Chapter 118: Better to Benefit Yourself Than to Let Them Profit
An An’s father could only be her eldest son, Bai Wensong. Even though Liu Yuzhi harboured ulterior motives, she was still unwilling to let her eldest son’s lineage end here.
Her thinking was that if Qinghuan really got together with Naihan, then they would have their own children in the future, while her eldest son, Bai Wensong, would only have An An as his descendant. She couldn’t let his line die out.
Even if Naihan really got together with Qinghuan, An An couldn’t call Naihan “Dad.”
An uncle could only ever be an uncle.
Even if An An called her youngest son “Dad,” he would still have the surname Bai, the surname wouldn’t change, but Liu Yuzhi always felt that something was different.
“I heard people in the village say that if Mom is with some man, that man will be my new dad. If Uncle is with Mom, then naturally he will be my new dad.”
An An replied almost naively, “But Grandma, I don’t want anyone else to be my dad. If Uncle can be my dad, then I won’t dislike it.”
Because if Mom was with Uncle, she wouldn’t abandon him.
Moreover, Uncle was very good to him, and he liked Uncle very much.
Liu Yuzhi’s pupils constricted slightly, her gaze complex. She held An An in her arms, as if telling him and also talking to herself, “An An, you must remember, you only have one father, Bai Wensong.”
The little guy nodded as if he understood but didn’t quite.
Liu Yuzhi calmed her emotions before looking down at her grandson and whispering, “An An, what we talked about today is our secret, you can’t tell anyone, understand?”
“Can’t even tell Mom?”
“That’s right, it’s a secret just between the two of us. Can An An do that?”
“Yes!”
“Good boy!”
The next day, Bai Naihan indeed, as she had wished, stewed a delicious fish soup. Tofu was added, and the fish was first pan-fried until golden and fragrant. After that, he fried two sunny-side-up eggs and poured them into the boiling water that had been prepared beforehand, making the fish soup even whiter. Just looking at it was appetizing.
Because crucian carp had many bones, Bai Naihan specially used a strainer to filter them out, afraid that someone might accidentally choke. As for the fish meat with bones, he specially scooped it out.
He also stir-fried two other dishes, and steamed rice for lunch.
When they were eating, Jiang Wenxiu had already eaten. She came over and saw the fish soup, extremely surprised, “If I didn’t know this fish was the one I gave you yesterday, I wouldn’t believe that our two families are eating the same kind of fish.”
Although her family’s fish dishes were also decent, they were still much inferior compared to the Bai family’s fish.
Jiang Wenxiu thought Yun Qinghuan had made it. Although surprised, she wasn’t overly so, after all, Yun Qinghuan’s cooking skills were excellent. She asked for the recipe, planning to stew half a fish in the evening to make fish soup using the same method.
Yun Qinghuan chuckled and pointed at Bai Naihan, “He made this fish soup, not me.
“Ask him to tell you.”
She looked at Jiang Wenxiu with a bit of amusement.
Jiang Wenxiu: “…”
She was first shocked, then looked at the taciturn man, unsure how to speak for a moment.
She was also a bit envious. Why wasn’t her man as good as Bai Naihan? Although her man was quite good compared to other men in the village, he just wouldn’t voluntarily cook.
Moreover, his cooking skills weren’t that good either.
Jiang Wenxiu was actually a bit intimidated by Bai Naihan. Even though Yun Qinghuan jokingly told her to ask him directly, she directly waved her hand, not intending to ask.
It was Bai Naihan who took the initiative to speak and told her the recipe.
Jiang Wenxiu was quite respectful and carefully wrote it down, “Brother Bai, sister-in-law, thank you.” After asking about the fish recipe, Jiang Wenxiu went to ask Yun Qinghuan how she made the lobsters last night.
Those lobsters were so delicious that her whole family couldn’t stop eating them last night. Early this morning, her husband took their daughter to catch a whole bucketful and asked her to cook them.
How could Jiang Wenxiu know how to cook them? Even if she did, they wouldn’t taste as good as Yun Qinghuan’s.
But looking at the expectant eyes of her husband and daughter, she compromised and came over to ask for the lobster recipe right after lunch.
Yun Qinghuan naturally didn’t hide anything from her, telling her how to devein the shrimp and how to cook them.
When she escorted Jiang Wenxiu to the door, and she was about to leave, Jiang Wenxiu whispered in her ear, “I really think your little brother-in-law is quite good. Why don’t you consider taking him in? Last time I saw your son An An being bullied, it was quite pitiful. If you really get together with your little brother-in-law, he’s at least An An’s biological uncle and wouldn’t treat the child too badly.”
If she found another man, it would be difficult for him to be good to An An, after all, he wouldn’t be his biological father.
Yun Qinghuan pretended to be angry, “Don’t talk nonsense, it won’t be good if others hear.”
Jiang Wenxiu had already said this last time. Afraid that Bai Naihan would hear them gossiping about him behind his back this time too, she quickly looked into the courtyard. Seeing that he had gone inside, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“I know, I know, you hate others saying these things, but I’m just too sentimental. I’ve lived for almost half my life, and honestly, I’ve never seen a man as cold on the outside but warm and kind-hearted as your little brother-in-law. You won’t find another chance like this.”
Jiang Wenxiu didn’t want to say more. If her relationship with Yun Qinghuan wasn’t relatively good, she wouldn’t want to say these things and risk offending her.
“Moreover, didn’t you say so yourself? Your parents’ family probably won’t let you off easily and want you to remarry again to get more betrothal gifts. Even if you don’t want to remarry, as long as you remain unmarried, I’m afraid they will keep bothering you. Instead of that, why not take the initiative and find a man to marry yourself, so that your parents’ family will give up? And no matter what, the one you find yourself will definitely be better than the man your parents’ family finds for you.”
Jiang Wenxiu said these words sincerely.
Looking at the scene when Yun Qinghuan’s parents came to make trouble last time, they weren’t good people.
Upon hearing this, Yun Qinghuan couldn’t help but frown, feeling annoyed thinking about the Yun family.
Actually, there had been no news from the Yun family for quite some time. If it were any other family, she would think that they knew they couldn’t persuade her to remarry, so they simply gave up.
But she knew it definitely wouldn’t be that simple.
From her memories, she knew that the original owner’s mother wouldn’t let go unless she could bite off a piece of flesh from her.
Especially since Yun Qinghuan had tricked them before they left.
The fact that they hadn’t come for so long probably meant they were held up by something.
So, with the knife of the Yun family still hanging over her head, she really didn’t dare to be careless.
Seeing her thoughtful expression, Jiang Wenxiu patted her shoulder, “Think carefully about what I said, don’t let your parents find an opportunity to exploit you.
“Better to benefit yourself than to let them profit.”
Jiang Wenxiu smiled somewhat mischievously, “I feel like your little brother-in-law’s health must be particularly good.”
They were all married women, and their conversations had started to become less reserved.
Yun Qinghuan: “!!!”
Trying hard to suppress the blush that was about to spread across her face, Jiang Wenxiu was really bold.
However, the image of the man wearing a vest and covered in sweat flashed through her mind, and yes, he was indeed very good.
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