Ancient Foodie Survival Guide Chapter 18
Tled by Serena Love
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Chapter 18: Sister-in-Law Making Trouble
Jiang Shuyao looked at the anxious little girl in front of her, feeling somewhat helpless. Stinky tofu is not that smelly, right? If it is durian, she can understand a little.
"It's not dirty, it just smells weird, but it tastes delicious." She said, and threw the stinky tofu that Xie Yao had bitten into her mouth. "Look, it's really edible."
Xie Pei watched Jiang Shuyao eat the black-gray stinky tofu, and feeling as if she had also taken a bite, there was a smell in her mouth, and her expression was very bad. She said, "Since Ah yao was young, he was very frail and sick. The food that entered his mouth has to be meticulously prepared. You can just eat it yourself, how can you give it to Ah Yao casually?"
Jiang Shuyao didn't intend to let Xie Yao eat more, after all, it was fried. She was also afraid that his stomach could not bear it.
She explained, "I just gave him a taste, as a snack ."
She put down the dishes, and faced Xie Pei's "old hen guarding the chicks" appearance and felt very wronged. "The child is at the age when he is greedy and he has an appetite. He has a poor appetite and lack of new things in a vegetarian diet might have something to do with it. Look at him. He usually doesn't want to drink milk after only one or two sips, but he really likes the double skin milk pudding I made for him. By the way, he can also eat a few pieces of cake."
Xie Pei thought that Jiang Shuyao would definitely apologize after her stern reprimand, but she didn't expect her to retort slowly, making her unable to speak for a while.
"Besides, I am your elder sister-in-law. Why do you yell at me like, is this the so-called etiquette and rules of you, noble ladies?"
Xie Pei choked, what do you mean by "you, noble ladies"? Isn't she is a noble ladies as well? As if she disdains to be included with them.
"Why do you count as my sister-in-law?" Xie Pei was angry when she said this. "Who in the whole city doesn't know that my third brother is outstanding and talented, and there are very few people who are worthy of him. You don't deserve him at all."
Jiang Shuyao is full, and it doesn't matter if she has to quarrel with Xie Pei as she is idle. She smiled slightly. "Why? Just because I'm married your brother. The wife that your brother married in an upright and bright manner."
These words hit Xie Pei's pain points, her face is pale with anger, but she is actually extremely lacking of actual combat experience in quarreling. After holding back for a long time, she could only say sadly, "Third brother obviously can marry a woman who has both virtue and talent. A wife who fell in love with him at first sight and the marriage would be a combination of heaven and earth, but you got in and ruined his marriage..."
Jiang Shuyao immediately interrupted, "Does he has a sweetheart?"
Xie Pei cannot follow her thoughts, and the distress that had just been brewing was dispelled by Jiang Shuyao, and replied in a daze, "There is no one else."
"Then that's it. If your brother has a sweetheart, and married me is because he was ashamed of others, he is not firm in his heart. If your brother doesn't have a sweetheart, wait until he has a sweetheart, then I will stop. And only I will have the part of being abandoned. People in the world only give pointers and restrictions on the abandoned wives, but there is no son-in-law who will be criticized for remarrying. Therefore, your brother does not suffer from this marriage, I will also have retribution. "Jiang Shuyao used this sophisticated trick to her heart.
Xie Pei was stunned by what she said, "But...but..."
She had just figured it out, and she saw a chubby figure swaying behind Jiang Shuyao, stretching out her white and fat little hand.
Looking closely, it was Xie Zhao who came out from nowhere, standing on tiptoe, preparing to steal the stinky tofu that Jiang Shuyao casually placed on the wooden table.
"Ah Zhao!" Xie Pei couldn't be bothered arguing with Jiang Shuyao, and shouted, "What's the matter with you, is the mansion lacking food or or short changing you? Are you going to eat this stinky and unspeakable thing?"
Xie Zhao poked his head out from behind Jiang Shuyao and curled his lips. "Aunt, you don't know right from wrong."
Xie Pei's eyes rounded in shock, pointing to the tip of her nose, and asked in disbelief, "I can't tell right from wrong?"
Xie Zhao nodded, saying that kids have no reasoning, but it is still possible to reason. He said, "You didn't even know whether the food the third aunt made can be eaten, or whether it tastes good or not, but you rushed over and accused her. This is wrong."
Xie Pei was blocked and was speechless, angry and sad. "Who am I doing this for?"
Xie Zhao was young and didn't know how to save people's face. He said directly. "But the third aunt is very good to us, what are you doing to her?"
"Xie Zhao! Why did you turn your elbows outwards!" Xie Pei was so angry as she feels betrayed.
Jiang Shuyao felt that she was too loud, so he covered Xie Zhao's ears and said disgustedly, "Speak softly, don't frighten the children so loudly."
Jiang Shuyao really knows how to irritate people.
Xie Pei's chest hurts because of her gentle "stab". She grew up watching her two little nephews and Jiang Shuyao was only here for a month. On the contrary, she looked like an outsider. She stamped her foot and said, "Who are you showing off for, pretending you are kind!"
Just after she spoke, Xie Yao, who has been hugged by her, suddenly moved and broke free from her forearm, and ran to Jiang Shuyao silently, pulling Jiang Shuyao's sleeve to look at him.
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Xie Pei watched the two little nephews turn against her completely, feeling very wronged, and said nothing for a while. "You two really don't know what is good or bad."
