Chapter 9: Chapter 9 The Profligate Daughter-in-law
Cheng Su did as her mother-in-law instructed, moving the dishes to the dining table and setting the al. Looking at the bowls of white rice shaped like roosters and the several plates of food, she couldn't help but chuckle to herself.
She never imagined that just yesterday she was enjoying a delicate steak in a hotel, and today, dressed in a traditional Dacron suit as befit her era, she, as a new bride, was preparing soups and washing hands for the Qi family.
She didn't even feel anything odd about it, as if in a past life, she had done this before, so she found nothing unbelievable about it.
Could it be that in just one day, her identity and role had already ntally transford?
How strange life's circumstances could be.
Cheng Su looked at her hands, not as slender and well-maintained as in her previous life. Would these hands continue to act as a daughter-in-law's hands, washing clothes, cooking als, and taking care of housework and her in-laws?
She suddenly felt a wave of despondency, recalling a Japanese drama where a man said to his date, "I hope you don't work, stay at ho full-ti as a housewife, respect your parents, manage the household, have children..." and the female protagonist simply replied, "I can do that all by myself!"
Indeed, getting married, serving the in-laws, treating oneself like a nanny—if marriage was like that, it would be better to be alone!
So, in her ti, many single persons of privilege, like her, preferred to remain single rather than settle. But in this era, not getting married wasn't an option!
Cheng Su shook her head, casting out the thoughts from her mind. Now, her status was as another man's wife.
"What is all this?" a voice exclaid, interrupting Cheng Su's musings.
Turning her head, she saw the astonishnt on her mother-in-law's face, along with the schadenfreude of her younger sister-in-law.
What is it? It's the al, what else could it be?
"Eh, it looks pretty good, slls good too. I'm starving. Let's all sit down and eat!" Father Qi walked in, eyes smiling as he spoke.
"I saw so cabbage and radishes in the kitchen, so I made these dishes. There isn't much at, but we can buy so tonight to cook!" Cheng Su thought Mother Qi was complaining that there were too few dishes prepared.
"Cook what? Weren't there a lot of leftovers from yesterday's banquet? Why didn't you heat them up and serve them?" Mother Qi's face darkened.
Cheng Su said, "Those? I threw them out."
"Threw them out? Where did you throw them?" Mother Qi's expression changed.
Cheng Su felt sowhat perplexed and replied, "I threw them into the slop bucket for feeding pigs. They had gone sour, were unfit to eat, so I threw them away."
No sooner had she finished speaking than Mother Qi rushed out like a gust of wind, nearly sweeping Cheng Su off her feet.
"Big sister-in-law really takes drastic asures, throwing out so much food to feed the pigs? Tsk tsk..." Qi Fengping's eyes sparkled with malicious joy.
Cheng Su, amused, retorted, "If it's already spoiled, should I have served it to you, little sister-in-law? You're not afraid of a stomachache, but I'm afraid you'd bla
for harming you!"
"You!" Qi Fengping turned beet red with indignation.
Cheng Su turned away and faced Qi Taiguo, who frowned. She asked, "Surely you don't think I shouldn't have thrown it out, do you?"
"Didn't you ask Mum before doing it?" Qi Taiguo knew his mother's frugal nature and now, with Cheng Su having thrown away a whole plate of food, he feared his mother would be furious. It seed too wasteful.
"Should I even have to ask about that? If the food's spoiled, what else am I supposed to do?" Qi Taiguo's remark left Cheng Su astounded. Surely he didn't expect them to eat it?
As she pondered this, her mother-in-law ca storming back in, yelling and pointing at Cheng Su, "Oh, the misfortune! How could the Qi family be saddled with such a wasteful daughter-in-law!"
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