Chapter 677 This is what parents-in-law should do.
Shen Wantang saw Gu Qianhan coming from afar and walked towards him.
Gu Qianhan went to greet her, and only when she got closer did she see that her complexion was much better than yesterday: "Your injury is not healed yet, so don't run around, lest the wound bleed again. If you like to eat something, just ask the servants to pick it for you."
Shen Wantang smiled at him: "I was just bored and thought picking fruit was interesting, didn't I? Don't worry, I had Du Juan and the others treat my wound again and changed the dressing. It doesn't hurt much anymore and it's not bleeding anymore."
Gu Qianhan took her hand: "Do you want to keep picking? I'll keep you company."
Shen Wantang then took his hand and walked into the woods: "I want to pick more persimmons, and some dates, oh right, and pears too. I heard that the soil here is exceptionally fertile, and the pears that grow here are crisp, sweet, and quite large."
Seeing her enthusiasm, Gu Qianhan asked with a smile, "Can you finish eating all of these?"
"We can't finish them all, so we picked extra on purpose, otherwise we won't be able to eat them when we go back to the Duke's mansion tomorrow."
"So you were worried that you wouldn't be able to eat any more when you went back to your residence tomorrow, so you brought people here to pick fruit early this morning?"
"Yes!"
“If you like it here and these fruits, then we can stay here on the estate for a few more days. I was originally planning to wait until you recovered before returning to the Duke’s mansion.”
Shen Wantang's eyes lit up: "Really? We can stay at the estate for a few more days? What are you going to say to the Duke's mansion?"
"Just say that when you were taking care of Shen Guannian when he was ill, he passed on some of his illness energy to you, which is why you fell ill. I specially brought you to the estate to recuperate, and you can go back after you've recovered."
"Hmm, not bad, okay, let's say that!"
"And, Ah Tang."
"Um?"
“This estate belongs to us. Even if you return to the Duke’s mansion, you can ask them to pick whatever you want to eat and send it to you by fast horse.”
Shen Wantang smiled brightly: "Okay, I understand."
After she finished speaking, she pulled Gu Qianhan to pick persimmons.
The persimmon trees here were too tall for her and her maids to reach. Originally, they had asked the old woman who tended the fruit trees to go up and pick them, but since Gu Qianhan was here, it was naturally faster and easier for him to pick them.
Who can blame him for having such excellent light-footed skills?
After picking fruit all morning, several baskets were stuffed full.
After bringing them back, Shen Wantang selected some of the better-quality ones, packed them into more than a dozen boxes, and had Gu Qianhan's people send them back to the Duke's Mansion for her parents-in-law, elder brother and sister-in-law, and Gu Qianning to taste.
Seeing that she was still thinking about the people from the Duke's mansion, Gu Qianhan couldn't help but say, "Keep these best fruits for yourself. Don't give them to them. They're all brainless. It's such a waste to eat such good fruit."
Shen Wantang gave him a reproachful look. He really was just like the rumors said, with a rather indifferent and cold temperament. He treated all human relationships as if they didn't exist, and he didn't care who others were.
She was quite lucky; he not only noticed her, but also held her in his heart.
“We all live under the same roof, so we should still show some courtesy and respect. It’s just a few fruits, not worth much money, but it’s a small token of my appreciation so that my parents-in-law know that they treat me well and that I, as their daughter-in-law, know how to be grateful and filial.”
"How have they treated you well?"
"Ah? Isn't that good? It's already very good! Not to mention my father-in-law gave me so many priceless treasures, my mother-in-law is so caring and attentive every day, afraid that I won't get used to living in the Duke's mansion, afraid that you will bully me. Every day when I go to pay my respects, she asks me very carefully what I have eaten and what I have used. Most importantly, my mother-in-law gave me an excellent nanny!"
“This is what they should do. If parents-in-law don’t treat their daughters-in-law well, wouldn’t that be disrespectful to elders and lack any dignity as seniors? I won’t agree to them not treating you well.”
Shen Wantang never expected that he would think this was something that in-laws should do. She had lived three lifetimes and knew what kind of in-laws were outside. It was common for them to mistreat their daughters-in-law and set rules for them.
Even when she married into the Ning Prince's mansion in her previous life, the Ning Prince and Princess gave her a hard time when she was serving tea, deliberately giving her scalding hot tea to hold.
She held on, so Princess Ning was very satisfied with her.
Even though Princess Ning gave her a hard time, overall she was still a very good mother-in-law, one that would be hard to find even with a lantern in the capital.
Shen Wantang never expected that her mother-in-law, Madam Gu, in this life was more dignified, more amiable, and more caring than her mother-in-law, Princess Ning, in her previous life.
She knew, of course, that the difference lay in the vastly different attitude her husband had towards her.
Gu Qianhan's affection for her was obvious. Madam Gu wouldn't make things difficult for her because of her son. In fact, when serving tea, Gu Qianhan took the teacup first, tested the tea temperature for her, and then handed it to her.
He treated her very well, and his family treated her very well too, so she was willing to be a good daughter-in-law. She had to be polite and respectful when necessary—for her, this was as simple as eating and drinking, something she did effortlessly.
She waved to Gu Qianhan's men: "Alright, send all these fruits to the Duke's mansion. Tell them that I found the fruits from the estate to be exceptionally sweet, so I invited my father and mother to try them as well."
The subordinate acknowledged the order and left.
Shen Wantang watched him leave and smiled gently. She actually wanted to invite Gu Qianning to try these fruits, but it wouldn't be right to send them only to her. It was just right to send them all to her, so it wouldn't be troublesome.
"As for the remaining fruit, keep some to eat fresh, and use the rest to make desserts and candied fruit!"
Shen Wantang herself couldn't eat much. Just now in the garden, Gu Qianhan picked some good ones for her to try, and she was already full.
Gu Qianhan had actually eaten quite a bit, and now he didn't feel like eating any of the fruit. He simply wanted to leave everything to Shen Wantang, and let the others buy their own if they wanted to eat!
However, he did not insist on stopping Shen Wantang from sending fruit. It would also be a good opportunity for the people of the Duke's mansion to see what a wonderful wife he had married.
It was only when Shen Wantang was about to send fruit home that he suddenly remembered that his sister-in-law had always been like this, considerate of everyone. Whenever she received something good, she would always send a portion to his father and mother first, and she would never forget him, her younger brother-in-law.
He hadn't taken these little things seriously before, but now that he was married and had his own wife, he finally understood that women are different from men. If a man doesn't do those social niceties, no one will gossip; everyone will just think he is upright and honest.
If a woman doesn't understand social etiquette, she'll likely be accused of not being properly raised and lacking manners.
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