Lucky Peasant Woman: Raising kids and making wealth

Chapter 37: Disgusted Old Mrs Su

Translated by: NekoCat

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Su Wangqin entered the kitchen while  Chunzhu rushed her movements to finish An An's braid.

She followed Su Wangqin and saw him wanting to return the dead prawns to Qiu Shi, she stopped his hand.

"Brother Wang, We bought the prawns alive but now its dead. If you give this back, It'll be our fault. Its better to pay for all the dead shrimps and give them to sister-in-law Fu for her chickens later . "
Gu Chunzu analyzed.

She pressed Su Wangqin's hand and the hot temperature on her palm spread into him

Su Wangqin knew she was right, he unwillingly took out the dead shrimps and put it in a bowl, then drained the water out in the bucket.

"Big brother, how is the shrimp business?" As soon as the courtyard door opened, Qiu shi quickly walked in. Her eyes looked all the way to their kitchen, she wanted to go in and see what's inside but was stopped by Gu Chunzu.

"I think you'd better not come in. (Don't say that the money will be in our house again)." She opened her arms to block Qiu's way and looked at her coldly.
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But Gu Chunzhu underestimated Qiu's thick face. Her thin body drilled through Gu Chunzhu's armpit and successfully slipped in.

Qiu said with a smile: "Looks like you bought rice and flour. If Elder brother and Elder sister-in-law made money, it's better to pay mother's filial rations in advance."

"What's wrong with you?" Gu Chunzhu pushed Qiu Shi, For such a thick-skinned person, she wondered how far she can roll.

Qiu shi stumbled, her mourh curled:
" I see that you have no filial piety, I'll go back and tell mother." She turned around, snatched the bucket and the 15coppers from Su Wangqin's hand, and left in a twist.

Gu Chunzhu narrowed her eyes and looked at her back, she'll wait for the good show later. After this, there must be a second time.  She didn't believe she cant catch them on the spot

"I'll cook. You go inside and have a rest." Su Wangqin didn't notice her expression. He thought he was unlucky about the dead shrimp.

"Brother Wang, cook brown rice at noon. I'll send this shrimp to Sister Fu's chicken and duck. I'll come back later and fry the pig's offal." As she said that, she took the shrimp which smelled fishy from the sea bowl next door.

Sister Fu listened to her and helped her scold the Su family. After scolding, she advised Gu Chunzhu that it was ugly for Su Wangqin to be caught in the middle. At best, she was also a family.

Gu Chunzhu answered a few times but would not recognize the loss so easily. She would not suffer any losses even if she was born again. She has her own way to clean up old Mrs Su and Qiu shi!

At noon, she went back and saw the cooked brown rice in the pot.
Gu Chunzhu looked at the empty stove and wanted to buy an iron pot.

Thinking that the iron pot would cost 80 coppers, she immediately chased the idea away. Now she just had to make do with it.

She served the brown rice and cut the pig's large intestine into pieces. There were three jars of lard, she didn't save a bit and scooped out a big spoon and fried the pig's large intestine in the pot several times.
She also poured in the onions, ginger,garlic, and put in a handful of pepper.

Soon, the delicious smell came out of the pot.

Fried pork intestines and a cabbage, this was the family's lunch.

While eating lunch, Old Mrs Su arrived with a shrimp bucket.

She and Qiu are not only mother-in-law, but like mother and daughter, she also drove straight into the stove room.

A pair of small eyes with wrinkled eyelids sweep over their dinner table and said, "What are you eating? It's so fragrant. Has the eldest son earned money recently?"

"Do you want to sit down and eat too?" After su Wangqin finished, he took a peek at Gu Chunzhu and saw that she was eating rice in her bowl without any expressions. Should she not be angry?

In fact, old lady Su already had a meal, but Looking at these fragrant dish who she didn't have any idea what it is, she nodded.

Su Wangqin filled her small bowl with brown rice. Old lady Su sat on the table and ate. Her chopsticks moved very fast. She chewed the pig's large intestine and muttered, "What kind of meat is this? Putting so much oil . You're really a prodigal."

She said as the rice particles on her mouth almost sprayed on Gu Chunzhu's face.

"Mother eat it if you want to, and don't if you don't. What's the difference?"
Gu Chunzhu put her bowl down on the table.

She swept at Su Wangqin's embarrassed complexion and left a little room for her words, "If Its not delicious, you should eat less."

On the contrary, Old Mrs Su was reluctant to give up. "You've even scolded me for this, You hoof! Edest son hasn't given any money to our family for more than half a year, so you took it and bought good food here! You look like a pregnant man with a big waist, but you don't even have an egg in your stomach. "

This touched Gu Chunzhu's bottom line.
When she thought of her rebirth, she only had a few cold sweet potatoes at home. Old Mrs Su even came to snatch away the few cold sweet potatoes.

The first time she saw her, she didn't have a good impression and now she acts like this: "Didn't Mother say it's good meat. It's pig's intestines. Isn't it cheap?"
she said

 "What, how dare you give me this! ?" Shit's stuff, vomiting—"
Old Mrs Su thought of the stinky stuff of pig's shit, she vomited while covering her mouth.

Su Wangqin didn't expect such a big reaction from his mother. The two children squeezed into the corner of the table in fright, watching the old lady Su quarreling with Gu Chunzhu.

"Mother, I washed the intestines well, How can there be pig feces? Aren't you happy while eating it?"

He saw Old Mrs. Su rushed outside the house, she choked her throat and vomited everything she ate.

Su Wangqin also went out to give Old Mrs. Su a pat , but who knows that the more he said the more Old Mrs. Su gets angry.

She shoved Su Wangqin vigorously,
Tears poured on her turbid eyes , "You unfilial son, lying to me and letting me eat this kind of stuff -- containing pig's shit."

"Moth--" Su Wangqin shouted and was pushed away by Old Mrs Su. He stood by the door frame and struggled to stand. "Your son didn't have a good life and still honours you, we could just barely eat enough."

"I don't want to listen anymore. You are just confused by this cheap hoof!." Mrs. Su wiped her eyes and vomited everything she ate, she pointed at the shrimp bucket placed in the yard and said: "This is the shrimp that your second and third brother and sisters in laws caught today. Hurry and give me the money."

Su Wangqin frowned and thought of the dead shrimp that was sent back last time. He walked over to look, the shrimp was alive, but he was still uneasy.

When he turned his head, he saw Gu Chunzhu staring at him.

This was his mother and the other was his wife. There was no way for him to collect the shrimp. He can only stand awkwardly.