Chapter 61: Eating Eggs (Part 2)

Ma Yumei calculated that if they ate all the eggs, both Zhao Xiulan and Zhao Xiu Zhu could have some, which would be advantageous for these two troublemakers.

Facing Ma Yumei’s plea, Zhao Weiguo refused without hesitation this time.

Li Lijuan had already annoyed Zhao Weiguo today, and there was also some resentment towards Ma Yumei, feeling that she hadn’t disciplined Li Lijuan properly. Now, Ma Yumei’s selfishness made him even more displeased. Why should she want to hog the eggs that his daughter had found?

Zhao Weiguo naturally leaned towards Zhao Xiulan, given the stark contrast between her considerate behaviour and Ma Yumei and her daughter’s actions.

“The eggs were found by Xiulan, so we’ll eat them as she decides!” Zhao Weiguo replied with a cold face.

Ma Yumei pursed her lips but didn’t dare to say anything more.

A barely noticeable smile appeared on Zhao Xiulan’s lips, and her mood improved significantly.

Ignoring Ma Yumei and her daughter, Zhao Xiulan happily said to Zhao Weiguo, “Dad, it’s getting late. I’ll go prepare dinner. Since we have eggs tonight, let’s make a good meal. We’ll steam two of them and fry the other three.”

Zhao Weiguo nodded, “Hmm, Xiulan, you don’t need to ask me for advice on how to cook. You can decide for yourself!”

Zhao Xiulan happily agreed and then went into the kitchen to start cooking.

Hearing that there were eggs to eat tonight, Zhao Xiu Zhu shouted with joy, “Great, we have eggs to eat! Sister, I’ll help you cook!”

With that, Zhao Xiu Zhu followed Zhao Xiulan, ready to help her cook.

Li Lijuan was almost furious when she heard that there were eggs to eat tonight, but she was punished and couldn’t eat. It was almost enough to make her vomit blood.

Finally, she had the chance to eat something good, but she couldn’t enjoy it.

Zhao Xiulan busied herself with dinner. With five eggs, she could steam two with a little water to make a plate of steamed eggs. Nowadays, it was rare for ordinary families to have the opportunity to eat steamed eggs. Usually, they would just mix one egg with a lot of water to steam a large plate for the whole family to barely taste. Using two eggs to steam a plate was considered luxurious.

With the remaining three eggs, Zhao Xiulan chopped some green peppers and fried them together, making a plate of scrambled eggs with green peppers.

The green peppers were grown in the family’s own field. When frying the eggs, Zhao Xiulan deliberately used more oil because too little oil wouldn’t bring out a good flavour. The oil in the jar was almost used up, so after this meal, they would need to find a way to get some rapeseed oil.

In addition to the eggs, Zhao Xiulan used the oil left in the pan from frying the eggs to stir-fry a plate of Chinese cabbage. Finally, she made a pot of corn porridge. This dinner was already quite rare and rich for the Zhao family.

Zhao Xiu Zhu sniffed and said, “Sister, the eggs smell so good when they’re cooked!”

“Haha, of course, how can such a good thing not smell good?”

“Sister, you’re amazing. You even found eggs. Our family can eat eggs today all thanks to your luck!”

With a happy expression, Zhao Xiu Zhu thought about how they had been able to eat well almost every day lately. Her sister could beg for delicious food, and now she could even find eggs to eat.

Zhao Xiulan smiled slightly and said to Zhao Xiu Zhu, “Go wash your hands quickly. Let’s get ready to eat!”

“Okay!” Zhao Xiu Zhu eagerly ran to wash her hands. She couldn’t wait to start dinner.

This dinner, with the addition of eggs, made everyone very happy.

Zhao Xiulan’s cooking skills were good, and Zhao Weiguo praised his daughter while eating, saying she could do everything and was diligent. Compared to Li Lijuan, she was much better.

(End of Chapter 61)