Chapter 29: CH 29

Chapter 29 - Su Dazhi felt as if he had been shot in the knee (2)

"Sis, can I eat now?" Su Xiaozhi touched his stomach and held his bowl towards her.

"Of course, Xiaozhi, eat more." Su Yu smiled. She took his bowl and ladled enough to fill over half of the bowl. Then, she ladled the same amount into Su Dazhi's bowl and filled Su Lin's bowl halfway. The rest of the pot was hers. Her share was also over half a bowl of cornmeal mush.

Su Lin: "..."

As Su Yu ate, she said, "I heard that farmers are alloted food based on their work, that's the same as our factory. In the past, Xiaozhi was going to school. Now that Xiaozhi will be working, our family should change too. Going forward, food will also be distributed based on work in our family.  People that work will get more food. People that do less work will get less food."

Of the four people present, it was only Su Lin that didn't work. So naturally, none of the three people opposed the change.

Su Lin saw the half bowl of cornmeal mush and couldn't resist the urge to cry again.

Su Yu ate another spoonful. "But, if you do your work well, you can eat as much as everyone else. Little Lin, you have to strive for progress. You're the only one lagging behind now."

Su Lin's tears fell. She can't live like this anymore.

"Su Dazhi, why didn't you come to pick me up?! Do you know how long I waited for you?!"

The siblings had been happily eating. After Liu Mei shouted from the other side of the door, she fiercely kicked the door, rushed in, threw her bag onto the bed, and plopped down on the bed.

Su Dazhi immediately sweated. He almost couldn't hold onto this bowl. "Liu Mei…"

Su Yu said, "Finish eating first."

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It was only now that Liu Mei noticed everyone was holding a bowl. She touched her hungry stomach. She didn't care anymore that she was angry. She had gotten here late and walked for so long. She was tired and hungry. She hurried to find her bowl and spoon, but when she looked in the pot, there was nothing left. The bottom of the pot was scraped clean.

Angry, she shouted, "Why isn't there any for me? What do you guys mean by this?"

Su Yu replied, "I earned this food. I'm willing to raise the people in our Su family. What's wrong with that?"

"I'm a member of the Su family too!" Liu Mei angrily retorted. She was whole-heartedly thinking about the Su family's future. She was planning for the Su family's next generation, but this family treated her as an outsider!

Su Yu indifferently smiled. "You still know that you're a member of the Su family? You start quarreling to separate the family shortly after marrying in. Isn't that showing you don't want to treat us as a family? You even made our Dazhi hungry. He's a grown man, but he doesn't even have a dime in his pocket. You don't want to be a wife of the Su family. You want to be our ancestor."

Liu Mei couldn't refute her. She could only look at Su Dazhi, "Dazhi, why are you sitting there in a daze?"

"I… Liu Mei, I'll give you my share…"

As Su Dazhi was standing up, Su Yu grabbed his arm. "If you don't want to eat, give the food to Xiaozhi. My food is for our family. You're my brother, I'm happy to feed you. Liu Mei bullies you, and she's not my relative. Why are you giving her my food?"

Su Xiaozhi hastily went to take Su Dazhi's bowl. "Bro, give it to me if you don't want to eat." There wasn't any food left in the pot. He was only 70% full.

Su Dazhi quickly avoided him. Who said he wasn't hungry? He was hungry too. People that went hungry once were all scared of going hungry and didn't dare to miss a meal.

Seeing Su Dazhi's hesitation, Liu Mei was so angry that her face flushed red and eyes teared up. "Su Dazhi, explain yourself. Are you choosing them or me? Who do you want to live your life with?"

Su Yu said with a stern face, "Dazhi, choose for yourself. Do you want to be a beast of burden for others or live a good life at home? I don't believe Liu Mei will divorced you. Who would dare marry a woman that threatens to divorce in order to separate the family! Even if she does, Dazhi, don't worry. Xiaozhi is working now. Our family's life is getting better. It'll be easy to marry you a better wife."

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