Chapter 2 - 1_2
Li Zhiyuan stirred his porridge a few times with his chopsticks, the soy sauce color lightened, and tender bits of meat floated to the surface.
Kids have sharp eyes, and what they persist in is not the scarcity but the unfairness of division. Hu Zi immediately said, "Granny, I want meat too, like what Yuanzi has in his bowl!"
"Granny, I want some too."
"Me too."
Other children also started to make a fuss.
"Get outta here!" Cui Guiying scolded them impatiently, "The little brothers and sisters don't know any better, but Panzi, Leizi, Yingzi, you older ones acting like big brothers and sisters, what's there to fuss about? You should know better. What we're eating today was all bought with the money given by Little Yuanhou's mom, and your parents haven't contributed a single grain of rice here, yet you still have the face to compete with others for food!"
Panzi, Leizi, and Yingzi bowed their heads in embarrassment. The younger ones looked at each other, laughed it off and moved past this episode.
Granny had hinted previously, and they even conveyed it back home, but their parents instructed them to play dumb.
At this moment, Shitou, an eight-year-old kid from the Third family, asked, "Is Little Huang Ying still around?"
Cui Guiying asked, "Who is Little Huang Ying?"
Hu Zi replied, "Granny, Little Huang Ying is the one who sang and danced at Big Beard's house yesterday. She sang really beautifully, and her dancing was great too."