Chapter 72: Instantly Energized!
At first, her husband was alright. Although the family didn’t eat well, he ate the best. He had a boiled egg almost every meal, a privilege not even his children enjoyed.
He watched his several children, thin as skin and bones and dressed in rags, as if they were invisible. He finished peeling his egg and ate it.
His daughters drank the watery porridge in their bowls, while looking at the thick white rice porridge and the fragrant egg in their father’s bowl. The older girls could control their cravings, just drinking the tasteless porridge like plain water and secretly glancing at their father.
Their father didn’t like them staring at him; he would get angry and hit them.
But the youngest daughter didn’t understand so much. Drool dripped from her mouth as her eyes fixed on the man.
The man was enjoying his meal when he saw his youngest daughter, so thin and with such wide eyes, staring at him. He felt a chill run down his spine.
If it weren’t for the skin covering her bones, this little girl would have looked no different from a skeleton.
He was startled, and suddenly the egg in his hand didn’t taste so good anymore. He stood up angrily and hit the little girl’s head. “You worthless thing, what are you looking at? Look again and I’ll throw you out!”
He used a lot of force in his blow. The little girl was struck and fell directly to the ground, blood oozing from the corner of her mouth. She was completely stunned by the blow and didn’t recover for a long while.
The other two little girls turned pale with fright and didn’t dare to look around anymore, lowering their heads to make themselves smaller.
However, Yang Guihua didn’t feel sorry for her youngest daughter. Instead, she blamed her for making her husband angry. She went forward and kicked the little girl a few times. “Didn’t I tell you not to provoke your father? You never listen!”
“You deserve a beating!”
After hitting the child, she quickly went to comfort her husband. “Guojin, don’t be angry. I’ve already hit the child.”
Bai Guojin snorted. “The child you bore is as worthless as you!”
His face was full of disdain.
“Yes, yes, yes,” Yang Guihua said humbly.
Just as Bai Guojin’s anger was about to subside, the aroma of food suddenly wafted through the air. It was truly fragrant, so fragrant that Bai Guojin was stunned and didn’t come back to his senses for a long time.
He smacked his lips. “Who is it? What delicious food did they make again? It’s making me lose my appetite!”
Even the egg in his mouth didn’t taste good anymore.
Bai Guojin glared fiercely at Yang Guihua, looked at the bland food in front of him, and directly went over and beat her up. “You useless woman, why is it that other families eat so well every meal, but you only make this for me?”
His blows were ruthless.
Yang Guihua cried out in pain from the beating.
The three daughters beside her probably were used to such scenes, standing there indifferently, showing no sympathy for Yang Guihua.
Yun Qinghuan had no idea that her delicious cooking was so resented. She was happily eating at the moment, her mouth red and burning from the spice, constantly sucking in air, but still unable to stop eating the spicy chicken blood and vermicelli soup. It was truly delicious! Even little An’an, who couldn’t handle spice very well, ate two full bowls with his small bowl, hissing as he ate. He wanted to get more, but Yun Qinghuan held his hand down, pointing at his red and swollen lips. “You can’t eat any more. You’ll suffer if your mouth gets blisters. Eat some elm leaves, don’t worry, elm leaves are also delicious.”
The little guy looked up at her, his spicy mouth open. “Mommy, it’s so yummy!”
Even though he wanted another bowl, he listened to his mother and went to get a bowl of elm leaves.
The elm leaves were light and plain, and didn’t look as delicious as the spicy chicken blood and vermicelli soup. The little guy was a bit listless and not very interested, not even filling his small bowl. But when he tasted a bite of the elm leaves, which were coated in flour and mixed with an egg, the fresh taste of the elm leaves wasn’t masked, but actually tasted even better.
His eyes lit up, and he quickly went to get another bowl after finishing the first.
Yun Qinghuan’s eyes curved slightly with a smile.
Although Bai Naihan was silent and didn’t say anything, the fact that he kept drinking cold water because of the spice but didn’t stop eating showed that he was also very satisfied with today’s lunch.
Yun Qinghuan was still very happy to have her cooking skills affirmed.
After eating their fill, she packed some vermicelli soup and elm leaves for her mother-in-law and then went to deliver the food.
When she arrived, she saw Yang Guihua also sitting under the big tree, eating like a timid daughter-in-law.
Beside her, her mother-in-law was complaining, “All day long, you can’t make anything decent. This watery stuff has no flavor. How will we have the strength to do farm work in the afternoon?”
She ate while scolding.
Yang Guihua felt wronged. “Mom, the grain and money are all locked in your cabinet.”
Her mother-in-law was afraid she would steal food, so she determined in advance how much grain, even how much salt and oil, should be used for each meal. She could only make these dishes with the ingredients she was given. She wasn’t a monster who could conjure up so much delicious food out of thin air.
Thinking of her mother-in-law’s accusations and her husband’s beatings, Yang Guihua felt especially aggrieved.
“You dare to talk back to me!” Yang Guihua’s mother-in-law, Granny Wang, glared and fiercely tried to hit her.
The people eating nearby were really impatient to see this. An older person directly said, “Granny Wang, stop making trouble. Your daughter-in-law has already been beaten badly. Don’t beat her to death.”
Granny Wang cursed and stopped, lowering her head to eat the food in her bowl.
It was also from their words that Yun Qinghuan noticed the bruises on Yang Guihua’s face. She stood up unsteadily, obviously having been beaten badly.
She frowned, guessing in her heart that it must have been Yang Guihua’s husband who beat her. Although Yang Guihua wasn’t a good person, she had always disliked men who beat women.
Such men were actually useless, like quails outside, not daring to even fart, but they would act bossy in front of their family, typical bullies at home.
But everyone around seemed to be used to it. Yun Qinghuan didn’t plan to get involved. She acted as if she didn’t see Yang Guihua and went straight to Liu Yuzhi. “Mom, time to eat.”
Jiang Wenxiu saw her coming and smiled, staring at the food container in her hand. “Qinghuan, did you make something delicious for your mother-in-law again? I smelled the fragrance from far away.”
However, the container was covered, so the fragrance wasn’t very strong.
Yun Qinghuan smiled. “It’s alright, I just stewed some chicken blood soup.”
As she spoke, she opened the lid for Liu Yuzhi to eat.
As soon as it was opened, the aroma spread out, and everyone around who was eating instantly felt that their own food was no longer fragrant.
Everyone stared at the food Yun Qinghuan made. “Heavens, this smells so good!”
That pungent fragrance was truly intoxicating!
And Yang Guihua, who had been shrinking her head like a timid daughter-in-law, instantly perked up when she smelled this. She suddenly raised her head and stared intently, clenching her fists in anger.
This was the smell at noon!
Otherwise, her husband definitely wouldn’t have beaten her!
Yang Guihua was furious, glaring fiercely at Yun Qinghuan!
[T/N – The thinking pattern of jealous Chinese ladies is truly alarmingly unbelievable! π€¦]Β
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