Su Yunru looked up and saw Lin Qiutao's deliberately ingratiating face, and immediately understood what was going on.
She lowered her head and pouted in annoyance.
"Oh, no need, no need, we'll be done washing right away."
Zhu Jinhui suddenly realized what was happening and quickly dodged Lin Qiutao's outstretched hand.
Lin Qiutao's hand froze awkwardly in place. Then, as if remembering something, she picked up her basket and grabbed two handfuls of wild vegetables.
"Auntie, these are wild vegetables I just dug up, they're so fresh and tender."
Zhu Jinhui didn't want any of it; the wild vegetables were bitter and astringent.
Just as he was about to refuse, he saw Lin Qiutao's deliberately ingratiating smile and changed his mind and accepted it.
She smiled and said, "Then thank you very much, Miss Qiutao."
"Auntie, please don't be so polite. If you like it, I'll pick more in the future."
Lin Qiutao was secretly pleased with herself.
Su Yunzhi is handsome, from a good family, well-educated, and kind. How could such a good man be allowed to fall into the hands of that slut Lin Yinan? She vowed to snatch Su Yunzhi away from Lin Yinan.
Even if we can't win her over, we'll still ruin her wedding.
On the way back, Su Yunru asked Zhu Jinhui in a low voice, "Mother, Lin Qiutao is obviously trying to take advantage of my brother, why did you still want her wild vegetables?"
Looking at her simple-minded daughter, Zhu Jinhui sighed, "Ru'er, you don't understand."
Su Yunru pouted angrily, kicking the pebbles at her feet. She knew very well that her mother looked down on Lin Yinan, feeling that she was not good enough for her brother in terms of family background and character, and was secretly looking for an opportunity to break off the engagement.
Lin Yinan wandered around in the dense forest and harvested three pheasants, five rabbits, and thirty or forty bird eggs.
Upon seeing her return, Lin Yi'an, along with Lu Changqing and Lin Yichun, surrounded her.
Lin Yi'an: "Sister, I want to eat meat."
Lin Yichun's mouth was watering. "Big sister, I want some too."
Lin Yinan looked down at Lu Changqing, who was silent, and asked him softly, "Changqing, do you want to eat meat?"
Lu Changqing looked at her with his watery eyes, pursed his lips, and nodded vigorously with his little head.
"Okay, let's cook meat for dinner tonight."
At the camp, Lin Shuo, along with Lin Yiheng and Lin Yizhang, were pounding millet into powder using a pestle and mortar.
Li Shulan had already dug up enough wild vegetables and was now helping out.
Grandma Zhao and Mrs. Zhang poured the ground flour into a large wooden basin, added water and kneaded it into dough, then mixed in the washed and chopped wild vegetables to make wild vegetable dumplings.
Everyone beamed with joy when they saw Lin Yinan return with wild vegetables and a rabbit hanging on her back.
Grandma Zhao exclaimed, "Oh dear, how did you manage to hunt so many wild animals?"
Lin Shuo grinned, "Anan is getting more and more capable."
Li Shulan brought over a bowl of water. "Have some water. It's already boiled and cooled down."
Lin Yinan took the bowl and drank it all in one gulp. After finishing, he wiped his mouth with his hand.
"Oh dear, your child." Li Shulan's hand holding the handkerchief froze in mid-air.
Lin Yinan pretended not to see it. She was not the original owner of the body and did not have the habits of a well-bred lady. She was even less willing to compromise herself to please others.
She turned to Grandma Zhao and asked, "Grandma, shall we have braised rabbit for dinner tonight?"
"Grandma, let's eat braised rabbit."
"I want to eat meat."
Lin Yisong and Lin Yi'an looked at Old Madam Zhao with pleading eyes.
"Good! Good, we'll stew rabbit meat for dinner tonight." Grandma Zhao looked at her children and grandchildren with loving eyes.
Lin Yirong scooped half a bucket of water from another pot that had been boiled.
"Sister, let's go to the stream to kill rabbits."
