Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
When Bai Lotus heard this, her face instantly turned pale. She hurriedly said, “Auntie, I, I didn’t mean that. I didn’t…”
If she had pretended to be wronged just now, then she was truly wronged now. After all, she had been brought home by this old woman last night. She did not sleep on a bed at all. Instead, she had been arranged to sleep in the woodshed.
Not to mention, in the middle of the night, she vaguely heard the sound of a woman crying. It was gloomy. In the morning, the old woman woke her up before dawn and insisted that she change into a stinky and ugly old woman’s clothes.
Thinking of what she just went through made her want to cry.
“It’s best that she didn’t. I’ve always been an honest person. The people I hate the most are those who gossip behind my back.”
Lee Guilan glared at Bai Lotus. When she turned to look at Xue Chang An, she was all smiles. “Chang An, hurry up and clean up. I’ve already prepared everything. I’ll make you the oatmeal you like later.”
Bai Wenjing did not say anything. She just stood at the side and watched the old lady and Bai Lotus sing along.
The mother-in-law’s house was actually not far from where they lived. Xue Chang An arranged for the third son. The eldest, Xue Qingshan, was a good person, so he lived with the old lady. The second son, Xue Yuanshan, was the most disliked, so he also moved out to live, the youngest was Xue Chang An, who was the most favored.
It did not take long for them to arrive. The moment the old lady entered the house, she took out the pumpkin seeds from the cloth bag and placed them in a clay bowl to serve the children, when she walked in front of Bai Wenjing, she stopped smiling and said, “Wenjing, follow me to the kitchen to cook. Your sister-in-law has been in a bad mood for the past two days, so she went to her mother’s house.”
Bai Wenjing was not against cooking. As expected, when she entered the kitchen, she could smell the fragrance of meat in the pot. When she opened the lid of the pot, she saw a piece of streaky pork cooked inside.
“Mother, I’ll cook. You just need to light the fire.”
As Bai Wenjing spoke, she glanced around. Then, she found half a liter of beans in a wooden sheng. She immediately knew what to cook.
Seeing that Bai Wenjing had taken the initiative to cook, Lee Guilan was extremely happy. Previously, this youngest daughter-in-law had come to her house to show off, but now she had taken the initiative to cook.
It made sense. Now that her son had brought back a small one, if this youngest daughter-in-law did not work harder, she would be kicked out sooner or later.
Lee Guilan’s house also had two large iron pots. The wheat rice that her mother-in-law mentioned was actually just steamed wheat into dry rice. Unfortunately, even the amount of steamed wheat rice was not much. When she opened the pot, it was filled with wheat bran and wild vegetables, it seemed that this was the staple food.
She could not eat such rice, but this was the standard of living in this era. The only thing she could do was to make this piece of meat taste better.
The meat was cut into one-centimeter-sized chunks. The beans were stewed with water, salt, and a little rock sugar along with the meat. Bai Wenjing looked up from the small kitchen window and saw Xue Chang An chopping wood in the backyard. He really seemed to be living a good life.
Of course, Bai Lotus was also watching Xue Chang An chopping wood,
Lotus looked around and saw that there was no one around. The more she looked at Xue Chang An, who was seriously chopping wood, the more she liked him. At this moment, she carried a cup of hot tea and walked toward Xue Chang An happily.
She thought that after Xue Chang An drank the tea, she would take advantage of the time when Bai Wenjing was not around to get to know these little brats. After all, if she were to marry into the family in the future, these little brats might call her ‘mother’…
Just as she was thinking about this, a figure suddenly rushed over. Bai Lotus did not have time to dodge and was knocked back several steps by Xue Baijun’s head. The boiling hot tea splashed on the back of her hand and her skin immediately turned red.
“You…”
Lotus focused and saw that it was Xue Baijun, so she closed her mouth again.
Xue Baijun raised his chin and said, “What are you staring at? Whose eyes are bigger? Slightly…”
Before Bai Lotus could speak, she saw Xue Xiaohua giggling, as she laughed, she said, “Ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly! With your ugly appearance, you still want to live in my house. Let me tell you, don’t think that I don’t know what you want to do. You want to be my stepmother, right? In your dreams, why don’t you take a piss and look at yourself in the mirror, hahahaha…”
Bai Lotus was furious. She only felt that these two little brats in front of her were extremely detestable. The tea in her hand could not be delivered, so it was only a matter of time before she subdued a few brats. Just as she rolled up her sleeves and was about to take the opportunity to teach them a lesson… Xue Baijun and Xue Xiaohua disappeared without a trace.
It was infuriating. Bai Lotus was about to go back to the house to pour another cup of tea when she turned around and saw a chubby and cute little fatty squatting on the ground, looking at something.
Bai Lotus was thinking that this was a good opportunity, so she took a step forward and squatted in front of the chubby little guy. “Little guy, what’s your name? What are you looking at?”
Unexpectedly, just as she finished asking this question, the chubby little guy in front of her raised his hand and slapped her on the face. The chubby little hand came over with a slap. Although it did not hurt, Bai Lotus was extremely angry.
Why were these darn children all so naughty!
She wanted to raise her hand and hit back, but when she saw Xue Chang An, who was still chopping wood in the distance, she secretly bit her lip and swallowed them back. She thought that in the future, she would chase away Bai Wenjing and become the mother of these three little bastards. She would have plenty of time to deal with them.
Little did she know that just as she turned around, she heard a cry coming from behind her. This time, she turned around and saw that the little fatty who was behind her just now had fallen to the ground for some unknown reason. Coincidentally, his forehead had knocked against a stone, at this moment, fresh blood flowed out.
Xue Chang An was shocked. Why was this little fellow so worried? Looking at the way he fell, what if he broke his bones?
Before he could get up, he saw Lee Guilan rushing out of the kitchen. Seeing this mother, he also had a headache. He might as well continue to sit at the side and chop firewood. If he were to get involved now, the house would probably turn upside down again.
“What’s wrong?”
Lee Guilan came out and saw her obedient grandson Xue Bainian’s face covered in blood. At this moment, his fleshy little hand was covering his forehead, and Bai Lotus was standing at the side. She immediately shouted, “What’s going on?”
Xue Bainian was crying in fear when he saw his hands covered in blood. He did not care what his grandmother asked him. He just opened his mouth and howled. Bai Lotus instantly felt Lee Guilan’s resentful gaze.
Before she could speak, she heard two crisp voices.
“Grandma, it was she who pushed youngest down.”
“Grandma, I saw it too. It was this ugly freak who pushed younger brother down!”
Bai Lotus widened her eyes and looked at these two little brats. When did she push this little fat kid?
“What?”
Lee Guilan was furious. Although she did not like her youngest daughter-in-law, these three obedient grandsons were extremely fond of her. Each of them looked so adorable. Why did her youngest son bring back such an evil woman?
Xue Xiaohua smiled slyly and threw herself into Lee Guilan’s arms while crying. She continued, “Grandma, I saw it with my own eyes. She asked the youngest to call her mother, and the youngest pushed the youngest to the ground without calling her mother. Grandma, she even called me an ugly freak, I’m not an ugly freak….”