Chapter 6 - There Are Some Habits (1/2)

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Ye Jian nodded at them and smiled. Although they were strangers, she showed no fear on her face. Instead, she went near Grandpa Gen, who was holding a few plates and said softly, “Let me carry these. Your feet ache every spring. You’d better sit down.”

Hearing these words, the four soldiers felt rather uneasy.

They were aware of Grandpa Gen’s feet-ache.

It was the injuries that he had gotten from the battlefields that caused him severe pain every spring and winter.

This time, they were here to deliver Grandpa Gen the special medicinal liquor of the army to help him keep colds away.

Nevertheless, not long after the noodles cooked by themselves were ready, this bright and beautiful girl had appeared, so they hadn’t had a bite of noodles yet.

Alas, she had also misunderstood them.

Grandpa Gen was surprised that Jian knew about his foot ailment because no other person in the village did.

“I’m fine, I’m fine. Girl, you just take care of yourself.” Grandpa Gen was referring to the incident of Ye Jian falling and pa.s.sing out yesterday. Since there were others around, he didn’t say it out to embarra.s.s the girl.

Ye Jian pursed her lips and smiled a bit awkwardly, “It was an accident, but thanks for everyone’s care for me.”

She deftly put several plates of crispy and sour Lao Tan pickled cabbage on the wooden table. Then, adeptly, she picked up a bottle of sesame oil on the table and dipped some onto the cabbage. With sesame oil and a spoon of red pepper oil, the pickled cabbage seemed even more appetizing.

The cap of the soy sauce bottle on the table was not tightened properly. Ye Jian closed the cap tightly.

Few children in the village were spoiled, not to mention the orphans.

Though the girl was young and thin, the dexterity she showed made Grandpa Gen feel like she had been working for over a decade. He felt sorry for her and sighed, “Girl, no rush. They will clean the table when they finish eating.”