Transmigrating as the Buddha-like Main Consort of a Power Minister

Chapter 12: Helping and Social Obligations

As soon as Xiao Qingming opened the study door, he heard Ji Wan'er's voice.

"Ah? I've never patched a roof before, this is my first time," Ji Wan'er said somewhat embarrassedly.

In her two lifetimes combined, this was the first time she had lived in a thatched house, let alone patched a roof.

After speaking, Sun Xinghua realized that she had acted impulsively.

She never liked Ji Wan'er, and combined with their past conflicts, they would quarrel whenever they met. Naturally, she didn't have a good impression of Ji Wan'er.

But she didn't come here to pick a fight today.

Seeing that Ji Wan'er's attitude remained gentle, Sun Xinghua felt that her previous words were a bit harsh and quickly softened her tone.

"Ahem, you're good at weaving fences, so I thought you would know how to patch a roof."

The reason Ji Wan'er knew how to weave fences was that she had made them for the vegetable garden in the courtyard in her previous life.

But patching a roof was a completely new experience for her.

Looking at the rain today, although Ji Wan'er recalled some moments of her interactions with Sun Xinghua and knew that they didn't get along, she still mustered the courage to ask a few more questions. After all, Yun Shuang and Zi An didn't know how to patch a roof, and Xiao Qingming was a bookworm. She didn't know whom to turn to for help.

"Sister-in-law, how do you suggest we do it?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Qingming silently closed the door and returned to his desk to continue reading.

Ji Wan'er is truly different from before.

We've known each other for half a year, but when did she start speaking to me so politely?

This is a first.

As the saying goes, don't bite the hand that feeds you. Sun Xinghua suppressed her inner doubts and began teaching Ji Wan'er how to do it.

As she taught, she found Ji Wan'er's work to be clumsy, so she took the child and handed him over to Yun Shuang, taking matters into her own hands.

"You have to do it like this, not like that."

"Look at your delicate hands, you've never done any work, have you?"

"You're so lucky, not having to work at your parents' home and now at your in-laws'."

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Sun Xinghua seemed to be venting all the frustrations she had experienced from Ji Wan'er in the past.

If it were the original owner, they would have started arguing long ago.

But Ji Wan'er didn't feel the same way.

At this point, Ji Wan'er had already recalled all the incidents related to Sun Xinghua and naturally understood the conflict between them.

In the end, it was indeed the original owner's fault.

If it weren't for her daily mistreatment of the child, Sun Xinghua wouldn't have come to argue with her.

When she and Xiao Qingming first moved here, Sun Xinghua's family helped them a lot.

They helped with moving their belongings, organizing the house, and even cooked for them for a few days when they realized their kitchen was not fully stocked.

She was just a neighbor who was kind-hearted and had no ill intentions.

Now that she and the original owner have merged into one, Sun Xinghua naturally has to listen when others speak about her.