But Yao talked incessantly while eating, spitting all over the food, which they found unbearable. Not to mention the four little ones, even Ning Huan found it hard to eat.
Zhou Jing'an said calmly, "Isn't Mother hungry? Then eat quickly. After you finish eating, you can go help with the work."
Ever since Yao started eating, she has been scolding the four little ones endlessly, saying that they came to help, but they are clearly just making trouble.
Because of Zhou Jing'an's words, Yao Shi didn't say anything, but she secretly cursed Zhou Jing'an and Ning Huan in her heart. Since she came here to try and improve her relationship with Zhou Jing'an, she naturally couldn't afford to make things too ugly with him, so Yao Shi could only curse him in her heart despite her anger.
After the meal, Yao took the bowl to the kitchen. It was just washing dishes; she had done it before.
The four little ones were very unhappy when Ning Huan told them that Yao had been staying at their house for a while. They didn't like their grandmother and didn't want her to stay.
Seeing the four little ones looking so wronged, Ning Huan knew they were upset, so she stroked their little faces and comforted them, "How about Mommy makes you something delicious tonight?"
Hearing that Ning Huan was making something delicious, the four little ones immediately perked up and crowded around, asking, "Mommy, what delicious food are you making?"
"Mom, I want to eat the wontons you make."
"I want to eat it too! Mom made it so fragrant!"
Ning Huan smiled and replied, "Okay, then Mom will make you some wontons."
When Yao came out of the kitchen, she saw Ning Huan and the four little ones chatting and laughing. She couldn't help but roll her eyes. She muttered to herself, "Leaving my son lying in bed alone while you guys are chatting and laughing like this."
After dinner, Zhou Jing'an was going to teach the four little ones to read, so Yao Shi and Ning Huan went outside. As Yao Shi walked outside, she muttered, "What's the point of teaching them to read? They'd be better off learning how to do chores. Besides, your eldest brother's son, Xiao Fang, is about the same age as them, and he hasn't been taught to read..."
Since it was her own muttering, Ning Huan pretended not to hear it, lest she cause any more trouble.
The chores she had previously assigned to Yao Xiaocui were now all being reassigned to Yao Shi: "Mother, after you fetch the water and chop the firewood, just sweep the yard."
Upon hearing this, Yao's eyes widened immediately: "Are you asking me to fetch water and chop firewood now? You even dare to ask me to sweep the yard? I'm your mother-in-law, and you're making me do these kinds of chores?"
Ning Huan raised an eyebrow and asked, "Didn't Mother herself say she would come to help? Then these are the chores around the house, aren't they?"
Seeing Ning Huan like this, Yao was furious, but she couldn't do anything about it.
She could only grit her teeth and say to Ning Huan, "Just you wait. Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you've taken care of my son for a few days. Right now, my son is just grateful. But wait until I take good care of him in the future, and then we'll see what you do."
"In the future, in my son's eyes, you will just be an ordinary woman, and he will still have to listen to me as his mother. When he becomes a high-ranking official, I will definitely make him divorce you."
Ning Huan nodded: "Mother is right. Then I will wait for that day to come. But before that, Mother still needs to fill the water tank, chop enough firewood, and clean the yard."
Seeing that Ning Huan wasn't angry at all after she said that, Yao felt like she had punched a cotton ball. She couldn't hold back any longer and rushed into Zhou Jing'an's room, shouting, "Son, your wife is so unfilial! She actually made her mother fetch water and chop firewood!"
"Look at all this work! And this woman actually made her mother do it. Tell me, is that even right?"
Since her eldest son, Zhou Dasheng, got married, Yao Shi had never done such work again. Zhou Dashan did the fetching of water, her eldest son chopped firewood, and even her eldest daughter-in-law did the cleaning of the yard and cooking. She didn't do any work at all.
But now that she's with Zhou Jing'an, all these tasks are hers to do, all because that little brat Ning Huan is deliberately making things difficult for her.
She didn't want me to move in and get close to the third son, so she assigned me these tasks to discourage me. How insidious! Yao was furious and only wanted to complain to Zhou Jing'an, hoping her son would stand up for her.
But Zhou Jing'an only glanced at Yao Shi, then said coldly, "Didn't Mother come here herself to say she wanted to help with the work?"
Yao was furious: "I said I was coming to take care of you, who said I was coming to help you with chores?"
Then she noticed a plate of fruit on Zhou Jing'an's table. Besides some fruits she usually wanted to eat but couldn't afford because they were too expensive, there were also several kinds of fruits she had never seen before.
Such a wonderful thing, she, as the mother, had never even seen it before. So she simply sat down in the chair: "No matter how you do things, I am still your mother. You make me do such heavy work, is this how your daughter-in-law shows filial piety to her mother-in-law?"
Then she pointed to the plate and said to the four little ones, "Dabao, bring one of those peaches over to Grandma. They look so sweet. I haven't had a peach in ages."
"Erbao and Sanbao, you two peel the skin off that bunch of grapes, and then put them all on the plate for Grandma."
"Little Sibao, don't just sit there. Grandma's body aches. I was tired from washing the dishes. Quickly massage my legs and body."
The little ones were already unhappy because Yao suddenly barged in and interrupted their learning to read. Now that they heard Yao ordering them around again, they were even more unhappy.
“These are the fruits my mother gave to my father.”
"Father needs to eat more fruit to get better, but Grandma is fine, so why should she eat fruit?"
Madam Yao was already furious with Zhou Jing'an and Ning Huan, and was looking for a place to vent her anger. Upon hearing the four little ones' words, she immediately scolded, "You four little things, do you think Grandma can't order you around?"
"All I asked was for you to bring me some fruit and give me a massage, and look how unwilling you are! Who told you to treat your elders like this?"
The four little ones immediately fell silent. Da Bao clenched his fists, but in the end, he took the fruit from the plate and handed it to Yao Shi.
For no other reason than that their mother had taught them that even if their elders had flaws, they, as juniors, should still fulfill their duties. Unless they made particularly unreasonable demands, they should still show them respect.
Madam Yao accepted the fruit from Da Bao and nodded with satisfaction: "That's how it should be. Da Bao really knows how to be filial to Grandma."
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