Jiang Xue felt incredibly distressed; she wished she could transform into a shrew and scratch Xie Chunmei's face raw.
But then she thought, since they're so good at pretending, let them keep pretending. When they can't keep up the act, they'll naturally start cursing at her.
Then, when the time comes, go up and give her a large amount of money, and no one will say anything bad about her.
She sat quietly in front of Gu Xiaoling, tidying up the semi-finished product.
"Mom and Dad are here, come in and have a seat."
Ji Chen's words startled Jiang Xue; this kid was quite worldly-wise.
When Jiang Chunsheng saw his son-in-law arrive, he quickly took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit one, and gave it to Ji Chen.
Ji Chen politely declined, "Why did Mom suddenly start cooking?"
Ji Chen had a bad feeling. These two never came to his door with anything good. He glanced at Jiang Xue's face and knew that she was already very angry.
Anyone would suffer if they had parents like that.
"Do you want money?" Ji Chen asked directly, without any hesitation.
Jiang Xue, sitting to the side, was dumbfounded. This kid was really direct, but she quite liked his approach. Leaving any leeway for this kind of person was just asking for trouble.
"What are you saying, sir? I just saw that the girl was busy, so I thought I'd put down what I was doing and come help out."
Without saying a word, Jiang Xue went to the kitchen, opened the lid of the rice container, and scooped in two liters of rice.
Xie Chunmei frowned and looked at Jiang Xue, "Why cook so much rice? Isn't it a waste if we can't finish it?"
Jiang Xue didn't even bother to give Xie Chunmei a cold look, and said in an icy tone, "My rice, I can do whatever I want with it."
Xie Chunmei gritted her teeth and endured it, thinking that a small act of impatience would ruin a big plan. Once the shop was in hand, Jiang Lai would make a lot of money, and what would Jiang Xue be?
Xie Chunmei busied herself for a while and served seven or eight dishes.
Jiang Xue glanced at them coldly. All the vegetables that were supposed to be "eyes" in the house were burned, and a whole pot of pork belly that Ji Chen had bought was also burned.
Before Jiang Xue could even pick up the braised pork with her chopsticks, she somehow produced an enamel mug and scooped out five large spoonfuls of braised pork into it.
Jiang Xue stared at the nearly empty braised pork without saying a word, but her eyes kept glancing at Xie Chunmei as she watched her put the enamel mug under the stool.
"Come on, everyone's been working hard lately, let's eat together." Jiang Xue called out to the dozen or so workers, "Mom, go cook three or four more dishes, and go get some green beans and potatoes from the garden."
Jiang Xue calmly directed Xie Chunmei, while Ji Chen, eating with the two little ones, smiled with pursed lips.
"Dad, didn't you want to help Mom with the chores? Go get her some firewood."
Jiang Chunsheng's stomach was already growling with hunger, but for the sake of his own little scheme, why not endure it?
Jiang Xue ushered the two people out, then poured the entire jar of braised pork that had been sitting under the octagonal stool into a basin. "Eat up, eat up, we're having a meat feast today. You won't get paid until you finish it all."
At that time, few rural people were not lacking in oil and fat. The aunts and concubines swallowed the food before they even had a chance to properly chew it.
In less than ten minutes, all the dishes on the table were gone. Jiang Xue was very satisfied to see everyone's mouths glistening with oil.
Just as she was about to hand out wages to everyone, Jiang Chunsheng was really hungry, mainly because he was craving the fragrant braised pork.
He stood at the door and saw that all the plates had been swept clean.
"Chunmei, come here. Look at your good daughter. This is how she mistreats her parents." Jiang Chunsheng's face, which was already dark, turned completely purplish-black with anger.
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