Transmigration: From Dragon Princess To Pampered Granddaughter
Chapter 111: Hiding Some Rabbit Meat

Chapter 111: Chapter 111: Hiding Some Rabbit Meat

Next door, Chen Erni was licking her fingers to clean off the residual food.

But eating a pancake the size of a palm made from cornmeal felt no different from not eating anything. Her stomach still ached from hunger.

With tears in her eyes, she said in a desolate tone, "Mom, I’m so hungry."

Although Zhao Mei was heartbroken, she could only say, "Go to sleep. When you wake up tomorrow morning, we’ll have food."

Erni licked the corners of her mouth, full of expectation, and asked, "Mom, we didn’t finish the wild boar meat, did we?"

With a sense of helplessness, Zhao Mei replied, "It’s all gone. However, when I cook tomorrow morning, I’ll make the sweet potato pancakes denser and give you a little more congee."

Though the bowls for the congee were all the same size, there was a layer of coarse rice at the bottom of the pot. If scooped before stirring, the congee would be thicker. This was how Zhou Zhaodi and Li Chunhua usually did it.

Ma Xiulian knew all about this, but for the sake of her grandchildren, she turned a blind eye each time.

But Zhao Mei never did this because she was an honest person and moreover, she didn’t have the courage as she didn’t have a son.

But now, for her daughter, she was going against the grain.

Upon hearing this, Erni’s eyes lit up, "Mom, can you also secretly keep some rabbit meat for me?"

Zhao Mei immediately replied, "No way!"

If her mother-in-law discovered that she had scooped congee from the bottom of the pot, she might be scolded, but if she dared to steal meat, she’d definitely get a good beating.

Erni’s eyes welled up with tears, "Everyone in the family has been eating wild boar meat all day, but I didn’t get a single piece. Since yesterday night, all I’ve had are a few sweet potato pancakes which don’t fill me up at all. Mom, I’m so hungry..."

Seeing her daughter cry, Zhao Mei’s heart ached, but she could never dare to steal meat.

So, she coaxed her daughter, "The next time we have meat at home, I’ll give you my portion, okay?"

Biting her lip, Erni’s eyes betrayed her feelings of resentment, "My aunt has snuck meat to Dabao and Erbao before."

And she had witnessed it more than once.

Zhao Mei was taken aback before replying with a bitter expression, "But your aunt has given birth to two plump boys for the Chen family."

She, on the other hand, had given birth to three worthless daughters. In front of her sisters-in-law who had sons, she felt utterly inferior.

If she were unable to give birth to a son in the future, they’d have to rely on their nephews to perform their funeral rites after her and her husband had passed away.

At this moment, Chen Erbao’s excited voice could be heard from outside, "Dabao, Xiaobao, come out quickly, grandma is going to share the apples!"

Then came a few "thump, thump, thump" sounds of running footsteps. There was no need to guess how delighted and excited the three boys were.

Erni bit her lower lip hard and started to regret not having a younger brother!

If she had one, their family would also get a share of the good food each time!!

In the courtyard, Ma Xiulian was cutting apples. She first cut a quarter of it and gave it to her granddaughter. Seeing that the piece of apple was larger than her granddaughter’s hand, she laughed and said, "Little Princess, use both your hands to hold it."

Helian Qiao,responded with a cute "mm", and after grabbing the apple with both hands, she opened her mouth wide and took a big bite. Her chubby cheeks instantly inflated even more. "Yummy!"

Although the Dragon Clan were carnivorous, they occasionally ate fruits and snacks. Needless to say, the poor Little Princess hadn’t eaten proper fruits for more than four years, excluding wild fruits.

The other children swallowed hard as they watched, and Chen Erbao urged anxiously, "Grandma, hurry up and cut quickly!"

Ma Xiulian replied leisurely, "What’s the rush? It’s not like the duck is going to fly away."