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

Chapter 76 The Mother-in-Law Returns Gifts

After applying nitrogen fertilizer, the wheat seedlings in the field began to turn green within three days.

When Tong Huaqiong returned from packing up her stall in town, she was quite pleased to see her wheat field beginning to turn lush and green.

However, it was too late; the wheat ears had already emerged. If nitrogen fertilizer had been applied before the wheat seedlings emerged, the harvest this year would have been much better.

Tong Huaqiong didn't dwell on it too much, at least it confirmed that the soil in her field was indeed deficient in nitrogen, which led to the low wheat yield.

If this year's harvest did not meet expectations, then this problem has been solved, and a bumper harvest will surely come next year and the year after.

Tong Huaqiong was too tired to move, so she sat on the flatbed cart and let Gu Dashu push her into his yard.

She is the mother, and a mother should fully enjoy the right to be served by her son.

Now Gu Dashu has gotten used to it. His mother and sister sit on the flatbed cart, and he pulls it up and walks with great speed.

There were people talking inside the house.

Hearing the commotion in the courtyard, the people inside came out. Tong Huaqiong looked up and saw that it was Liu Yue'e's mother, Zhao Shi.

The cycad is blooming.

One day, Liu Yue'e's mother even came to the Gu family to gossip.

"Our in-laws are here!" Tong Huaqiong greeted Zhao Shi.

Zhao was clearly stunned.

Tong Dajiao has even learned manners.

“The vegetables in my garden have ripened. I picked the first batch, and I’m bringing a basket for you to try, little sister.” Zhao was a bit awkward.

There was no way around it; the old Tong Dajiao was just too difficult to deal with.

Living in the same village, Zhao almost never interacted with Tong Dajiao. Her daughter's insistence on marrying Gu Dashu only fueled Zhao's resentment towards Tong Dajiao.

Before coming to the Gu family this time, she did a lot of mental preparation, but she still couldn't figure out how to get along with her future mother-in-law.

"That's great, I'm in for a treat!" Tong Huaqiong gracefully accepted the offer.

For a moment, Zhao didn't know how to get along with such a polite and generous mother-in-law.

“I tried the pastries you gave me last time, and they tasted even better than those from Su Shi Yuan. No wonder the people at the village market said your pastries are really popular in town.” Zhao tried to start a conversation.

She never expected that her daughter's mother-in-law would switch careers and start a business, and do it quite well.

Her mother-in-law, who always rolled her eyes at her, even had her daughter and son-in-law send fertilizer and pastries to the house. It must have been a miracle.

Since her future in-laws were showing goodwill, she, as a reasonable person, couldn't just ignore them.

So Zhao wanted to return the favor to her mother-in-law, so she picked two full baskets of vegetables from her garden and, estimating when Tong Huaqiong would be closing up shop, delivered them over.

Tong Huaqiong knew that Zhao had come to her house to express her gratitude for the pastries and nitrogen fertilizer she had given her.

"It's alright. I can't keep living a muddled and aimless life. Luckily, I knew how to bake pastries when I was a young woman, so I thought of setting up a stall in town," Tong Huaqiong said.

Baking pastries is truly a wonderful skill. My mother-in-law used to be too lazy to bring them out, but now that she's showing off, Zhao is happy for Liu Yue'e.

"Mother, I told you my mother-in-law has been leading us all to a good life, but you didn't believe me. Now you see it with your own eyes, don't you believe it? When I married Dashu, you weren't happy. You always wanted me to marry Hu Er from Dongtu Village, saying that he was a hunter and wouldn't have to worry about meat. Last year, he was killed by a tiger. If I had married Hu Er, I would have been a widow." Liu Yue'e was happy to see that her mother-in-law and mother got along so well, so she put her arm around Zhao's shoulder and acted coquettishly.

Zhao's vision went black.

Who did this dim-witted girl take after? Calling her "widow" all the time, isn't she just stabbing her mother-in-law in the heart?

Tong Huaqiong also felt that Liu Yue'e was indeed a bit dim-witted, but she wasn't angry about it.

The widow was glad that the original owner of this body was a widow.

"Yue'e, why don't you get a stool for your mother to sit on? Are you just going to let her stand there?" Tong Huaqiong changed the subject.

