The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family by Adela

At this time, Elaine had just finished lunch and was directing and ordering Charlie around. He was carrying an iron bucket and a shovel as he dug into the soil in the green lane of the villa area. 8

Over the past two days, Elaine had had nothing better to do. She could not go out to play because of her broken leg, and she was extremely bored at home. She had scrolled through her circle of friends and realized that she had a female friend whom she did not have many dealings with in the past who had also bought a villa in the suburbs. 4

Moreover, she even planted a lot of fruits and vegetables in the yard of her villa. When she shared those photos of the fruits and vegetables that she had planted in her circle of friends, many people had given her a thumbs up, saying that she was very smart and understood life. 6

Elaine had been very jealous. On a whim, she had also stated that she wanted to grow vegetables and fruits in the yard of their villa. 1

However, she had broken her leg and would not be able to shovel the ground. Hence, she could only arrange for Charlie to do this kind of work. 6

Charlie originally did not want to entertain her at all. After all, he had already had a showdown with her last time. If Elaine was to live in his villa in the future, she

would have to be polite and respectful toward him. Therefore, he would not allow her to order him around. 6

grow some fruits and vegetables, she also felt that this kind of thing would be able to edify her sentiments. Moreover, she would be able to

only reason why Charlie

to let Elaine grow some vegetables instead of coming

some soil in the villa, and he had already circled

this time, she told Charlie, "After digging the loess, don't

slightly and lowered his head as he continued digging

asked Charlie something

lightly, "You can say it if you have something to say. I will

"When you have time, drive to the countryside and find some old farmers from the countryside. After that, buy some vegetables and fruit trees with the roots intact from

replied, "Wouldn't we be doing something absolutely unnecessary, then? If you want to buy some vegetables and fruits, couldn't you just buy it from the supermarket? You can even arrange for them to deliver it

not because I want to eat the fruits and vegetables. I want you to buy it so that we can plant it directly in our yard. Wouldn't we be able to have a vegetable

Charlie gave up.