Chapter 184: Tofu Beauty
Once back home, Lin Ping’er asked about Tao Hua. Bai Ruozhu thought for a while and decided to tell her mother how Tao Hua’s mother had reacted, to avoid any misunderstandings that could make her mother embarrass herself.
Lin Ping’er was particularly furious after hearing this. She threw the pig food buckets she had just finished feeding the pigs with to one side, saying, "What the hell, she saved Tao Hua, now she’s giving you attitude, this is absolutely ungrateful."
Bai Ruozhu grasped her mother’s arm and tried to reason with her, "I’m not angry, why are you? If she doesn’t want to associate with us, we needn’t humble ourselves to her. Uncle Dehai has helped our family before, treating Tao Hua is a way of repaying his kindness. If Tao Hua’s mother doesn’t like me, let it be."
Despite this, Lin Ping’er still resented it for her daughter and finally said, "Your Aunt Deshun is much nicer and she knows how to reason."
"Yeah, we’ll spend more time with whoever treats us right and avoid those who don’t like us. As long as they don’t embarrass us in public, then it’s okay," Bai Ruozhu advised.
Lin Ping’er glared at Bai Ruozhu, "That’s some nerve you have, lecturing your mother."
Bai Yihong heard this and laughed, saying, "Thankfully Ruozhu didn’t inherit your explosive temperament, otherwise, with two ’gunpowder barrels’ at home, it would be too much for us."
Lin Ping’er laughed, took his tea, and said, "So, you can’t stand me, huh? In this case, don’t drink the tea I make, just prepare it yourself."
"I was only joking, how could I not stand you?" Bai Yihong appeased her with a smile and snatched back the tea cup from Lin Ping’er’s hand.
Bai Ruozhu saw her parents teasing and jesting with each other and her lip corners curled up into a bright smile. She hurriedly excused herself to go to her room as she claimed she needed to accompany Dengdeng.
She thought about how lovely her parents’ relationship was, and she thought it would be nice if she could marry a man as honest as her father. But could she remarry?
Bai Ruozhu had always been simple-minded when it came to emotions, so after a little melancholy, she soon let go. If it were a person who was prone to sentimentality, she would have moaned and mourned for a long time.
To her surprise, Zhou Dehai came to visit soon after dinner. He came to express gratitude to Bai Ruozhu and also apologized on behalf of his wife. Bai Ruozhu noticing that Tao Hua’s mother had not come, meaning she was not ready to apologize, felt that Zhou Dehai had probably felt obliged to come and apologize on his own.
Bai Ruozhu had a good impression of Zhou Dehai. Smiling, she said to him, "Uncle Dehai, it’s really nothing, please don’t talk about apologies, I can’t take it anymore."
"Tao Hua’s mother is always unreasonable, you shouldn’t take it to heart with her," Zhou Dehai sighed.
Bai Ruozhu didn’t say anything further, trying to avoid embarrassing Zhou Dehai.
After discussing some farming matters with Bai Yihong for a while, Zhou Dehai got up to leave. Bai Ruozhu accompanied him to the front door and, after some thought, quietly asked, "Uncle Dehai, does Auntie know about the matter we asked you to help with last time?"
She doesn’t know, and I definitely won’t tell her about such things," Zhou Dehai quickly reassured her.
Bai Ruozhu gave an embarrassed smile. She had shown signs of pettiness, but had no other choice given how persistent the people at the old mansion were. She had to be careful.
Zhou Dehai understood her predicament and nodded at her before leaving.
The family prepared the food for the next day that night, put the soup on to simmer, and set the fire to the right intensity, so it would naturally go out once the fuel was exhausted.
In the blink of an eye, it was the next morning. Lin Ping’er was up before dawn, packing up things. Bai Ruozhu, who was also thinking about this, got up very early. In the end, the family ate a few hand pies and set off for the town.
Because they had to push the vending cart and the hot soup, they couldn’t take the donkey cart and had to walk. However, Lin Ping’er, who was worried about Bai Ruozhu, who was carrying the child, suggested: "We two should take a cart first, and we will tidy up when we get to the stall."
What could they tidy up when the things hadn’t arrived yet? Bai Ruozhu of course understood her mother’s good intentions. Considering that she had to breastfeed the child, she didn’t show off her strength and honestly went to take the cart, letting her father and two brothers walk to the town.
When they arrived at the stall, they found that the young couple next to them had already set up their stall. Their stall was small too, but it seemed they were selling tofu, hot soy milk, and bean curd.
"You are the ones who rented this stall, right?" The lady from the young couple was very friendly. Seeing Bai Ruozhu and Lin Ping’er standing in the stall, she started asking questions enthusiastically.
Only then did Bai Ruozhu notice her appearance. Wow, this young lady was really pretty. While not exactly beautiful, she had fair and tender skin, and her pair of big eyes were very clear, immediately making people feel good about her.
Bai Ruozhu had often heard of the "Tofu beauty," but today she had really seen a "real" one. She thought this young lady had such good skin probably because of eating tofu every day. With that in mind, she was also tempted to buy some bean curd to drink.
"Yes, we only rented it yesterday," Bai Ruozhu replied with a smile.
"Is this your child? A boy or a girl? The child is adorable." The tofu beauty saw Dengdeng in Bai Ruozhu’s arms and asked with curiosity.
"Yes, he’s my son," Bai Ruozhu responded with a smile. To Dengdeng, she said, "Look, the beautiful auntie is talking to you."
Hearing this, the tofu beauty blushed faintly, she turned out to be a shy person.
After cleaning up the ground, Lin Ping’er also came over to greet the tofu beauty. They learned that the tofu beauty’s husband’s surname was Lin and his name was Lin Laifu. Everyone called the tofu beauty ’Fusa’.
Lin Ping’er slapped her palm and said with a laugh, "My surname is also Lin. It turns out I have the same clan as your husband."
Fusa quickly called Lin Laifu over and introduced him to the Bais, "This is our neighbor, Bai family. This lady is from our clan and this is Ruozhu."
Lin Lai Fu politely greeted them, but it was evident that he was a shy person and unaccustomed to socializing.
While the two families were talking, Bai Yihong, and his sons arrived, pushing the cart. They all had sweat on their forehead. Seeing this, it seemed they had been taking turns pushing the cart to speed up.
Bai Ruozhu was distressed for her father and brothers and blamed them for tiring themselves out. She felt more and more that they should settle down in the town as soon as possible, even renting a house for the time being would be fine.
After exchanging greetings with Lin Lai Fu and his wife, the family immediately started setting up their stall. Fusa, the tofu beauty, kept looking towards Bai Ruozhu, evidently curious as to what they were going to sell and whether it would affect her own business.
Soon, Bai Ruozhu began to make hand-caught pancakes, which should be eaten hot. She made five in one go, one for each family member. She then made four more, two for the Lins, and the other two were kept warm on the iron plate, ready to be sold to any urgent customer.
The Lins were curious about the hand-caught pancakes, and the delicious smell made their mouths water. They were pleasantly surprised when Bai Ruozhu gave them two. They quickly cut a piece of tofu and also prepared two bowls of bean curd as a return gift.
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