Chapter 158 No need to guard against thieves again
But if she really does nothing and just waits to be eaten, her mother-in-law might deliberately say that she didn't do any work and forbid her from eating bear paws.
This bear paw is a rarer delicacy than canned beef. She knew with her toes that her biased mother-in-law would definitely give the lion's share to that brat, not to mention that Gu Tingyun was also at the dinner table tonight.
Seeing her standing there blankly with her big pregnant belly, Zhao Mei assumed she was nervous and uneasy, so she couldn't help but say, "Third sister-in-law, come with me to pick vegetables. Mom and Daya are enough in the kitchen."
She meant well, thinking that she could take her third sister-in-law away from her mother-in-law's sight and let her do some light work.
After all, you can sit on a bench in the yard and pick vegetables.
But Li Chunhua felt that she was meddling in other people's business, and that she wanted to steal food, not actually work!
Seeing this, Ma Xiulian glared at her and said, "What are you doing standing here like a block of wood? You're just blocking the way!"
Li Chunhua had no choice but to reluctantly follow her sister-in-law out to wash vegetables.
As she washed, she heard a familiar, aged voice calling her: "Chunhua~"
Li Chunhua looked up and saw a thin, small old woman standing at the gate of the courtyard with two boys who looked about six or seven years old.
Her eyes widened instantly: "Mom, what brings you here?"
Zhao Mei was also stunned. Why did Old Lady Li come today?
The visitors were Li Chunhua's biological mother, Old Lady Li, and her two youngest grandsons.
As she walked, Grandma Li smiled and said, "I was thinking that my darling will be one year old tomorrow, so I came a day early to avoid him missing lunch tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Mei thought to herself: Although the two towns are quite far apart, if I leave early in the morning, I can still make it before lunchtime.
After all, food is precious these days, and people generally don't stay overnight when visiting relatives.
But she was an honest person, and the other party was an elder, so she didn't say anything that would hurt their feelings.
Li Chunhua remained silent, not daring to refute, as her fear of her mother from childhood was ingrained in her very being.
Grandma Li looked around and, seeing that the tigress wasn't there, she ordered with a matter-of-fact expression, "Your two little nephews must be thirsty after walking such a long way. Go and make them a bowl of sweet water. I'll just have plain water."
Li Chunhua whispered, "Mom, the sugar is all locked in the cupboard. My mother-in-law has the key."
She knew her mother was also afraid of her mother-in-law.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Old Lady Li could only mutter in dissatisfaction, "Your mother-in-law is really something! There's no need to guard against thieves, so why did she lock the sugar in the cupboard?"
Then, in a fit of anger, she scolded her daughter: "You're useless too! You've been married into the family for so many years and you still can't manage the household! Your mother was in charge of the household in the second year after I married into the family, how did I end up giving birth to such a useless person like you!"
If the daughter were to take charge of the household, how much good stuff could she get from Old Chen's family to supplement her own family's income!
Li Chunhua instinctively shrank her neck, thinking to herself, "How can they be the same?"
Her mother gave birth to a big, healthy boy in the first year after she married into the family. He was the first grandson in the Li family. She gave birth to another big, healthy boy the following year.
But she's been married for seven years and has only given birth to one precious son, so she can't stand up straight at all.
Zhao Mei was extremely embarrassed and was hesitating whether to leave when she saw her mother-in-law come out of the kitchen with a kitchen knife.
Ma Xiulian said with a fierce look on her face, "Who's in charge of our Chen family is none of your business! You want sweet water? You wish!"
(End of this chapter)
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