Luo Taohua didn't know what egg drop soup was, but the name sounded delicious.
Carrying the bucket, he happily went to fetch water.
When the egg drop soup was ready, Luo Taohua was greatly disappointed. She muttered, "It's just egg drop soup! What's with the name 'egg drop soup'? I'd rather have scrambled eggs with wild onions!"
Before Jiang Tangtang could even speak, Madam Su shot her a glare and said, "Are you going to eat it or not? If not, give it back to me."
"Eat, eat, eat." Luo Taohua was startled by her mother-in-law's gaze and quickly turned her back, gulping down the egg drop soup, afraid that if she was too slow, her mother-in-law would snatch it back.
Su rolled her eyes. "You want to eat but you still have so much to say. I think it's because I haven't disciplined you for a few days and you're itching for a beating."
Luo Taohua hurriedly drank a bowl of egg drop soup before hiding from Madam Su and saying to Jiang Tangtang, "Third sister-in-law, is there any more? Give me another bowl."
Jiang Tangtang didn't even look up. "That's all!"
Although more water was released, with so many children and so many people in the Lu family to begin with, there really wasn't any extra.
Luo Taohua licked her lips, somewhat unwilling, and said, "Aren't there still wild duck eggs in that basket? Should I go fetch some water and boil some more?"
Jiang Tangtang said, "No, the remaining eggs are for my husband."
Seeing that Jiang Tangtang was still thinking about her youngest son, Madam Su became even more satisfied with this daughter-in-law. She glared at Luo Taohua with disdain and said, "Your third brother is risking his life for this family. If you dare to covet his food, I will tell the eldest son to divorce you, you lazy woman. Now get to work."
Luo Taohua shrank her neck in grievance, but thought that if she hadn't really angered her mother-in-law and been kicked out, she would really have had to eat wild vegetables to fill her stomach.
Moreover, given the state of the world today, she could more or less guess how difficult it must have been for her brother-in-law to get that grain back.
She dared not say another word and went to work with her neck hunched over.
Lu Jiaren glanced at his mother's back, then at the egg drop soup in his bowl.
He chased after her with the bowl in his hand, saying, "Mom, here, have some."
Luo Taohua had a sweet tooth, but she couldn't bear to eat her son's food. She shook her head and said, "You eat, Mother is already full."
Lu Jiaren insisted, "I just picked a lot of sour soup stalks by the river and ate them, so I'm not hungry right now."
"Silly child, that's just weeds. How could it be the same as a duck egg? Besides, there's honey in it. Hurry up and eat it."
After so many days, Luo Taohua has finally figured out Jiang Tangtang's personality.
I know she may seem spoiled and unreasonable, but she is not actually a person without principles.
She will not mistreat those who work hard.
Therefore, after refusing her son's request, she obediently went to the fields to clear wasteland.
Lu Shiyan led his men out of the valley, while Lu Shiwang and Lu Shichang worked at the brick kiln again. There weren't actually many people from the Lu family who were reclaiming land.
This morning, Luo Taohua was called away by Jiang Tangtang to clear the land again; the progress on the Lu family's land was really slow.
After drinking the egg drop soup, Jiang Tangtang also came to see the wasteland cultivated by the Lu family.
Looking at the progress of clearing the land at home, Jiang Tangtang couldn't help but frown. This was too slow. At this rate, when would they ever be able to clear the wasteland?
Jiang Tangtang pursed her lips and thought for a moment, but couldn't come up with a good solution. She pulled out the system again and asked, "[Are there any good ways to speed up the initial exploration?]"
[Of course! Improving tools can increase production efficiency. Host, this is basic knowledge even a middle school student knows, surely you don't understand that?]
Jiang Tangtang was speechless. "Of course I know how to improve tools. The problem is, how would I, someone who's never farmed in the countryside, know how to improve tools?"
At this point, you'll need this "Complete Guide to Agricultural Machinery," which not only explains how to use various agricultural machines but also how they are manufactured.
To facilitate learning, the book includes video tutorials and further explanations of the materials needed to build various agricultural machines. At only 88 career points, purchasing this book is absolutely worthwhile.
The system has no physical form. If it did, Jiang Tangtang strongly suspects that it would act like some livestream hosts, shouting and jumping around.
Is this still the same aloof system from before?
Despite her skepticism about the system, Jiang Tangtang still spent 88 points to buy a set of books.
He immediately chose a shady spot and began to study it carefully.
Books purchased through the system offer a variety of reading modes to choose from.
Besides being projected onto the screen in front of her, it can also appear directly in her consciousness, just like a system.
Jiang Tangtang watched the projected video for a while, but felt too tired, so she finally chose to close her eyes and read it using her consciousness.
But to others, it looked like she had found a cool place to take a nap.
Others might just envy Jiang Tangtang's good fortune. But Zhang Qifang, having just been beaten by Madam Su for gossiping about Jiang Tangtang, immediately started making sarcastic remarks.
"Second sister-in-law, I advise you to say less. Have you forgotten the fate of the Fang family so quickly? Fang Laosi and his wife were tied up and thrown into the mountains, but they haven't come back yet, and we don't even know if they're still alive."
"Meng, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Ye family, kindly advised."
Thinking of Fang Laosi and his wife's fate, Zhang Qifang's voice immediately lowered. But she refused to back down in front of her sister-in-law and stubbornly retorted, "I haven't done anything illegal or disorderly. Do you think the Lu family would throw me into the woods too? Does the Lu family have no regard for the law?"
Seeing that Zhang Qifang wouldn't listen to advice, Meng was also a little annoyed. "Now everyone in the village depends on the Lu family for their livelihood. It's no exaggeration to say that the Lu family is the law. It's fine if you want to die, but don't drag everyone down with you."
Zhang Qifang's husband, Ye Zhoushan, also said, "Aren't you listening to what your sister-in-law is saying? Anyone knows to maintain good relations with the Lu family, but you, you're either speaking ill of Jiang Shi or arguing with Lu Sanlang's mother. What are you thinking?"
"I was thinking of my family, wasn't I? Lin Erzhu is good-looking and capable, and he always gets a lot of good stuff. If he becomes our son-in-law, wouldn't all those things belong to our family?"
Zhang Qifang glared at her husband resentfully and said, "The Su family is scolding me, isn't it because they want to hoard all the good stuff? Look, every time they distribute the food, they give it to the Lu family. Just now, the Lu family even had a special meal, but they were still eating the same things, weren't they?"
Ye Zhoushan naturally wanted Lin Erzhu to become his son-in-law, otherwise he wouldn't have allowed his wife to go and inquire with Su Shi.
But she didn't want her daughter-in-law to fall out with the Lu family, and instead, she recklessly went around gossiping about Jiang. He scolded, "So what if the Lu family takes it all? As long as they're willing. You'd better change your ways, or you'll end up like Fang Laosi's family sooner or later."
The Fang couple, whom the Ye family had been constantly nagging about, were now in big trouble.
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