The original owner, due to breaking off her engagement and insisting on marrying Qiao Zhenbang, had a falling out with her family.
But after all, she was the treasure nurtured in the palms of her parents for over a decade, and truly loving parents would never completely abandon their child.
Mr. Jiao publicly declared, "We will consider her no longer our daughter," yet secretly, he still had his wife prepare a generous dowry for Jiaojiao.
In other families, giving a small portion of the bride price to the daughter was already enough to earn the praise, "generous, they love their child."
But the Jiao Family, without receiving a single penny for the bride price, still had to provide a substantial dowry.
In the village, out of respect for Mr. Jiao, who was the village chief, people didn’t dare to mock openly.
But behind closed doors, the Jiao Family had become the village’s joke during casual tea and meal times.
The original owner didn’t care about these matters and married the future tycoon with her dowry in all its glory.
She was truly spoiled by her parents; to curry favor with the Qiao Family, she generously spent her dowry.
She gave the fabrics to her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, and used the dowry money to supplement household expenses.
However, she was really top-grade, always managing to be disliked even though she was the one spending the money.
The previous writer, after arriving, faced a poor start and, to accomplish her mission, continued maintaining the original owner’s reputation as a "generous fool."
Additionally, to clean up the mess, she also had to showcase her excellent cooking skills.
But cooking really requires ingredients.
Without oil, salt, seasonings, or ingredients, even a Master Chef would be distressed.
The former writer had to go into the mountains herself to find ingredients, mushrooms, wild vegetables, wild seasonings, and small prey like wild rabbits and birds.
She knew martial arts and had system cheats, so each trip to the mountains was fruitful.
The Qiao Family’s quality of life suddenly improved significantly.
And gradually, it nurtured the Qiao Family’s appetite.
The previous writer was too accommodating, ultimately resulting in the Qiao Family contracting "selective amnesia"—wearing clothes given by others, eating meat provided by others, yet shamelessly questioning, "Not making money?"
Did they really think Jiaojiao was a "non-independent" full-time housewife?
"Jiaojiao, you, what’s wrong with you? Your Little Sister is young and doesn’t understand, she just blurted out a few words, why, why are you taking it to heart?"
Mrs. Qiao was stunned momentarily, seemingly unable to accept that her typically easy-going daughter-in-law had suddenly become a hedgehog.
After a while, she came to her senses and hurried forward to smooth things over, "We are all family, there’s no need to draw such clear lines!"
He Tiantian, however, scoffed coldly, "Family? Mom, if Little Sister should be home from school but hasn’t come home, what would you do?"
"Would you worry why she hasn’t come home so late? Could something have happened to her? Or would you scold her for being so naughty, not knowing to come home after school?"
If they truly were family, they would think the best of each other and worry for each other’s safety.
Like today, the virtuous daughter-in-law, who always cooked dinner on time, suddenly didn’t prepare dinner.
If the Qiao Family really considered their daughter-in-law family, their first reaction should have been: could she have encountered some issue? Without reason, she wouldn’t just not cook.
Oh my, could the child be sick?
Or has something happened?
Instead, from Mr. Qiao to Little Sister Qiao, not a single person was concerned about Jiaojiao, but instead blamed her for being lazy, not cooking, and causing the whole family to go hungry.
He Tiantian swept her gaze over everyone, seeing Mrs. Qiao at a loss for words, Mr. Qiao continued to crouch to one side and smoke, feigning detachment; Second Brother Qiao’s face briefly flashed with deep thought and embarrassment, yet Little Sister Qiao still appeared defiant.
As for Qiao Zhenbang... cough, He Tiantian simply disregarded him.
Witnessing this family’s reaction, He Tiantian suddenly realized that even if the male lead didn’t awaken, the previous writer might not have succeeded anyway.
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The Qiao Family didn’t need to exert any effort to live a life of plenty.
The male lead had absolutely no need to strive.
After all, it’s been over a year, and had the male lead shown any ambition to improve himself?
Yes, the Qiao Family had a bad standing; the male lead couldn’t truly work properly.
But no matter the circumstances, if a person wants to support a family, to improve his family’s life, he would always find a way.
Before the previous writer arrived, the male lead while outwardly idle, would also engage in some buying and reselling on the side.
But ever since Jiaojiao entered and brought out her dowry to supplement the household, it seemed the male lead had once again become a lazy idler.
Not to mention subsequently having a perfect wife-like writer supporting him; not just one male lead, it seemed the entire Qiao Family had been spoiled!