Chapter 25: The Third Aunt Who Cries Over Food and Loves to Take Advantage

Xie Lin’an smiled faintly and said nothing.

Li Mei flicked him on the forehead, “Have you finished your homework? Go do your homework.”

Xie Wen hugged his head in grievance, “I’ll go after I eat watermelon.”

Xie Zhili said awkwardly, “Third Uncle wanted to pay for your education, but we were also in a difficult situation at the time. I had just started working, I didn’t have much salary, and your third aunt had just had a child, we were in debt and hadn’t paid it off yet. If it were now, Third Uncle would definitely let you go to school.”

“Yes, yes, we were willing but unable at the time.” Li Mei added.

“It’s really a shame that your eldest sister-in-law is such a heartless person, she stole all of your older brother’s compensation money and ran away, she didn’t leave anything for the children.”

Xie Lin’an snorted coldly, thinking that the woman was indeed a bad person, but you two weren’t much better.

He didn’t bother to argue with them, he directly grabbed a slice of watermelon and stuffed it into Ye Xiaozhen’s hand.

Then he took a slice of watermelon for himself.

They cut the watermelon in half, one half was left aside, and the other half was cut into ten or so slices, each slice was small and thin.

Li Mei saw that Xie Lin’an had already started eating the watermelon, so she quickly handed a slice to her son and husband.

Xie Lin’an ate the slice of watermelon in a few bites.

Then he reached for another slice, and it was gone in a few bites.

Then he went for a third slice, and he found that everyone was staring at him in shock.

He was already on his third slice, and the others hadn’t even taken a third bite.

Ye Xiaozhen tried hard to hold back her laughter, she took a small bite.

To be honest, it wasn’t very good, there were a lot of seeds, she wouldn’t have even looked at this kind of watermelon before.

But this was the best they could get now.

“What’s wrong?” Xie Lin’an looked at everyone suspiciously, “Not tasty?”

He said and ate another slice, “It’s pretty good, you guys eat quickly.”

The third aunt’s face was already very bad, she tried hard to endure and said, “Lin’an, watermelon is cold, you can’t eat too much, be careful of getting diarrhea.”

Xie Lin’an reached for a fourth slice.

The third aunt was heartbroken, she raised her hand, then put it down.

What? She wanted to snatch it back?

Xie Lin’an was happy to see her embarrassed, he laughed, “It’s okay, my body won’t get diarrhea. I have a lot of heat, this is just the right thing to cool me down.”

Soon, he finished the fourth slice, Ye Xiaozhen took her fourth bite.

Xie Wen was also about to finish his first slice, he was nibbling on the part next to the watermelon rind.

The third aunt snatched it away.

Xie Wen was a child, he didn’t understand all the twists and turns.

He thought his mother didn’t want him to eat it, he cried out anxiously, “I haven’t finished eating it yet.”

The third aunt handed him a new slice, the last of the ten slices, “Eat this, eat quickly.”

Xie Wen felt strange, he thought his mother always told him to eat the watermelon clean, if he left a little bit of red flesh, she would scold him, why was there so much red flesh today, and she gave him a new slice?

Half of the watermelon was gone, but Xie Lin’an seemed to still be hungry, he went to grab the other half.

The third aunt’s face was getting uglier and uglier.

She didn’t care about her image anymore, she directly stopped him, “Hey!”

Xie Lin’an was startled, “Third Aunt, what’s wrong?”

“This… it’s not good to eat too much, that’s enough.”

Xie Lin’an patted his chest and said, “Third Aunt, don’t worry, do you think I’ll get sick from eating a few slices of watermelon? You’re getting old, you should eat less, I’m fine.”

The third aunt: “…”

Her face was so ugly, it was almost as green as the watermelon rind.

Seeing Xie Lin’an break open half a watermelon with his bare hands and start munching, Ye Xiaozhen finally couldn’t hold back and spat out a mouthful of water.

Xie Lin’an: “What’s wrong?”

“Cough, cough, choke, cough…”

“Slow down, no one’s going to snatch it from you, this half is for you.”

The third aunt couldn’t hold back anymore, “That’s enough.”

Xie Lin’an was secretly amused, but he pretended to be confused, “Third Aunt, what’s wrong? This…” He looked down, “Third Aunt, are you scolding me for eating too much? Should I… give you the rest?”

He hesitated and took out the half he had left.

It wasn’t the half he hadn’t touched that he intended to give Ye Xiaozhen, but the half that he had already eaten most of.

The third aunt was devastated, she opened her mouth to scold him.

Before she could speak, she was stopped by her husband, “Go into the house when you’ve had enough, my nephew rarely comes here, what’s wrong with eating a few slices of watermelon? Women are like this, they’re so stingy.”

The third aunt pointed at her nose, “I’m stingy? Xie Zhili, I…”

“Shut up, don’t you know how much you take home?”

“I…”

The third uncle frantically winked at her.

The third aunt blushed, thinking about going back to get the wheat in a few days, she finally held back.

The third uncle comforted Xie Lin’an, “Lin’an, treat my house like your own, don’t be polite, eat, eat until you’re full.”

He didn’t have much left on his plate.

After he finished, Ye Xiaozhen had only finished a small piece.

Xie Lin’an pushed the other half towards her, “Eat quickly, finish this whole half.”

Xie Lin’an finished another slice, he looked at her pitifully, “Sister-in-law, I want to eat too.”

Ye Xiaozhen awkwardly held the other half, then pushed it towards him.

Xie Lin’an grabbed it and broke it open with his bare hands.

“Here, your sister-in-law gave you some.”

Seeing that the kid was smart, he called her sister-in-law, so he gave him a piece.

The watermelon was finished like that, after they finished eating, Xie Lin’an got up to leave.

“Third Uncle, we’re leaving, there’s nothing else.”

“Stay for lunch, your third aunt bought meat, you rarely come here.”

Li Mei inside almost couldn’t help but rush out.

What? He finished the watermelon, and now he wants to eat meat?

Xie Lin’an looked at the meat on the table and sighed, “My grandpa hasn’t eaten meat for months, we’re eating meat here, what about my grandpa?”

Xie Zhili’s mouth was agape, his face froze.

Xie Lin’an continued, “Grandpa is a lame old man, he’s worked hard all his life, he raised his son and then his grandson, he’s never eaten much meat in his life, he always gives the good things to his son and grandson.”

Xie Zhili, as the third son, knew better than anyone how much he had taken advantage of them.

A big pot of porridge, he would throw a bowl into it, the rice grains would jump into the bowl, and that bowl of rice was his.

His parents and two brothers would eat thin porridge.

Thinking about this, Xie Zhili felt a pang of heartache, he picked up the meat on the table and stuffed it into Xie Lin’an’s hand, “Since you’re not staying for dinner, take this back to your grandpa, let him taste some meat too.”

Li Mei inside heard this and became anxious, she slammed things around.

Xie Lin’an grinned and said, “Thank you, Third Uncle, we have something to do, we’ll go now.”

He took the meat and pulled Ye Xiaozhen away.

As they walked down the stairs, they heard Li Mei’s scolding and crying from inside the house.