Reborn Spicy Little Wife

Chapter 3 First meeting

While Luo Ning went to wash her hands, breakfast was served: a thin, watery corn porridge, pickled vegetable strips, and a basket full of golden corn cakes.

The head of the family, Xie Yaolin, was puffing on his pipe. Men, women, and children sat huddled together around the table, leaving only an empty seat next to Xie Chang'an.

Xie Chang'an looked up, and his gaze met Luo Ning's. This was their first real meeting.

That one glance seemed to strike Luo Ning's soul, stunning her life.

Oh my god!

Young Xie Chang'an was so handsome! In her past life, she met many outstanding men while working in the military, even Pizi Cai couldn't compare to him.

His features were chiseled and handsome, his eyes were bright and piercing, and his complexion was a bit dark, probably due to long-term military training. Sitting there, he exuded an aura of dominance. If the disgust in his eyes and the indifference on his face were gone, he would be perfect.

Xie Chang'an was handsome, but also chillingly cold. She felt that the temperature in the room had dropped below zero because of his presence.

Xie Chang'an in his previous life wasn't like this; he was warm-hearted!

Why is this?

Xie Chang'an frowned slightly. There seemed to be something different about that woman, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. However, her eyes were very clear and clean; he had never seen such beautiful eyes before.

"Why is Fatty staring at Fourth Uncle like that? It's like he wants to eat him!" Xie Mingmei chuckled.

Fat man

Hahaha!

Her second sister-in-law has such good upbringing! Luo Ning's gaze drifted towards Qu Fang, and she was surprised to see that she was also wearing an ill-fitting red cotton-padded jacket. Luo Ning's lips curled up slightly.

If she still doesn't know where her dowry went, then she's a fool.

Qu Fang lowered her head guiltily, afraid that Luo Ning would notice something was amiss.

Seeing her cowardly appearance, the old lady snapped at Luo Ning, "What are you still standing there for? The whole family is waiting for you!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Luo Ning nodded repeatedly, walked over to Xie Chang'an with a smile and sat down next to him, forcefully suppressing his wildly beating heart. "Come on, don't look like you've never seen the world before."

"My mom used to take me in as her goddaughter, but now she treats me like her own daughter-in-law. All the yelling and shouting she does is for my own good, because she's afraid I'll go hungry. Mom, you're so good!"

The old lady was a little annoyed by Luo Ning's flattery; she was only now realizing that her daughter-in-law was not easy to handle.

The Xie brothers, Xie Changguo and Xie Changtai, and their sister-in-law, Qu Fang, secretly chuckled. Luo Ning, that silly woman, was truly foolish to the extreme. From now on, they could live a life of luxury thanks to the village chief's family. Just thinking about it made them drool with delight.

Only the youngest, Xie Changle, remained expressionless, his gaze vacant, as if he were living in a dream.

The children's mouths watered as they looked at the golden-yellow pancakes on the table. Their dirty little faces gleamed, and their black paws were practically itching to devour them.

Xie Yaolin tapped his pipe, scattering the ash into the flatbread beside him. He casually set the pipe aside and said, "Let's eat!"

This sentence sounded the alarm for mealtime, and several dirty little paws all reached for the cornbread.

However, they were nowhere near as fast as Xie Changtai, who had long arms. He had already grabbed the pancake and started eating it. Finding it inconvenient to sit cross-legged in his shoes, he took them off and ate it comfortably.

A strong smell of stinky feet almost made Luo Ning faint. She quickly hugged the large bowl of corn porridge that reflected her image and took a sip to calm her churning stomach.

When she looked up, there was only one cornbread left.

My goodness, that was too fast! Seeing another pair of chopsticks reaching over, Luo Ning immediately put the cornbread into the bowl of the man next to her.

Although she hadn't looked at the table, she still knew that Xie Chang'an hadn't put any pancakes on the table.

In her previous life, she was only interested in Xie Chang'an and the military camp; male beauty had no effect on her. Reborn, she's become a die-hard member of the "looks-matter" club—that's the downside of being reborn, right? And the upside? She can now admire Xie Chang'an up close... uh...

Xie Chang'an was stunned. No one had ever served him anything before. He turned to look at Luo Ning.

Zhu Cuifen, having missed her target, immediately turned sour, "Isn't it going too far for Fourth Sister-in-law to both eat and take advantage of others?"

