Best friends transmigrate into a book! They marry a high-ranking official! If you run, I run too!

Chi Yue looked at Zhong Meixian and asked, "Grandma, are you talking about me?" She pointed to herself.

Zhong Meixian immediately felt embarrassed, "No, no, I... I was just chatting with your mother for a bit!"

She chuckled awkwardly.

She's old, but not senile.

It's okay to talk about your own daughter-in-law, but who talks about their granddaughter-in-law?

If word gets out, won't people say that the old man is meddling in other people's business?

She's not so clueless!

"No, really no," she added with a forced laugh.

Chi Yue smiled and said, "That's true. I thought my mother-in-law hadn't said anything, so you, as the maternal grandmother, certainly wouldn't."

Zhong Meixian nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, that's right."

Then he glared at Wen Tang.

Wen Tang looked innocent and obedient, not at all like someone who would cause trouble. Zhong Meixian could only blame herself for being foolish, misunderstanding her intentions, and causing trouble for herself.

Despite being glared at, Wen Tang remained obedient, "Mom certainly wasn't talking about me, right?"

Zhong Meixian "..."

Why does this person speak in a sarcastic or veiled manner? Isn't it because they can't bring themselves to say it?

But then, when she bluntly asked him, Zhong Meixian pursed her lips and said, "No, I mean, where are the other people?"

"That's good. I'll get angry if Mom says anything to me!"

“Everyone says a mother-in-law isn’t a mother, but I think I’m lucky, don’t you think? Mom!” Wen Tang asked with a smile.

Zhong Meixian nodded.

then……

No, she felt like she was being manipulated by a young married woman.

The whole family came back at noon, so we had to prepare lunch. There was a lot of leftover meat and vegetables from yesterday's banquet, so we didn't need to prepare much food, but we still had to steam rice.

Gu Jinfeng washed her hands, looked at her mother, then at her sister-in-law, and finally chose to call her daughter-in-law, "Xiaoyue, come and help Mom cook."

"I'll cook the rice, you stir-fry the vegetables!"

Chi Yue can cook, but she may not be able to handle the current wood-fired stove well.

Wen Tang ran to Zhong Meixian's side and grabbed Zhong Meixian's arm. "I knew it! I'm so lucky. I found a good husband. My husband dotes on me, and my mother-in-law dotes on me too. She doesn't want to make me do anything."

Chi Yue immediately chimed in, "No wonder people say a mother-in-law isn't a mother!"

She huffed, "It's one thing for outsiders to bully me, but I never expected my own family to bully me too."

Gu Jinfeng "..."

She looked at her mother, pleading with her eyes for her to say a few words.

She has to consider her brother's wife, but her brother's wife can't take away her own daughter-in-law!

As soon as Gu Jinfeng looked at her pleadingly, Wen Tang casually hugged her mother-in-law's arm and said, "Mother-in-law isn't your mother, so you can hit her or pinch her if you want!"

Zhong Meixian lowered her head, not even glancing at her daughter.

Chi Yue crossed her arms and said, "Hmph, if she dares to do this to her own parents, then her in-laws should definitely step aside."

Gu Jinfeng "..."

Gu Jinfeng pursed her lips, feeling her throat was parched from working all morning.

Just as she was about to say that she wasn't a bad mother-in-law, Gu Yanli came out of the small side room carrying a winnowing basket. There was grain stored there, and he brought out rice. "I'll cook. Eldest sister, Dad, you two go inside and rest!"

He had just gone to get the grain and didn't hear the bloody battle between the two mother-in-law and daughter-in-law pairs outside.

Seeing her husband cooking, Wen Tang immediately let go of her mother-in-law's arm. "Brother, shall I help you?"

Gu Yanli's grip on the winnowing basket tightened, and his throat tightened as well. "No need, just have Jing Shen start the fire."

Lin Jingshen's school also gave him a few days off. It was perfect for the two of them, grown men, to stay home and do these chores.

Wen Tang silently gave him a thumbs up. A man who can cook has half the competition!

He is an excellent man.

Wen Tang obediently nodded, "Okay, then I'll go in and tidy up the house."

Gu Yanli nodded and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Leave the sheets there, I'll wash them this afternoon when no one's home."

His words made Wen Tang blush instantly.

He gave a barely audible "hmm" and then slipped away.

Seeing her return to her room, Chi Yue followed her back inside.

After the two new brides left, Gu Jinfeng confronted her mother, asking, "Mom, why didn't you say anything just now?"

Zhong Meixian feigned ignorance, "What did you say?"

"What did you say?" Gu Jinfeng said angrily, hands on her hips. "Didn't we agree that they had to do the work?"

"I've already spoken to Xiaoyue about this, and you didn't say a word when your sister-in-law said those things just now?"

Zhong Meixian also said confidently, "But she said she's lucky."

The old lady's words stunned Gu Jinfeng. "Mother, what do you mean?"

"What...what do you mean?" The old lady pretended to be confused as she looked at her daughter.

Gu Jinfeng shrugged. "Aren't you arguing with me?"

"Then my sister-in-law is lucky to have married into the Gu family, but Xiaoyue is just asking for trouble by marrying into our family?" Gu Jinfeng looked at her own mother and felt her anger flaring up.

Zhong Meixian didn't think she was wrong. The old lady even proudly raised her chin and said, "What's there to argue about? We're better than your Lin family."

Gu Jinfeng "..."

Gu Jinfeng nodded angrily, then stomped her foot and went back to her own courtyard.

The mother-daughter relationship broke down completely.

But Zhong Meixian felt she had done nothing wrong.

So she thinks her son is good, and... and her daughter-in-law thinks her husband's family is good, doesn't that also show that she is a good mother-in-law?

Thinking this, the old lady sat down in the yard and started humming.

Wen Tang and Chi Yue were unaware of what had happened outside. As soon as they returned to the room, Chi Yue asked Wen Tang, "What happened between you and your man last night?"

"They went up to the ground?"

Wen Tang blushed when the topic came up, "Um... the bed, the bed leg broke."

Wen Tang realized that she wasn't as shameless as she had imagined.

"bed……"

"Wow, your man is really something!"

While changing the sheets, Wen Tang nodded, "That's quite vigorous."

Wen Tang thought that perhaps he should use it a couple more times, otherwise it would belong to the female lead in a couple of days.

"Does the book say that the male lead rescued the female lead by the river on the third day after their wedding?" Wen Tang asked Chi Yue next door, afraid that she might have misremembered.

Chi Yue thought for a moment and nodded, "Yes, that's right."

She was also changing the sheets; the bed was a mess, and she couldn't sleep at night if she didn't tidy it up.

"That means tomorrow... or the day after tomorrow?"

"Holy crap, does that mean I only get to sleep for two days?"

Wen Tang had just changed the bed sheets when she suddenly felt a sense of gloom over her life, and she lay down on the newly made bed.

"It's okay, you can find someone better later, I'll keep you company," Chi Yue said.

"You don't want your little puppy anymore?" Wen Tang asked, sitting up in bed.

Chi Yue lay down on the bed and shook her head. "While little puppies may be etched in my heart, you're etched in my flesh and blood. You can dig out my heart, but you can't tear my flesh and blood apart!"

"So don't worry, if you leave, I'll follow you right away."

"You can run at noon, and I'll follow you in the middle of the night."

"Okay, then let's run together. I'll collect scraps to support you." Wen Tang instantly felt the gloom in her heart vanish.

But she soon found that an even bigger gloom had descended upon her heart.