Chapter 177:
Luo Zhi’er returned home calmly before dark, and even picked two bundles of Goddess of Luo Flower to bring back.
Li Sanmao came to greet her, drenched in sweat with bloodshot eyes, and Miaomiao also came running over crying.
“Wife, you’re finally back!”
“Mother, where did you go? It’s already dark, Father and I went up the mountain but couldn’t find you!” Miaomiao cried until her eyelids were like peaches.
“What? You went looking for me?”
“Yeah, Father and Miaomiao were calling out for you everywhere!” Miaomiao thought her mother didn’t want her and Li Sanmao anymore.
“Mother, Miaomiao will definitely be good from now on, study hard and not make you angry.”
Luo Zhi’er wondered why she hadn’t heard, probably because she had fallen asleep at that time!
As for not finding her, it was possible; she was sleeping in the cogongrass, so it was normal not to see her.
Looking at the two people in front of her who were so worried about her, Luo Zhi’er felt warmth in her heart.
It seemed she needed to re-examine her relationship with them!
She might have to stay here for a long time, with Luo Zhi’er’s identity.
No, she was Luo Zhi’er, Miaomiao’s mother, Li Sanmao’s wife!
“Hehe, Mother just went up the mountain to look for some ways to make a livelihood, look at you, why are you still crying?”
Luo Zhi’er squatted down, wiped her tears, feeling heartbroken.
“Crybabies aren’t pretty anymore, oh.”
“Miaomiao thought Mother didn’t want Miaomiao anymore, and was mad at Miaomiao and Father. If Mother doesn’t like Aunt Fengjiao, Miaomiao won’t contact her anymore, and neither will Father!”
Li Sanmao immediately nodded solemnly; he thought his wife had lost her mind, afraid she would fall into the river like before, or seek death by jumping off a cliff!
He had run to all those landmark places to look for her.
He had just come back from the river.
Luo Zhi’er also just noticed that Li Sanmao was soaked through, not with sweat, but water!
Could it be that he went into the river to fish her out?
“Mother, you misunderstood Father. Aunt Fengjiao slipped and fell into the mud pond while catching loaches, she called Father to save her!”
Luo Zhi’er raised her eyebrows, “Oh? So your father jumped down to save her, putting on a hero saving the beauty show?”
So, no wonder the young woman was overjoyed, touched and wanted to marry him?
Looking at the man in front of her, tall and burly, with sharp and resolute features, it was normal for a girl in the flower of youth to fall for him!
“No, Wife, Zhao Fengjiao climbed out by herself!”
No way? She knew that mud pond; if a leg got stuck, it took quite some strength to pull it out.
Moreover, what if Zhao Fengjiao had deliberately fallen in with that intention? To make him rescue her, how could she easily give up?
Miaomiao quickly added, “Yes, Mother, Father is telling the truth. Father was worried Miaomiao would be scared, so he first went to hug Miaomiao, and didn’t care about Aunt Fengjiao at all!”
No way? So cold? Zhao Fengjiao, she had seen her, and thought she had some charm…
“I used a wooden board to drag her out.”
“Is that so? Then what’s with the clothes?”
“She said she was soaked through and afraid of being seen by people in the village, so I gave her my clothing to cover up.”
Luo Zhi’er snorted coldly, walked past him and entered her own room!
Li Sanmao hurriedly followed, anxiously saying: “Wife, Husband was wrong, please don’t be angry anymore, I beg you!”
“How were you wrong?”
“Just wrong!”
Making his wife angry was wrong in itself!
“Wrong where?”
“Wrong in giving her my clothing, giving her evidence to talk nonsense!”
“Wrong!”
“What?”
“I don’t care about her nonsense at all, the wrong part is, I hate my things being used by other women!”
Li Sanmao suddenly understood; his wife had such strong possessiveness, but this meant she cared about him, and he liked it.
