Chapter 94: Chapter 94: The Groom Ran Away on the Wedding Night (Part 5)

“What are you staring at? The noodles are about to turn to mush. Hurry up and take them out into the basin. It’s time to cook pig feed.”

Early in the morning, Jiang Hongying, who had been frustrated at Ah Chen’s place, came into the kitchen and saw Wei Menglan staring at her blankly, which infuriated her even more. She couldn’t hold back her scolding, although she hadn’t even reached the stove yet, so she couldn’t actually see the state of the pot.

After scolding, she turned away to busy herself, not bothering with Wei Menglan.

Wei Menglan sighed, then took the noodles out into the basin. They actually looked just right, not overcooked at all.

But she didn’t dare talk back to her mother-in-law.

Ah Chen came out of the room, carrying a basin that held a towel, a toothbrush, and toothpaste.

The well water was icy cold; even in summer, touching the bone-chilling well water in the morning would make anyone shiver.

Shen Xun came out of the central room and saw Ah Chen standing by the well. At eighteen years old, she was at her most delicate and pretty stage. He looked at her a couple of times. At the same time, he thought about their third, as if his head had been hit with a mallet, snickering. He also carried a basin, swaggering as he walked over.

Unfortunately, she was someone he couldn’t touch.

If she weren’t from the Shen Family, he would have tried to flirt with her.

“Sister-in-law, up so early?” Shen Xun greeted with what he thought was a handsome pose, “It was truly undeserved for you yesterday. Rest assured, marrying into the Shen Family, you won’t lack a meal. When we find that third brother, I’ll teach him a lesson. That third brother, having such a pretty wife and not knowing to cherish her, he deserves a beating.”

“Dad said last night to go to the town today and ask around, especially by the station. I’ll take half a day off from the quarry later.”

Ah Chen looked at the chicken nest on his head, “Good that you know, second brother.”

“If you don’t find him and return my dowry money, the Shen Family will forever owe me. The wedding happened, the groom ran off on the wedding night, leaving me utterly humiliated, with my reputation ruined. In others’ eyes, I am someone who has already been married, and no matter how you look at it, they will call it a second marriage. The Shen Family should support me.”

“He indeed has problems in his head, deserved to be beaten. If I had known he would run, why would I have married into this family?”

Ah Chen snorted coldly, “This morning, mother-in-law even wanted me to get up and do work. Is this how all of you from the Shen Family are? First, you say you owe me and did me wrong, then you want to exploit me as a daughter-in-law to do labor? Getting up at six to work, I have never gotten up at this time back home.”

“Shen Chi has already run, do you still take me as a normal Shen Family daughter-in-law?”

“Second brother, you use the water.” Ah Chen walked away.

Being scolded for no reason, Shen Xun was a bit dumbfounded. The little bit of flirtatious intention he had was completely swept away.

Lv Chen used to be obedient and cute, a perfect little wife in front of the third brother, making people want to bully her.

Today she was actually this fierce?

The cold and ruthless look she had earlier was something he had never seen before.

He couldn’t touch her but could tease. That had been his plan. There were many young wives in the village he had teased, often making them blush. He found it quite amusing.

The third brother was good-looking, and naturally he, the older brother, wasn’t bad either. Otherwise, those young wives wouldn’t just blush but hit him with a hammer and call him a toad.

Ah Chen still couldn’t eat too much. She didn’t deliberately stuff herself; there was no need.

Jiang Hongying’s expression improved a bit seeing her eat so little.

At the dining table, she muttered about the chores to be done today, lamenting that she couldn’t handle it all. Wei Menglan was pregnant, unlike before when she could share more of the work. She complained about a pile of clothes that hadn’t been washed yet, sighing incessantly.

Wei Menglan remained silent.

Shen Xun, who usually talked a lot, was quieter now after being scolded in the morning. He didn’t dare to interrupt. Moreover, whenever his mother complained or scolded, he’d play dead to avoid getting involved.

Shen Mingqiang said nothing, burying his head in his noodles. As a father-in-law, what could he say? The house matters were all arranged by Jiang Hongying.

The Shen Ping family kept quiet even more.

Ah Chen wiped her mouth and politely told the Shen Family to take their time eating.

