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Chapter 57 Boiled Eggs

Li raised her head, her eyes almost spitting fire, "Then just follow her wishes. Why don't you let me eat eggs?"

Zhou Mingyi felt tired, "Isn't this not allowed by the environment? If you want to eat, you can find a way to buy it yourself. Why are you so angry about Tangtang?"

Mrs. Li was really angry now, "Am I angry at her? I think your heart has turned to the second wife, and you don't even see me as a mother in your eyes!"

Zhou Rushan was chopping firewood outside when she heard her mother and brother quarreling. She quickly raised her head and glanced at the yard. She didn't see Mrs. Zhou, and she quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, my grandmother didn't come back, otherwise she would have been angry again after hearing what my mother said.

Zhou Rushan put down the ax and ran into the kitchen, "Mom, please stop talking, okay?"

Li's chest was rising and falling with anger: "It's your brother who always makes me angry."

"Your sister is gone. I work hard for this family every day, but he doesn't let me eat eggs. My heart is broken." Ms. Li felt aggrieved, "Don't I need to take supplements? My body is also tired. "

Zhou Rushan walked up to Zhou Mingyi, stretched out his hand and tugged on his clothes, signaling him not to make his mother angry again.

Zhou Mingyi was helpless and couldn't communicate at all. In order to prevent his mother from being angry anymore, he could only nod, "Mom, you can eat the other egg if you want."

Li sneered, "It sounds like I want to eat alone."

"Don't worry, I will steam an egg alone for the old lady, lest I become a vicious old woman in your mind."

Zhou Mingyi sighed, "I didn't think so."

Li: "Have you ever thought so? I feel like a mirror in my heart. I know it even without you telling me."

"I don't need to continue to be angry, but you must remember that you are my son." Mrs. Li couldn't help but sigh after saying this, "If I had known I wouldn't pick it out in the first place, I would pick it over and over again and you still wouldn't do it in the end." It’s all my fault for not having a wife.”

At first, she thought that her son would do great things, and wanted to choose a girl with a good family background and good character. She went through many choices, but the daughters of the ladies who agreed to marry her were not very good, and she did not like her.

She wanted to wait until her son won the imperial examination and become an official before choosing a good girl for him. However, before her son became an official, the whole family was exiled.

Her eldest daughter's marriage was gone, and her younger daughter also died.

Why was her life so miserable?

The more she thought about it, the sadder she became, and the more she thought about it, the more she hated her second wife.

Zhou Mingyi was very glad that he did not marry a wife, otherwise he would have harmed someone else's girl. He looked at Ms. Li and comforted her softly, "Mom, this is not your fault. Don't blame yourself."

Li raised her head and said, "Yes, it's not my fault."

This is all the second room’s fault!
Her son was twenty years old, and he was bound to get a wife. Now that he was exiled to this place, how could he get a wife?

She has seen these days that the girls here are dark and short, and they are not good enough for her son.

Is her son going to be a bachelor for the rest of his life?

This is not possible, the son must marry a wife and have children.

Li steamed an egg and cooked a bowl of egg soup, which was almost full of water, enough for the whole family.

She prepared the meal, and Mrs. Zhou just returned home.

Mrs. Li smiled and walked over to help Mrs. Zhou, "Mom, you are finally back. That girl Tangtang gave two eggs to her brother, saying they were for you to eat. That girl is filial."

"I steamed one egg for you to eat, and I made egg soup for the other one for you to eat together."

Mrs. Zhou glanced at Mrs. Li, without breaking away from her hand, and nodded gently, "That child has been a spirit since she was a child, which means she is lazy and stays in her small yard reading every day."

Mrs. Li smiled and praised, "It would be good to read more books. I heard Mingyi say that the girl exchanged the things she read and learned for wild boar meat. How good it is."...

Zhou Shitang returned home with water, and Zhou Yancheng, Shi Qingxiao and Zhou Shiruo also came back.

Zhou Shiruo walked over and took a wooden bucket, "Tangtang, you are really strong."

"Please call me Hercules." Zhou Shitang smiled proudly.

She poured water into the water tank, and Zhou Shiruo also poured water into the water tank.

Two buckets of water were poured down, and the water tank was almost full.

Zhou Shitang took out two eggs and smiled, "Sister, look, we have eggs tonight!"

Zhou Shiruo turned his head and looked over, his eyes brightening, "Tangtang, you are so awesome, you even got the eggs. How did you get it?"

Zhou Shitang smiled and told her the whole process, "It's really not easy. My mouth is dry. No, I have to drink some water."

She picked up a bowl, poured a bowl of water, and drank it all.

Shi Qingxiao boiled this water while making breakfast in the morning. One pot can last for a day.

The kitchen was very crude and not soundproof, so what Zhou Shitang said was heard by people outside.

Shi Qingxiao walked into the kitchen and looked at the two sisters with a smile, "I will boil an egg today to reward Tangtang and us."

"You exchanged a total of four eggs?" Shi Qingxiao's eyes fell on the two eggs with doubts in his eyes.

She only saw two eggs, where were the other two?
Zhou Shitang: "When I came back from fetching water, I met my elder brother and gave him two eggs, one for my grandmother and one for them."

Grandma is old and has privileges. She wants to eat more. No one can have any objections, and she should hold back any objections she has.

Although the eldest aunt had objections to them, she didn't dare to deprive her of grandmother's food. Besides, her eldest brother was watching from the side.

Shi Qingxiao rubbed Zhou Shitang's head and said with a smile, "Tangtang has grown up too and knows how to distribute food reasonably."

Even the price of growing up is too high.

Zhou Shiruo ran to the stove and sat down, very positive, "Mom, I will light the fire for you. I want to watch you boil the eggs and smell the aroma of the eggs in advance."

Delicious eggs, I can finally eat them tonight.

Zhou Shitang walked out, "I'm going to collect the mushrooms and medicinal materials."

Zhou Shimu was sitting outside, peeling bamboo and making chopsticks. He had already made a pair of chopsticks.

He cut the thorns cleanly and smoothed the sharp places to ensure that they would not prick his hands.

Zhou Shitang collected the mushrooms and medicinal materials, walked to Zhou Shimu and squatted down, picked up the prepared chopsticks, smiled and extended his thumbs, "It seems that my brother's craftsmanship is not bad, these chopsticks look very good."

There are no more black spots on it, and now the third brother can eat with peace of mind.

Zhou Shimu: "Chopsticks are simple, you can make them too."

Zhou Shitang waved his hand, "Let's leave it to you, second brother."

She stood up, walked to the vegetable garden, looked at the growth of the vegetables, and then watered them a little.

Zhou Shitang walked around and found that there was nothing more to do. She brought a stool and sat in front of the house, waiting for her meal.

(End of this chapter)