Chapter 312: Steamed Egg Custard
Chapter 312: Steamed Egg Custard The mule cart quickly stopped in front of the main courtyard of Shishi Village. Shu Yu carried a hungry Quan Quan, who was whimpering and on the verge of tears, out of the cart. Lan Hua sat at the entrance, holding a small stool and sewing while waiting for them. Seeing their figures, she quickly placed her needle and thread basket on the stool and greeted them, "Father, how is fourth Aunt's house?" "Let's go inside first." Lu Dasong's expression was far from relaxed, causing Lan Hua to feel anxious. She looked at the wound on Xiaozhen's forehead, who was being led by Da Niu from behind, and was immediately shocked. After everyone entered the house, she hurriedly closed the door. Li Shi furrowed her brows and came out of the main hall, about to say something when Lu Dasong instructed her, "You should first make something for Quan Quan and Xiaozhen to eat. Steam two bowls of egg custard to fill their stomachs." Li Shi frowned and hesitated, not moving. "What's going on? Why do they need to eat? And egg custard at that! We've saved those eggs for a long time, isn't he being too generous?" "Oh, don't ask now. Hurry up. Once the children finish eating, we still have to rush to the county town." Li Shi was unhappy and dragged her feet. Fortunately, Lan Hua was quick-witted and had already run to the kitchen to get busy. Shu Yu couldn't be bothered to look at Li Shi and carried Quan Quan into the kitchen. Seeing this, Xiaozhen pulled on her sleeve and hurriedly followed. Shu Yu comforted Quan Quan while explaining the situation in Daxu Village to Lan Hua. In the yard, Lu Dasong briefly explained the situation to Li Shi. Lan Hua's face was filled with shock after hearing everything, while Li Shi was on the verge of erupting in anger. She had just mentioned Yuan Shanchuan's name when Da Niu, who had sharp eyes and quick hands, pulled her aside. "Mother, Xiaozhen is still here. Don't say anything that will upset her. Besides, Ah Yu is here too. Haven't you forgotten about the time Uncle Erbai's shop opened and sent gifts from the officials? Don't worry, Aunt Si will be fine." "Of course, I hope she's fine." Otherwise, it would be their burden. Li Shi was already troubled these past two days and now her heart was aching. She didn't want to see Xiaozhen and the others, so she simply returned to her room. Lu Dasong didn't have the time or energy to argue with her at this critical moment, so he didn't bother to say anything. He instructed Er Niu, who had already returned, to find his childhood pants and change Quan Quan into them. Although Shu Yu had removed his diaper, the child's pants were still wet. The steamed egg custard was quickly ready, and Lan Hua handed a bowl to Xiaozhen, who hesitated. She knew that this was a precious thing. When she had visited her third uncles' houses before, she hardly had the chance to eat it. Her eldest uncle's house had her eldest aunt to take care of things. Her second uncle's family was struggling, and her mother wouldn't let her eat. As for her third uncle, well, let's not even mention it. It was already good enough if they didn't cry poor and say they didn't have egg custard for their precious daughter. So in Xiaozhen's heart, the egg custard at her uncles' houses was very precious. Now, there were two bowls steamed at once, and she was hesitant to take action, especially when her parents were not around. Lan Hua took a spoon and said, "Hurry up and eat. We still need to go to the county town to see your mother. Don't delay." On the other side, Shu Yu had already started feeding Quan Quan, who was obviously very hungry and ate vigorously. After feeding him one bowl, Quan Quan was still not satisfied and tugged at her hand, babbling, "Eat, ah, eat." Shu Yu wiped the corners of his mouth and said, "Okay, let's not eat for now. We'll eat later when we go to the county town." After speaking, she turned to look at Xiaozhen, who had already finished eating and was eagerly looking at her, wanting to go to the county town to see her mother. Shu Yu switched Quan Quan to her other arm and said, "Let's go." Special thanks to these patrons for their support!!!
I am not justifying Li Shishi, but I understand a little of her annoyance, although she is not exactly a good person, It's not totally bad either. She is annoyed that the third child has a better life than her husband who works a lot, I repeat, I do not justify her, but I understand that it seems unfair to her. And that she only wants the well-being of YOUR family.
ReplyDeleteI mean yeah its annoying to her, but again she's not really hard working or honest, she's just petty and narrow minded, she's mad at everything around her without really trying to make a change, but yeah most people are like her and blame their environment about their bad situations and why can't such good people like them get a break.
ReplyDeleteAnd while third family might be shameless they've helped out in their own way and can adapt to the situation, sure they're there just cuz the situation is good but that's the thing if you want to advance sometimes you gotta be shameless to a certain extent, the uncle takes it too far though but I like the aunt, I don't particularly like their kids though haha.
Li Shishi I'd say is neither necessarily good nor bad but definitely petty and has a habit of pushing the blame elsewhere. She also can belittle people without ever thinking twice. Not sure if she can ever commit to more work honestly either. As a housewife, she seems fine enough but to be employed for other side business like Shu Yu's, I don't think so honestly.
DeleteOn the other hand, the third family, Liang, as shady and quite scummy as they are, they still have standards and actually have the will and drive to commit to work. They also do care about others, not just their own family, hence third uncle protecting first family' niece despite clearly being in a disadvantages which then a
So helped him earn a chance at a job.
As far as I can tell, Li Shi only cares about her own self and her family. Always reluctant to aid others but quick to covet and shift blame to them. Though the others may still have favors from them, it is stated that they also did already give help to them as well. And yet, she completely disregards that and continuesly put them down for getting higher in life? Shameful I'd say. Her caring for her self and family, not so much. But the rest is just complete nonsense.