Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Wang Qinghe’s face flushed bright red from the kiss.

How could she...

The children are still here!

After kissing her, Bai Xiuxiu felt no pressure at all! During her days as Wandering Spirit, trailing behind Wang Qinghe, she had seen a lot of things!

In another few decades, there would be countless couples holding hands and hugging on the streets.

"Mommy, why didn’t you kiss Yueyue?" The little girl, who was eating, tugged at Bai Xiuxiu’s hand, staring at her with her watery eyes.

Bai Xiuxiu couldn’t help but laugh and cry when she heard this. She gave each child a kiss. "Is that better? Hurry up and eat. I’ll ask your father to bring some steamed buns back tomorrow."

Although the two children usually followed Bai Xiuxiu and had their own private meals, they were still happy to hear about the steamed buns.

After all, in this era, steamed buns weren’t something that could be eaten every day.

Some families only got to eat them twice a year!

After dinner, Wang Qinghe took the dishes to the kitchen.

Zhao Guifen was talking to Old Fifth’s wife when she saw her eldest son return. Her expression immediately turned sour. "It’s your turn to wash the dishes tonight. Call your wife out."

"I’ll do it." Wang Qinghe washed the dishes skillfully.

"What an incompetent thing! Jiaojiao, Mom will take you for a walk. You just married into our family, so there are still many things you don’t know yet, right?" Zhao Guifen smiled kindly at Zhou Jiaojiao.

Zhou Jiaojiao nodded obediently. Seeing Wang Qinghe washing the dishes made her feel even more uncomfortable.

Why did Bai Xiuxiu get to live such a good life? She didn’t even have to wash the dishes?

As they went out, Zhou Jiaojiao lowered her head and said casually, "Mom, if word gets out about Eldest Sister-in-Law, it would be so embarrassing."

"Does she have any shame? Jiaojiao, you just married into our family and don’t know anything. Your eldest sister-in-law is lazy and gluttonous. Our family has been cursed for eight generations by marrying her. Don’t provoke her. If anyone says anything about her, she’ll go to the Women’s Federation to cause trouble.

She’s ruined the reputation of our family!"

Zhao Guifen was furious when she mentioned her eldest daughter-in-law!

Zhou Jiaojiao’s expression changed. "Mom, don’t be angry. How about this? After the autumn harvest, I’ll take Eldest Sister-in-Law to the mountains. After the autumn harvest, there’s still one last batch of mushrooms and wild vegetables in the mountains. We can at least bring back something.

We can increase the winter food supply for the family.

And it will also make Eldest Sister-in-Law work for the family."

Zhao Guifen thought it was feasible. "Little Wu has good judgment. When you marry into our family, we’ll do it like this!"

Zhou Jiaojiao was satisfied.

The reason why she was pampered by her family was because of her good luck. If she took her eldest sister-in-law to the mountains and her eldest sister-in-law suffered in the mountains and came back empty-handed, it would create a contrast.

Her status in the Wang family would rise higher and higher.

As for her eldest sister-in-law...

What could someone lazy and gluttonous do other than leech off the Wang family?

It would be well-deserved if she suffered!

"Achoo..."

Inside the house, Bai Xiuxiu suddenly sneezed twice.

She quickly touched her forehead. She wasn’t running a fever.

Forget it. She’d better drink some hot water. She shouldn’t catch a cold!

Bai Xiuxiu poured herself a cup of hot water.

When Wang Qinghe returned after washing the dishes, it was already dark.

"I’ll boil some water for you." Wang Qinghe said softly to his wife, who was still drinking water.

"Hurry up, hurry up!" Bai Xiuxiu said, handing him the thermos.

It was inconvenient to bathe in autumn, and the road to the county wasn’t close. Therefore, she was used to wiping her body with hot water every day and going to the bathhouse once a month. She couldn’t break these habits!

At home, her mother and elder sister spoiled her. After marrying Wang Qinghe, he boiled water for her.

