Chapter 22: The 22nd strategy: Sowing discord
Although plants were scarce, at least those with money and power could still enjoy them, but meat had become completely inedible, not to mention eggs.
La Sike said that this tiny egg was worth ten bottles of antidote to him, but since he didn’t have that much of anything, he had to substitute it with something else.
Knowing that Ye Jiu had sustained a head injury and that the medical facilities in her Plane were relatively backward, La Sike sent her several bottles of repair liquid in place of the antidote, which could quickly heal the wound on her head without leaving any scars.
Ye Jiu could guess that there was a great exaggeration in La Sike’s statement that one egg was worth ten bottles of antidote.
After all, he himself had said that almost all the edible meat in the Star Plane had gone extinct, and he had also mentioned that the antidote was not considered valuable in his place.
So, how could something that had gone extinct possibly be worth only a few bottles of something that wasn’t treasured?
However, Ye Jiu knew that some things shouldn’t be taken too seriously.
Just as an egg was a common item to her, it became a precious extinct species in La Sike’s hands.
She clicked to collect the items sent by La Sike, a total of five bottles of repair liquid. Ye Jiu kept one bottle for herself and stored the remaining four bottles in the storage compartment below.
As soon as Ye Jiu regained her consciousness, He’s wife brought over a bowl, “My precious, I made you two poached eggs and added some brown sugar, eat them quickly.”
The eggs from the morning had been divided amongst the two young children of the second wife’s household, and He’s wife had kept that in mind. Her daughter, a Ye Family girl, had no reason to be neglected.
He’s wife was concerned about Ye Jiu, but Ye Jiu would not eat alone. She insisted that He’s wife have some too, and after much persuading, He’s wife finally ate half an egg and then refused to eat any more.
Ye Jiu didn’t mind, she ate the remaining half and then drank some brown sugar water; no matter how much He’s wife coaxed, she refused to eat the other egg.
When Old Man Ye returned, Ye Jiu acted coquettishly and fed the other egg to him, which sweetened his heart deeply.
The affectionate harmony between the main household’s old couple and their daughter made Li’s wife outside the door grind her teeth in envy.
Being daughters of the Ye Family, He’s wife’s daughter could lie in bed eating eggs and enjoying family happiness, while her own Erya had to endure, with a body battered by cane beatings, stubbornly holding on without even seeing a doctor.
Thinking about it, it was all because of her own unimpressive womb. If Li’s wife could have had a son, what affairs of the household could He’s wife have possibly been involved in!
Li’s wife was filled with resentment, yet besides watching on, she was powerless to do anything.
The door of the second wife’s room creaked open, and Zhao’s wife came out. Li’s wife turned her head and a scheme formed in her mind.
Sneaking up to Zhao’s wife, Li’s wife initiated conversation, “Second brother’s wife, are the poached eggs finished? Where is the bowl? I’ll wash it, it’s very cold today, so you should take the children to bed quickly.”
“Poached eggs? What poached eggs?” Zhao’s wife was a bit confused.
“I just saw sister-in-law cooking several poached eggs in the kitchen, with brown sugar too. What, didn’t your household of the second wife get any?” Li’s wife said awkwardly.
“What’s it to you whether we ate or not? Just go do your own work. Look at your own status; is it your place to concern yourself with the affairs of our second household?” Zhao’s wife snapped back angrily, then turned around and went back into her room.
Li’s wife laughed behind her back.
No matter how Zhao’s wife acted, Li’s wife knew that she would definitely remember this incident.
Li’s wife was right; Zhao’s wife knew full well that the poached eggs cooked by the mother-in-law were certainly intended for that little sister-in-law, Ye Jiu, but she dared not confront it. Instead, she vented her anger on Ye Qingzhi upon returning to her room.