After marrying a powerful minister, the female partner was pampered

Chapter 173: Hooking up with one’s own family

Several people sat down.

"By the way, I saw Qingqing outside the door just now. Did she come here for something?" Qiao Jingjing asked casually.

Speaking of Qiao Qingqing, Qiao's father and Mrs. Xu's expressions were a little ugly.

"Jingjing, did you offend that girl?" Mrs. Xu thought for a while and asked.

"How do you say it?" Qiao Jingjing guessed something in her heart, but asked with confusion on her face.

"That girl came here at noon, and she kept criticizing you in front of me and your father." Mrs. Xu said, "She went to see you in the morning?"

"She went to the Lu family." Qiao Jingjing nodded.

"She said that when she went to your house, you didn't even give her a drink of tea, and you humiliated her, making your father teach you a lesson." Mrs. Xu said helplessly.

Qiao Jingjing said: "Do your parents believe what she said?"

"Of course we don't believe it anymore." Ms. Xu said immediately, "Your father said something to her, and she's not happy anymore."

Qiao Jingjing paused and decided to tell her Qiao Qingqing's motives, so as to prevent Qiao Qingqing from speaking ill of her in front of the two elders when she was away.

Thinking of this, she pulled her sleeves and said, "I just went to town with my husband and bought some ingredients. We will have antique soup in the evening. Mom and I went to the kitchen to have a look. Mallow should have brought the ingredients."

"Come here when you come, why did you bring the ingredients?" Mrs. Xu scolded her, but she got up and followed her out of the main room.

When the two of them arrived at the kitchen, Mallow came out and said, "Madam, the ingredients brought back from the town have been placed in the kitchen and arranged."

"I know." Qiao Jingjing nodded.

Entering the kitchen, Mrs. Xu saw the neatly arranged ingredients on the shelves and couldn't laugh or cry, "There are only a few of us eating, why do we need to buy so much?"

"Anyway, it's cold now and things won't break, so I bought more." Qiao Jingjing said.

"I've never cooked antique soup before, so I don't know how to make it." Mrs. Xu thought of the fact that she wanted to eat antique soup, and couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

"I'll do it. I'll just have my mother watch over me later." Qiao Jingjing took off her cloak and handed it to Qing Yuan. She rolled up her sleeves and fiddled with the ingredients.

"You know how to do it?" Mrs. Xu looked surprised.

Qiao Jingjing paused and said: "The recipe of antique soup is very simple. I have eaten it several times. The main thing is to have a good soup base and dipping sauce."

Hearing this, Mrs. Xu's doubts disappeared. Seeing that she was about to prepare vegetables, she quickly reached out to stop her, "Just teach me from the side. I will do these."

"Let's do it together." Qiao Jingjing insisted.

Mrs. Xu hesitated, "There is too much oil in the kitchen, your skirt will be stained."

"Don't be afraid, I just need to pay attention." Qiao Jingjing said.

When Mrs. Xu saw her insistence, she got an apron and tied it around her waist. She also brought a stool for her to sit on.

Qiao Jingjing didn't show any pretense and sat on the stool.

After starting to prepare the dishes, Mrs. Xu suddenly said: "By the way, we were in the main room just now. Do you have anything else to say to me?"

Hearing this, Qiao Jingjing smiled and said, "I really can't hide anything from you. I have something to tell you."

"Is it related to that girl Qingqing?" Xu asked immediately.

"Yes." Qiao Jingjing nodded, "It was really unpleasant to talk about this matter, so I didn't say it in front of my father and Lu Xingzhi."

"What's going on?" Xu asked with a frown.

Qiao Jingjing then said: "That girl Qiao Qingqing is like that because she is thinking about Lu Xingzhi."

Xu took a breath, "Is there such a thing?"

"Yes." Qiao Jingjing nodded affirmatively, "She was jealous when she saw that I married well. The night you and your father got married, she was still sneaking outside my house. Lu Xingzhi was sleeping in the house at that time, and that night she She even wore my clothes without my permission. What’s more, when she came to my house today, she didn’t really come to play with me. She just went to Lu Xingzhi, and she always made trouble in front of Lu Xingzhi. , say bad things about me.”

When Mrs. Xu heard this, her expression darkened, "This girl Qiao Qingqing is so outrageous. How could she, an unmarried girl, do such a thing? It's so shameless!"

"Mom, don't be angry," Qiao Jingjing advised, "Although Qiao Qingqing has that kind of intention, she cannot seduce Lu Xingzhi."

At this point, she is still very confident.

Although Qiao Qingqing is not bad looking, compared with her, she is still far behind.

Furthermore, Lu Xingzhi had a girl he liked in his heart, so he would not fall in love with her.

Mrs. Xu was still angry, "How could Qiao Qingqing do that? Ah Xing is her brother-in-law, how could she have such dirty thoughts? Later, I will tell your uncle and aunt and let them talk about her."

"Mom, please don't tell auntie. If auntie knows about it, she might think wrongly. Let alone uncle. Uncle can't defeat auntie." Qiao Jingjing said hurriedly.

"Then let her be so hostile to others?" Mrs. Xu couldn't swallow this breath.

"It's okay. We won't be able to stay in the village for long anyway, and her goal won't be achieved." Qiao Jingjing reassured.

After hearing this, Mrs. Xu gave up, "It's true, no matter how hard she tries, it's useless. But we'd better stay away from her in the future."

"Yeah." Qiao Jingjing nodded, this was her purpose.

Although she didn't take Qiao Qingqing seriously, she still had to let Mrs. Xu and her father know Qiao Qingqing's true face to avoid being tricked by her in the future.

night.

The family sat around the house and ate hot pot.

It's freezing outside, but it's so warm inside.

It was both the first time for Father Qiao and Mrs. Xu to eat antique soup, and they ate it with relish and said they were very satisfied.

"This hot pot is very convenient. Parents can make it themselves next time." Qiao Jingjing said while rinsing the mutton.

"Hot pot?" Mrs. Xu was surprised, "Isn't this called antique soup?"

Qiao Jingjing was stunned for a moment and hurriedly responded, "Yes, yes, but I think it's more appropriate to call it hot pot. What do you think of this name?"

"It's good. It's easier to call hot pot." Mrs. Xu smiled and nodded.

Qiao Jingjing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and when she turned around, she met Lu Xingzhi's eyes.

She paused, "What, what's wrong?"

Lu Xingzhi lowered his eyes, "Nothing, I just think the term hot pot is quite special."

Seeing that he didn't suspect anything, Qiao Jingjing felt relieved and helped him boil a few pieces of beef, reminding him: "It must be dipped in the sauce. It tastes best when dipped in the sauce."

Lu Xingzhi's lips curled up, "Yeah."

After the meal, the couple said goodbye and returned to the Lu family.

When they arrived at Lu's house, Lin Jiu and others had already returned and went forward to report to Lu Xingzhi: "Sir, my subordinates have followed your instructions and told the magistrate. The magistrate slapped Xu twenty times for stealing. and took her into custody.”

"Yes." Lu Xingzhi nodded, "Thank you for your hard work, go down and rest."

"Yes." Lin Jiu responded and retreated with the others.

Qiao Jingjing didn't sympathize with Xu's fate at all.

She even felt very happy.

"It's cold outside, go in." At this time, Lu Xingzhi reminded him.

Qiao Jingjing reacted, nodded, and quickly entered the house.