Chapter 143



When Gao Tuan came back for lunch, Mrs. Gao told her husband about the strange things Xia Lina had done and asked her husband what Xia Lina was thinking.

Not only that, Deputy Captain Fang had just returned from disaster relief last night, and Xia Lina was able to quarrel with him. She was really impressed by her.

Didn't Gao Tuan hear that Xia Lina was trying to annoy his sister-in-law by putting the blame on Chen Tuan for the female educated youth's entanglement with Deputy Tuan Fang? She also encouraged his sister-in-law to find trouble with the female educated youth. Gao Tuan was speechless about what Xia Lina did.

Mrs. Gao couldn't figure out Xia Lina's purpose, but Gao Tuan could figure it out after a little thought. She wanted to embarrass herself once, and also wanted to embarrass her sister-in-law once, and annoy her sister-in-law at the same time.

Gao Tuan said: "In the future, you should have less contact with Deputy Tuan's family and more contact with your brother and sister-in-law. Deputy Tuan's family is not a bad person, but what they did was really not very open!"

Mrs. Gao thought that she and Xia Lina just couldn't get along. The two families didn't have much contact before Yang Meizi came. She also remembered the incident where Xia Lina asked her third child to pick up banana peels. The most important thing was that the two of them had different personalities and couldn't communicate with each other.

"By the way, what did Deputy Captain Fang and his wife quarrel about last night?" Mrs. Gao asked curiously.

After listening to Gao Tuan, Mrs. Gao learned that when Deputy Commander Fang came back from disaster relief yesterday, he received an urgent telegram from home saying that something happened at home and Deputy Commander Fang's wife asked him to send some money home. So, Deputy Commander Fang handed over all his savings and salary to his wife.

It is easy to hand over the money but difficult to take it. How could Xia Lina be happy when she heard that her husband was going to send money back home to support her parents?

The two quarreled again about counting money last night.

This morning, we paid a lot of money to the female educated youth again. It will be difficult for Deputy Commander Fang to ask his wife for money to send back.

Gao Tuan now really does not envy Deputy Tuan Fang for marrying a beautiful wife. Instead, he is very fortunate that he married a capable wife.

His wife worked hard, but it was all for the family. She might say a few words that his parents were partial to him, but she had no objection to him sending money home to show his filial piety to his parents, and she never made any fuss.

The Gao couple were discussing Deputy Tuan Fang and his wife. At the Chen family’s yard next door for lunch, Shuying prepared three dishes: stir-fried celery with pork, a bowl of steamed eggs, and a dish of mixed spinach.

She loves mixed spinach, and her children love steamed eggs. The bacon was sent by her in-laws, and there was only half a piece left, so she just fried it because it was crispy.

After taking the kids to lunch, she kept the leftovers warm in the pot in case her husband came back for lunch?

She and her children have been eating almost all of the hawthorn snowballs and Beijing Eight Pieces pastries in the past few days.

After I finished drawing one shoe, I had some free time under the tree shadow and made some egg cakes.

Different from the egg cake she made before, this time she put a thin layer of meat floss on the egg cake.

When Shuying was making the cake, Chen Yi was following her like a little tail.

While the egg cake was steaming, the little guy probably hadn’t eaten egg cake for a long time, so he kept asking her if it was ready.

Shuying touched the soft flesh on his chin and asked, "Who raised this little foodie?"

"Yours!" Chen Yi giggled and asked, "Auntie, is our egg cake ready yet?"

Chen Yi stood on tiptoe and looked into the pot while talking. Shuying said helplessly: "It's almost done!"

Finally, the egg cake came out of the oven. It was very fragrant. Shuying cut a small piece and tasted it. It was obvious that the egg cake with meat floss was much more delicious.

Chen Yi held onto Shuying's clothes tightly and stood on tiptoe to look at her anxiously. Shuying cut a small piece of meat floss and chicken cake and fed it to the little foodie.

Chen Yi chewed it for a few times and quickly swallowed it. His eyes widened as he ate, and he kept shouting, "It's delicious, Auntie! This egg cake is so delicious! It's even better than last time!"

As he spoke, his little head moved closer to the shadow of the tree and wanted more food.

"Let's wait until it cools down before eating!" Shuying touched the boy's head.

When the cake cooled down, she cut a small piece for the child to eat, and sealed the rest of the cake in a bag and put it in the cupboard.

At this time, there was a knock on the door. Shuying hurried out to open the door, and Chen Yi followed him out eating cake.

