"Haha, Dad, Mom, your daughter-in-law just made a contribution!"
Liu Cuirong rushed in.
Yun Xiaobao gave his mother a helpless look and went to find his aunt to draw.
Yun Erman was so angry he didn't know what to say. He snorted and got up to go back to the east room to sleep.
"Second daughter-in-law, you're pregnant, what kind of behavior is this?" Gu Shi reprimanded.
Liu Cuirong picked up the half-bowl of tea Gu Shi had drunk and gulped it down.
"Mom, I just caught a thief trying to steal a pig. Daqiang said that to thank us, he'll send two blocks of tofu tomorrow morning!"
See, she could contribute to the family too, right?
They always said she was useless at everything and ate too much.
This was completely baseless.
Little Xi Tian was curious and raised her little head to ask, "Second sister-in-law, how do you know that person was stealing a pig?"
Did he jump into the pigsty?
Liu Cuirong pouted, "The most valuable things in Fu Daqiang's house are those two big pigs. She must have come to steal pigs, I guarantee it!"
After saying that, she felt something was wrong.
Why would a pig thief loiter around the main entrance?
Looking at her, she seemed to be waiting for someone.
Thinking of this, Liu Cuirong instinctively looked at Hu Xi'er.
Was this little slut seducing men outside again?
Planning to sneak into the cornfield in the middle of the night for a tryst?
No, she had to be vigilant and keep an eye on this little fox spirit.
Hu Xi'er's expression froze. She nervously pinched the corner of her clothes and murmured, "Second... Second sister-in-law, why are you looking at me?"
You dead thing, you're as disgusting as a toad.
In the entire Yun family, the person she hated the most and wanted to strangle was Liu Cuirong.
As long as Liu Cuirong was around, she wouldn't have any freedom.
"Ha, Hu Xi'er, are you guilty? Look at your blushing face, it's like a monkey's backside. Did you hook up with some wild man outside?"
Liu Cuirong said sarcastically.
"I... I didn't!" Hu Xi'er retorted.
She was just a maid in the Yun family. Even if Liu Cuirong falsely accused her, she had to endure it.
This was the difference between a master and a servant.
There was no other way, as the Hu family matriarch had sold them, the sisters-in-law, to the Yun family.
Even if she was resentful and indignant, she could only curse them secretly.
"Mom, look at her, she must have done something wrong!" Liu Cuirong pointed at Hu Xi'er with a look of certainty.
Gu Shi's head ached from the shouting. She collected her daughter's drawing paper and charcoal pencil, glared at Liu Cuirong, and said, "Go to sleep!"
This brainless woman, even if Hu Xi'er had done something, she shouldn't say it out loud.
Wouldn't that make the other party more cautious and vigilant?
"Xiaobao, you sleep with your dad today, be good!" Gu Shi picked up Yun Xiaobao from the kang.
"I know, Grandma!"
Yun Xiaobao, wearing a green bellyband and barefoot, toddled to the east room.
Jin Huaihua looked at Hu Xi'er with a complicated expression.
My sister-in-law, can't you just be content and quiet for a few days?
If she angered Madam Gu, both of them, the sisters-in-law, would be kicked out.
So what if she could cook? No restaurant or eatery would hire a mute.
If she ran off with some wild man, what would she do?
Zhao Guihua was a light sleeper. Seeing a row of people lying on the kang, some asleep, some counting sheep, and some secretly eating melon seeds.
She put on a coat and went to the kitchen to stew pigskin jelly.
This was a time-consuming and labor-intensive dish, and the heat had to be controlled well, otherwise, it would easily scorch the pot.
Moreover, Young Master Xiao was coming for dinner tomorrow, so she directly rendered out the pork cracklings too.
After a lot of work, Zhao Guihua went to bed.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she closed her eyes, Hu Xi'er woke up.
She slightly propped herself up, her shifty eyes scanning Gu Shi and Liu Cuirong's faces.
Then she looked at Little Xi Tian, who was exposing her belly and kicking her chubby legs from time to time.
After confirming that the whole family was asleep, she quietly got off the kang, took out her prettiest dress, and slowly walked out.
What she didn't expect was that as soon as she left, everyone on the kang opened their eyes.
Liu Cuirong sprang up with a somersault, patted Gu Shi's arm, and said, "Mom, did you see that? That little slut snuck out..."
"I said long ago that she's not a decent person. She's repeatedly tarnishing the reputation of our Yun family. She deserves to be drowned in a pig cage!"
Gu Shi frowned and covered her mouth, "Shh, be quiet. Xi'er might be going to the outhouse."
Jin Huaihua also cried out "ah ah" and gestured with her hand: Yes, yes, she's going to the outhouse!
Little Xi Tian didn't quite believe it. She had been pretending to sleep just now.
Now that Hu Xi'er had gone out, she couldn't sleep either.
"No, why would she take her favorite dress to go to the outhouse?" Little Xi Tian asked doubtfully.
Jin Huaihua: "..."
Sweet baby, please stop talking.
Her heart was pounding, she was almost scared to death.
"Mom, watch me break her legs!"
Liu Cuirong casually put on her clothes, grabbed a chicken feather duster, and ran out.
When it came to weeding and working in the fields, she was the laziest.
But when it came to catching adulterers and fighting in the cornfield, she could stay up for three days and three nights.
"Second daughter-in-law, don't be reckless!" Gu Shi warned.
If they slandered someone without concrete evidence, they would have no justification.
"Oh, Mom, stop nagging, I understand everything!"
Liu Cuirong ran out of the yard without looking back, her speed faster than that of the aunties grabbing eggs during a supermarket sale.
"Mommy, I'm hungry!" Little Xi Tian rubbed her little belly.
With this kind of drama happening in the middle of the night, she really needed to replenish her energy.
Gu Shi held her daughter in her arms and instructed Jin Huaihua, "Huaihua, are there any sweet potatoes left in the bowl rack? Go and heat one up for Xi Tian!"
"No need, cold is fine!"
Little Xi Tian got off the kang, ran to the bowl rack, picked up two sweet potatoes, and returned to the west room.
The commotion here woke up Old Man Yun.
He blew his nose and stretched his neck to ask, "Old woman, what are you doing up in the middle of the night?"
"Is the daughter hungry? I have a piece of dried mutton here!"
Yun Erman covered his head with the quilt, covered his ears, and frowned tightly.
He should have drunk more wine last night. If he had been dead drunk, nothing would have woken him up.
"Daddy, I'm eating sweet potatoes, I don't want dried mutton!" Little Xi Tian said crisply.
Old Man Yun grunted. Since he was awake, he might as well have a smoke.
So, he lit his pipe and started puffing.
Yun Erman: "..."
Well, no one was going to sleep tonight.
Let's see who could get up tomorrow morning.
Young Master Xiao helped them transport the bricks, but the Yun family had to provide labor to help build the house, right?
Meanwhile, Liu Cuirong ran out of Fu Daqiang's house and followed Hu Xi'er to the west end of the village.