The Evil Mother-in-law: Torment Children, Work Hard, Be Rich!-Chapter 75: Attitude Toward In-Laws

The younger son didn’t suspect a thing, easing Tong Huaqiong’s nerves.

But sooner or later, Gu Jingzhe would find out about the space, and Tong Huaqiong didn’t plan to keep it from him forever.

The reason she didn’t want to say it now was that she still didn’t quite trust Gu Jingzhe, unless he completely changed.

Otherwise, considering Gu Jingzhe’s past behavior of sacrificing his beloved Lu Zhaozhao for his future, knowing there’s a space, he might just sacrifice her, his old mother, too.

However, no matter in his past or current life, Gu Jingzhe’s filial piety was praiseworthy, yet she still didn’t dare bet on it now.

"It’s in my room."

Tong Huaqiong led Gu Dahuan and Gu Jingzhe to her room.

"The nitrogen fertilizer’s right here," Tong Huaqiong said, pointing to the fertilizer on the ground.

She couldn’t wait to get rid of the stuff, the entire room filled with a pungent chemical smell.

Gu Jingzhe squatted down to see the writing on the fertilizer bag, a look of doubt flashing in his eyes.

He had never seen such a typeface before.

And he hadn’t seen the material of the packaging bag either.

Tong Huaqiong’s eyes narrowed.

"Mother, this is..."

"This really can make our wheat grow green ears and yield more?" Gu Dahuan interrupted Gu Jingzhe.

Gu Dahuan couldn’t read anyway; what he cared about was whether this nitrogen fertilizer could increase the wheat yield.

"I don’t know either, let’s try it. Anyway, that agriculture officer couldn’t be lying," Tong Huaqiong said.

Gu Dahuan nodded with a silly grin.

"Dahuan, quickly get this stuff out, the smell is too much. When your second and third brothers come back from town, take them to fertilize the fields and see if we can save the wheat this year," Tong Huaqiong said, "Don’t reveal the bags when fertilizing."

Gu Dahuan quickly agreed, saying, "Don’t worry, Mother, I can fertilize those two acres myself."

He was glad Tong Huaqiong didn’t continue to discuss mother-son and brotherly love issues with him but focused on farming instead.

It was only talks about farming that could ease his tension and unease.

So Gu Dahuan and Gu Jingzhe began to carry the nitrogen fertilizer to the yard.

Gu Dashu came in, following the scent, and helped carry the bags together.

Tong Huaqiong covered her nose, while the three brothers didn’t feel a thing. After all, compared to the enchanting smell of natural manure, this nitrogen fertilizer’s scent was quite fresh.

"Mother, where exactly did this fertilizer come from?" After all the nitrogen fertilizer was transported to the yard, Gu Jingzhe couldn’t help but ask.

These days, he felt that his mother was still the same, yet with an inexplicable strangeness.

He believed the agriculture officer, believed the wheat needed nitrogen, but didn’t believe this fertilizer could be easily bought.

"I made it appear," Tong Huaqiong said irritably.

She knew Gu Jingzhe would ask, but this also showed that Gu Jingzhe was still a young man, lacking deep scheming, and trusting his mother greatly.

It would be worrisome if he had doubts but investigated secretly.

"When it’s time for you to know, I’ll let you know. If it’s not, no matter how much you ask, I won’t tell," Tong Huaqiong said sharply, her gaze piercing Gu Jingzhe, her voice turning severe.

Gu Jingzhe became serious too.

"Mother, son understands, son won’t ask any more," Gu Jingzhe said.

He felt any further questioning might make his mother bury him on the spot.

"Dashu, this is the nitrogen fertilizer the agriculture officer mentioned that can help the wheat yield more. I saw the leaves on your father-in-law’s field next to ours turning yellow too. Take two bags to him. But peel off the bags and just deliver the fertilizer," After admonishing Gu Jingzhe, Tong Huaqiong instructed Gu Dashu to deliver fertilizer to the Liu Family.

Tong Huaqiong had a good impression of Gu Dashu’s father-in-law, Liu Tiechui.

Willingness to dig deep into one’s pockets to save a grandson was rare.

Liu Yueer had been married to the Gu Family for so many years, dealing with Tong Dajiao’s antics without ever thinking of her natal family.

