Chapter 208:
Luo Zhi’er climbed up the mountain to a wasteland and cut a lot of wild grass.
On the way, at the place with yam vines, she used a sickle to dig down along the roots of the vines and dug up several plump sections of yam from the rock crevices!
She picked up several matsutake mushrooms by the mountain stream, and Li Sanmao picked a few August Explosion Fruits!
While cutting grass just now, she also picked up a few wild eggs!
Miaomiao helped carry the grass to the bamboo basket, and Li Sanmao also helped cut grass together.
The three of them filled a bamboo basket with grass in less than half an hour.
They ran to the previous place for making fire, first lit the fire, and threw the yams in to roast.
They sat down to eat something and rest for a bit!
She took out the bamboo tube with water and drank some.
Zhou Shi said she was slacking off, which wasn’t wrong; mainly, she had come out for some fresh air.
Miaomiao hadn’t eaten her fill in the morning, and there was nothing much to eat at home for them.
Seeing Old Li Tou and those people made her feel endlessly oppressed inside.
Li Sanmao saw his plump wife sitting there silently, staring blankly at the distant mountains below…
It was all because of him that she had been working tirelessly from dawn to dusk for this period.
Back to the way things were before.
No wonder she had sung on the road just now, “……It’s all just bubbles…”
He knew his wife definitely wanted a family division, but for his sake, she endured it again and again. He knew their family situation meant it couldn’t happen.
He had no choice but to think of a way to make her happy and picked a bunch of wild flowers for her!
His wife took them and said faintly to him, “Thank you!”
Out of a hunter’s vigilance, he suddenly noticed something moving in the grass not far away.
Looking closely, it seemed to be a gray wild rabbit!
Li Sanmao got up and cautiously walked over, parted the grass, and soon caught the wild rabbit!
“Wife, look…”
“Oh, it’s a little cutie!”
Luo Zhi’er saw it was a little wild rabbit, fluffy, and her eyes filled with affection as she reached out her chubby hand to take it and hold it in her palm.
“Wife, it’s rare to have some meat; your husband will go to that mountain stream to clean it, and make a treat for you and Miaomiao!”
His wife did seem a bit happier.
Luo Zhi’er held it, looking at its pitiful eyes, trembling slightly and curling up its body in fear.
“Husband, we have enough of these things to eat already; why kill it?”
This little wild rabbit didn’t even look fully grown; she touched its back, and the little thing was still trembling.
Miaomiao touched its head, “Yeah, Father, this wild rabbit is so cute; can we keep it?”
“Alright!”
Li Sanmao scratched the back of his head; his family had wanted to let his wife and daughter have some meat, but now it made him seem cruel!
Speaking of which, every time he went hunting, wasn’t it killing?
“Wife, would you hate your husband because he has killed too many lives?”
Li Sanmao looked into her eyes with some unease and asked in a low voice.
He knew that when his wife saw him return from hunting, she would run far away, not liking the bloody smell on him.
“Husband, would you dislike me because I’m fat?”
“How could I…”
His liking for her was not just about appearance.
It was souls attracting each other, beyond relatives, melded into the blood and bones…
“Me being fat is beyond my control; you killing is also necessary for livelihood, sometimes we have to make compromises for life!”
“Think about it, aren’t humans cruel too? The pork, fish, beef we eat—I even killed a snake to eat when I was hungry.”
His wife was comforting him, but Li Sanmao felt his wife’s emotions were low, and he didn’t know how to truly make her happy.
Luo Zhi’er looked at Li Sanmao in front of her, his handsome face chiseled like a knife, and suddenly other ideas popped into her mind.
How come this man didn’t look like Zhou Shi or Old Li Tou at all.
Could it be that because they were older, their features had changed?
She thought of Li Daqiang, Li Gui, Li Lei; although these three were brothers to Li Sanmao, they didn’t look alike either.
They were all not tall; Li Daqiang was about 1.7 meters, with flat features and slightly plump.
Li Lei was thinner, looked sharper, and compared to Li Daqiang, Li Lei had a bit more poise, probably because he stayed in town long-term.
Li Gui looked more delicate and small, also thin, with the fairest skin.
The tallest in this family was Li Sanmao, and the strongest was him too.
Looking closely, those three looked more like brothers, with flat features, small builds; only Li Daqiang was a bit more rugged, probably from years of farm work.
Li Sanmao had proper features, a high nose bridge, deep eyes…
They say parents favor sons over daughters; although this family favored Li Gui and Zhenzhu, Old Li Tou and Li Daqiang were still closer to him.
Li Lei had gone to jail this time, and even Old Li Tou had almost not recovered.
Whenever something happened, Old Li Tou and Zhou Shi would still spend silver.
For example, when several sons got married, only Li Sanmao got not a single coin of support!
Only Li Sanmao always felt they didn’t care for him; even when he was nearly dying before, there was no reaction, just treating him as a money-making tool.
Although she quickly suppressed this thought, once it sprouted, it would take root!
She made up her mind that one day she would figure out the whole story…
Before the sun set in the afternoon, they returned home; Li Sanmao carried the cogongrass to the sheep pen and put it down, with a bundle of firewood in his arms!
He had also caught a few wild chickens.
Zhou Shi saw them, grumbled a few words, and prepared to take the wild chickens into the kitchen to put in the previous jar.
Seeing Miaomiao holding a little wild rabbit in her arms, she shrank back, glaring, “What are you doing? Learning from your mother to hide things?”
“Hand it over!”
Miaomiao looked at Luo Zhi’er, “Grandma, Little Grey is the playmate Father gave to Miaomiao!”
“Pah! What can a few wild chickens do? Playmate my foot, hand it over quick!!!” This wild rabbit could make a dish!
The family now had a cart; otherwise, tomorrow they could cook them together and send to Gui’er to nourish him—he hadn’t been well and had gone to town!
On the way, go see Zhenzhu; that girl was disobedient, and she always felt uneasy…
“Mother, if the wild chickens aren’t enough, Little Grey can’t do much either? Why not take out those wild chickens just now; we won’t give them!”
Luo Zhi’er clapped her hands and stood in front of Miaomiao!
“You little hoof, too lazy to argue with you.”
Zhou Shi was so angry her head smoked, took the wild chickens, and turned to the kitchen…
Luo Zhi’er added some grass to the mule and sheep, saw Bill poke out his head, seemingly aggrieved as he looked at her.
She patted his head— she had forgotten about it!
She hurried to the kitchen and said to Zhou Shi: “Mother, take out the beef; that’s for Bill to eat!”
“What? A beast thing, why give it such good food?”
“Beef? In your dreams!”
Luo Zhi’er said coldly: “This Bill is the beloved dog of the Young Heir of Marquis Anle’s Estate; he will send people to check. If something goes wrong then, can you take responsibility?”
“What? You say Marquis Anle’s Estate… Young Heir?”
Old Li Tou also came and asked at the kitchen doorway!
“What? That thing Bill is the dog of the Young Heir of Marquis Anle’s Estate?”
“That’s right; didn’t you hear the Village Chief say it that day?” Luo Zhi’er said coldly.
Old Li Tou’s heart was like a rollercoaster; he didn’t show it on his face, but nearly stumbled and sat on the ground!
