Chapter 47 - Chapter 47: Household Registration Done
Chapter 47: Household Registration Done
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Qiao Mai pursed his lips. “Let me tell you, my two children are grateful. If I treat them well, they will naturally treat me well. Perhaps they will treat me better than if they were biological children.”
It really was like this. Although filial piety was important in the Great Ming Dynasty, there were many unfilial people.
This was especially true for those in the countryside. Only those who studied would pay attention to this, afraid that it would affect their career.
There were also those who were good by nature and were filial to the elderly. For those vicious families, the elderly would not have a good ending when they were old.
Anyway, the money belonged to Madam Qiao, so who she was willing to spend her money on was her business. After thinking it through, no one said anything.
After Tian Yaozu found out about this, he was so angry that he wanted to stand on the roof and curse.
‘It’s not enough for you to humiliate me, but do you want to adopt someone else’s son and study in the same school as me?’ He gritted his teeth and was so angry that he smashed everything in the room.
This made Tian Laoshi and his wife’s hearts bleed. The whole family had been saving money to provide for him, but he would smash things when he was angry. How much money would he waste?
How many possessions did he have to throw like this? They were really going to die of anger.
It was all that sl*t’s fault. Why did she want a divorce? She could have just worked for the Tian family for the rest of her life.
They had kindly given let her divorce, but she did not stay quiet. She was doing business, adopting children, and now she even had to pay for her children’s education.
It was clearly done for the Tian family to see. If they wanted to study in the same school as his grandson, there was no way, absolutely no way.
His grandson was right to be angry. If it were them, they would never let that b*tch’s sons go to school.
In order to appease their grandson, the family sat together and discussed for a while before deciding to give a gift to the teacher in the school.
The Tian family gritted their teeth and spent a tael of silver to prepare what they thought was a generous gift. They asked Tian Yaozu to send it over.
The teacher was not very happy after seeing it. He heard Tian Yaozu secretly talk about Madam Qiao sending her son to school.
He immediately knew what was going on. He looked at Tian Yaozu with a serious expression, his heart filled with disappointment.
However, he did not reprimand him on the surface because he had watched this child grow up. This child would definitely be able to pass the imperial examination next year. As long as he worked hard, he would still be a scholar.
He suppressed his anger and said, “Yaozu, I appreciate your kindness. In the future, you have to be more open-minded. Madam Qiao has left your family and has nothing to do with your family. Don’t worry about whether her sons go to school or not. Focus on your studies. You will definitely pass the imperial examination next year.”
Tian Yaozu lowered his head and said impatiently, “Teacher, I know, but if they want to come to the school, I will definitely not be able to focus on my studies. When I see them, I will definitely think of the time when she humiliated me.”
“Alright, I’ll temporarily say that I won’t recruit students.”
“Thank you, Sir.”
After Tian Yaozu left, his teacher sighed. “How can you achieve great things in the future if you’re so narrow-minded?”
Qiao Shicheng had also heard about it. Now, as long as it was about Qiao Mai, someone would always be the first to reach his ears.
Hearing this, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
He roared angrily, “I will never forgive her even if I die. I will never forgive her even if I die. This wretched girl is an ingrate!”
In the end, he still did not die. After the doctor came, he took his pulse and said that it was a good thing. The knot in his heart had also dissipated after vomiting blood. Otherwise, he would have been seriously ill.
Who knew this would be a blessing in disguise for Qiao Chengshi? Was God blind?
The heavens were not blind. If he died, there would be no hope. How could he make trouble for Qiao Mai and add color to Qiao Mai’s boring life?
Initially, Qiao Mai had the intention to send the two children to school, but a few days later, the teacher in the school actually spread the news that he would not accept students for the time being, which made her feel stifled.
Needless to say, that b*stard must have done something behind his back.
Did the teacher of this school have to go so far for Tian Yaozu? With his character, he would not be able to go far.
Both of her sons were better than that fellow. It was true. Forget it, if they did not go to school, her two sons would still study.
