Tuesday, October 7, 2025

WIITMITGP - Chapter 5 - The Youngest Daughter-in-law of the Li Family

 The child went there obediently.

As soon as the child left, Xu Zhichun quickly took out a fat chicken from the fresh food warehouse, rinsed it clean and chopped it.

It was only halfway through chopping that she realized the chicken she had taken out seemed to be a three-yellow chicken, which has skin color vastly different from the original chicken.

Xu Zhichun went numb.

She hurriedly picked another wild young rooster. It looks very convincing enough to pass as the real chicken. Although its a young rooster it actually has a lot of firm meat.

Xu Zhichun removed the chicken feet, chicken wings and chicken neck, chopped the chicken and chicken legs quickly, put them into the pot and stew them together with the original chicken pieces.

After thinking about it, She went to the warehouse and took some dried shiitake mushrooms and soaked them in hot water and added them to the pot. She can just say they were obtained in the mountains and dried before being stored. After all, the child goes to school everyday, and wouldn't really know.

She simply added a small pinch of goji berries, a handful of lily bulb slices, and a few slices of authentic yam that were very thinly cut.

If asked, she can say it was obtained from the mountains.

Alright, it will retain its original flavor and aroma.

Not long after, Liang Mingxuan came back, and Xu Zhichun cut the watery white radish into pieces and added them.

In fact, tender spring bamboo shoots are the best, but unfortunately there is none at home right now.

The fire blazed fiercely, and the soup in the pot changed color quickly, it looked incredibly tempting. It bubbled and steamed, filling the whole house with a delicious aroma.

Both brother and sister-in-law couldn't help but feel a little greedy.

Xu Zhichun quickly cooked rice.

The rice is ready, and the chicken is stewed just right and full of flavor.

She first served a bowl of fragrant chicken soup for each of them, "Come on, let's drink chicken soup first, chicken soup is the most nutritious. Drink the soup first and then eat rice and meat."

"Umm"

Xu Zhichun served another bowl of chicken and took it to Aunt Zhu'er next door.

Aunt Zhu'er was startled, "This - a chicken doesn't have much much meat. You and Mingxuan should nourish yourselves well. Why did you give me so much? No, really unnecessary."

The two families live at the far east end of the village, and are a little isolated from other families. They have a good relationship, so Xu Zhichun is not willing to take it back.

"The chicken I killed this time is big and has a lot of meat. Really, Aunt Zhu'er eat it while it's hot, don't be polite to me. You have helped me so much."

After Xu Zhichun said this, Aunt Zhuer couldn't refuse and laughed and said, "Thank you then! Our two families don't need to say those formalities."

It’s nice to have a give and take.

"Yes, that's what it should be. I'm going back to have a meal too!"

"Go ahead, don't forget to boil the medicine. Take a rest at home for two more days. Don't worry about the work in the fields."

"Ai!"

Xu Zhichun returned home, on the rough and old square table, a large bowl of chicken and two small bowls of chicken soup were still neatly placed there, and Liang Mingxuan sat at the table.

Xu Zhichun was surprised: "Drink the soup quickly, why aren't you drinking?"

Liang Mingxuan: "Let's drink together sister-in-law."

Xu Zhichun felt a little moved. It should be noted that farmers hardly eats meat a few times a year, let alone such fragrant chicken soup. Despite the delicious chicken soup right in front of him, he managed to restrain himself. Truly he is someone destined to accomplish great things.

To be honest, if she was him, she would definitely not be able to hold back.

"Sister-in-law is back, drink some quickly."

"Umm, sister-in-law will drink too."

Seeing Xu Zhichun pick up the bowl, Liang Mingxuan finally also made a move to eat.

This chicken soup is really delicious, so savory that it makes people want to swallow even their tongues. It’s so comforting as it enters the mouth.

Feeling very satisfied, they drank the chicken soup and served more rice. Soaking the rice in the chicken soup, eating large pieces of chicken meat, and enjoyed the radish and mushroom soaked in the flavorful soup. It was really delicious.

