PCJ – Chapter 62 I Just Want to Eat Meat

Zhang Yuanbao finished his bowl of water, stopped crying and fussing, and his eyes turned towards the bowl of rabbit meat on the table.

“I still want to eat rabbit meat.” Zhang Yuangbao had just enjoyed his meal, but it was interrupted by a bone spur. Now that his throat didn’t seem to hurt anymore, he began to crave the fragrant rabbit meat.

“You still want more! Did you forget you almost choked to death?” Hu Xiaoqing scolded her son with a glare.

“Xiaoqing, watch your words. He’s my own grandson. If you have any complaints, blame me.” Zhang Manyin naturally hoped for peace within the family. However, Hu Xiaoqing’s unreasonable behavior made him quite unhappy.

Zhang Youlian, who had been silent all along, also turned to glare at his wife.

Realizing she was in the wrong, Hu Xiaoqing didn’t say anything more.

Zhang Yuanbao, accustomed to being indulged, always pursued what he wanted. Seeing Hu Xiaoqing trying to stop him, he immediately started acting spoiled.

“Eat, eat, eat. Take your brother and go eat,” Zhang Manyin said, frowning. He couldn’t bear to see one child treated differently. While he usually didn’t mind children being a little spoiled, comparing his two grandsons, the difference was too stark. Despite being several years older, the eldest grandson was less obedient than the younger one. He was increasingly annoyed by the elder grandson’s arrogance. He needed to have a good talk with Youlian and his wife later; spoiling a child like this wasn’t a good thing. Little did he know, he was also one of the main contributors to the child’s indulgence.

Liu Qiaoye hadn’t come out of the room. After taking off her shoes and lying down on the bed with her clothes on, she soon fell asleep.

Zhang Jiaohua and Zhang Yuanbao ate heartily, especially Zhang Yuanbao, whose eating was accompanied by loud, contented noises, like a piglet eating slop.

Zhang Manyin and Ma Donghua felt too embarrassed to join them and just stood aside, watching.

Hu Xiaoqing, not only fierce but also a good eater, couldn’t help but feel tempted watching the two children enjoy their food.

“Yuping, where did you get this rabbit meat from?” She didn’t want to admit she wanted to taste it herself, so she hinted indirectly.

It was obvious to everyone. Zhang Manyin and Ma Donghua exchanged a look, their eyes filled with disdain. Just now, she was being unreasonable and throwing a tantrum over food, and now she was making a spectacle of herself again.

“Jiaohua hunted it in the mountains,” Zhang Youping answered, fully aware of Hu Xiaoqing’s intention, but he deliberately didn’t go along with it and let his older brother and sister-in-law taste it too.

Hu Xiaoqing was waiting for Zhang Youping to say more, but he intentionally changed the subject and went to talk to his parents.

Angry and embarrassed, Hu Xiaoqing dragged Zhang Yuanbao towards the door. Turning back, she shouted at the man, “Zhang Youlian, are you coming home or not?”

Zhang Youlian quickly got up, feeling somewhat embarrassed as he looked at his parents and younger brother. “I-I’ll go home first.”

“You’re so useless!” Zhang Manyin was very dissatisfied with his eldest son’s behavior.

Ma Donghua shook her head. “Let’s just go. Forget about it. We should go home.”

“Father, Mother, wait a moment.” Zhang Youping took the bowl of untouched rabbit meat from the cupboard and brought it out. “This bowl of rabbit meat was prepared for you.”

Zhang Manyin and Ma Donghua naturally understood Zhang Youping’s intention but didn’t take the bowl from him.

“We’ve already eaten. Let Jiaohua eat more. He’s still growing,” Ma Donghua said with a smile, looking at their grandson who was eating with great enthusiasm.

Zhang Jiaohua continued to eat the rabbit meat earnestly, seemingly oblivious to everything happening around him. He was used to being ignored or ignoring others.

“Let’s go home,” Zhang Manyin said, not in a good mood after what had just happened.

Ma Donghua went to her daughter-in-law’s room, “Qiaoye, are you asleep?”

“Mother, I’m a bit tired. I’ll take a nap in the room,” Liu Qiaoye hurriedly got up from the bed.

“Go to sleep. Don’t get up anymore. It’s late, and everything’s ready for the night. Don’t argue with your sister-in-law. That’s just her personality,” Ma Donghua comforted.

“Mother, I’m fine. I just didn’t let you and father have a good meal. Mother, wait a moment, there’s still a bowl in the cupboard for you to take home,” Liu Qiaoye hurried into the kitchen and brought out the bowl of rabbit meat that her husband had just put in. She caught up with her mother-in-law and handed it to her.

The difference between the dish brought by her son and daughter-in-law was clear to the old couple.

“Little one, do you blame mother for giving the rabbit meat meant for you to grandpa and grandma?” Liu Qiaoye asked her son, who was full and content.

Zhang Jiaohua didn’t care at all. “It’s okay. When I raise the three little wild rabbits and they have babies, we’ll have rabbit meat to eat every day.”

Liu Qiaoye chuckled, “Where can wild rabbits grow so fast?”

“Then I’ll go to the mountains to catch a few more.” Zhang Jiaohua, with his big round eyes, came up with a new idea.

“No, it’s too dangerous in the mountains. You can’t just go to the mountains.” Liu Qiaoye quickly shook her head.

“It’s not dangerous at all. The spells taught by the old Taoist are very effective. Even wild boars can’t do anything to me.” Zhang Jiaohua proudly recounted his escape from being chased by a wild boar, frightening his mother.

“From now on, you’re not allowed to go to the mountains. Otherwise, Mom won’t want you anymore!” Liu Qiaoye raised her eyebrows and said loudly to her son. Zhang Jiaohua’s words frightened her. Her son actually experienced such a dangerous situation being chased by a wild boar in the mountains.

Zhang Jiaohua was dumbfounded, turning to his dad for help.

“Don’t look at me, I definitely won’t agree to let you go hunting in the mountains.” Zhang Youping said with a smile. How could mischievous children not encounter a little danger? Poking a hornet’s nest, catching snakes… Zhang Youping had done these things when he was a child. It’s just that he had never experienced being chased by a wild boar weighing hundreds of kilograms all over the mountain like his son did. It must have been very thrilling. Zhang Youping envied his son for learning the Meishan spells. If he had been in a hurry when he was a child, he would have learned the Meishan spells too… oh well.

Lost in thought, Zhang Youping was pinched by Liu Qiaoye.

Zhang Jiaohua remained silent, thinking to himself, you can’t tie up my feet and hands anyway.