Chapter 606: Don't Come to Find Me

He had always thought that Mrs. Zhang was too spiritually crushed by the massive misfortune of having her properties confiscated, thereby causing her to be resistant to anything happening lately.

He understood this point. Having lived a life of idle wealth for half her lifetime, it was quite normal to suddenly find it difficult to acclimatise to farming the land just like other peasants.

Desperate to go back to the past, even if it meant resorting to dubious means; this is simply human nature.

However, he couldn't understand her words from earlier.

After serious contemplation, Qiao Xiaomai knew she never wronged Mrs. Zhang. When she came begging for food before they became family, Xiaomai treated her with respect. After they became family, Xiaomai also took great pains to cook meals without ever speaking against her.

Xiaomai might not have been as attentive as the local girls who were constantly at the elders' side serving them, but she was definitely not unfilial.