"Third son's wife, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean it..."
Old Mrs. Zhou looked ashamed. If Mrs. Jiang had argued back with her, she wouldn't have felt so ashamed.
"Yes, I accept Mother's apology."
Jiang Yue wouldn't say something as hypocritical as Yunyun's "It's okay," so she accepted her mother-in-law's apology.
This made Old Zhou feel much better. Her gaze then fell on the honeysuckle in the basket, and she tentatively asked:
"Third son's wife, what are you doing picking honeysuckle?"
“Mother, these flowers can be dried and sold to pharmacies for medicinal use. If you can pick them, please bring them to me.”
Jiang Yue didn't hide anything and selflessly told her mother-in-law that the flowers could make money.
"Can it really be sold for money?"
Upon hearing this, Old Zhou's eyes lit up, and all previous misunderstandings vanished as she desperately wanted a definite answer.
Jiang Yue was both amused and exasperated. Her mother-in-law had been suspicious of her just moments before, but now she believed her again...
"Yes, it really can be sold for money. I'll take whatever amount Mother gives me, and then I'll share the profits with Mother after we sell them."
"Okay, it's settled then."
Old Zhou touched Cao'er's head and then noticed that Cao'er's hair had been properly braided.
I thought to myself, my third son's wife has changed for the better. She can't be so impulsive like she was today!
Seeing that the misunderstanding had been cleared up and her mother-in-law's hostility had subsided, Jiang Yue took the initiative to invite her mother-in-law:
"Mother, please stay for dinner tonight."
"No~"
Old Mrs. Zhou instinctively wanted to refuse. In this day and age, no one would eat at someone else's house for no reason. It would be so wrong not to eat someone else's food.
But the words stuck in his throat.
No, this is her third brother's house. His wife is treating her to a meal despite past grievances. If she refuses, wouldn't his wife think she's looking down on her...?
"Okay, from now on I'll stay and have meals with your family."
Anyway, she has a small appetite, so she can eat less and save more for her grandchildren.
I'll send some more vegetables another day, so I won't eat the third son's wife's food for nothing~
"That's wonderful, Mom! Da Niu, go to my room and fetch some rice. Remember to add a lot. Your grandma rarely comes to our house for a meal, so she has to eat her fill!"
Jiang Yue smiled and explained that she did this to teach the children to respect the elderly and care for the young, and to interact more with the people in the old house.
If she ever gets a headache or fever in the future, or if there are any weddings or other important matters, and her children have close ties with the relatives in the old house, she will pay for the decorations and other arrangements and leave them to them. She just wants to save herself the trouble and hassle!
"Pour out less rice. Your family of five still has to make ends meet. Grandma has a small appetite and can't eat much."
Old Mrs. Zhou was overjoyed to hear comforting words from her third son's daughter-in-law.
This is the first time in over a decade that she has been treated with such importance by her third son's wife!
"Da Niu, listen to your mother, scoop out more rice, and then invite your grandfather over to eat with us later!"
Jiang Yue almost forgot, there was also her father-in-law!
She invited her mother-in-law to stay for dinner, but left her father-in-law out—that won't do!
"Okay, Mom~"
With a broad smile, Wu Daniu first busied himself drawing water from the well and filling the water tank.
He has one key to Mother's room, and Mother has one; Mother trusts him...
"Ergou, use a stone to smash open the snail's rear end, the sharp part. It's full of mud and other dirty parts from the snail. Rinse it several times, then use a loofah to scrub the surface of the snail thoroughly."
"Qingyun, come here. Stop studying and help your mother wash the sieve. Pick out any dirty leaves and other debris from the honeysuckle."
"Cao'er, your mother and grandmother need to prepare wild vegetables and ingredients. Go to the old house, find your grandfather, and ask him to come over for dinner tonight."
Jiang Yue methodically arranged the tasks, figuring out that the dirty, difficult, and tiring work was naturally the sons' responsibility...
Old Zhou sat on a bamboo stool, watching her third son's wife give instructions methodically, and slowly began to accept her improved behavior...
She and the old man were still thinking that Da Niu and Er Gou were both fourteen years old, and next year would be the time for them to meet girls.
Not to mention that their home was still a thatched hut, and they were destitute.
Take the third son's wife, for example. She used to be such a shrew, she had a terrible reputation. Where would any decent family's daughter be willing to marry into her family?
Now things are much better, the third son's wife has changed for the better!
It's okay to be poor, as long as the whole family works together, we will definitely be able to make life better!
While Jiang Yue was busy at the thatched hut, Wu Xiaocao also ran to the old house.
"What? Your mom wants me to come eat too?"
Grandpa Wu had just returned from working in the fields and was resting on a recliner, his back aching.
Unexpectedly, Xiaocao from the third brother's family came to invite him to dinner at the third house that night. It was like God sending down a red rain!
"Yes, Grandpa, that's what Mom said, and Grandma stayed too."
Wu Xiaocao answered her grandfather's question crisply, and then looked around. She couldn't see her eldest and second uncles' siblings, so she guessed that they had gone to the fields with the adults and hadn't gone home yet.
"Father, since your third sister-in-law has invited you and Mother to dinner, she must be trying to ease the tension. You should go, since Mother is there anyway."
The eldest Zhou woman gently found a wild fruit, and while advising her, washed it clean and handed it to Cao'er, saying:
"Grass, have a fruit."
"Thank you, Auntie!"
Wu Cao'er liked her gentle aunt and was affectionate towards her. After receiving the fruit, she hesitated for a moment and did not wolf it down as usual, but carefully put the fruit in her bosom.
"Grass, why aren't you eating?"
Da Zhou asked in confusion, "These fruits are very sweet. My husband searched for them for a long time in the mountains before picking them. My two children especially love to eat them."
"Aunt, I'm not hungry right now. I want to take the fruit home so that my mother can have some too."
Wu Cao'er said shyly that the fruit was given to her by her aunt, but she wanted to take it home for her mother...
"Grass has grown up and knows how to care for your mother now."
Madam Zhou smiled, pleased with Cao'er's filial piety.
Although she didn't particularly like the Jiang family, she didn't particularly dislike them either.
She just felt that the Jiang family had been too awful in the past, raising several good children to be pale and thin, it was really...
However, she also thought that the other woman was a widow with no man to protect her and no source of income, so sometimes she felt more sympathy than concern.
The second sister-in-law, however, didn't think that way and kept whispering nonsense in her ear.
But as the eldest daughter-in-law, she cannot be too selfish!
Therefore, she sometimes cared more about the children of the third wife than her own children, and would help them as much as she could.
Of course, the second sister-in-law had a sharp tongue, but a kind heart. She had caught them secretly helping the third wife's children a few times...
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