Chapter 23: Su Tang’s Outburst

Although Mu Jingyun had disappeared early in the morning, Mu Fengzhen’s commotion the previous day had calmed the entire family.

The next morning, Old Lady Mu got up early to cook.

Su Tang was responsible for tending the fire while remembering Mu Jingyun’s instructions: to steam a Tianma (Gastrodia elata) egg custard for Yu Miaomiao.

Afterwards, the two enjoyed it together in the room.

In this era without cell phones or television, lying around for too long became boring.

Yu Miaomiao went to Su Tang’s room to help process the impurities in the rosin.

Li Lan offered to help, “Second Sister-in-law, Third Sister-in-law, are you trimming rosin? Let me help you.”

“No need,” Su Tang said.

Ignoring her, Li Lan took out her own scissors and started helping.

Su Tang’s room not only smelled of rosin but also of roses.

Li Lan loved the scent.

“Third Sister-in-law, you have so many roses here, they smell so good. I see Second Sister-in-law’s room also has some, could I have a couple to put in my room?”

“Next time! I’ve already torn the remaining ones into petals to dry,” Su Tang said.

Li Lan knew she was deliberately refusing, and said awkwardly, “Okay! But Third Sister-in-law, what are you doing with so much rosin?”

“Making soap.”

“Ah? This stuff can make soap?” Li Lan laughed, “You’re not pulling my leg, are you? This is just rosin, at most it can be used as firewood, how can it possibly become soap?”

“Sister-in-law, you’re so funny. You keep asking questions, and then you don’t believe the answers,” Yu Miaomiao coldly snorted.

Yesterday, Mu Fengzhen had gone to Li Lan’s room first, and then rushed to her room to fight. She didn’t believe Li Lan hadn’t instigated it!

Fortunately, her room was close to Li Lan’s. If Mu Fengzhen had attacked the delicate Su Tang first, she would have gotten a concussion.

“Hey, I’ve just never heard of rosin being able to make soap,” Li Lan was embarrassed by the retort and stopped asking.

Three people doing two people’s work turned a fun task into a silent one.

It was incredibly boring.

After trimming rosin for a while, Yu Miaomiao went back to her room to lie down.

Li Lan helped trim all the rosin, and Su Tang took the rose petals to a well-ventilated place to dry.

Gao Chunyan from next door asked, “Oh, what are you doing with all these flowers?”

“To add fragrance to the room,” Su Tang’s thought was that the soap wasn’t ready yet, so it was best to keep a low profile.

But Li Lan blabbed, “To make soap!”

“Make soap?” Gao Chunyan sounded as if she’d heard a fairy tale. “Hahaha, they’re just some broken flowers! They smell nice, but how can they possibly make soap?”

Su Tang had a black line across her forehead.

“Third Brother’s wife, are you just messing around to avoid farm work?” Gao Chunyan asked loudly.

This question truly echoed Li Lan’s thoughts!

She had never heard of rosin and flowers together making soap! These two lazy wives could fool the second and third brothers, but not her!

“Third Brother’s wife, why aren’t you saying anything? Did I hit the nail on the head?” Gao Chunyan mocked.

Su Tang took a deep breath, “Yes, yes, you got me.”

“Haha, I knew it! You’re still too young, you can’t lie.” Gao Chunyan, believing she had exposed Su Tang’s lie, was very happy.

She munched on melon seeds, strolled around the village, and spread the news of Su Tang pretending to make soap with useless flowers.

The people of Chahe Village laughed.

“Making soap? She’s just lying to avoid farm work.”

“Su Tang has some tricks up her sleeve, otherwise, the third brother wouldn’t have married her.”

“I think the second brother’s wife is better. At least she can cook, that Su Tang can’t do anything.”

“Yesterday, Fengzhen should have beaten Su Tang…”

“…”

Li Lan felt relieved.

The eyes of the masses are sharp!

