TFWYH – Chapter 477 Understanding Gratitude

In the kitchen, Aunt Yang cooked delicious food while sharing gossip with her.

“On our estate, Er Ya and Niu Wa got together—you know, that. No one knows when they started fooling around. The two of them were going at it hot and heavy in the bean sprout shed, and they didn’t even notice me standing outside the door.”

“I got so mad I docked a month’s wages from them. If they want to do that, go do it somewhere else! What if they crush my bean sprouts?”

“Oh, you didn’t see it—both of them completely naked. That Niu Wa is dark as a plucked black chicken, and Er Ya could still bring herself to go for it? Since ancient times, a woman who’s formally married is a wife, but one who runs off is just a concubine. That Er Ya is really shameless.”

“A perfectly good unmarried girl, and she insists on acting so shameless, like she’s never seen a man in her life. Is it really necessary? And I saw it too—Niu Wa’s ‘corn cob’ isn’t even big, thin as a toothpick…”

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Tang Wan: …

The troubles of being a girl who understands everything instantly…

Sigh…

After eating at the estate, Tang Wan prepared to leave.

As she stepped out of the courtyard and passed along the field ridge, she saw Grandpa Meng sitting in a pavilion nearby, teaching a few children how to read.

Tang Wan wasn’t very familiar with Grandpa Meng or Meng Shi, so she hadn’t planned to go over. She just watched from a distance for a while before preparing to leave.

But at that moment, Grandpa Meng spotted her and greeted her with a smile, “Wan-niang, are you here to collect accounts?”

“Just came to take a look,” Tang Wan replied. Since she’d been noticed, she felt it wouldn’t be polite not to greet him, so she walked over.

Most of the children on the estate were the children of servants, and they were a bit afraid of the always serious-faced Tang Wan.

As soon as she approached, the children immediately hid behind Grandpa Meng, peeking out with their little heads and watching her warily.

Tang Wan stopped in her tracks, deciding not to go any closer.

As the saying goes, being ugly isn’t your fault—but coming out to scare people is.

“Hello, Grandpa Meng. I still have things to do, I’ll come visit you another time,” Tang Wan called out from a distance before turning and leaving.

As soon as she left, the children quietly let out sighs of relief.

Grandpa Meng patted their little heads and said with a chuckle, “Are you afraid of Wan-niang?”

The children hesitated for a moment; some nodded, others shook their heads.

“It’s not that we’re afraid, we just feel that the young mistress is hard to get along with.”

“I’m actually worried I’ll make a mistake in front of her. She looks very serious, and I’m afraid she’ll punish me!”

“I’m scared of her—she hardly ever smiles!”

“Me too. She looks so fierce. Last time she scolded my dad, I didn’t like that.”

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The children chattered all at once, each calling her “Young Mistress.”

That was what they called Tang Wan in private.

Grandpa Meng chuckled and continued, “You’re all right—but you can’t judge a person by appearances. The young mistress actually likes you all very much. Without her, would you have houses to live in? Would you be able to eat meat every day? Would you have new clothes to wear? As for your father being scolded, that’s because he made a mistake while working, so she corrected him. Just like you—if you can’t answer my questions, don’t I also smack your palms?”

The children thought about it and realized it made sense, nodding one after another.

“So from now on, when you see the young mistress, greet her politely, alright?”

“Got it!” the children replied in unison.

Grandpa Meng nodded in satisfaction.

Tang Wan was a good girl. Not just him—even the people on the estate were deeply grateful to her.

Although she always looked stern and rarely smiled, she truly treated people well.

The reason they could live such peaceful lives now was all thanks to Tang Wan and little Ling Yue.

As people, they should be grateful.