Chapter 5: Blowing Wind Past His Ear - Enchantress Translations

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When Zhao Xiulan heard this, her nose was sore. These siblings did not receive their mother’s love and their father has rake-ears. They had really suffered a lot in the past few years.

Zhao Xiulan stuffed the egg into Zhao Xiuzhu’s hand, “You can eat it now, Xiuzhu. With your elder sister here, I will definitely make you live a good life. In the future, I will make you full even if I beg for food.”

“Hmm!” Hearing Zhao Xiulan’s words, Zhao Xiuzhu inexplicably believed her. She would definitely be able to do what she just said. As long as she could fill her stomach in the future, everything would be fine.

The two sisters peeled the eggs and ate them. The smooth and tender eggs are undoubtedly a delicacy for the hungry sisters.

After eating, Zhao Xiulan arranged for Zhao Xiuzhu to throw the eggshells away and dispose of them.

She lay back on the bed and rested first.

While no one was around, Zhao Xiulan secretly took out a glass of water from the space and an antipyretic medicine.

Her body was burning so badly and it was not okay to just let it be, because she herself would have to suffer.

After eating an egg, she was not full yet, so Zhao Xiulan took out a little bit of plain rice porridge from the space and gobbled it into her stomach.

The original owner’s stomach did not have any greasy foods for a long time, so eating meat would be too much for her now. She could only eat these kinds of light food first.

After taking the medicine and having a full meal, Zhao Xiuzhu felt a lot better. She lay on the bed and slept for another day.

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Early the next morning, her fever subsided and she gained some strength on her body.

Zhao Xiulan had been lying down for so long and her body was a little sore, so she got off the bed and went out to move.

Seeing Zhao Xiulan come out, Li Lijuan squinted her eyes and said angrily, “Yoh, someone finally knows how to get up now? I thought you had been hiding in your room and didn’t want to work!”

Zhao Xiulan ignored her. Talking to such a person is a waste of her time.

Being directly ignored by Zhao Xiulan, Li Lijuan gritted her teeth even more angrily.

“Xiulan, are you feeling better now?” Zhao Weiguo, who came out of the other room, saw Zhao Xiulan and asked her.

Zhao Xiulan responded with a faint voice. She didn’t have a good impression of this rake-eared father.

Zhao Weiguo glanced at Zhao Xiulan, and then said, “Xiulan, since you are in good health now, then you should take care of the work here at home. Your Auntie Mei is pregnant and it is inconvenient for her to move around.”

After listening to Zhao Weiguo’s words, Zhao Xiulan knew that Ma Yumei had definitely gone to Zhao Weiguo’s bedside to blow wind past his ears1吹耳边风 – Wind past your ear – Listened to the words without taking it to heart; words you don’t pay much attention to / in one ear and out the other and accuse her of being lazy and not doing housework.

This father didn’t know that he was partial to his daughter, but greatly favors Ma Yumei’s mother-daughter pair. Zhao Xiulan was really speechless.

Now that Zhao Xiulan has prepared a plan, she has to let Zhao Weiguo stand by her side slowly.

“Hmm, I understand, Dad. I have had a high fever for the past two days and I still feel a little unwell. If I can help with the housework, I will definitely help!” Zhao Xiulan made a weak and pitiful appearance.

Zhao Weiguo saw Zhao Xiulan’s pale face and weak body, and suddenly felt that he had done a bit too much.

This daughter is a sensible girl and she usually does a lot of work. Isn’t this because she is sick and can’t do work for now? However, Ma Yumei said that this daughter was lazy. Thinking of this, Zhao Weiguo had a little more opinion on Ma Yumei.

“If you’re still not feeling well, then you should rest! After you’ve rested enough, then you can do the housework again!” Zhao Weiguo rarely said something thoughtful, and then he gave an order to Li Lijuan, “Lijuan, you can take care of the housework for the next few days and cook!”

When Li Lijuan heard Zhao Weiguo’s instructions to do the housework, she immediately became unhappy. Her mouth pouted very high and said, “Uncle Zhao… Xiulan has always cooked for us, so why should I do it?”