Chapter 39: Ailian Protects Her Food

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But Liu Xiujun couldn't just let her extort them like that. She sighed inwardly and reluctantly invited Liu Meilan into their home.

As they had to receive the neighborly visitors, at this time, most of the people in the family were either busy at the brigade office or enjoying the festivities. Only Tang Ailian was left at home because she had been napping.

When Liu Xiujun entered the room, she found her daughter already awake, sitting on the bed playing by herself. She quickly called out, "Ailian, you're awake? Aunt Lan is here. Say hello to Aunt Lan." While saying this, she opened a cupboard and took out a bag of sweet potato rice flour weighing five pounds.

Tang Ailian took a glance at Liu Meilan and her son, Li Xinye, and then obediently said, "Hello, Aunt Lan," before returning her attention to the ball of yarn she was playing with.

Liu Meilan, while keeping an eye on Liu Xiujun's actions, brought her son, Li Xinye, over to Tang Ailian. "Come on, Ailian, play with little Ye. You two should become good friends in the future."

Li Xinye, with his bright eyes, stared at Tang Ailian and reached out to grab her rabbit fur hat. Tang Ailian pushed Li Xinye away firmly and said, "I don't want to be friends with a little brat like you."

"Wow, your Ailian speaks so clearly. She's really smart. My little Ye still struggles with pronunciation," Liu Meilan complimented while her eyes were fixed on the bag that Liu Xiujun was holding.

"This is the sweet potato and yam rice flour that Ailian's dad made. It's made with sweet potato flour, rice flour, and yam flour, which is good for growing children. Give it to little Ye to eat. When he's hungry, you can mix it with boiling water to make rice cakes. It's very convenient."

Tang Ailian saw that her mom was giving away her special sweet potato nutrition rice flour and even giving it to Li Xinye. She felt resentful in her heart. Why should Li Xinye, that little brat who had harmed her so much in her previous life, get to eat her rice flour?

No, she had to intercept the sweet potato nutrition rice flour!

Tang Ailian didn't want to give her special rice flour to Li Xinye, and she was also worried that if it was discovered, it might cause trouble for her dad. After he became the brigade director, he only had a monthly salary of 36 yuan. Every month, her dad would call and ask him to send money, leaving only enough for his own living expenses. He made this sweet potato rice flour for her, and it was definitely made from savings he scraped together.

But her mom gave Li Xinye a whole five pounds of flour!

As soon as Liu Meilan heard that the bag contained homemade sweet potato and yam rice flour, her eyes lit up. "Isn't this what Ailian eats? How can we accept this?"

But even though she said it wasn't appropriate, her hand reached out.

However, before Liu Meilan could take the bag of sweet potato rice flour, Tang Ailian reached out to grab it first. She held onto it tightly and said, "It's Ailian's. I won't give it to you!"

Liu Xiujun felt a bit helpless. She tried to coax Tang Ailian, saying, "Ailian, be good. You still have sweet potatoes to eat, but your little brother has run out. Can we give him some of this? It's easy for little children to digest sweet potatoes."

Tang Ailian refused to budge. She held onto the bag of sweet potato rice flour and said firmly, "It's from Daddy for Ailian, and I won't give it to the brat."

Liu Xiujun was surprised by her daughter's strength. When did this little girl become so strong?

Liu Meilan was anxious and wanted to take matters into her own hands, but she couldn't bring herself to do it. She could only glare at them.

In the end, Liu Xiujun had to give up the tug of war with her daughter and said to Liu Meilan, "Alright, I'll give you some sweet potatoes. They're easy for little kids to digest." After saying that, she pulled out a sack of sweet potatoes from under the bed.

Her intention was to take some sweet potatoes from this sack and give them to Liu Meilan.

However, as soon as the sack was dragged out from under the bed and Liu Xiujun hadn't even started taking out the sweet potatoes, Liu Meilan quickly grabbed the entire sack and handed her son, Li Xinye, to Liu Xiujun. "Take care of him for me. I'll take these sweet potatoes back."

With that, she immediately rushed out with the sack of sweet potatoes.

(End of this chapter)