The person who came to her house was Cao Rou, and she brought her daughter Cao Yu with her.

Cao Rou looked into the courtyard with enthusiasm, and was a little disappointed when she didn't see Ye Shuning, but she still smiled and said, "Teacher Yang, it has been raining heavily these days and I can't go out. I have been bored at home. I came here to talk to you when I have some free time."

Shuying invited the mother and daughter to sit in the main room and poured them some water.

It was a rare occasion for the little girl to come to his house, so Shuying asked his children to take the little girl out to play in the yard.

Cao Rou also noticed the child beside her at this time. She thought the child was beautiful last time, and this time, Cao Rou's eyes were still flashing with surprise.

However, no matter how good-looking or delicate this child is, it cannot change the fact that this child is a bastard.

Cao Rou didn't want her daughter to have contact with such a child, so she refused first, "No, Teacher Yang, my child is shy!"

After hearing Cao Rou's refusal, Shuying didn't force it.

Seeing that Cao Yu was staring at the cake in her child's hand and kept clamoring for food, Shuying Gancui went into the kitchen to cut some cake for the little girl.

Chen Yi followed into the kitchen and whispered, "Auntie, I don't want to play with her. I don't like her. She scolded me and even stole my schoolbag!"

Chen Yi was speaking angrily.

At first Shuying thought the two children were just having a simple quarrel.

When he heard her child say that the little girl called him a "bastard" and didn't let other classmates play with him, the smile on Shuying's face faded a lot.

The little girl was young, and she really didn't think that if the adults hadn't mentioned these things, the little girl would be able to understand them. Then she remembered that Cao Rou had just refused her daughter to play with her child. The other party's attitude shouldn't be too obvious!

She cut less than half of the cake, and Chen Yi was finally satisfied. She bit the cake in her hand and followed her aunt out.

When Cao Rou saw that Yang Shuying only cut a small piece of egg cake for her child to eat, she immediately felt contemptuous and looked at him with disdain.

He is indeed a country bumpkin, so petty.

It was in vain that she thought her man was transferred from Kyoto and was the head of the group, and wanted to be friends with her.

Cao Rou was reluctant to throw away the small pieces of egg cake, but although Shuying cut the pieces into small pieces, they were still the size of a palm. You know, oily flour is not cheap nowadays, and egg cake made with oily flour is even more expensive.

Most people would not be willing to give egg cakes to other people's children.

No matter how disdainful Cao Rou felt in her heart, she still needed to use the other party, hoping to rely on her to become Zhou Tuan's wife.

So, she still smiled and took the initiative to talk to her.

Of course, the conversation still cannot leave out Ye Shuning.

Shuying heard the other party asking when Sister Ye usually came to her house, and also said that she must not forget to inform her when she was going to Zhou's house.

Only then did Shuying realize that the other party had come to her house for other purposes.

Cao Yu quickly finished the cake in his hand and kept asking for more.

At first, Cao Rou thought that Yang Shuying would cut some more egg cakes because he saw her child crying.

Unexpectedly, the other party said with an embarrassed look on his face: "Teacher Cao, I'm so sorry, my family only bought some egg cakes, and my children ate all the egg cakes!"

"He has it, he has it in his hand, I want to eat the cake!" Cao Yu cried and went down to the ground to grab the cake in Chen Yi's hand.

Chen Yi gulped and immediately stuffed the last few bites of egg cake in his hand into his mouth. After finishing, he said in a baby voice: "I ate all the egg cakes! I won't give them to you!"

When Cao Yu heard that the egg cake was gone, she cried even harder.

Cao Rou couldn't coax her own daughter, and she thought the Chen family was too stingy and that the crying child was too embarrassing, so she had to find an excuse to take her away first.

When leaving, Cao Rou looked a little ugly.

Especially when she saw Mrs. Niu carrying a basket of vegetables to the Chen family's yard at the door, Cao Rou's face became even worse.

These days, ever since Mrs. Niu stopped sending her food, her family’s food intake has dropped dramatically.

Before, she could still go to the market to buy vegetables, but not only did the vegetables at the market cost money, but she went too late and couldn't buy any fresh vegetables, not to mention that the vegetables that Mrs. Niu sent to her family were always very fresh, and she always picked the best ones.

Now that the weather is cold, vegetables are harder to buy, and the vegetables sent by Sister Niu are even rarer.

Look, looking at Mrs. Niu's basket of green vegetables, Cao Rou felt very uncomfortable and jealous, and also regretted that she had switched classes with Yang Shuying.

