The wicked mother-in-law doesn't try to whitewash herself; she only abuses her awful children.

Chapter 75 Attitude towards in-laws
Tong Huaqiong felt relieved that her youngest son did not suspect anything.

However, the matter of the space could not be kept from Gu Jingzhe sooner or later, and Tong Huaqiong did not intend to keep it from him forever.

The reason she doesn't want to say it now is that she doesn't quite trust Gu Jingzhe yet, unless he completely changes.

Otherwise, given Gu Jingzhe's past habit of sacrificing his lifelong love Lu Zhaozhao for his future career, he might have sacrificed his mother as well, even knowing that the space existed.

Although Gu Jingzhe's filial piety could be expressed in both her past and present lives, she still dared not block it now.

"In my room."

Tong Huaqiong led Gu Dahan and Gu Jingzhe to her room.

"The nitrogen fertilizer is right here," Tong Huaqiong said, pointing to the fertilizer on the ground.

She desperately wanted to get rid of it; the whole house was filled with a pungent chemical smell.

Gu Jingzhe squatted down and saw the words on the fertilizer bag, a look of doubt flashing in his eyes.

He had never seen this font before.

He had never seen the material used for the packaging bags before.

Tong Huaqiong's eyes sharpened.

"Mother, what is this?"

"Will scattering this on the ground really make our wheat turn green and grow bigger?" Gu Dahan interrupted Gu Jingzhe.

Gu Dahan couldn't read anyway; what he cared about was whether the nitrogen fertilizer could increase wheat production.

"I don't know either, let's give it a try. Anyway, the agricultural official wouldn't lie, would he?" Tong Huaqiong said.

Gu Dahan nodded with a simple smile.

“Dahan, you need to get this stuff out of here right away, it smells awful. When your second and third brothers bring me back from town, take them to fertilize the fields and see if the wheat fields can be saved this year,” Tong Huaqiong said. “Don’t let the bags show when you’re fertilizing.”

Gu Dahan readily agreed, saying, "Don't worry, Mother, I can fertilize those two acres of land all by myself."

He was glad that Tong Huaqiong didn't continue to discuss the issues of mother-son and brother relationships with him, but instead focused on farming.

Only when the topic of farming comes up can he feel less nervous and uneasy.

Gu Dahan then led Gu Jingzhe to carry nitrogen fertilizer into the yard.

Gu Dashu came in after smelling the odor and helped carry it.

Tong Huaqiong covered her nose, but the three brothers didn't seem to notice. After all, nitrogen fertilizer was a mild odor compared to the tantalizing smell of natural manure.

"Mother, where did this fertilizer come from?" Gu Jingzhe couldn't help but ask after all the nitrogen fertilizer had been delivered to the yard.

These days, he feels that his mother is still the same mother, but she has a strange, unsettling aura about her.

He believed the officials who persuaded farmers, and he believed that the wheat lacked nitrogen, but he didn't believe that fertilizer could be bought so easily.

"I've changed, haven't I?" Tong Huaqiong said irritably.

She knew Gu Jingzhe would ask, but this also showed that Gu Jingzhe was still a young man and didn't have such deep cunning; he trusted his mother very much.

It would be truly frightening if he had doubts but secretly investigated instead of asking.

"I'll let you know when it's time to let you know. If I don't want you to know, I won't tell you even if you ask me." Tong Huaqiong stared sharply at Gu Jingzhe, her voice becoming stern.

Gu Jingzhe also became serious.

“Mother, your son knows. Your son will not ask or tell you,” Gu Jingzhe said.

He felt that if he continued to press the matter, his mother would dig a hole and bury him on the spot.

"Dàshǔ (Great Heat), this is the nitrogen fertilizer the agricultural official mentioned; it can help the wheat harvest. I see the leaves on your father-in-law's land next to ours are turning yellow. Send them two bags. But tear the bags off for me; just send the fertilizer." After admonishing Gu Jingzhe, Tong Huaqiong instructed Gu Dashu to deliver fertilizer to the Liu family.

Tong Huaqiong had a good impression of Liu Tiechui, Gu Dashu's father-in-law.

It's rare to see someone willing to spend their entire fortune to save their grandson.

Liu Yue'e has been married into the Gu family for so many years, and she and her mother-in-law, Tong Dajiao, have been causing trouble for so many years, but she has never thought about her own family.

The only thing her family benefited from was the chicken that Tong Huaqiong had asked her to deliver last time. "Okay," Gu Dashu said.

