Chapter 397: Chapter 393: Belittling Others

In all of Qingshan Team, no one had ever seen a man dote on his wife so much. The other women were indignant!

’What are we missing? So what if we’re not as pretty as Gu Jiaojiao, not as educated, and don’t come from as good a family? We’re women too, so why don’t we deserve to be pampered?’

Chen Yan and Chen Shulan muttered to each other for a long time, the smiles on their faces growing wider.

You didn’t even have to get close to know they must be bad-mouthing Gu Jiaojiao.

And the more they talked, the happier they got.

The two of them belittled Gu Jiaojiao, wishing for her misfortune.

It was as if they would somehow benefit from Gu Jiaojiao’s bad luck.

Gu Jiaojiao was completely unaware of the petty thoughts of the two women outside. But even if she had known, she would have just brandished a kitchen knife to chase them away rather than waste her breath on them.

She never liked to indulge in verbal sparring.

By the afternoon, the three hundred bars of facial soap were finally ready. Gu Jiaojiao poured the mixture into the molds. Leng Yuan had made all the molds she had designed earlier, and they were more than enough for three hundred bars.

Once all the soap was poured into the molds and left outside to set, they were all moved into the woodshed and covered up.

After tidying up the large pot in the courtyard and sweeping it clean, Gu Jiaojiao started making dinner.

Dinner was as sumptuous as ever.

There were two-grain steamed buns, millet and pumpkin congee, a large basin of braised rabbit, and several refreshing side dishes.

Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang no longer hesitated to eat like they did at first. They had come to realize that the food at their "big sister’s" house was truly excellent. They were too young to repay her now, but they resolved to repay her kindness properly when they grew up.

With this goal in mind, the two little ones took over all the household chores they could. Anything within their abilities, they made sure to do exceptionally well.

After dinner, the Team Leader stopped by to inform Leng Yuan that he was to go to the county for a meeting the next day.

He hinted that their team had been selected as the Advanced Village.

Chen Beiguo knew that the reason they were named an Advanced Village was all thanks to Leng Yuan and Gu Jiaojiao.

During the Qiushou rains this year, many teams had lost crops. They didn’t even know if they could make it to the next summer harvest, and life was tight.

But Qingshan Team hadn’t lost a single grain. In fact, they had even helped other teams salvage their losses. That was why their village was named the Advanced Village.

When you looked at it that way, the credit truly belonged to Leng Yuan and Gu Jiaojiao.

Having delivered his message, Chen Beiguo left.

Gu Jiaojiao was quite happy to hear that Qingshan Team had been named an Advanced Team.

She had transmigrated into this book all alone, then haphazardly ended up in a relationship with Leng Yuan. Over this period, she had gotten along very well with the people of Qingshan Team and had truly come to see this place as her home.

When her home prospered, she was naturally happy.

Since Leng Yuan was going to the county the next day, he took the three hundred bars of facial soap with him.

To keep anyone from discovering them, Leng Yuan put everything directly into a burlap sack.

There were no outsiders on the road, just Village Chief Xu, the Team Leader, Leng Yuan, and the accountant.

So no one asked what Leng Yuan was doing.

After waking up and eating breakfast, Gu Jiaojiao found herself with some free time. She decided to read a book and, while she was at it, teach Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang a few new characters.

She also taught the two of them some arithmetic.

It was Sweet Girl’s first time learning math. She understood how to add one number to another, but when the problem was reversed, with the second number added to the first, she got stuck, even though it was just the same two numbers in a different order.

Gu Jiaojiao wasn’t in a hurry and let her take her time.

Xiao Yang, on the other hand, was a pleasant surprise.

It was his first time learning arithmetic, but after she explained it twice, Xiao Yang was able to grasp the concept and apply it to other problems. He even tentatively wrote down the answers to some problems she hadn’t taught him yet.

Gu Jiaojiao took a look and saw that his answers were actually correct.

This was a delightful surprise for her.