Zhou Shuren shook his head, ” Let Chang Lian and Rong Chuan live together, and the vacant house is for Ming Yun and Ming Teng.”
Zhulan frowned, “Why did you put Chang Lian and Rong Chuan to live together? Chang Lian doesn’t like Rong Chuan, so it is better that Chang Zhi and Rong Chuan live together. The two of them can come up with something better.”
Zhou Shuren explained, “It’s precisely because Chang Lian doesn’t like Rong Chuan that I let them live together, so as to temper Chang Lian’s temper.”
Zhulan understood that although Chang Lian’s temperament had changed a little, it was actually all pretending. Rong Chuan was a child who was not slow in studying and had a good temper. It was easier for Chang Lian to find his own problems in Rong Chuan.
As for Ming Yun and Ming Teng living together, Ming Yun can control Ming Teng. Ming Teng was really a troublemaker.
The next day, when Zhulan got up, Li Shi had already bought meat and was making breakfast. Zhulan looked over the meat and saw that the meat was quite fat.
“The pigs killed today are quite big!” Mrs. Li was happy in her heart, “The pig was about two hundred pounds. I haven’t seen such a fat pig for a long time. This is a rare opportunity. I used the money left over from buying meat to buy suet. After dinner, I boiled the suet into lard.”
Zhulan was happy with Li Shi’s decision. After some training, Li Shi had now started to have her own opinion. Her careful teachings were not in vain, and she said to Zhao Shi who was washing vegetables: “Tomorrow Dong Furen will come with her daughter as our guest. After breakfast, you two will clean the house. Don’t let our family be a joke for the guests.”
Then she said to Li Shi, “The meat you bought is to be marinated and will be used tomorrow.”
Li Shi finally knew who they were going to entertain. Wasn’t Dong Furen the wife of the County Magistrate? Her heart tightened, “Mom, don’t worry, I will braise the meat and make it look good to you.”
Li Shi was still very confident in her cooking skills.
Zhulan smiled. Li Shi loved to be praised and had a strong sense of vanity. The more she praised her, the more attentive she would be. “Mom has no worries when it comes to your cooking skills.”
Li Shi stood straight and looked at her dìmèi proudly. Look, there will be guests at home tomorrow. She will be the one who brings glory to the family!
Zhao Shi understood what her Sǎozi meant and rolled her eyes. She was not eager to show up in front of outsiders. She really wasn’t envious!
Li Shi’s eyes widened when she saw her dìmèi roll her eyes. She was in disbelief. Was this still her dìmèi with her head lowered? How could she feel that the person just now was her dìmèi? She suddenly felt very hurt. Everyone in the family seemed to have two faces, and she was the only one who always had the same face!
Zhulan looked at the shocked Li Shi, feeling inexplicably happy and wanting to laugh. Sometimes, Li Shi was quite cute.
After breakfast, except for those who went to school, Zhulan directed the rest of the family to clean the yard and left the rest of the things to the boss and the second child. Zhulan was responsible for Chang Zhi and Chang Lian’s room, and Rong Chuan’s room was left to Xuehan. Zhao took Yushuang to clean her own room and the hall of the main house.
As for the big house, Li Shi cleaned it herself after preparing the meat for tomorrow.
The Zhou family’s cleaning did not attract the attention of the women in the village. Everyone knew that Zhulan was a clean person, and they were used to seeing the Zhou family cleaning every now and then.
When Dong Lin Shi came to Zhou’s house in a carriage, only then the village knew that the Zhou’s house cleaning was for guests.
Zhulan and her family changed into clean clothes, and the children stopped going out to make trouble. Zhulan, her two daughters-in-law, and her daughter greeted the guest at the door. When Lin Shi got out of the carriage, she stepped forward with a smile, “Sǎozi, please come in.”
Lin Shi smiled. Stretching out her hand to hold Zhulan, she said sheepishly: “I suddenly wanted to go for a walk in the countryside, and I thought of my dìmèi. I’m really sorry to bother you.”
