Quick Transmigration: The Mad Beauty Refuses to Be the Scapegoat!-Chapter 316 - 14: The Cannon Fodder Sister-in-Law in the Group Pampering Novel (14)

Chapter 316: Chapter 14: The Cannon Fodder Sister-in-Law in the Group Pampering Novel (14)

The heroine definitely wouldn’t quarrel with Jiang Lai here like a shrew. Instead, she persuaded Lu Cuiping to go back, because staying here would only make people laugh.

After today’s quarrel, tomorrow everyone in the village will surely know that Xie Jian only got a broken mud house from the family division without much money.

Back home, Lu Cuiping wrapped her head in a towel and was too angry to eat. She lay on the bed, moaning and cursing.

She mainly cursed Jiang Lai, calling her a seductress who led her good son to become so unrecognizable that he ignored his family.

The two daughters-in-law served her on the side, but neither got a kind face, and in the end, they both went back to their rooms, simmering with anger.

Liu Suping sat on the kang folding clothes, muttering to herself.

"At least your brother is clever, knows to save a bit for himself, unlike some people who can’t wait to hand over all their money at once."

Xie Guo glanced at her, unwilling to engage.

Liu Suping was fuming inside.

"Even Old Third knows to protect his wife, but what about you? You can’t even protect your own child. Today, Gou Dan was scolded by his grandma just for picking up the candy wrapper your sister dropped. If you had Old Third’s smarts, would your son be without a candy to eat?"

"What do you mean by this? Always acting crazily. Just tell me, what should I do? Should I learn from Old Third and split the family?"

Liu Suping fell silent.

Unlike Old Third’s family, they have two extra mouths to feed. Without splitting the family, at least there’s food to eat, not starving. If they actually separate, they might not even have enough to eat at every meal.

Thinking about this, Liu Suping couldn’t help but envy Jiang Lai, for marrying a man like Xie Jian, who knows how to save money and care for his wife. Looking at herself, sigh...

Meanwhile, in the back, some young men cleared away the leftover weeds and wild trees, and stayed for a meal afterward.

Beside the stove that was set up in advance, Jiang Lai lifted the pot lid, and the rich aroma of fish wafted through. Taking the cornmeal skins kneaded earlier, she tossed them in together with the fish soup to stew for a while. When it was ready, everyone was drooling.

A bowl for each person, with a piece of fish in each bowl. The rest was cornmeal skins soaked in fish soup, chewy and very filling. The men crouched outside, gobbling them up in big mouthfuls, no one speaking, just the sound of slurping cornmeal skins filled the air.

After downing a salty and spicy fish soup skin, one felt revitalized as if living all over again, with an indescribable satisfaction and warmth in the belly.

"Sister-in-law’s cooking is so delicious!"

"I’ve never eaten such delicious cornmeal in my life, and just one bowl fills you up!"

"Do you want the soup left in your bowl? If not, I can have it."

"Get lost, I’m saving this to take home for dipping bread."

The men were incredibly satisfied, looking at Xie Jian with envy in their eyes.

Having a beautiful wife is one thing, but being a great cook is key! In this era where as long as you’re full, everything’s cooked all muddled together in one pot, a bowl of Jiang Lai’s cooking was truly astonishingly delicious.

Everyone wiped their mouths, fully contented as they left. Jiang Lai served the whole remaining pot to Xie Jian.

"Eat."

"I’m not hungry. Let’s save it for tomorrow."

"Do you think I don’t know your appetite? Stop talking and hurry and eat so you’ll have energy to work tomorrow."

With that, Jiang Lai forcibly sat Xie Jian down and handed him the chopsticks.

"Hurry and eat. I like watching you eat."

He ate with big mouthfuls, so fragrantly that watching made one hungry.

Xie Jian looked at her, and eventually picked up the chopsticks to finish the whole bowl.

He indeed hadn’t had enough, but he also didn’t need more, because that’s how it was before the family split. His appetite was big, eating enough for three people, so he was used to eating only about seventy percent full each day, as long as there was food at each meal.

On the first day of the family split, he ate fully for once, because Jiang Lai’s cooking was excellent, and he felt relaxed in front of her, without needing to consider or accommodate too much.

After dinner, the two slept for a night on the simple kang they had set up. Because there were many mosquitoes, Xie Jian used a tree branch to set up a mosquito net for Jiang Lai.

At night, it was sultry, so Jiang Lai deliberately went to the nearby creek to freshen up. Just as she was about to head back, she turned around and bumped straight into Xie Jian’s chest.

"What are you doing?"

"Having a bath."

"Then you bathe, I’ll head back first."

Jiang Lai quickened her pace, but only took one step before Xie Jian grabbed her arm. He didn’t dare use force but still held Jiang Lai tightly, making her unable to move.

"Jiang Lai."

The man called, his dark eyes deeply fixated on her, his voice husky, carrying a hint of probing.

"It’s been three days."

These three days, busy with the family split, he was considerate of Jiang Lai and quietly bore it. Today finally having a brief respite, seeing Jiang Lai’s rosy cheeks, he couldn’t hold back any longer.

Jiang Lai wasn’t one to wrong herself, but she had to admit the man before her looked very tempting.

In the latter half of the night, in this serene and tranquil night, muted sounds mixed with murmuring creek water constantly intertwined, the creek water so cool, yet being embraced fully in a chest, Jiang Lai felt she was about to melt from the heat.

Finally, Xie Jian carried her home, helped her dry her hair, and then held her close. Usually waking earlier than the chickens, Xie Jian had a rare lazy sleep that day, until the sky brightened outside and people calling at the door to work woke him reluctantly.

Everyone was there, Jiang Lai had no choice but to get up too, her legs as usual tender and sore, but fortunately she had good stamina and recovered quickly. By noon, she cooked a meal of fish head soup with steamed buns for everyone again, each person had half a fish head, eating both meat and soup, and two large steamed buns so everyone was bursting with energy.

For three days straight, the first day fish, the second day rabbit meat, the third day wild chicken meat. Not only were they full each day, but each person could earn a dollar. The honest country men worked enthusiastically, arriving at dawn to start working.

The house expected to be completed in seven days ended in five, and a spacious and bright brick house replaced the mud house, standing by the mountain foot by the creek.

By the time it was topped out and beams were installed, Jiang Lai bought candy to sprinkle down from the beams, every child in the village came over, squabbling excitedly, scrambling for candy.

Gou Dan brought Ermao over too. Seeing them, Xie Jian directly grabbed a handful and stuffed it into Gou Dan’s pocket.

"Wow, so much candy!"

The two children eagerly stuffed their faces, jumping around delightedly.

Once the candy was sprinkled, they lit up some firecrackers, and with that, the new house was completed. Some people would host a feast when building a new house, but Xie Jian didn’t like crowds and chaos, and neither did Jiang Lai. So they skipped that step, leaving the candy and firecrackers as a symbolic conclusion.