Chapter 19: Rice Soup

What else can she say? She can only quietly do her job . Mrs . Liu hadnt cooked in the kitchen for two years now . Fortunately, she only had to cook a pot of porridge and stir a large pot of vegetables .

Bai Erzhu put the 60 copper coins in his purse and was about to go to their room . However, as soon as he walked out from his aging mothers room, he saw Doctor Lu carrying his medicine box and a few packets of medicine into their yard .

Bai Erzhu hurriedly welcomed Doctor Lu: Oh, isnt this Lu dafu? What brings you here?

Doctor Lu was feeling lazy to talk to Bai Erzhu . So, he simply said: I came to treat Zhao Lan . Your not here earlier, so you might not know . But, your mother knew this .

Bai Erzhuo replied: They are not here, their house collapsed, so they went to Hu Changlins house .

Doctor Lu look towards the broken house, and indeed, it collapsed . Doctor Lu sighed and said: Okay, Ill go to Old Hus house and give her the medicines .

When Bai Erzhu heard this, he hurriedly stopped Doctor Lu: Give her the medicines? Isnt she alright now? Her broken hand is not worthy to be spent with medicines . We dont have so much money to waste with her . Just take back your medicines .

Doctor Lu said: These medicines have already been paid . And it was for Bai Zhi . Have you seen her condition? If I will not give her this medicine, shell get sick the whole night . If anything bad happened, then dont blame me ah .

Bai Erzhu remembered the year when his father and third brother fell from the roof . At that time, they vomited blood, but they were still conscious .

Doctor Lu also gave them prescriptions, but he asked them to go to the town to get the medicines . They felt that the medicines in the town will be expensive, so they didnt go . After dragging the treatment for a few more days, they both died .

Although Bai Erzhu felt distressed this time by spending money to a doctor . He only swallowed his words . After all, if Zhao Lan and Bai Zhi reported this case . His mother and sister-in-law will definitely go to the prison . Can their family survive if that happens?

Bai Erzhu closed his mouth and said nothing, then he turned and entered their house .

DoctorLu shook his head and took his medicine box to go to Hu Changlins house .

At last, the Bai Family was now having their dinner . Old Lady Bai stared at her bowl of porridge and frown her eyebrows:Is this a porridge? This is clearly a rice soup .

The old lady then swept her eyes towards Mrs . Liu . In the past, this daughter-in-law always tried to give her a thick porridge . But now, in this dining table, she didnt treat her like an elder .

Mrs . Liu didnt dare to respond to the old womans dissatisfied eyes . She only acted natural, as if she didnt notice anything .

When Mrs . Zhang took a bowl of porridge back from the kitchen and came to the dining hall . She slammed the bowl and said: Sister-in-law, is this a porridge or a rice soup?

Mrs . Liu smiled, then replied: Of course, its a porridge, its only a little thin .

Mrs . Zhangs said in dissatisfaction: A little thin? Can you please help me look for the rice in this porridge?

Mrs . Liu busily replied: You shouldnt blame me in this . You and I both eat the same meal . We dont have much rice in the jar . Of course, I can add more rice to this . But, if I did that, we wont have a meal on the following days . Not to mention, even rice soup will not do .

For this reason, Old Lady Bais eyes become soft and so she waved her hand, then said: Stop it and lets just eat . We still have work to do tomorrow . Then, the old lady turned her head to her second daughter-in-law: After this dinner, we will divide the food per head to avoid this situation .