Volume One, Chapter Nine: The Mother-in-Law Publicly Causes Embarrassment

After much thought and considering the scorching weather, she suddenly had a brilliant idea: a simple frozen glutinous rice ball dessert.

Being in the North, yet a true Southerner at heart, making a unique Southern sweet treat would surely be a hit.

The best part was that frozen glutinous rice balls were incredibly easy to make, requiring only glutinous rice flour, white sugar, and a bit of fruit.

Without hesitation, she set to work.

Early the next morning, Su Wanyue, trying to save the little money she had left, chose to walk instead of taking the bus to the nearby farmers' market.

She wandered through the market, her eyes scanning every stall, carefully inquiring about the prices of various ingredients and tools.

In her mind, she calculated that buying all the necessary utensils for making the frozen glutinous rice balls would cost at least twenty yuan.

Thinking of this sum, she couldn't help but smile bitterly; not long ago, twenty yuan wasn’t even enough to buy a cup of Starbucks coffee.

But now, those twenty yuan felt like an insurmountable mountain, weighing heavily on her.

The money she earned recently had gone towards her younger brother Zhiqiang's tuition and buying daily necessities for the family, leaving only seven or eight yuan in her pocket.

This left her feeling helpless and anxious; she still needed to find a way to scrape together the rest.

Just as she was racking her brain for solutions, a sharp, piercing roar came from behind, making her ears ring.

“Su Wanyue, you’ve gone too far! You claim to leave with nothing, yet you still dare to do such despicable things!”

Startled by the sudden shout, Su Wanyue stumbled forward. Before she could react, someone shoved her hard from behind.

She had no time to brace herself and fell forward, banging her forehead against the pillar in front of her.

“Ouch…” A fiery pain shot through her forehead, forcing her to gasp. Tears welled up in her eyes, blurring her vision.

“You shameless seductress! Why don’t you just go die!”

Suppressing the pain, Su Wanyue turned to see an angry woman glaring at her.

Focusing, she recognized none other than her former mother-in-law, Zhao Guihua.

“Auntie, what are you doing?” Su Wanyue looked at Zhao Guihua with confusion, a hint of disbelief in her eyes, her body still trembling from the pain.

While Su Wanyue was stunned, a fresh and poised young woman stepped out from behind Zhao Guihua.

She had a fair, oval face, delicately arched willow-leaf eyebrows beneath which long eyelashes fluttered like tiny fans, a small nose, and slightly upturned rosy lips. Wearing a light blue long dress and sporting shoulder-length hair, she exuded an innocent charm.

Wasn’t this Jin Sitian—the girl Lu Zetao had longed for, the only girl in the village to have been admitted to university?

“Wanyue, just tell me what you’ve done… this mess you’ve made is really… laughable,” Jin Sitian said, her eyes gleaming with a mix of pride and mockery, a subtle sneer curling at the corners of her mouth.

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