Chapter 12 - 12 Chapter Twelve: Suspicious Red (1/2)

12 Chapter Twelve: Suspicious Red

Translator: 549690339

“Third Daughter-in-law, don’t be displeased with me, thinking I’m being unfair as a Mother-in-law. I’ve laid it out here for you, if you were as capable as Fourth Daughter-in-law, you wouldn’t have to work in the fields either. There’s a saying that goes, ‘One’s actions match one’s abilities.’ Being jealous of others is pointless.” Mrs. Yang also felt that she had been sweet-talked and fooled by Mrs. Wang over time, and found it uncomfortable, taking the opportunity to give Mrs. Wang a lesson.

“Mother, I didn’t.” Mrs. Wang truly felt wronged now

“Alright, Mother, don’t pick on my wife anymore. Look how aggrieved she is. We’re supposed to go to the fields, aren’t we? Let’s hurry along.” Han Lin may have been lacking in other areas, but he was good to his own wife. Seeing his birth mother picking on his wife, he quickly helped to smooth things over.

Mrs. Yang became even more uncomfortable in her heart when she saw her own son so biased in favor of his wife and blaming her. Third Child and Fourth Child were not the same; Third Child had never been decisive and was most likely instigated by his wife. Otherwise, he would not have spoken to her like that. Furthermore, thinking about how Third Daughter-in-law had been in the Han Family for four or five years without bearing a child, her heart felt even more blocked.

However, although Mrs. Yang was somewhat biased, she was not a wicked Mother-in-law. Although unhappy in her heart, she just hmphed and left with the hoe on her shoulder.

Seeing that the family members had all gone out to work in the field, Su Wenyue was not idle either. She cleaned up the house, then called Baofu into the room. First, she taught Baofu to recognize his own name and a few simple characters, asking Baofu to practice by writing and drawing with a stick in the dirt of the courtyard.

Baofu didn’t even know the basics, like how to hold a pen, so using the stationery set she gave him would have been too wasteful. That’s why Su Wenyue came up with this idea. Moreover, teaching Baofu to read was a spur-of-the-moment decision; she wasn’t fully prepared. Su Wenyue thought about buying some introductory books for Baofu in town in a few days.

With the family out working, the task of cooking naturally fell to Su Wenyue. When the food was ready and she was about to send Baofu to call everyone for dinner, Old Man Han and the others returned. It was very hot outside today, and they all came back sweaty.

This afternoon, Han Yu didn’t join the others to work but instead took a bow and arrow and gathered everything needed to head into the mountains. Su Wenyue looked at Han Yu with some surprise, “Are you going to the mountain?”

“Tomorrow you’ll be returning to your mother’s family. The gifts I should prepare are all ready, but I can’t let them be much more than the Sisters-in-law’s, or Mother would find it hard to handle. I thought of going to the mountain to see if I could hunt some animals to bring with me. Then nobody can say anything. Besides, doesn’t Father-in-law love game? He will surely be happy to see it.”

Su Wenyue thought to herself, how could Father-in-law not be delighted with the game his Son-in-law personally hunted to honor him? Initially, she didn’t know which aspect of Han Yu had won Father-in-law’s approval, insisting that she marry Han Yu, even though the overt reason was that her grandfather and Han Yu’s grandfather had betrothed them to each other when they were kids, and Father-in-law was fulfilling the promise by marrying her to Han Yu.