The only benefit her natal family had received from her marriage to the Gu Family was when Tong Huaqiong gave her a chicken to deliver last time.

"Okay," Gu Dashu said. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

He also wanted to mend his relationship with his in-laws, but Tong Dajiao had always stopped him from doing so.

Because Liu Family initially didn’t want Liu Yueer to marry Gu Dashu, Tong Dajiao held a grudge against them and never allowed Gu Dashu to be proactive about the Liu Family.

Now that Tong Huaqiong allowed him to engage with the Liu Family, he was happy.

Liu Yueer was serving food, and hearing her mother-in-law asking Gu Dashu to deliver fertilizer that could help their wheat yield to her natal family, she almost stumbled with excitement.

Her parents always told her she had married the wrong person, raising a girl for nothing.

Now, her mother-in-law was reaching out to the Liu Family, giving her face.

"Mother, I’ll go with Dashu to deliver it," Liu Yueer’s voice echoed with lightness.

"Take a plate of date cake and honey twists to your natal family too," Tong Huaqiong said gently, a rare sight for Liu Yueer.

"Sure," Liu Yueer’s voice was even more light-hearted.

Chen Sufen was in the kitchen, serving food and feeling a sting of bitterness when she heard her mother-in-law asking the second couple to deliver fertilizer and pastries to the Liu Family.

She hadn’t returned to her natal home in years.

To be honest, her natal family wasn’t nice to her. From a young age, she was made to cook for the entire family and wash everyone’s clothes.

After marrying into the Gu Family, she was harshly treated by her mother-in-law and bullied by her sisters-in-law. Initially, she went back to her family to complain, but her mother said all daughters-in-law went through the same, and her sister-in-law rolled her eyes at her for being unable to help her nephews, only knowing to complain.

Gradually, she stopped going back.

But it was, after all, her childhood home, and to say she didn’t miss it wasn’t true.

In this era, most girls she knew lived similarly, and few, like sister-in-law Gu Taohua and sister-in-law Liu Yueer, were favored by their birth families. So from her heart, Chen Sufen didn’t feel her natal family treated her poorly.

Seeing her mother-in-law’s attitude toward the Liu Family, she also wanted to visit her natal home.

"Why are you wiping your tears?" Tong Huaqiong asked, coming into the kitchen and noticing Chen Sufen’s red eyes.

Embarrassed, Chen Sufen smiled and said, "Dust in my eyes."

Naturally, Tong Huaqiong didn’t believe her but thought for a moment and said, "You want to visit your family, right? Go if you want, take Dahuan and Man Er with you."

Chen Sufen lit up, her voice choking with emotion, "Mother, I’ll go after these busy days, quickly in and out, not delaying the farmwork."

Tong Huaqiong smiled without a word.

She had to encourage Chen Sufen to visit her family.

Only this way could Chen Sufen see through the illusions about her family.

Tong Huaqiong knew Chen Sufen’s birthplace wasn’t just unkind; they were practically heartless.

In her previous life, after Chen Sufen’s death, Tong Dajiao dismissed Chen Sufen’s parents and brothers with just twenty silver taels.

Her two brothers even fought over the distribution of the twenty silver taels.

After learning Man Er was with the Zheng Family, the two brothers galloped there seeking kinship.

One brother ended up working as a clerk at the Zheng Family’s store, and another became the second gate’s steward. Even Chen Sufen’s nephew got a position as a pageboy for Young Master Zheng.

Once, when Man Er ran away from the Zheng Family, having nowhere to go, she sought her uncle at the store for help, only to be captured and returned to the Zheng Family.

That time, the gravely ill Eldest Young Master Zheng ordered Man Er locked in a woodshed, and for three days and nights, she wasn’t given a drop of water or grain of rice.

Man Er’s slander as someone who tried to seduce Young Master Zheng was also a setup assisted by her opportunistic cousin who helped orchestrate it with the young master.

With such a family, cutting ties early was the way to rebirth.

If she didn’t let Chen Sufen interact with them, no matter how bad the family was, Chen Sufen would apply some kind of filter, making it even harder to sever ties in the future.

So Tong Huaqiong not only supported Chen Sufen’s engagement with her family but also planned a generous gift, even intending to spread through the village folks that the Gu Family struck it rich, and that Chen Sufen lived a life of plenty in the Gu Family.