The Evil Mother-in-law: Torment Children, Work Hard, Be Rich!-Chapter 59: Thank-You Gift

Dashi still wanted to get a doctor to take a look at Zhao Yang, but Tong Huaqiong stopped him.

Judging from Zhao Yang’s physical condition, after being bedridden for so long, naturally, he’s weak. A doctor couldn’t find the symptoms, and it’s not something that can be cured just by taking medicine.

What he should do is avoid any wheat flour products, exercise more, and eat more meat to supplement his nutrition.

Treatment that doesn’t address the symptoms can only make him weaker as it’s being treated.

After settling Zhao Yang in, Tong Huaqiong went to the kitchen.

Sufen and Da Han were reunited after a long time, and the family of three was chatting in the room.

Yue Er took on the major task of cooking, while usually, Sufen took care of the cooking. It was only recently, under the pressure of Tong Huaqiong, that Yue Er began to step into the kitchen to light the fire and assist.

At this moment, she was bustling around the kitchen, sometimes cutting cabbage, sometimes washing rice, having no idea how to arrange dinner.

Seeing Tong Huaqiong walk into the kitchen, she seemed to grab onto a savior and asked, "Mom, where’s big sis? How should we arrange dinner?"

Tong Huaqiong gave Yue Er a sidelong glance and scolded, "You usually so lazy that you don’t move, sitting in someone else’s house chit-chatting without even lifting your butt. If you spent the time you use for chatting at home, you wouldn’t be so clueless about arranging meals. I’m out earning money every day, and still, I have to manage kitchen affairs when I come home?"

"Are you missing a hand, a leg, or a brain? You won’t learn from your big sis usually? Starting tomorrow, you take charge of the kitchen affairs at home; your big sis will only be responsible for making pastries."

Yue Er, being scolded, shrank her neck and dared not move.

"Take out the lamb, tofu, and fish I bought, as well as the roast chicken and marinated dishes. Fry two vegetarian dishes. The main food will be rice porridge, make it thicker, and don’t use flour to thicken it, so don’t bring the pancakes to the table."

Tong Huaqiong scolded Yue Er while arranging dinner and particularly emphasized not having any flour products.

"Dashi, get out here and cook with your wife. What are you sulking in the room for?"

Dashi was taking care of Zhao Yang, thinking that since Zhao Yang was a wealthy young master, getting close to Mr. Lu wouldn’t be wrong.

Tong Huaqiong scolded Dashi out.

Dashi went to wash the lamb, vegetables, and fish.

"Aunt Tong is so fierce," Zhao Zhao said to Taohua.

"This is already considered good. My mom even hits people with a stick," Taohua said, having gotten used to it.

"Such a lively atmosphere; I envy your family’s vibe," Zhao Zhao said.

Looking at Zhao Zhao’s yearning face, Taohua thought Zhao Zhao’s brain must be broken to envy the Gu family’s life.

"What’s there to envy about our life?" Taohua shrugged.

What’s good about the Gu family’s life? Not being able to wear two sets of nice clothes throughout the year, the whole house turns upside down when Mom gets angry, and now drag the whole family to work hard to earn money.

The Lu family seems to be rich and noble at first glance; just one bead from Zhao Zhao’s head is probably enough for the Gu family to chew on for a year.

She really couldn’t understand why Zhao Zhao had any reason to envy the Gu family.

If she and Taohua swapped lives, she’d surely rush over to the Lu family without looking back.

"I envy you having a mom."

Zhao Zhao’s eyes turned red; she lost her parents while still in infancy.

Taohua asked, "You don’t have a mom?"

Zhao Zhao shook her head and said softly, "I don’t have a dad or a mom."

Taohua said sympathetically, "Then I’m better off than you; I don’t have a dad but I have a mom."

Zhao Zhao: "..."

Taohua comforted Zhao Zhao, saying, "You’re not the worst off. At least you’re living pretty well. The worst is like my big brother and big sister, having a dad and a stepmom. Life with a stepmom is the worst. You should’ve seen how my mom treated my big brother and big sister before..."

Zhao Zhao: "..."

Is Taohua even comforting anyone?

Tong Huaqiong came out of the kitchen and heard this, thinking that Taohua, this foolish child, just revealed all her family’s secrets.

In the room, Sufen chatted with Da Han for a few moments, then rushed out upon hearing Tong Huaqiong scolding Yue Er.

There are guests at home tonight, and it’s Da Han’s employer no less. Yue Er isn’t very good at handling kitchen affairs, and there’s no way she could let her mother-in-law and sister-in-law handle it; they’ve both been tired out earning money all day.

"Sister-in-law, let me do the cooking." Sufen came to the kitchen and took the vegetable knife from Yue Er’s hands.