"Take a basket to put it in." Zhang quickly handed over a basket.
Before leaving, Grandma Zhao instructed, "Keep the rabbit's fur, and salt the pheasant later."
Lin Yirong had been with Zhang since childhood and was very capable at doing housework.
She added some cold water to the bucket and then put the three pheasants in one after another to scald them, turning them over constantly to ensure that all parts of the pheasants were scalded. After scalding, she took the pheasants out and plucked their feathers.
Lin Yinan was initially worried that she wouldn't know how to do it and wanted to teach her, but now that she saw how quickly and skillfully she was handling it, she took out a dagger and began to skin the rabbit.
Lin Yirong: "Sister, why would you skin a rabbit?"
Lin Yinan: "I learned it from my martial arts master before."
The two sisters were talking in hushed tones when Yun Mo and Yun Er, each carrying five or six badgers on their backs, emerged from the forest.
"Hey, little girl, not bad for you!" Yun Er said to Lin Yinan, looking at the blue basket and the wild animals on the ground.
Lin Yinan's eyes swept over the string of badgers hanging on their shoulders. "Same to you."
Yun Mo untied two rather plump badgers and threw them in front of Lin Yinan.
"A gift for you."
“A gentleman loves wealth, but he acquires it in a proper way. He does not accept rewards without merit. I do not recall ever helping you, sir.”
Lin Yinan does not have the habit of taking other people's things without permission.
Yun Mo frowned. "Thank you for helping us out of that predicament in Sword City."
That's certainly the case, after all, she shielded them from a lot of trouble.
One gift is enough.
"Young lady, you are kind-hearted, please don't refuse." Yun Mo insisted on seeing her off.
"What are you making excuses for?" Su Yunzhi walked over carrying buckets of water, looking at Lin Yinan with a smile.
Yun Er smiled, deliberately blocking his view, "Young Master Su, you may not know, but back in Sword City..."
He told Su Yunzhi about what happened in Sword City, praising Lin Yinan's kung fu and archery skills repeatedly.
Lin Yinan did not deny it, saying that there were quite a few people present at the time, and Su Yunzhi would find out sooner or later.
Su Yunzhi was quite astonished. He knew that Lin Yinan loved martial arts and thought that she had only learned the fancy moves. He never expected that her skills would be so remarkable.
Yun Er thought he would see embarrassment on Su Yunzhi's face. Most scholars in the world would not like a woman who wields swords and spears.
But not at all. On the contrary, Su Yunzhi did not feel embarrassed. Instead, he felt proud that his future wife was so amazing.
He walked past Yun Er and stood in front of Lin Yinan, his eyes filled with tenderness.
He reached out, instinctively wanting to rub Lin Yinan's head, but she instinctively dodged him.
Su Yunzhi didn't take it seriously, realizing that there were outsiders present and that her behavior was too reckless.
Lin Yinan's personality, cultivated over more than a decade, means he doesn't like being too intimate with people.
Yun Mo's face darkened. He tossed the prey on his shoulder to Yun Qi and the guards who had rushed over, and then turned and left.
He didn't know why he was angry.
Lin Yinan picked two water plants by the stream, took the two skinned rabbits from the basket, tied them up, and handed them to Su Yunzhi.
"Take these two rabbits back so your uncle and aunt can have a fresh meal."
Su Yunzhi quickly refused, "No need, I brought a lot of cured meat from home when I left."
"Consider it a small token of my appreciation," Lin Yinan insisted.
She caught her prey, and many people saw it. Since the two families are related, it would be unreasonable not to show her respect.
"Thank you, Anan!"
Not wanting to disappoint Anan, Su Yunzhi accepted the rabbit, her heart bubbling with joy.
"Young Master Su, what a coincidence, you're here too."
A affected, pretentious voice rang out behind the group.
Yun Er's hand holding the dagger trembled, and he almost cut himself.
He turned to look at the newcomer, his eyes immediately lighting up. He glanced discreetly at Su Yunzhi and Lin Yinan, his face showing an expression of anticipation.
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