Chapter 16: Going to the County Town 2

As soon as Li Lijuan heard that she had to do chores, she became anxious.

She didn't want to do chores at all! Chores are so tiring! The best thing to do at home is to be lazy and not do anything!

City girls don't have to do any farm work, they are pampered and delicate!

Doing too much work makes you get sunburned, and your skin can't stay fair and becomes rough. Dark and skinny, looking like a country bumpkin, she doesn't want to be like that!

To her surprise, Zhao Weiguo nodded after hearing Zhao Xiulan's words, and after thinking for a moment, he said to Li Lijuan, "Lijuan, tomorrow you will go to the brigade to do chores like everyone else in the family!"

Li Lijuan's face immediately fell, and she quickly looked to Ma Yumei for help.

Ma Yumei then tried to persuade Zhao Weiguo, "Weiguo, I also need someone to take care of me at home. It's not convenient for Lijuan to go and do chores, is it?"

Zhao Xiulan immediately retorted, "Aunt Mei, didn't you say that there's not enough food at home? If there's not enough food, why are you still thinking about having someone to take care of you? Besides, you don't need someone to take care of you every day, right? Can't a few of us in the family help out a bit more? "

Zhao Weiguo agreed with Zhao Xiulan's words, "Xiulan is right, now it's most important to earn more work points and get more food! If there's not enough food, everyone will starve, and it's useless to have someone taking care of you at home!"

"Weiguo..." Ma Yumei wanted to continue persuading Zhao Weiguo, but today's events had already made Zhao Weiguo a little dissatisfied with Ma Yumei. His own daughter was doing chores because there was no food to eat, but Li Lijuan was lazy at home. As a father, he couldn't remain indifferent, otherwise he would owe too much to Zhao Xiulan!

"Enough, there's no room for discussion on this matter, it's settled! Lijuan will start doing chores to earn work points from tomorrow!" Zhao Weiguo said with a stern face.

Normally, Zhao Weiguo rarely got so angry. Seeing Zhao Weiguo angry, Ma Yumei stopped talking and didn't dare to say more, but she felt a strong resentment towards Zhao Xiulan. Li Lijuan's eyes also seemed to want to peel Zhao Xiulan alive.

Ignoring the resentful looks from Ma Yumei and Li Lijuan, Zhao Xiulan finished her meal and then went back to her room to rest.

The next morning, Zhao Xiulan got up early. Because she had to leave early, she didn't have breakfast at home, and there wasn't much to eat at home anyway, so she just grabbed a piece of bread and a glass of milk from her space to suffice for breakfast. Of course, it was much better than the coarse cornbread.

After walking for a while, Zhao Xiulan was already panting from exhaustion.

Fortunately, she had eaten the food from her space, otherwise she probably wouldn't have been able to make it to the county town. In her previous life, Zhao Xiulan wouldn't have even considered this amount of physical activity, but this era was different, it was just too poor. The original owner had been hungry and undernourished since childhood, and her body had been weakened, so she was exhausted from walking this distance.

It seemed that not only did Zhao Xiulan need to take care of Zhao Xiuzhu's body, but she also needed to take care of her own body.

After resting for a while, Zhao Xiulan continued on her way. The two-hour journey that Zhao Weiguo had mentioned took Zhao Xiulan three hours to complete, and she finally arrived in the county town.

When she saw the houses in the county town, Zhao Xiulan's face showed a hint of disbelief, because the appearance of the county town was far from what she had imagined!

The road leading to the county town was a wide avenue, with rows of houses on both sides. They were not tall buildings, but low, squat houses.

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