The village was so small, the gossip spread quickly to the fields. Old Madam Gao asked with a mocking tone, “Old Lady Mu, your third daughter-in-law is making soap? Amazing!”

“Aunt Mu, you’re lucky to have such a capable daughter-in-law!”

“Making soap with flowers hahaha…”

“…”

The new daughter-in-law avoiding farm work had already been ridiculed by the villagers for a long time.

Now this happened, Old Lady Mu was furious.

But yesterday’s incident of Fengzhen beating her sister-in-law had already become known throughout the village, causing them to lose face.

The Mu family couldn’t afford to lose any more face!

So, she could only suppress her temper and say, “The third son is willing to indulge her, so let her play around.”

“Oh, Aunt Mu, you weren’t like this before. What? Did the new daughter-in-law subdue you?”

“How is that possible?” Old Lady Mu rolled her eyes, “Don’t you understand the principle of family harmony? We have a lot of labor, we don’t need them.”

“Aunt Mu, you can’t spoil them too much. Since marrying their wives, your second and third sons haven’t been diligent in farm work.”

“You still have a daughter and two unmarried sons, if they don’t work, you’ll work yourself to death!”

“…”

This hit Old Lady Mu’s weak point.

The family had just taken in two new daughters-in-law, and their food supplies were already running low. Now, there was another pregnant woman, two more mouths to feed.

Moreover, the second and third sons had been spoiled by their lazy wives. They didn’t work yesterday afternoon, and they still didn’t work today!

They didn’t know where they had gone!

If this continued, how would they live?

It was all because of those two lazy women who only ate and didn’t work, and had spoiled her sons!

Although Old Lady Mu didn’t say anything in the field, she was simmering with anger.

When she got home and saw Su Tang handling the rose petals, she went over and overturned the sieve, “You have the energy to do these useless things, why not go to the fields and earn some work points!”

Crash—A full sieve of rose petals scattered in the courtyard.

The good-tempered Su Tang was first stunned, then exploded.

“What are you doing?”

The usually gentle woman suddenly roared, startling Old Lady Mu.

“How do you talk to your elders? What kind of behavior is this shouting and yelling?”

“Mother, why did you scatter my flowers?” Su Tang angrily questioned, “Do you know how hard it was for me to pick these flowers?”

“So what if it was hard? Can flowers be eaten?” Old Lady Mu patted her chest to calm herself, the anger she had suppressed in the field finally exploded.

“Yes! My flowers can be eaten!” Su Tang, heartbroken over her flowers, stood with her hands on her hips, looking fierce.

Although she was beautiful, her anger was not to be underestimated! Yu Miaomiao had witnessed it many times.

Since coming to this world, Su Tang had always been the image of someone easy to bully. So this time, Yu Miaomiao decided not to interfere and let Su Tang stand up for herself.

“Eat what? Then eat flowers today, don’t eat rice.” Old Lady Mu shouted.

“No, you have to compensate me for my flowers!” Su Tang aggressively stepped forward, “You have to compensate me for my flowers!”

Old Lady Mu was speechless, “Nonsense!”

“You have to compensate! You compensate! To pick these flowers, Second Sister-in-law and I almost got lost in the mountains. If you don’t compensate, I, I… I’ll tell Second Brother!”

Mu Jingzhou, who had just entered the house, had a shocked expression.

His wife had been wronged, and she was actually going to tell her second brother? Was he a decoration?

“Second Sister-in-law, Second Sister-in-law!” Su Tang turned to Yu Miaomiao.

Yu Miaomiao looked at Mu Jingzhou, who was standing at the door with a livid face, a smile flashing in her eyes, “Yes!”

“Look, Second Sister-in-law also owns half of these flowers. Mother, you bullied me, and you also bullied the injured Second Sister-in-law!” Su Tang, with her best friend’s support, was full of confidence.

As for Mu Jingzhou…sorry, she didn’t see him.