Transmigrated as a Stepmother: Time to Bring the Family to Prosper!-Chapter 273 - 272: Domestic Violence in the Previous Second
Seeing that Qin Yao did not mention sending Ah Wang away, Liu Ji guessed that she must be satisfied.
Fearlessly, he approached with a smile and said, "Wife, I’m just concerned for you. You manage everything inside and outside the house. I was afraid you’d tire yourself out, so I brought Ah Wang back..."
Qin Yao signaled he didn’t need to be so ingratiating and told the truth, "You just found someone to do all the work you were supposed to do."
She glanced towards the kitchen at the deliberately hunched back, instructing Liu Ji to take the mat just placed in the cowshed with the children and put it in the attic of the granary.
Liu Ji waved his hand, "No need to be so kind to him, the cowshed is fine for sleeping."
He shouted towards the kitchen, "Right, Ah Wang?!"
A muffled voice came from the kitchen, "Yes."
The person seemed very subdued.
Qin Yao sternly reminded, "I am the one in charge of this house."
Liu Ji was taken aback.
Qin Yao got up and went to the entrance of the main hall and said to Ah Wang in the kitchen, "If you want to stay, make sure you know who you need to be loyal to. Don’t mistake the person and hold the wrong thigh, or you’ll end up with nothing."
After she spoke, the person in the kitchen paused noticeably, then put down the spatula, turned around, glanced at the stunned Liu Ji under messy hair, and without much hesitation, knelt again, looking at Qin Yao, and solemnly responded, "Understood, madam."
Qin Yao said, "I don’t like talking to others with their head down."
Ah Wang immediately stood up, slightly bowed his head, and responded again, "Understood, madam."
Only then did Qin Yao nod and signal him to continue his work.
Liu Ji called Ah Wang’s name twice, but no one answered. Seeing Qin Yao’s disdainful expression as she turned away, he clenched his fists.
But he only dared mutter softly, "The person was brought back by me..."
Qin Yao replied, "I know."
Liu Ji: "..." His silence was deafening!
Qin Yao couldn’t be bothered to look at his gritted expression, glanced towards the direction of the backyard, "Not going yet?"
Liu Ji silently screamed to the sky: AHHHH!
He took a deep breath, then another deep breath, suppressed the frustration, turned and went to the livestock shed, retrieved the mat, and spread it out on the loft floor of the storage room.
The highest point of the loft was only about one and a half meters tall; an adult had to bend down to move around inside. It could be quite stifling.
But compared to the cowshed, it was clean without any bad odor. The attic had a window, which when opened, let in good light. Although he couldn’t stand up straight, sitting didn’t feel oppressive at all. The treatment was worlds apart.
The more Liu Ji looked at this attic, the angrier he got. He threw the mat on the ground and ran back to his small room, closing his eyes and playing dead, expressing his dissatisfaction with Qin Yao’s authoritarianism.
The person was evidently brought back by him, and yet he couldn’t even order him around. Even worse, he had to spread a mat for a servant. Qin Yao, don’t bully people too much!
Just as he was fuming, four small heads piled up by his bedside.
Da Lang clicked his tongue twice, with a look of "I knew this would happen, but you wouldn’t listen."
Second Lang was not so polite, directly poking at his father’s heart and lungs, "Dad, we told you not to act on your own, but you didn’t listen. Now look, you’ve angered mom again. What good is this for you?"
Sanlang and Si Niang exchanged a glance, smelled the aroma from the kitchen, and dashed off.
Liu Ji was about to call them unfilial brats, but before he could let out a breath, the other two boys also disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Liu Ji felt empty-eyed, with his Qi and blood surging, nearly fainting.
"Smells great!" Several kids exclaimed in surprise at the kitchen door.
In the main hall where she was washing her face, Qin Yao also looked over, surprised that the person Liu Ji brought back had such a skill.
"Smells good?" Liu Ji, who had somehow gotten up from bed, rushed into the kitchen, paced around the dishes on the countertop, and clicked his tongue, commenting, "I think it’s not that great, the eggs are burnt, and why is there a missing corner here? Ah Wang, did you sneak a bite without us knowing?"
Ah Wang shook his head, "No."
Liu Ji didn’t believe it, insisting he must have snuck a bite. He’s been hungry for so long, how could he resist so much delicious food?
Ah Wang was a little shocked, not expecting the kind master who brought him back to suddenly change his tone.
Qin Yao called from the main hall, "I’m hungry, why haven’t we started eating yet?"
Only then did Liu Ji let the helpless Ah Wang go, ordering him to serve the food on the table.
Da Lang and the other kids instinctively walked in, habitually picking up their bowls and chopsticks, but were stopped by Liu Ji:
"What are you doing? We have servants now; these tasks should be done by them."
Second Lang, Sanlang, and Si Niang looked helplessly at Ah Wang, then hesitantly at Liu Ji.
Da Lang directly pushed his three siblings out, "Did you forget how mom taught us? Do your own tasks. Do you want to be punished?"
Only then did the three suddenly realize that they almost followed their dad into the ditch. They clung onto their bowls and chopsticks, steadily walked into the main hall, set up the benches, sat in their seats, and obediently waited for the others to arrive for the meal.
Liu Ji entered and counted, seven stools?
He lifted his foot, intending to kick away the extra one, but Qin Yao had reached her limit, slapping him on the back of his head, forcing her to take action!
With a crisp "Slap!" Liu Ji let out a ghostly wail.
Right behind him, Ah Wang, carrying dishes, was startled by this sudden ’domestic violence’ incident. Coupled with Liu Ji’s cries echoing in the courtyard, he instinctively stepped back, the large bowl of soup in his left hand trembling slightly, creating ripples.
In a moment, he stabilized, not a single drop spilled over the bowl’s edge.
Not a spill?
The four children were surprised.
Liu Ji, covering the back of his head, was momentarily stunned, then hurriedly glanced at Qin Yao, whose eyes were fixed on Ah Wang, vaguely sensing something.
"Hiss~" While inhaling, Liu Ji stopped his monkey business, grinning at Qin Yao, and sat down beside the kids.
Ah Wang served all the dishes, and the six were already starving, immediately digging in with their chopsticks.
You don’t say, you really don’t say, looks can be deceiving. Just now, seeing Ah Wang clumsily cooking, he thought it wouldn’t taste good. Unexpectedly, with just a random stir, it tasted remarkably good.
Liu Ji, while quickly scooping food into his mouth, glanced at Ah Wang several times, with a testing tone tinged with sarcasm, "With this skill, why not work as a cook in a restaurant in town? Isn’t that better than being a workhorse here?"
Despite the available seat, Ah Wang did not join the table; he held his empty bowl squatting by the door, waiting for after the six finished their meal to eat. His stomach had been rumbling for a long time, yet surprisingly he resisted the urge to glance at the food.
This kind of inhuman self-control, Liu Ji had only seen before in that wicked woman Qin Yao, making him suspect things were not simple. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
Shaking his head, he suddenly felt the slap was worth it; the wicked woman was hinting something to him.
