Meng Yan's Transformation

Chapter 519 Sheep entering tiger’s mouth

Zhan Mengyan didn't care about the pain in her hand, she chased to the kitchen, ran over and snatched the knife from the chopping board.

"We have to kill this big rooster! Zhan Mengyan, give me the knife quickly! This big rooster injured two people right after arriving at our house. Are we going to let it continue to hurt people?"

While Zhan Yu was speaking, he tried to snatch the knife from Zhan Mengran's hand.

"Dad, please don't kill it! This big rooster just came to our house and it's afraid we'll hurt it. It pecks people because it's protecting itself. If we treat it well and it gets used to our living environment, and it feels friendly and safe, it won't hurt anyone again."

While Zhan Mengyan was speaking, she hid the knife in her hand behind her back, her eyes red with anxiety.

"Zhan Yu, look at Zhan Mengyan, she's so anxious that her eyes are red, and her hand is still injured. Just promise him not to kill the rooster yet and let her treat the injury."

While Yunqing was talking, she found a chicken cage and put the rooster in it. She put on thick gloves and used scissors to cut the hemp rope on the rooster.

The rooster, unrestrained by the hemp rope, seemed to have quickly broken free and soared into the air, attempting to flee the scene. However, just as it spread its wings, it crashed heavily into the chicken coop. Staring with its round, black eyes, the rooster pecked at the coop with its hooked beak, venting its dissatisfaction with its confinement.

"Big rooster, stop making trouble. I'll take care of your wound and then bring you some corn. You can take a rest first."

As Zhan Mengyan spoke, she gently pried the rooster's comb with a dry branch, and the rooster crowed loudly, as if to say: Let me out!

Zhan Mengyan asked Yunqing to be pulled away from the chicken coop so that she could treat the wound on her hand.

"Where did this can of sugar come from? Who took the sugar out of my cupboard? I need to put it away."

As Zhan Yu spoke, he opened the locked cabinet and looked at his can of sugar which was neatly placed inside. But he still put the can of sugar into the cabinet.

"Zhan Yu, take a good look. Is this the sugar jar in your cabinet? Your sugar jar is in good condition, and there's no sugar missing. You're the only one with the key to the cabinet. Could the sugar jar have grown legs and crawled out of the cracks in the cabinet?"

While Yunqing was speaking, she wanted to snatch back the can of white sugar.

Zhan Yu was quick to act and locked the cabinet again with a "click".

"Zhan Yu, you...why didn't you take a good look at the sugar jar in your cabinet before locking my white sugar in there? Take out my white sugar for me. It's a thank you gift from Mrs. Liu for helping the Liu family cut clothes, write Spring Festival couplets, and draw New Year pictures this morning. I'm saving it to make candied sweet potatoes for the kids during the New Year."

While Yunqing was speaking, she reached for the key from Zhanyu's waist.

Zhan Yu turned away from Yun Qing and said, "I saw that the jar of white sugar in my cabinet is still there. However, I am the head of the family. The thank-you gift you, Yun Qing, received should be handed over to me, the head of the family. The white sugar, yours or mine, belongs to the family. I am the head of the family and have the right and obligation to manage all the family finances. When you need white sugar for cooking during the New Year, you can ask me for it and I will handle it as appropriate."

"It's over... This sugar has fallen into the tiger's mouth..."

As Zhan Yingying spoke, she stepped on the candy wrappers that had fallen on the floor, fearing Zhan Yu would find out and, if pressed, force her to hand over the candy. She felt lucky—she had packed up the candy, pastries, hawthorns, and the two spoonfuls of sugar she'd been given before leaving. She'd only forgotten to hide the can of sugar for Yunqing in her haste.