NFBE Chapter 574 Fire, No Work
Chapter 574 Fire, No Work
Although it was Du Mingxian who was to cook, Auntie San was still a little worried and followed her into the kitchen to give instructions on how much flour to use and how much rice to cook.
Du Mingxian did as instructed, but because her belly was a bit big, it was a little difficult for her to bend over to light the stove. So, she accidentally lit the firewood outside the stove.
Dry firewood catches fire easily, and the fire spreads quickly.
Third Aunt let Du Mingxian come in to cook, but she was still worried, so she stayed in the house to watch over her. When she saw what was happening, she was quite frightened. "Oh dear, oh dear, it's on fire!"
My third aunt, though slightly plump, was incredibly agile. In no time, she found some tattered clothes from somewhere, soaked them, and came in to start a fire.
Du Mingxian covered the noodles with a basin. There was smoke in the room, so she quickly went outside. She could pretend to be obedient, but she couldn't really hurt the baby in her belly.
Soon, Auntie San came out with a dark face, and the room was filled with smoke.
"What can you even do? I asked you to cook a meal, and you almost set the kitchen on fire. What else can you do?"
Du Mingxian replied weakly, "My belly is too big, so it's a bit inconvenient for me to bend over and start a fire. The firewood fell out of the stove, and I didn't have time to pick it up."
Auntie was terrified. If she hadn't stayed in the kitchen the whole time, their house would probably have burned down by now.
If it really burns, when the old man and son come back, won't they scold her?
"Alright, alright, you don't need to do any more work in the kitchen. Go do something else. You're such a bad omen." Auntie was genuinely angry and didn't dare let Du Mingxian do any more work. She turned around and went into the house to cook.
Du Mingxian stood still, her third aunt's wife, heavily pregnant, walked up to her and said with obvious disdain, "You can't do anything right. Why should our family support you for nothing?"
"Aunt Bai asked you to take care of her. If you don't want to, you can let me out." She wasn't soft at all in front of this daughter-in-law; it was obvious that this pregnant woman was a bully who preyed on the weak.
"My name is Da Hua, what's yours?"
Everyone calls me Xiao Du.
Da Hua nodded. "Since you can't do anything, you can stay by my side and serve me from now on."
"If Auntie has no objections, I'll do it." She wasn't so foolish as to not know who the big and small kings were in this family.
Da Hua suddenly laughed, proudly puffing out her belly, "You don't know, do you? I'm carrying the Qi family's golden grandson. My mother-in-law is more than happy for me, she'll definitely agree."
"I'm so envious," Du Mingxian said deliberately.
Sure enough, upon hearing this, Da Hua became even more smug, completely overwhelmed with pride.
Soon a little girl walked in from outside the courtyard. She was thin and small, carrying a basket that was bigger than herself, full of grass.
"This is my eldest daughter." Da Hua introduced her to Du Mingxian with a disdainful tone and disgust in her eyes.
Daya glanced at Du Mingxian curiously, then silently walked to the side, put down the grass, and went to the kitchen to help without saying a word.
"See? My daughter is such a quiet person, she's never said a word."
Du Mingxian deliberately asked, "Your family doesn't seem to be short of money, so why is Da Ya so thin?"
Da Hua rolled her eyes at her, "Why does a little girl like you need to eat so well?"
So it was intentional that the child ate less.
Judging from the Qi family's appearance, they were not lacking in food or grain; it's clear that the whole family had lost their conscience.
Soon it was time to eat. Daya carried the food to the main room one by one. Du Mingxian followed Dahua into the main room and saw the food on the table.
There were three bowls of noodles. Two of them had eggs and vegetables on top, while the other bowl was small with few noodles and was all broth.
There were two other dishes: one was stir-fried pork belly with radish, and the other was stir-fried eggs with chives.
Seeing the three bowls of rice, Du Mingxian secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Not eating with them would also prevent them from drugging her.
Just then, her third aunt, who was holding chopsticks, walked over and glared at Du Mingxian, who was standing there. "Your food is in the kitchen. Take it back to your room and eat it. Don't get in the way. Get out of here."
Without saying a word, Du Mingxian left.
All that was left in the kitchen was... two noodles in the noodle soup, nothing else. She carried the bowl back to the storage room, then went into the small cubicle she had set up herself, and went straight into her space to eat.
After a quick meal, when they came out, Auntie San was already cursing and swearing outside, and Daya smashed a bowl.
Du Mingxian took the empty bowl back, and her third aunt immediately scolded her: "Get out, get out, get out! You two go into the mountains together, and don't come back until you've gathered two baskets of grass."
"My body isn't in a good position." She's willing to go out, and she can even cut grass, but she can't start doing that.
Third Aunt stared at Du Mingxian with a murderous look, "Why not? Get out of here. If you don't get enough of this beating, don't even think about eating tomorrow."
It's getting dark.
They had just eaten dinner. Although it wasn't completely dark yet, going into the mountains at this time would be very dangerous.
"So what if it's dark? This is our family rule."
“I’m not going. I’m pregnant. If I go to the mountains at this time and fall, something might happen to my baby. I’ll regret it then.”
Auntie San was heartbroken over the bowl that Daya had just broken, and she vented her emotions along with it, saying, "Now you dare to threaten me? I'm the boss in this house. If you don't want to do any work, then get out of my house."
“Okay, I’ll go find Aunt Bai now. She’s the one who brought me here.”
Seeing that Du Mingxian was completely unthreatened, Third Aunt became somewhat intimidated. Xiaobai was working for her father-in-law and doing important things. If this brat went to find her, things would end up with her father-in-law.
"Alright, alright, that's enough for today, but you have to work tomorrow."
"I will do what I can." After saying that, Du Mingxian saw Daya's small figure carrying the basket on her back and continued to go out.
Third Aunt and Da Hua didn't try to stop them at all, which shows that this is how they usually get along.
Du Mingxian ignored them, went straight into the storage room, closed the door from the inside, and slipped into the space.
While Da Ya was away, she should go into her spatial dimension to make some more preparations.
About an hour had passed, and it was already completely dark. Many people were probably already asleep when Da Ya returned with her basket on her back. Hearing movement outside, Du Mingxian came out of her spatial dimension.
She spread the thin blanket she had found out on the place where Daya slept before going back to sleep.
It's been so long since I've stayed in a place like this, I'm still a little unaccustomed to it, and with Daya here, it's not convenient for her to have a place to stay at night, so I still need to find a way to let Daya stay somewhere else.
Daya carefully placed the hay in the dark, then pushed open the door and went inside. She walked to her room in the dark, and as soon as she sat down, she felt something soft under her bottom.
She was startled and stood up abruptly, only then remembering that a heavily pregnant woman had come to her house.
This must have been given to me by the pregnant woman.