CHAPTER 169: CHAPTER 160: DON’T YOU HAVE ANY SELF-AWARENESS? (PART 2)

Second Lang’s wife shuddered, no! That little mute, don’t be fooled by her seeming softness, but if you think about it carefully, since she crossed the Song family threshold, she hasn’t really suffered any loss or been deceived even once.

Frankly speaking, with a mother-in-law like that, she maintains a lukewarm attitude toward everyone, and even gives her own daughter-in-law no good face. Even if Wen Wan is Third Lang’s wife, constantly meeting her mother-in-law head-on, she’d have been scolded ten times if not eight, but she still lives comfortably. It seems the mother-in-law didn’t just refrain from scolding her but even passed on her ’real skills’ to her.

The thought of this possibility made Second Lang’s wife feel stuffed like a stopper was put in her, she felt uncomfortable everywhere. Even when her husband asked her to go to the fields, she was unwilling, pondering at home for a long time, before finding an opportunity to head next door.

What’s Second Lang’s wife up to?

She wanted to see how the little mute sister-in-law got along with their mother-in-law.

Though she had been married for years, trying both soft and hard techniques on her mother-in-law, nothing worked, she still got scolded every day.

Just after entering the courtyard, Second Lang’s wife saw that her mother-in-law had personally cooked a bowl of bird’s nest soup for the mute sister-in-law and was carrying it in both hands to the western room!

Bird’s nest soup, something Second Lang’s wife wouldn’t even dare dream of in this lifetime, why would her third brother’s wife, who is perfectly healthy, need such a tonic?

This wasn’t all, the little mute may not speak, but her hands and feet are functional, aren’t they? Yet, her mother-in-law actually cooked for her personally?

This treatment made Second Lang’s wife insanely jealous.

She couldn’t stand it, and directly went to the door of the western room, seeing Wen Wan inside, taking small bites of the bird’s nest soup.

"Oh, what’s sister-in-law eating?" Second Lang’s wife asked, her eyes darting to the bowl, confirming it’s indeed bird’s nest soup, her heart bubbling with envy.

Song Wei and Xie Zheng had gone to the provincial city to register, personally accompanied by their father. The men weren’t home now. The mother-in-law was busy in the kitchen, leaving only Wen Wan alone in the western room.

Upon hearing her second sister-in-law’s voice, Wen Wan raised her head, unable to speak, she could only use her eyes to invite her in to sit.

Second Lang’s wife, unceremoniously entered, and sat beside Wen Wan, sniffing the fragrant and thick bird’s nest soup in the white porcelain bowl, she couldn’t help but swallow a gulp and asked, "Is it good?"

Wen Wan nodded, of course, it’s good, how could bird’s nest soup not be tasty?

She had never eaten such a nourishing thing before.

Second Lang’s wife wanted to eat it too, and asked, "Who bought it?"

Wen Wan thought, she couldn’t say it was bought by her husband and mother-in-law, she had to say it was given by her husband’s classmate when they visited the capital.

While she was pondering how to explain it so her second sister-in-law could understand, her mother-in-law’s voice already came from outside.

"What’s wrong, you want to eat it too?"

Second Lang’s wife, unable to control herself, licked her lips, such a good thing, who wouldn’t want to eat it? "Mother, is there any more? Serve me a bowl too."

Granny Song stood at the door, she didn’t make it difficult for her, "There’s some left at the bottom of the pot, if you don’t mind, go fetch it yourself from the kitchen and drink it."

Second Lang’s wife did want to drink it, do you know what bird’s nest soup is? Even if there’s just some left at the bottom of the pot, it’s more nourishing than eating ten pounds of pork, but still, she felt it was unfair, "Sister-in-law eats bird’s nest, and I just drink some soup?"

Granny Song had a "suit yourself" attitude, "If you’re capable of it, get pregnant yourself, then why worry about not having bird’s nest to eat?"

Upon hearing this, Second Lang’s wife felt worse than being struck by lightning, let alone drinking the leftover soup from her third sister-in-law, even if a steaming bowl of bird’s nest soup was placed right in front of her, she couldn’t swallow it.

"Sister-in-law is pregnant, and mother even kept it from us, clearly not treating me and Erlang as family!"

In normal times, Second Lang’s wife really wouldn’t dare say this, after all, she was the one who first brought up the idea of separating families, claiming to want to be part of the family now seems like asking for a slap on the face.

But today, she had a pent-up anger that couldn’t be released, her mouth had no filter, and she said whatever came to mind.

Granny Song liked seeing Second Lang’s wife awkward and stifled, "Tell you for what? So you can become jealous, plot in secret, and harm people?"

The words made beads of cold sweat form on Second Lang’s wife’s back, she might have poor morality, stinginess, a sharp tongue for gossip and a flair for picking fights, but when did she do anything evil?

"Mother, your daughter-in-law isn’t like that, if you insist on putting a chamber pot on my head, it’s just unfair!"

Could Granny Song believe her? Which bad person has it written on their faces that they are wicked?

"You want me to be fair? Fine, stay away from here from now on, otherwise if anything happens to Third Lang’s wife, I won’t look elsewhere, I’ll just blame it on you and hang the chamber pot on your head."

Second Lang’s wife was fuming inside but didn’t dare refute, feeling utterly aggrieved, afraid she might die from the anger if she stayed longer, she got up, walked several strides, and directly headed to the fields.

Song Erlang saw her coming empty-handed, bringing nothing, and frowned, "What are you doing here?"

Second Lang’s wife thought of something, her anger dissipated a bit, she sheepishly glanced at her husband, and whispered, "Erlang, it’s been a long time since we’ve been intimate."

Song Erlang: ??

"Why not put off today’s work for a while?" Second Lang’s wife said again, the blush on her face wasn’t just from the sun.

Song Erlang looked at her as if she were possessed, "In broad daylight, you’re in heat? If the fieldwork isn’t finished, you can go drink the northwest wind tonight."

With a cold splash of water from her husband, Second Lang’s wife’s spirits dampened, anger seeping back into her heart, "Work, work, you only know fieldwork all day long, in this lifetime, this is the only ambition you have, and if I rely on you, I’ll never get to eat bird’s nest soup in my lifetime!"

Song Erlang was bewildered, "What bird’s nest soup? What nonsense are you talking about?"

Second Lang’s wife snapped, "Sister-in-law is pregnant, mother treats her so well, not only buying bird’s nest soup for her but also personally cooking and delivering it to her room. If I could just have a son, would I still have to constantly be snubbed by my mother-in-law?"

Listening to her, Song Erlang was silent for a while, then tossed his hoe aside, "No work today, let’s go home!"