“Sǎozi, don’t say that. I’m happy that you’re here. Whenever you want to come, I’m ready to welcome you.”
The group entered the main hall, and Zhulan and Lin Shi took their seats. Zhulan pointed at Li Shi and Zhao Shi, “These are my two daughters-in-law. The fatter one is the eldest daughter-in-law, Li Shi. She has good cooking skills. Let her show off her skills to Sǎozi. The thin one is the second daughter-in-law, a little timid, but her embroidery skills are really good.”
Li Shi remembered her mother-in-law’s instruction and saluted, “Hello, Madam, I am Li Shi.”
Zhao Shi then saluted and said, “Hello, Madam, I am Zhao Shi.”
Lin Shi carefully scrutinized them. Having encountered numerous people, she could discern a few things even when someone was pretending. Li Shi, at the moment, dared not meet her eyes, appearing upright but with an underlying timidity. As for the second daughter-in-law, who kept her head lowered, she wasn’t genuinely timid. Nevertheless, both women were far more formidable than typical rural women. Lin Shi’s relatives, upon seeing her, were either fearful or cautiously flattering, but these two gave her a different impression.
After Lin Shi looked at them, she smiled and took the prepared gift from the maid’s hand. “I didn’t know what you would like when we met for the first time, so I brought two hairpins over.”
Speaking, she opened the box, revealing two hairpins adorned with gemstones.
Zhulan fiddled with her fingertips. The meeting gift given by Lin Shi was a bit expensive. It was to test the two daughters-in-law. It was a pity that her two daughters-in-law had hairpins inlaid with gems.
When Li Shi and Zhao Shi saw their mother-in-law nodding, they stepped forward with clear eyes. They saluted and said together: “Thank you, Madam Dong, for the gift. We like it very much.”
Lin Shi stared at Li Shi’s eyes which were without greed, only for a moment. She quickly recovered from the surprise, and Lin Shi’s smile became a little brighter, “Stop calling me madam, your mother calls me sǎozi, you call me shěnzi, it seems close.”
(End of Chapter)
Zhou Shuren shook his head, ” Let Chang Lian and Rong Chuan live together, and the vacant house is for Ming Yun and Ming Teng.”
Zhulan frowned, “Why did you put Chang Lian and Rong Chuan to live together? Chang Lian doesn’t like Rong Chuan, so it is better that Chang Zhi and Rong Chuan live together. The two of them can come up with something better.”
Zhou Shuren explained, “It’s precisely because Chang Lian doesn’t like Rong Chuan that I let them live together, so as to temper Chang Lian’s temper.”
Zhulan understood that although Chang Lian’s temperament had changed a little, it was actually all pretending. Rong Chuan was a child who was not slow in studying and had a good temper. It was easier for Chang Lian to find his own problems in Rong Chuan.
As for Ming Yun and Ming Teng living together, Ming Yun can control Ming Teng. Ming Teng was really a troublemaker.
The next day, when Zhulan got up, Li Shi had already bought meat and was making breakfast. Zhulan looked over the meat and saw that the meat was quite fat.
“The pigs killed today are quite big!” Mrs. Li was happy in her heart, “The pig was about two hundred pounds. I haven’t seen such a fat pig for a long time. This is a rare opportunity. I used the money left over from buying meat to buy suet. After dinner, I boiled the suet into lard.”
Zhulan was happy with Li Shi’s decision. After some training, Li Shi had now started to have her own opinion. Her careful teachings were not in vain, and she said to Zhao Shi who was washing vegetables: “Tomorrow Dong Furen will come with her daughter as our guest. After breakfast, you two will clean the house. Don’t let our family be a joke for the guests.”
Then she said to Li Shi, “The meat you bought is to be marinated and will be used tomorrow.”
Li Shi finally knew who they were going to entertain. Wasn’t Dong Furen the wife of the County Magistrate? Her heart tightened, “Mom, don’t worry, I will braise the meat and make it look good to you.”
Li Shi was still very confident in her cooking skills.
