Chapter 89 The Best Mother-in-law's Handbook 11

Everyone who was having breakfast seemed to have forgotten that there was one person missing from the table, and Feng Wu pretended not to notice.

This made Lin suddenly ask, "Mother, why didn't my aunt come out to eat?"

Everyone came back to their senses and looked towards the place where Zhu Zhenmei usually sat. Indeed, a living person was missing there.

Liu Qiao put down his bowl and chopsticks, went down the table to look for the melon and said, "I'll go inside and take a look!"

After a while, Liu Qiao ran out in a panic, shouting, "Mom, my sister-in-law is missing, and the clothes in the closet are scattered everywhere. Could she have been robbed?" After saying that, she felt something was wrong. If an unmarried girl was put together with a thief, her reputation would be ruined if it got out.

Feng Wu was quite calm, picking up some refreshing wild vegetables with her chopsticks. "She was indeed robbed, and it was a domestic thief! Well, don't worry about her. She packed up her belongings early in the morning and probably went to her third brother and sister-in-law's house in town to stay lazy."

"Ah! Really?" Liu Qiao smacked her lips, feeling envious. She also wanted to have a home where she could take a break!

The first family had already packed up and was heading towards the wasteland with hoes and sickles on their shoulders.

Zhu Zhenmei carried her valuables on her back and waited on the official road leading to the town before dawn. After a while, an old man driving an ox cart passed by. She spent two copper coins to get on the ox cart heading to the town.

Zhu Zhenmei only breathed a sigh of relief when the ox cart entered the city and stopped in front of the Yongsheng Restaurant. Her mother was unreasonable and forced her to work in the fields. She would not be as stupid as her brother and sister-in-law at home.

As soon as I stepped into the restaurant, the waiter recognized me and said, "Oh, it's Miss Mei. Please wait a moment. I'll go call the shopkeeper."

"Well, go ahead!" Zhu Zhenmei nodded reservedly, acting like a restaurant owner.

The waiter asked everyone to go upstairs, and he went to the small courtyard behind the restaurant to call people.

Zhu Sanlang and his wife were already awake and playing with their son. When they heard that their sister was coming early in the morning, they frowned and felt really annoyed.

On the other hand, when Zhu Sanlang's wife, Jiang, heard that her younger sister was coming, her brows relaxed. "So it's my younger sister who's here. You stay with Liang-ge while I go check on my younger sister. It's so early in the morning, I hope something has happened."

Zhu Sanlang waved his hand nonchalantly, "What could possibly happen to her? She must be greedy again or wanting some clothes or hair ornaments. You! Don't spoil this girl."

Jiang pinched her son's tender face and joked with a smile, "Your sister is your own, why do you act like someone else's sister? Zhenmei has the heart of a girl. We should pamper her more while she's still married. Don't scold her when someone comes over later."

Zhu Sanlang wrapped his long arms around Jiang's slender waist and said with emotion, "It is my great fortune to marry a wife as virtuous as you, Jiaojiao. For the rest of my life, I will only be with you until we grow old together!"

Jiang sat on Zhu Sanlang's lap, hugged the man's neck, and the hot air from her breath hit his ear. "Sanlang, remember what I said today."

The couple cuddled for a while until a maid carrying a copper basin interrupted them. Jiang straightened her clothes, hugged her son and said, "I'll go to the front to see my sister first. You wash up first."

Only Zhu Sanlang and the maid who was serving him were left in the room. When there was no more noise outside the door, Zhu Sanlang threw away the towel in his hand and hugged the maid who had a resentful look in her eyes.

He hurriedly opened the maid's front and took it in his mouth, muttering: "My dear, let me satisfy your craving first..."

For fear of being discovered by his wife, Zhu Sanlang never left any marks above the maid's neck, and even found a better way to satisfy his cravings.

When he had a rare opportunity to eat his fill, he didn't feel so much resentment towards his little sister for suddenly coming over.

After the two of them came out after having fun, Zhu Sanlang was still the calm and composed Zhu the accountant.

In the wing of the restaurant in front, Zhu Zhenmei, with a face full of grievance, hugged Jiang's arm and pressed close to her affectionately, saying flattering words, "Third sister-in-law, please take me in for a few days! When mother stops making trouble, I will go back immediately, okay?"

Jiang's eyes were filled with brilliance, and her tone softened, "It's not that Third Sister-in-law doesn't want you to stay, but as long as your Third Brother agrees, I will definitely not chase you away."

"Hehe, Third Brother is so strict with his rules. Can't even my unmarried sister visit relatives?" Zhu Zhenmei complained in a low voice.

"You, your third brother will scold you when he hears this. Eat something first. You have traveled more than twenty miles early in the morning. Aren't you hungry?" He ordered the waiter outside to bring a bowl of noodles.

After eating a big bowl of vegetarian noodles, Zhu Zhenmei finally felt that her stomach was full and followed Jiang back to the backyard of the restaurant.

At this moment, his third brother was sitting at his desk looking through the account books. When he saw someone walk in, he said in a rather gentle tone, "Since you're here, just stay here. I'll be done with my work in a couple of days, so I can take you back on the way."

Zhu Zhen snorted, curled her brows, and sat down on the spring stool beside her with a sullen look. She complained, "Third brother, my mother has made the house a mess. I don't want to go back. In two months, I will be sixteen and come of age..."

Zhu Sanlang glared at his younger sister with a cold look in his eyes, then rubbed his brows with a headache. "Your sister-in-law has been looking after your marriage for you. You don't want to marry a country boy, but the wealthier families in town won't marry country girls. Well, well, I need to think about this matter again."

With her third brother and sister-in-law taking care of things for her, Zhu Zhenmei really didn't think about anything else. She planned to enjoy herself in the town for a few days and asked her third sister-in-law to order her some new clothes from Ruifuxiang.

Jiang looked at her graceful sister-in-law in front of her, her eyes full of satisfaction as if she had measured a good commodity. The Zhu family had indeed inherited their father-in-law's good looks.

Zhu Sanlang looked at his sister for a long time, then asked in a somewhat stiff tone, "Since I come from a farming family, wouldn't it be inappropriate for me to go and congratulate the old lady on her birthday? Wouldn't that be rude to her?"

Jiang smiled coquettishly, "What's the point of being abrupt? The old lady is a kind elder. The one who invited me to her house to celebrate her birthday is her fourth daughter-in-law. Just keep your heart in your heart. I will definitely bring my little sister home safely."

Zhu Zhen pursed her brows and agreed, "Third sister-in-law is right. Why can't I go to the family of my relatives? Third brother always likes to look down on others, humph!"

Zhu Sanlang sighed and said sternly, "When you're at someone's house, you have to behave like a guest and don't act recklessly!"

Looking at the carriage going away, Zhu Sanlang turned and went into the restaurant. There was an account book waiting for him to calculate on the desk. He didn't want to get involved in his younger sister's marriage at all, but Jiang was too enthusiastic. He didn't know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing?