A Blessed Wife At Home

Niu Shi said in a strange tone, “what clever mouth! But it’s better to be honest when you are a daughter-in-law. Only people like Xu Shi’s are virtuous! You should learn from your sister-in-law!”

Qiao Xuan would not let that get to her.

She believed that if she’s not angry, then the other would. “Thank you for the advice.”

Niu Shi choked: “.”

Ma Shi rolled her eyes and said, “you can’t be partial! You gave Taotao a meeting gift, what about Meiling and Xiaozhi?”

Niu Shi’s eyes also lit up and snorted angrily, “that’s right, you don’t look down on us, do you?”

Before Qiao Xuan could open her mouth, Fang Shi replied, “when Zhang Shi married into the family, did you give us a gift? When did we have such a rule?”

Most families in the countryside were poor. When a new daughter-in-law entered the family, it was considered decent enough to prepare a meeting gift for her own family, and it’s okay if she didn’t give any to the extended family.

Besides, they had already divided their inheritance and were considered separate households.

Ma Shi refused to accept it and muttered, “that’s not the same. Zhang Shi is poor, while Qiao Xuan is the daughter of the county magistrate. Why are you so stingy!”

“That’s right!”

Fang Shi sneered, “they are all daughters-in-law of the Shao family, so they should be treated equally!”

Niu Shi and Ma Shi saw that Fang Shi was being unreasonable, and it was obvious that they could not gain anything from her, so they complained angrily, and dragged their daughters away.

Fang Shi spat softly, “what a joke!”

Shao Taotao heaved a sigh of relief and smiled brightly, “mother and fifth sister-in-law are the best!”

“You…” Fang Shi lightly poked her forehead, “be more careful! Learn more from your fifth sister-in-law in the future!”

Shao Taotao grinned, “got it, mother!”

Qiao Xuan also laughed.

Fang Shi continued, “don’t pay attention to them, they have always been so shameless, if they really dare to come to you in private, you can just come to me.”

“Okay, mother.” Qiao Xuan smiled, “if the second and third aunt come to me, I will definitely reason with them.”

Fang Shi understood what she meant by “reason with them” and couldn’t help feeling amused. She laughed and nodded, “well, that’s right!”

Fang Shi turned to go to the kitchen. As soon as she turned around, she saw Xu Shi leaning behind the corner of the wall.

She was taken aback, and she couldn’t hide anymore when she was discovered, so she came out carefully, with a smile on her face, “mother, I…I just came back from the vegetable garden.”

Fang Shi knew where she was hiding and wondered how long she had been listening.

She was always a coward, and when they came to make trouble, she always avoided it like this, and never said anything to help.

The rule of the household was that half of the money that one earned would be given to the family, and the other half could be used however they wanted. Although Xu Shi and her husband were not very skilled, they still managed to save quite a bit of money in the past few years.

Ultimately, she only cared about her own family.

Fang Shi didn’t bother to expose Xu Shi, so she hummed lightly and said, “wash your hands and feet and come to the kitchen to help.”

Seeing that her mother-in-law didn’t scold her, Xu Shi was relieved, and quickly nodded in agreement.