Zhou Jing'an raised an eyebrow: "You think you can get me to write all the prescriptions for you just because of Yao Xiaocui?"
Ning Huan waved her hand: "It won't be for all the prescriptions later. While you're writing the prescriptions, I'll follow along and learn to recognize and write characters. Once I've learned them all, I won't need your help anymore."
Although what he said was true, Zhou Jing'an suddenly felt a little uncomfortable after seeing his smug look just now.
I thought Ning Huan would always need my help, but she actually said she wanted to learn to read on her own.
However, it was just a change of heart. After the two made an agreement, Zhou Jing'an began writing a prescription for Ning Huan.
Outside the courtyard, the four little children, having heard about what happened that morning, surrounded Yao Xiaocui and said, "You're not allowed to go into my father's room anymore, that's not a place you can go!"
"We don't like you, and Daddy doesn't like you either. Stay away from us, we hate you!"
"Don't even think about becoming our concubine. We have no intention of having Father bring you into our family!"
"My father would never fancy you. My mother is the most powerful woman in the world!"
The four little ones chattered incessantly, driving Yao Xiaocui crazy, but there was nothing she could do about it.
Just then, she saw Ning Huan and Fan Juan coming out of the house together, as if they were going somewhere. She quickly followed them, saying, "Where are you going? I'll go with you."
Ning Huan got the prescription written by Zhou Jing'an and was about to take Fan Juan home. She didn't know what Yao Xiaocui was up to. Logically, she should be happy to see her leave, so why was she so eager to go with her?
Ning Huan originally didn't want Yao Xiaocui to come along, but remembering that she and Zhou Jing'an had just agreed to keep an eye on Yao Xiaocui for him, she agreed.
The three had barely left when the four little ones rushed off to Zhou Jing'an's room. The ugly woman was gone; they needed to hurry and talk to their father.
They walked up to Zhou Jing'an and whispered, "Father, we don't like that Xiao Cui. Please don't let her into the house."
“Father, that ugly woman is wicked. She wants to ruin your relationship with Mother. We can’t let her succeed.”
"Father, you must not let that bad woman in, and you must not talk to her!"
"Mother is beautiful and capable. Father, you know we shouldn't pay attention to that bad woman, right?"
When Zhou Jing'an heard the little dumpling say that Ning Huan was pretty, he couldn't help but chuckle. They actually said she was pretty? Could these four little dumplings not be able to distinguish between beauty and ugliness?
However, he suddenly thought of Ning Huan's every smile and frown, and how she worked diligently to take care of the four little ones. Even though he saw these scenes every day, he suddenly felt that Ning Huan was indeed very beautiful.
Could he have caught the disease of being unable to distinguish between beauty and ugliness from the four little dumplings?
Zhou Jing'an frowned. At this moment, the four little ones were still talking to each other. At first, he could respond with a few words, but later the little ones kept repeating these words. Zhou Jing'an thought that these guys must be too bored and came here to talk about the adults.
So he looked up at the four little ones who were talking and said, "Well, Daddy won't talk to that woman, and Daddy doesn't have time either. Because in a few days, I'll start teaching you to recognize characters and read."
The air fell silent. The four little ones paused for three seconds, then turned and ran out of the house.
Zhou Jing'an coldly called out to them, "Stop!"
The four little ones slowly turned around: "Daddy, what's wrong..."
Zhou Jing'an smiled faintly and said, "It's nothing. You all heard what I just said, right? I'm going to teach you to read and write in a few days."
Seeing that they hadn't escaped, the four little ones lowered their heads dejectedly and replied, "We heard you, Daddy."
They walked out of the house dejectedly. It wasn't that they didn't want to study, but their father had told them that to study, they had to hang their hair from the rafters and prick their buttocks with an awl.
How terrifying! How could they not be scared? That day, the four little ones were all preoccupied, and even playing games in the yard didn't bring them much joy.
Meanwhile, Ning Huan, carrying a medicine basket, went to the Mao family's house with Fan Juan. As soon as they entered, they saw Madam Mao standing at the door, looking around. Upon seeing Fan Juan, she immediately launched into a tirade: "You little slut, you've been gone all morning! Where have you been?"
Pointing at the kitchen, she yelled, "You didn't even make breakfast! Are you trying to starve this old woman to death? Let me tell you, don't think you can get away with anything just because you've died once. If you're so tough, go ahead and hang yourself!"
"Who knows if you're deliberately using death to lie? My son is completely fooled by your charade, but I'm not buying it!"
Mao looked at Fan Juan with a smug expression, as if the more she scolded her daughter-in-law in front of outsiders, the more arrogant she became.
Fan Juan smiled somewhat shyly at Ning Huan and Yao Xiaocui. Then she said in a low voice, "Mom, I left a little early this morning, but the food was all prepared and placed in the kitchen. I told Mao Wa to heat it up after I woke up."
Mao spat and started cursing again: "You have the nerve to say that? Your wife ran out and disappeared early in the morning, leaving your husband at home to heat up your mother's food. Aren't you ashamed to tell anyone? Your parents raised you for so many years, and this is how they taught you to be filial?"
Mao was aggressive, but Fan Juan wasn't afraid. She just felt embarrassed to see her family in such a sorry state in front of outsiders.
Ning Huan didn't care. Compared to her mother-in-law Yao, Mao was a piece of cake.
However, Yao Xiaocui, who was standing to the side, was stunned. She was not married yet, so she had never experienced how a wife and her in-laws lived together.
Although she often heard her fellow villagers talking about mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships, they only reported the good news and not the bad. She never knew that some mothers-in-law were like this.
Even if she didn't have a good life at home, and even if her parents favored boys over girls, they never treated her like Mao treated Fan Juan.
Fan Juan clenched her fists, and even though she was angry, she could only swallow her anger and apologize to Mao Shi, explaining, "Mother, I didn't go out early this morning to do anything else. I went to invite Sister Ning Huan to our house, which is why I came back late."
Seeing the way Mao was looking at her, Ning Huan had expected the old woman to start cursing at her, and she was already prepared for it.
But Madam Mao smiled slightly and said politely, "So it's Jing'an's wife. Come in and sit down."
Then she instructed Fan Juan to pour water for Ning Huan, a completely different behavior from when she had been cursing Fan Juan earlier.
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