111 Chapter 111: This Was The Candied Hawthorn Big Brother Was Eating
“Here. These are candied hawthorns and candy. Take them and eat with Big Brother. Mother and I are going to start cooking. You go and play with Big Brother!” Song Yun took out two sticks of candied hawthorns and a few pieces of candy from the bamboo backpack and gave them to the little child.
Song Ye’s face lit up instantly.
“Yay! Thank you, Sis!” His tiny hands quickly grabbed them.
Then, he scampered out of the kitchen joyously with the candied hawthorns and candy.
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Seeing this, Madam Liu could not help but smile and shake her head.
“This child…”
Song Yun also smiled.
She then reached out for another piece of candy and handed it to her mother.
“Mom, try it,” she said with a smile. She had paid for it herself.
Madam Liu looked at the candy and reached out to take it.
“You should have one too. After that, we can start our chores,” she said to her daughter as she popped the candy into her mouth.
“Mm-hmm!” Song Yun grinned happily and ate a piece of candy too.
Thereafter, the mother and daughter then began to prepare lunch.
They were busy slaughtering chickens and ducks and whatnot.
In Song Que’s room, after eating two candied hawthorns, Song Que lost interest.
This was because the food they ate at home had improved, and he did not crave sweet things as much as before.
Thus, he inserted the stick with the remaining candied hawthorns into the brush holder and left it on one side.
After Song Ye had finished his snacks, Song Que continued to teach the little one.
That was right. After his mother and younger sister left the house, he gave Song Ye lessons. It was only when the two of them returned that the lesson was interrupted.
It was rare that he had some free time today, so he had to continue with the lesson.
And soon, the sound of Song Ye reciting a book could be heard from the room.
At the same time, Madam Liu and Song Yun were already plucking the feathers off the chickens and ducks in the yard.
When the two of them heard the sound of the little child reciting the book, they couldn’t help but look at each other and smile.
After plucking the feathers, Madam Liu went to the woodshed to get some straw. Then, she asked her daughter to work with her and burn off the fine hair of the chickens and ducks.
Following that, she took the cleaver and the wooden basin and led her daughter to the well.
“There’s a well in the courtyard, so getting water is convenient. In the future, we’ll just fetch the water ourselves. There’s no need to let your sister-in-law fetch water to the house every day,” Madam Liu said with a bright smile as she scooped out the water.
“Mm-hmm! It’ll be much more convenient for me to wash clothes in the future too!” Song Yun chimed in.
She was the one who washed all the clothes at home. Previously, Sister-in-law did not allow her to wash at the stream, and she had to use up a lot of water at home every time. She had always felt bad for her sister-in-law.
However, now that she could draw water directly from the well, it didn’t matter how much water she used.
“Mm-hmm!”
The mother and daughter continued to work. They cut open the chickens and ducks and cleaned them out.
Then, they returned to the kitchen together.
They began to chop up the meat and cook the rice.
Half an hour ago, after Qin Xiaoyao delivered the goods to Fortune Mansion and Fortune Restaurant, she had gone to the market on West Street.
It was then that she found out from her father that her mother-in-law and little sister-in-law had been to the market and bought a lot of groceries.
Qin Xiaoyao chuckled. She could guess what her mother-in-law and little sister-in-law were up to.
“In that case, come over after you’ve closed your stall, Father. Get Big Brother and Second Brother to join in too!” Since her mother-in-law had already invited one, it didn’t matter if she invited two more.
As for Aunt Zhang and her two sisters-in-law, it was better to wait until the actual house-moving day before inviting them.
When the time came, it would be more formal.
“Great!” Qin Dazhuang answered.
After some thought, he took a chunk of meat from the rack and handed it to Qin Xiaoyao.
“Take this back and ask your mother-in-law to cook two more dishes!”
Previously, he was the only one who was invited to visit. Now his two sons were invited as well.
What if the food prepared by his in-law was not enough?
Qin Xiaoyao smiled and didn’t refuse.
“Alright! Thank you, Dad!” She accepted his offer.
She then left the stall.
She didn’t buy any more vegetables, but she went to the wine shop and bought two jars of wine.