She smiled and then yawned, “So sleepy, I’m going back to take a nap. I never get up at this hour.”

Jiang Hongying was about to lose control, her eyes dark with shadows.

Was she really going back to take a nap?

With the house so busy, didn’t she know to help out a bit? Such was her fate; the third ran off, and her daughter-in-law is a lazy bum.

The Shen family father and son left one after another, and Jiang Hongying started nagging. Wei Menglan was reticent, never talking back no matter what Jiang Hongying said. Though Jiang Hongying seemed to be scolding Wei Menglan, in reality, she was cursing the one sleeping in the room.

Ah Chen was entirely unaffected, listening to the hubbub with a hint of interest. She was used to quietness, but didn’t necessarily like quiet.

She found the novel underneath the box left by the Commissioner and read it page by page.

Lately, she found the room a bit dark, so she went to the central room where there was a ceiling fan, blowing more comfortably. There were still some things left from the banquet. She grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds to munch on, feeling relaxed, like she was retiring at the Shen Family.

When Jiang Hongying walked in and saw her, her blood pressure instantly shot up to eight hundred!

Ah Chen looked up and saw she was sweating profusely, her clothes wet. She said with concern, “Mom, you look hot, come over and catch some breeze. Don’t get heatstroke. You said you’d support me; if you got sick, who’d take care of me?”

Jiang Hongying gripped the broom tightly; that lazy thing was infuriating.

Was she trying to drive her mad? What sin did she commit in her past life to deserve this?

But those words, “who’d take care of me,” suddenly brought Jiang Hongying back to her senses. She couldn’t beat her, couldn’t scold her, because if she really did punish her, the loss wouldn’t be just three thousand.

It could really cost her her life.

She realized she had misjudged. Lv Chen was not easy to appease, just a little pampered princess spoiled at home.

She had truly misjudged; Lv Chen was only pretending to be obedient in front of the third brother!

To easily gain their trust.

But the third brother ran away himself and took three thousand of hers; what could she do now? She could only keep appeasing her. Yet, thinking of Lv Chen’s recent behavior, her blood pressure rose again. Lv Chen was truly infuriating.

For a moment, Jiang Hongying even thought about sending Lv Chen back, but quickly shook her head. She also wasn’t willing. She believed that as long as the third brother returned, Lv Chen would be as obedient as she was before.

Before, because of the third brother, Lv Chen had brought quite a few things from the Lv Family.

Ding Haiying was capable, excellent at raising livestock and poultry. During the New Year, Lv Chen brought over quite a bit of dried meat and sausages. Don’t be fooled that families were slowly getting better, but having meat every day was still impossible. Eating meat once or twice a week was already pretty good.

It’s not that people couldn’t afford it, they just didn’t want to kill the family’s livestock.

But the Lv Family was different; Ding Haiying raised quite a number, never running out of meat to eat.

Lv Youwei and Lv Ling, the father and son, one was good at farming, the other was a truck driver transporting stone at the quarry. Additionally, Lv Ling’s wife, Lin Shumei, was an elementary school teacher in the countryside.

Given such a family, if the third brother hadn’t made Lv Chen dizzy with infatuation, the Shen Family wouldn’t have been able to reach her.

It was said that Lin Shumei initially wanted to introduce a school teacher to Lv Chen, but Lv Chen just fell for the third brother in her family, which was what Jiang Hongying was most proud of.

If Lv Chen’s grades weren’t poor, if she could actually get into college, she might have even gone to study in college.

It was also because Lv Chen was too into the third brother before, looking a bit foolish, that she thought Lv Chen was an easy little girl to handle.

How great it would have been if the third brother hadn’t run away.

She couldn’t figure out what was so good about that fox spirit Mei Li, greatly angering her.

Oh right, she should go and have a good debate with the Widow Chen from the Mei family.

Ah Chen didn’t stop her, continuing to drink tea, read novels, and eat sunflower seeds. Wei Menglan came in and saw this scene, remaining silent as well.

Was her sister-in-law a bit too wild? Was all her previous obedience just an act?

If the third brother knew, he would definitely get angry, and then it would be no good for living. She shook her head and continued with the work in hand, avoiding their mother-in-law coming back to scold.

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