Marrying a White Snake Wife is Super Cool-Chapter 44: It All Comes Down to a Mother’s Good Upbringing...

Chapter 44: Chapter 44: It All Comes Down to a Mother’s Good Upbringing...

The women in the village all knew.

The ones who gave women the hardest time were often other women.

A father-in-law rarely caused trouble, but a mother-in-law was the hardest to please.

"This is no good," "that’s not right"—they’d find fault with you every single day.

But if a family had no mother-in-law...

To only have to look after your own husband... that...

How incredibly blessed was Su Liyan!

For a moment, the village women were dying of envy.

Everyone had gathered around, wanting to say more, but Su Liyan, feeling sorry for her husband, spoke up first:

"Mom, my husband was busy all night and didn’t get any sleep. I’ll clean up Changliang’s room so he can get some rest."

Su Liyan didn’t mean anything else by it.

But to the villagers, it sounded like she meant something else entirely.

Smiles appeared on everyone’s faces.

Su Liyan realized what they were thinking and blushed beet-red.

’But after a moment’s thought, she figured it was no big deal. Even if it *was* because of *that*, so what? It’s only natural!’

Su Liyan’s mother also started thinking.

’My girl only just arrived this morning.’

She nodded repeatedly and looked at Su Changliang, saying:

"Quick, go get the new bedding from the house. Help your sister make the bed for your brother-in-law."

Su Changliang nodded eagerly and went inside to get the new bedding.

Then, Su Liyan’s mother looked around the bustling courtyard and said:

"It’s almost noon. Everyone should head home and start cooking lunch."

"Come back tomorrow to help with slaughtering the pig and sheep. We’ll host a feast for everyone then."

Hearing this, the crowd finally dispersed.

As for Lu Yuan, he felt a bit embarrassed. His first act upon arriving at his mother-in-law’s house was to go straight to sleep.

But he really had pulled an all-nighter yesterday.

On the way back, the bumpy horse-drawn carriage made it impossible to sleep.

Even with his Holy Body, he was still a bit drowsy.

So Lu Yuan didn’t refuse. He decided to sleep first and then have a good drink with his father-in-law and two uncles in the evening.

...

Around two or three in the afternoon.

The courtyard was quiet.

A few women sat on small stools in the courtyard, using scissors and red paper to cut out red "happiness" characters. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Su Liyan’s mother was sewing a red bridal veil for her daughter.

Meanwhile, the men of the family were squatting by the wall, smoking and playing chess.

Normally, they would be preparing to slaughter the pig and sheep now.

But with the son-in-law sleeping inside, the commotion from slaughtering a pig would surely wake him up.

It was better to wait until he woke up.

"Liyan, your family is so rich. What do you eat every day?

Do you eat white flour and meat every single day?"

A few of the aunts from the village who had come to help asked Su Liyan curiously as they cut their paper decorations.

Su Liyan nodded and smiled.

"My husband is a picky eater. He can’t stand things like two-grain flour. Even with white flour and meat, if it’s not cooked well, he’ll barely touch his chopsticks."

"I need to learn some skills from Second Uncle this time I’m back, so I can cook for my husband when I get home."

Not far away, Second Uncle, who was squatting by the wall watching his eldest and third brothers play chess, grinned good-naturedly at Su Liyan.

"Second Uncle will teach you all my best dishes."

Hearing this, the surrounding aunts all clicked their tongues in amazement.

’Look at that, he can’t even stand two-grain flour.’

In Changliu Village, they only got to eat two-grain flour during the New Year.

"Why did you buy so many things? Even if you have money, you can’t be so wasteful!"

Su Liyan’s mother, who had been holding her tongue, suddenly blurted this out.

She had wanted to say something about it for a while but had held it in. Now, she couldn’t hold back any longer.

In response, Su Liyan pressed her lips together and said:

"I didn’t know my husband bought so much. He had someone else do the shopping at the time."

"Mom... If there’s any white flour and meat left over from the feast, I’ll have to take some back with me."

