Chapter 118 : Are you eating shit?

With Lin Donghua’s help, Jiang Yu quickly peeled all the persimmons. She left some unpeeled to eat as fruit.

Looking at the neatly arranged items drying on the wall, Jiang Yu felt a sense of satisfaction.

“Sis, what should we do with these chestnuts?”

Jiang Yu swallowed and said, “Didn’t that old lady teach me how to make red date and chestnut cake? I’ll give it a try.”

She wasn’t sure if it would succeed, but figured that even if it didn’t taste good, she could eat it, so it wouldn’t go to waste.

“Ah Ye, help me open the chestnuts while I take care of these red dates.”

The dates needed to be pitted, steamed, and mashed into a paste, which was time-consuming.

Jiang Ye blanched the chestnuts, then peeled and steamed them until soft, mashing them into a paste.

But Jiang Yu didn’t let him mash them too finely, thinking some texture would make it taste better.

She added some baking powder to the flour, mixed it with the red date paste, and cracked several eggs into the mixture.

Watching Jiang Yu work, Jiang Ye suddenly felt that she and He Tingyue were from completely different families.

Both of them were very generous with their ingredients when cooking.

There was still half a bag of sugar left, and Jiang Yu poured it all in without hesitation.

She cracked a fifth egg into the mix.

“Sis, is that enough?” He couldn’t help but remind her, feeling anxious.

Jiang Yu paused, looked up at him, and said, “Five it is, then.”

Jiang Ye: “…” That sounded a bit excessive.

“Let the dough rise for a while, then we’ll steam it.”

Jiang Yu mixed the red date paste and mashed chestnuts together, filling a large bowl.

With all the sugar she used, it had to be sweet.

Jiang Ye swallowed hard. With so many delicious ingredients, it couldn’t taste bad!

The wait for the food felt like forever, and soon they saw Jiang Ting coming back.

Lin Donghua happened to be going out and almost bumped into her. She stepped back in shock.

“Jiang Ting, didn’t you go back home?”

Lin Donghua covered her mouth and nose, already able to smell the odor from a distance.

Curious, Jiang Yu peeked outside, and as soon as she opened her mouth, the smell hit her. “Jiang Ting, did you step in something foul?”

Lin Hongxia, who was in the house, caught the name “Jiang Ting” and rushed out, full of anticipation. “Is Jiang Ting back?”

She was the only one in the compound who showed any enthusiasm for Jiang Ting.

Jiang Ting was so moved that tears welled up in her eyes. She rushed toward Lin Hongxia and hugged her, crying loudly. “Mom, I’ve suffered so much, you’re the only one who doesn’t despise me!”

Lin Hongxia was overwhelmed by a strong, foul smell. As soon as she opened her mouth, she felt nauseous and vomited all over Jiang Ting.

“Ugh… ugh…”

Jiang Ting jumped up, screaming in horror. “Mom, what are you doing? That’s so disgusting!”

Lin Hongxia: “You… ugh…”

Who could be as disgusting as you?

Xu Lihua covered her mouth and waved a palm leaf fan, speaking on behalf of Lin Hongxia “Jiang Ting, smell yourself. Who’s more disgusting? You didn’t really eat something foul, did you?”

Jiang Ting wailed in grievance “I fell into a pit! Mom, I fell into the pit because I was trying to snatch chestnuts and persimmons! How can you despise me?”

When she was in the mountains, she had quarreled with Aunt Du and her gang over picking chestnuts.

Aunt Du gathered a group and they beat her up.

It would have been fine if she hadn’t managed to get any chestnuts, but when she went to pick persimmons, she still couldn’t outdo Ershuan and those little brats.

After thinking it over, she decided to lie in wait in the village, hoping to pick up the ripe persimmons when those kids came down from the mountain.

Even though Ershuan and his friends were just children, they ran all over the mountains all day and were quite strong.

During the argument, one of them pushed her into a pit.

By the time she got up, Ershuan and the others had already run away.

“I went to the commune to catch a bus, but that rude conductor wouldn’t let me on. I’m so pitiful.”

Lin Hongxia “Ugh…Ugh…”

Jiang Ting “Mom, can you have a little sympathy? I ended up like this because of you!”

Lin Hongxia “Ugh…”

Xu Lihua waved her hands in disdain, “Hurry up and wash otherwise, the smell will linger in our courtyard.”

Not only did the smell persist, but Jiang Yu also lost her appetite for chestnut cake.

Jiang Ting, being a woman, was not allowed to bathe in the yard. Just as she was about to go inside, Lin Hongxia caught her.

Lin Hongxia felt like she might vomit. If she hadn’t been so anxious, she wouldn’t have been able to stop her so directly.

“You can’t come in… Ugh!!! If you come in today, how will we have dinner?”

She felt nauseous at the thought that Jiang Ting might have actually ingested something foul and would have to sit at the same table with her.

Jiang Ting looked at her sadly. “Mom, you can’t let me wash in the yard.”

Lin Hongxia pointed to the south room. “There’s a small courtyard over at Jiang Yu’s place. You two are sisters, she won’t just stand by and let you suffer…”

“Bang!!!” Jiang Yu quickly slammed the door shut.

Let Jiang Ting in? Impossible, not in this lifetime!

Xu Lihua cried out, “They’re sisters! Jiang Yu, you’re too cruel! Can you really bear to watch your sister bathe in the yard?”

“I can bear it!” Jiang Yu shouted. “I think Aunt Xu is a nice person. Jiang Ting, why don’t you go to her house to take a shower? She’ll definitely agree!”

Jiang Ting immediately looked hopefully at Aunt Xu, but Xu Lihua rushed into her house without saying a word and slammed the door shut.

The movements are clean and neat, and done in one go.

Lin Hongxia held her breath and said to herself: This daughter-in-law is my own, I have to take care of her.

“No need to take off your clothes, just take a shower in the yard first, then go into the house.”

Since everyone was so disgusted, Jiang Ting had no choice but to wash in the yard. Then Lin Hongxia endured the nausea and let her into the house.

After finally cleaning up, the whole compound was filled with an indescribable stench.

Lin Hongxia frowned and stared at Jiang Ting.

“You got yourself into this state, and you brought nothing back?”

Jiang Ting looked guilty and tried to defend herself “It’s all Jiang Yu’s fault! She told the whole village where to pick chestnuts and persimmons. She became the good person and I couldn’t compete with them!”

“Idiot!” Lin Hongxia yelled angrily.

“You can’t snatch it, why don’t you follow Jiang Yu? Do you know how much she brought back?”

Jiang Ting asked in confusion “Apart from chestnuts and persimmons, what else is there?”

Lin Hongxia wanted to slap her but thought it would be dirty, so she raised her hand high and then let it fall.

“She also brought back a rabbit and a pheasant! And countless matsutake and hericium mushrooms!”

Lin Hongxia was so furious that her chest heaved. Why were all the good wives from other families?

Ever since Jiang Ting joined the family, things had been going downhill.

“Go and ask Jiang Yu to share some of the food with us. Xiangyang hasn’t eaten meat in a long time. If we don’t have chicken, rabbit will do!”

Jiang Ting pulled her hand back, “She won’t agree to that.”

Jiang Yu has always been selfish, ever since she was a child.

Lin Hongxia scolded angrily, “If she refuses, can’t you think of a solution? Every day, no one makes me worry less!”