Ugly girl only wants to farm

Li San Niang took the handkerchief from her daughter-in-law and felt quite gratified. Although her daughter-in-law was not particularly beautiful, she was gentle and kind.

She took the handkerchief and gently wiped her hands a few times: "Mother isn't tired. I just cleaned up the dishes and washed all the family's clothes. By the way, did you explain things properly to your in-laws when you went back to your parents' home? Jiu and him..."

Seeing Li San Niang's anxious expression, Xu Chaoyan quickly comforted her, "I have already explained to my father. He said it's alright and that she should focus on her studies."

Li San Niang finally breathed a sigh of relief: "You rest for a while, I'll go make you something to eat. You must be hungry after the journey. I'll go cook some porridge for you."

Li Sanniang took a few steps and then came back: "Although Jiuhe is a bit cold-hearted, you should take the initiative more. He usually has a lot of schoolwork and only comes home once every ten days or half a month. When he comes back, talk to him more, and slowly his personality will change. You are husband and wife and will spend your lives together."

Xu Chaoyan nodded perfunctorily. The man was cold and aloof, like the dead of winter. She didn't want to talk to him anymore. What she was thinking about now was how to bring up divorce with that man.

Her father has already gone to the county town to do business. Once he has established himself there, she will go there to rely on him. Why should she suffer in this poor, remote place and be bullied by that old hag?

She put all the clothes that Xu's mother had brought back into the closet.

She opened the closet and found the clothes were in disarray. She was startled and wondered if a thief had broken into the house.

She quickly searched for the place where the silver was hidden. Fortunately, she had been careful and had hidden the silver with Xu Mama. She found the silver lying there safely.

Her heart finally relaxed. After tidying up, she found that two pieces of clothing were missing from the closet and the clothes were in a mess. However, the hairpins were still intact on the dressing table.

Then she thought of Meng Taohua's evasive eyes and the ill-fitting clothes. It seemed that the Meng family was a place of trouble. Her second uncle's daughter had actually reached into their room and dared to openly wear those clothes.

The grandmother of the Meng family had a biased look on her face. If it weren't for her permission, Meng Taohua wouldn't dare to touch the clothes in her closet, no matter how bold she was. Although the clothes were brightly colored and tacky, which she disliked very much, she would rather leave them there to gather dust than wear them on that scheming girl.

She tidied up the room a bit, and then she had a better idea of ​​what clothes she had.

Li San Niang brought her a bowl of porridge, looking around for her as she came in: "Yan'er, come and try this porridge. I put a lot of sugar in it, it's very sweet."

Li San Niang didn't forget to bolt the door when she came in.

"Mother, please sit down and eat with me."

She knew that people didn't usually get to eat anything good, so this was probably saved from everyone's food.

Li San Niang waved her hand: "I'll leave it for you. I'm not hungry, come over quickly and I'll blow on it to cool it down."

Xu Chaoyan felt a warmth in her heart. Having come to this unfamiliar dynasty, it would be a lie to say she wasn't moved that someone still showed her kindness.

She gently stirred the bowl a few times with a spoon to let the steam dissipate.

Looking at her with some guilt, Li Sanniang said, "It's a shame you've been wronged to marry into our family. By the way, did your grandmother take something from you just now? I apologize on her behalf. Your grandmother doesn't really have any bad intentions, she's just a bit petty."

Xu Chaoyan mentally complained that Meng Jiuhe's mother wasn't being petty at all; she was just greedy for small gains. She doted on her youngest son's family, and it turned out that Meng Jiuhe's family was living such a miserable life because of Meng's grandmother's meddling.

She then remembered the clothes Meng Taohua was wearing, and Xu Chaoyan felt a lump in her throat that she had to swallow.

Seeing that Yan'er had put down her spoon, Li San Niang looked puzzled and said, "Yan'er, is this not to your liking? Why don't I make it for you again?"

Xu Chaoyan pulled her to sit down: "Mother, please sit down. I have something I want to tell you."

Seeing her serious expression, Li Sanniang quickly asked, "Is it something important? Should I send someone to call Jiuhe back?"

Xu Chaoyan shook her head: "Mother, has our house been broken into? Have you lost anything?"

Li San Niang looked puzzled: "Our family is so poor that even thieves wouldn't want to patronize it, so how could they steal from our house?"

Xu Chaoyan pointed directly to her closet: "My closet has been ransacked, and two or three pieces of clothing are missing."

Li San Niang became anxious at this point: "But what else is missing?"

The bride came from a wealthy family in town, and her family brought a whole cartload of miscellaneous belongings with her.

"Mother didn't lose anything else, just a few pieces of clothing."

She had definitely hidden away her silver coins long ago, and her jewelry was just displayed on her dressing table.

Li Sanniang paced anxiously, saying, "Let's go and discuss this with your father-in-law. What should we do?"

She was at a loss. Usually, her husband and mother-in-law made the decisions at home. It was unreasonable for her to lose things after only a few days of marriage.

Seeing that Xu Chaoyan was sitting there without moving, she asked, "Is there something you're worried about?"

Xu Chaoyan then explained, "When I came back, I saw my second uncle's peach blossom standing at the gate of the courtyard, wearing ill-fitting clothes that looked somewhat like the ones I brought with me as part of my dowry."

Li San Niang was speechless at these words. Only after her mother-in-law spoke up did the girl dare to come into the house and rummage around. No wonder the girl had been jumping around and mooching a meal a few days ago, but we hadn't seen her much these past two days.

After saying that, she took Xu Chaoyan's hand and walked outside: "Mother will definitely stand up for you."

This is terrible news! You've only been married to us for a few days and this has already happened. It'll sound awful if word gets out.

Xu Chaoyan only wanted to say it to warn them to be more careful in the future, and she didn't intend to ask for it back. Given the character of Grandmother Meng and that Peach Blossom, it was probably like throwing a meat bun to a dog—gone and never to be returned, and they might even turn around and bite her back.

"Never mind, Mother only has two pieces of clothing. If she likes them, let her take them."

Li San Niang insisted on pulling her out: "How can that be? That's your dowry that you brought with you."

"Mother, Father says he's thirsty and wants you to come over."

At this moment, Meng Jiudong ran out of the house. When he saw Xu Chaoyan, although he didn't dislike her as much as the two siblings, he was still indifferent. Children's emotions are always written on their faces.

"Yan'er, look at this..."

Li San Niang was in a dilemma.

Xu Chaoyan quickly told her to go about her business: "Mother, why don't you go check on Father-in-law first? My matter here is not important."

She had never met her father-in-law since she married into the family. She heard that he had broken his leg on his way back to the village at night, and that his meals were usually brought to her house.