Transmigration: The Evil Mother-In-Law Is Actually Innocent!-Chapter 63 - Sweet Burden_1

Zhou Laoda shrunk like a quail, “…..”

He had let down his father again.

He was unfilial!

Zhulan didn’t want to talk about it outside and leaned against the bathing tub, closing her eyes to signal they would talk about it after going home.

Zhou Shuren glared at Zhou Laoda, who had been sneaking peeks, “A bunch of pig teammates, both of them!”

The return journey was slower with a cart full of goods.

It was noon by the time they reached home, and there was a crowd of men, women, and children at the normally quiet village entrance.

Zhulan pressed her forehead, overwhelmed.

With a cart full of items, she didn’t know how the rumors about her had started.

Now it was too late to take a detour.

Especially upon seeing Madam Zheng, Zhulan knew Madam Zheng hated her.

Because of her, Madam Zheng had become the common enemy of the village’s mothers-in-law.

Despite gaining favor from the younger daughters-in-law, Madam Zheng wouldn’t be pleased.

The better the daughters-in-law’s lives in the village, the harder Madam Zheng’s life became.

To her, Zhulan was enemy number one.

As expected, Madam Zheng started shouting from a distance, “Sister-in-law, did you go to the county to prepare for your daughter’s dowry?

But isn’t that a mistake?

With a boy raised by his maternal grandparents and the son-in-law coming through the door, saving on your daughter’s dowry should be the way.”

Unfortunately for her, Zhulan wasn’t angry at all, she didn’t flare up but remained smiling, “What I’m buying is for household use.

Sister-in-law, are your eyes failing you?

Oh my, you haven’t been making shoes, have you?

Sister-in-law, you truly are a good mother-in-law.

Now you won’t even let your daughter-in-law lift a finger to make shoes.

I’m ashamed in comparison, I wouldn’t want to keep sister-in-law from spoiling her daughter-in-law, I must hurry home to eat the lunch prepared by my daughter-in-law.”

Madam Zheng watched the ox cart leave, stunned—it wasn’t going the way she had expected.

The Zhou family’s youngest daughter was raised like a landlord’s daughter; judging by her own standards, she always thought that Madame Yang wanted to use her daughter to climb the social ladder.

Zhu’s family from Zhang Tie’s side said he was a boy raised by his maternal grandparents, which others found hard to believe.

It wouldn’t be possible for any of the Zhou family’s four sons to be married into the wife’s family.

Madam Zheng’s intention was just to disgust Madame Yang, then relying on Madame Yang’s direct nature, she wanted to fabricate some truth about the boy raised by his maternal grandparents to infuriate Madame Yang with a mix of truth and falsity.

But Madame Yang didn’t get angry.

Instead, Madam Zheng was the one who ended up frustrated, and after being discredited by Madame Yang again, she saw black spots dancing before her eyes and quickly returned home in disgrace.

Zhulan truly didn’t take it to heart.

Even if the rumors turned out to be true, she and Zhou Shuren were willing to accept them, especially after observing each other, they took the jest seriously and unanimously agreed that childhood sweethearts were far more reliable than the male protagonists!

Alright, the two of them had a thing for cleanliness, especially since they knew about Wang Ru’s counterattack—she took over Xue Han’s position as the official match, leaving the male lead ousted from the role of the son-in-law!

Both of them were aware of the situation.

They were not in a hurry about formalities; they had their own plans and wouldn’t damage their daughter’s reputation.

After reaching home and having lunch, they distributed the goods in the cart.

Luckily, most were for household use, and the two daughters-in-law didn’t have time to feel sorry; instead, they were happy about the allocated cotton and rough cloth.

Zhou Laoda lifted his head to observe the sky, deeply feeling the weight of the eldest’s responsibilities, while also harboring a guilty pleasure known only to himself within the family.

How melancholic he felt, “The sweet burden!”

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Zhulan nearly choked on the water she had in her mouth, coughing it out as she stared at her eldest son in disbelief, “What did you just say?

Mother didn’t hear clearly!”

Zhou Laoda’s face turned red, and he stuttered, “The burden that’s sweet as honey.”

Why was his mother by his side?

Zhulan covered her mouth to stifle her laughter.

Her eldest son had a knack for humor; it was killing her.

Seeing the imminent laughter in his mother’s eyes, Zhou Laoda fled as if his butt were on fire, “Mother, I’m going to chop some firewood!”

Zhulan couldn’t hold back and laughed out loud, which even drew Zhou Shuren out, “What’s so funny?”

Zhulan finally composed herself after a while but didn’t share the joke.

She felt it was necessary to save some face for her misstep of an eldest son.

After all, face was very important for the eldest son, “It’s nothing.

However, husband, we still haven’t resolved the issue about your private savings!”

Zhou Shuren, “….Let’s talk inside.”