Chapter 18 Pick Up My Daughter-in-law

"Instead of sending him ten pounds of meat, why not improve your own abilities and completely win his heart? Think about it, when he becomes a high-ranking official in the future, he'll have to attend banquets hosted by dignitaries. You can't read a single word, so how can he take you out? Isn't he afraid that you'll embarrass yourself? He's earned money to buy land and property, and you can't read the family account books. How can he hand over the management to you? Mother is doing this for your own good, so why can't you understand with your stupid head? Do you really think being the wife of a scholar or a high-ranking official is that easy? A good iron must be made with strong metal!"

Qin Fangci patted her shoulder heavily and said, "Okay, think about it carefully. I'm going to go out and do my work first. Think clearly about the path you want to take and then ask me to help you."

"Mom...I'll learn!" Li Yulan said firmly, "Mom, I didn't think enough before. I will listen to you."

At this moment, Li Yulan trusted Qin Fangci's every hair. After all, she was her biological mother, and every word she said was for her own good and consideration.

If she didn't have a mother, she couldn't imagine what her future life would be like.

The old woman of the Xu family manipulates her, the children of the Xu family don't like her, Jia Huai's brother, who has become a high-ranking official, thinks she is embarrassing and won't take her out, or maybe Jia Huai's brother has met another woman...

When Qin Fangci came out again, Li Yulan did not follow her out.

Yuan looked around quietly, curled her lips, and wanted to ask her mother-in-law to keep the meat. If her mother-in-law agreed to this, she would make a fuss.

It was a pity that Yuan didn't get closer to listen, mainly because she didn't dare to, for fear that the fire would burn herself.

Li Lao Da, Li Bosong and Li Lao San came back one after another, but Wang, who had left before them, was still nowhere to be seen.

Li Laosan didn't see his wife and subconsciously asked, "Mom, my wife hasn't come back yet?"

Qin Fangci glanced towards the door and said, "Her mother must be happy to stay and talk."

Li Laosan thought about it and nodded. It was rare for his mother-in-law to be in a good mood, so it would be a good idea to let his daughter-in-law stay at her parents' home more and talk to her. He would just do more housework.

Boss Li came up to Qin Fangci and began to take credit again, "Mom, I did everything you asked me to do. If you don't believe me, just ask me. I didn't say a word just now, but those two idiots from the Ma family were so happy... No, I mean the Ma family was very happy to get the meat. Look, this is the dish given by Ma's wife. Mom, how about making fried pork and leeks tonight? I'll go wash it right away."

"You don't need to wash the vegetables. Just cut the oil and refine it first."

Boss Li handed the leeks to San Ya and said happily, "Don't worry, Mom, I will cut them properly. I will make the oil for you later! I guarantee you will be able to eat delicious oil residue tonight."

"I'll make fried leeks with oil residue tonight." Qin Fangci said with a smile.

Not only Boss Li, but everyone present except Qin Fangci and Li Baisong swallowed their saliva.

Stir-fried leeks with oil residue sounds delicious.

"Mom, I have cut half a basin of meat. Do you want to cut more?" Yuan asked tentatively. The cut meat cannot be kept. If it is not fried tonight, it will have to be fried tomorrow. Will the family really eat so much in the next two days?

"Fill this basin first. Second brother, bring the seasoning I asked you to find here for me to see."

"Mom, my ingredients are very expensive," Li Laoer licked the corner of his mouth, clenched his hands in pain and said, "A simple stew is enough for our family, there is no need to put so much."

Although he also wanted to eat meat cooked with aniseed, aniseed was money!

"Here, take it. Consider it a loan from your family. I'll buy it for you in the city later."

Li Laoer couldn't believe it, "Mom, are you serious?"

Qin Fangci took the large seasoning bag from Li Laoer and said, "Really? The meat is mine, the seasoning is mine, and I'll give the meat to whoever I want to eat it."

