Reborn in the 80s, Get Rich by Eating Melons

Chapter 165: Chapter 165: Who is the Unlucky One Who Married the Wrong Person

Chatting away, the two quickly finished wrapping the dumplings. Li Nuanchun praised Tong Yao’s dumplings, "Little sister, your dumplings look so good that I might not be able to bring myself to eat them later. You’re attractive and everything you make is attractive. No wonder Dr. Si treats you well. Any man who marries such a beautiful and good cook would definitely spoil her, right?"

Initially, they thought that Tong Yao wouldn’t be able to do anything but now they witness her making dumplings, she actually knows how to cook!

Anyway, Li Nuanchun can’t make dumplings like these. Tong Yao doesn’t slack off; she just has a good life because Dr. Si spoils her and keeps her from working. Most people in the family courtyard who gossip behind her back are probably just jealous of her good fortune.

Tong Yao smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I think you’re probably the only one in our families’ courtyard who compliments me."

"Those people just haven’t spent time with you, so they don’t know you’re a kind person."

Tong Yao is generous and doesn’t like to gossip about people behind their backs. There is no one else in the entire courtyard like her.

Tong Yao didn’t continue the conversation, just as the water in the pot began to boil. She lifted the lid and put in the dumplings, "Sister-in-law, do you have a large soup bowl at home? If not, just bring the pot over to hold the dumplings! You can take all the dumplings after they’re cooked in the pot, then I’ll cook another batch."

"Alright!"

Li Nuanchun responded cheerfully and hurried back home and brought her pot. With the weather being so hot, they must finish all the dumplings, or else they’ll spoil by tomorrow morning. Li Nuanchun and her husband do love to eat, so when Tong Yao encouraged her to take more, she didn’t hold back.

With the dumplings done, Li Nuanchun swallowed her saliva, "Little sister, I’m going to bring those dumplings back home first. You can just put in a little more effort and cook another pot."

"Okay." Tong Yao filled a new pot with water and continued to cook the dumplings.

As Li Nuanchun walked back home with the pot full of dumplings, she ran into Liu Haisheng and Dai Liwen, who just got off work. Seeing Li Nuanchun carrying a pot full of dumplings, Dai Liwen quickly offered to help her, "Oh! Why did you decide to make dumplings today? I haven’t had dumplings in such a long time."

"These are pickles pork dumplings that Yaoyao made. We have a good relationship and she made extra for me to try." Li Nuanchun purposely glanced at Liu Haisheng while she spoke.

Why go through the hassle of a divorce and remarriage, only to end up not even getting to eat dumplings, right?

Unexpectedly, the dumplings were made by Tong Yao. Dai Liwen was quite surprised, "I didn’t know Dr. Si’s wife was such a good cook. These dumplings are not bad at all. Just looking at them is making me hungry. Let’s go home and have dumplings."

"Right? Look, these dumplings are even more attractive than those sold in restaurants, I’m sure they will taste good too." Li Nuanchun added, then deliberately said to Liu Haisheng, "Dr. Liu, we are going to go back and have dumplings"

Liu Haisheng nodded awkwardly, then couldn’t help but swallow his saliva. It had been half a year since he last ate dumplings. The sight of them now made him parched, but it was unfortunate that Li Meiyu and Tong Yao didn’t get along. Otherwise, given how close their houses are, wouldn’t they have offered him some dumplings to taste?

When he got to his door, he suddenly turned towards the kitchen pretending to wash his hands. He saw Tong Yao wiping the stove table and feigned surprise, "Oh! Little sister, are you making dumplings today?"

Tong Yao smiled lightly, and replied in a crisp voice: "I have some pickles at home, so I thought I would make some pickles pork dumplings for Ah Chen to try."

Although she and Li Meiyu didn’t get along, she never clashed with Liu Haisheng. As the saying goes, ’do not offend those who wear a smile’. Since Liu Haisheng took the initiative to say hello, Tong Yao would not be rude. It wouldn’t cost her anything to reply to him politely.

"Dr. Si is fortunate to have such a good wife." Liu Haisheng laughed a bit, then shook the water off his hands. He saw only forty or fifty dumplings left on the chopping board and thought to himself that this amount of dumplings would not be enough for the young couple, let alone him.

"Dr. Si is fortunate, but you’re not. Why don’t you find yourself a wife who can cook? You should divorce and take another wife who is a good cook." Li Meiyu’s sharp voice suddenly echoed in from outside the kitchen door

Unexpectedly, Li Meiyu appeared at the kitchen door. Liu Haisheng was taken aback and left abruptly, saying to her, "What are you talking about? At your age, why do you still bring up divorce so casually?"

Li Meiyu writhed her hand away from his, went back into their home, and started packing, "Who thought about getting divorced? You resent me now because I can’t cook. Why didn’t you think about that earlier? I had told you before we got married that I can’t cook, what did you say then? You said you married me for who I am, not for a cook. Now you start to adore those who can cook. I think you’re thinking about your ex-wife, aren’t you?"

She saw Liu Haisheng return home from the window just now. She was planning to go out with Liu Haisheng for a nice meal before she goes to work tomorrow. Unexpectedly, Liu Haisheng actually went into the kitchen and said those words. He knew that she and Tong Yao were not on good terms, yet he deliberately said those things. Wasn’t he trying to provoke her?

Even other husbands know how to help their wives confront her, but her own husband ran off to another woman’s kitchen to show off.

The other woman is good looking, isn’t she?

"What are you saying again? When did I think about my ex-wife?" Liu Haisheng felt wronged. He just wanted to score some dumplings to eat.

"Whether you have or not, you know in your heart. I’m leaving now. You better go call your ex-wife and ask her to come over and make dumplings for you. She is a virtuous wife and a loving mother, and I am nothing."

"Why are you bringing her into this? When have I seen her since we got married?"

"Now you are defending her."

Next door, they were fighting. In contrast, Tong Yao was leisurely cooking dumplings, without being affected at all. When the dumplings were ready, their delicious aroma filled the air. Tong Yao first boxed some dumplings for Si Chen, then put the rest in a bowl and took it back into the room.

After finishing everything, the situation next door not only didn’t stop, but intensified. Tong Yao, however, acted as if she didn’t hear anything. She picked up the dumplings and happily went to the hospital.

"Previously, we all thought that Dr. Si had married a trophy wife, but now it turns out that no one in the families’ courtyard is as blessed as Dr. Si." Dai Liwen praised Tong Yao while eating the dumplings, "With this skill, she must be the best cook in the whole hospital. Look at these dumplings, not only do they taste good, they also look like little flowers, and they are all the same size."

The doctors are somewhat obsessive about cleanliness and seeing dumplings that not only taste good but also look good, they couldn’t resist and just wanted to eat more after each bite.

Among the wives of the doctors living in the families’ courtyard, Li Meiyu and Tong Yao were considered the youngest and most beautiful. People often compared them behind their backs. Most people thought that Li Meiyu was better because they thought Tong Yao was like a vase, only good-looking and lazy. It was as if Dr. Si Si was unlucky to have married such a wife.

However, it’s not clear yet who is unlucky and married the wrong person.

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