PDLP Chapter 52 Traditional Women
Chapter 52 Traditional Women
Two cents!
This is enough to buy two pounds of cornmeal!
Cornmeal, not corn flour. If it were corn flour, it would weigh at least five or six pounds.
Yu Li really doesn't know how to manage a household!
Qin Huairu only went to help make a cotton coat, and in less than a day, she was given two cents.
However, Qin Huairu is wicked. She got two cents but didn't even tell her. Was she trying to pocket those two cents?
"Mother-in-law, I was thinking of settling the accounts and calculating the money after all the work is done, then I'd tell you!"
Qin Huairu knew that Jia Zhangshi was blaming her.
"Give it to me!"
Jia Zhangshi ignored Qin Huairu's explanation and directly reached out her hand to Qin Huairu.
Qin Huairu, looking aggrieved, pulled a two-cent banknote from her pocket and was about to hand it to Jia Zhangshi when Jia Zhangshi snatched it away.
"So, from now on, if Yu Li asks you for help with anything, no matter what she gives you or how much money she gives you, you're not allowed to hide it!"
Jia Zhangshi stared sharply at Qin Huairu.
Qin Huairu hummed in agreement, then spoke softly, "But Dongxu said I'm not allowed to associate with Yu Li anymore!"
"I thought she was using you for free!"
Jia Dongxu's attitude also changed.
Since Yu Li had given the money, there was nothing wrong with Qin Huairu continuing to help.
Seeing Jia Dongxu's rapid change in attitude, Qin Huairu felt even more aggrieved.
But just as she told Yu Li, if she divorced Jia Dongxu, she would have nowhere to go. She couldn't endure the hardships of farming, so she could only suffer this humiliation in the Jia family.
Qin Huairu felt wronged, but dared not show it on her face, otherwise Jia Zhangshi would have been nagging about it for half the night.
Although Jia Dongxu wouldn't hit her, he also wouldn't help her.
Compared to her mother-in-law, Jia Zhangshi, Qin Huairu was an outsider in Jia Dongxu's eyes.
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This is the side room.
Yu Li put the pork scraps that had been rendered of oil back into the pot with the previously prepared cabbage and vermicelli stew, turning it into a pot of pork, cabbage, and vermicelli stew, which tasted even better.
Shen Zhishou has now become accustomed to the cooking style of this era, such as rendering oil from meat first.
There's no way around it; the meat of this era is completely different from that of later generations.
The higher the grade of meat, the more fat it contains.
Lean meat?
That's second-grade meat, which is much cheaper than regular fatty meat.
These days, meat is generally low in fat and oil, so fatty meat is really rare.
Although Shen Zhishou's body had been modified by the benefits of transmigration, it still needed nutrients to maintain its current physical condition.
However, the two had only eaten half of their meal when there was a knock on the door.
The person who arrived was none other than Qin Huairu.
"Sister-in-law, what brings you here?"
"Come in quickly!"
Upon opening the door, Yu Li saw Qin Huairu and quickly invited her inside, then closed the door behind her.
"I was just asking if you want to continue making clothes tonight!"
Qin Huairu spoke somewhat shyly.
She didn't eat dinner!
This was Jia Zhangshi's punishment for her, as a punishment for her trying to keep the money she earned from Yu Li a secret and refusing to hand it over!
Left with no other option, Qin Huairu could only try her luck at the Shen family's house.
She knew it was wrong, but she was just so hungry.
"Sister-in-law, make it tonight!"
Noticing Qin Huairu's appearance, Yu Li, though unaware of what had happened, could guess that Qin Huairu must have been wronged.
This is exactly what Yu Li wanted.
"Sister-in-law, let's eat some more!"
"Perfect timing, we have meat today!"
Yu Li didn't give Qin Huairu a chance to refuse at all, and pulled her to the dining table to get bowls and chopsticks.
"Brother Shen!"
When Yu Li went to the kitchen to get bowls and chopsticks, Qin Huairu glanced at Shen Zhishou somewhat embarrassedly.
Looking at Qin Huairu's aggrieved expression, Shen Zhishou smiled slightly and said, "Sister-in-law, don't be so polite, make yourself at home!"
Although Qin Huairu didn't say anything, Shen Zhishou could tell that Qin Huairu had been wronged by the Jia family again.
That's good.
Once Jia Dongxu is on the wall, it's not like we can't have a taste of Qin Huairu's flesh.
However, Qin Huairu is Qin Huairu, and the Jia family is the Jia family.
Shen Zhishou only coveted Qin Huairu; he had no intention of being a sucker and helping the Jia family make connections.
Yu Li returned quickly, placed the bowls and chopsticks in front of Qin Huairu, and took the initiative to serve Qin Huairu food, taking very good care of her.
Seeing Yu Li's actions, Shen Zhishou knew that his wife still had feelings for Qin Huairu.
However, Shen Zhishou did not intend to offer any further advice.
After finishing their meal, Shen Zhishou went to the central courtyard to wash the dishes, while Yu Li and Qin Huairu continued making cotton-padded jackets on the kang (heated brick bed).
This kang (heated brick bed) has been heated.
It wasn't heated too hot; the temperature was just right, and it was very comfortable for people to sit on it.
When Shen Zhishou went to wash the dishes, he saw Jia Dongxu again.
"Xiao Shen, why are you washing the dishes yourself?"
"Oh, Yu Li and my sister-in-law are sewing clothes. I had nothing to do, so I came over to wash the dishes. It's not a big deal!"
Shen Zhishou replied calmly.
He really thinks this is nothing.
But Jia Dongxu didn't think so. Instead, he seriously told Shen Zhishou that housework should be done by women.
They say that if a woman stays at home all day doing nothing and doesn't do any housework, isn't that like marrying a queen?
Shen Zhishou simply smiled at this.
Shen Zhishou did not entirely agree with Jia Dongxu's words.
Moreover, Yu Li is not an ancestor!
His wife is virtuous and kind, and quite traditional!
Exactly, it's too traditional!
However, Shen Zhishou still liked it quite a bit.
Unlike men who worry about trouble at home, Shen Zhishou has no worries about this at all.
After washing the dishes, Shen Zhishou waved to Jia Dongxu, then carried the basket of dishes in one hand and the bucket of water in the other, and went back to the main room.
Jia Dongxu watched Shen Zhishou's retreating figure, curled his lip, and thought Shen Zhishou was truly an idiot.
Marrying a wife means she'll come back to work, not to be a patriarch.
He could already imagine the hard times Shen Zhishou would face in the future.
"He's really a country bumpkin, completely brainless!"
Jia Dongxu made a few disdainful remarks to Shen Zhishou before returning home.
Shen Zhishou was naturally unaware of Jia Dongxu's disdain for him. If he had known, he would have simply laughed it off. Time would tell who was truly brainless.
When Shen Zhishou got home, he washed the stew pot clean and boiled a pot of water for taking a bath that evening.
Once the water was boiled, Shen Zhishou came out of the kitchen, sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), and watched Yu Li and Qin Huairu make clothes.
The Jia family owns a sewing machine.
However, cutting fabric and stuffing cotton are things that sewing machines cannot do; they all require manual operation.
Qin Huairu has very skillful hands and moves very quickly.
Compared to her, Yu Li is slightly less skilled.
It's not that Yu Li is inferior to Qin Huairu, but rather that Qin Huairu has done these kinds of jobs more often, so she's become more skilled through practice.
However, both of them are very good-looking; one is mature and charming, while the other is youthful and beautiful, each with a completely different style.
When will I be able to enjoy the bliss of having two wives?
Shen Zhishou sighed inwardly, wondering if he could lower his standards even further.