Chapter 376： Chicken head rice

Mrs. Wen was shocked by the girl's contemptuous tone.

“Presumptuous!” She pointed at Ying Bao with trembling fingers, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Mrs. Wen has been treated like this all her life.

What’s more, the person who ridiculed her was still a teenage girl.

“She is indeed an unworthy country girl with no tutoring at all.” Lin Fu quickly comforted his mother-in-law and angrily scolded Ying Bao, “Why don’t you kneel down and admit your mistake!”

Ying Baoli ignored them and took Aniang away.

 Her own tutor is for people who also have tutors, like Mrs. Wen, who dare to bully grandma on their own territory. She doesn't want to give them face at all.

So what if she is Sister Wen’s grandmother?

Her father, mother and brother are her enemies. Anyone who dares to touch them will bring shame to them.

In her past life and this life, Ying Bao considers herself not a person who abides by etiquette. She only knows that if someone respects me, I will give her a foot in return.

Education and other things are also mutual.

 Others have stepped on you into the mud. Even if you make your etiquette watertight, you are just a toad in the mud, pleasing others and disgusting yourself.

Chunniang was also very angry.

She didn’t expect that such kind people as Mrs. Wen and Mr. Wen Silang would have such an elder.

Not only are you arrogant, but you want to buy your own daughter. Why doesn’t she go to heaven?

You come from a wealthy family, and with such virtue, bah!

“Bao’er, I want to go to your cave.” Chun Niang said angrily.

Yingbao was puzzled, but he still took his mother into the cave.

Chunniang first went to count her daughter's silver. There were four large boxes of silver ingots, each box containing one thousand taels.

Going to count the private rooms of myself and her husband again, there are more than 2,000 taels.

With her family’s financial resources, Mrs. Wen ridiculously wanted to buy her daughter for one hundred taels.

Chunniang counted it twice, her anger subsided and her mood became smoother.

After leaving the cave, she went to buy two pork fans the next day, stuffed them with sausages, tied hooves, grilled pork ribs, and cooked some elbow livers.

The so-called elbow liver is made by wrapping the cleaned pig intestines around the pig liver, cooking it with aniseed, and then hanging it up to dry in the sun.

During the Chinese New Year, cook it together with pork head meat, sausage, pork ribs, etc., and it will become a delicious dish.

Yingbao also wanted to help Aniang, but Chunniang wouldn't let her.

"You can just watch from the sidelines. When you get married, we can hire more servants and girls to do the work, just like Mrs. Wang's family does."

My daughter will definitely become a noble lady like Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wen. When the time comes, she will make slaves and call maids without having to do anything herself.

So Chun Niang doesn’t want her daughter to do these menial tasks.

Cleaning the large intestines, small intestines, belly, and lungs is something you can’t do. My daughter is too young to learn how to do it.

Yingbao had no choice but to give up and stand watching for a while, when she saw Granny Tang walking into the yard.

Tang wore a blue cotton skirt with silk trim and embroidered longevity flowers.

Yingbao saluted her and said, "Grandma Tang."

Mrs. Tang smiled and patted her and said, "You are here just in time. Try the chicken head rice and pine nuts fried by my mother-in-law."

Speaking, he handed the small bamboo basket in his arms to Yingbao.

Chicken head rice is also called gorgon fruit, and it tastes particularly fragrant when fried.

The outer shell is extremely hard, comparable to that of pine nuts. Ying Bao thanked him and took the bamboo basket.

Grandma Tang often brings things over to reciprocate her kindness, and Yingbao will also give her some pills.

So Granny Tang seems to be getting younger and younger, and she goes to Beishan to pick pine cones with her daughters-in-law in the village, and goes down to the river to fish for chicken heads, rice and water chestnuts.

Seeing Granny Tang talking to her mother-in-law, Yingbao went back to the house and poured out chicken head rice and pine nuts, and put some apples and mandarin oranges in a bamboo basket.

She has these fruits in her orchard, but most of them are sold. What her family eats are all produced in Dongfu.

Then he poured another cup of tea and handed it to Granny Tang who was sitting in the kitchen.

Grandma Tang glanced at Yingbao, smiled and said to Chunniang: "In a blink of an eye, Yingbao has become a big girl. There is no chance that a matchmaker will come to your door soon."

Chunniang rubbed her small intestine with plant ashes and said with a smile: "Bao'er is still young, not yet twelve. It will be her turn when Erni gets married."

Grandma Tang took a sip of tea and asked quietly: "Why haven't your two ladies made an engagement yet?"

Chunniang: "It's probably because Erni doesn't want to get married early and wants to stay with her parents' family for a few more years."

Now that the Jiang family has no worries about food and clothing, they are much more tolerant of their children's marriages.

Of course, because I have enough confidence, I don’t worry at all that my children will not find a good family.

“Well, we can’t just leave the child alone.” Granny Tang said, “Second daughter is already sixteen, right? If we don’t get engaged, good people will be picked up by others.”

Chunniang sighed: "We can't decide on this matter. Her grandma has said it several times, but Erni just doesn't agree."

Second sister-in-law Yanru is the stepmother, so it is not easy for her to make the decision for Erni, otherwise people would not say that she urged her stepdaughter to go out.

Jiang Erlang is a slow-tempered person who takes his time in everything. When his daughter doesn't want to get engaged, he goes with her.

Grandma Tang shook her head and added: "However, there are a few people in the village who are about the same age as Er Ni, and they didn't mention her husband's family."

Chunniang raised her head and asked, "Who else is there?"

"There are two girls in Chen Changping's family. The eldest is sixteen during the Chinese New Year, and the younger is two years younger than her eldest sister." Granny Tang said: "Chen Feng didn't like the young man from the country, and wanted to find a son for the two sisters. It’s in the city.”

Chunniang: "It's no wonder. People go to higher places and water flows to lower places. It's reasonable for her to want to find a good family for her granddaughter."

"You only know one but not the other." Granny Tang said mysteriously, "I heard someone say that the old man wants to give his eldest granddaughter to a county official as a concubine."

Chun Niang opened her eyes wide: "What? Becoming a concubine? Doesn't this ruin the big girl?"

Chen Changping is already a scholar, and his daughter will never marry badly no matter what. If she doesn't become a good wife, she will work as a concubine, and the children she gives birth to will be inferior to others.

"It's not that bad." Granny Tang said, "My family has already told them once, but they didn't listen to the signs."

Chunniang shook her head: "I think that girl from the Chen family is soft-tempered. She will be treated as a concubine, and she will not be teased by others for the rest of her life."

Granny Tang took a sip of tea and said, "If she was a strong person, she wouldn't be able to agree to this, but that child is like a noodle. Look at her, her grandparents will definitely take advantage of her."

The two talked for a while, then Granny Tang said goodbye and went home with a bamboo basket of fruits given by Yingbao.

Chunniang quickly called her daughter and told her what Granny Tang said, and finally said: "Why don't you go ask Chen Zhao what's going on? Being a concubine is no joke."

It’s not like Chen Changping’s family can’t reveal the truth. The two daughters also opened a food shop in the market, and the business is very good. No matter what, they shouldn’t be sent to the fire pit.

Once you become a concubine, you will not be able to return to your natal family in the future, as your mistress will control your life and death.

Meeting a jealous and cruel mistress may kill two people.

Even if you are favored, it won't change anything. It's just a few caring words from a man.

Yingbao knew that this must be Chen Changping's trick.

Girls are like goods in his eyes, they can be sold at any time as long as it is profitable.