After that, she took the meat and wine and went home.
Upon entering the courtyard, Qin Xiaoyao saw her little sister-in-law washing vegetables by the well.
“Sister-in-law!” Song Yun also saw Qin Xiaoyao and immediately called out to her.
“Hey! Where’s Mother?” Qin Xiaoyao replied and asked.
Song Yun glanced at the things in her sister-in-law’s hands and said, “Mom is chopping meat in the kitchen.”
“We had already gotten meat and wine, Sister-in-law. Why did you buy more?”
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Just as Song Yun asked this question, Madam Liu heard the noise and came out of the kitchen.
“It’s fine. Just cook more since I’ve already bought it!” When Qin Xiaoyao saw her mother-in-law, she answered her little sister-in-law and then walked toward Madam Liu.
Song Yun simply smiled and didn’t dwell on this matter. She continued to wash the vegetables.
“Gosh! Why did you get so much meat again? You even bought two jars of wine?” Madam Liu saw the things in Qin Xiaoyao’s hands and began muttering.
Qin Xiaoyao lifted up the stuff in her hands.
“The meat was given by my father. I’ve invited my Big Brother and Second Brother to join us later. If it’s wine, there’s no harm in preparing two more jars,” she said with a smile.
She did not expect her mother-in-law to be so thoughtful and didn’t know that she had already bought the wine.
However, since she had already bought them, she would just leave them here. It didn’t matter if she bought more.
“Alright!” Madam Liu answered with a smile.
Once again, she sighed in her heart. The in-laws were really very kind.
Qin Xiaoyao quickly stepped forward and followed Madam Liu into the kitchen.
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She placed the stuff in her hands on the counter.
“Then I’ll leave the rest of the chores in the house to you guys, Mother. I have to go to the market on South Street to look for Big Girl.”
“After closing the stall later, I’ll bring Big Girl over to join us for lunch. I’ll have to trouble Mother to make a few more dishes.”
“Sure!” Madam Liu Shi nodded with a smile.
Even if her daughter-in-law didn’t instruct her, she still had to prepare a good lunch.
After Qin Xiaoyao said a few more words to her mother-in-law, she came out of the kitchen.
It was then that she saw little Song Ye dashing out of the room she shared with Song Que.
“Sister-in-law!” The child yelled out to Qin Xiaoyao with a big grin and ran toward her.
In his hands were half a stick of candied hawthorns and a piece of candy.
“Hey, slow down!” Qin Xiaoyao replied with a smile. She was a little worried that the little one would trip and fall if he ran too fast.
However, the little one did not slow down and ran straight to Qin Xiaoyao.
“Sister-in-law, here!” As he spoke, he handed half a stick of candied hawthorns and the piece of candy to Qin Xiaoyao.
Qin Xiaoyao was elated and reached out to take them.
She didn’t mind that only half a stick of the candied hawthorns was left.
The fact that Ye’er was willing to give her the half-eaten candied hawthorns meant that he cared about her and was willing to share it with her.
Who cared whether it was unsanitary to eat stuff left behind by others?
Such concerns didn’t exist. During the apocalypse, she could even eat things that had turned moldy after removing the mold, let alone such delicious candied hawthorns.
Qin Xiaoyao took the candied hawthorns and ate one.
It tasted really good!
The little child then opened his mouth.
“This is Big Brother’s candied hawthorns! Big Brother didn’t finish it, so he asked me to bring it to Sister-in-law!”
(Well, the truth was that Song Que didn’t ask Song Ye to bring Qin Xiaoyao the candied hawthorns, but Song Ye took the initiative to take it. Of course, Song Que did not stop him.)
Qin Xiaoyao, who was about to eat a second piece of candied hawthorn, was stunned.
As she looked at the three remaining candied hawthorns in her hand, her chubby face turned bright red at a speed that was visible to the naked eye.
What? These candied hawthorns and candy piece were all leftovers from her attractive husband?
This… this…
The candied hawthorn that she had eaten just now. Perhaps… perhaps… her attractive husband’s lips had touched them?
Qin Xiaoyao felt a gush of hot blood rush to her head when she thought of this possibility.