Chapter 316: Chapter 316: Big Loss Chapter 316: Chapter 316: Big Loss The Mo family
Everyone gathered around the table, holding chopsticks with eyes shining, watching as Madam Ruan placed a big basin brimming with fragrant snake meat on the table. They immediately swarmed like bees to snatch up the snake meat, and then, hurriedly stuffed it into their mouths. In an instant, an unmatched aroma of meat filled their entire mouths, causing everyone’s eyes to squint in enjoyment, their faces the picture of pleasure.
While eating, they all laughed, showing teeth but not eyes, exclaiming how generous Xuexue had been to them.
Especially Mo Xiaoqiang, his heart was filled with joy, his face smug. It seemed that Big Bull hadn’t deceived him after all, as long as they didn’t cause a fuss, Xuexue would certainly not forget her biological father.
“Hehe…! Xuexue must have considered the face of her biological dad, that’s why you all got so much snake meat to eat,” said Mo Xiaoqiang.
Mo Xiaoqiang’s mouth made smacking noises as he ate, his chin glistening with grease, too busy to wipe it away, his chopsticks continuously picking up snake meat from the basin, stuffing it into his mouth. There was no helping it, everyone in their family was like a starving ghost reincarnate, and he couldn’t fall behind. Otherwise, in a short while, they’d even snatch up all the sauce, and he would have lost out big time.
In the main hall, nobody spoke again; there was another bout of wolfish, tigerish chewing, mixed with the clinking sounds of bowls and chopsticks clashing rapidly.
After quite a while, everyone finally had their fill of snake meat, feeling less hungry, then started to talk while they ate…
“Uncle, let me tell you something,” Xiuzhi expressed with satisfaction on her face, having not eaten meat so heartily in a long time, feeling wonderfully pleased. She had heard what Mo Xiaoqiang said just before, but as it had been a while since she last had meat, she was really hungry and eager to eat the snake meat, not having the time to bother with Mo Xiaoqiang. Now that she was full, she had the time to chat with him about the snake meat.
“What is it?” Mo Xiaoqiang looked somewhat astonished.
“About the snake meat!”
“Wasn’t it given by my daughter?”
“Pah! As if that little cheap person would be so kind.” Xiuzhi felt a surge of anger recalling how Mo Shaoxing was so good to Xuexue.
Mo Xiaoqiang was stunned for a moment, wiped the grease from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, and said, “The whole village is talking about how Big Bull killed a big python in the mountains and brought back, and the neighbors got quite a share too. If it wasn’t for Xuexue, where would our family get snake meat?”
“Exactly! Exactly!” everyone agreed, nodding their heads.
“Exactly nothing, that little cheap person be that kind? If it wasn’t for my doing, you all would still be munching on greens tonight.” Xiuzhi scornfully twisted her lips.
The Mo family members also looked at Xiuzhi with puzzled faces, saying in confusion, “If the snake meat wasn’t given by Xuexue, where did you get it from?”
After scanning them all, Mo Xiuzhi said defiantly, “I snatched it.”
“Huh?” Everyone looked at her, once again shocked.
“What’s so surprising about that? I asked that little cheap person nicely, and she refused to give it, so I had no choice but to snatch it.” As Xiuzhi talked, she became indignant again: “Look, for this meal of snake meat, even my clothes got ruined.”
Xiuzhi stood up to show everyone her clothes covered in snake blood.
Indeed, the front of her clothes was stained a deep red. So far, they had only been focused on the snake meat and had not noticed.
“Xiuzhi, not to criticize you, but you must have offended Xuexue… Otherwise, she distributed so much snake meat to the neighbors; would she skip you?” Mo Xiaoqiang said disbelievingly, thinking to himself that Xiuzhi, just like her mother, was used to being arrogant and domineering, always calling Xuexue a little cheap person–it would be strange if she hadn’t annoyed her.
“Indeed! It shouldn’t be ! We’re her family; would she really give to others and not to our family? Xiuzhi, did you offend Xuexue?” the crowd looked at her one after another.