Chapter 113 - 112: The Most Feared
Seeing the look on Afu’s face, Mrs. Chen realized that Chen Shi must have been afraid that Mrs. Hu would again open a lion’s mouth, and dared not to return. She no longer had the mind to think about Mrs. Wang and Chen Afu’s mother and daughter, and scolded Mrs. Hu, "When you’re in your own house, you are more diligent than anyone, but when you come here, you sit around acting like a Bodhisattva. Isn’t it your job to light the fire? Or are you waiting for my son to serve you?"
Outraged, Mrs. Hu had no choice but to go to the stove and stoke the fire.
Ever since the parrot incident, Chen Ye had been in a bad mood. These days not only was she trying to appease Chen Ye, but she also didn’t dare to speak more and cause trouble. Chen Ye’s attitude towards her improved a bit. However, she never helped at The Hus again. Once, Hu Laowu even invited them over for drinks and Chen Ye refused, and he also forbade Chen Agu to go.
Hu Laowu could lower his pride to please those more powerful than himself, but he certainly couldn’t do the same for Chen Ye. These days, the relationship between the two families was not as close as before.
Mrs. Chen only had ill feelings towards anyone her eldest son resented, especially Mrs. Hu, whom she had disliked for a long time. So now, life wasn’t easy for Mrs. Hu at home, she was always treading on thin ice, always subjected to potential scoldings from both.
Not daring to provoke Mrs. Chen, she could only glare at Afu.
After the Luwei was cut, Mrs. Chen led the men in the house to sit on the bed and drink, then called Dahu, Alu, and Dabao in to eat. Afu and her mother were busy in the kitchen rolling dough to make noodles and frying chives with eggs.
Ever since Afu began to earn money, Dabao’s status in the Chens had been rising. Now, not only he didn’t have to stoke the fire, he could also join Dahu and sit on the bed to eat meat.