"Mom, what are you yelling about? What thief came? What was stolen?"
Mrs. Lin, acting as if she knew nothing, came to ask Old Mrs. Mu.
"The chicken, that barred rock hen. I saw it just yesterday, how come it's gone today!"
Old Mrs. Mu was cursing under her breath, and her words were quite unpleasant.
Mrs. Lin felt a bit guilty because that barred rock hen was currently lying in her room.
Her husband, Mu Dazhong, hadn't left the house since coming back from Mountain Village.
No one at home knew he had returned. Today, he said he wanted to eat chicken, so Mrs. Lin boldly and secretly put a hen away, then hurried to her own room.
"Mom, it's broad daylight, the chicken is surely outside, you wait a bit more, it might return by nightfall!" said Mrs. Lin.
Old Mrs. Mu heard this and was infuriated.
"Bah! What nonsense are you talking, I told you yesterday, Xiangxiang is coming today, don't let the chickens out today, once Xiangxiang picks a chicken, we'll kill that one!"
