Transmigration: The Evil Mother-In-Law Is Actually Innocent!-Chapter 36 - Exposed_1
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Zhulan withdrew her gaze and turned to the backyard.
Today, she needed to pickle the vegetables, which wasn’t a small task.
The backyard was filled with cabbages, and with no vegetables to eat in winter, they usually pickled two large vats, but Zhulan had made calculations, “This year, pickling one vat will be enough.”
Lady Li didn’t want to eat salted vegetables all winter long, and having pickled vegetables would offer a variety of flavors, “Mother, we’ve always had two vats, one won’t be enough.”
“I know what I’m doing.
This year we’re just pickling one vat.
This afternoon, we’ll chop all the remaining cabbages and store them in the cellar, and we also should sun dry more hot peppers this year.”
Zhulan was thinking about the spicy pickled cabbage; she was waiting for Wang Ru to prepare it.
Naturally, she wanted to keep more cabbages—hmm, she thought, perhaps they could buy some more cabbages to bring back.
Lady Li wanted to speak several times but swallowed her words, comforting herself that listening to her mother-in-law was never wrong.
She was determined to be the most obedient daughter-in-law and not give Zhao Shi any advantage.
Before long, Zhou Changyi, the second son, came to the backyard and whispered to Zhulan, “Mother, Wang Lao Si has made a scene now that he’s back from work.
He’s become so assertive, Wang Zhang Shi must be fuming.”
Zhulan, “….”
She realized that she couldn’t view her sons based solely on the original host’s memories.
After truly interacting with them, the second son was not only shrewd but also a deceitful insider, quietly setting traps that others would thank him for, his simple-looking face incredibly deceptive.
Zhou Changyi thought his mother had become wise.
The look in his eyes was different, as if he’d been exposed.
After being praised by his father, he’d become a bit lost and was starting to float on air; he feared that his mother would speak loudly and attract attention.
He knew she couldn’t keep things to herself, “Mother.”
Zhulan finally understood that in the original story the sons were minor characters, but the second son’s family had the least impact.
With one partner being transparent and the other being clever and calculating, it would be odd if they didn’t live well.
She patted her second son’s shoulder, “Go back to work!”
Zhou Changyi stiffened, dumbly looking at his mother.
He didn’t expect her to understand the hints he was throwing.
He thought she didn’t chase Wang Lao Si away out of laziness.
Only now did he discover that his mother not only understood but also saw right through his meaningful looks!
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He thought he had seen through everyone else in the family, but the continuous reality checks, first from his father and now from his mother, proved the old saying correct: Your father will always be your father, and your mother will always be your mother.
In the past, they were just too lazy to bother with him.
He wouldn’t dare to underestimate his parents again.
Zhulan looked pleased at the cautiousness of her second son.
To deal with someone like him, one had to be stronger and more perceptive.
While pickling vegetables, Zhulan helped by breaking off the cabbage leaves, while Lady Li did most of the work.
Lady Li had her own secrets to pickling delicious vegetables, and among the few families that Zhulan had tasted from in the original body’s memory, Lady Li’s pickled vegetables were the best.
Zhulan looked at the vat full of pickled vegetables and thought of various pickled vegetable delicacies, “Once the pickled vegetables are ready, we’ll buy two pounds of pork to make stuffed buns with pickled cabbage and meat.”
The children heard this and were even more enthusiastic about picking the spoiled cabbage leaves to feed the pigs.
Lady Li looked up at the sky to gauge the time, “Mother, what are we having for lunch?”
Zhulan glanced at the well-sorted, unspoiled cabbage leaves, “Cabbage stewed with potatoes, and let’s make a cabbage and egg soup.”
Afterward, Zhulan went into the house to start a fire, her room had already been tidied and, after warming it all afternoon, it would be ready to be lived in by evening.
At lunchtime, Zhulan’s family always had three meals, and helpers who came to work continued working.
No one from the Zhou family offered charity by calling people to eat.
What was agreed upon was clear: no meals were to be provided.
Zhulan finished eating first and looked at Wang Lao Si, who was working hard.
When Wang Lao Si got home and learned, Wang Ru would probably think their family cold-hearted again, but Zhulan didn’t care.
As long as her daughter was the original female protagonist, she would always be a thorn in Wang Ru’s side.
In the afternoon, Zhulan and Lady Li chopped cabbages, pulled up radishes, and picked hot peppers.
They also plucked the good pepper leaves, as none will go to waste when pickling salty vegetables.
The Zhou family’s cellar was large, and even after harvesting the backyard’s vegetables, there was still plenty of space left.
Having kept the fire burning all day, Zhulan mused after dinner, “After finishing up tomorrow, I’ll have the eldest and the second borrow a bullock cart to collect some firewood from the mountain.
We’re running low on firewood.”
Zhou Shuren took up the conversation, “Winter is drawing near, and we should collect more while the weather is still warm.”
The eldest son, “Understood, Father, Mother.”
Zhulan had no intention of going up the mountain; she was recuperating.
Lady Li felt there wasn’t much work left at home, “Mother, I’ll go with Aunt Wu to pick mushrooms tomorrow, it will be the last harvest of the year.”
“Okay, you go,” Zhulan agreed.
Lady Li beamed with joy, feeling suffocated over the past days, and finally, she would have a chance to gossip with Aunt Wu.
The next morning, not only did Wang Lao Si come to work, but Wang Ru also came along.
Zhulan, “Here to see Xue Han, hmm?”