It seems that they can't finish this meal at noon, they can have another meal at night and another meal tomorrow morning.

Liang Mingxuan was both happy and a little surprised: "I wouldn't have guessed, this chicken has so much meat!"

Xu Zhichun felt a jolt in her heart, thinking to herself that this child has an accurate sense. What same aged child would notice this? They will all be busy eating. The child in her home is simply amazing.

She smiled and said, "It is such a big chicken, there must be a lot of meat. We also added a lot of radish and mushrooms, which made it looked even more abundant."

Liang Mingxuan felt it made sense, "Sister-in-law is right."

The brother and sister-in-law were halfway through the meal, and another uninvited guest came, "Is sister-in-law Zhichun here?"

Xu Zhichun asked Liang Mingxuan to continue eating, and hurriedly got up to greet the guest, "It's Xiaoyan, come in and sit down."

Zeng Xiaoyan is the daughter-in-law of Liang Mingliang, the youngest son of the Village head family. She came from a noteworthy background. Her mother's family is the concubine of the Zeng family, a famous wealthy family in Qingshan County.

Because Li Zheng's father saved Master Zeng's father, the two families made a marriage contract, and Zeng Xiaoyan being a daughter of a concubine was not liked by her legal mother due to her temper, so she was married off to a village.

Zeng Xiaoyan was unhappy about this marriage, and she caused a lot of trouble when she first entered the Li family door.

Now she can't make any trouble, but she is at home all day and doesn't do anything, and no one in the Village head's family talks about her.

After all, she has a lot of dowry. Although it is not even a drizzle compared to the Zeng family, but for a rural household, it was already a significant fortune. Naturally she wouldn't hand over everything she owned to the head of the household, but the six acres of land she brought along--its harvest all goes into the household's funds.

Just because of this, she is at ease every day and doesn’t do any work, and others have to keep their opinions to themselves.

Xu Zhichun was a little confused. She had some memories and the original owner had no intersection with Zeng Xiaoyan. She didn't know why Zeng Xiaoyan came to her house out of the blue.

Zeng Xiaoyan smiled and said, "My mother asked me to see if you are better? Oh, are you having a meal?"

Her second sister-in-law is acting crazy again, feeling unsettled and sarcastically calling her lazy. Does she just let people say whatever they want?

Her legal mother always found ways to make trouble for her and her half-sister. She quarreled more than once, even taking it all the way to her father. Even if her legal mother retaliates later and makes things worse for her, she is not afraid. Was she scared of her sister-in-law? She confronted her head on right then and there.

Her mother-in-law probably had a headache, so with a few words she has asked her to help check how Xu Zhichun was doing.

She just happened to be too lazy to argue with Zhao's wife, who was so stingy and had to compete with her, so she came.

Unexpectedly, they were having lunch. A big bowl of chicken soup, with mushrooms and radish - it smells good.

Come to think of it, it seems that she hasn't eaten chicken for a long time. 

Even more tempted.

Zeng Xiaoyan knew it was inappropriate, but her eyes had their own mind, just staring at the steaming chicken soup.

Xu Zhichun, considering the feeling of the Li couple, also felt it would be impolite not to invite her: "Do you want to try the chicken soup that I just stewed?"

Zeng Xiaoyan's eyes lit up, and a smile appeared on her round face: "This, isn't this not very appropriate?"

"What's inappropriate? Sit down."

Xu Zhichun smiled and brought a set of bowl and chopsticks, served a bowl of chicken soup, and gave her a few pieces of chicken, and asked her, "Do you want some mushrooms and radish?"

"Want."

“Okay.”

Added a few more pieces of shiitake mushrooms and radish.

"Eat while it's hot."

Zeng Xiaoyan thanked her and couldn't wait to take a sip of the soup, and her eyes lit up again, "What a good chicken soup, Sister Zhichun, you are so awesome! You are such a good person!"

Xu Zhichun almost spat out a mouthful of soup. What a sincere compliment.





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