The mother and daughter who were bought were from the Tan family, and Jiang Zhi did indeed want to meet them.
As soon as Jiang Zhi stepped into the Qin family's courtyard, she saw the Tan family mother and daughters, who had already washed their hair and changed their clothes, squatting on the edge of the steps sorting vegetables.
Preparing vegetables is normal, but...
Ms. Tan took her two children out to pick vegetables in the sun, sweating profusely and with their faces flushed.
Not far from the three of them, Qin and Pi sat on bamboo chairs and tables by the bamboo grove, fanning themselves and whispering to each other with expressive faces.
Lotus stood to the side, her belly protruding, looking anxious, glancing back every now and then before turning away again.
Midday in May and June is the hottest time in Bajun County. The sun is so strong that it can make people sick.
Jiang Zhi immediately flew into a rage, quickly walked up the steps to Qin Shi and Pi Shi, and said in a low voice, "Qin Ling, you've really improved! You've even learned to torment people like this, making them stand in the sun."
You sit in the shade while others work in the sun; didn't you see even the dogs are hiding at this time?
Furthermore, even though Lianhua is over eight months pregnant, she stood beside them and didn't offer anyone a seat.
When Qin and Pi suddenly saw Jiang Zhi arrive, they were startled. Just as they were about to stand up, they heard her say that she was making a fuss.
The two were immediately taken aback.
Mrs. Pi quickly waved her hand: "Auntie, we didn't mistreat her, she wanted to do it herself."
Qin understood what was going on and glared at Jiang Zhi, yelling, "Don't wrong me! Who was tormenting her!"
Jiang Zhi pointed to Tan Shi, who was working with her head down not far away: "What do you mean by this?"
Don't be fooled by Qin's current image as a good mother-in-law; she wasn't always like this. Could it be that her old habits have resurfaced, and she's trying to set rules for Tan again?
Qin glanced at Tan and raised her head: "She brought this on herself, what does it have to do with me?"
Lianhua said from the side, "Auntie, please sit down and talk!"
Jiang Zhi looked at her and said, "Your mother is tormenting you again! She made you stand up."
Lianhua laughed and said, "Auntie, you're mistaken. My mother treats me very well and hasn't caused any trouble!"
"It's good that nothing went wrong!"
Seeing Lianhua's expression, Jiang Zhi realized she had misunderstood.
Qin, standing nearby, said disapprovingly, "Sister-in-law Jiang, don't judge people by their appearance and underestimate them."
Lotus is perfectly fine, why would I bother her? She wants to stand, that's her choice, why would I force her to sit down?
The Qin family now has to farm and make mosquito coils, and they also listen to strange and unusual stories during their evening classes. They don't have the energy to bother people every day.
"Okay, okay, I wronged you, I apologize!" Jiang Zhi's apology was perfunctory; her mouth was apologizing while her eyes were looking around.
The two women were bickering when Pi ran quickly to Tan's side and said, "You'd better not pick them. If you're going to pick them, pick them in the shade. If others see us, they'll say we're bullying you."
Tan raised her sunburnt face: "It's alright, I'll do it here, just don't make a mess."
The two children next to him didn't even look up; they were busy picking the roots and the beans off the thin bean sprouts!
Jiang Zhi had already come over and pulled the two children up: "Why are you standing in the sun like this? Don't you know it's hot?"
Ms. Tan stood up pitifully: "It's not hot, it's not hot, it's fine for a girl to be in the sun for a while."
With a "buzz," Jiang Zhi felt smoke rising from the top of her head, and her anger surged.
Previously, when the child was offered a ride in the car, Ms. Tan would repeatedly refuse, saying it wasn't necessary.
Her voice instantly rose: "Just leave when I tell you to, no more nonsense!"
Mrs. Tan still looked pitiful: "Going to the shady spot will make the ground dirty, so this is the only convenient thing to do!"
