As soon as Fang Xiu finished speaking, Zhou Yuni happened to co back from outside, and she was not alone; her daughter Xu He and Duan Fenghua were with her.
Seeing the won in the house discussing clothes, she hurried over with a smile and said, "Hong Lan, the color of this dress is really pretty. Where did you buy the fabric?"
Luo Honglan and Xu He were not very familiar, so she smiled shyly, looked at the dress in her hand, and said, "My sister-in-law bought it for . Do you really think the color is nice?"
"It’s pretty." Xu He said, and even took the dress from Luo Honglan’s hands, opened it up, and upon seeing its style, her eyes lit up. She pulled Luo Honglan and asked, "Hong Lan, where did you get this dress made? Is it a new style? I don’t think it’s sold in our town."
Upon hearing this, Luo Honglan proudly said, "My sister-in-law made it. Indeed, you can’t buy it in town."
Upon hearing this, Xu He paused for a mont, then walked over and affectionately took Fang Pingying’s hand, saying, "Sister Pingying, you are really skillful, and you can even make clothes yourself."
With the lessons learned from her past life, Fang Pingying knew Xu He’s greatest strength was to play possum—sweet-talking you to your face while stabbing you in the back harder than anyone else.
Fang Pingying disliked Xu He coming closer, so she subtly stood a bit farther away from Xu He, so she couldn’t make contact. Then she said with a light smile, "I just made it casually, I can’t really say I know how to make clothes."
"If this is what you call casual, it must be amazing when you take it seriously." Duan Fenghua, who had been looking on, also ca over and took the dress from Luo Honglan to look at it, then suddenly said to Zhou Yuni with a smile, "Sister-in-law, why bother asking tailors to make clothes when your daughter-in-law could do it for you? You could save quite a bit of money."
Duan Fenghua’s comnt seed to be a complint to Fang Pingying, but upon deeper reflection, it seed to carry an instigating undertone.
What she ant was if Fang Pingying could make clothes, why not help Zhou Yuni with it instead of letting Zhou Yuni find a tailor.
Sure enough, Zhou Yuni was precisely the type to be easily stirred up by others.
After hearing Duan Fenghua’s words, Zhou Yuni’s face darkened, and she looked at the dress on Luo Honglan with a cold voice, "I had no idea she could make clothes, and when did she buy so much fabric."
Normally, Fang Pingying would have directly ntioned the ti she asked Zhou Yuni for fabric, and she refused, but in front of Xu He and her daughter, and noticing the schadenfreude in Duan Fenghua’s eyes, she simply didn’t want to please her.
She looked at Zhou Yuni with a smile, "Mom, didn’t you say you went to the tailor to make clothes for Cuilan for her marriage? I definitely wouldn’t dare ss with that. But if you don’t mind my craftsmanship, I can make your clothes for you in the future."
Although Zhou Yuni had a bad temper, she also liked to be flattered, and she particularly enjoyed her daughter-in-law gaining face for her in front of others.
With Fang Pingying saying so, she felt content, and a smile appeared on her face, "Alright, in the future, I won’t go to the tailor for clothes and save that money."
Then, she beca interested in Luo Honglan’s dress.
She took Luo Honglan’s hand and asked with a laugh, "Did your sister-in-law pick out this fabric for you?"
"Yes, my sister-in-law and elder brother haven’t even made their own clothes; they made mine first." Luo Honglan said while putting on the dress to show Zhou Yuni, "Mom, do you think it looks good?"
Although Zhou Yuni wasn’t typically very good to Luo Honglan, in the end, she was her daughter. She was happy in her heart that Fang Pingying treated Luo Honglan well, and sotis she thought her daughter-in-law wasn’t half bad.
"It looks good, really good, how could the new clothes sister-in-law made for you not look fantastic?" She looked at Luo Honglan and nodded, even cracking a smile as she said, "Sister-in-law treats you so well. You should listen to her more in the future and not always be so stubborn."
Before Luo Honglan could respond, Fang Xiu squeezed over and tugged at Zhou Yuni’s arm, wearing a sowhat ingratiating expression, "Mom, I want big sister to make one of these dresses this afternoon. This dress is beautiful."
The reason Fang Xiu acted this way was that she had her mind set on asking Zhou Yuni for so fabric.
Luo Cuilan, hearing this, also hurriedly pulled on another one of Zhou Yuni’s arms saying, "Mom, I also want sister-in-law to make one."
Zhou Yuni was in a good mood at that mont and simply nodded casually towards the two of them, without clearly agreeing or disagreeing.
She glanced at the dress Luo Honglan was wearing, then turned to Duan Fenghua with a smile, "It is beautiful, indeed. The dress is quite nice. The young ones wear it well. I don’t think anyone in our village has worn such a fine dress before."
Zhou Yuni then gave Fang Pingying a glance, her deanor carrying a hint of show-off as she told Duan Fenghua, "This daughter-in-law of mine, although she may be a bit stubborn, truly is capable. She’s good at taking care of both inside and outside the house."
Duan Fenghua, who was chatting with Zhou Yuni outside, had been quite pleased when she heard Zhou Yuni continuously complaining about Fang Pingying’s shortcomings.
Originally, Luo Zhiyong was who Xu He from their family had set her sights on, but in the end, because of the leg injury, Fang Pingying had picked up a bargain.
If Luo Zhiyong’s leg had been permanently damaged, she wouldn’t be so fixated; however, she recently heard from Zhou Yuni that they had gone for a hospital check-up which suggested that it could be healed, and it looked like he was almost fully recovered.
Her jealousy was uncontainable. Regardless of whether there was still a chance between Luo Zhiyong and Xu He, she simply couldn’t bear to see Fang Pingying doing well.
Every ti Zhou Yuni badmouthed Fang Pingying to her, although she seed to be advising Zhou Yuni, she was actually deliberately fanning the flas, hoping that the relationship between Zhou Yuni and Fang Pingying would worsen.
She had seen many cases where bad relationships between mother-in-laws and daughter-in-laws ended up causing the son and his wife to split.
She ca here today hoping to witness a row between Fang Pingying and Zhou Yuni, but unexpectedly saw this affectionate scene between a kind mother-in-law and a dutiful daughter-in-law. It made her teeth itch with irritation, inwardly cursing Zhou Yuni for changing her tune so quickly.
But after all, these were her private thoughts, and she dared not show them outwardly.
Seeing Zhou Yuni praising Fang Pingying with a smile, she also had to follow suit in complinting, "Indeed, Pingying is capable. It might be hard to find another daughter-in-law in our village as able as she is. Your family Zhiyong really struck gold."
Zhou Yuni’s heart was not as joyful hearing this, and her smile faded as she said, "It’s not quite like that. My Zhiyong isn’t inferior. If it weren’t for this injury to his leg, he...sigh..."
Zhou Yuni sighed and didn’t continue.
In her heart, no matter how capable Fang Pingying was, she was still not good enough for her son.
Although Fang Pingying was talking with Fang Xiu and Luo Honglan, she clearly overheard the conversation between Zhou Yuni and Duan Fenghua. Sure enough, Duan Fenghua and her daughter hadn’t changed a bit from before.
Xu He seed easygoing and approachable on the surface, her words sweet, but her scheming heart was unmatched by anyone.
She prided herself on being more educated having read more books than others, being the only girl in the village who attended high school, hence she always held herself aloof, never associating with other girls. Whenever she took the initiative to befriend soone, it was invariably because she saw so utilitarian value in them. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welco to vote for it at Qidian (qidian) with recomndation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian to read.)
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