Chapter 23: The Power of 23 Repair Liquid
Madame Li’s mood suddenly improved upon hearing Zhao’s cursing coming from the second branch of the household, dragging her exhausted self to finish her tasks quickly and go back to rest. But as she turned her head, she saw Madame Zhang standing at the door, watching her with an indiscernible expression.
In an instant, Madame Li became panicked.
Madame Zhang was not as easy to deal with as Madame Zhao. Despite her silence all day long, her heart was with that good-for-nothing Ye Jiu!
“El… eldest daughter-in-law, what are you…” Madame Li didn’t know whether Madame Zhang had heard her inciting Madame Zhao, but feeling guilty, she spoke with a stutter and dared not meet Madame Zhang’s eyes.
“Young lady, although your mother and daughter’s status in the household isn’t high, the Ye Family has given you a place to live after all. You should be clear about the consequences if Mother-in-law learns of what you just said!” After advising her with merely a sentence, Madame Zhang turned her head and went back to her room.
Madame Li stood outside for a long while, filled with unease, but after seeing that Madame Zhang had no intention of going to the main house to tattle to Madame He, she cautiously continued with her chores.
Early the next day, while Madame Zhang was delivering medicine to Ye Jiu, she suddenly mentioned, “Little Aunt, you must be careful of Madame Li in the future.”
“Big sister-in-law, I’m different now from before, and with the lesson I learned this time, I won’t let them sneakily bully me in the future,” Ye Jiu thought that Madame Zhang was referring to the incident where Ye Erya had hit her on the head.
What she didn’t realize was that Madame Zhang was worried that Madame Li would find some way to harm Ye Jiu, especially since Madame Li’s words instigating Madame Zhao yesterday were quite clear.
Madame Zhang hesitated for a moment but said no more.
The mother-in-law didn’t like her getting too close to her little niece; if she were to speak out, it might even make the mother-in-law suspect her of stirring up trouble.
Thinking it over, Madame Zhang figured that it was best to just keep a closer watch in the future and not let Madame Li succeed.
As for Madame Zhao, Madame Zhang believed that at most, she would just make minor trouble and not dare to move against the highly esteemed little niece of Madame He.
After taking the medicine, when no one was around, Ye Jiu unwrapped the bandage on her forehead and took out the bottle of repair liquid. She opened the bottle, poured some directly onto her wound with her hand, and then rewrapped the bandage.
Unlike the antidote, after applying the repair liquid, Ye Jiu immediately felt an itchiness at the wound on her forehead.
There were no mirrors at home, and Ye Jiu had no idea what the condition of her forehead was.
Out of curiosity, Ye Jiu touched the wound through the bandage with her hand.
Ye Jiu could feel that the wound, which was painful to the touch initially, was now beginning to scab over and was no longer painful.
Ye Jiu was shocked; this repair liquid was truly extraordinary. Although it didn’t achieve instant repair, at this rate, the scar on her forehead could be completely healed within three days at most.
Moreover, she had only used a third of the small bottle of repair liquid.
Ye Jiu felt once again that the Plane Trade Space was indeed a good thing.
Only, the effect of the repair liquid was too powerful. If it could be a bit weaker, she might be able to exchange it for money.
It wasn’t that Ye Jiu was too pragmatic; the household was simply too poor, lacking even the guarantee of three meals a day.
However, if the repair liquid was diluted, could it possibly reduce its healing effects?
Ye Jiu decided she must experiment to find out, striving to escape the dire poverty at home.