The whole village is starving, but I have a full warehouse of meat in the mall

Chapter 3: Old Lady Ye Makes a Trouble
The five of them looked at each other in confusion. Mom was acting so strange today.

My mother was often beaten by my uncle before. When they went to seek justice for her, she beat them up instead.

So when the villagers said this morning that my mother was beaten by the Jiang family, they didn't say much. Anyway, my mother always sided with the Jiang family, so she was willing to do so even if she was beaten.

Jiang Wan rubbed his swollen brows and said, "From now on, these good things will be left for us to eat, and you are not allowed to tell anyone about it. Do you hear me?"

"heard it!"

"Okay," Jiang Wan nodded with satisfaction, "Xiao Hui, go cook the meal."

"Ah? Mom, this, this is white rice..." Gu Xiaohui paused with her outstretched hand. Obviously, she didn't expect that Jiang Wan wanted her to cook the rice instead of selling it.

Jiang Wan understood what she was hesitating about.

But now that she has entered this body, she has the obligation to take care of her child on behalf of her original body.

Gu Xiaohui glanced at Jiang Wan's face cautiously, then tremblingly took out half a bowl of rice and planned to cook it.

Jiang Wan was helpless. This little bit of rice was not even enough to fill the gaps between his teeth.

She had no choice but to pour half of the bag of rice into the basin and scoop a few scoops of water into it. "Cook it all. Who will eat what you have?"

Gu Xiaohui was shocked and confused. That was nearly two kilograms of rice, enough to exchange for six kilograms of corn or buckwheat.

Now it's all soaked in water, isn't it a waste?
But seeing Jiang Wan's stern face, Gu Xiaohui didn't dare to say anything and could only quickly light a fire and cook.

As the green smoke filled the air, the aroma of rice spread in the yard. Jiang Wan asked Gu Xiaohui to divide the rice porridge into seven portions according to each person's appetite. After everyone finished drinking the rice porridge, the rice in the pot could be eaten.

Five children stood in a neat row, staring at the porridge on the table.

Usually, the family would have their mother eat first, and they could only eat after she was full.

"What? You think the porridge tastes bad?" Jiang Wan glared at them deliberately and said seriously, "Hurry up and sit down to eat!"

Hearing this, several people rushed to pick up the soup bowls, and were reluctant to let go even though their hands were scalded red.

Ye Sishan quickly took a sip of the soup. The thick rice soup slid down his throat into his stomach. He sighed with satisfaction. This was simply the most delicious thing in the world.

Ye Xiaofang savoured the taste of rice oil in her mouth carefully.

The others didn't care about the hotness and drank it all in one gulp.

Jiang Wan lowered his head and laughed. After all, he was still a child.

She saw Gu Xiaohui still standing there blankly, and said unhappily, "Why are you still standing there? Do you want me, your mother-in-law, to serve you?"

Gu Xiaohui shuddered suddenly, "No, Mom, I didn't."

Before she got married, her mother told her that rice soup was for newborn boys and that she, a girl, was not worthy of drinking such a good thing.

Jiang Wan did not urge Gu Xiaohui anymore, but served the rice. When the rice was served, she remembered that there was no side dish.

It’s bad, there’s no vegetable, do we have to eat it all?
The six people nearby all widened their eyes. It was the first time in their lives that they had eaten white rice.

"Ouch, second brother, why are you pinching me?" Ye Sanshu grimaced in pain.

Ye Erhai swallowed and said, "It seems that this is not an illusion."

Jiang Wan laughed, "Alright, hurry up and eat it, or it will get cold."

After saying that, the boys quickly lowered their heads to eat.

Gu Xiaohui hesitated, "Mom, I just need to eat a little..."

Jiang Wan was furious. She was annoyed by the sight of this bullied man. "If you don't want to eat it, then leave it to the Jiang family..."

"Mom! I want to eat now!" When Gu Xiaohui heard that the food would be left for the Jiang family, she didn't care about saving it anymore and quickly followed Ye Dahe's example by lowering her head to eat.

