Chapter 8 A Bowl of Rabbit Meat

Chen Xiaohu took a cloth bag containing five kilograms of sorghum rice and walked towards Chen Jie's house.

When we were halfway there, we saw Chen Sanliu and his family, who had just finished their meal and were basking in the sun under a big tree.

"uncle."

Chen Xiaohu nodded and greeted.

Chen Sanliu saw Chen Xiaohu nodded indifferently, and a young man in his twenties sitting next to him said, "Huzi, what are you doing with the rice bag?"

Chen Xiaohu said, "Brother Jiusi's family is out of food. I'll go and send some to them."

"Oh, you child, you are so stupid!"

After hearing this, Chen Sanliu, who had been silent, stood up and said, "Jiu Si is a useless kid, addicted to gambling. Everyone is trying to hide from him, but your family is still sending him up. You think you have a lot of money? Go back, go back."

Chen Sanliu said to Chen Xiaohu in a serious tone.

Chen Xiaohu said, "Uncle Sanliu, my father said that Brother Jiusi has learned well."

"Learn well, what the hell? How can he learn well? Listen to your uncle and go home quickly, otherwise you will never get back this little bit of food."

"Yes, Huzi, don't be stupid. Chen Jiusi deserves to starve to death. Let's stay away from him. Last time he came to our house to ask for food, we pretended not to be at home. You are still going to deliver it to him now, you are stupid!"

At this time, the young man in his twenties also persuaded.

Looking at his uncle and cousin who were trying to persuade him, Chen Xiaohu hesitated and said, "Okay, then I'll go home and ask my dad."

After saying that, Chen Xiaohu turned around and walked towards home.

Watching Chen Xiaohu leave, Chen Sanliu looked at Chen Erba's family and said, "That lame Erba is stupid. His uncle is dead, and there is no more money to make. Why does he care about that outsider?"

Chen Sanliu shook his head and said.

"My uncle gave you his medical skills, so why did it end up like this?"

The young man added.

The two shook their heads, quite indignant.

I don't know what my uncle was thinking. Since he didn't have a son, he could pass on his medical skills to his nephew. What's the point of having a son-in-law? He would only give birth to an illegitimate child who would ruin the family business.

They cursed Chen Jie as a prodigal son in their hearts, but never thought that it was this cousin who took Chen Jiusi to gamble for the first time.

When Chen Jiusi became addicted, he stopped playing. After that, Chen Jiusi's family business declined and has come to this day.

The cause of all this was that his great uncle refused to pass on his medical skills to his father. Even though his father knelt in front of his great uncle and offered to support him in his old age, the stubborn old man refused.

Chen Xiaohu returned home. Seeing him come back so quickly, Chen Erba asked, "Have you delivered the food?"

Chen Xiaohu shook his head and said, "I met Uncle Sanliu on the way."

Upon hearing this, Chen Erba put down the half-woven basket in his hand and asked, "What did he say?"

"He said that Brother Jiusi is a bottomless pit and asked us not to waste food."

Chen Erba frowned and said, "Do you think he is right?"

Chen Xiaohu was stunned for a moment, then said: "I don't know, so I came back to ask Dad."

Chen Erba's expression eased a little and he said, "He, Chen Sanliu, doesn't care about the favor, but I can't learn from him and send the food over and take a detour."

"Eh!"

Chen Xiaohu set off again. Chen Erba sighed. At this time, the woman in the room came out and said, "Erba, Chen Sanliu has received so many favors from his uncle and he doesn't care. You have received much less than him. Why do you care about that?"

Chen Erba glared at the woman and said, "What do you know, woman? Go cook."

As he spoke, Chen Erba continued to weave baskets. Each basket cost two cents. If he weaved one more, he could earn two more cents.

In fact, what his wife said was very right. Compared with Chen Sanliu, Chen Erba did not get much benefits from his cousin.

Chen Sanliu was born with a clever tongue. When his uncle was alive, he often went to curry favor with him. His uncle was a famous doctor in the surrounding villages, very capable of making money, and he had only one daughter, which meant he would never have descendants in this world.

