Chapter 88: Chapter 88: A Child Never Thinks Their Mother Ugly, a Dog Never Thinks Its Home Poor

“Alright!”

Yu Hai agreed immediately. If they hadn’t already had dinner, he would have loved to go kill a chicken right away.

For the past two months, Yu Hai and Xu Shuhua had been going to the county town every few days. On the surface, they were selling groundcherries, but in reality, they were also selling strawberries.

Unfortunately, by August, both strawberry and groundcherry seasons were over. If they kept selling, it would easily arouse suspicion.

But in just those two months, they had already made quite a bit of money.

Yu Hai didn’t know the exact total, but he figured it was at least eight or nine hundred yuan, if not a full thousand.

They’d earned so much, all thanks to Yu Nuannuan. So not to mention killing a chicken to make porridge for her—even if he had to kill one every day, Yu Hai felt it was only right.

That’s how Yu Hai saw it, but others didn’t feel the same way.

Not far away, Wang Dilai, who was sitting at the Gu family’s gate, heard Xu Shuhua’s words and curled her lips in displeasure. “A girl is nothing but a money-loser. Drinking malted milk every day isn’t enough, now they want to kill a chicken for her to eat meat!”

Whose chickens weren’t kept for laying eggs?

Forget about eating chicken meat—even eggs were too precious to eat. They had to be saved up and taken to the county to sell for money, so the family could buy needles, thread, oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar.

But look at Xu Shuhua, actually wanting to kill a chicken for a baby girl just a few months old!

If that chicken meat was used to make porridge for a girl, it’d be better used to nourish her own son.

Thinking of Gu Jiandong, Wang Dilai’s brow furrowed tightly.

When summer comes and the weather gets hot, people lose their appetite. These past two months, Gu Jiandong had been making a fuss about marrying Li Chunxiang, refusing to eat or sleep properly, and he looked completely worn out.

If only he could have some chicken to build up his strength...

Thinking of the fragrant chicken, Wang Dilai wiped her mouth with her hand.

“Old Lady Yu, your Nuannuan is just a tiny baby. If you’re making porridge for her, a piece of meat the size of an egg is more than enough. If she can’t eat the rest, wouldn’t that be a waste? Why don’t you let me help you with it!”

When Wang Dilai said this, Yu Nuannuan stopped chewing her jerky and looked over at her, eyes full of shock.

How could Wang Dilai say something so shameless?

Faced with someone so thick-skinned, Xu Shuhua wasn’t about to be polite. She shot back mercilessly, “Waste? What a joke! Even if we killed every chicken in your backyard, none of it would go to waste—believe it or not, our family could finish it all in one meal!”

If there was one thing the Yu family had, it was people!

Big and small, there were a dozen or twenty mouths to feed. How could a few chickens be too much?

When Xu Shuhua mentioned killing the chickens in her backyard, Wang Dilai’s lips trembled with distress. “Old Lady Yu, I was just trying to help you out of kindness. If you don’t appreciate it, fine, but now you want to kill my chickens—”

“Pah!” Xu Shuhua spat in Wang Dilai’s direction. “Do I need your help? If you have so much free time, why don’t you take care of your precious son first! All he thinks about is marrying into someone else’s family, and he’s making such a fuss he won’t eat or drink. Don’t you ever wonder why?”

Wang Dilai was a bit stunned and blurted out, “Why?”

“Why else? They say a child never thinks their mother ugly, and a dog never thinks its home poor. Your son dreams of joining the Li family—not because he loves them, but because he thinks your family is too poor, or maybe he just can’t stand you... Hahahaha!”"

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