After being threatened by Ning Huan, Xiao Cui became quite obedient and quickly began to scrub the vat diligently.
Ning Huan kept an eye on Xiao Cui, afraid that she would pull some trick again.
However, Xiao Cui didn't do anything this time. After seeing her clean the water tank, Ning Huan reminded her, "After you finish fetching water, go and move the pile of weeds in the yard to the backyard."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Cui looked up at Ning Huan with disbelief in her eyes, which made Ning Huan momentarily reflect on whether she was a despicable exploiter.
But in an instant, Ning Huan spoke fiercely to Xiao Cui: "What are you looking at? You can't even finish such a small amount of work? Do you think our house is some place where people freeload?"
Xiao Cui bit her lip, clearly wanting to refute something, but not daring to utter a sound.
Ning Huan continued, "My mother-in-law asked you to come to our house specifically to help us with chores. We've only asked you to do this little bit of work, and you're already unhappy and thinking about slacking off!"
"I didn't come here to work, I clearly came here to..."
Xiao Cui couldn't hold back any longer, but she swallowed her words back. She couldn't directly tell Ning Huan that she had come to be Zhou Jing'an's wife.
Thinking of Ning Huan's shrewish behavior just now, Xiao Cui was terrified. Even if she were incredibly stupid, she would never tell this crazy woman her true purpose.
Ning Huan raised an eyebrow and asked, "If you're not here to work, then what are you here for?"
Xiao Cui immediately lowered her head: "I can't do any work. I only said I wanted to come and take care of you because I saw that you guys, Jing'an, were having trouble. But I don't know how to do anything..."
If I told her the truth, wouldn't she tear me to pieces?
Xiao Cui, feigning cleverness, fabricated this story: she kindly offered to take care of Zhou Jing'an's family because they were having trouble making things difficult for them. But she couldn't do any chores, so surely she wouldn't be expected to do any work herself.
Ning Huan chuckled and said, "So, you're here out of kindness to help, or am I deliberately making things difficult for you?"
Just when Xiao Cui thought Ning Huan had been fooled, she heard Ning Huan's voice suddenly turn cold as she said:
"Even if you're trying to help out of kindness, you shouldn't use your inability to do the work as an excuse. If you can't do the work, do you really think you're helping out out of kindness? You're just making things worse!"
Ning Huan pointed to the water vat and said, "It's just a water vat. You've dirtied it. Is it so hard for me to clean it and pour the water back in?"
Xiao Cui was stunned, then shook her head.
Ning Huan shouted sternly, "Then hurry up and get to work!"
Looking at the water tank she had just cleaned, Xiao Cui knew how big it was and how many trips she would have to make to fill it with buckets of water!
Feeling wronged, she took the bucket to the well at the village entrance. On her way back, she felt increasingly uneasy.
She was clearly invited by Yao to take care of Zhou Jing'an, but now she has inexplicably become someone who works for this family. Does she think she doesn't do enough work at home and isn't tired enough?
Thinking of this, Xiao Cui put the bucket in the yard and ran to find Yao Shi, looking back as she ran, afraid that Ning Huan would find out that she had run away.
The four little ones noticed that the woman had left the bucket in the yard but had disappeared, so they knew she must have run away.
So she hurriedly ran to call Ning Huan: "Mother, that ugly woman has run away!"
Ning Huan wasn't surprised, but she didn't expect her to leave so quickly. However, she thought it was good that Xiao Cui had run away. She had originally wanted to keep her to do chores, but then she thought about the water vat that Xiao Cui had dirtied. She hadn't done much work and was just causing trouble for Xiao Cui.
Ning Huan picked up a bucket and went to the village entrance to fetch water. The four little ones followed beside her, helping her carry the empty bucket. Then she said slowly, "Mommy, that stinky woman can't do any work at all, and she's made a mess of the house."
"Now I've even made my mother come to fetch water. That wretched woman is so annoying!"
“We just asked her to move the weeds, but she was reluctant and moved them very slowly.”
Da Bao analyzed, "When Grandma brought her here, she told us to call her 'Little Mother,' so she probably didn't come here to work for our family."
"I will never acknowledge her as my stepmother, and I will not allow Father to take her in!"
Looking at the four little bundles of joy, Ning Huan finally realized, "So you deliberately sent Xiao Cui to move that pile of weeds?"
The third child and the second child exchanged a glance, then looked at the first child and the fourth child, and nodded.
Ning Huan initially found the four little ones amusing, but then she said to them seriously, "You may not like her, but you can't deliberately trip her up or do bad things to her just because you dislike Xiao Cui."
Because she remembered that in the original story, the four little dumplings were four villains who did all sorts of evil deeds, although she had changed a lot of the previous plot since she transmigrated.
However, she was still worried that her four little ones would follow the same path as before, so she had to teach them right from wrong from a young age to prevent them from becoming bad people.
The little ones nodded as if they understood, and Ning Huan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As soon as Ning Huan led them to the front door, they saw Fan Juan standing in the yard.
She saw that Ning Huan was carrying two buckets and quickly stepped forward to take them from her: "Sister-in-law, give me the buckets, I'll help you!"
Ning Huan quickly shook her head and said, "No need, I can do it myself."
But Fan Juan was not about to give in. Ning Huan was her savior, and she was incredibly grateful to her. Not only her, but her two daughters also considered Ning Huan their savior.
Now all she wants is to do what she can for her benefactor.
Although Ning Huan knew what Fan Juan meant, she didn't need her gratitude. Whether she survived was up to her own fate.
However, seeing that Fan Juan's face was still pale, she asked with some concern, "Your complexion is too bad. Should I prescribe some medicine for you to regulate your body?"
Fan Juan shook her head: "No need, sister-in-law."
"Are you worried that the herbs are too expensive? Don't worry, the herbs I prescribe are not expensive, and you can buy them for just a little money."
Even so, Ning Huan still thought that perhaps Mao Shi would not allow Fan Juan to buy medicine at all, let alone give her any money, not even a single penny.
"Or I can get you some medicine. Don't worry, I'm very familiar with these medicines and they won't harm you."
Fan Juan shook her head and said, "Sister-in-law, there's no need to trouble you. My husband Mao Wa said he'll prescribe medicine for me to regulate my body from now on. He said he had neglected my feelings before, but he won't do it again."
"That's why I've come here today specifically to thank you."
Hearing Fan Juan's words, Ning Huan nodded in agreement, "Mao Wa is at least able to admit his mistakes and correct them."
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