Luo Ning glanced at the two corn cakes in Zhu Cuifen's bowl, then inadvertently glanced at Xie Changguo's tattered sleeve and sneered inwardly, "Sister-in-law, the new bride doesn't have to cook on her first day in the family, and you're picking on me. You're also unhappy when I put something on my husband's plate. Why are you making such a fuss?"

There were rumors that my sister-in-law was kind-hearted and easy to get along with, but it turns out they were all false. I heard that she didn't cook when she first got married, but she can't cook when she gets married to me?

Chang'an must be tired and hungry after working so hard this morning. I didn't offer him any food because I wanted to be considerate of my nephew and niece. But he's my man, and I felt bad for him, so what's wrong with giving him a bite?

Does my sister-in-law have a problem with this? Perhaps she thinks it's not my place as the daughter-in-law who should be picking up the pancake, but rather you, the eldest sister-in-law, should do it?

Chang'an is my man, sister-in-law, you've overstepped your bounds. Instead of wasting time thinking about this and that, you should mend my brother's clothes; the cotton stuffing in his sleeves is showing.

Also, please clean up the food in your own bowl before you tell me I'm eating and taking advantage of others, okay?

Luo Ning spoke fluently and without giving anyone a chance to interrupt.

Zhu Cuifen's face, as round as a persimmon, turned bright red, and she was powerless to retort.

Xie Changguo's expression was rather unpleasant; the tattered sleeve made him look utterly humiliated.

Xie Changtai and his wife secretly thought to themselves, "The fourth son's wife is really something. She rattled off a whole string of words after her eldest sister-in-law said just one sentence."

They were clearly intimidated by Luo Ning's display of force, eating cautiously and avoiding trouble, fearing that the fire would spread to them.

Xie Yaolin held a piece of bread in his hand and raised it into the air, his mouth agape in surprise.

The old lady pouted, her face extremely unpleasant. That little slut Luo Ning was indeed a troublesome woman.

The children were so focused on eating that it was almost like they were fighting over it; they didn't care at all what the adults were saying.

Xie Chang'an remained calm, but a slight ripple stirred within him.

He had always been an invisible man in this family, but today he was being so protected by his wife. In particular, the words "my man" kept jumping in his heart, which softened the coldness on his face.

It took Zhu Cuifen a while to find her voice, "Say 'my man' all the time, shameless!"

"Chang'an has always been my man, what's there to be ashamed of?" Luo Ning said with a generous smile.

That statement makes sense now! But it was a bit much in the 80s, which is why Xie Changguo and his brothers looked down on Luoning.

However, since she could bring benefits to the family, they wouldn't be foolish enough to expose and offend that idiot Luo Ning. These grown men are clumsy with words and can't out-argue a young woman with a mouth like a flower!

Although the youngest, Xie Changle, has always been relegated to the background, she doesn't really like Luo Ning. Her older sisters-in-law, who married into the family, are quite different; they're much more formidable.

Qu Fang was quite satisfied with the ill-fitting new cotton-padded coat, and naturally wouldn't make things difficult for Luo Ning like Zhu Cuifen did. Even though Zhu Cuifen kept glancing at her, she pretended not to see it and buried herself in her food.

The old lady was furious and glared fiercely at Luo Ning, "Even eating can't shut you up!"

She had carefully chosen this wealthy daughter-in-law, but she never expected her to be such a nemesis. The old lady was starting to regret her decision.

But now that the fat girl has joined the family, I'll have plenty of opportunities to torment her in the future!

"Mom, I have a straightforward personality, as you know. On the first day I married into the family, my sister-in-law got very angry with me. If the neighbors knew, it would seem like she couldn't tolerate me as her sister-in-law."

"Others won't talk about her, but you'll have to take the blame. If you're willing to let people gossip behind your back, then just pretend I didn't say anything!" Luo Ning said with a smile, which made the old lady glare at him, and she pushed all the blame onto Zhu Cuifen.

She was not the type to suffer a loss in either of her lives. Zhu Cuifen wanted to bully her? No way! Not even a window of opportunity!

Seeing Zhu Cuifen's face, which looked like she had eaten feces, she was extremely smug.

"Clatter!" The sound of chopsticks hitting the table startled Luo Ning, and the atmosphere at the dinner table instantly became tense.