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Tang Zhicheng glanced around the room of his elderly parents but found no one inside, so he stepped out to the kitchen. There, his mother was cooking with two sisters-in-law. He opened his mouth to ask, "Mother, where's Feifei?"
Tang's mother, busy frying sweet potato balls, looked up and replied, "I let Feifei rest in her room. You can go check on her."
After saying this, she returned to her task of frying.
With his mother's permission, Tang Zhicheng went to the west wing to find Ye Fangfei. Inside, Ye Fangfei was sleeping soundly, and Tang Zhicheng entered without her noticing. He observed her peaceful slumber and chose not to wake her.
Feeling that the warmth of the bed had faded, he stepped outside to add a few more pieces of firewood. Then he took out the clothes that Ye Fangfei had changed out of to wash them.
Having grown accustomed to household chores at home, Tang Zhicheng saw no issue in washing his wife's clothes. However, his brothers, Tang Zhiwen and Tang Zhiwu, thought that their younger brother was being too indulgent towards his wife. They didn't see it as a sign of Tang Zhicheng's kindness but rather as a reflection of Ye Fangfei's strong family background, which made him feel inferior and compelled him to do such "women's work."
They began to think that marrying someone like her wasn't necessarily a good thing for their brother. After all, neither of them had ever washed clothes at home; it was always their wives who took care of that.
This realization brought an odd sense of balance to Tang Zhiwen and his brother’s feelings towards Tang Zhicheng. It was as if they had suddenly discovered that the younger brother they had envied and been jealous of wasn't living such a wonderful life after all. They felt a strange sense of relief wash over them.
Tang Zhicheng washing Ye Fangfei's clothes didn't go unnoticed by others. In the kitchen, their mother also saw him through the window. The first to notice was Zhang Man, who stood up to fetch water and happened to catch sight of Tang Zhicheng squatting in the yard scrubbing clothes.
Seeing that the clothes were clearly Ye Fangfei's made Zhang Man’s heart stir. She hadn’t expected that the most successful person in the Tang family would be doing laundry for Ye Fangfei. Comparing this with her own husband, who wouldn’t even help when their oil bottle tipped over, she felt a mix of emotions watching her brother-in-law caring for his wife in such a way.
Zhang Man felt a surge of frustration; it truly was a case of "comparison brings misery." How could the differences be so stark among the daughters-in-law of the Tang family? Was it just because the third branch lived in the city? Why was it that while they were all cooking, she was the only one resting indoors? And how could she even command a man to do her laundry?
Feeling a sense of imbalance, she feigned nonchalance and said, "Oh, look at that, Zhi Cheng really dotes on his wife. Is he washing her clothes? Zhi Wu should learn from him more often."
Wang Zhao Di, who was tending to the fire, immediately stood up and glanced into the courtyard. Sure enough, Tang Zhi Cheng was scrubbing Ye Fang Fei's sweater.
Wang Zhao Di was straightforward and called out without hesitation, "Third Brother, what's going on? Why are you washing clothes? Where's your wife?"
Tang Zhi Cheng didn't see anything wrong with washing his wife's clothes. When Wang Zhao Di asked, he simply replied, "My wife is tired from the journey and is sleeping now."
Upon hearing that the third brother was doing laundry while Ye Fang Fei was asleep, Wang Zhao Di had even more to say. "Third Brother, it's not just Da Sao who's saying this; you're spoiling your wife too much. What kind of woman sleeps indoors while her husband does her laundry?"
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