The rooster was kicked more than ten feet away, rolling around and shedding feathers all over the ground, squawking loudly.
Song Yaozu, who came out to relieve himself, happened to witness this scene.
“Song Zhaodi, how dare you! This chicken is meant to nourish me, and you’ve killed it. My mother will never forgive you.”
Not only the chickens at home, but even the eggs were meant to nourish Song Yaozu’s body. Giving them to the girls would be a waste.
The roar was so loud that Pandi in Zhaodi’s arms trembled in fright and burrowed into Zhaodi’s arms.
Song Zhaodi patted her head reassuringly, and then said, “It bumped into my foot by itself. I don’t know what went wrong with it.”
Song Yaozu didn’t believe it at all. He pointed at Song Zhaodi with his finger and threatened, “You’ve gotten bolder in just a few days. I’ll get my mother to teach you a lesson.”
No sooner had he finished speaking than a few more people came out of the room, groggily asking, “What’s going on? Why is it so noisy?”
Before Song Yaozu could speak, Song Zhaodi interjected, “My uncle said he’s going to kill a chicken to entertain you. My uncle is so generous.”
As he spoke, he pointed to the rooster that was still dizzy and disoriented on the ground.
This wicked rooster, like its master, bullies the weak and has harassed Pandi more than once.
It should have been stewed long ago.
Since they won’t get any anyway, we might as well take this opportunity to kill them.
Upon hearing this, the group chuckled and praised Song Yaozu, saying, “Yaozu, you’re so honest. It’s a good thing to have you as a friend.”
Song Dachuan was afraid of being laughed at and cared a lot about his reputation, while Sun Xiuhe loved to pretend and liked to put on a brave face.
Song Yaozu was not only concerned with saving face, but also loved to show off and boast. Although his family was poor, he was always generous in front of his classmates, treating them to meals every three to five days, which earned him many drinking buddies.
He felt elated by the praise and smiled broadly, then waved his hand to give instructions.
“Zhaodi, killing one isn’t enough, kill two more old hens so my friends can have some nourishment.”
After saying that, he turned around, put his arm around the men’s arms, and said, “Go back to sleep. When you wake up, you can have some old hen soup. All you can eat!”
Whether it understood human speech or not, the rooster suddenly ran away, took flight, and flew onto the roof.
Song Zhaodi tried throwing stones and hitting it with tree branches, but to no avail. In the end, she had no choice but to reluctantly scatter some rice bran to lure it down.
Pandi handed over the cleaver, still unable to believe that the rooster that had bullied her for years was really going to be slaughtered today.
“Big sister, can you really kill him?”
Song Zhaodi said, “I can’t kill a human, but I can kill an animal. Don’t worry, it was my uncle who told us to kill it.”
That’s none of their business.
When Sun Xiuhe returned from grocery shopping, she saw Song Zhaodi plucking chicken feathers as soon as she entered the courtyard.
She immediately let out a pig-like scream, “Ah~! Song Zhaodi! What are you doing?!”
Song Zhaodi looked up, her hands still plucking feathers, and said with unusual calm, “Plucking chicken feathers.”
Sun Xiuhe rolled her eyes in anger, dropped the pork in her hand, and pounced on him, shouting, “You, you’ve gone too far! How dare you kill my chicken!”
Seeing her rushing over with a dung ladle, Song Zhaodi quickly grabbed the rooster, which had been plucked halfway, and ran away.
As they ran, they plucked and threw feathers, sending chicken feathers flying everywhere. Sun Xiuhe chased after them and ended up with a mouthful of chicken feathers.
Although Sun Xiuhe was armed, she was old and, despite her best efforts, could not catch up with Song Zhaodi ahead of her.
Song Zhaodi ran around like she was walking a monkey, calling out, “Uncle, come out and see! Grandma doesn’t want to kill a chicken to nourish you.”
This commotion not only drew out Song Yaozu, but also all his cronies. When they saw Sun Xiuhe chasing Song Zhaodi in a disheveled state with a dung ladle, they all gaped in astonishment.
