my sister-in-law wants to use you guys to make a goose hotpot." Jiaojiao was sleep talking in her dreams, oblivious to the fact that her sister-in-law wouldn't be returning that night.