Cheng Jiawen frowned and held her hand with a bit of heartache, "You don't have to do it. Whose new daughter-in-law has to do work on the first day of marriage? I'll just go and tell her."
"Well, doesn't your mother just want to show me her power? Come on, let's see who can beat whom." Xu Qianjiao said indifferently.
"This is too unfair to you, I..."
Before Cheng Jiawen finished speaking, Xu Qianjiao interrupted him, holding his face and looking at him seriously, and said gently: "Trust me, I won't let myself be wronged."
Seeing her determination, Cheng Jiawen could only nod helplessly, "Okay, if there's anything you don't like, just turn around and leave. Just put all the blame on me and don't get hurt."
Xu Qianjiao smiled when she heard this. She held Cheng Jiawen's face and said sweetly, "I know, housekeeper. I won't let myself be wronged. Don't worry."
After saying that, he got up, changed his clothes, and went straight to the kitchen.
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In the kitchen, Cheng's mother was already waiting there. When she saw Xu Qianjiao coming over, she put on a fake smile and said hypocritically, "Jiaojiao, as a new daughter-in-law, you must listen to your mother-in-law. Today is your first day at home, so let us taste your cooking skills."
Xu Qianjiao had a simple smile on her face and nodded, "Okay, Mom, today I'll let you taste my cooking skills."
"Hahaha, that's right. A new daughter-in-law should do more work to be liked by others." Seeing that Xu Qianjiao agreed so easily, Cheng's mother felt relieved.
Xu Qianjiao couldn't help but sneer in her heart when she heard what Cheng's mother said. "Do you have to work hard to be liked?" Then why marry a wife? Why not just marry a yellow cow? Besides, Cheng's second wife is hardworking enough, but you don't seem to like her much.
Although she thought so in her heart, there was no flaw on her face, and she still looked agreeable.
Mother Cheng handed the sweet potato to Xu Qianjiao, "Come, let's have sweet potato rice and the leftover pork offal from lunch tonight."
"Okay, Mom."
Xu Qianjiao took the sweet potato and put it aside. She poured a plate of hot water from the kettle into the basin, added some cold water, and then poured water one spoonful at a time, washing it with one hand while pouring.
Cheng's mother frowned as she watched her actions. Seeing that one ladle of hot water was not enough for her and she wanted to pour out the whole pot of hot water, she quickly stopped her, "Hey, what are you doing? One ladle of hot water is not enough? You don't need to collect firewood. It's such a waste."
"Huh? But it's not clean." Xu Qianjiao pretended to be innocent and looked up at her with a confused expression.
Mother Cheng took a deep breath, snatched the sweet potato, put it in a basin and poured a bucket of cold water, rubbed it twice with the cold water, washed it clean, and handed it back to Xu Qianjiao, "Okay, it's clean."
Xu Qianjiao took the sweet potato and looked at Cheng's mother with gratitude, "Thank you, mother."
Then she started to add water to the pot, and then threw a whole sweet potato into the pot. Cheng's mother's eyes widened, "What are you doing?"
"Cook sweet potatoes." Xu Qianjiao said as a matter of course.
Seeing her like this, Cheng's mother was really furious. She took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in her heart, "Take out the sweet potatoes, cut them into small pieces, and then cook them."
Xu Qianjiao looked at Cheng's mother who was so angry that she was half dead, and laughed secretly in her heart, but her face showed a look of sudden enlightenment. She took out the sweet potato and was about to cut it.
Seeing her chopping the sweet potatoes like she was about to chop someone, Cheng's mother quickly snatched the knife from her hand and pushed her aside. "Okay, okay, okay, let me do it. I'll chop it and you can cook it."
Xu Qianjiao obediently stood aside and watched Cheng's mother busy cutting sweet potatoes.
"Okay, put the sweet potatoes in the pot and cook them. Do you understand?" Mother Cheng gave up the stove seat to Xu Qianjiao and said unhappily.
Xu Qianjiao nodded and said confidently, "I can do that."
She put the sweet potatoes in the pot, added a large bucket of water, and prepared to start washing the rice. However, while washing the rice, she started making a lot of mistakes.
Her hand slipped and she almost spilled the whole bowl of rice. Seeing this, Cheng's mother was really pissed off and quickly snatched the bowl from her hand and washed the rice herself.
The sweet potato rice was cooked, and it was time to start cooking the pig offal. The pig offal had been prepared in advance. Xu Qianjiao started to heat the pot, and then while Cheng's mother was not paying attention, she scooped half a can of lard into the pot.
Mother Cheng felt very disappointed when she saw that half of the lard in the jar was gone. Her lard was refined just two days ago and was meant to last her a year, but now most of it was gone in one meal.
She looked at Xu Qianjiao angrily, "Okay, okay, go back. You don't have to do it anymore."
Xu Qianjiao pretended to be confused, "Ah, mother? You don't need me to do it anymore? Are you feeling sorry for me? Hahaha, mother is so good to me, thank you mother." She flattered Cheng's mother and ran away without waiting for Cheng's mother to say anything.
When he returned to the room, Cheng Jiawen was still there. He was a little surprised to see Xu Qianjiao coming back in less than half an hour. "Huh? Why are you back? Did you feel wronged?"
He looked at Xu Qianjiao, who looked very proud and didn't look like she had been wronged. He was a little curious about how his mother had let her go.
Xu Qianjiao smiled mysteriously, sat next to him, and jokingly told him what had just happened in the kitchen.
Cheng Jiawen felt amused when he heard this. He reached out and tapped Xu Qianjiao's forehead, saying lovingly, "You're so naughty. Hahaha, you've really found my weak spot."
His mother has one biggest weakness, which is being stingy. Now Jiaojiao is making good use of this weakness. I just don’t know how she knew that his mother is stingy.
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