Chapter 12

Hu Xianglan didn’t expect that bitch Qian Sanhong would tell Xu Ning about such things. She should just do her own thing, what a gossip!

“Haven’t we had the wedding banquet yet? Mom thought that you had obtained the marriage certificate after all, and people would laugh at you calling mother-in-law and auntie if they heard you calling them mother-in-law.” The marinated small yellow croaker slid into the oil pan. Hu Xianglan felt sorry for the money she had spent on buying fish. Where could she find such a good mother-in-law who stewed bones and fried fish?

The ignorant country girl was only thinking about the money to change her name.

Why didn’t I realize yesterday that he was still a money-grubber?

Xu Ning felt that what she received was not a marriage certificate, but a magic mirror.

They had just received their marriage certificate, but Hu Xianglan’s attitude was completely different from before. Although she had known for a long time that she was not a good person, Xu Ning did not expect that she was almost the same as in the script.

In the script, Hu Xianglan has only one goal in the early stages, which is to find a way to get her son married. Another goal is to have grandchildren after my son gets married.

People say it’s not that bad, he has no major problems but a lot of small flaws.

Xu Ning was a little distressed and turned around to sit on a small stool next to the dining table. She was not a person who didn’t work, but there was no work that needed her.

“But if you change your name in advance without paying the fee, you will also be laughed at. Aunt Wang’s daughter-in-law in our village changed her name in advance without paying the fee, and was laughed at for being pushy and useless. Aunt Wang was also gossiped about behind her back, saying that she was stingy and bullied her daughter-in-law.”

Stingy? Bullying your daughter-in-law?

Not even bothering to scoop out the crispy yellow croakers fried in the pan, Hu Xianglan turned her head back angrily. Don’t think she couldn’t hear that I was making a veiled complaint!

Xu Ning sat on the stool obediently, her eyes met Hu Xianglan’s murderous gaze, with innocent doubt in her eyes, “Auntie, what’s wrong?”

“Xu Ning, what did you mean by what you said just now? You said I was stingy and mean, and I was bullying you, right?” Yesterday, when she first arrived, Hu Xianglan used all her good temper to coax her, but she actually dared to take advantage of her.

Now that they have obtained the marriage certificate, their true colors are beginning to show, right?

“Hmm?” Xu Ning didn’t understand why Hu Xianglan thought this way, and waved her hands, “Aunt, I was talking about Aunt Wang from our village, how could I be talking about you? You are such a nice person, you don’t let me work, you stew meat and fry fish, and you even let Bei’an take me to buy clothes. I like you so much!”

Looking at her extremely sincere eyes and listening to her sincere words of gratitude, Hu Xianglan felt a ball of anger stuck in her heart, unable to go away.

Judging from her expression, it seems that she is not really making indirect accusations. Arguing with her seems like I am doing it myself.

“Aunt, I’m really not talking about you. If you don’t believe me, you can go ask Aunt Qian. She knows about Aunt Wang in our village.” Xu Ning was talking nonsense. She didn’t believe that Hu Xianglan would ask. Who would let everyone know that they were stingy and didn’t want to give money to change their words.

Oh, she was also making up stories about Aunt Wang.

Hu Xianglan glared at her fiercely and turned back to continue frying the fish, treating Xu Ning’s words as her inability to speak. It was understandable that a country girl was uneducated.

The crispy yellow croaker in the pot has turned into a burnt yellow, and if it’s any later it will turn into burnt black.

She said in a gloomy tone, “I won’t be short of your money for changing my name. I’ve already given you 300 yuan as a betrothal gift, so what’s a 5 yuan money for changing your name? When you hold your wedding banquet, you’ll need your money.”

“I understand, Auntie.” Xu Ning nodded seriously, even though Hu Xianglan couldn’t see it at all, “Don’t worry.”

She also needs to get acquainted with the young wives nearby and ask them whether the fee for changing her name is five dollars.

You have to pay a fee for changing your statement, and you are not allowed to shortchange someone in weight.

Hu Xianglan took a long breath. Does Xu Ning have no brains at all? You have to let her explain it clearly before you can understand, right?

She said she would give money for changing her name, didn’t she think of calling me mom in advance?

Forget it. I can’t explain it to her clearly. I’ll talk to Bei’an in the evening. They are a couple, how can she not listen to her husband!

The last small yellow croaker was out of the pot. Hu Xianglan wanted to call Xu Ning over to serve the dish, but she remembered that she had said in the morning, “Don’t let her work today,” in order to coax her to go get the certificate happily. She resisted the urge to serve the dish herself.

Xu Ning was definitely not the kind of person who did nothing. She stood up and got two pairs of chopsticks from the drawer where the chopsticks were kept.