"Who doesn't know what is good or bad ?" As soon as her voice fell, a cold voice came from behind her.
Xie Pei is too familiar with this voice. Since childhood, she admired her third brother the most, and it was also the third brother that she feared the most.
Sometimes she was fooling around, Xie Xun glanced at her blankly, and she was shocked. Let alone hearing him speaking in such a tone.
She suddenly turned off the fire, and turned around to look at Xie Xun in a panic, "Third, third brother."
Xie Xun briefly glanced inside the room and quickly guessed what was going on.
He said to Xie Pei, "I didn't know you still have such a nonsense side. Have you learned all the rules Mother has taught you?"
The tone was calm, sounding gentle, but Xie Pei was the most afraid of this tone.
"Third brother..." Xie Pei's face turned pale with a "swish". She shrank her neck and squeezed her palms, as if she is terrified.
Jiang Shuyao pressed the hairy heads of two small dumplings with her hands. She did not feel like she was the protagonist of the farce at all. She glanced at Xie Xun's face in a playful manner.
Uh, a familiar coffin face, is it scary like this?
Xie Xun didn't look at her anymore and said, "Don't come to this yard anymore."
Xie Pei looked at him in disbelief, then turned to look at Jiang Shuyao again, suppressed her tears, and ran away staggeringly.
The two little ones also slid away, leaving Jiang Shuyao standing in place, looking confused.
Standing at the door, Xie Xun took a quick look at Jiang Shuyao, and saw her head down. He feels a little complicated.
Xie Pei did too much today, she should be feeling very wronged and uncomfortable.
Since she insisted on marrying him in the beginning, she must have understood that she would be mocked and treated coldly by others. Is it worth it for him?
... Maybe she regrets it now?
He retracted his gaze, fearing that Jiang Shuyao would find him peeking. He was thinking about breaking the silence, but he heard Jiang Shuyao suddenly say,
"Huh? Where's my stinky tofu?"
Jiang Shuyao just looked down at the wooden table and found something. After thinking about it carefully, didn't she lost a plate of stinky tofu?
"That little guy..." Jiang Shuyao couldn't laugh or cry. It is always bad to eat too much fried food. Xie Zhao is too greedy.
But she is still very happy that her own food is recognized by others.
Seeing Xie Xun standing at the door of the large kitchen with his hands on his back, his long figure was about to be melted into a line by the bright sunlight outside the door, she said, "It's so early today. I made stinky tofu. Would you like to try it?" Xie Xun is too thin. Men have to be a little stronger to look good.
Xie Xun was ready for her to be sloppily grieving and crying, when he suddenly asked so abruptly that she didn't even choke.
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Xie Pei ran out for a long time before she suddenly stopped.
She stood in place, trying to understand how she was in such an embarrassing situation.
She stood there in a daze, and no one dared to disturb her.
Until Xie Zhao, who is holding the plate, suddenly appeared.
"Aunt." He called Xie Pei, still holding the stinky tofu in his hand.
The two ate as they walked, the younger brother took a bite, and he took a bite. However, his mouth is a bit big, and it's almost gone after one mouthful.
Xie Pei wanted to cry when she saw this plate of stinky tofu.
Seeing her pitiful appearance, Xie Zhao thought she also wants it. He was entangled for a bit, and reluctantly pulled out a small piece.
"Aunt, do you want to eat?"
Xie Pei subconsciously wanted to open her mouth and say "I don't want to eat", but after seeing Xie Zhao's perfunctory question, and how he wanted to put it back on the plate without waiting for her answer...
She immediately changed her answer and said, "I want it."
Xie Zhao looked at her bewildered, as if he didn't understand, but he still walked up to her.
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Xie Pei squatted down, took the chopsticks, smelled the smell of stinky tofu. She hesitated a few times, and gathered the courage to stuff it in her mouth.
The gravy of stinky tofu is full of flavor, with a slight spicy taste of garlic, which made her stunned as soon as she bite it.
When she bite off the fried and crispy outer skin, the sauce poured into the inside suddenly exploded in her mouth. It is hot and delicious, and the outer is crispy and the inside is tender. The tofu inside is juicy, and she can slowly taste the unique mellow fermented flavor after chewing.
The skin of the stinky tofu is quite chewy, it is fully covered with the juice, and it has a fried aroma. The more you chew, the better it tastes.
After swallowing, there is still a faint fragrance in her mouth, and the aftertaste is endless.
Especially the chewy skin, Xie Pei thought about it blankly. It turned out that the black-gray skin that looked disgusting tastes like that when eaten.
Seeing that Xie Pei hasn't moved for a while, Xie Zhao suspected that she would want to eat another piece. He quietly retracted his hands, and called Xie Pei, "Aunt?"
Xie Pei returned to his senses, looked up at Xie Zhao, and remembered everything just now. The pale face gradually turned into pig liver color due to embarrassment.
Why she was making trouble for?
Tears drop from Xie Pei's eye sockets like broken beads.
Xie Zhao backed away again and again. He was just about to ask, but he was pulled by Xie Yao behind him, who is motioning him to shut up.
The more she thought about it, the more embarrassed Xie Pei become. She used her cuffs to wipe away the tears, but it couldn't stop. She simply buried her head in her arms and squatted on the ground and cried "Waaaaaa".
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