Chapter 12: Chapter 12 - Splashing Soup, Getting Ruthless

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Ouch!”

Madam Zhang’s butt hurt from the fall. Angry and frustrated, she looked at her husband angrily.

“Li Qinghai, are you still a man?! Your own wife is being bullied. Don’t you know how to give her a hand?! Oh, my life. Why is it so hard? Marrying such a useless person…”

“Enough! What kind of nonsense is this!”

In the past, Madam Zhang often scolded her husband for no reason. Madam Li Zhou would tolerate it, but now that she was reprimanding her son in front of her, she really could not tolerate it anymore.

“God knows how she abuses No. 2 behind my back.” As his mother, Madam Li Zhou’s heart ached so much.

Madam Li Zhou disliked this daughter-in-law even more.

She turned to look at Ah Qiu and asked, “No. 4, how many eggs do you want to exchange for the glutinous rice?”

“Three. I want a bowl of glutinous rice from her. If I give her less, she won’t be happy,” Longyue added.

Li Zhou felt pinched about the eggs, but when she thought about how she had not eaten glutinous rice and lotus roots for many years, she felt hungry. She turned around and urged her eldest son to get them.

‘The Chen family and the Li family had a good relationship. Soon they got the glutinous rice. Longyue looked calmly at the Li family members who were staring at the glutinous rice and lotus roots. She turned around and pulled Ah Qiu into the kitchen.

“Longyue… you…” Ah Qiu watched in disbelief as Longyue washed the lotus roots. He wondered if he was imagining things.

“Longyue is actually cooking?” he thought.

“Is Longyue sick today”

Li Qingmu came to the door of the kitchen and saw his little wife busying herself inside. His eyes were filled with tenderness.

He did not go in because he knew nothing about cooking. Going in would only add to the trouble.

‘When Longyue was down and out, she cooked for herself. Glutinous rice and lotus roots were her forte. If she wanted this dish to be soft and sweet, she would have to stew it for a while. So by night, the courtyard was filled with the rich fragrance of lotus roots and glutinous rice.

The whole family poked their heads out of their houses and stared into the kitchen covetously.

Soon a large plate of sliced glutinous rice lotus roots was placed on the table. The family sat together and stared at the lotus roots on the plate.

Longyue looked at them and knew that there was a way to do what she was planning. When Madam Zhang was about to grab the food, she stopped her.

Madam Zhang’s expression immediately changed as she said angrily, “What are you doing? It’s time to eat. Why aren’t you allowing me to eat? Do you want to take it all for yourself?”

‘When Madam Li Zhou heard this, her face twitched slightly. Longyue took in all their expressions and sneered inwardly.

Wearing a smile on her face, she said, “Mom, it’s rare for us to have a good meal at home, so we have to eat to our hearts’ content. That’s why I’m planning to split this into fair portions for everyone.”

“split? How?”

‘When Madam Zhang heard this, she sensed that something was not right and her eyes widened.

“Of course, it’s based on seniority and headcount.” Longyue smiled mischievously. “Dad and Mom are older, so you should eat more. Qinghai and Wang do more work, so you should eat more. And your children. They’re still growing, so they should eat more. Oh, husband, let’s each have one!”

Li Qingmu narrowed his eyes. How could he not know what his little wife was thinking? Since she wants to torture Madam Zhang, let her torture her! he thought.

‘As expected, Madam Zhang was dissatisfied, “So I can only eat one?”

“Yes!”

“No, I’m an adult. Won’t I starve to death if I eat so little? Wang’s two children are so small. Do they need to eat the whole thing? I think half will do!”

“That won’t do. Longyue said that the children are growing up and have to eat more. These lotus roots belong to us!”

Although the eldest sister-in-law, Madam Wang, was weak, she became unyielding when it came to her children’s interests. She quickly put away the lotus roots that Longyue had given her and let the children eat them.

Madam Zhang looked left and right and saw that everyone was already eating. She had been hopping with excitement for half a day only to get one lotus root. When she thought about how she had suffered at Li Qingmu’s hands just now, her butt still hurt!