As soon as she put down her chopsticks, Hu Xianglan brought a large bone to the table and said, “Go and ask Bei’an to come over for dinner.”

“He said he would go directly to work and would not eat at home.” Xu Ning did not call anyone. She sat down on the stool and put her hands on her knees, looking reserved and well-behaved.

She didn’t know whether the person had left or not, but that’s what he said.

Hu Xianglan realized that Xu Ning was not only stupid, but also very sincere and believed whatever others said!

Hu Xianglan was busy talking to Xu Ning about the compensation in the kitchen just now, and she didn’t know whether her son had left or not. “I’ll go see if he’s gone. You’re husband and wife, you should pay more attention to him. If he says he doesn’t want to eat, why don’t you ask him where he’s going to eat? What is he going to eat?”

Xu Ning said nothing and watched her mother-in-law walk out of the kitchen. Smiling at her back, she also asked if she could help with the meal…

How could He Beian, a grown man, starve himself?

After a while, Hu Xianglan came back with a gloomy face, sat opposite Xu Ning and said reluctantly: “If he doesn’t eat, we will eat.”

Xu Ning picked up the chopsticks and started eating. She had been extremely hungry since she smelled the aroma of the meat, but her upbringing told her not to eat before the meal started.

From childhood to adulthood, she has always been an outsider wherever she goes. How could a child who is not spoiled by anyone dare to eat before the meal starts?

As soon as the meat entered her mouth, Xu Ning could taste Hu Xianglan’s superb cooking skills. When she worked in a hotel, she had also eaten the braised pork ribs cooked by star chefs, but she had to admit that the ones cooked by star chefs were not as delicious as this one.

She couldn’t say exactly what made it so good, but she still remembered how amazed she was when she first tried the chef’s braised pork ribs. She grabbed three pieces from a dozen waiters and ate two bowls of soup and rice, savoring the taste for a whole week.

Seeing her mother-in-law’s eyes change, Xu Ning finished eating a piece of bone, put down her chopsticks and gave her mother-in-law a thumbs up, “Auntie, last night I secretly told Jiaojiao that your cooking is delicious, now I think I was wrong, your cooking skills are simply amazing.

I can’t even imagine how happy Jiaojiao and Bei’an are to have the meals you cook every day. I really envy them! ”

Hu Xianglan was eating a small yellow croaker when she was shocked by Xu Ning’s sudden praise. Her cooking might be considered delicious by outsiders, but in this family where her ancestors were royal chefs, it was not even considered a good cook.

He Beian has good craftsmanship, but in his eyes his mother’s craftsmanship is just average. He Wanjiao has been eating meals cooked by her father and brother since she was a child, and she never thought her mother’s cooking skills were that good.

Instead, her daughter-in-law Xu Ning was the first person to praise her for her delicious cooking!

After swallowing the fish in her mouth, Hu Xianglan found Xu Ning inexplicably pleasing to the eye. She pushed the plate of small yellow croaker towards her and said dryly, “If you like it, I’ll make it later. Come and eat.”

After saying that, he continued to eat the fish, but his eyes unconsciously looked at Xu Ning, waiting for her to eat the small yellow croaker.

Under her mother-in-law’s expectant eyes, Xu Ning picked up the slightly burnt small yellow croaker on the top.

“Don’t eat that one, it’s not fried well.” Hu Xianglan deliberately put that one second and also deliberately took the first one away, but now she suddenly felt that Xu Ning didn’t have to eat that fish.

As an obedient daughter-in-law, Xu Ning of course put down the fish and picked up a golden and crispy small yellow croaker.

The moment you bite it, you can hear the collision of your teeth with the crispy surface of the small yellow croaker. After the big bones, Xu Ning was captured again.

The fish bones are fried until crispy and you can even eat them directly.

At this moment, Xu Ning felt that she had gone too far. Her mother-in-law was such a good cook, and she just didn’t want to pay her to change her name. What had she done wrong?

Even if we take a step back, are there nothing wrong with the two fruit trees in the yard?

“Aunt, it’s a waste of your cooking skills to only cook at home!” Xu Ning was so moved that she even wanted to burst into tears. “When I think about eating the meals you cook every day in the future, I feel like I’m dreaming. Aunt, I really want to call you mom right now.”

The expectant heart was finally satisfied. At this moment, Hu Xianglan was so generous that she didn’t even care about Xu Ning calling her “Auntie”.

As soon as he got excited, he blurted out some words: “After dinner, I will give you the money to change your words. You can shout whatever you want.”

“Auntie, I really… You are such a good person!” Xu Ning didn’t expect her mother-in-law to be so easy to coax. She even felt guilty for being so easy to coax…

How could she feel that her mother-in-law was the same as the evil mother-in-law in the script! Obviously different.

She was really touched and wanted to cry~