Her mother finally became disenchanted with the Jiang family, and she would never let her mother's heart revive. Jiang Wan finished her bowl of rice slowly, and when she looked up, she saw four boys staring at her.

"what happened?"

"Mom, should we go to the Jiang family after dinner?"

Jiang Wan looked puzzled, "Why are you going to the Jiang family?"

"Let them return the silver!" Ye Sanshu's face was filled with indignation. "When my father died in battle, the imperial court issued thirty taels of silver. Grandma said that my uncle's family alone took away twenty taels!"

"That's right!" Ye Dahe slammed the table. "They beat up my mother today. We must go and ask for an explanation from them!"

Ye Erhai had already thought of a bad idea, "Let's sneak into his yard tonight while it's dark and beat them up."

Ye Sishan was a little confused, "If that's the case, then wouldn't it mean that I can't get the money?"

"You are stupid. The harvests have been poor in recent years. Who can afford 20 taels of silver? So we are just venting our anger. We have to wait and see if we can get the silver back."

Hearing this, Ye Sishan looked at him with admiration, "Second brother, you are so smart."

"Alright!" Jiang Wan stopped them, "All of you, be quiet."

Just like the second brother said, no one can afford 20 taels, not to mention that there are so many mouths to feed in my original family, so now is not the time to settle the accounts.

The boys looked at each other, and it seemed that their mother didn't intend to let them cause trouble for their uncle.

But think about it, before, my mother only had my uncle's family in her heart. How could she give up completely after being beaten a few times? She had been beaten before.

Maybe after this sadness passes, my mother will try to please my uncle again like she did before.

But if they have never tasted solid white rice, it would be fine. They already know what it tastes like, but it is absolutely impossible for them to give away such good things.

The brothers looked at each other and reached a tacit understanding.

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evening.

Gu Xiaohui and Ye Xiaofang were cleaning the kitchen, and a few boys were cleaning the yard. Only Jiang Wan was sitting on a bench, browsing the mall.

She was just about to buy a few bags of salt when she heard someone lying outside the yard and cursing.

"Oh my, what did our Ye family do in our previous life to marry such a spendthrift? The silver my son exchanged his life for, she just gave it away, a full thirty taels!"

"You're still asking the villagers to borrow food. You gave your mother's family so much money, and you went to borrow from them. You're really shameless..."

Jiang Wan remembered that this was her original mother-in-law. She didn't expect that she was still full of energy at such an old age.

Old Lady Ye looked at Jiang Wanchao walking over here, then changed the subject and waved to Gu Xiaohui, "Grandson's wife, come here quickly."

Gu Xiaohui didn't dare to delay, put down the watering can and walked out.

"This contains the food I give to my grandchildren and great-grandchildren. You must take good care of it!" Old Lady Ye threw the cloth bag in her hand, turned her head and glared at Jiang Wan, "Don't let some people use it to subsidize my family!"

After saying this, Old Lady Ye turned around and left, and her back looked like she was fleeing in panic.

Jiang Wan frowned and kept searching his original body's memory.

It turned out that when the original body first married into the Ye family, she was well-behaved for a while, but after giving birth to Ye Dahe, she began to support her parents' family, initially with only a few ounces of corn or half a pound of buckwheat.

Later, she gave silver directly, so the battle between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law was about to break out. The original body relied on her youth and vigor, and often made Old Lady Ye breathless.

Later, her husband died in battle. The original owner made a big fuss for several days and successfully divided the family property. She used the silver issued by the court to build a courtyard here and found a wife for her eldest son.

The old lady wanted to vent her anger by scolding the original owner, but was afraid that she could not scold her better, so she chose to come at night when no one was around, for fear that others would see her unable to control her daughter-in-law.

"Mother..." Gu Xiaohui handed over the bag of food in her hand timidly.
Jiang Wan didn't want it at first, but she had to find a reason to give up the food in her hands.

(End of this chapter)