Back home, Lin Ying immediately started complaining, "Xu Dashan and his wife suggested having the Lunar New Year meal with the third branch at the old house, but then they showed up with nothing but vegetarian dishes. Xu Dachuan’s family tore into them, and my mother-in-law was furious.
"Xu Dashan probably came here hoping to buy chickens, or maybe he wanted me to give him one for free. Since we weren't home, he went to Uncle Mazi's place and bought a rooster for three yuan. I heard my mother-in-law even scolded Uncle Mazi over that, calling him a money-grubber. Uncle Mazi just mocked her, saying that if they couldn't afford chicken, they shouldn't eat it—nobody was forcing them. He said it was a willing trade and there shouldn't be so much drama; he wished he hadn't sold it to them in the first place.
"You know how much my mother-in-law cares about 'face.' Being humiliated like that during the New Year made her so angry she got dizzy. Since early this morning, she’s been making a scene, demanding to go to the clinic and insisting that Uncle Mazi pay for it. Even the team leader couldn't stand it anymore and told Xu Dashan and Xu Dachuan to get their mother under control."
Chapter 176