Chapter 54: Can She “Chicken” Herself?

Fu Mingxue understood exactly how her mother was feeling at that moment.

“—Mom, turns out Qin Wenhuo never planned to give them those two packages at all! Look, he even brought them back.”

As soon as she spoke, her mother’s mood visibly improved.

When she glanced at the packages in her son-in-law’s hands, her face broke into a wide smile and she was instantly at ease.

She hadn’t wanted to give those two old things the packages anyway.

But she also knew her son-in-law couldn’t show up empty-handed.

She hadn’t expected him to bring them back, though.

It really made her feel great.

“Well done! I didn’t want to give them even a single piece of candy.”

Qin Wenhuo handed the two packages to his young wife.

“Mom, I don’t think they’ll be coming around to cause trouble again anytime soon.”

“Even if they do, I’m not afraid,” her mother replied.

Seeing that everything here was more or less settled, Qin Wenhuo said, “Mom, I’ll head off now. I’ll come back in a few days.”

“Oh, leaving so soon? Why not stay the night and leave tomorrow?”

“No, I’ll leave tonight. I have a car,” Qin Wenhuo replied, then turned to Fu Mingxue. “I’ll head back first. We’ll go back to the capital together when the time comes.”

Fu Mingxue: ……

Her mother quickly answered for her, “Yes, together. Mingxue, go walk your husband out.”

Fu Mingxue: …?

Qin Wenhuo glanced at her, then said to her mother, “No need. It’s getting dark, and I’d worry about her coming back alone.”

Fu Mingxue: …?

Her mother was deeply moved—what a wonderful son-in-law.

“Safe travels! Mom will be waiting for you to come home for New Year’s.”

“Alright!” Qin Wenhuo said, and headed out.

Suddenly, her mother remembered something and wanted to pack some food for him. “Wait, son-in-law, let me get something for my good grandkids—”

Qin Wenhuo stopped, his expression gentle. “Mom, it’s alright. It’s inconvenient for me to carry it now. Next time.”

Since he said so, her mother could only give up.

Still, mother and daughter walked him to the door and watched until he disappeared from sight before closing the door.

“Wenhuo is such a good kid. Good thing you two got your marriage certificate today.”

Otherwise, this great son-in-law would’ve belonged to someone else.

Fu Mingxue: …?

“Mom, I’m going back to my room.”

“Alright, go on!” So much had happened today, she was exhausted.

Fu Mingxue hurried back to her room. As soon as she closed the door, she started checking out the system in her mind.

She hadn’t had time to figure out what it was before.

Now, she finally had time to study it.

The screen showed the marriage mission was complete, and the reward had already been placed in the system space.

Fu Mingxue silently recited the command, and the property deed appeared in her hand.

It really was the deed to a courtyard house in Beijing.

And not just any courtyard house—a two-entry siheyuan. Oh my god, she’d struck it rich.

She gazed at the deed lovingly for a while before putting it back into the space.

Then she started to study the “chicken baby” system again.

She found that there were lots of missions and even more rewards.

For example, supervising a child’s study for one hour would earn her a pound of food coupons and a random item—could be grain, oil, rice, flour, meat, anything.

And this was a daily task.

So as long as she completed it every day, she’d get rewards every day?

Not only that, but there were also small rewards for practicing calligraphy daily.

Full marks on a test? Reward.

……

There were so many missions and the rewards were incredibly generous.

Fu Mingxue’s eyes went red with envy—there was just so much good stuff.

Especially in an era of such material scarcity, these rewards were simply thrilling.

She had to do it. No question.

——

Wait a second, isn’t this just “chicken baby-ing” (pushing kids to excel)?

But…doesn’t she count as a child too? After all, her mom is still around!

So…can she “chicken” herself?

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