Married the Tough Guy After Transmigrating-Chapter 242 - 243 Returning to Mothers Home
Chapter 242: Chapter 243: Returning to Mother’s Home
Chapter 242: Chapter 243: Returning to Mother’s Home
Mrs. Xu walked back home from the entrance of the village, her head spinning from all the compliments she received that she could hardly tell north from south. Once home, she felt as if she had become a High-ranking Official’s Wife, even her walk had changed.
With mincing steps and a practiced smile on her face, she looked the part. But as soon as she reached home, her charade fell apart, and she took a deep breath, “Oh dear mother.
Being a High-ranking Official’s Wife is just too uncomfortable, having to put on airs all the time. Luckily, I’m only the team leader’s wife. It’d really be tough for me to act like an educated person.”
“You see yourself at your age! Isn’t it embarrassing? Just look at yourself,” Granny Zhang had nothing but disdain and wished she could find a crack to crawl into.
Mrs. Xu was unfazed, “Mom, what’s wrong with me? Now that Yingying has achieved so much, as her mother, I can’t afford to embarrass her.”
Granny Zhang couldn’t be bothered with her daughter; it was nothing but vanity, all fluff.
Her eyes filled with pride as she looked at her granddaughter. How did this girl become so accomplished?
“Yingying, I heard you’ve brought in quite a few orders for your factory. Now, more than half the village works there.
You don’t know how well people in our village treat your grandpa and me now.
Before, they looked down on seeing us, thinking we were poor and had only daughters with just one son, we couldn’t stand tall. Now, they praise your grandpa as if he were a precious treasure,” Granny Zhang said, her face beaming with pride.
“I wonder when your second and third sisters will return!” Granny Zhang mentioned her other two daughters with a face full of concern.
“Mom, I’ve always said my daughter is blessed. Our days ahead won’t be bad, and look, our whole family has benefited from my daughter’s good fortune,” Mrs. Xu had just finished speaking when the other two sisters from the Zhang family arrived.
“Sister, Yingying.” As soon as Third Sister Gui Lan saw Mrs. Xu, her eyes were brimming with affection, which was evident in her demeanor.
“Gui Lan, Dongquan has returned,” Granny Zhang announced, and following close behind was the second sister, Gui Fang, each holding a large chunk of pork and a big bag of pastries.
Mrs. Xu stood up in surprise at the sight, looking at her second sister’s husband with curiosity, “Shaowen, have you struck it rich? Why bring so much stuff?”
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“Guiying, what are you saying?” Granny Zhang glared at her eldest daughter.
Chen Shaowen chuckled, unfazed by the elder sister’s sarcasm, “Sister, with my disposition, how could I strike it rich? It’s just the New Year, so I thought I should buy something decent for Mom since I’ve been good for nothing all year.”
Granny Zhang’s face lit up in delight upon hearing this, smiling at her son-in-law, “Even without bringing anything, just seeing you come to visit your mom makes me happy.”
Mrs. Xu was munching on melon seeds, full of suspicion; her second brother-in-law was nothing but a good-for-nothing, even worse than her husband’s brother.
Her third sister-in-law was lazy, occasionally gambled, but her second sister’s husband wasn’t just lazy and a gambler—he was also a drinker and had been caught stealing a few times.
And yet, unbelievably, the second sister acted like a simpleton with no temper, like a clump of clay. She had tried to persuade her to divorce, but her second sister just cried incessantly as if the sky were falling.
Then, after her husband coaxed her, she scampered obediently back home.
Facing this sister she had raised since she was young, Mrs. Xu felt both resentment and pity.
“Mom, Shaowen has earned a little this year, so just accept it,” Gui Fang spoke softly, sounding nothing like Mrs. Xu.
Gui Lan shared Mrs. Xu’s spirit and even had a shorter temper. Astonished to hear Chen Shaowen had found a job, she immediately asked, “Second sister, what job has Shaowen taken?
It’s not some improper business, is it? Did you forget about the group of people caught in the county a few months back?”
When Gui Fang heard this, she quickly shook her head, “No, it’s not like that.”
Chen Shaowen may have become a bit more patient, but only with Mrs. Xu. He faced Gui Lan without conceding an inch, retorting, “Third Sister, what do you mean by that?
Do you think I, Chen Shaowen, could never make something of myself? That I could never find a job? Let me tell you, I am now earning my keep, having found a job.”
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the room was shocked, even Mr. Zhang looked stunned and turned to Chen Shaowen to ask, “What job did you find? What are you doing?”
Chen Shaowen chuckled, glancing at Xu Ying.
Xu Ying felt totally bewildered.
“Isn’t Yingying organizing the villagers to collect vegetables for the commune? I’m now also collecting vegetables with those people.”
At these words, Mrs. Xu was taken aback, “Isn’t your commune different from ours? How come you’ve started collecting vegetables?”
Xu Ying’s eyes widened slightly, a flicker of surprise crossing the depths of her eyes.
Chen Shaowen chuckled guiltily, “This is something our team leader is in charge of; I don’t really understand it.
Maybe the restaurants are short of vegetables, so they’ve found people from outside their own villages.”
Xu Ying, not clear about the current vegetable collection situation, didn’t press on after hearing what he said.
Zhang Guilan, however, couldn’t help but look at Xu Ying, “Yingying, since your uncle’s village has gathered all its vegetables, why not collect ours as well?”
Upon hearing her daughter’s words, Granny Zhang immediately got furious, “Your second brother-in-law’s village is where their team leader has their own cooperation with the restaurant. For your village, you’re suggesting Yingying should go find people on her own.
What if other villages start to follow suit? Aren’t you causing trouble for your niece?”
When Zhang Guilan heard her mother’s refusal, although she was reluctant, she eventually gave up.
This little episode quickly passed.
Finally, when all three daughters were gathered, Granny Zhang was extremely happy, chatting away with her three daughters for a long while.
Lunch was prepared by Xu Ying, who felt increasingly that something was wrong while she worked in the kitchen.
During the meal, Xu Ying couldn’t help but strike up a conversation with Chen Shaowen.
“Uncle, now that your village is collecting vegetables, what are you in charge of?”
Chen Shaowen had been marveling at how delicious the food Xu Ying made was, but upon hearing her question and under the curious eyes of everyone, he proudly raised his eyebrows, taking interest in showing off.
“I’m in charge of delivering the vegetables now, taking the collected vegetables from our village to the restaurant every day.”
“Do you only take care of your own village? What about the other villages?”
“The restaurant doesn’t take the other villages’ vegetables, so of course, I only collect from our village,” said Chen Shaowen proudly, nose in the air.
But Xu Ying’s gaze darkened, sensing that something was definitely amiss.
If the restaurant really lacked vegetables, they would certainly collect from several villages on a large scale, not just from one village.
That afternoon, Xu Ying went to Third Aunt Xu and, upon asking, confirmed her suspicions. The restaurant currently had a fixed amount of vegetables they were collecting, and their villages could easily meet the supply.
Sometimes they even had a surplus that the restaurant couldn’t handle; there was simply no issue of an uneven supply of vegetables.
Upon hearing this, Xu Ying immediately went to the workshop and called Director Hong, only to be met with ignorance, “Xiao Xu, this purchase of vegetables from Chen Family Village you’re talking about, I don’t know anything about that.
Currently, the restaurant is only buying from Yushan Commune, nothing from other communes.”
