Chapter 93 The Best Mother-in-law's Handbook 15

In the room of the mother and daughter, Zhu Xiaotao slowly and carefully told her mother what had happened today. At the end, she took out an exquisite jade pendant from her arms.

There is a lifelike dragon carved on the jade plate, which seems to be about to fly out of the jade plate and fly into the sky.

As soon as Lin saw the dragon shape, his hands began to tremble involuntarily. He calmed his rapidly beating heart and touched the dragon's claws with his fingertips.

Only four claws!

There was visible disappointment on his face, but then he became happy again. Four claws, four claws are good too!

In the past, the sun was something she could not reach no matter how hard she tried, but now that her daughter had such an adventure, she had a chance to gain the power above her.

Handing the jade pendant back, Lin held her daughter's hand with both relief and envy. Feeling the light calluses on her palm, she felt a surge of resentment towards her mother-in-law. She softened her tone and said to her eldest daughter, "Keep this jade pendant carefully. Consider it a reward from that man. Just take good care of him." After a moment's silence, she added, "Don't be too reserved with him. We're just equals, so there's no need for you to be scheming. Just be an innocent and simple girl in front of him."

Zhu Xiaotao frowned and carefully traced her mother's eyebrows and eyes. Her heart suddenly became clear. A bright and beautiful smile of a young girl appeared on her face, and her sweet voice, as clear and smooth as jade beads falling on a plate, echoed in the room.

"I saved it, mother."

Seeing her daughter so insightful and intelligent, Lin felt both proud and relieved. Sure enough, this difference would produce different results.

Seeing her second daughter's confused look, Lin tilted the scales in her heart even more confidently.

In the next few days, Feng Wu quietly watched Zhu Xiaotao go out early and come back late every day, looking busier than the prime minister of the time.

As long as you are willing to work hard, there is no farm work that you can't do.

Just after the middle of the month, the family cleared nearly 20 mu of wasteland. Feng Wu did not plan to grow crops on this 20 mu of wasteland. At that time, the grain seeds were of poor quality and there were few varieties, not to mention foreign seeds such as sweet potatoes and potatoes. Besides, she did not plan to worry about these fields every day.

After the wasteland is opened up, you have to go to the government office and ask the yamen runners to come and measure the land. Fortunately, the wasteland does not need to pay taxes within three years, so the pressure is not that great.

She is short of money now and has to do things according to plan.

But the pace of land reclamation could not stop, and the free labor of the whole family would not be wasted. With such a large piece of wasteland and barren mountains, and a wide river running along the mountainside, Fengwu decided to build a tourist resort for himself.

Surrounded by green mountains, clear waters, birdsong and fragrance of flowers every day, no longer tired of rushing for three meals a day, without the burden of luxury, such a life is the retirement life that the original body had dreamed of.

It was another rest day. In order to appease the rebellious emotions of the laborers, Feng Wu waved his hand and asked Zhu Erlang to borrow an ox cart from his uncle's house and take the whole family to a restaurant in town for a meal.

Lin stayed at home to look after the house on the pretext of feeling unwell. Zhu Dalang originally wanted to stay and take care of his wife, but the ox cart needed someone to drive it, and Lin also insisted that Zhu Xiaoxing stay and take care of her. Zhu Dalang had no choice but to get on the ox cart with his mother and brothers.

Zhu Xiaotao is still nowhere to be seen during the day.

Feng Wu never asked a single question, as if this person didn't exist in the family.

On the oxcart, Zhu Erlang was a little excited and kept talking to Feng Wu, "Mom, I'll go find Dad when we get to the dock. Let's have a family reunion meal at the restaurant owned by the third brother today."

Feng Wu looked at Zhu Erlang deeply and knew his plan very well, but why should she spend money to let that bastard Zhu Changdan take advantage of her? How could she still eat properly when looking at that face?

"Don't do that. Your father might be working at the docks or in some quiet place right now. As a filial son, don't disturb his peace."

Zhu Erlang was at a loss for words. Seeing his mother's nonchalant expression, he felt anxious and breathless for some reason. "...My dear mother, you are Dad's original wife. Even if Dad really wants to take a concubine, you are the legal wife. How can you be suppressed by a concubine?"

Feng Wu was speechless and turned his head away, not wanting to be sprayed in the face by Zhu Erlang's excited saliva.

Angry at his mother's lack of fighting spirit, Zhu Erlang sighed in frustration. How could he have such a useless mother? If he had taken home his father's monthly salary of five cents, he would have lived a comfortable life. Why would he have to work so hard every day to open up wasteland?

When thinking about reclaiming wasteland, Zhu Erlang had countless sad and tearful stories. He was so tired that he wanted to quit, and was severely scolded by his mother several times. After learning the lesson, he dared not make trouble anymore. He followed his elder brother to work diligently in the fields every day, and even the frequency of slacking off decreased.

I don’t know why he opened up so much wasteland?

Three years later, that piece of wasteland will have to pay taxes. Where will we get the money and food to pay the taxes?

Anyway, the wasteland is not under his name, and when he cannot pay the taxes, the government can only find the owner of the house.

That's a punishment of forty lashes!

Thinking of the head of the household, a sudden light bulb went off in his head. Zhu Erlang felt that he might have figured it out. At the same time, cold sweat broke out on his back. Mother is so cruel!

You really must not offend his mother in the future, otherwise you don’t know when she will be plotted against!

While feeling sorry for his father, he also felt that he deserved it. It was his fault for favoring his concubine. If she had really given birth to younger brothers and sisters for him, he would rather not have this disrespectful father.

The ox cart went along the official road to the county town. The three children had never been to the county town before, so they sat on the ox cart and looked at it curiously.

When passing by the stall selling candied haws, he looked at Feng Wu with bright eyes, the meaning was self-evident.

Zhu Xiaozao blinked her sparkling eyes and said sweetly, "Grandma, when we get home I'll take my brothers and sisters to catch earthworms to feed the chickens, so that Xiaohong and Xiaohei can lay more eggs."

Jinbao was a smart kid, and he responded very actively, "Grandma, there's me, there's me, I can catch big green worms too. Sister Xiaozao is afraid of worms, but I'm a grown man, I'm not afraid of big green worms at all."

For a string of candied haws, there was no need! As the mother of two children, what else could she do? She decisively paid six coins and picked a string for each of the three children.

I wonder what's so delicious about this sticky stuff?

Don't think that she can't see the red syrup at the corner of Liu Qiao's mouth just because she is facing away from her. Feng Wu's mouth twitched. What kind of mother is this? She even snatches the snacks from her daughter's mouth?