"I can’t leave it all here..."

Su Liyan’s mother had been thinking of scolding her daughter for not being frugal and for not trying to restrain her husband.

But as it turned out, she was truly the daughter she had raised.

She couldn’t help but roll her eyes at her daughter and say:

"You think your mother is going to take advantage of you?!"

One of the village aunts couldn’t help but chuckle.

"Liyan, are you really keeping such close tabs with your own family?"

Su Liyan said, sounding perfectly justified:

"I already told you, my husband’s a picky eater. He won’t eat anything else."

Meanwhile, Su Changliang, who was squatting on the doorframe, suddenly chimed in:

"Sis, leave some more behind! I want to eat meat too."

Su Changliang was currently holding a piece of cornbread.

The bread was cold and hard as a rock, but Su Changliang was gnawing on it with gusto.

There was nothing else for it.

With his brother-in-law sleeping in the house, his mother hadn’t even started the fire for lunch.

She’d said that whenever his brother-in-law woke up, that’s when she’d light the stove and they’d all eat together.

Su Changliang was hungry, so all he could do was gnaw on a piece of hard bread.

The moment Su Changliang finished speaking, Su Liyan turned and shot him a fierce glare.

"Like hell you will!

Go on, eat your bread!"

Faced with Su Liyan’s fierceness, Su Changliang shrank back and didn’t dare say another word.

Sure enough, no matter the world, older sisters always beat up their younger brothers.

It was obvious Su Changliang had been beaten up by Su Liyan plenty of times as a child.

Around four or five in the afternoon, as the sun began to set.

A sound came from the room where Lu Yuan was sleeping.

Lu Yuan was awake.

Normally, after staying up for a whole day, a whole night, and another morning, Lu Yuan could have slept until the next day.

However, this wasn’t his own home, and he had things on his mind, so he hadn’t slept for long.

Su Liyan’s mother was the first to hear the sound of Lu Yuan getting up.

Upon hearing it, she first paused, then frowned at Su Liyan, who was sitting beside her with her head down, cutting the paper decorations.

"Are you deaf?

Your husband is awake, can’t you hear him?

Aren’t you going to hurry over and attend to him?!

You ungrateful brat! Your husband dotes on you for nothing!"

This tirade left Su Liyan speechless. She quickly threw down her scissors and ran to her husband’s room.

The aunts sitting nearby exchanged glances.

"Sister-in-law..."

"This... isn’t this a bit much...? You’re being too hard on Liyan..."

Su Liyan’s second aunt said in a low voice.

Her sister-in-law had always been so good to Su Liyan before.

’Why is she acting so hostile today?’

’Could she be angry because Liyan said she was taking some of the flour and meat back with her?’

’That can’t be it. After all, they brought so much stuff, it’s perfectly reasonable to take some back...’

’My sister-in-law isn’t that petty...’

But Su Liyan’s mother simply took the needle in her hand, ran it through her hair, and said calmly:

"The hardest thing to grasp in this world is a sense of proportion...

"Our son-in-law is clearly an easy-going man who knows how to dote on someone.

"When you’re with someone like that for too long, it’s easy to get presumptuous and forget your place.

"If she ends up annoying our son-in-law and gets sent back home, that’s when she’ll truly have a hard time.

"Especially since my daughter doesn’t have a mother-in-law to discipline her. If I, her own mother, don’t do it, who will?

"Just look at our son-in-law. He’s handsome, and his family is well-off.

"If this daughter of mine doesn’t want to be a good wife, there are plenty of other women who do. They’d be climbing over each other for the chance.

"When that time really comes, it’ll be no use coming home and crying a river..."

This long speech from Su Liyan’s mother left the other women stunned.

They chewed on her words, mulling over their meaning, and couldn’t help but sigh in admiration.

No wonder Su Liyan was so adored by her new family after getting married...

They were throwing her a feast, buying her all sorts of things, and treating her like a treasured jewel.

It all came down to a good upbringing from her mother...