Chapter 924: This Is Pure Stubborn Nonsense

Liu Chuxue stood behind them for a while and finally understood: her brother-in-law Qiu Shaofeng had gone up the mountain to catch two wild chickens, planning to eat one for the New Year and give the other to her parents' family as a New Year gift.

But when he returned, his sister-in-law's nephew saw them.

Just then, Sister-in-law An arrived carrying some Chinese cabbage and carrots, saying that her younger sister-in-law was now heavily pregnant and unable to visit her own parents' home, so she was representing the family to pay a visit.

But before she even saw the younger sister-in-law, she spotted the two wild chickens tied in the courtyard; she dumped the Chinese cabbage and carrots she had brought onto Qiu Mu, then stared at the two chickens with shining eyes: "Oh my, this is perfect, exactly one for each family, fair and square."

Before Qiu Mu and her son could react, An Xiaojing inside the house heard Sister-in-law An's loud voice and hurried out from the room: "Sister-in-law, how did you get here?"

Sister-in-law An turned to look at her younger sister-in-law: "Xiaojing, I heard everything. Your mother-in-law said these chickens are to be sent to her in-laws as a New Year gift; it just so happens your nephew is craving meat."

Before An Xiaojing could explain, Sister-in-law An spoke on her own: "Our family has many people; we'll take the one with the red comb; that one looks very fat."

An Xiaojing looked up at her mother-in-law and her husband's elder brother, her face burning with shame: "Sister-in-law, please stop talking; those were hunted by my husband's elder brother by the mountain; they have nothing to do with us."

Sister-in-law An didn't care about any of that: "No matter who hunted them, you haven't split the household yet; besides, when I first entered the courtyard, I only heard your mother-in-law say they would be sent to the in-laws tomorrow; since our An family are also in-laws, naturally we must have a share too."

This was pure stubborn nonsense.

Qiu Shaocheng had been in his great-grandmother's room; hearing this commotion, he quickly ran out: "What's going on?"

How could An Xiaojing bring herself to say it.

Instead, Sister-in-law An jumped in: "When I just entered the courtyard, I happened to hear your mother say she would send the chickens to the in-laws tomorrow; I was just getting excited, but then this dead girl Xiaojing said these chickens were hunted by your elder brother and have nothing to do with you; what kind of talk is that?"

At this, Qiu Mu spoke up: "Sister-in-law of Xiaojing, these chickens were shot by Shaofeng up the mountain; although we haven't split the household, ever since you came here and caused trouble last time, the family agreed that aside from work points earned together, everything else is separate; your parents-in-law know this too; when I met them last time, I specifically mentioned this matter."

Hearing her mother-in-law's words, An Xiaojing's face burned hot with shame: "Sister-in-law, my mother-in-law is telling the truth; please stop making a scene."

How could Sister-in-law An be willing to give up: "It's not that I'm saying this, but how is your brain made? You clearly haven't split the household, so why treat people differently now?"

Zhang Shanmei from the eldest branch stepped forward to stir the pot: "Exactly; they are both daughters-in-law; usually it doesn't matter, but during the New Year, surely we can't divide them into three, six, or nine grades?"

Qiu Mu's face immediately turned cold; she looked at Qiu Shaohu's wife in the courtyard: "Elder sister-in-law, the affairs of our second branch do not require the trouble of Shaohu's wife."

Qiu's great-grandmother had fallen a few days ago, and her health had been worsening ever since; already quite unwell, hearing that the An family's daughter-in-law had come to cause trouble again, her heart surged with anger; how many times had this happened, turning the Qiu household into chaos?

She propped herself up to sit, painfully climbed down from the kang to put on her shoes, leaned on the cane prepared by the younger generation, and slowly shuffled out of the room.

After great effort, she finally made her way over.

Seeing her, Qiu Mu was startled and hurried forward to support her: "Grandma, your body has only just improved a bit; how did you come out of the room?"