The Journey Of The Peasant Mother-in-Law

Chapter 36: Exposed

Zhulan looked away and turned to go to the backyard. Today, she was going to pickle cabbage, so she had a lot of work to do.

There was a lot of cabbage growing in the backyard, and there were no other vegetables to eat in winter. In previous years, two jars of cabbage were pickled. This year, Zhulan had a plan. “This year, one jar of pickled cabbage is enough.”

Li shi didn’t want to eat pickles all winter, and if you have pickled cabbage, you can change the taste. “Mother, in previous years, there were two jars, one jar is not enough.”

“I know in my heart. I will pickle a jar this year. The rest of the cabbage will be chopped up and put in the cellar in the afternoon, and dry some chillies as well this year.”

Zhulan was thinking about cabbage kimchi in her heart. She was waiting for Wang Ru to make this recipe. Naturally, she had to keep more cabbage. Well, she thought she could buy some cabbage.

Li shi wanted to open her mouth several times but swallowed it back. She comforted herself, it was right to listen to her mother-in-law; she would be the first obedient daughter-in-law of her mother-in-law, and she would never give that title to Zhao shi.

After a while, the second eldest, Zhou Changyi, came to the backyard and whispered beside Zhulan, “Mother, Fourth Wang caused a lot of trouble after going back from here yesterday. Now that Fourth Wang is tough, Wang Zhang shi must be very angry.”

Zhulan, “…”

She realized that she couldn’t view the sons based on the memories of the original owner. Upon closer inspection, the second son was not only shrewd but also a spy. He was devious and could deceive people while still maintaining an innocent-looking face. Others would still think highly of him despite his true nature.

The second eldest Zhou Changyi thought that his mother was smart, but the look in his eyes was wrong, he seems to be exposed. He can’t find the North after being praised by his father, and he was floating a little. He was afraid that his mother will attract people’s attention by speaking loudly, and won’t be able to hide it. So he quietly said, “Mother.”

Zhulan finally understood that among the sons mentioned in the original text, the second son’s family had the least impact and suffered the least. Both the husband and wife were astute and calculating people, so it would be strange if they didn’t live well. She patted the second son’s shoulder and said, ‘Go back to work!’”

The second son, Zhou Changyi, froze and stared blankly at his mother. He had tried to signal her earlier but didn’t expect her to understand. Mother didn’t chase away Fourth Wang, he thought she was just being lazy. Now he realized that mother not only understood his signals but also saw through his intentions with her meaningful gaze!

He thought he had seen through the whole family, but he had been slapped in the face for the past few days, first his father, and then his mother. The old saying was true, your father will always be your father, and your mother will always be your mother. He used to be too lazy to pay attention to them. He now doesn’t even dare to look down on his parents.

Zhulan looked at the second child with satisfaction who was looking at her cautiously. To deal with a person like the second child, she had to be better than him.

When pickling cabbage, Zhu Lan helped to break the cabbage leaves, and the rest was done by Li shi. Li shi’s pickled cabbage had its own unique taste. In the original memory, she have eaten several pickled cabbages, but Li shi’s pickled ones were the most delicious.

Zhulan looked at the jar of pickled cabbage and thought of all kinds of pickled cabbage delicacies, “When the pickle is ready, buy 2 catties of pork and we will make dumplings with pickled cabbage and meat.”

When the children heard it, they were even more motivated to pick out the bad vegetable leaves and feed them to the pigs.

Li shi looked up at the sky and counted the time, “Mother, what are we making for lunch?”

Zhulan looked at the cabbage leaves that had been cleaned up and said, “Braise the potatoes with the cabbage, make a cabbage and egg soup.”

Afterwards, Zhulan went to the house to light the kang in her room. Her room was finished, and she could live in it in the afternoon.

At noon, Zhulan’s family had to eat three meals, so they helped with the work and continued to work. No one in the Zhou family was kind enough to ask someone to come to eat. It was agreed that no food would be provided at the beginning.

Zhulan finished eating first and looked at Fourth Wang who was working hard. When he goes back to his house, Wang Ru should feel that their family was cold-blooded. She didn’t care at all. Wang Ru’s eyes were thorns in the flesh.

In the afternoon, Zhulan and Li shi chopped cabbage, pickled radishes, and pickled peppers. They also pickled the good leaves of the chilli peppers. All of these can be pickled as pickles, and nothing will be wasted.

Zhou’s cellar was very large, the vegetables in the backyard were almost picked, and there was still a lot of space.

Today, after burning fire all day, Zhulan muttered, “Tomorrow when everything is over, the eldest and the second should borrow an ox cart to go into the mountains to pick up a few carts of firewood, there is not much firewood at home.”

Zhou Shuren answered, “As winter is coming, we should pick up as much as we can while the weather is warm.”

Boss, “I will take care of it, father, mother.”

Zhulan didn’t mean to follow up the mountain, she was taking care of her body.

Li shi felt that there was nothing exciting happening at home, “Mother, Aunt Wu and I will go to pick mushrooms tomorrow, the last mushrooms of the year.”

“Okay, you can go.”

Li shi’s eyes shined bright, and after a few days of suffocation, she was finally able to gossip with Aunt Wu.

Early the next morning, not only did Fourth Wang come to work, but Wang Ru also came.

Zhulan, “Did you come to find Xuehan?”