70s Delicate Girl: A Guide to Being a Rich Woman-Chapter 108: Punishment

Liu Cuixia quickly added embellishments to the story, speaking it in a way that naturally favored Li Caixia more, as she had a good relationship with her.

Listening to Liu Cuixia’s recount, it wasn’t just Zhao Guodong’s mouth that twitched; even Xu Mumu’s mouth twitched a bit. This aunt Cuihua sure had talent, black could be turned into white by her words. In Liu Cuixia’s description, Li Shufen was domineeringly trying to befriend the Old Xu Family, but Li Caixia was unwilling to. Li Caixia merely spoke a few more words and got bullied by Li Shufen, even being pushed into the Tian Gou.

"Spit on it, Liu Cuixia, just shut your mouth if you can’t talk properly. Everyone knows you and Li Caixia are joined at the hip." Li Shufen was disgusted and glared maliciously at Liu Cuixia.

"Leader, you must stand up for our Caixia. The one who caused trouble was Baocheng’s mom. Our Caixia got pushed into Tian Gou. With this weather, what if she catches a cold? If she falls sick, she will have to leave work and lose a lot of work points." Xu Hai looked heartbroken.

"Li Shufen, you pushed Li Caixia into Tian Gou. Compensate Li Caixia with five eggs, and you two, go dig up fallow land for me tomorrow. Spending the whole day idle, I’ll find you something to do." Zhao Guodong glared at the pair.

"Leader, my family is really poor, we have no eggs." Just push her and need five eggs, why doesn’t Li Caixia just ascend to heaven, Li Shufen was unwilling.

"Then pay money, our Caixia has been chilled here for so long, first go to the health center. You pushed her, pay for her medical expenses." Xu Hai comforted his own wife tenderly.

Xu Mumu quietly watched the scene, completely without a chance to intervene. She hadn’t expected her dad, besides being lazy, also had a talent for playing rogue.

Oh well, it was Li Shufen who pushed their mom, compensating a few eggs isn’t bad. She was still quite pleased with Zhao Guodong’s judgment.

As for digging fallow land, the wasteland on the other side of the mountain had already been cleared. It’s just that the area is relatively dry and there are too many trees, blocking the sunlight, so the yield there wasn’t very good.

There are still quite a few tree roots and stones to be cleared out in those plots.

Her mom was so idle that she liked gossiping everywhere, doing some work was pretty good.

"You’re dreaming!" Li Shufen glared fiercely at Xu Hai and his wife. After getting badmouthed by Liu Cuixia for a while, the situation was obviously leaning towards Li Caixia.

"Then pay the eggs, hurry up." Xu Hai said impatiently.

"Oh dear, I’m dizzy." Li Caixia "weakly" leaned against Xu Hai. If it weren’t for her rosy complexion, it really would seem quite believable.

"Quickly go back and get the eggs, who told you to push someone into Tian Gou?" Zhao Guodong was even more impatient.

With Zhao Guodong’s words, even though Li Shufen was unwilling, she still delivered five eggs to Li Caixia.

Once she got the eggs, Li Caixia immediately revived with full health, "Mumu, I’ll steam an egg custard for you tonight. You’ve been studying hard, it’s good to supplement yourself."

"Fried eggs are fine, everyone can have some." Xu Mumu said helplessly.

Li Caixia walked at the front like a victorious rooster, leading the Old Xu Family back home.

As for Li Shufen’s malicious gaze, she completely ignored it.

"Daughter, let me tell you, next time you see Zhao Baocheng, just stay far away from him. He’s like a toad wanting to eat swan meat, how unattractive they are, hm!" Back home, Li Caixia changed out of her dirty, wet clothes, washed her face, and began instructing her daughter.

"Mom, I will." Xu Mumu nodded; as bad as her taste might be, she wouldn’t end up fancying someone like Zhao Baocheng.

"Just five eggs, your dad is too simple-minded. We should’ve asked for more." Li Caixia fussed about the egg issue again.

Xu Mumu, feeling helpless, looked at her mom’s greedy demeanor and felt a headache, "Mom, the leader made the decision, it’s quite good like this. Just don’t fight with people next time, it’s not worth it."

"Don’t worry, do I need you little girl to teach me? Your mom knows well enough. If I weren’t so angry, I wouldn’t bother with Li Shufen." Li Caixia pouted.

Later that night, there was additionally a cucumber scrambled egg dish. Madam Chen and the others didn’t have much to say about Li Caixia and Li Shufen’s fight, after all, Li Caixia didn’t lose out.

At night, Xu Mumu was sitting on the bed, with the kerosene lamp in her room still lit, pen in hand writing things in her notebook. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

She wanted to buy a watch but didn’t have enough money; she planned to submit a few more articles and aim to save enough money by the end of the year.

Without a watch, and lacking a sense of time, Xu Mumu found it quite uncomfortable.

After writing for a while, only a layer of kerosene remained at the bottom of the lamp bottle. The kerosene in the lamp wasn’t much initially. Burning for over an hour, naturally, not much was left.

Extinguishing the kerosene lamp, the room smelled of the burnt kerosene. Xu Mumu pushed open the window to let the smell dissipate.

The bathroom had been soaked with bitterwood recently, and there were no mosquitoes at home.

Looking at the cold moonlight outside, a sky full of stars; perhaps tomorrow would be another sunny day.

As the weather warmed up, the cotton blankets on her bed were replaced by Li Caixia with slightly thinner ones, so sleeping wouldn’t be hot.

One semester had just over a month left, and after that, summer vacation would arrive. She planned to arrange her summer vacation well.

If she did well in the finals, she could obtain a scholarship. Thinking of the scholarship, Xu Mumu felt immensely motivated.

Once, she worked hard for such small sums. Before the apocalypse, her life was quite good, never worrying about money.

Life before the apocalypse suddenly felt very distant.

She was the only daughter in her family; her father worked in a large company, and her mother was a university professor. Their relationship was very good, even after many years of marriage, they were still deeply in love.

But while she was in high school, her parents had an accident on a trip. The airplane had a malfunction, and both parents left this world, leaving her with an inheritance and a large compensation, nothing else.

When the apocalypse arrived, she felt a sense of relief; thankfully her parents left early, otherwise, if they turned into zombies, she would sure be more devastated. A meteor shower brought calamity to the world, turning nearly eighty percent of the global population into zombies. She was relatively lucky.

She lived well in this world, with many family members who adored her, feeling very fulfilled. She believed her parents would be happy too.

Here, there were no zombies; everything was so beautiful, allowing her to strive towards her goals. Things from her past life seemed more like a dream.

Xu Mumu smiled as she drifted off to sleep.