Chapter 66: Guessing, aren't you tired?
The pigs in the pigsty grunted twice.
Tong Huaqiong let Liu Yue'e go for the time being and went to the pigpen to see the condition of the castrated piglets after a night.
The little pig looked in good spirits. When it saw Tong Huaqiong approaching the pigsty, it stood in front of the trough and stretched its neck.
Tong Huaqiong jumped into the pigpen, held the piglet down, checked between its buttocks, and found that the red wound from yesterday was no longer visible.
She originally thought that if the wound became inflamed, she just happened to have anti-inflammatory medicine to apply.
It seems that Master Tan, whom I have never met before, has excellent knife skills.
Tong Huaqiong climbed out of the pigsty and ordered Liu Yue'e to bring some wheat bran and crushed corn mixed with fresh grass and pour them into the trough. The little pig, who had been hungry all night, buried his head in the trough like crazy when he saw the food.
"Mom, I heard from people in the village who went to the market in town that our pastries are famous in town and have a lot of customers. You said before that when business is good, you would let me go to town to attract customers. Now I have nothing to do at home, so why not let me go to town with you now?" Liu Yue'e said.
Tong Huaqiong raised her eyes and started cursing.
"You have nothing to do at home because you are lazy. There are so many things to do at home, such as feeding chickens, pigs and cooking. Are you blind and can't see it? Don't think I don't know. You have thrown it all to your sister-in-law. I tell you, Liu Yue'e, you have been washing clothes, cooking and feeding chickens and pigs for me at home these few days. If I know that you are lazy, don't even think about going to town."
"If you don't want to do the housework, let Dashu do it for you, and you go to the fields to weed and water. We harvest one pound less wheat than other families, and I want you to make up for it."
Liu Yue'e defended herself, "I'm not lazy. I helped my sister-in-law light the fire yesterday, and I also rubbed your clothes."
It would have been fine if Liu Yue'e hadn't defended herself. Once she did, Tong Huaqiong got even angrier and scolded her, "You make the fire, so you are the great contributor to the Gu family, right? What's the matter? Do you want me to put your name in front of our ancestors and ask for praise? I work hard to make money by setting up the stall, and you are so wronged to wash clothes for me. Fine, don't do this anymore. The Liu family is only a few steps away from our home, so you can pack up and go home, and take Gu Dashu with you to marry into the family."
Liu Yue'e was scolded so much that she dared not say a word. At this moment, she regretted that she did not go to serve her mother-in-law in the morning but instead went to curry favor with Lu Zhaozhao.
It is true that she got a piece of clothing, but she also angered her mother-in-law.
She had seen how her mother-in-law bullied Chen Sufen before. Now that Chen Sufen's status has risen, her own status will decline accordingly.
My mother-in-law now wants to send me back to my parents' home at any time.
She couldn't go back to her parents' home, especially when the Gu family's life was getting better and better.
"Mom, I am the daughter-in-law of the Gu family. I will not go anywhere. I will respect you well." Liu Yue'e raised her hand as if to take an oath.
"Okay, stop doing all that fancy stuff. Doing more work is better than anything else. Watch the pigs finish their food and add clean water. When you're done, there's a pile of dirty clothes, the dust in the house, the pots and pans in the kitchen... There's work everywhere, do it all."
"I understand." Liu Yue'e only felt a slight pain in her arms because she was the one doing all these chores.
Tong Huaqiong ordered Liu Yue'e to squat in front of the pigpen and tied her up with many housework, intending to use physical means to sever her ties with Lu Zhaozhao.
In the previous life, I bullied Lu Zhaozhao together with the princess, so don’t provoke him in this life.
Tong Huaqiong discovered that her three adopted sons were not at home in the morning.
Her stepson Gu Dahan had been hesitant to talk to her last night. She was too tired to respond to him. She planned to have a chat with her cheap stepson before setting up the stall and ask him to quit his job at the Lu family and live at home.
Of course, Tong Huaqiong's decision was not to make up for Gu Dahan, she also had her own selfish motives.
The wheat at home was about to ripen, and she watched coldly. Gu Dashu and Gu Jingzhe were not good at farming, and it would be difficult for them to get established in the fields in the short term.
The fields now need someone to look after them, and that person can only be Gu Dahan.
After all, Gu Dahan has been working in the fields all day long under the PUA of Gu's father and stepmother since he was a child. The land is Gu Dahan's comfort zone, and there is no need to worry about his work in the fields.