After changing shifts, I didn't gain any benefit at all, but instead benefited others.

However, Cao Rou maintained herself as a respectable person who 'was not willing to take advantage of others'. No matter how upset she felt, she could not show any emotion on her face. Instead, she forced a smile and greeted Mrs. Niu generously.

Niu's wife was too lazy to pay attention to Cao Rou. She had not forgotten that Teacher Cao had complained to her husband many times before, asking him to beat her precious son. Niu's wife pretended not to see anyone, but when she saw Shu Ying, her eyes lit up and she shouted loudly, "Chen Tuan's family!"

Cao Rou's face was a little stiff and embarrassed when she was ignored. Seeing that Mrs. Niu was only talking to Yang Shuying, she had to put on a stiff face and hurriedly take her child away.

Although she was too lazy to pay attention to Cao Rou, Mrs. Niu was very enthusiastic towards Shuying.

He hurriedly handed her a basket of vegetables and asked her to accept it.

Seeing Sister Niu bringing another basket of vegetables, Shuying felt a little tired: "Sister Niu, didn't I tell you not to send me vegetables? I have vegetables at home. I appreciate your kindness, but I really can't accept this basket of vegetables!"

"Mr. Chen Tuan, why are you so polite to me? Besides, you never took away my baskets of vegetables before." Mrs. Niu tried to persuade her to accept it, and said that she had taught her baby Gedadan very well.

Her baby, who doesn't like reading, has actually taken out books to read these few days, which makes the couple very happy. If her baby really becomes an educated person in the future, she and her husband will wake up laughing in their dreams.

Now, in Mrs. Niu's heart, there is no teacher who can teach children better than Chen Tuan's.

Ever since Chen Tuan became her child's teacher, she has seen with her own eyes that her precious son is obedient, and her husband no longer whips the child. How can Sister Niu not be happy?

The two of them pushed and grumbled for a long time at the gate of the courtyard. Seeing that Sister Niu was about to put down the vegetable basket and run away, Shuying could only ask Sister Niu to wait for a while. He went back to the kitchen, cut some egg cake, wrapped it in oil paper, and asked Sister Niu to take it back to feed the children.

Mrs. Niu saw that Chen Tuan's family had packed a big egg cake for her. This egg cake was not cheap, so how could Mrs. Niu afford it?

In Shuying's opinion, the egg cake she had was not as affordable as the basket of food sent by Mrs. Niu, not to mention that Mrs. Niu had sent food several times before and ran away so quickly that she didn't have time to give anything in return.

Afraid that Niu Saozi would not accept the egg cake, Shuying said that if she did not accept it, she would not be able to accept the basket of vegetables either. Only then did Niu Saozi take the egg cake and said, "Mr. Chen, why are you being so polite here!"

"Sister-in-law, you are too polite to me!" Shuying said with a smile, carrying a basket of vegetables into the yard, putting all the vegetables in a basket, and returning the basket to Sister-in-law Niu, while telling her that there was no need to send her vegetables in the future, as she had also won the vegetables, and there was no shortage of vegetables at home.

"Okay!" Although she responded like this, Mrs. Niu thought in her heart that Chen Tuan had taught her baby so well, how could he not send her food?

After returning to the Niu family, Niu Tuan happened to be there. Niu's wife showed her husband a big piece of egg cake.

Niu Tuan was surprised and asked, "Where did the egg cake come from?"

Mrs. Niu immediately sent a basket of vegetables to Chen Tuan's house, and Chen Tuan's family gave her a large piece of egg cake in return, saying that if she didn't accept it, she wouldn't accept the basket of vegetables either. So she had no choice but to accept the egg cake from Chen Tuan's family.

This egg cake is more expensive than the basket of vegetables in her house.

Mrs. Niu sighed: "The Chen Tuan family is such a real person!"

Niu Tuan nodded and felt that Chen Tuan was indeed a sincere daughter-in-law. However, if she was not sincere, why would she be willing to raise a nephew for Chen Tuan right after getting married? And raise him so well?

"I just tried some on the way. It tastes really good, much better than what you buy. No wonder even Sister Liang said that Chen Tuan's cooking is so good." Sister Niu said as she tore off a small piece for her husband to taste.

I took a bite of the beef dumpling and it tasted really good.

The couple was reluctant to eat the rest and planned to save it for their baby.

Although Niu Tuan also favors boys over girls, he is quite nice to his daughters. He asked Mrs. Niu to share some of the egg cake with the two daughters later.


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