"What are you standing there for? Your hands are already washed, don't you want to eat eggs?"
A smiling voice sounded above my head.
Zhou Miao looked up blankly and saw her mother smiling at her, shaking the mouthwatering egg in her hand.
Zhou Miao snatched the egg from Jiang Ci's hand and took a big bite, eating even more fiercely than Zhou Yang.
She thought, "My mother seems to have changed a bit. I wish she could stay the same."
"Eat slowly, there's still cucumber in the bowl." Jiang Ci said unhurriedly, "From now on, Miaomiao and Yangyang will eat the same food. You will each have an egg a day. It's healthier to gain some weight."
Zhou Yang bit the egg in his mouth and said incoherently, "Mom, the eggs are so delicious!"
Immediately afterwards, Zhou Miao nodded emphatically.
Eggs are truly the most delicious food in the world!
Jiang Ci looked at the two thin and dark-skinned children.
One egg was enough to satisfy them.
She sighed deeply again.
The remaining egg went into Jiang Ci's mouth. The two children needed nutrition, and Jiang Ci needed it too. She still had a wound on her head, so how could she not eat good food?
There's nothing inherently good or bad about eggs, and Jiang Ci accepted them well. However, when she picked up the cornbread to eat, she almost spat it out after the first bite.
I don’t know what kind of flour this steamed bun is made of. It’s rough, hard, and irritating to the throat!
Jiang Ci's expression changed repeatedly, contorting, conflicted, and twisted...
She glanced at the two children out of the corner of her eye.
The two children shared a steamed bun and were eating it with great relish.
Am I, an adult, really inferior to a child?
As Jiang Ci pondered this, she twisted her face and ate the cornbread with a fierce expression.
...
Mrs. Yu put the money into the savings box. The man waiting for dinner saw this and asked, "Is this the money Jiang Ci paid for the eggs?"
"Yes, she seems to have really changed. Not only did she return the noodles she lent us, she even spent money to buy eggs." Yu Dasao said, hiding the box. "Since the three of them were so thin, I gave them an extra egg."
Yu Dasao said puzzledly, "You say it's strange. When Xiao Jiang first went to the countryside, she was such a good girl, capable and cheerful, and she got along well with the villagers. But as soon as Liu Zhiqing and Xia Zhiqing arrived, Xiao Jiang became a completely different person. She clung to Xia Zhiqing and was always against Liu Zhiqing. Even after getting married, she still keeps making trouble."
"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?" The man didn't know any of this. He just said, "I hope she's really changed. Her husband beats her every day. She's quite pitiful. Let's help her as much as we can."
Sister-in-law Yu thought so too, but she was still wary. "We still need to wait and see. We'll help Jiang Ci if she really can change things up."
After finishing their conversation, Sister-in-law Yu and her husband went out for dinner together.
...
After the meal, Jiang Ci put away the remaining three steamed buns and boiled a large pot of water.
She had a head injury and endured the dirt without washing her hair, only taking a shower.
Jiang Ci had many wounds on her body, old and new intertwined, making her look somewhat ferocious.
After applying the medicine, Jiang Ci sighed and thought of the abusive man.
If he comes back, won't I end up like the original owner, continuing to be beaten by the domestic abuser?
Jiang Ci was already considering whether he could die "quietly".
After changing the basin of water, Jiang Ci brought Zhou Miao over, took off her clothes and gave her a bath.
The little girl was very thin; her body was all bones, except for her large belly.
Jiang Ci didn't dare to use too much force when bathing her.
"Is the water hot?" Jiang Ci tentatively wiped her body with the water.
Zhou Miao shook her head. "It's not hot."
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhou Miao's stomach growled. She quickly covered her bulging belly and said in a panic, "I don't want to poop, I don't want to poop."
This person needs to use the restroom.
Jiang Ci smiled, her eyes showing a hint of tenderness, "I'll wash you right away, and then I'll take you to the toilet."
Jiang Ci's smile quickly faded.
After washing Zhou Miao, Jiang Ci took her to the outhouse. The Zhou family's outhouse was very simple, even worse than a dry toilet; it was just a pit that had been dug.
Jiang Ci accepted the lack of meat and the fact that they could only eat cornbread, and that the house was bare and drafty. But when she saw the latrine, she felt as if she were facing a demon from the abyss. Her face changed drastically, and she turned around and rushed out like the wind to vomit.
"mother……?"
Jiang Ci vomited up her entire dinner, her head spinning. She had just managed to steady herself by holding onto a tree trunk when she turned around and saw Zhou Miao looking helpless.
Jiang Ci closed her eyes briefly. "I'm fine. You go ahead. I'll wait for you outside."
On second thought, Zhou Miao is only three years old, how could she go to the outhouse?
Jiang Ci felt suicidal. After a minute of mental preparation, she took a deep breath, held it, and led Zhou Miao into the outhouse.
When Jiang Ci came out carrying Zhou Miao, her face was almost blue with embarrassment.
No, my head hurts.
Her brain is deprived of oxygen, so she needs to be relieved.
Zhou Miao pinched her clothes awkwardly and looked carefully at Jiang Ci, who looked unhappy.
Jiang Ci didn't notice the child's little actions, led her back to the room, and then gave Zhou Yang a bath.
By the time I finished tidying up the bedroom, it was already quite dark.
At this time of year, there are few things to do for entertainment, and lamp oil is precious, so rural families go to bed early, and the two children are already dozing off.
Jiang Ci was also very tired. Looking at the barely clean bed, she lay down with her two children.
The nights in July and August are very hot. Without air conditioning, we can only fan ourselves with a palm-leaf fan.
Jiang Ci was in a daze, her past life intertwined with her brief experience after transmigrating into the book, making the whole dream bizarre and unreal.
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