My Dear Wife, Please Be Gentle!-Chapter 66 - 67 Offering Help When Not Asked

Excitedly, she walked over to the Ye Ling Jiao Teng; her noontime meal could have an extra dish today.

Since Ye Ling Jiao Teng didn’t grow large, the only edible part was the vine.

Back home, she plucked off the leaves, keeping only the vine, rubbed it vigorously in water to wash away the astringent taste, then fried it with chili peppers – it tasted just as good as purslane.

Lately, there were no lotus root stalks left, so they had been eating a lot of purslane; it was time for a change in flavor.

By the time Qiao Duo’er arrived home it was noon, and she greeted Tan Zhenghong before starting to prepare lunch.

Today, Sun Erhu had gone up the mountain, so lunch could be simple.

Qiao Duo’er just reheated yesterday’s sweet and sour ribs, stir-fried a plate of Ye Ling Jiao Teng, and warmed a few steamed buns, and that was lunch.

During the meal, Tan Zhenghong suddenly said, “Little Sister-in-law came today to wash the clothes.”

Qiao Duo’er glanced at the basin where the dirty clothes were supposed to be, and indeed there wasn’t a single garment left.

Little Wang Clan’s actions were too strange!

“Do you think she truly realized her mistake?” Qiao Duo’er looked at Tan Zhenghong, after all, he knew Little Wang Clan better.

Tan Zhenghong shook his head, “It’s easy to change rivers and mountains, but one’s true nature is hard to alter.”

His sister-in-law was a shrewd person, never at a disadvantage.

Moreover, she was not a diligent person; previously with household chores, she always chose the easy and shunned the tough, leaving the dirty and tiring work to her elder sister-in-law or third sister-in-law.

“I think so too, this time she even went so far as to beat her own son, she’s really made a big investment,” Qiao Duo’er said with narrowed eyes.

Tan Zhenghong frowned and said, “You need to be careful these next few days.”

“Don’t worry, if she dares to scheme against me, I’ll make sure she regrets it!” replied Qiao Duo’er confidently, and besides, there was Er Ya keeping watch at home, so nothing should go wrong.

Tan Zhenghong nodded, but he still worried about his wife getting the short end of the stick.

He knew the tactics of his mother and sister-in-law.

His little wife had a good heart; how could she be a match for them?

“No matter what, you must tell me everything, I will protect you,” Tan Zhenghong said earnestly.

Qiao Duo’er nodded, to avoid giving Tan Zhenghong reasons to worry all day.

Plus, handicapped people tend to have fragile hearts, and she needed to be considerate of that.

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No matter what schemes the old mansion’s people were concocting, Qiao Duo’er carried on with her activities as usual, but the one change she made was washing her clothes early in the morning.

Clothes are easily damaged if dried all day, and since the sun was at its peak at noon and there wasn’t much else to do except for a nap, the rural households were accustomed to washing clothes at midday.

However, Qiao Duo’er didn’t want Little Wang Clan’s charitable gestures; wearing clothes washed by Little Wang Clan made her uncomfortable.

As the saying goes, he who takes a gift seldom measures, and Qiao Duo’er didn’t want to owe Little Wang Clan a favor.

For three consecutive days, everything was calm.

Qiao Duo’er even began to doubt if she was overthinking, but she still instructed Er Ya to stay alert.

It was better to keep watch for two days for nothing than to be caught off guard one day.