As soon as the sun set, Yue Jiuyue and Lin Chaobei packed up their things and headed home. Lin Chaobei carried a coarse burlap sack full of herbs, while Yue Jiuyue carried a basket containing a pair of rabbits.
Before they even got home, Lin Chaobei was already yelling at Xiaoman, who was sitting on the doorstep:
"Xiaoman, come quick! Your grandma caught two little rabbits!"
Then, not only did Xiaoman run towards Yue Jiuyue, but a group of six- or seven-year-old children also ran towards Yue Jiuyue, pushing Xiaoman to the very back.
Xiaoman cried out in distress:
"Grandma! Little Big Big! I want to see the bunny!"
It seems like every mother has radar installed. Just as Xiaoman started crying, Liu suddenly rushed out of the house and ran anxiously towards Xiaoman, not even noticing Yue Jiuyue and the others.
Liu didn't go up the mountain in the afternoon because she had been working for half a day and, like Yue Jiuyue, was not used to the new job. She also fell asleep while coaxing Xiaoman to sleep, and when she woke up, the sun was almost setting, so she simply didn't go.
"Xiaoman, don't cry, Mommy's here!"
Liu picked up Xiaoman and gently coaxed her, wanting to see what was going on with all these people gathered together. But when she looked up, she saw her mother-in-law, which startled her so much that she almost dropped Xiaoman.
"Mother, you're back."
As she spoke, she was about to put Xiaoman down and take the basket from Yue Jiuyue's arm.
Yue Jiuyue didn't refuse and handed the basket to her directly.
"There's a pair of rabbits in the basket, a male and a female. I'll have the three brothers build them a rabbit hutch later, and you'll have to take good care of them."
"Oh, Mother! I will definitely take good care of you!"
At this moment, Liu's eyes were shining with joy.
With the family about to sell medicinal herbs and now two more rabbits, life seemed increasingly promising, so how could Liu not be happy?
Liu was not only happy, she was so happy that she forgot about her child. She picked up her basket and walked home, leaving Xiaoman standing there dumbfounded, watching her mother walk further and further away until she disappeared.
"Wow!"
Xiaoman cried, and I couldn't comfort her.
Yue Jiuyue didn't know how to coax children, so Lin Chaobei tried to coax her with a rabbit. However, Liu Shi was afraid that Xiaoman would kill her because she was too rough. Moreover, Xiaoman only wanted to find her mother. Even when Liu Shi said she was going to cook, she hugged Liu Shi's neck tightly and wouldn't let go, afraid that her mother would disappear as soon as she let go, just like before.
Lin Chaobei cooked this dinner.
Making wild vegetable soup requires very little skill; just pick the vegetables, wash them, and then put them in a pot to cook.
Poor children learn to be independent early, and boys are often very mischievous from a young age. They climb trees to steal bird eggs, go down to the river to catch fish and shrimp, and then build a makeshift stove out of stones to roast bird eggs, fish, and shrimp. They can eat them happily even when they are half-cooked.
Therefore, it was just boiled wild vegetables, a piece of cake for Lin Chaobei and his group.
Lin Chaonan returned earlier today than yesterday, arriving around the same time as Lin Chaodong. After dinner, he recounted all the greetings he had received.
"Mother, eldest brother, sister-in-law, fourth brother, today I learned how to process medicinal herbs from Doctor Li at the Li Family Medical Clinic. Of course, my processing is definitely not as good as Doctor Li's, and the appearance is not good, so the price is definitely not high. But, Mother, I want to try it myself."
After Lin Chaonan finished speaking, he waited for Yue Jiuyue's answer.
Yue Jiuyue simply waved her hand.
"OK."
Lin Chaonan laughed like a fool after hearing this, and it took him a while to remember that he still had something to say.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
