Chapter 17

The family was missing four hundred yuan, and Zhao Guifen’s spirits plummeted.

She thought about what the old man had said, letting the daughters-in-law handle their own affairs, and how they would go about it.

She pondered for two days!

For two days, she couldn’t think of a way to get her daughters-in-law to fight.

One noon, Zhao Guifen divided the lunch for the family. Seeing Bai Xiuxiu, who didn’t do any work and still ate her fill, she couldn’t help but get angry.

But she couldn’t find a good solution!

Who told her to pretend to be sick, and the eldest son even took over her work!

The team leader was also satisfied, after all, Wang Qinghe worked more efficiently than Bai Xiuxiu!

And…

Zhao Guifen thought of Bai Xiuxiu, and she couldn’t help but curse under her breath. That little vixen, she didn’t know when she got in touch with the team leader’s wife, Chen Poundshua! Yesterday, she wanted to let everyone know about Bai Xiuxiu’s true colors, so she said a few words.

She was scolded by Chen Poundshua.

She said that she was too much as a mother-in-law, and also said that she saw Bai Xiuxiu getting medicine from Old Zhang.

She also said that Bai Xiuxiu’s body was weak, and if she didn’t take good care of herself, she wouldn’t be able to have children in the future.

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Were these people blind?

Couldn’t they see that Bai Xiuxiu was plump and fair? How could she be weak?

“Mom, I heard that the work in the fields isn’t heavy now, and the team has agreed that the women don’t have to go to work. Each family can leave a few people to go to the mountains to dig some wild vegetables and gather some mountain delicacies. Sell them to the supply and marketing cooperative, and we can also exchange some money.”

Zhou Jiaojiao, the fifth son’s wife, said suddenly.

All eyes in the room turned to her.

Zhao Guifen, who had been thinking for days about how to torture Bai Xiuxiu, instantly had an idea! Yes, the fifth son’s wife often went to the mountains, let her take Bai Xiuxiu to the mountains, and it would be best if Bai Xiuxiu got lost in the mountains!

That little vixen, if she could die in the mountains, this family would be peaceful.

Then she would find an ugly wife for the eldest son, and he wouldn’t listen to his wife anymore.

She shouldn’t have listened to the eldest son back then, why did she let him marry Bai Xiuxiu? She’s a fox spirit!

If she had married an ugly one, she wouldn’t have stirred up trouble in the family.

Thinking about this, Zhao Guifen immediately said: “I think it’s a good idea! We have enough people in our family who earn work points, but we don’t have many coupons. We’ll take the mushrooms and any medicinal herbs we find in the mountains to the supply and marketing cooperative, and we’ll exchange some coupons.

Let’s do this, all the wives in the family will go to the mountains.

“I’ll stay home to take care of the kids.”

Except for Bai Xiuxiu, the other daughters-in-law were all secretly happy.

If they could dig up herbs in the mountains and hide them to sell privately, that would be their own money!

Bai Xiuxiu naturally wanted to go to the mountains too, not only for the herbs and seeds, but also to see how strange Zhou Jiaojiao’s luck was.

She needed to observe more to know what to do.

She couldn’t avoid the feud with Zhou Jiaojiao, and the best way was to figure out her background!

Going to the mountains alone with her was out of the question.

She didn’t want to risk her life. But now there were so many people! With so many people, she could go once.

But, she had to go. Leaving the children here with her mother-in-law would be like sending them to the wolves.

Bai Xiuxiu looked at Wang Qinghe beside her.

Wang Qinghe always understood her, knowing that she wanted to go but was worried about the children.

So he also spoke up: “Mom, these two kids can’t be separated from us. I’ll take them to the fields, and you’ll save some trouble. Otherwise, you’ll be looking after the second brother’s two kids, then the third brother’s, and then our two, you won’t be able to keep up.”

Zhao Guifen: “…”

“Alright, let’s settle it this way, eat.” Wang Shoucheng saw that his wife was about to get angry, so he ended the topic first.

Recently, the eldest son had been increasingly disrespectful to them, which wasn’t a good sign.

He had to win them over again.

The family ate lunch peacefully, and then Bai Xiuxiu pulled Wang Qinghe back to their room.

She quickly drew the curtains.

Seeing her like this, Wang Qinghe’s eyes flickered slightly, and a hint of red appeared on his fair face: “Xiuxiu, this… the lunch break isn’t long enough, shall we come back tonight?”

Bai Xiuxiu, who was coaxing the two children to play in the courtyard, was stunned when she heard this. She turned to look at him, his face flushed, and she laughed and scolded: “Pfft! Have you lost your mind? I’m telling you something serious.”

Wang Qinghe was a little confused, wasn’t this a serious matter?

Bai Xiuxiu grabbed his hand: “Watch closely.”

With Wang Qinghe looking at him in confusion, Bai Xiuxiu tapped the “one-click harvest” button on the water curtain, which only she could see.

Soon, a small pile of honeysuckle appeared on the kang.

Wang Qinghe had heard people tell strange stories before, and he always took them as entertainment. Seeing this scene, his first reaction wasn’t excitement or joy, but bewilderment, followed by angry suspicion.

He suspected that something had possessed his wife!

But their interaction these past two days had been no different from usual.

He looked at her and asked softly: “Wife, do you remember when we first met, what did I tell you?”

Ah?

Bai Xiuxiu felt that this was off-topic, but after all these years together, she immediately knew what he was thinking!

She couldn’t help but laugh: “You asked me if I would marry you, and you said you would do anything.”

At the time of the blind date, she was shocked! She had seen direct people, but she had never seen someone so direct!

Wang Qinghe felt reassured, and then looked at the honeysuckle on the kang: “This…”

Bai Xiuxiu told him about the bracelet, but she didn’t mention that she had died once. She only said that she accidentally touched the bracelet and it bound a strange thing to her.

“No wonder you asked me to help you find medicinal herb seeds.” Wang Qinghe breathed a sigh of relief. As long as his wife was still his wife, that was all that mattered.

As for this strange bracelet, Wang Qinghe’s heart sank a little.

Treasures were tempting, and a treasure that could make herbs grow so fast, if it got out, how dangerous would their family be?

But, not using such a treasure would be a waste.

Wang Qinghe subconsciously made a decision: “Xiuxiu, let’s split after this year.”

Bai Xiuxiu was immediately amused: “Split? Wouldn’t we be at a disadvantage?”

Wang Qinghe just smiled and didn’t say anything.

He had been married to Xiuxiu for several years, he knew her thoughts!

He had invested money in this family, and he had a way to get it back.

“We’ll dry these honeysuckle in the room, and I’ll take them to the county to sell them later. Don’t let anyone enter our room for now. After the autumn harvest, I’ll go get more herb seeds.” Wang Qinghe instructed his wife, not mentioning his detailed plans to split the family.

“I know, you go and work.” Bai Xiuxiu was very satisfied with her husband’s performance.

No ecstasy, no greed.

His first thought was to keep things secret.

Wang Qinghe went out, and soon, Zhao Guifen started banging on the door: “Eldest son’s wife? Why are you closing the door in the middle of the day? Come out! It’s time to go to the mountains.”