She was extremely pissed, and she also felt that her husband was useless. Instantly, evil intentions arose in her heart. She picked up a bowl of vegetable soup on the table and splashed it at Longyue.

“Yue’er!”

Longyue had not eaten glutinous rice and lotus roots for a long time, so she was only focused on eating and not paying attention to her surroundings. When she looked up, she saw Li Qingmu shielding her.

“Husband!”

As she looked at the soup that had splattered all over the table, Longyue immediately realized what had happened. She stood up and looked at her man, examining him from head to toe.

Fortunately, the soup had already cooled, and he was not injured but was ina sorry state.

How could Longyue let her off so easily? She immediately grabbed her big bowl filled with glutinous rice and lotus root leftovers and charged at Madam Zhang.

“Sigh, No. 3 branch…”

Madam Li Zhou wanted to stop her, but her actions were clearly not as fast as Longyue’s. With a bang, Longyue’s big bowl already landed on Madam Zhang’s head.

“Ouch—”

Madam Zhang cried out miserably. She had wanted to see Longyue and Li Qingmu make a fool of themselves and thought that they would argue with her angrily. She had not expected Longyue to be so extreme as to return an eye for an eye. Moreover, she had done it so thoroughly.

Madam Zhang was dumbfounded. Her head was still a little dizzy from the blow. Not long after, she fainted.

“Sigh, this… What to do? Hurry… Hurry up and call a doctor!”

When Madam Li Zhou saw Longyue lift the big bowl, which was covered in blood, she was so scared that her face turned pale. She must have smashed someone’s head!

She trembled as she spoke, urging No. 2, Li Qinghai, to get a doctor quickly.

‘The room was noisy. Longyue was in no mood to clean up the mess. She pulled Li Qingmu into the room.

“Go wash up and change quickly.”

Longyue said, her heart aching, but her tone was not very nice.

Li Qingmu knew that his wife was angry. He obediently went to a hut by the woodshed to take a shower. When he returned, she was holding a basin of warm water.

He saw Longyue’s slightly tired expression and felt his heart ache. He said softly, “Yue’er has been running up the mountain these past few days. You must be exhausted. Go wash up and rest quickly!”

‘As he spoke, he gazed at Longyue, his eyes filled with love and affection. Unknowingly, he had used a term of endearment.

Longyue nodded gently, her voice a little seductive. “My feet hurt…”

Li Qingmu immediately understood. He knelt down and carefully helped Longyue remove her shoes. Indeed, he saw that her fair and tender feet were covered with blisters. It hurt him just to look at them.

His eyes darkened and he blamed himself. He was useless and had made his wife suffer.

He removed a strand of hair and gently burst the blisters, squeezing out the pus before washing her feet with warm water.

His movements were very gentle and practiced. In fact, Longyue did not feel any pain.

‘Then he went to get two basins of clean water and helped Longyue wash up. After they were done, he got into bed and pulled her into his arms, his eyes filled with contentment.

“Well…” Longyue felt that it was about time to get down to business. However, he spoke first. “You want to tell me about Meihua, right?”

Longyue nodded. “Right! You saw it for yourself today. You know what kind of personality Meihua has. She’s calculative. She’s just causing trouble in our house and messing up our lives! We must think of a way to get rid of this person. Do you agree? If you don’t, why bother to live our lives!”

Li Qingmu looked at this angry young wife and suddenly thought that she was very cute. He lowered his head, kissed her smooth forehead, and hugged her tightly.

“Yue’er, don’t be angry. Actually, I’ve been unhappy with her for a long time. It’s just that she’s my second sister-in-law. As a younger brother, it’s not appropriate to interfere in their relationship. But since she treated you so badly just now, we have our reasons to retaliate.”

“Isn’t that so? Luckily, that soup was cold. Otherwise, I would have torn her apart on the spot!”

‘When she thought about how Li Qingmu was drenched in Madam Zhang’s soup while trying to protect her, Longyue was both touched and heartbroken. Even though she had taught Madam Zhang a lesson, she still felt that it was not enough to allay her anger!