Chapter 16: Going to the County Seat Part 2 

Li Lijuan became anxious when she heard that she was asked to work.

She doesn’t want to work! How tiring it is to work! It’s best to be lazy at home and do nothing!

The girls in the city don’t have to do any farm work, and they are so delicate and squeamish!

The more work you do, the easier it is to get tanned; your skin can’t be as white and would become rough. Dark skin, extremely skinny, just like a total country bumpkin, she doesn’t want to be like that!

Who knew that Zhao Weiguo listened to Zhao Xiulan’s words, nodded, and after thinking for a while, he said to Li Lijuan, “Lijuan, you will go to work in the production team tomorrow like the rest of our family!”

Li Lijuan’s face suddenly collapsed, so she hurriedly cast a look of help at Ma Yumei.

Ma Yumei persuaded Zhao Weiguo, “Weiguo, I also need someone to take care of me at home. So, it is not convenient for Lijuan to go to work, right?”

Zhao Xiulan immediately said, “Auntie Mei, didn’t you say that there is not enough foodstuff at home? There’s not enough foodstuff to eat, so are you still thinking about having people to serve you? Besides, you don’t really need to have someone to take care of you every day, right? Wouldn’t it be enough for the few of us in our family to help a little bit more?”

Zhao Weiguo agreed with Zhao Xiulan and said, “Xiulan is right. Right now, earning more work points is the most important thing, so we can get more foodstuff back here! If there is no foodstuff to eat, everyone will starve to death, and it is useless for her to just take care of you here at home!”

“Weiguo…” Ma Yumei was a little unwilling, so she continued to persuade Zhao Weiguo.

But today’s events have already made Zhao Weiguo a little dissatisfied with Ma Yumei. His biological daughter is working and she even wanted to go to the county seat to beg for food because Ma Yumei didn’t have enough to eat, but Li Lijuan was just so lazy at home. He, a father, couldn’t be indifferent and partial to Li Lijuan, a stepdaughter, and let his own daughter suffer more, right? Otherwise, he would owe Zhao Xiulan too much!

***Original translation is from enchantesstranslations.com. Please read it on the translator’s website.

“All right, there is no need to discuss this matter anymore, so it’s settled! Lijuan will start working tomorrow to earn work points!” Zhao Weiguo said with a stern face.

Usually, Zhao Weiguo rarely gets so angry. Seeing Zhao Weiguo getting angry, Ma Yumei stopped and didn’t dare to say more, but she hated Zhao Xiulan, gnashing her teeth! Li Lijuan looked at Zhao Xiulan’s eyes as if she wanted to skin Xiulan alive.

Zhao Xiulan ignored the cannibalistic eyes of Ma Yumei and Li Lijuan. After eating, she cleaned up and went back to her room to rest.

The next morning, Zhao Xiulan woke up early. Because of the early rush, Zhao Xiulan didn’t eat breakfast at home, and there was nothing to eat at home anyway. On the way, she took a piece of bread and a carton of milk from the space, which solved her breakfast. Of course, it’s much more delicious than the hard wowotou.

After walking all the way, Zhao Xiulan was so tired and out of breath.

Fortunately, she ate some food from the space, otherwise she might not be able to hold on up to the county seat. Compared to her previous life, Zhao Xiulan didn’t care about such a small amount of exercise at all, but this era is different. She is so poor now, the original owner has been hungry since she was a child, and she had not eaten well. She has already weakened her body long ago and her physique was not good at all, so she will be exhausted after walking for a long time.

It seems that not only Zhao Xiuzhu’s body needs to be replenished in the future, but also her own body.

After resting for a while, Zhao Xiulan continued on her way. Zhao Weiguo said that it was a two-hour journey, but Zhao Xiulan walked for three hours before finally arriving at the county seat.

When she saw the houses in the county seat, Zhao Xiulan couldn’t believe it. It’s because the appearance of the county seat was too far from what Zhao Xiulan had imagined!

There is a main street leading to the county seat, with rows of houses on both sides. Not the kind of big and tall buildings, but rows and rows of low houses.