Lu Qi looked at the door several times but didn't see Liu Shuning coming back. It was getting dark, and if her daughter-in-law didn't come back, she would go up the mountain to look for her.
Just as she left the child to Chunxiao and was about to go up the mountain to look for someone, she saw a pile of firewood coming towards her.
"Mom, why are you standing at the door?"
When Lu Qi heard Liu Shuning's voice, she realized that the person carrying the firewood was her daughter-in-law. "Shuning, you're back."
Liu Shuning walked in and put the dry firewood in the corner, then dusted himself off. "There's not much dry firewood left at home, so I thought about going up the mountain to chop some more to keep for the winter."
"Chopping wood is so hard. Just wait until a good year and take a break to chop wood. Look, your hands are all rubbed raw." Lu Li felt distressed when he touched the thick calluses on Liu Shuning's hands.
"Fengnian's training has been very hard recently, so I'll do what I can at home. I'm quite strong, so chopping wood isn't very hard for me." Liu Shuning was mainly too bored and wanted to find something to do.
Besides, she is very strong and has so many extras, so chopping wood is like a piece of cake for her.
"You are just too strong-willed." Lu Li shook her head helplessly. Her daughter-in-law was really capable and would not starve even if they lived in the countryside.
"Mom, have you cooked? If not, I'll cook now. I picked a lot of mushrooms today and shot a pheasant. I can make chicken and mushroom stew tonight."
"I steamed a pot of corn buns and ate two bitter melons. I saw that you hadn't come back yet, so I was planning to go up the mountain to look for you."
"Mom, we have no shortage of fine grains at home. You can use white flour to make steamed buns. The corn at home is saved for feeding the chickens." Liu Shuning knew that Lu Qi was worried that there was not enough food at home, so he always liked to add some coarse grains when cooking.
"I ground the corn into flour yesterday, and thought I'd add some to the steamed buns to save some fine grain for my family." Lu Qi was really shocked when he saw the mountain of rice in the cellar yesterday. There was so much rice, and he had no idea where Shu Ning got it from.
"Mom, are you curious about how I have so much rice? I'll tell you in secret. I planted several acres of land in the mountains." Lu Xi was different from Lu Fengnian. Lu Fengnian was often not at home, and everyone thought that she bought the food at home from the black market.
"What? It's so dangerous in the mountains. You'd better not take the risk for a little food." Lu Qi didn't expect Liu Shuning to be so brave that he would go to the mountains to farm alone.
"It's okay. In fact, the place where I farm is not very far away. It's just outside the deep mountains." It seems that she really has to find a place in the deep mountains to open up two acres of land tomorrow. She is afraid that when Lu Fengnian has free time, he will want to go into the mountains with her.
"You, your family doesn't lack food, so you don't have to work so hard. Is the allowance from a good year not enough for you? How about I give you some money?"
Lu Qi felt bad whenever he thought about his daughter-in-law carrying two children to farm in the mountains. He thought it was all because of his useless son that the money he earned was not enough to support his children and his wife.
"No need, I have plenty of money." When Liu Shuning saw Lu Qi's red eyes, she knew that she was imagining too much.
She had no shortage of money or food, but she couldn't tell anyone about it.
"That's good. If you don't have money in the future, just tell me. I have money."
"Okay, if I need money I will definitely ask you for it. You stay in the main room and look after the twins. I will cook tonight."
Liu Shuning killed the pheasant, washed some hazel mushrooms, and cooked a stew of chicken and mushrooms. He also beat two eggs and cooked a dish of bitter melon and scrambled eggs.
Liu Shuning was worried that Lu Qi might not be used to bitter melon scrambled eggs, but she actually liked it so much that she ate half a plate by herself.
On the contrary, Lu Fengnian and Chunxiao, who are not picky eaters, don’t like bitter melon very much. They like sweet food.
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