At this mont, her eyes were full of stars: "Don’t worry, Aunt! I’ll start learning tomorrow!"
...
The younger ones were still slowly munching on buns, unable to understand such complex words, but the eldest nephew spun around twice, feeling quite intrigued:
"Aunt, can I go with you too?"
Chu River was puzzled: "You are the precious grandson of the Old Chu Family; you won’t be beaten. Why do you want to go with ?"
The eldest nephew was also frustrated: "I don’t get beaten, but there’s nothing good to eat at ho. I want to go to school, but my mom won’t give tuition. She says if I roll around at school and the teacher can’t kick out, I’ll gain an advantage."
"Grandma even asked to spy on Aunt for her secret stash of money."
"Dad said in a few years, he wants to figure out how to marry off the girls in the family to earn 200 bucks. I don’t want that."
Chu River was practical: "But you can’t do anything else; why should I take you?"
Eldest Nephew: ...
He gritted his teeth determinedly: "Aunt, I’m familiar with Qiangzi from the team leader’s house and Bao Dan from Aunt Juhua’s house. By then, I’ll learn cooking from the team leader’s aunt with Qiangzi, and let Little Sis go with Bao Dan to learn sewing from Aunt Juhua’s ho."
"Aunt Juhua’s skills are great!"
...
Brilliant!
Chu River was imdiately tempted.
She ate a lot, and cooking every day wasn’t a small task, plus cleaning up... indeed, one eldest niece wasn’t enough!
But does Shi Suifeng have a big enough house?
No matter, she can figure sothing out!
So she nodded: "Alright! Then you must practice hard, and once you’ve learned well, I’ll find a way to get you over!"
She added confidently, patting her chest: "Don’t worry, I’ll pay you then!"
The eldest nephew and niece exchanged a glance and imdiately jumped up.
And Chu River had already assigned the eldest nephew his first task: "Since that’s the case, I’ll go down to the river to catch more fish tonight. Eldest nephew, you better think about how to talk to the captain’s wife."
"By then, all the fish must be prepared properly!"
This was her food supply; there could be no mistakes!
The eldest nephew puffed out his chest: "Aunt, just you wait!"
...
With this little interlude, it quickly ca ti to finish work.
Old Mrs. Chu didn’t dare return ho upon hearing the noise, and several lazy sons unprecedentedly stayed in the field, hesitating to face reality.
After the Old Chu Family instinctively tightened their nerves, they rembered that yesterday they had lost everything, and the plague had finally been married off. Old Mrs. Chu let out a sigh of relief, barely holding back the sob stuck in her throat, and took little shaky steps back ho.
Behind her, a few sons and daughters-in-law trailed leisurely, surprisingly showing a hint of reckless spirit.
Zhao Xiuhua, on the other hand, hurriedly returned ho with her two daughters-in-law, seemingly in a rush—
Little Three was gone, so the money, cloth, and clothes his wife had now had to be at her command as the mother!
Not relying on the Old Chu Family’s dowry, but Little Three was leaving today with so many food tickets, at tickets, and fifty bucks!
And considering that Chu River had always been quiet and honest in the village...
Zhao Xiuhua had already figured out how to give the new daughter-in-law a taste of authority!
...
Zhao Xiuhua had indeed stayed in the countryside for too long, unaware of the perils of the human heart. For soone as shrewd as Old Mrs. Chu to casually let go of 200 bucks, she still thought she was getting a good deal!
As soon as she pushed open the door—goodness gracious, the new daughter-in-law was sitting in the courtyard on a small stool sunbathing, neither cooking nor cleaning, and with the chickens lounging in the yard, she wouldn’t even sweep the chicken droppings!
This was outrageous!
Which family’s young daughter-in-law could be this lazy?!
Zhao Xiuhua, troubled about finding an excuse to hold her down, imdiately smiled with a tone neither warm nor cold: "Oh, Little He, it’s hard on you. Little Three is serving the country; you mustn’t complain."
Chu River was quite generous and not at all shy like a newlywed: "I’m not complaining; I’m just munching on sunflower seeds!"
Otherwise, why wouldn’t the last few chickens leave, lingering here for the seed husks!
Zhao Xiuhua was taken aback, but she couldn’t figure out if it was intentional, and this ti, the perceptive second daughter-in-law stepped forward:
"Oh, so this is my sister-in-law! She looks too young... Mom, don’t bla her. She’s young and new to this, but my sister-in-law and I will teach her."
Winning a look of appreciation from Zhao Xiuhua.
Chu River was also polite: "Indeed, I’m still young—how about this, you all show first?"
The eloquent second sister-in-law was also stumped.
...
Luckily, the straightforward but not very clever eldest sister-in-law grasped her mother-in-law’s thoughts and quickly stepped forward:
"Sister-in-law, how can you speak like this? Mom has a good temper; don’t upset her."
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