"Sufen, you’re just indulging her. There’s guests at home today, so I’m not saying anything. But as I said earlier, starting from tomorrow, Yue Er takes care of kitchen affairs." Tong Huaqiong said to Sufen.

Sufen smiled and said, "Isn’t tomorrow still not here yet?"

As they were talking, someone outside loudly called Aunt Tong.

Then two people came in; it was Liu Qiaoyun and her husband Qin Qingyou.

Qin Qingyou was carrying two bags of flour, while Liu Qiaoyun had a basket of eggs.

"Aunt, Sister Taohua, I brought you your flour." Liu Qiaoyun said, pointing to the basket in her hand and said to Tong Hua, "This is from my mother-in-law, to help nourish Sister Taohua."

Tong Huaqiong’s lips twitched. What does Taohua need nourishment for? At this rate, she’ll become like two stone pillars.

But she also knew that those eggs were Granny Qin’s thank-you gift to her.

Granny Qin was quite dependable; she gave such a basket of eggs.

It also indirectly indicated that Granny Qin treated her daughter-in-law very well. In this era, even in her past life, some mothers-in-law, upon knowing their daughter-in-law was harassed, their first reaction was to blame the daughter-in-law.

Tong Huaqiong felt a bit more fond of Granny Qin.

Since those eggs were to thank her, she didn’t refuse. She happened to need a lot of eggs for making pastries.

Qin Qingyou brought the two bags of flour and eggs to the kitchen. After coming out of the kitchen, he almost wanted to kneel to Tong Huaqiong.

"Aunt Tong, Qiaoyun told me about today’s matter, thank you, and Sister Taohua." Qin Qingyou said, his eyes red.

"There’s no need to be polite. Xu Si, that bastard, is a plague in our village. Anyone who encounters such a thing would want to bash his brains in." Tong Huaqiong said.

This is not enough; Xu Si will fall into her hands sooner or later.

Qin Qingyou looked at Tong Huaqiong with gratitude.

The village people said Aunt Tong was domineering and unreasonable. To avoid unnecessary trouble, he almost never had any interactions with the Gu family.

This was the first time he stepped into the Gu family.

Through today, seeing his wife’s situation, he realized that although Aunt Tong had a bad temper, she had a good heart. It turned out his previous understanding of Aunt Tong was wrong.

"I’m too weak, I should’ve gone to the Xu family to make a scene..." Qin Qingyou said with resentment, then sighed helplessly, "But I’m the only one in my family, I can’t just not think about it."

Tong Huaqiong understood Qin Qingyou’s concerns and gritted her teeth, saying, "Wait and see, Xu Si, that bastard, will meet his end sooner or later." 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Especially in this era, villages are places where strength rules with brutality.

The more sons a family has, the stronger they are. The Xu family has four wolf-like brothers, while the Qin family only has Qin Qingyou.

Two fists are hard to fight against four hands, even if his wife was harassed, he could only grit his teeth and endure.

But Xu Si, this beast, needs to be removed eventually. Tong Huaqiong thought of him deliberately bumping into Sufen’s backside that day, who knows what else he would do in the future.

The incident today already made enemies with the Xu family, given Yan Pozi’s temperament, she surely wouldn’t let this go easily.

She and the Xu family are bound to have a great conflict.

Tong Huaqiong must get rid of Xu Si.

Qin Qingyou and Liu Qiaoyun chatted for a while and then were about to leave.

"Do you have more eggs at home? If you have any extras in the future, sell them to me. However many you have, I’ll take them all." Tong Huaqiong said to Qin Qingyou and Liu Qiaoyun.

Pastries require a lot of eggs, and Tong Huaqiong plans to buy them up from the village.

Starting with the Qin family.

Qin Qingyou still couldn’t figure out Tong Huaqiong’s intention. Liu Qiaoyun, however, understood, and happily said, "Yes, yes, I have a dozen or so hens at home. I’ll bring the eggs to Aunt Tong from now on."

Tong Huaqiong nodded, "I won’t shortchange you, I’ll pay the market price."

Liu Qiaoyun became even happier, this way she wouldn’t have to go to town to sell eggs anymore.

After the Xu Si incident, she was no longer planning to work at the embroidery shop in town, but she was stressed about how the eggs at home still needed to be sold in town.

Her mother-in-law had small bound feet and couldn’t travel far, and her husband was busy with farm work, so selling eggs came down to her.

Aunt Tong buying her eggs was simply perfect.

Qin Qingyou realized what was happening and, before leaving, said to Tong Huaqiong, "I saw that the wheat field at the foot of Aunt Tong’s mountain needs watering. I’ll water it tomorrow when I water my land too."

Without waiting for Tong Huaqiong to refuse, he pulled Liu Qiaoyun and left the Gu family.

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