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Chapter 119: Chapter 120 Don’t Think About Touching My Meat_1
Zhou Clan rubbed her aching back. "I don’t think anyone else is coming to buy, so let’s leave the rest for your brother to eat. They’re living such a hard life, they’ve probably forgotten what meat even tastes like."
Li Clan was already upset by Qiao Duo’er’s attitude, and not being able to sell the meat was making her mood even worse.
And Zhou Clan’s words only added fuel to the fire.
Li Clan immediately retorted, "Who hasn’t lived a tough life? If my brother wants meat, tell them to come and buy it!"
Humph, she was carrying a child too, and had only eaten meat two or three times herself!
Her brother’s family had ten acres of land—each of them lived a better life than her. Why should she give them meat for free?
"We have so much meat left today, and you can’t eat it all. If you don’t give it to your brothers, do you want it to spoil?"
Zhou Clan glanced at Li Mei with disdain. The more she looked at her stingy daughter, the more she disliked her.
"Even if it spoils, I won’t give it to them!"
In fact, there wasn’t much meat left. Couldn’t their family of three eat it all if they tried?
It was just that she didn’t want to eat it all at once, so she planned to save some to satisfy their own cravings and put the rest in the well to sell the next day.
But here her mother was, taking matters into her own hands, planning to give the meat away.
Did she think she was dead?
This time, Tan Zhongzhong did not try to stop the argument. He was displeased himself and was happy to see his wife make a scene.
Why should only her uncles benefit from every good thing?
The meat was bought with his money, so it certainly shouldn’t be given away for free!
"You heartless thing! Who’s like you? Getting married and forgetting all about your own family—not even willing to give your brother some meat! Is it going to ruin you?"
Zhou Clan kept up the scolding, her finger nearly poking Li Mei in the face.
Back in the day, if she had something nice to eat, she always thought of her brothers.
Li Mei fought back just as hard, "When Dad passed away, he said there was five liang of silver for my dowry, but you only gave me three liang. Now you want to scrape more off me? You think I’m a fool? There’s no way I’m giving the meat to my brothers."
"So you’re not afraid anymore, huh? You dare to talk back to your mother like this? I tell you, I’m not going to cater to you anymore!"
Zhou Clan was done with it.
In truth, she was just trying to force Li Clan to compromise. Li Mei, heavily pregnant, found it difficult to work, and Tan Zhongzhong was no good at household chores.
Wouldn’t the couple have to beg her in the end?
Li Clan said disdainfully, "Who needs your help!"
"Then give me my wages, and from now on, your family can’t stay at our house anymore!"
Li Clan, defiant as always, pulled out her purse and leaned on Tan Zhongzhong as she counted today’s earnings.
The prices were a bit higher today, but they still had some unsold meat, so the profits were about the same as the day before.
Li Clan gritted her teeth, counted out twenty copper coins, and shoved them into Zhou Clan’s hand.
"Mother, here is your wage. From now on, pretend you didn’t give birth to me, and don’t even think about taking advantage of me!"
"Li Mei, what do you mean by this? I’ve been busy working to the bone for two days, and this is all you give me? Are you trying to fob me off like a beggar?" Zhou Clan immediately protested.
Ten wen money a day, does she take her for a fool?
Li Mei scoffed lightly, "All you did was stoke the fire for a bit. I asked you to wash the tripe, and you didn’t. I asked you to push the cart, and you didn’t. Giving you ten wen is pretty good! And you have the nerve to say it’s not enough, have you no shame?"
Zhou Clan was taken aback, unable to believe that Li Mei would say such a thing to her.
No matter what, she was still Li Mei’s mother!
It took a while for Zhou Clan to recover, "You ungrateful wretch, I should have never had you! I was blind to have raised such a creature!" 𝓃𝓸𝓋𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝒸ℴ𝓶
