Chapter 138 - 132 Sweet potatoes as a meat substitute
Tian Sisi had instructed Weiguo to first visit the village head’s house and slip out a hint implying they were still going to take some meat to grandpa’s place, letting Weiguo show just a little bit of the meat in the bowl to make sure the village head’s family could see, especially the two shiny, fatty pieces on top.
As long as the village head saw these two pieces of meat, it would be equivalent to letting the villagers know that the niece didn’t forget to bring a nice bowl of meat for her parents-in-law to eat. As for the sweet potatoes at the bottom of the bowl, who knows? Anyway, what the village head saw was the meat on top.
Tian Xinhua was sitting next to Sisi, and he clearly heard the bad idea that girl gave to Weiguo, but he did not stop it. Mainly because he thought Sisi’s idea was quite good. There was no need to resort to a gentleman’s methods in dealing with such a villain.
It didn’t take long for Weiguo to come back, all excited, carrying an empty basket, with a gleam in his eyes. Jianguo quickly gave his brother a bowl of rice and told him to eat quickly. Weiguo stealthily winked at Sisi, indicating that the mission was accomplished.
The little fellow was feeling smug, unable to stop grinning whenever he thought about the infuriated expressions on his uncles’ faces when they discovered bones and sweet potatoes beneath the meat later.
Old Mr. and Mrs. Shou lived with the eldest, Shou Chengzu. The news that Sisi and the others had brought back game had already spread throughout the village, and Old Mrs. Shou was also aware. She was just waiting for Man Lan to bring some meat over. If that wretched girl didn’t bring the meat, she would go around the village spreading the word tomorrow, to see how that little tramp would manage to stand in the village?
Weiguo came into the house and called everyone over, placing the meat on the table and saying, "Li Guo will bring the bowl back tomorrow," then left. The people in the house paid no heed to Weiguo, only Shou Chengzu responded with a few laughs.
"Hmph, so many wild games were caught, and only sending such a small bowl of meat over, really unfilial. Tomorrow, ask Man Lan for some more meat, Li Guo, come and eat the meat."