Zhulan smiled. Li Shi loved to be praised and had a strong sense of vanity. The more she praised her, the more attentive she would be. “Mom has no worries when it comes to your cooking skills.”
Li Shi stood straight and looked at her dìmèi proudly. Look, there will be guests at home tomorrow. She will be the one who brings glory to the family!
Zhao Shi understood what her Sǎozi meant and rolled her eyes. She was not eager to show up in front of outsiders. She really wasn’t envious!
Li Shi’s eyes widened when she saw her dìmèi roll her eyes. She was in disbelief. Was this still her dìmèi with her head lowered? How could she feel that the person just now was her dìmèi? She suddenly felt very hurt. Everyone in the family seemed to have two faces, and she was the only one who always had the same face!
Zhulan looked at the shocked Li Shi, feeling inexplicably happy and wanting to laugh. Sometimes, Li Shi was quite cute.
After breakfast, except for those who went to school, Zhulan directed the rest of the family to clean the yard and left the rest of the things to the boss and the second child. Zhulan was responsible for Chang Zhi and Chang Lian’s room, and Rong Chuan’s room was left to Xuehan. Zhao took Yushuang to clean her own room and the hall of the main house.
As for the big house, Li Shi cleaned it herself after preparing the meat for tomorrow.
The Zhou family’s cleaning did not attract the attention of the women in the village. Everyone knew that Zhulan was a clean person, and they were used to seeing the Zhou family cleaning every now and then.
When Dong Lin Shi came to Zhou’s house in a carriage, only then the village knew that the Zhou’s house cleaning was for guests.
Zhulan and her family changed into clean clothes, and the children stopped going out to make trouble. Zhulan, her two daughters-in-law, and her daughter greeted the guest at the door. When Lin Shi got out of the carriage, she stepped forward with a smile, “Sǎozi, please come in.”
Lin Shi smiled. Stretching out her hand to hold Zhulan, she said sheepishly: “I suddenly wanted to go for a walk in the countryside, and I thought of my dìmèi. I’m really sorry to bother you.”
“Sǎozi, don’t say that. I’m happy that you’re here. Whenever you want to come, I’m ready to welcome you.”
The group entered the main hall, and Zhulan and Lin Shi took their seats. Zhulan pointed at Li Shi and Zhao Shi, “These are my two daughters-in-law. The fatter one is the eldest daughter-in-law, Li Shi. She has good cooking skills. Let her show off her skills to Sǎozi. The thin one is the second daughter-in-law, a little timid, but her embroidery skills are really good.”
Li Shi remembered her mother-in-law’s instruction and saluted, “Hello, Madam, I am Li Shi.”
Zhao Shi then saluted and said, “Hello, Madam, I am Zhao Shi.”
Lin Shi carefully scrutinized them. Having encountered numerous people, she could discern a few things even when someone was pretending. Li Shi, at the moment, dared not meet her eyes, appearing upright but with an underlying timidity. As for the second daughter-in-law, who kept her head lowered, she wasn’t genuinely timid. Nevertheless, both women were far more formidable than typical rural women. Lin Shi’s relatives, upon seeing her, were either fearful or cautiously flattering, but these two gave her a different impression.
After Lin Shi looked at them, she smiled and took the prepared gift from the maid’s hand. “I didn’t know what you would like when we met for the first time, so I brought two hairpins over.”
Speaking, she opened the box, revealing two hairpins adorned with gemstones.
Zhulan fiddled with her fingertips. The meeting gift given by Lin Shi was a bit expensive. It was to test the two daughters-in-law. It was a pity that her two daughters-in-law had hairpins inlaid with gems.
When Li Shi and Zhao Shi saw their mother-in-law nodding, they stepped forward with clear eyes. They saluted and said together: “Thank you, Madam Dong, for the gift. We like it very much.”
Lin Shi stared at Li Shi’s eyes which were without greed, only for a moment. She quickly recovered from the surprise, and Lin Shi’s smile became a little brighter, “Stop calling me madam, your mother calls me sǎozi, you call me shěnzi, it seems close.”
(End of Chapter)