He also wanted to repair his relationship with his father-in-law's family, but Tong Dajiao had previously prevented him from doing so.

Because the Liu family initially prevented Liu Yue'e from marrying Gu Dashu, Tong Dajiao became enemies with the Liu family and never allowed Gu Dashu to have any contact with them.

He was very happy that Tong Huaqiong had asked him to take the initiative to get in touch with the Liu family.

Liu Yue'e was setting out the rice bowl when she heard her mother-in-law ask Gu Dashu to deliver fertilizer to the Liu family to help with the wheat harvest. She was so excited that she almost lost her balance.

Her parents always said she married the wrong person, that they had raised a daughter for nothing.

Now that my mother-in-law is sending things to the Liu family, it's to give them face.

“Mother, I’ll go with Dashu to deliver it.” Liu Yue’e’s voice was light and cheerful.

"Bring a plate of jujube cake and honey-glazed pastries to your family as well." Tong Huaqiong rarely showed such a gentle side to Liu Yue'e.

"Okay." Liu Yue'e's voice was even lighter.

Chen Sufeng was serving rice in the kitchen when she heard her mother-in-law ask her second son and his wife to deliver fertilizer and pastries to the Liu family. She felt a pang of sadness.

She hasn't been back to her parents' home for many years.

To be honest, her family didn't treat her well. From a young age, she cooked for the whole family and washed their clothes.

After marrying into the Gu family, she was mistreated by her mother-in-law and bullied by her sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law. At first, she went home to complain, but her mother said that every daughter-in-law went through this. Her sister-in-law rolled her eyes at her, complaining that she could not help her nephews and brothers and only complained.

Gradually, she stopped going back.

But that was the home she had lived in since childhood, and it would be a lie to say she didn't miss it.

In addition, given the era she lived in, most girls she knew had gone through similar experiences. There weren't many girls like her sister-in-law Gu Taohua and her sister-in-law Liu Yue'e who received preferential treatment from their maternal families. Therefore, Chen Sufeng didn't believe from the bottom of her heart that her maternal family had treated her badly.

Seeing her mother-in-law's attitude towards the Liu family, she also wanted to go back to her parents' home.

"Why are you crying?" Tong Huaqiong asked when she entered the kitchen and saw Chen Sufen's red eyes.

Chen Sufen smiled sheepishly and said, "I got some dust in my eyes."

Tong Huaqiong naturally didn't believe it. After thinking for a moment, she said, "You want to go back to your parents' home, right? If you want to go back, then go. Let Dahan and Man'er go back with you."

Chen Sufeng was very excited, and her voice choked with emotion as she said, "Mom, I'll go as soon as I'm done with these next few days. I'll be back quickly so as not to delay my work."

Tong Huaqiong smiled but didn't say anything.

She had to get Chen Sufen back to her parents' home.

Only in this way can Chen Sufen shatter her illusions about her family.

Chen Su-fen's family treated her worse than that; they practically devoured her without spitting out her bones.

In her previous life, after Chen Sufeng died, Tong Dajiao paid off Chen Sufeng's parents and brothers with twenty taels of silver.

Her two brothers even fought a big fight over the division of the twenty taels of silver.

After learning that Man'er was with the Zheng family, the two Chen brothers went to the Zheng family to claim kinship.

One was assigned to work as a shop assistant by the Zheng family, another became the second steward of the Zheng family, and even Chen Sufeng's nephew was assigned to work as a servant to the young master of the Zheng family.

Once, Man'er escaped from the Zheng family but had nowhere to go. She went to the shop to ask her uncle for help, but her uncle caught her and sent her back to the Zheng family.

On that occasion, the eldest son of the Zheng family, who was already terminally ill, ordered his men to lock Man'er in the woodshed and deprive her of water and food for three days and three nights.

The accusation that Man'er seduced the young master of the Zheng family was also orchestrated by her cousin.

With a family like that, it's better to cut ties sooner rather than later.

If she doesn't allow Chen Su-fen to interact with others, no matter how bad her family background is, Chen Su-fen can still put a filter on it, making it even harder to break things off later.

Therefore, Tong Huaqiong not only supported Chen Sufeng's visits, but also prepared generous gifts for her. She even planned to tell the Chen family through the people in Chen Sufeng's hometown village that the Gu family had become rich and that Chen Sufeng was living a life of luxury in the Gu family.

(End of this chapter)