That evening, the day they arrived at Tushan, Xia Yi personally took charge of the kitchen, bringing several women with him to prepare a proper meal in honor of Tushan Nü Jiao.
"Oh? I wouldn't have guessed. To think my son actually learned how to cook." Watching Xia Yi bustle around with a group of women as they prepared dinner, Tushan Nü Jiao could not help teasing him.
"Your son's a jack of all trades. What in the world could he possibly not know?" Xia Yi laughed loudly, looking as smug as could be, utterly narcissistic.
Seeing him like that, Tushan Nü Jiao could hardly stand it. She immediately called away all the women helping Xia Yi. "Yue'er, all of you stop working. Come chat with me. Isn't he a jack of all trades? Let him handle it himself."
"Mother, you can't do this. I finally brought your daughters-in-law here to cook a meal and show you some filial respect, so why are you calling them all away?" Xia Yi protested at once. With so many mouths to feed, how long would it take him to do it all by himself?
"It's fine. My daughters-in-law aren't like that unfilial man of theirs, who only knows how to abandon his old mother and wander around all day. Aren't they going to stay in Tushan? They'll have plenty of chances to show Mother their filial respect." Tushan Nü Jiao's voice was filled with resentment, giving Xia Yi no face at all. Even in front of Gu Yue and the others, she still found a roundabout way to scold him.
"Hey, Mother, your daughters-in-law are right here. If you want to lecture your son, at least wait until no one's around. Like this, your son loses all dignity in front of them," Xia