CHAPTER 65: CHAPTER 65: WINNER WINNER, CHICKEN DINNER

Every time Yang saw something, she had to make a comment.

Seeing the bathtub, she shook her head, "This tub is small, not as big as the one at my mother’s house."

Seeing the iron pot bought by Gu Yunjiao, "This pot isn’t good, doesn’t look sturdy."

Seeing the bowls and chopsticks, "Tsk tsk tsk, this porcelain is so coarse, won’t it cut your mouth while eating?"

Mrs. Chen wished she could stuff her mouth with a rag.

Gu Yunjiao paid for the car fare, moved the last item into the house, then came out to stand at the door, glanced at Yang, and shouted, "Mom, Sansan, Liu Lang, haven’t had lunch yet, right? Come and eat meat buns!"

Gu Yunjiao emphasized the words "meat buns."

Gu Yunjiao noticed that the adults and children standing in the yard all swallowed their saliva in synchronization.

She turned around and went inside, unwrapped a package wrapped in dry lotus leaves, and inside were plump white meat buns.

Liu Lang reached out to grab one, and Gu Yunjiao shouted, "Wash your hands, eat only after washing your hands."

Liu Lang stuck out his tongue, "Big sis-in-law, our water barrel is still new and has no water yet!"

Gu Yunjiao shook her head, "Then use chopsticks to eat."

Fortunately, there was still some tea in the house, so they managed to rinse the chopsticks briefly and started eating.

Mrs. Chen first gave one to Jiang Youzhi in the house, then started eating herself.

After Gu Yunjiao finished eating, she asked Mrs. Chen, "Mom, how’s the stove coming along?"

Mrs. Chen, with a mouthful of bun, "Zhang Dalang and the others are still working; it should be done by the afternoon."

After a while, Mrs. Chen brought another bun to Jiang Youzhi inside.

After finishing the buns, Mrs. Chen began tidying up.

The kitchen wasn’t ready yet, so they first tidied Jiang Youzhi’s luggage.

Gu Yunjiao helped her carry the big bundle inside.

Mrs. Chen opened the bundle and the first thing she saw was the sword inside.

She was shocked, "Didn’t you say you pawned this?"

Before Gu Yunjiao could answer, "You didn’t pawn the sword, so where’d you get the money to buy all this stuff?"

When she went out in the morning, she only gave Gu Yunjiao money for the carriage.

Jiang Youzhi lay in bed, looking at her too.

Gu Yunjiao had it all planned out, calmly saying, "I went to the city today and happened to meet a rich person who wasn’t feeling well. I treated him, and he was grateful and gave me several ingots of silver as a reward."

"I thought this sword is, after all, a keepsake from San Lang’s teacher. If I couldn’t redeem it, that’d be bad, so I didn’t pawn it."

Jiang Youzhi looked at Gu Yunjiao, suddenly feeling a bit of a lump in his throat.

Mrs. Chen was a bit at a loss, "How can we spend your money?"

After a long pause, she said, "Well, this silver, consider it borrowed from you, and in the future, I promise to repay you."

Gu Yunjiao smiled and said no more.

By dinnertime, the stove was set up, though it still couldn’t be used yet.

Gu Yunjiao went to Guihua’s house to prepare the meal and brought it back.

She had told Guihua’s sister-in-law yesterday they’d be eating chicken today.

Jiang Youzhi was seriously injured and really needed to replenish his strength.

She carried a covered earthen pot, Liu Lang carried a clay pot, and Sansan held two bowls of green vegetables.

As they entered, besides Jiang Rong and Jiang Hua, almost everyone from the second and third branches was in the yard; they hadn’t eaten yet.

This time, Qi Lang didn’t come running to lift the lid. Last night, Jiang Hua explained to him in detail what a family division meant.

Telling him not to covet others’ meals.

Qi Lang was itching with curiosity, took a sniff, and asked Liu Lang, "Sixth brother, what are you guys eating today?"

Liu Lang, being a child at heart, couldn’t help but show off, "Today we’re having chicken, big sis said she wants to nourish third brother well."

Hearing this, the eyes of several children across the yard, including the eighteen-year-old Jiang Erlang, lit up like green wolves, as if they had all turned into yellow weasels.