Chapter 378: Not Useful at a Critical Moment
"It's just her. She doesn't cook well, but she's addicted to cooking. She always wants to make cabbage stewed with meat. I get scared when I hear that. I just want to eat something else to fill my stomach."
"But before she went to the vegetable garden, she counted the steamed buns in the kitchen and said that if there was one less, I would have to eat an extra bowl of vegetables later. I didn't dare to eat steamed buns, but you happened to bring mooncakes, so I quickly ate two more. There was no counting of these things anyway, so she couldn't tell..."
This should have been a rather sad and lamentable thing for a poor old man to be forced into this situation, but Zhuang Qingning couldn't help but want to laugh.
It is said that tofu can be seasoned with brine, and one thing can overcome another. This is absolutely true.
Wen was a sharp-tongued and aggressive woman, and she was invincible in the entire Enji Village. But when she met Han, her close friend, she had no choice but to submit.
"Then you should eat two more mooncakes to fill your stomach." Zhuang Qingning suppressed her smile, took out all the mooncakes, and even took out an apple and said, "I'll peel an apple for you? You can't tell anything from the apple peels if you feed them to chickens."
"Okay." Wen nodded and asked Zhuang Qingning to pour her a cup of tea.
Although mooncakes are delicious, they are dry food after all. As we age, it is easy to choke if we eat dry food, so we have to eat them with some water.
"Okay." Zhuang Qingning was busy peeling apples and pouring tea, and finally brought everything to Wen.
Mrs. Wen picked up another piece of chopped apple and chewed it with a crunching sound.
"This apple tastes really good." Wen praised, then suddenly stopped and stared at Zhuang Qingning for a long time.
"What's wrong?" Zhuang Qingning felt a little uncomfortable and worried when being stared at. He hurriedly patted Wen's back and asked, "Did you choke?"
"No, no." Wen waved her hands hastily, taking the mooncake and apple that were passed to her mouth. "I just suddenly remembered that I'm full now. If your aunt Han cooks for me later, I will definitely not be able to eat it. I will definitely be unhappy then."
"It doesn't mean that I definitely ate something secretly, it just means that I definitely don't want to eat the food she cooked, so after thinking about it, it seems that this matter is a bit difficult to handle..."
"How about this, Ning girl, how about you stay for dinner later? If that doesn't work, call Qingsui over to help me deal with it. After that, you can take away any chickens you like from the yard."
Zhuang Qingning was so startled that he jumped to the side.
Wen was so meticulous that she could even steal food and destroy evidence. One can imagine how amazing Han's cooking skills were! If she were here, wouldn't that be a sacrifice? "Well, aunt, there's rice cooking on the stove at home. Qingsui is young and must be too playful to watch the fire. Don't burn the kitchen again." Zhuang Qingning smiled and walked out, "I'll leave first..."
After saying this, she didn't give Wen any chance to keep her, and she ran away in a flash.
It runs faster than the chickens at home when they see cornmeal.
Look, at the critical moment, no one can help, this girl! Wen scolded with a smile, but first stuffed all the mooncakes and apples in her hand into her mouth.
We’ll talk about it later. For now, we have to fill our stomachs first! —— When Wang returned home, her face was gloomy and her eyes drooped.
When the eldest daughter-in-law saw her like that, she hurriedly hid in the kitchen and didn't dare to come out, just lighting the fire and cooking.
Zhuang Futian came back carrying a hoe and happened to see Wang's appearance. He put down the hoe and washed his hands. "What's wrong? It's like someone owes you ten taels of silver."
"This is more painful than owing me ten taels of silver!"
Wang pouted, "Just now I went to Aunt Wen's house, and gave her some gifts with good intentions, saying that I would buy her a piece of cloth to make her some new clothes. Aunt Wen not only did not accept my kindness, but also scolded me. Don't you think it's infuriating?"
"You know Aunt Wen's temper. She has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. Don't take it to heart." Zhuang Futian advised, "Besides, we have been farming Aunt Wen's land for many years. We have never paid any rent every year, and Aunt Wen has never said anything."
"This time, I guess he's just upset or because I did something wrong."
Wen probably looked down on Wang, a person who was always saying nice things but never doing anything practical. She was dissatisfied and made a few sarcastic remarks to her.
Zhuang Futian knew his wife's personality, but he didn't say it out loud.
"What else could it be? I think Aunt Wen is just trying to make things difficult for me!" Wang's face was full of anger, and she shouted, "She said in front of Ning girl that she and Wen Cheng are old enough and can't always talk about their affairs together, saying that it will easily ruin their reputation and affect their marriage!"
"What does Aunt Wen mean by that? Are you not going to let Wen Cheng and Ning girl be together?"
Zhuang Futian lowered his head and thought for a while, then nodded, "From what I heard, this should be the meaning..."
"No, wasn't Aunt Wen optimistic about Wen Cheng and Ning before? Why is she not optimistic now? I just feel that Aunt Wen doesn't mean that. She just doesn't like me and wants to make things difficult for me."
Wang frowned, "Or why did Aunt Wen suddenly change her mind?"
"Let's put it this way. Since Aunt Wen disagrees, there must be a reason for her disagreement. Marriage cannot be forced. Don't be angry here, and don't think about it. Just leave it to God's will." Zhuang Futian persuaded.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Wait for God's will? If waiting for God's will is satisfactory, then why do we need people? Wouldn't it be enough for everyone to just wait for God to show His will?"
Wang pouted her lips again and again, very angry, "We can't just let this matter go like this, we have to find out what the reason is."
"Hey, head of the family, do you think that Miss Ning was unwilling, so she went to beg Aunt Wen, and that's why Aunt Wen suddenly said these words?"
Without waiting for Zhuang Futian to reply, Wang slapped her forehead and said, "Why didn't I think of this? It must be because of this matter. Aunt Wen usually treats Ning like her own granddaughter. Isn't it true that whatever she says is true?"
"Since Miss Ning doesn't want to do it, you shouldn't worry about it. We in Wencheng are just not so lucky..." Zhuang Futian continued to advise.
"What do you mean by not having this blessing? What's wrong with Wencheng? Is he not worthy of Zhuang Qingning?"
When Wang heard this, she was immediately furious. "I didn't want Zhuang Qingning to be my daughter-in-law before. I was willing to marry her because she has some ability now. Now she is making trouble for me."
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