Chapter 32 - Chapter 32: Chapter 30 It’s late, hurry up and sleep! (1/2)
Chapter 32: Chapter 30 It’s late, hurry up and sleep!
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“So many? Did you pick all these YingEr? You really are awesome! Here, mom will taste one… hmm, very sweet!”
Liu Sisi picked one and put it in her mouth, it tasted just as she remembered from her childhood, exceptionally sweet. The unique flavor of the loquat is far tastier than other fruits like mulberries and peaches! Once she ate one, she couldn’t stop and wanted another…
And indeed, that’s just what Liu Sisi did!
After eagerly eating three, Liu Sisi finally felt a little embarrassed and stopped!
“The fruits picked by YingEr are the tastiest! Here, let’s gather them up and take them all back!”
As she spoke, Liu Sisi carefully put all the loquats into her pocket, then led the two children back home.
The house was exactly as it had been when she left that morning. However, Liu Sisi still carefully inspected it once more, served two bowls of the porridge she made in the morning, and alongside the leftover vegetables from the morning, they enjoyed a large bowl of rice.
Next, she went to the roadside to pick a few pumpkin leaves to use for cleaning mushrooms.
While YingEr was sleeping, Liu Sisi opened up the basket full of mushrooms and prepared to carefully pick through them. Picked mushrooms often have a bit of dirt mixed in. Liu Sisi sorted them one by one and then carefully laid them out to dry. There should be no problem selling them tomorrow morning.
After thinking about it, she selected two from each type of mushroom, cleaned them, and put them in the water. After a while, she also threw in a small handful of rice— this is a method to determine whether the mushrooms are cooked or not. It is generally believed that when the rice cooked with the mushrooms is ready, the mushrooms are also cooked.
As for Di Xuan, whenever he had free time now, he would squat in that corner, holding a tree branch and continuously drawing and writing with great focus.
By the time Liu Sisi had finished sorting and processing all the mushrooms, those in the pot were also cooked.
Looking at Di Xuan’s eyes, which were firmly fixed on the pot, Liu Sisi hesitated for a moment and ultimately decided not to let him try them. “Mom is not completely sure these mushrooms are not poisonous, so we will try them today, lest anyone suspect they are poisonous when mom sells them tomorrow.”
“You… are you going to sell all these?” Di Xuan pointed to the mushrooms, which almost filled over half the room.
“Mom will leave some for tomorrow. However, we must wait until mom has eaten some tonight. If there are no problems, we can continue to cook them for everyone else.”
Di Xuan looked at her in surprise, but said nothing more. He thought Liu Sisi was trying to hoard food, but she was actually just dividing each mushroom in half and tasting them to test for poison.
By the time Di Yelei returned, it was already dark outside.
Hearing Di Yelei’s conversation with Di Xuan, Liu Sisi was overjoyed – he had returned!
“Sisi, I’m back!” Di Yelei’s call was echoed by his distinctive large figure appearing in the kitchen doorway.
“You’re back, go wash your hands quickly. The vegetables are almost ready on the pot, and we can eat soon. Let’s handle the game you brought after we eat!”
Liu Sisi looked up and saw the game that Di Yelei had brought back. The game piled on top of game was bound together, bending his whole shoulder under its weight.
Looking at the busy figure in front of the stove, Di Yelei felt moved. How long had he been missing this warm scene? What he really yearned for was actually very simple: a warm family life with wife and children which was his lifelong goal.