"Oh, really trying to turn the world upside down, hiding meat and eggs! I think Chiang Laoer really wants to cut ties with us!" Ho Laidi slapped her thigh and said to Song Xiyun, "You go and cook! I’ll go get some eggs from Chiang Laoer!"
"Mom, just borrow a few from my Second Aunt, stop making a fuss. My dad is still waiting in the hospital!" Chiang Baoguo was so tired from the journey that he didn’t bother with them and went inside to drink water first.
He needed to rest for a while because he had managed to get the opportunity to stay overnight at the hospital from his father, and it just so happened to be a chance to see Ding Meifen tonight.
Before, Ding Meifen had mentioned wanting to go to the movies with him, but he hadn’t found the chance until tonight, when he could go into town.
Thinking of this, Chiang Baoguo had even less desire to pay attention to his mother and wife’s ruckus.
Ho Laidi didn’t listen to him at all.
It was just a few eggs, and she had to borrow them from Chiang Songhai? Bring up the life-saving favor Chiang Songtao had done for him, and he would probably have to proactively hand over the whole basket of eggs!
And that idiot Ge Liutao, dare not give them?
Seeing Ho Laidi storming off to the neighbors to demand goods, Song Xiyun hurriedly called after her, "Mom, when you were working in the fields this afternoon, visitors came to Second Uncle and Aunt’s house! They probably brought gifts for them!"
So, you should also scavenge a bit to see if there are any good things to bring back, right?
"What? Chiang Laoer’s family can have guests?" Ho Laidi was also surprised, and immediately became even more restless, striding towards the Chiang Family’s house in her dirty, color-faded cloth shoes.
Song Xiyun slapped Chiang Caijiao on the head, "Caijiao, go and rinse the rice!"
Having said that, she excitedly peered over the courtyard wall to see what was happening next door.
At this moment, Ge Liutao was also cooking dinner.
There might be no pork left, but there were vegetables and eggs; Chiang Xiao had just told her that they would stir-fry some eggs for dinner and cook white rice instead of porridge tonight.
Chiang Songhai was resting in the inner room, while Chiang Xiao was picking and choosing in the storeroom for tools to take up the mountain tomorrow.
Hearing Ho Laidi’s voice, she immediately came out of the room.
"Little, who visited your house this afternoon?" Ho Laidi found herself especially loathing Chiang Xiao now.
Chiang Xiao glanced at her and walked towards the wall while casually saying, "Auntie, is it any of your business who visits my house?"
She had thought the situation with Chiang Baohe would have given her a chance to deal with Ho Laidi sooner, but here she was, showing up on her doorstep, and Chiang Xiao was not about to let her off the hook.
Ever since she injured Chiang Baohe’s foot, much of the frustration inside her had dissipated, and having acted out once, it wasn’t difficult to do it a second time. Taking it out on Ho Laidi again would probably make her feel a lot better.
Chiang Xiao had her eyes set on Ho Laidi, but Ho Laidi had no idea.
The moment she heard Chiang Xiao speak to her in that tone, she was enraged and started to point at her and curse, "You little slut, is that how you speak to your elders? I just said something and you talk back? Are the people visiting your house rich landlords or gangster thugs that they can’t be seen? You answer when an elder asks, what’s there to be defiant about?"
Her voice was really loud, even Chiang Songhai in the inner room could hear it, and fearing another conflict, he quickly came out stooping.
Ge Liutao, supporting him and hearing her own brother and sister-in-law being insulted, felt uncomfortable and couldn’t help saying, "Big sister, it was my brother and his wife who came this afternoon, not outsiders."
Ho Laidi widened her eyes, "Aren’t you the debt-paying goods swept out by your mother’s family?"