"No need, no need, I can stand. Sister, the fertilizer you had Dashu deliver really worked, the yellow leaves in my wheat field are turning green again." Zhao then pulled the wheat field over.

"As long as it works," Tong Huaqiong said.

Gu Dashu wiped his sweat and came to Zhao's side, saying, "You've come all this way to our home, so please have dinner here tonight." No matter how carefree Gu Dashu was, he still felt uneasy in front of his mother-in-law.

Especially when facing his kind and gentle mother-in-law, he didn't know what to do with his hands and feet.

Because he knew that his mother-in-law had always looked down on him.

"Yes, let's eat at home," Tong Huaqiong warmly invited.

Zhao waved her hand and said, "No need, I still have to cook when I get home."

Tong Huaqiong didn't try to persuade her to stay any longer. She instructed Gu Dashu to give Zhao a roast chicken she had bought in town, and also to pack a bag of pastries for Zhao to take home for her grandchildren.

Gu Dashu, grinning and looking quite respectable, escorted his mother-in-law to the outside of the yard.

After seeing Zhao off, Tong Huaqiong washed her face and chatted with Man'er for a while.

Chen Sufen and Liu Yue'e set the food on the table, and the family sat down together for dinner.

Man'er and Yaozu, the two children, were very good at creating a lively atmosphere. They talked about all sorts of interesting things in the village in their childish voices, making everyone laugh heartily.

After dinner, Tong Huaqiong called Chen Sufeng into the room and pointed to a pile of things on the table, saying, "These are gifts for your family. I originally wanted you to go back tomorrow, but you know it's the birthday of Master Huang's mother tomorrow. I wanted to take Man'er with me to deliver pastries to her, so I'm sorry to trouble you to go back the day after tomorrow."

Chen Sufen was startled.

She never expected that her mother-in-law would value her trip back to her parents' home so much and prepare so many things for her.

I glanced at the pile of things; there were fabrics, brown and white sugar, pastries, and Chinese medicinal herbs.

"Mother, this thing is too heavy."

Chen Su-fen looked deeply moved.

My mother-in-law is making herself look good.

When she first got married, she went back to her parents' home with very little, and her sister-in-law's face was as long as a donkey's. This time, she went back with all these things, and now she's sure no one will dare to give her a hard time.

“You haven’t been back for so many years, you should bring back more gifts.” Tong Huaqiong smiled and took out a hairpin and a set of rouge and face powder from the package next to her and handed them to Chen Sufeng. “Since you’re going back to your parents’ home, you can’t dress too shabbily. Wear the new clothes I bought for you last time, put on this hairpin, apply some face powder and rouge, and dress up nicely.”

Chen Sufen choked up and said, "Mother, I understand."

These are not enough.

Tong Huaqiong took out another tael of silver and handed it to Chen Sufeng, saying, "Buy some more mutton, chicken, and fish to take with you the day after tomorrow."

Chen Sufen was so moved that she almost knelt down before Tong Huaqiong.

She could already picture the scene of returning to her parents' home the day after tomorrow, with her husband and daughter, dressed in her best, and carrying loads of gifts. She estimated that the whole village would come to her parents' home to watch.

Finally, I can hold my head high!
"Grandma, is Mom taking me to Grandma's house?" Man'er asked as she walked in.

"Yes, the day after tomorrow your mother will take you to visit your maternal grandmother. You must wear your prettiest clothes." Tong Huaqiong said, patting Man'er's head.

"Okay."

Man'er obediently agreed, her face full of anticipation.

Visiting relatives is always a happy thing for children. Man'er only went to her maternal grandmother's house when she was a child, and she has no memory of her maternal grandmother's house at all.

This time I can go with my dad and mom to visit my maternal grandma. I'll have new clothes to wear and good food to eat. How could I not be happy?

“Man’er went there once when she was two years old. Now that she’s older, my parents will definitely be happy to see her,” Chen Sufeng said expectantly.

Tong Huaqiong sneered inwardly, "That's not necessarily true."

Chen Meng and Xiao Pang have both advanced to the women's and men's table tennis finals, so here's an extra chapter. Good luck to Sasha tonight too!

I love Sasha! I hope she and Chen Meng meet at the top of their careers.

Three more chapters will be updated tomorrow.

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