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The captain smirked and kicked the child, saying, "Why do you all have to be so particular about rules? It's such a hassle. If the child wants to eat, let him eat. Why are the adults arguing with him?"

She picked up two large chicken drumsticks, one for each child, and said softly, "Eat up, eat until you're full."

The two children glanced at their father, and only began to eat when he nodded. They did so cautiously, licking the meat before slowly tearing it off and eating it, licking their fingers as well.

This doesn't look like the behavior of a child who eats meat every month.

Zhang Shuhua felt heartbroken and glared at her second brother: "I think you still only listen to your eldest brother. These two children really should stay. They are such good children, but you have raised them like refugees."

Jiang Zhiqiang kept his head down and didn't say a word.

The two little ones ate and drank their fill, let out a burp, rubbed their round bellies and laughed happily. They loved coming to their grandparents' house and being able to eat meat; it was so wonderful.

Zhang Shuhua looked at the two little ones and said, "What do you want to eat tonight? Grandma will make it for you."

Wen Yao said softly, "Mother, the two children can come to my place tonight. I'll make them some chicken soup to help them recover. They can also sleep there; I'll put them to sleep."

"You all have to work during the day, and if you stay up late at night, you won't get enough rest. I'm relatively free, so I'll take care of them to sleep tonight."

"What do you think, Ah Lie?"

Jiang Lie wanted to be alone with his wife, but he didn't want to compete with the two children for that. He nodded and said, "Okay, the children can sleep with us. There's enough bed."

Zhang Shuhua thought about it and agreed: "Okay, then I'll trouble you, eldest daughter-in-law. When you get tired, bring her back so we can take turns taking care of her."

"Yes, I understand, Mother."

"Second brother, are you going back today, or should you stay home for a couple more days?"

Jiang Zhiqiang said in a low voice, "Dad, I'm going back. I had already agreed with my wife that we were just bringing the child to see a doctor today, not leaving the child at home."

"She'll probably start arguing again if she goes back, so I'd better go back today. I'll ask my wife about the meat issue with the kids."

The captain said, "You'd better figure this out, or I won't let you off the hook. We send meat, vegetables, and eggs every month to nourish our grandson."

"If I find out that someone sent things to the wrong place and made my grandson malnourished like this, don't blame me for dealing with you too."

Jiang Zhiqiang, feeling guilty, said, "Yes, I understand, Dad. How could I not love my two children? It's just that I never suspected anything before, but now that I have, I definitely have to find out the truth."

After the meal, Jiang Zhiqiang told the two children to be good, left them twenty yuan, and then rode away on his bicycle.

As the captain watched his son leave, he couldn't help but mutter, "You know, they have money, so why didn't they buy the child some malted milk powder or something good to supplement his diet?"

"Day after day, the work isn't busy, the supply and marketing cooperative closes early, but they don't know how to treat the children better."

Zhang Shuhua patted his arm: "Alright, stop talking. The second son isn't in good health and doesn't have much energy every day. Do you think he can take care of the kids properly?"

"As for the second daughter-in-law, well, she's quite particular about appearances. She'd rather go without food than not buy nice clothes. I just don't understand what they're thinking. Food and drink are definitely more important."

"It's good that the child stays. We'll take good care of him/her. He/She is so pitifully thin."

The captain also felt sorry for him: "Alright, let him rest for a while."

When Jiang Zhiqiang returned home, he found that his wife was not there, so he rode his bicycle to his father-in-law's house to look for her. From afar, he could smell the aroma of meat, and a hint of suspicion flashed in his eyes.

I parked the bicycle in the corner and strode towards the kitchen, where I saw my wife bending over, preparing meat for my two nephews, a gentle smile on her face.

My gaze swept over the chicken feathers in the corner. The rope looked so familiar. When my older brother brought them over before, the chicken feet were tied with ropes made of the same kind of cloth strips.

Jiang Zhiqiang frowned and walked straight into the kitchen: "Wife, didn't you say you were going to work overtime? Why are you at your parents' house?"

Hearing the sound, Wang Zhaodi was so startled that her hand trembled, and the chicken leg instantly fell to the ground. Her two nephews cried out in alarm, "Auntie, what are you doing? You dropped the meat!"

"Oh, oh, it's okay, I'll just wash up."

His eyes were filled with panic. He bent down to pick up the dirty chicken leg and rinse it. His heart was pounding and cold sweat was breaking out on his forehead. Why did Zhiqiang suddenly come over?

Take a deep breath to calm yourself down, hand the chicken leg to the two children, and let them go out and play first.

Wang Zhaodi looked at him and said softly, "Zhiqiang, why did you suddenly come here? You didn't bring Ping'an with you."

Jiang Zhiqiang shook his head: "I didn't bring it. I took it to see the doctor, and he said our child is malnourished. Wife, I also want to ask where the meat and eggs that my parents send every month have gone."

"Didn't you feed Ping An and An An? If they ate it, why are they still so thin?"

"Sigh, I don't know. How could I not love my own child? Maybe it's because I'm just like you, born weak. Otherwise, why aren't you like your big brother?"

Wang Zhaodi dodged the question and urged, "It's getting late, let's go home. I'll cook for you. You left Ping An at home, didn't you?"

Jiang Zhiqiang shook his head: "I left him in my hometown in the countryside. My parents saw that I was so thin and pitiful, so they wanted me to stay at home and they would take care of me. I gave them twenty yuan."

"My older brother and I are both married. Our parents have had a hard time too. We can't let them raise the child for nothing, can we? What do you think?"

"What? You left the child in the countryside? Are you crazy? Who told you to do this? I will take care of my child myself. You are not allowed to leave him in the countryside."

Wang Zhaodi couldn't help but complain, "You know perfectly well that every time the twins go back to the countryside, your parents prepare meat for them to eat, and then they become difficult to manage after they come back."

"Can this go on? They're just making things worse. The child is about to start school, and he'll be eating, drinking, and sleeping around us all the time. How will we manage him if he develops bad habits?"

Jiang Zhiqiang ignored this and looked down at her: "Wife, tell me the truth, these past two months, the meat and eggs my older brother has been sending, have you really been giving the children any extra nutrition?"

"Of course, how could I treat the child badly? What kind of attitude is this? Are you questioning me?"

"Okay, then come out with me."

He pulled the person out of the kitchen, pointed to the unremoved chicken feathers in the corner, and said, "Tell me, where did this come from? Don't tell me it was raised by your family."

"This is a pheasant that my older brother sent over. Nobody raises pheasants at home. The chicken leg your nephew ate just now was also from a pheasant, right?"

Jiang Zhiqiang said with a burning gaze, "Wife, I want to hear the truth. When exactly did you start taking the meat my older brother sent and then giving it to your family?"

Don't tell me you didn't know.