When She Stops Being Dramatic novel Chapter 319

Chapter 319: Chapter 121: The Green Tea Female Supporting Character in a Period Romance (8)

"I wonder if there’s even a single edible piece of meat in here."

"If you’re going to give a gift, then give it generously. Who are you trying to humiliate with this?"

"Brother Zishu, I thought you used to be so considerate. Now that you have a girlfriend, you’ve just forgotten all about me, this ’little sister’ you picked up from who knows where. Are you just going to stand by and let people grind my face into the dirt?"

At this, she trembled with anger, her face flushed crimson. The deep disappointment and hurt in her eyes seemed to spill out, enveloping the entire courtyard.

She didn’t give Jiang Zishi a chance to speak, continuing through her sobs:

"You can’t just bully someone like this. I’ve been behaving myself here in the courtyard, I even offered you my blessings. What more do you want from me?"

"Is my very presence here getting in the way of your happy little family? Do you have to keep finding ways to stab me in the heart?"

"I’m a proper young lady, and you want me to eat a chicken’s rear end! You might as well just take a knife to my throat..."

"It’s all bones and skin with the feathers still on it! This is the kind of stuff you’d feed to the dogs!"

With that, she wiped her tears and ran back into her room.

Jiang Zishi’s arm was still frozen in its outstretched position.

The bowl was quite large, one of the wide-mouthed, coarse porcelain bowls common in every village household. It contained a good amount of potatoes, and the few chicken pieces scattered on top were indeed the bony, meatless scraps from the chicken.

The chicken’s rear end sat stubbornly at the very top, a finger-joint-length feather stuck conspicuously in it, swaying in the summer evening breeze...

Who plucks a chicken this poorly?

And to have it arranged in the bowl like that... if that wasn’t a blatant insult, what was?

No wonder Chi reacted so strongly!

Never mind someone like Chi, who couldn’t stand being wronged and was always picky about what she ate. Even they would have been disgusted to receive a bowl of food like that.

When you give something away, even if you’re not well-off, unless you’re a complete fool, wouldn’t you mix the good with the bad?

And here Chi was, finding fault with it. So, it would have been fine if they’d sent nothing, but sending something earned them an enemy?

If someone wanted to "insult" them with a bowl of meat and bones, they’d welcome it with open arms!

A female educated youth stepped forward with a smile and took the bowl. "If Chi isn’t happy to eat it, we’ll be shameless enough to accept it. We can use the chicken broth to make noodles for everyone tomorrow morning."

"When it’s time for Jiang and Comrade Bian’s engagement, we’ll all help out."

Another female educated youth chimed in with a laugh, "That’s right, Jiang. You went to the village chief’s house for dinner to discuss the engagement, didn’t you?"

"Did you work out the details? We’re all educated youths, so we should help each other out. If there’s anything you need, just say the word. We’ll be counting on you for plenty of things in the future."

The male educated youths also chimed in with questions.

Jiang Zishi smiled and sat down, speaking to the group. "Yes, I went to discuss the engagement. My parents have work and can’t come, but my older brother lives on a nearby farm. They say the eldest brother is like a father, so he can attend the engagement ceremony."

"Even though this is Bian Family Village, Comrade Bian’s hometown, and her parents and brothers are all here... I’d like to hold both the engagement and the wedding here at our educated youth outpost."