"Ah, ah!" Jin Huaihua cried out twice, her eyes fixed on Hu Xier with an expression of disbelief.
Had this little girl caused trouble again?
"Wuwuwu, sister-in-law, please beg the matriarch quickly, don't let her drive us away, please beg her!"
Hu Xier crawled to Jin Huaihua again, desperately winking at her...
Jin Huaihua looked at Madam Gu, bewildered, and kept making "ah, ah" sounds.
Before Madam Gu could explain, Madam Huang said indifferently, "Your sister-in-law went out to meet some wild man and got caught. Now you pack your bags and leave!"
Everyone looked at Jin Huaihua, expecting her to plead for Hu Xier, crying and threatening to die. To their surprise, she knelt directly on the ground and kowtowed three times to Madam Gu and Old Man Yun...
Then she took off her apron and dragged Hu Xier out.
Madam Gu had made it clear from the start, but Xier had ignored the warning and deliberately walked into the line of fire. It was useless to say anything now.
"Wuwuwu, sister-in-law, I'm not leaving, I'm not going anywhere!" Hu Xier dragged herself on the ground, refusing to leave.
Zhao Guihua heard the commotion and ran over from the kitchen...
Seeing Hu Xier's eyes swollen from crying and Huaihua also teary-eyed, she suddenly felt a pang of sympathy.
"Mother, although Xier made a mistake, it's not Huaihua's fault. How about... how about we keep Huaihua and let Xier leave alone?" Zhao Guihua murmured.
She knew she shouldn't meddle, but Huaihua was truly innocent...
Du Tieshan stood to the side, her eyes glancing at Madam Gu and Old Man Yun, and finally landing on Hu Xier's face.
From the moment she arrived at the Yun family yesterday, she had seen that this little girl was flirtatious and not a steady person. She hadn't expected her to be caught so quickly...
"Sister-in-law, you should plead less for them!" Yun Sanman glanced at Zhao Guihua. "If Huaihua is left alone, Xier will be even less likely to leave and will cling to her parents desperately!"
Zhao Guihua's face turned red, and she fell silent.
Seeing everyone targeting her, Hu Xier kowtowed to Prefect Chen and Governor Qin. "Wuwu, sirs, you are both upright officials! If I leave here, I will have no way to live. Please uphold justice for me and ask Madam Gu to keep me. I promise I won't do bad things again!"
Prefect Chen: "..."
It was hard for an honest official to settle family matters, and besides, he didn't want to get involved in such a sordid affair.
"Um, do you still have salted radishes? It's delicious to have them with millet porridge later!"
Prefect Chen took Madam Huang and left.
Governor Qin glared at Hu Xier and snorted, "You brought this upon yourself. You reap what you sow, and no one can help you..."
With that, Governor Qin also entered the main hall with Madam Xue.
Hu Xier was completely stunned, lowered her head listlessly, and tears rolled down.
"Guihua, go and pack their things!" Madam Gu instructed.
Zhao Guihua hesitated for a moment before entering Hu Xier and Jin Huaihua's room and packing their clothes and bedding...
Madam Gu untied her money bag, took out two pieces of silver, and threw them in front of Hu Xier. "From today onwards, you have no connection with our Yun family. You have seen the fate of the second daughter-in-law. If you dare to cry and whine at the Yun family's door and refuse to leave, don't blame me for disregarding our past affections..."
Hu Xier lay on the ground, trembling, still not moving.
Yun Sanman said no more nonsense, walked over, picked her up, and threw her outside the main gate.
Jin Huaihua bit her lip and cried for a while. Just as she was about to turn and leave, Madam Gu suddenly beckoned, "Huaihua, come here!"
Yun Erman was curious, "Mother, they're already leaving, why are you calling her?"
Madam Gu didn't answer. After Jin Huaihua walked over, Madam Gu whispered a few words in her ear, and no one knew what she said...
Jin Huaihua looked touched and knelt on the ground again, kowtowing to Madam Gu.
The two maids from the Yun family were driven out, and the household chores suddenly increased.
Fortunately, Du Tieshan was capable and could handle any task...
Seeing Zhao Guihua standing by the stove absentmindedly, she smiled and asked, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong?"
She sniffled, her expression not very good.
Zhao Guihua gave a dry laugh, "No... nothing, maybe I didn't sleep well last night!"
"Sister-in-law just gave birth and should be resting and recuperating. Now she's busy with household chores inside and out, so she must be tired. From now on, I'll take care of the three meals. Sister-in-law, just tell me what you want to eat, and I can cook it!"
Du Tieshan smiled at Zhao Guihua, then casually carried the slop bucket out...
Zhao Guihua's mouth twitched, "You can cook anything?"
If she could cook anything, wouldn't her status at home plummet?
She had been planning to ask her parents for money to open a restaurant in town.
After emptying the slop bucket, Du Tieshan returned to the kitchen and served the cooked millet porridge.
Then she washed the pot, added water, placed the sieve, and soon steamed a small basin of golden egg custard...
Madam Gu had said that Prefect Chen and Governor Qin had drunk too much last night, and some egg custard would be good for their stomachs.
Zhao Guihua didn't think that far ahead, but her gaze towards Du Tieshan was filled with deep complexity.
Breakfast was served quickly.
The staple foods were millet porridge and cornmeal flatbreads. The side dishes were salted cucumbers and salted radishes. The small basin of egg custard was definitely not enough, so Du Tieshan fried a bowl of chili paste. She blanched the dandelion and chicory in boiling water, squeezed them into balls, and dipped them in the sauce, which was very appetizing...
"Haha, Shanshan's cooking is really good! It's even tastier than sister-in-law's!" Yun Sanman said with a smile.
Little Xi Tian, hearing this, secretly glanced at her elder sister-in-law with her big eyes.
Third brother, your words might have hurt your elder sister-in-law's feelings.
Zhao Guihua's face darkened, and she silently shoveled the millet porridge, not saying a word.
However, Yun Erman was in high spirits.
He had wanted to tell his parents about his marriage to Shanshan, but with Hu Xier's incident happening so early in the morning, his parents were surely holding a grudge. He wanted to wait until they calmed down.
"Xiaoran, Jinshan has gone to school. You didn't even see him off and just slept in all day!" Madam Huang nudged Chen Xiaoran beside her and reprimanded her.
Chen Xiaoran: "..."
You are an adult, this baby will not argue with you.
Madam Xue put down her chopsticks and gave Madam Huang a sideways glance with her beautiful eyes, saying nothing.
This prefect's wife was truly ambitious, still thinking about Yun Jinshan.
Old Man Yun drank a bowl of millet porridge and ate two cornmeal flatbreads, his stomach feeling full.
He still had to go to the fields to cut kohlrabi and Chinese cabbage later. Without a full stomach, he wouldn't have the energy to work.
Just then, footsteps were heard from outside the door. Everyone turned to look and saw an unexpected person walking in...