Therefore, he treated his nephews very well. For example, when Chen Sanliu got married, his uncle paid for a new house and gave him three acres of paddy fields as a foundation for his career. It can be said that this is the treatment that a biological son should receive.

However, Chen Erba was not good at speaking and was not very liked by his uncle. Seeing that he was tongue-tied and disabled, his uncle helped him learn a craft. He learned the craft of basket weaving from an old bamboo craftsman in the next village.

Only because of this he had a bowl of rice today, and because of this little favor he will remember his uncle for the rest of his life.

As for Chen Jiusi, although he was born to a son-in-law, he was also included in the Chen family's ancestral home and called herself uncle, so she did not regard him as an outsider.

In the past, he was addicted to gambling and he couldn't control him too much, nor could he afford to do so. But now that he was showing signs of changing for the better, he had no choice but to help his nephew.

Chen Xiaohu took a detour to Chen's house and knocked on the door. Soon someone came to open the door. It was Su Yunjin.

Chen Xiaohu immediately greeted: "Hello, sister-in-law."

Su Yunjin had a good impression of Xiaohu and asked, "Xiaohu, what about you?"

Xiao Hu said, "My father asked me to send some sorghum rice to your family."

Xiaohu gestured to the rice bag. Hearing this, Su Yunjin didn't know whether he should make the decision. But at this moment, Chen Jie's voice rang out in the room: "Who is it?"

Su Yunjin said: "Xiaohu, your brother is at home, you can give this food to him."

"okay."

After hearing this, Xiaohu went to the yard to find Chen Jie.

Xiaohu used to have a very good relationship with Chen Jie, but unfortunately Chen Jie later became a vicious person, drinking and beating people, so Chen Erba didn't allow Xiaohu to play with Chen Jie anymore.

Xiaohu had seen his father's hard work since he was young, and knew that his father's family fortune could not be messed with, so he stopped playing with Chen Jie.

When Chen Jie saw that it was Xiaohu, related memories came to his mind. Generally speaking, this was a sensible child.

Chen Jie said to Xiao Hu, "Hu Zi, what's the matter?"

Xiao Hu said, "My father said your family is out of food, so he asked me to send you some sorghum rice."

Chen Jie was touched when he heard this. He secretly remembered this timely help and said with a smile, "Okay, Yunjin, accept it. It's just right for making a pot of sorghum rice. By the way, Huzi, I caught a fat rabbit today and am stewing the rabbit meat. Would you like to have some together?"

Rabbit meat?
Gum!

Hearing these three words, Xiao Hu swallowed his saliva, but still shook his head and said, "No, Brother Jiu Si, there are still many baskets to be woven at home, so I won't stay any longer."

As he was about to leave, Chen Jie immediately said, "Wait a minute."

He came to the pot, looked at the already cooked rabbit meat stewed with wild vegetables, and directly scooped a large bowl of it.

"Come on, Huzi, take it back and thank Uncle Erba for me."

"Ah, this, this won't work, Brother Jiusi, I can't."

Hu Zi still wanted to refuse, saying that this bowl of rabbit meat was much more valuable than five kilograms of sorghum rice. It was meat!
Chen Jie said: "Okay, don't refuse, be obedient, or I will be angry."

Huzi couldn't refuse, so he had to take it. Then he took the bowl of meat home. When he got home, his mother's wild vegetable dumplings were ready. When she saw Huzi bringing a bowl of meat, she was surprised and asked, "Where did the meat come from?"

Hu Zi said: "Brother Jiu Si gave it to me."

"This……"

The old woman didn't know what to say.

Uncle Erba came back and saw the bowl of rabbit meat. Huzi said sensibly, "Dad, this was given to me by Brother Jiusi. Should I return it?"

Uncle Erba paused for a moment and said, "Keep it and eat it. It's a token of my appreciation."

"This is so bad, it's as if I want his bowl of meat. Huzi, you can get six wild vegetable dumplings for Jiusi. The dumplings are made very well. She put an extra half bowl of sorghum flour. You can go back and give him the bowl, so take it back with you."

"Oh, I'll go now."

Hu Zi poured the meat in the bowl into his own bowl. The old woman picked out six big wild vegetable dumplings and sent them back to Chen's house.

(End of this chapter)