A man dressed in a blue robe nudged Song Yaozu, a mocking smile playing on his lips. “Yaozu, is this your mother?”
The other person frowned and shook his head, “It’s an insult to scholarship, an insult to scholarship!”
Everyone else was looking at Song Yaozu with strange eyes. Song Yaozu couldn’t stand it anymore and yelled at Sun Xiuhe.
“Mother, what are you doing? I had Zhaodi kill that chicken to entertain my classmates!”
Upon hearing this, Sun Xiuhe stopped and saw clearly the people standing behind Song Yaozu.
These are all his son’s classmates, all scholars, and it’s said that their families are all well-off. They might even be able to help Song Yaozu in the future.
“I can’t afford to offend her,” Sun Xiuhe said, her face flushing red, whether from exhaustion or anger, it was hard to tell.
He threw down the dung ladle, spat out the chicken feathers from his mouth, and forced an awkward laugh, saying, “It’s not that I’m reluctant to kill the chickens, it’s that I asked her to kill two more, but she said it was too tiring. So, I’m just disciplining her.”
Everyone nodded in understanding and, at Song Yaozu’s invitation, started walking back.
Seeing that everyone had gone inside, Sun Xiuhe wanted to scold Song Zhaodi, but she was afraid of being overheard, so she had to give up in the end.
He was thinking of disciplining the guests after they left.
Unexpectedly, when I looked up, I saw Song Zhaodi picking up a kitchen knife and walking towards the chicken coop again, shouting, “Grandma, don’t wrong me, I’m the most diligent person.”
“Although I won’t be able to eat any of this chicken, I will definitely treat my uncle’s friend well.”
Sun Xiuhe let out a “Wow!” Her forced “generosity” couldn’t be maintained anymore. There were only a few chickens in the house. Killing one was already as painful as cutting off a piece of flesh. How could she kill two more?
She was just saying it; why couldn’t Song Zhaodi at least pretend to be serious?
Sun Xiuhe immediately grabbed Song Zhaodi and lowered her voice, saying, “I was just saying it to them. You’re really going to kill them? If you dare to kill them, I won’t let you off!”
Song Zhaodi asked sincerely, “But my uncle said he would treat his friends well.”
Sun Xiuhe snatched the kitchen knife away and snorted, “They’re all rich people, who hasn’t eaten chicken? If we give it all to them, Yaozu won’t have any eggs to eat in the future.”
Sun Xiuhe returned the kitchen knife to the kitchen. Song Zhaodi glanced at the section of blue shirt peeking out from the door panel and smiled.
I refuse to believe that these self-righteous students can tolerate such a two-faced attitude.
Sure enough, in a short while, all the students came out, and the one leading them was a man in a blue robe.
Song Yaozu followed behind the group, urging them to stay, “You must have misunderstood something. Don’t go, have some food and chicken soup before you leave… Brother Xie, please stay…”
The man in the blue robe, Xie Sui, flicked his sleeves and snorted, “You should keep that chicken soup for yourself, lest you get too thin from hunger.”
Sun Xiuhe was busy in the kitchen when she heard the noise and came out. “What’s going on?”
Song Yaozu shot him a glare.
Well, this is going to be interesting.
But Song Zhaodi didn’t want to watch the play and avoid getting caught in the crossfire, so she immediately grabbed her bamboo basket and slipped away.
Pandi held Zhaodi’s hand and walked carefully along the mountain path. The thought of not being chased and pecked by roosters in the future brought a happy smile to her face.
When she saw Song Zhaodi reach for the poisonous lump under the tree root, her little face turned pale with fright.
“Big sister, don’t touch it, it’s poisonous!”
At the same time, Song Zhaodi, who had already encountered the mushrooms, saw subtitles flashing in front of her.
“Boletus luridus, a member of the Boletaceae family, is rich in protein, amino acids, minerals, and polysaccharides, making it extremely nutritious and exceptionally delicious. It is poisonous but edible; please strictly follow the cooking methods below.”