If Gu Jingzhe didn't need money for his studies, Tong Dajiao would never have sent Gu Dahan out to do hard labor.
She planned to buy a large amount of land after making money, cultivate the land and hire people to turn the Gu family into a new generation of landlords. Gu Dahan would play a big role.
Moreover, she had no plan to let Gu Jingzhe and Gu Dashu work in the fields all the time.
Gu Jingzhe will eventually be transferred to the study place.
As for Gu Dashu, his character is too active and he is not suitable to be welded to the ground.
She planned to cultivate Gu Dashu's business ability so that he could go abroad to expand the business territory in the future. If she made good use of her son, he could become the pillar of the business.
"Where are Dahan and the others?" Tong Huaqiong asked Chen Sufen.
"He took his second and third brothers to water the fields." Chen Sufen said.
Tong Huaqiong nodded. Gu Dahan was indeed capable. He went to work in the fields without stopping early in the morning.
"Mom..." Chen Sufen hesitated to speak.
"What's the matter? Just say it if you have something to say." Tong Huaqiong said.
Chen Sufen is good in every way, except that she is sometimes sticky and speaks unspeakably.
Of course, this is not her fault. She was not an unappreciated daughter in her original family. Just think about the fact that Tong Dajiao's stepmother's reputation for being harsh spread throughout the villages near Qinghe Bay, but the Chen family still let Chen Sufen marry Gu Dahan, and you can understand her situation in her original family.
When she arrived at the Gu family and lived under the care of her step-mother-in-law, the cowardly part of her character was magnified.
Although Tong Huaqiong intended to promote her these days, how could she change her mind so easily? She was still a little afraid of Tong Huaqiong.
Chen Sufen lowered her head and said, "Last night I told you that you were planning to let Dahan live at home in the future, but Dahan said he wanted to go to the Lu family, saying that the Lu family had three taels of silver a month."
Tong Huaqiong thought for a moment and asked Chen Sufen: "What do you think?"
Chen Sufen raised her head and glanced at Tong Huaqiong quickly, then said, "I will listen to my mother."
Tong Huaqiong was speechless for a while, and then she became impatient and asked, "I just want to ask you what you think? Tell me the truth. Can I eat you if I am a tiger?"
If Tong Da Jiao hadn't possessed Chen Sufen, she wouldn't dare to tell the truth.
Tong Huaqiong got angry when she saw Chen Sufen like this.
If Chen Sufen had not been so devoted to her and had not been talented in making pastries, Tong Huaqiong would have really wanted to scold her like she had scolded Liu Yue'e.
"I want... I want Dahan to stay at home." Chen Sufen gritted her teeth and spoke out her true feelings, her voice as small as a mosquito's hum.
"Then stay at home." Tong Huaqiong said decisively.
Then he reasoned with Chen Sufen: "I'm telling you, eldest daughter-in-law, you've seen how I've been these past few days. Don't act like a little daughter-in-law who's aggrieved all day long. If you have any requests or anything to say, just say it openly."
"You are still the same as before, which means you still have resentment towards me. It is impossible for a mother-in-law and a daughter-in-law to get along like a mother and daughter. I don't ask you to treat me like a daughter, and I won't treat you like a peach blossom. We just need to be polite to each other. If you want to be filial to me like a daughter, I accept it, but don't be filial to me while feeling wronged. I have so many things to do every day, and I don't have time to guess what you are thinking."
Chen Sufen almost knelt down after hearing this.
This was beyond the ancient people's understanding, especially when the mother-in-law accused her of being wronged and demanded that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law be polite to each other.
These two items made Chen Sufen feel that she was extremely rebellious.
"Mom, I was wrong."
"I didn't mean that. I don't feel wronged." Chen Sufen spoke incoherently.
"I know what you mean, and I hope you understand what I mean, which is that there should be no empty talk between us mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. In the future, just say whatever you want to say, and don't hide it. Just like you want Dahan to be at home, just say it directly. I know you didn't say it directly because you were afraid that I would blame you if Dahan quit his job at the Lu family for three taels of silver, so you came to test me. My eldest daughter-in-law, there is no need for such things in the future." Tong Huaqiong gave Chen Sufen an unceremoniously blow.
Chen Sufen's thoughts were exposed and her face turned red and white.
Of course Tong Huaqiong said that she was not angry, but she understood Chen Sufen very well.
The reason why she spoke so bluntly to Chen Sufen was that she hoped that Chen Sufen would also express herself bluntly if she had any issues in the future.
Isn't it tiresome for the whole family to keep guessing?