"Oh mother, how can you do this? I, I didn't want to make such a clear distinction. I, I didn't, I didn't agree." Li Laoer felt aggrieved like an angry young wife, and followed Qin Fangci stickily.

Qin Fangci took a quick look and saw some cumin, cloves, dried tangerine peel, cinnamon, star anise, cardamom, and Sichuan peppercorns, but not in large quantities.

If you have made five-spice dried meat, you cannot braise the offal; if you have braised the offal, you cannot make five-spice dried meat.

Then make five-spice dried meat. Wash the large intestine and stir-fry it with sauce. The large intestine stir-fried with sauce is also very fragrant.

Qin Fangci handed the seasoning back.

Li Laoer didn't dare to take it for a moment. He had already made up his mind to give it to her. "Mom, what are you doing?"

"Chop and grind everything into powder. Grind them separately. Don't mix them together. I'll mix them later."

"Mom, do you know them all? You let me grind them all? What do you want to do?"

"I don't know me, you're just wasting money! Stop talking nonsense, I'll just do it when I tell you to!"

Li Laoer: “…” Mom has been so angry lately!

"Lao Er's, remember to pat the meat more. It will be more flavorful if it is loosened up."

"Okay, Mom." Anyway, the boss had already brought out the seasonings, so she was sure to have something delicious soon. With the meat right in front of her, making money could be put aside for now.

"Okay, that's all. You guys should hurry up and finish it at home. Third brother, come with me."

Li Laosan looked up in confusion, "Mom, where are we going?"

"Go and see if your mother-in-law is happy. If she is not happy, bring my daughter-in-law back." These two simple sentences were like a thunderclap that fell lightly.

Qin Fangci and Li Laosan had both gone out, while Li Laoda, Li Laoer and Yuan were still standing there, not realizing what was happening.

Yuan Shi nearly cut her finger and asked in a daze, "What did mother say you were going to do?"

Li Laoer's voice drifted out from his throat, "Fighting with Mrs. Wang?"

Li Bosong did hear the children, but he only glanced at them. Even with that glance, Li Yulan urged them dissatisfiedly, "Little brother, stop staring blankly. Teach me again, how do you pronounce this word? How do you pronounce this word?"

Qin Fangci guessed correctly that Wang was being bullied by her own mother.

The meat and bones were thrown into the yard, and Wang knelt in the yard crying.

Wang's mother was still not satisfied. She tapped her forehead and jumped up and down, "I worked so hard to raise you, and this is how you show me filial piety! You brought back this little bit of meat from a wild boar. They say a daughter who is married off is like spilled water. I think your heart is too far-fetched. You don't care about your brother's life or death. Now that he can't find a wife, are you happy? If your parents' family is not doing well, what good are you? If you don't have a parents' family, your husband's family will bully you to death!"

Aunt Wang chimed in, "Cuiyun, your mother is right. Your in-laws picked up such a big wild boar. Let's not even have a pig-killing feast. We're considered legitimate relatives, so we're just giving you two pounds of meat to send away as a beggar."

"Beggars can say a few nice words when begging for food and show gratitude to their masters. What can you do?" Qin Fangci and Li Laosan rushed in, catching the Wang family off guard.

The three sisters-in-law of the Wang family were all unhappy when they were caught saying bad things about others. Moreover, Qin Fangci's words were so unpleasant that it was even harder for them to look happy.

"Oh, my mother-in-law is here. Why does she speak so harshly?" Cuiyun's mother slanted her eyes.

Li Laosan hurriedly helped his wife up, feeling distressed and angry, "Your mother bullied you again?!"

Qin Fangci glanced at her third son's face calmly. Seeing that he knew that his anger towards the Yue family was no longer a compromise, she knew that the balance in his heart had tilted towards her.

Qin Fangci was even more confident in scolding people. "Isn't this just me learning how to talk from my mother-in-law's place? Our family has never treated anyone like this before. My mother-in-law is really powerful. She treats her own daughter like grass. If other people's daughters marry into our family, tsk tsk, they will be even worse than grass, right?"