A Good Country Wife
Chapter 262 - 253: Stingy to the Extreme_1

Chapter 262: Chapter 253: Stingy to the Extreme_1

"Scram!" Zhao Erhu didn’t bother with any further words, glaring at Chunxi with a fierce look that was horrifying, yet Chunxi, the odd one out, perhaps too used to Zhao Erhu’s tenderness towards Lin Yue, thought he was soft-hearted and wasn’t frightened at all by him. Instead, she directed her hostility towards Lin Yue.

"Why are you doing this to me? It’s the Lin Family, isn’t it? It’s because of her that Brother Erhu doesn’t want to accept me," said Chunxi, her eyes filled with a resentful gaze as she looked towards Lin Yue. "Lin Yue, Brother Erhu has already been so good to you, how can you be so ungrateful? I’m not trying to compete with you for status, I just want to silently stay by Erhu’s side and be with him. It wouldn’t affect your position at all. Can’t you even accept that? You’re being jealous, and jealousy doesn’t become a woman."

Lin Yue felt like she had never encountered such a top-grade annoyance, and even found it somewhat amusing. It would be surprising for Zhao Erhu to fancy a woman like this. Conversely, Zhao Erhu, seeing Lin Yue’s reaction, felt that something was off, and became increasingly anxious. He dreaded that Chunxi might say something to provoke his young wife—weren’t all women said to be jealous? What if his young wife got upset because of Chunxi’s words?

"You woman, I think there’s something wrong with your brain. I’ll say it once more, scram right now, otherwise I’ll call Zhao Jingui and ask him how he disciplines his woman. You actually dare to come here and seduce a man in someone else’s house. Let’s see if he’ll throw such a shameless and promiscuous woman like you into a pig cage," Zhao Erhu said. Though he was usually indifferent to others, he wasn’t cruel-hearted. The fact that he resorted to such harsh words like being thrown into a pig cage showed just how much he detested Chunxi. Zhao Erhu’s bottom line was his young wife; it was unacceptable for anyone to mess with her, let alone a shameless woman like Chunxi.

Once Zhao Erhu said this, Chunxi was indeed intimidated. Zhao Jingui was already displeased with her, and she had been called a shameless, worthless woman after a few words from her mother-in-law last time. Now, if Zhao Erhu really summoned him, beating her would be the least of her worries. She wouldn’t put it past Zhao Jingui, especially with the You Family woman egging him on, to do exactly what Zhao Erhu had suggested.

"Brother Erhu, do you really mean that?" Chunxi looked at Zhao Erhu with tear-filled eyes, still holding onto a sliver of hope. Seeing that Zhao Erhu was about to call out for someone, she hurriedly left. It wasn’t until she was some distance away from Zhao Erhu and the others that her pace slowed down. She didn’t want to go back, but she had nowhere else to go. Zhao Jingui and the You Family might have already noticed her absence, and heaven only knew how they would torment her if she returned. But any idea of taking advantage of Zhao Erhu was now out of the question.

"Concubine Zhao, is this the place?" Xiaocui, Zhao Lingxiang’s maid, asked through the sedan chair, looking disdainfully at Zhao Erhu’s family house, thinking no wonder the madam said Concubine Zhao was someone who couldn’t show her face in public. They were all poor relatives, with a broken-down house that was even worse than the servant quarters at their residence. She felt cursed for being assigned by the master to attend to Concubine Zhao, who clearly had no future—not only childless but also stingy.

"This is the place, no doubt. You go and knock on the door," Zhao Lingxiang ordered from her carriage with an air of superiority, unaware that the maid attending to her was silently criticizing her, all the while worrying about how she was going to complete the task the master had given her. Was she truly supposed to bow and scrape to Zhao Erhu and his wife, as the master had said? She really couldn’t bring herself to do such a thing, especially when faced with Zhao Erhu’s disreputable wife, which made her feel more stifled. Her position in the Wei Residence depended entirely on Zhao Xinglin and Zhao Erhu. Otherwise, she’d be of no use to the master. She thought about how just a couple of days ago, the master had finally spent the night in her room, all for the sake of getting her to commit wholeheartedly to this task.

Meanwhile, Chunxi, who had been about to leave after getting nowhere with Zhao Erhu, saw Zhao Lingxiang heading to Zhao Erhu’s house and found a concealed spot to hide. She was well aware that aside from Zhao Dahuo’s family, Zhao Erhu had a strained relationship with the rest of the Zhao Family, especially since Zhao Lingxiang was a daughter of the Wei Family. Zhao Erhu would definitely not be welcoming to her.

Though Zhao Lingxiang had married into the city as a concubine of the old Master Wei and was enjoying luxuries in the Wei Residence, why would she suddenly come to Zhao Erhu’s home? It was too suspicious, there must be something fishy going on. If she could find out what it was, perhaps she could seize the opportunity to benefit from the situation.

Just as Zhao Erhu and Lin Yue had entered the room, they heard a knock at the door. They exchanged a glance, both thinking it couldn’t be that shameless woman Chunxi coming to their door again, could it? Could it be that she truly did not fear being sent to the pig cage by Zhao Jingui, or had she concocted some other devious scheme?

Zhao Erhu was even more annoyed on the inside. That shameless woman was like a lingering ghost. He had just wanted to explain a thing or two to his wife when she showed up again. Heaven forbid his wife misunderstood his relationship with Chunxi, who always spoke in very suggestive terms, as if he were actually interested in her. Even though that woman had intercepted him a few times before, he truly hadn’t paid her any attention.

"Is it you knocking? Whose maid are you, and what do you want?" Lin Yue opened the door to see a young girl dressed as a maid in goose-yellow clothes and asked in surprise, so it wasn’t Chunxi after all.

"My mistress has specifically come to visit you."

"Your mistress?" Zhao Erhu and Lin Yue knew who this was referring to upon hearing this title. Looking past the maid, they saw a carriage parked there, and sitting inside was none other than Zhao Lingxiang. But what was this woman doing here at this time? Lin Yue certainly didn’t believe Zhao Lingxiang would come to their door without reason. Perhaps she was scheming against their home again. The last time she had asked for the recipe to a dish, and Lin Yue had refused to tell her. Surely she hadn’t come for the same reason as last time.

"Having the little sister-in-law visit is quite the rare occurrence. Please come in and take a seat." Regardless of how much Lin Yue disliked Zhao Lingxiang, she wasn’t going to pick a fight at first sight. No matter what, Zhao Lingxiang and Zhao Erhu were half-siblings with a blood connection. Since the guest had come in a courteous manner, she would receive her politely.

However, this time Zhao Lingxiang’s attitude had changed a lot from the last visit. She was extremely friendly to Lin Yue, who could actually detect a touch of flattery in her words. It was really quite amusing. But as the conversation progressed, Zhao Lingxiang’s true intentions emerged; she indeed was after those culinary recipes again. A woman like Zhao Lingxiang, still a concubine, didn’t have much use for these recipes, which likely meant she was acting under old Master Wei’s orders. That old Master Wei was cunning enough not to come himself, instead sending his concubine on his behalf.

"Little sister-in-law, didn’t I explain to you last time? These recipes for making food are ancestral secrets passed down in my family, and I can’t share them with outsiders. It’s best if you stop coveting them."

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