Initially, Zhao Guifen scolded her, but regardless of how much she scolded, Wang Qinghe never stopped meeting this demand of hers.

Her husband did the most work around the house.

Therefore, her mother-in-law couldn’t control her.

After boiling the water and wiping her body, Bai Xiuxiu comfortably climbed back into bed.

Wang Qinghe returned after cleaning the room.

Lying in the slightly warm quilt, Bai Xiuxiu’s sense of reality in her rebirth grew stronger.

Indeed, it was good to be alive!

This time, she must live a long life! She wanted to have a full house of descendants with Wang Qinghe.

Just as she was imagining her future, Bai Xiuxiu felt someone stick close to her.

The warmth from the man brought her back to her senses, and she grabbed his wandering hand. "What are you doing? We have work tomorrow!"

Wang Qinghe felt particularly aggrieved. "I'm the one who has work, Xiuxiu. You're resting tomorrow!"

After saying that, he sealed her lips, and took the opportunity to draw the curtain between their two children and them in the room.

This curtain was something Bai Xiuxiu insisted on hanging in the middle of the heated brick bed as a partition!

Early in the morning.

The exhausted Bai Xiuxiu was woken up by her mother-in-law Zhao Guifen's scolding.

"In the early morning, which daughter-in-law doesn't get up? If you're sick, don't you know you still have chores to do? It's your turn to cook today, don't you know? Some people are only active when it's time to eat! How shameful is it to make your husband cook for you?"

Bai Xiuxiu frowned at the words and got out of bed. She washed her face, kissed the two sleeping children, and went outside.

It was autumn, and the mornings were a bit chilly.

Seeing her come out, Zhao Guifen sneered. "You still know how to come out? I thought you had died in there!"

"If I had died in there, it would've been because you wore me down. Everyone's heard of working horses to death, but not of trying to work a daughter-in-law to death. Didn't everyone in our village see me faint in the fields yesterday? Even Uncle Zhang from our village said that I need ten days or so to recover.

The work in the fields that I should've done, my husband did.

The meals that I should've cooked, my husband cooked.

What? Are you trying to be like those feudal old ladies? Should I bow to you?"

Bai Xiuxiu spoke with cold sarcasm.

Zhao Guifen was so angry that her hands trembled. "Rebellion! Rebellion! Listen, everyone! Listen! Is this how a daughter-in-law should speak? Who could put up with someone like you? Eldest son! Eldest son? Get a divorce immediately! Divorce!"

Wang Qinghe came out of the kitchen, looking unhappy. "I cooked the meal and did the work. Xiuxiu is my wife. Mother, why are you trying to make us get a divorce?"

Zhao Guifen: ...

"Mother, if we can live together, let's do so. But if we can't, you suggested dividing the household. In that case, Xiuxiu and I will leave." Wang Qinghe usually kept quiet, but when he spoke, he could infuriate eight people.

"What's all the commotion about so early in the morning? Everyone, go back inside. Eldest daughter-in-law, since you can come out, you might as well eat in the main room." In the main room, Old Man Wang couldn't sit still when he heard talk of dividing the household.

He came out of the room and interrupted the argument.

Bai Xiuxiu glanced at her father-in-law. This father-in-law of hers usually pretended to be a good person, but in reality, he was an expert at smoothing things over.

However, she didn't plan on dividing the household right now!

Everything they owned was accumulated through her husband's hard work, and she wouldn't give up any of it!

The family entered the room.

At the dining table, Zhao Guifen immediately brought up the matter she and the old man had discussed last night. "I heard from your cousin that the commune's garment factory is hiring. He can help us get in touch with the factory. It'll cost five hundred yuan plus three fish.

Eldest son, we don't have enough money at home. Why don't you go into the mountains earlier this year and hunt some game to raise the money."

"Mother, are you trying to arrange a job for Qinghe?" Bai Xiuxiu smiled innocently, speaking without thinking about the implications.