After thinking about it for a while, she decided that a child did not need to have a high education level to be enlightened. It was fine as long as he knew how to read. Her next-door neighbor, Chuan’er’s father, was very good at teaching his child. Why not spend money to hire him to teach?
It just so happened that she was not at home during the day, so he could come to the house to teach the child during the day, and he can leave when she went back at night. It would not attract criticism, and it was the best of both worlds. The more she thought about it, the more he felt that this was feasible. It was going to be the 15th of August soon, and she was inviting the Yuan father and son, as well as the Chen mother and son, to treat them at home.
With so many people, nothing should happen.
There were still five days until August 15th.
She took some time to go to the carpenter shop and ordered a few mooncake molds. She planned to make some mooncakes on August 15th as a gift.
On the way back, she happened to bump into the mayor’s guards who were looking for her.
“What’s the matter?”
“Here, the household registration is done. There are also the deeds of your house. Take a look.”
Qiao Mai counted the items in front of the guard, then casually took out a piece of silver from her purse and stuffed it into the guard’s hand.
“Thank you, Sir.”
“You’re welcome. If there’s anything you need in the future, just let me know.”
“Alright.”
Qiao Mai, who had obtained the household register, could finally heave a sigh of relief.
Without a household register, she was like a leaf floating in the air. Wherever she landed, she would feel like a hindrance. However, with it, she felt that even if she was a leaf, she would still be in her own home. She finally had a sense of belonging.
Not only that, but if that Tian Sanzhuang came back in the future, there was no need to pester him.
She was a woman, so how could that man barge in?
Even if he wanted to, she would not give him a chance. The Qiao Mai of the past was dead, and the Qiao Mai of the present couldn’t even be bothered with the school hunk of the 21st century, let alone Tian Sanzhuang, who was just an ordinary person.
As she was in a hurry, she paid extra for the mooncake mold. The mold was made the next day.
There were a total of five types of fillings for the mooncakes. All of them had flowers and words on them. The flavors were nut, black sesame, chestnuts, red bean paste, and jujube paste.
She had learned these five kinds of fillings online in advance and had prepared the ingredients.
Everything was ready, and all that was missing was the east wind.
Two days before the Full Moon Festival, she did not go out to the stall. She made mooncakes at home while the two little fellows helped her.
Needless to say, these two little people were really good at doing housework.
Although the taste of the stir-fried dishes was a little bad, the house was very clean and no one could find any fault with it.
Therefore, she did not want to dampen their enthusiasm for making mooncakes this time. If they were willing to do it, then so be it.
After the three of them prepared all the ingredients, Qiao Mai began to make the mooncakes. One by one, the exquisite and beautiful mooncakes revealed their original shapes in the mold.
The two little fellows looked on happily. “Mother, there are five kinds of fillings in total?”
“Yes, you will be able to eat it in a while.”
She put the mooncakes into the temporary oven she had set up in the courtyard. In order not to waste every mooncake, she tried one in the oven first.
She had never done it before. No matter what, she had to try it.
Baking mooncakes depended on the fillings. For ordinary mooncakes, fifteen to twenty minutes would do.
If it were meat filling or puff pastry skin, it’s important to bake it for a long time. Time is important, and heat is more important.
She heated the charcoal under the oven and opened a small gap to take a look after five minutes. After fifteen minutes, the color of the mooncake began to turn brown, but she felt that it was still not enough, so she baked it for another five minutes.
Only then did she feel that it was fine. She put on her homemade cotton gloves and took the mooncake out of the oven.
“Wow, it smells so good.”
Qiao Mai asked Fengyun to bring a plate. She placed the mooncake on it and cut it into three pieces with a knife.
“Come, let’s try it together.”
“Mother, this black thing inside is black sesame?”
“Yes, although it’s black, it tastes pretty good.”
The three of them picked up the mooncake with their chopsticks and blew on it before taking a bite carefully.
“The outer skin is so soft. The inside isn’t very sweet. It’s delicious..”