"Our family doesn't care about these red tapes... Wouldn't it be better if you didn't need to say hello?" Luo Rui asked with some doubts. Although he had not experienced all kinds of interactions between mothers-in-law, he thought that no daughter-in-law would be willing to have a big night. He got up early to greet and serve his mother-in-law, and besides, Xu Shichu was just his stepmother.
"No, I'm just worried that if people find out, they will think that I am disrespectful and unfilial..." Qin Mei said carefully.
"How can outsiders interfere with our family's affairs? And the step-wife hopes that we won't bother her, so you don't have to worry about these things." Luo Rui said patiently. He didn't know why his wife kept discussing this matter with him. , can’t she just do whatever she says? Why explore too much.
Qin Mei noticed her husband's impatience and finally shut up.
Xu Shichu originally thought that having an extra step-daughter-in-law would not hinder her, but she never expected that Qin Mei was a "filial" person. Although she listened to Luo Rui's words and did not greet her morning and night, she started to visit her during the day.
"Madam, the young lady is outside and wants to see you for something." Zhichun came back and told Xu Shichu.
Xu Shichu was teasing Du Zhao with fruits when he suddenly heard these words and became confused: "Why is she coming to me? Forget it, let her come in."
After all, she was a new daughter-in-law, so it was hard for Xu Shichu to refuse her contact from the beginning.
Qin Mei followed the leading maid into Xu Shichu's courtyard. What she saw was flowers blooming everywhere. It was like entering a fairyland, which made her feel relaxed and relaxed, and all the dirty thoughts in her body were swept away.
"It is indeed the garden of the Prime Minister's wife who filled the capital of the Ming Dynasty..." Qin Mei's eyes widened in amazement at the words in the garden, and she couldn't help but sigh. The maids she brought with her were also shocked by the various exotic flowers and plants. .
Qin Mei remembered that when she and her brother were strolling on the streets of the capital, they once passed by a flower shop called "Baihua Pavilion", which contained a variety of rare and colorful flowers.
She also forgot to turn her eyes when looking at it. When she went in to look at it, she realized that she could hardly afford every pot of flowers there... Although she couldn't afford it, she could still appreciate it. At that time, she lamented that one day If she can buy a pot of flowers from the "Hundred Flowers Pavilion", she will be satisfied!
And now, the owner of Baihua Pavilion is her mother-in-law... Qin Mei's heart became hot when she thought of this fact, especially when she saw the flowers in the yard that were too big for the eyes to see, her heart beat even harder - no woman would Don't like flowers.
"The step-wife is really amazing. She can grow so many exotic flowers and herbs." Qin Mei said in amazement, even her steps slowed down.
The maid who led the way had long been used to seeing guests being dazzled by these flowers, so she said proudly: "Our lady is naturally powerful. No matter how rare and difficult to grow the flowers are, there is no flower that cannot survive in her hands. "
Seeing that Qin Mei could hardly walk, the maid said very understandingly: "If you like it, Madam, you can tell Madam and you can stay and enjoy it later."
"Okay, I will definitely appreciate it. I have never seen many flowers here." Qin Mei said happily, and walked quickly, hoping to finish the "emotional" contact with Xu Shichu early so that she could enjoy the flowers.
"Mom, the flowers in your yard are growing so beautifully. My daughter-in-law immediately fell in love with them. I wonder if my daughter-in-law can watch them?" Qin Mei and Xu Shichu exchanged a few pleasantries before making her request.
Xu Shichu raised her eyebrows. She was not stingy about letting people admire her flowers, but she was worried that someone would not find enough after admiring them and would like to keep them for herself.
However, Qin Mei shouldn't be so shameless, right? Xu Shichu thought uncertainly, but still agreed to let her go to enjoy the flowers.
"Auntie, pick strawberries!" Xiao Zhaozhao raised his chubby face and said to Xu Shichu with a smile.
In addition to planting flowers, Xu Shichu also planted some fruits. Strawberry was one of them, but not many were planted, so if you wanted to eat strawberries, you had to wait.
Little Fatty thought about eating strawberries every day. Even if the strawberries were not yet ripe, he would ask the maid to hold his hand and go take a look at them every day.
"The strawberries are not ripe yet, what are you picking?" Xu Shichu rubbed the little chubby face, "You pick the ripe ones. Where are there any ripe ones now?"
"Yes, yes!" Xiao Zhaozhao's chubby face was rubbed so much that he pouts, but his small mouth still said firmly, "Yesterday, half of them were already cooked yesterday!"
"Half cooked?" Xu Shichu couldn't help laughing, "Half cooked yesterday, will the remaining half be cooked today?"
"Yes." Little Fatty nodded matter-of-factly.
"Okay, I'll let you go and see if it's ripe." Xu Shichu picked up the heavy little guy and walked to the small patch of land where the strawberries were planted.
Little Fatty smiled happily, put his short fat arms around Xu Shichu's neck, and said affectionately in her ear: "Auntie, when we pick the strawberries, I will give you half of them!"
Xu Shichu was amused by him: "Only half? I asked someone to grow these strawberries."
The little fat man suddenly frowned and said with difficulty: "Then, then give one more to aunt?"
"Just one more?" Xu Shichu said pretending to be unhappy.
"Two more! No more! If more, I won't have any..." Xiao Zhaozhao said with a sad face, his flesh ached, as if giving two more strawberries to Xu Shichu was like digging out his flesh.
Xu Shichu was amused by his distressed expression, and finally said with conscience, "Forget it, my aunt won't rob you, you just need to give me half."
"Thank you, aunt!" When Xiao Zhaozhao heard this, he immediately smiled.
The aunt and nephew arrived at the strawberry field. At first glance, Xu Shichu saw that few strawberries were red.
Xiao Zhaozhao obviously saw it too. He walked around the strawberry field with eyes full of disappointment, raised his little head, and said to Xu Shichu in frustration: "Aunt, there are so few..."
"Who asked you to think about picking them all day long? You will eat every ripe one. You are lucky to have a few ripe ones now." Xu Shichu teased.
Little Fatty had no choice but to pick the ripe strawberries in disappointment, hold them in his little chubby hands, and then share them equally with Xu Shichu one by one.
The aunt and nephew shared the strawberries, and Xiao Zhaozhao played for a while before taking a nap.
Xu Shichu also wanted to take a nap, but unfortunately there was Qin Mei in her yard.
"Go and ask the young madam how long you want to admire it. If it takes a long time, I will take a nap first." Xu Shichu sent his maid to ask Qin Mei.
After a while, the maid came back and said that the young lady would like to admire it for a long time, so she could just sleep.
Xu Shichu was not polite to his cheap daughter-in-law and went to sleep.
When she woke up, she saw an excited Qin Mei shyly asking her expectantly: "Mom, can you give me some flowers? There are a lot of flowers planted in the yard, so it shouldn't be a problem to give me some... …”
