Chapter 56 - The Hair Tie He Bought for Her (1/2)

Chapter 56: The Hair Tie He Bought for Her

“What are you afraid of?” said Wong Mudan. “If we really picked up some game meat, Pa would be more than glad to see it so why would he scold us? What do you say?”

Chen Ju was, after all, more cautious than Wong Mudan. “Is it true? Do you guarantee that we can pick any up?”

Wong Mudan then quoted what Ye Xiaoxian just said. “Of course. Think about it. The typhoon yesterday was so fierce and pheasants in the mountain had no nests or anything. Even if they had nests, they must have been blown away, so that’s why they would be dead in the rain shower, right?”

Chen Ju gave it some thought and she agreed to what Wong Mudan said, so the two of them simply packed up and made their way to the mountain.

Xiao Baoshan walked very fast so he came back home before dark.

When he arrived home Ye Xiaoxian was already done chopping up the hare and got ready to make a pot of hare meat with fresh bamboo shoots.

In the kitchen, Ye Xiaoxian was cooking and Li Hongmei was taking care of the fire.

Xiao Baoshan stepped in, pa.s.sed eight hundred coins to Li Hongmei and said that these were made by selling the hares.

Except for the coins, Xiao Baoshan gave Li Hongmei something else which turned out to be five or six hair ties.

“Baoshan, why did you buy these?” asked Li Hongmei. “Is it because you saw little Ye Xiaoxian had tied her hair with gra.s.s string this morning?”

Xiao Baoshan answered plainly, “When I went back from the town I happened to see someone selling this stuff. There were only a few left and he asked me if I needed any, so I bought the rest of them. Ma, you share them with little Ye and Baozhu then.”

“Aha, you petty man, obviously you bought these for little Ye but still you use us as an excuse. Well I won’t give any to little Ye, so these are all for Baozhu and me, okay?” Li Hongmei teased him.

Xiao Baoshan did not answer and he knew that Li Hongmei would not do this. As for Ye Xiaoxian, she was holding a great joy in her heart.

She certainly knew the reason why Xiao Baoshan bought hair ties was that her hair tie broke when they were in the mountain, otherwise why would he buy them?

The only thing is that this guy is too reticent.