“Moreover, having evidence to talk nonsense, without evidence wouldn’t that connive you to do whatever you want?”
“No, that’s not what I meant.”
The more he explained, the more unclear it got.
“Wife, anyway, I won’t do it next time, no, there won’t be a next time!” Li Sanmao patted his chest and guaranteed.
“Yeah, Mother, Father promises not to do it again, we’ll stay far, far away from her.” Miaomiao said pitifully from the bedroom doorway!
“Hehe! Silly girl, Mother didn’t tell you two to stay far away from her; wouldn’t that make Mother seem unkind and petty?”
“How could it?” Li Sanmao chimed in.
“Alright, I understand this matter, it’s over. It’s very late, have you eaten?”
“Not yet!”
Luo Zhi’er rolled her eyes huffily at Li Sanmao; how did this man act as a father?
Li Sanmao rubbed his hands honestly, “I went looking for you, haven’t had time.”
More importantly, with his wife missing, how could he have the mood to eat?
“Come on! Mother will take you to eat yogurt!”
“Great! Father, Mother isn’t angry anymore, Miaomiao can eat yogurt!” Miaomiao jumped happily, bouncing along behind her!
Li Sanmao also breathed a sigh of relief; this chubby wife was hard to coax!
Luo Zhi’er washed her hands, washed Miaomiao’s hands too, and wiped the sweat beads from her face with a towel…
Then went to the cutting board, lifted the wooden boards covering the yogurt bowls one by one; the yogurt had already set into clumps!
Picked up a bowl and smelled it; there was a faint sour-sweet taste.
Took a small spoon from the chopstick holder, looked at Miaomiao beside her staring eagerly and impatiently, scooped a spoonful and fed it into her mouth!
Scooped another spoonful and fed it into her own mouth.
“Wow, Mother, this yogurt is so delicious! Miaomiao really likes it!”
Luo Zhi’er tapped her little nose: “It’s not as good as you say!”
This little one was always like this; whatever she made, she said it was delicious, tasty, purely a little cheerleader at heart.
Speaking of which, what merit did she have to have such a good daughter?
From now on, she would definitely take good care of her in place of Luo Zhi’er.
This sheep yogurt she had tasted earlier; it didn’t have as intense a flavor as modern yogurt.
It was barely edible; she thought maybe the fermentation time was too short, or her yeast was a bit lacking!
It had a faint sour-sweet taste, but overall, the first attempt was successful, quite good, after all, it was the first time using sheep milk.
She got a bowl for Miaomiao, then another, and gestured with her eyes to the dazed big oaf Li Sanmao not far behind!
Miaomiao ran over pattering, “Father, yogurt from Mother for you!”
Li Sanmao immediately took the yogurt from Miaomiao, laugh lines crinkling at his eyes. “Okay!”
“This yogurt can’t sit for long, you two father and daughter eat it up quickly!”
“Good!” Father and daughter said in unison, alright!
Luo Zhi’er looked around; the entire kitchen was cold stove and empty pots. What could she say about this man?
Without her in this home, they didn’t even eat? Father and daughter just stupidly going hungry.
Thinking of Luo Zhi’er’s entrustment, she decided deep down to treat them well, turned around, took firewood to light the stove.
“Wife, what are you doing?”
“Making dinner!”
“I’ll help you!” Li Sanmao quickly set down the yogurt, clumsily ran to hug firewood and start the fire!
Luo Zhi’er looked around the kitchen; there was still some meat bought from the vegetable market the day before. Alright, mince it, roll out dough skin and wrap dumplings.
Miaomiao finished the yogurt, saw Mother had kneaded the dough, used her little hands to help roll it out; Luo Zhi’er minced the meat, chopped scallions.
The three wrapped dumplings together, and soon the dumplings went into the pot.
Night had fallen, but the kitchen lit up with dim, flickering lights.
The family of three was very warm and happy, joyfully eating steaming hot dumplings that others could only have during New Year!
