Transmigrated into a slave? I raised a frontier war god while pioneering new lands.

"They never paid any attention to us before, and now that we're married, they still don't respect us. Aren't they just making us a laughingstock?"

"They say they come from a wealthy family, but their manners are worse than those of people in our village."

Old Shen glanced at his eldest daughter-in-law, who kept adding fuel to the fire, and scolded her impatiently, "Alright, stop causing trouble."

"Lunch hasn't been made yet, hurry up and make it."

Sister-in-law Shen curled her lip and said with a disdainful look, "I won't do it."

"Today is the first day my second son's wife comes to our house, so she has to show off her skills. I'm waiting for her to cook for me." After saying that, she walked towards her room.

Old Man Shen was so angry that his brows were so furrowed they could trap a fly. "They're all such a handful!"

After finishing her meal, Xu Qinghe was about to wash the dishes when she suddenly heard a series of loud knocks on the door.

Just from the sound of the knocking, Xu Qinghe sensed that the visitor was up to no good, but she still put down her chopsticks and quickly went over.

As soon as the door opened, Shen's mother appeared with a gloomy expression. "Mother."

Xu Qinghe called out softly.

Before she could finish speaking, Shen's mother scolded her impatiently, "Don't call me that, I'm not your mother."

"I'm asking you, do you have any manners at all? Don't you know you have to serve tea to your parents-in-law on the second day of your marriage?"

Xu Qinghe was stunned. She knew!

But didn't the village chief say yesterday that they've already separated their households? It's too much trouble to keep going back and forth. Didn't he offer tea to everyone yesterday?

"I know! Didn't I already offer my respects?"

"What kind of tea is that you're serving?"

"You have to go over there today and properly kowtow and offer me tea, do you understand?!"

"have no idea."

"I knew that I had already offered you a salute yesterday under the guidance of the village chief, and everyone was a witness."

"If you think I did something wrong, then come with me to the village chief's house right now, call everyone over, and we'll have a good talk and see if I really showed respect or not."

Upon hearing this, Shen's mother immediately backed down. She dared to come looking for Xu Qinghe because she couldn't bring herself to confront her.

I never expected this daughter-in-law to be so formidable. "You don't even know whether you respected her or not."

"A maidservant from a wealthy family? Is this what maidservants from wealthy families are like?"

Xu Qinghe: "A maid in a wealthy family certainly wouldn't be like me!"

"Wealthy families have many rules, what, you want me to follow theirs?"

"But look how poor you are! Even if I wanted to come, I wouldn't have anything to serve you!"

"Or you could give me a hundred taels, and I'll buy some things and then take good care of you."

Upon hearing this, Madam Shen panicked instantly. "I... if I had a hundred taels, I would still come to you."

Xu Qinghe: "Yes, because you didn't have that, your son married me."

"Is there anything else? If not, I'm closing the door." With that, he pushed Shen's mother out and slammed the door shut.

Looking at the tightly closed door, Shen's mother was furious.

But she couldn't argue with him, and she couldn't hit him either, so in the end she could only walk home angrily.

When she got home, she found her whole family waiting for her with their mouths open, which made her face turn black with anger.

"What's wrong? Can't this family live without me?!"

"Where's the eldest daughter-in-law's food?"

After listening, Sister-in-law Shen slowly walked out of the house, cracking sunflower seeds as she sarcastically asked, "What's wrong, Mother? Aren't you saying the second son's family is coming over to cook?"

"You couldn't persuade her?"

"If you can't reason with her, go ahead and yell at her! Why are you coming to me?"

Just as Mrs. Shen was about to say something to her, her eldest brother suddenly came out of the house and said to Mrs. Shen, "Mom, I'm hungry. Go and cook!"

Looking at her son, who resembled her so much, Shen's mother couldn't bear to let him go hungry, so she went to cook with a stern face.

As soon as Shen's mother left, Xu Qinghe walked towards her vegetable garden.

There was no way around it; her vegetable garden had changed so much that almost all the short, droopy vegetables were now trellised.

What surprised her most was that Shen Zhi even built trellises for the sweet potato seedlings, which made Xu Qinghe laugh.

She reached out to untie the scraps of cloth on the shelf. She had never found a use for the scraps of cloth she brought back from the clothing store, but she never expected that they would come in handy today.

Just as Xu Qinghe reached out to untangle the sweet potato seedlings, Shen Zhi suddenly came out of the house, holding a stick in his hand.

Upon seeing Xu Qinghe's actions, he couldn't help but ask, "Why did you untie it? This thing has such long roots; it'll grow upwards."

As Xu Qinghe explained, she readily replied, "The rhizome is long, but it doesn't grow upwards. It lies on the ground. Once the leaves are lush, we can just turn it over."

Seeing that Xu Qinghe truly understood, Shen Zhi said to her, "Then take a look at those over there. Take off any that are lying down."

Xu Qinghe nodded, "Okay." Then, remembering something, she asked Shen Zhi, "What's the matter with the dough in the bowl?"

Shen Zhi replied somewhat embarrassedly, "I did it."

"You're not very accurate with kneading the dough the first time. Do you think you can steam some buns later?"

As she spoke, Xu Qinghe glanced at the chives beside her and immediately had an idea. "How about we make chive buns later?"

Shen Zhi said, "Okay." He then started to walk out.

Xu Qinghe asked in surprise, "Where are you going?"

Shen Zhi said, "I'm going up the mountain." Then he left without looking back.

Xu Qinghe gave him a disgruntled look and ignored him.

After rescuing the sweet potato seedlings from the trellis, Xu Qinghe began to observe the other vegetables.

Last time she recognized two kinds, sweet potato sprouts and chives, and this time she recognized several more.

She recognized eggplant sprouts and green bean sprouts, but what surprised her most was that there were also tomatoes and cucumbers.

Cucumbers are nothing special; they've long been a common dish. What's truly surprising is the tomato.

This is a wonderful thing! Tomatoes can be eaten raw, stir-fried with eggs, used in soups, or added to noodles. Just thinking about it makes Xu Qinghe's mouth water.

Besides these, Xu Qinghe also recognized the potato.

Her family used to grow potatoes in their yard; those were the best potatoes she had ever eaten.

As soon as the potatoes were ripe, she would dig them out of the ground to eat, digging as many as she could, ensuring she could have the freshest potatoes every day. Even now, she still craves that fresh taste.

Besides these few items, there were a few other things that Xu Qinghe didn't recognize, but one of them surprised her a little.

Because this seedling looks too much like a watermelon seedling, but also very similar to a melon seedling.

Xu Qinghe couldn't tell the difference for a while and could only wait for it to grow bigger before confirming. But no matter what kind of seedling it was, it was a pleasant surprise for Xu Qinghe.

Since they couldn't water them at midday, Xu Qinghe could only secretly give them a little energy to help them grow stronger.

After delivering the chives, Xu Qinghe went to harvest them. These chives need to be harvested frequently, otherwise they will grow too old.

After harvesting the chives, Xu Qinghe began picking and washing them.

After washing, I carried the basin into the house, and as soon as I entered, I saw the eggs on the table.