Chapter 300: Kowtow and Serve Her Tea

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Holding the hem of her pants, Li Hua shook her head and said, “No, I didn’t think that learning to cook would require note-taking.”

They were accustomed to household chores, learning to cook various dishes from others. After two or three attempts, they usually mastered it.

Gu Zi said, “Since we’re going into business, we need to get used to taking notes, especially when learning the process of making this spicy soup. We need to record some key points, as you’ll be required to suggest improvements later on.”

Gu Zi fetched a pen and paper to demonstrate, speaking about key points while preparing the spicy soup.

“The ingredients we’re using today include beef, kelp, wood ear mushrooms, daylily, dried tofu skin, and peanuts. However, there’s no fixed recipe for the spicy soup, we need to create our own unique version through learning.”

“The technique of washing gluten is very important, and it requires a lot of practice.”

“This spicy soup is nutritious and delicious, but the most important aspect is the broth. If you want a good soup, you must use genuine ingredients to make the broth.”

Soon, a pot of steaming spicy soup was ready. Gu Zi scooped a spoonful into a bowl for Li Hua, “Try it.”

Li Hua blew on it a few times before taking a sip. The spicy and fragrant taste filled her mouth, the warmth spreading throughout her body.

If she could have a bowl of this every winter morning, it would be wonderful!

Gu Zi said, “Now, follow the steps I just showed you to make a pot. If you don’t understand anything, feel free to ask.”

Gu Zi had decided that tonight’s dinner for the Su family would be spicy soup with large meat buns. Li Hua could practice by making another pot and take it home.

At the Lin family’s house, Lin Cheng was working at the pig farm, Father Lin was threshing grain at the dam, and only Mother Lin was at home.

Mother Lin had just finished washing her clothes from yesterday and was planning to check if there were any clothes to be washed in Lin Cheng’s room.

Li Hua always insisted that Mother Lin didn’t need to help with the laundry, saying that they could wash their own clothes and that Mother Lin should rest more.

If there were any dirty clothes that Li Hua didn’t have time to wash, she hid them, fearing that Mother Lin would find them.

Just as Mother Lin was about to open the door, a familiar yet stern voice of an elderly woman echoed from outside.

“Lin Lao’er, Lin Lao’er’s family, get out here for your mother! Now that you’re rich, you don’t want to acknowledge me as your mother?”

Mother Lin quickly closed all the room doors before hurriedly stepping out, only to be met with an old and fierce face, causing her body to tremble involuntarily.

The visitor was none other than her mother-in-law, Gu Zi’s biological grandmother, Old Lady Lin.

The people supporting Old Lady Lin on both sides were the youngest daughter-in-law and her only son, Lin Jie.

Although the mother and son were smiling, their smiles didn’t reach their eyes.

Mother Lin had a rough idea of what was going on.

She braced herself and greeted, “Mother, why are you here today?”

Old Lady Lin glared at Mother Lin as usual and began to scold her second daughter-in-law.

“You moved without telling me, you married off your daughter without inviting me. If I didn’t come, you would be the queen of this house! You’re quite something now, aren’t you? Did you persuade my Lin Lao’er to cut ties with me? You took the betrothal gifts, the return gifts, but didn’t think to honor me. And now you’re asking why I’m here!”

Old Lady Lin was used to bullying Mother Lin. Even now that Mother Lin had a daughter like Gu Zi and a son-in-law like Su Shen, she still didn’t take Mother Lin seriously. She even believed that Gu Zi and Su Shen should bow and serve tea to her.

Her husband was already dead, and she was the head of the household. If they wanted to be part of the Lin family, they had to show their respect.

The youngest daughter-in-law saw Old Lady Lin’s grim expression and added fuel to the fire, “Now that the second sister-in-law has such a successful son-in-law, she wouldn’t care about us poor relatives. Especially Gu Zi, mother, you haven’t seen how arrogant that girl is.”

Upon hearing this, Old Lady Lin became even angrier, and said to Mother Lin, “Immediately inform your unfilial daughter to come back, serve me tea, and kowtow. Otherwise, our Lin family will not acknowledge this child!”

In Old Lady Lin’s view, daughters were a loss. They were supposed to be married off to save money for their sons’ weddings.

Now that Gu Zi had married and received so many betrothal gifts, of course, they should be used for Lin Jie’s wedding..