Xu Yufen looked at Pei Baoshan in surprise, "Second brother, no matter what, we’re guests who came to visit. Is it right to ask a guest to do housework?"
At that moment, Jiang Ran could hardly suppress her laughter.
Wang Cuilan couldn’t hold back and let out a snort.
"Guest? You still think you’re guests? Talk about having a thick skin! Is this how you show up as guests?"
Without waiting for Xu Yufen to respond, Wang Cuilan continued, "I don’t think you’re here as guests; you’re acting like you’re the masters."
"What, after staying here, you want to be waited on every time you lift a finger and have meals served without doing anything?"
"Let me tell you, in this family, not a single person owes you anything. It’s best not to harbor such ideas, and even if you already do, you should drop them quickly."
"Now go wash the dishes, scrub them properly, and don’t break them, otherwise, you won’t be eating dinner tonight."
Wang Cuilan had a reason for speaking so bluntly.
After the incident with Pei Baoshu asking for wine, Wang Cuilan understood that they shouldn’t be treated too well.
If treated too well, they not only fail to show gratitude but also take advantage and demand even more.
They’re already asking for wine.
Just for the wine, they’d make all sorts of demands.
Soon enough, they’d probably start asking for money.
Wang Cuilan could almost imagine the kind of things they’d say if they began to ask for money.
"You have money anyway, what’s wrong with giving us some?"
Even if it hasn’t happened yet, just imagining it makes Wang Cuilan angry already.
To prevent such situations, Wang Cuilan decided to put an end to it from the very beginning.
After Wang Cuilan finished speaking, Xu Yufen looked at her as if she’d seen a ghost.
Being stared at by Xu Yufen, Wang Cuilan’s expression didn’t change at all, nor did she show any sign of backing down.
After staring at Wang Cuilan for a while, Xu Yufen understood that Wang Cuilan was serious.
With no other choice, Xu Yufen stood up and called for her daughter-in-law and daughter to help tidy up.
As for the men?
The men in their family certainly wouldn’t be going around the kitchen, let alone doing these tasks.
Although Xu Yufen didn’t say this directly, Jiang Ran could already guess just by her actions.
Even though she guessed it, Jiang Ran didn’t really take it to heart.
Everyone has their own thoughts and ways of doing things.
As long as they enjoy themselves and willingly do it, there’s no need for others to say much.
After tidying the dishes, wiping the tables, and cleaning the kitchen, they still couldn’t relax.
They had to make dumplings.
They would have various stir-fried dishes and soups for dinner, but dumplings were a must.
The tradition here is to eat dumplings on New Year’s Eve.
The meat was bought long ago, and now they had to chop the filling, prepare various ingredients, and make the dough.
After finishing all these tasks, everyone would gather to make dumplings together.
Outside, the weather was freezing cold, and it started to snow, so once the dumplings were made, they took them outside to freeze.
When they were frozen solid, they packed them up and stored them in a vat under the corridor.
In the vat, there were also the previously steamed buns and dumplings.
A natural big fridge, that’s what it was.
With eight more people, there were eight more mouths to feed.
Judging by their appetites in the morning and afternoon, all eight of them had quite some appetite.
These dumplings weren’t just for tonight’s dinner; they’d also be eaten for breakfast tomorrow.