I became the Counterpart of the Winner in a Period Novel

Chapter 416 - 355: Three Pieces of Meat Per Person

"You..." For the first time, Xu Ya found her adopted daughter so difficult to deal with, clearly she used to listen to her mother before.

Xu Ya held back and continued to use a gentle approach, "Yueyue! Mom really can’t stand it anymore, you have to go find your dad, only he can save me, that little beast just wants me dead, his intentions are vicious, only Jiang Kangsheng can deal with him now, help mom, okay?"

Jiang Mingyue shook off Xu Ya’s hand that tried to grab her again, expressionless, reciting, "Take care of yourself, our mother-daughter relationship ends here, never see each other again in this lifetime."

"Isn’t this what you said? Since you ruthlessly abandoned me, why bother coming?"

Once again, Xu Ya’s patience was tested by her adopted daughter. If it wasn’t for the fact that the adopted daughter was still useful, she would’ve taught her about filial duty.

"Those were angry words, we have been mother and daughter for eighteen years, it can’t be fake. Not to mention, I raised you for eighteen years with much effort, you should repay a bit."

"If you insist on saying that, Jiang Zhenzhu was also raised by Miss Shen with much effort, did she repay anything? She stole my brother’s life-saving money, almost killed him, and angered Miss Shen."

"You..." Xu Ya’s patience was once again challenged by her adopted daughter.

"The Third Branch of the Jiang Family in Qingshan Village raised your daughter, and you raised me. Who said we owe each other nothing? Alright! I can’t help you, you might as well go find Jiang Zhenzhu, maybe she can solve it, she’s quite capable!"

In her last sentence, Jiang Mingyue raised her voice and glanced nonchalantly at the short wall behind, thinking if you’re hiding, don’t let your hair show, it’s undoubtedly Jiang Zhenzhu.

As Jiang Mingyue left, Jiang Zhenzhu emerged from behind the short wall.

"Zhenzhu! What do you say mom should do? Jiang Mingyue, that ungrateful brat, seems she won’t help me."

Jiang Zhenzhu quickly went to support Xu Ya’s shaky body, "Mom, it’s actually possible not to ask my dad, I heard Jiang Mingyue has a good relationship with Jiang Cheng, you go live with Jiang Mingyue, Jiang Cheng won’t dare to touch a hair on your head."

Xu Ya reignited hope, "Really?"

Jiang Zhenzhu nodded affirmatively.

Whether true or not, but hiding Xu Ya, who committed the double errors of adultery and speculation, Jiang Mingyue won’t get away unscathed this time.

Jiang Yuan, the gatekeeper at the food factory, was chatting and laughing with a girl when a voice interrupted.

"Mr. Jiang, I’m looking for your Director Xie."

Jiang Yuan looked over, hey! An old acquaintance, Director Xie from the sales department’s sister.

"Miss, wait here, I’ll call him for you now."

People left, Jiang Mingyue then noticed the speaker was not a girl, but a young wife.

"Jiang Mingyue, you remember me?" Han Shu took the initiative to talk, Jiang Mingyue originally didn’t want any involvement with the Han Family, besides, this person is now Ning Yan’s wife, they’re destined to be on opposite sides.

But at the food factory entrance, it’s not suitable for disputes, so she nodded distantly.

"Jiang Mingyue, my mother’s actions have nothing to do with me, they’ve all left now, we’re neighbors and similar in age, we can actually be friends."

Luckily, she didn’t directly say let’s be friends.

Friends? Ning Yan is on her blacklist, how could they be friends?

"No thanks, I’m very picky about friends."

Han Shu almost lost the smile on her face, she never expected someone to be so unaware of social norms.

She wanted to say more, but Jiang Mingyue had already walked away.

"Brother, why did you take Xiao Ran without saying a word?"

Xie Yunhai felt a bit wronged, laughed, "I made an appointment with this kid, to have braised pork at our cafeteria at noon, just in time, it’s almost mealtime." Xie Yunhai checked the time, his sister really knows how to time things right.

Xiao Ran saw his sister and hurried to tug on her clothes, "Sister, Brother Xie and I were planning to bring a portion back for you and big brother? Come on, let’s eat at the cafeteria." He dragged Jiang Mingyue back, behaving as if it was his home.

Jiang Mingyue also felt hungry, saving her from cooking, she didn’t refuse.

Xie Yunhai pointed in a direction, "You two go first, I’ll register for you."

Jiang Yuan turned a blind eye, others registered themselves, but Brother Xie didn’t want his sister to do it.

After thanking Jiang Yuan, Xie Yunhai ran inside.

Seeing the three people who seemed like a family, Han Shu’s remaining thoughts vanished.

"Brother Jiang Yuan, I should head back too, the weather looks like it’s changing."

Jiang Yuan didn’t understand, "Old classmate, weren’t you treating me to lunch?"

Unfortunately, the person was already gone, leaving Jiang Yuan to mutter to himself.

"You two hurry up." Xie Yunhai urged after catching up, after all, the braised pork portion was limited, if late, they might not get any. He saw a bunch of colleagues rushing into the second cafeteria like hungry wolves.

"Brother, you can line up, right?"

"Wishful thinking, everyone can only get one portion."

"Ah? What if you’re bringing food for others?"

"Stand in line again!"

Jiang Mingyue: "..." She couldn’t understand, but fifteen minutes later, she got it. How big a factory is that? In this resource-scarce era, surviving without starving is good enough, let alone eating well? Luckily they rushed and got the braised pork. After counting, there were three pieces of meat, the rest were potatoes, and it was the same for the three siblings, Jiang Mingyue suspected the servers were counting pieces of meat while serving, those coming later only got coarse cakes and half a bowl of cabbage porridge, money and tickets were useless.

Both Jiang Mingyue and Xie Yunhai instinctively gave the meat to Xiao Ran, "Eat more, if it’s not enough, we’ll make it for you later."

Xiao Ran, although craving braised pork, wasn’t one to eat alone, returned one piece to the two.

"So delicious! Brother, your chefs are great, just too little, not as indulgent as sister’s cooking."

Xie Yunhai rolled his eyes, "If everyone cooked like your sister, even a gold mountain would be eaten up."

As soon as he said this, they heard laughter behind them, the three siblings turned collectively.

"Jiang Mingyue, we’re meeting again." Jian Nanqing simply turned back with her food box to join their table.

"Call her Jian. This is Xiao Ran."

"Hi, Jian!" Xiao Ran responded sweetly, receiving two more pieces of braised meat.

Jiang Mingyue was quite impressed, "Is your cafeteria’s server really counting pieces of meat when serving?"

This comment not only made everyone at their table laugh, but also amused colleagues who overheard.

"Hey, missy, you’re really smart! Indeed, this might be a prominent feature of the food factory’s cafeteria. You surely don’t know why, right? Let me tell you, it goes like this.

Earlier, two chefs at the cafeteria were complained about by half the factory people. Why? When it’s someone they’re familiar with or pleasing, they serve more, when it’s someone they dislike or have a grudge against, they shake the spoon wildly, the dishes have no meat or just a trace of oil. Who’d accept that? Those who suffered even united to complain to the factory director, who was quite troubled.

Warned the cafeteria staff, but good behavior didn’t last over three days, the old problem resurfaced, crucially, you can’t do anything to them. Finally, the factory director sought public opinion, a scholar suggested equal distribution, hence the rule for each person to get three pieces of meat."

Jiang Mingyue: "..."