This is the slag pit by the courtyard wall. Every household has a pit specifically for composting garbage such as stove ash and leaves. Even on a hot day like this, you can see it emitting foul smoke.
Tan brought her children here, enduring the stench and picking bean sprouts under the scorching sun.
"Take it and pick it. If the ground gets dirty, just sweep it up. What if you get sick from the sun? Can't you tell the difference between what's important and what's not?" Jiang Zhi scolded.
She didn't believe that Ms. Tan didn't understand what was important, yet she still brought her child out in the sun like that.
Seeing that Jiang Zhi was angry, Tan Shi obeyed. So she took the bean sprouts to the edge of the bamboo shade, and instead of sitting on a stool, the three of them squatted down with the children and started picking them again.
Pi shook his head: Tan has been in the village for three days. He had talked to Aunt Qin for ages, telling her to relax and enjoy herself.
But always acting like someone is inferior makes others feel awkward!
She glanced at Aunt Jiang, whose face was growing increasingly dark, and at Aunt Qin, who was waiting to see the show, and suddenly snapped to attention: "You two aunties, keep chatting. I still have my medicine to drink. I'm off!"
He didn't even bother to watch the excitement; after saying that, he slipped away and went straight to find Wang Xiaoju.
Qin was still sulking. She glanced at Tan and said to Jiang Zhi, "You're here just in time. Take her back quickly!"
I've never seen anyone squat down like that, pick up a lump, and poke it three times like it's a lump of mud without any reaction.
Jiang Zhi almost burst out laughing when she heard this, and all her anger vanished instantly: "You brought them back, wasn't it so you could raise them to be like you?"
Qin Shi used to be a "good person" in Xiaoman's mother's eyes, but after many years of being a daughter-in-law, she became a wicked mother-in-law.
Bringing this mother and her two daughters back now must be because they think Tan is weak, just like they were before, and they want to save the weak.
Qin was so angry that she kept snorting. She glared at Lianhua and said, "If you don't pinch off the roots and the beans, people will choke to death! We've been eating them like this for years, and I haven't seen many people die! Tell her to stop pinching them!"
Lianhua suppressed a laugh and went to tell the Tan mother and daughter to stop picking the bean sprouts and to quickly wash their faces and drink some water.
This time, Mrs. Tan listened and quickly packed her things and left.
After everyone left, Jiang Zhi pulled over a bamboo chair and sat down, saying, "What are you all doing? When did you become so particular, wanting to pinch the bean sprouts by the feet and petals?"
Qin was clearly frustrated and threw down her palm-leaf fan to start complaining: "It's not that I want to eat like this. Even lotus flowers don't eat like this. It's Tan who said that her mother-in-law's family used to eat like this."
There's nothing wrong with other people eating it this way, but Tan insisted on pinching it, saying it tasted better this way.
That's fine, let's just pinch it. Let's put it on the table and pinch it together, so I can taste whether the pinched part really tastes good.
As a result, she insisted on taking her child to the edge of the slag pit to pinch him, even under the scorching sun.
He won't listen to me no matter what I say, ugh, it's driving me crazy!
Jiang Zhi asked seriously, "Why do you think that is?"
She couldn't understand why the original owner of this body was fierce, and although she didn't have a good reputation because of her arrogance, no one bullied her.
Qin, sharing the same plight, should be able to understand the reason: why insist on working under the scorching sun when one could make oneself more comfortable?
Qin rolled her eyes: "Why? Because she feels she's not good enough for him."
"Unworthy? Unworthy of what?" Jiang Zhi asked, puzzled.
"You can be silly too!" Qin was very pleased to see that Jiang Zhi really didn't understand.
"She doesn't deserve to be comfortable! Mrs. Tan not only feels that she herself doesn't deserve it, but even her children don't deserve it!"
She only feels comfortable when she makes herself look pitiful, and only feels comfortable when others think she's pitiful.
Jiang Zhi was stunned: "If she feels she doesn't deserve to live well, then why doesn't she even deserve to live well with her children?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com