TFWYH – Chapter 37 My Daughter is Crazy

Ling Yue was moved to tears, her eyes brimming with emotion. The last bit of resentment she held toward Tang Wan completely vanished.

Their family had suffered so much over the years!

Their father had passed away, her eldest brother broke his leg and was kicked out by the old Ling family!

It was as if all the misfortunes in the world had gathered upon their household and simply wouldn’t go away no matter how they tried to escape them.

The three shabby thatched huts they lived in were the most valuable possessions their family had.

Ling Yue had understood from a young age that she needed to be sensible—more sensible—and help her mother carry the burden of supporting the family.

All these years, she had been cooking, doing laundry, chopping firewood, and fetching water, never daring to rest for even a moment!

She did more so that her mother could do a little less.

Yet she was still just a little girl, not even twelve!

No one had ever asked if she was tired. No one had ever said they felt sorry for her.

But now—her sister-in-law did.

Someone had finally noticed her hardships and efforts!

Someone finally cared!

Ling Yue didn’t want to cry, but her tears wouldn’t stop no matter how hard she tried to wipe them away.

Tang Wan was confused—this was how everyone coddled kids, and it worked for others.

So why didn’t it work with her?

Oh well.

Time to go shopping!

Buying things makes people happy!

Zui Xian Restaurant had ordered a hundred jars of doubanjiang. They had, at most, fifty jars ready at home. They still needed to buy more ingredients and make the rest.

With a way to earn money now, Ling Yue felt confident. She went straight back to the grain shop from last time and bought 500 jin of moldy fava beans.

Shop assistant: “…”

Was this girl really not a fool?

But a sale was a sale, and business was business!

The shop assistant scraped together five hundred jin, asked for their home address, and agreed to deliver it the next day.

Aside from the moldy beans, there were other seasonings Ling Yue ordered in fairly large quantities as well.

Finally, for storing the doubanjiang, they went to West Street and directly ordered 300 small clay jars. The seller, seeing the large order, agreed to deliver to their house the next day.

By the time the two women finished their shopping trip, they had spent nearly half of their seven taels of silver.

Ling Yue did feel a little heartache over the expense, but then she reminded herself—it would all turn back into money soon enough.

With that thought, she felt much better.

In the end, Tang Wan dragged her to stand outside her old man’s butcher stall, still trying to get some pig offal from Butcher Tang.

Tang Hongba: “…”

This daughter of his really was nuts!

Does she want to eat crap?!

He couldn’t even stop her!

“I sent your older and second brother to your house today. You didn’t see them?”

“Must’ve missed them.”

“Then go back and check! They brought five jin of meat for you! Hurry up and go home and eat meat—what the hell are you trying to eat offal for?!”

By the end, Butcher Tang was yelling in frustration.

Tang Wan: “…”

This cheap old dad is so fierce!

And he really thinks I’m going to eat crap!

Do I really look like someone with such extreme taste?

Ling Yue couldn’t take it anymore and explained about their collaboration with Zui Xian Restaurant and wanting to test out a new dish.

Thanks to her explanation, Tang Hongba was finally comforted.

Thank goodness!

His daughter wasn’t crazy!

She wasn’t going to eat crap!

But still…

“Didn’t think you had it in you—to be able to work with Zui Xian Restaurant!” Tang Hongba praised her sincerely.

“Oh no, it’s really just…”

Before Ling Yue could finish, her sister-in-law tugged on her sleeve.

Ling Yue instantly changed her tone: “It was just luck. Manager Xu happened to like the sample I gave.”

“Not bad!” Tang Hongba looked at the little girl with new appreciation. Then, glancing at his own daughter, the more he looked, the more disappointed he became. He couldn’t help but say, “You should learn from your little sister-in-law. She’s way more capable than you.”

“Mm!” Tang Wan nodded seriously.

Ling Yue: “…”

Well, this is awkward.

All the skills she had were taught by her sister-in-law. But for some reason, her sister-in-law didn’t want her to tell anyone that!