The Evil Mother-in-law: Torment Children, Work Hard, Be Rich!-Chapter 64: Don’t Want to Be Burned Alive
"Then our family is going to get rich."
Gu Taohua’s eyes sparkled.
Wow, the dream of lying flat has come true!
Making and selling pastries all day long is exhausting. If there were such a cave filled with treasures at home, she wouldn’t need to work anymore.
Just like Lu Zhaozhao, with endless gourmet food to eat, endless jewelry to wear, endless new clothes...
Unlimited wealth!
Why even bother working so hard? The whole family might as well lie flat together!
Gu Taohua twirled around excitedly.
"Get rich? Stop dreaming! If you can take anything out of here, I’ll admit defeat," Tong Huaqiong said.
"What do you mean by that, Mom?"
Gu Taohua was unconvinced. Did it mean she could only look at all these things but not take them?
How could that be possible?
Not believing in bad luck, Gu Taohua casually picked up a nut from the table, walked to the exit, and a force bounced her back, the nut jar falling back to its original place.
She still didn’t believe it and tried taking other things, but indeed, nothing could be taken.
Gu Taohua was deflated; wasn’t this just a tease?
It would have been better not to let her in at all. Then she wouldn’t have any ideas, but now, letting her walk in and just look at a room full of things was worse than death.
Tong Huaqiong watched Gu Taohua bustling around and confirmed the space’s rules in her mind.
She could enter the space and use the tools inside; Man Er could take things out from the space, and Gu Taohua could replenish supplies.
Moreover, the supplies replenished were those stored by Tong Huaqiong, and she couldn’t replenish things that weren’t originally there.
For example, since Tong Huaqiong didn’t have a car, Gu Taohua couldn’t replenish a car in there.
This also explained why when Gu Taohua touched the computer, the playing song repeated a few lyrics, as those few lyrics happened to be playing when Tong Huaqiong traveled to the Gu Family.
Great, a perfect loop!
The golden touch was given to the three women.
Before bed, she was still worried about running out of butter and condensed milk, which would ruin the pastries, damaging their reputation.
Now with Gu Taohua’s replenishing ability, wouldn’t this problem be solved?
However, she still wanted to confirm what else she could do inside the space, feeling slightly reluctant to be limited to entering the space and using the room’s tools.
Tong Huaqiong had a brainwave, ran to the computer, opened the orange software, and added matcha powder, chocolate powder, cream, and butter to the cart. Seeing the band-aids and sterilized water she had previously added before traveling to the Gu Family, she checked them too.
She placed the order and paid, all in one go.
Soon, what amazed Tong Huaqiong happened—the things she ordered appeared at home.
Tong Huaqiong came to the pile of things, rummaged around, and found that she couldn’t buy things the family already had before, but could buy things they didn’t have. For instance, they had run out of band-aids and sterilized water, and this time she bought them successfully.
Like a certain brand of butter, which they had in the fridge before, she couldn’t buy it this time.
What about things from different brands?
A new idea emerged in her mind. To test this idea, she ran to the computer, opened the orange software, and bought condiments of a different brand from those in the fridge.
A miraculous scene unfolded, and the butter and condensed milk instantly appeared in the room.
"It worked," Tong Huaqiong shouted excitedly.
Gu Taohua was completely dumbfounded. She didn’t understand what the glowing thing her mom was operating was, nor did she understand why those butter and flour appeared after her mom fiddled with them a few times.
She increasingly believed her mom’s claims about having a dream from Bodhisattva were true.
Exactly, her mom, who never believed in Buddhism nor worshipped Bodhisattva, suddenly believed Bodhisattva’s dream. As it turns out, Bodhisattva not only delivered a dream but also gave her such a treasure space.
"Mom, did you save a Bodhisattva or a fairy to have such a cave?" Gu Taohua shouted excitedly.
"I saved a bunch of bad bamboo like you," Tong Huaqiong replied crossly.
Gu Taohua didn’t get it and suddenly felt worried again, as her mom hadn’t told her how to take the treasures out.
"Taohua, come here," Tong Huaqiong beckoned Gu Taohua to come over, sitting at the computer.
Gu Taohua approached Tong Huaqiong, squinting against the bright light from the computer, timidly not daring to get closer.
This glowing strange thing made her think of the fireflies in a graveyard at night.
"It won’t eat you."
Tong Huaqiong pulled Gu Taohua to the front of the computer, pressing her hand to click a few times on the mouse.
Tong Huaqiong saw her account balance revert to the level before online shopping, voicing her joy.
Her guess was right, Gu Taohua not only had the ability to replenish goods but also to replenish money.
Tong Huaqiong looked at Gu Taohua with a mother’s affectionate gaze.
"Grandma, I’m in again."
Man Er rubbed her sleepy eyes and toddled to Tong Huaqiong’s side.
Seeing Gu Taohua grin broadly.
"Auntie, you’re in too," Man Er said happily.
Tong Huaqiong thought Man Er truly deserved to be a big shot in a past life, unlike Gu Taohua who cried upon entering this strange space, Man Er remained calm the whole time from the first entry.
"Mom, Man Er can come in too?" asked Gu Taohua.
Man Er’s familiarity with the space was evident she’d been there more than once.
"Man Er can take things out," Tong Huaqiong said directly.
Man Er saw the snack-filled table, ripped open the packaging, and began eating proficiently.
Gu Taohua, envious, wanted to reach out, and Man Er gave her a piece of chocolate, but Gu Taohua couldn’t get it into her mouth, making her angry enough to curse.
From this, she understood what Tong Huaqiong meant by "Man Er can take things out." 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮
How lucky this little girl was to eat and drink freely in the space.
No wonder her mom changed her attitude toward her sister-in-law and Man Er by 180 degrees after hitting her head; it turned out the root cause was here.
Tong Huaqiong patted Man Er’s head and said to Gu Taohua, "Taohua, that story about our village saving the god and being rewarded with a cave of treasures, do you know the girl’s ending?"
Gu Taohua shook her head; the storytellers in the village didn’t mention it. They were only envious that they didn’t have the girl’s luck.
Tong Huaqiong said, "Let me tell you about her ending, in the end, she was burned to death by her clan brothers."
Gu Taohua was shocked.
Burned to death?
"Why?"
"Why? Think about it, she had such an inexhaustible cave, lying down doing nothing and she could take treasures out of it. If word got out, wouldn’t people be jealous? Who wouldn’t want such a cave? Wouldn’t you want it? Someone with ill intentions burned her to seize the cave," Tong Huaqiong said.
Whether the story was true or not, Tong Huaqiong didn’t know.
Anyway, she made up the ending.
Gu Taohua’s face turned pale with fright and she said, "Mom, if people find out about our cave, wouldn’t it be dangerous too?"
Tong Huaqiong nodded and said, "Your concern is justified. Think of the people in our village. Even your second brother passing the child student exam attracts jealousy, and we make some money selling pastries and it gets noticed. If people discover our treasure space, wouldn’t they burn us to death out of envy?"
"If anyone finds out, the first ones to suffer will be you and me."
Gu Taohua turned pale with fear.
"So even your brothers and sisters-in-law are temporarily kept in the dark about this space,"
Tong Huaqiong reminded solemnly.
Gu Taohua realized the seriousness of the matter, nodded, and said, "Mom, don’t worry, I won’t tell."
No matter how much Gu Taohua wanted to show off the space, she valued her life too much. She didn’t want to be burned to death.
She knew the villagers well, sometimes someone harvesting a few extra pounds of wheat could provoke jealousy, let alone their treasure space.
She definitely wouldn’t foolishly go around broadcasting it.
