Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 62 - 62: 59: Something Hidden from Her

Di Yelei also sat down, taking a small basin, and began to remove the internal organs of the little fish from the barrel: “Right, tomorrow afternoon I plan to go into the mountain again to hunt for game and go to the market one more time. It’ll be good to pay off the owed silver sooner and get that off our minds.”

“That’s a good idea, I also think it’s time to go to the market. It’s been quite some days, and there’s not even a tiny bit of oil left at home.”

Without oil, any dish would not be fragrant. Liu Sisi was a genuine food lover from her past life to now. Recently, because she lost the 5 taels of silver, she had to suppress her appetite forcibly.

When the conditions allowed, she would never torture her own stomach!

“Brother Third Son Di, is Brother Third Son Di at home?”

As the two were talking, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the main entrance. The little hounds were also whining, creating a lively atmosphere.

“It’s Brother Zhang’s voice, I’ll go out and see.”

Di Yelei hurriedly washed his hands and left the room, driving away the two little dogs and opening the door: “It’s Brother Zhang Peng, come in and sit down quickly.”

“Brother Third Son Di, this is your family’s bamboo basket, here!”

Zhang Peng handed over a bamboo basket, which was the one Liu Sisi had asked Zhang Yun to take home with the small fish.

“Nowadays our homes are not well-off, and your family is not easy either. You caught some fish and sent so many to my house. That’s really not good. Yelei, you don’t treat me as a brother at all, do you?”

Di Yelei hurriedly denied: “Brother Zhang, what are you talking about? The two children have caused you a lot of trouble on weekdays. What we have sent is just some small fish and shrimp, which is not worth two maces.”

Just as Liu Sisi washed her hands and came out, she politely invited him to come inside: “Brother Zhang, come in and sit down for a while.”

“There’s no need to bother. Sister-in-law, I specially came to return your family’s bamboo basket.”

Zhang Peng waved his hands again and again, giving Di Yelei a meaningful look: “Yelei, it’s hot tonight, why don’t we go out for a walk?”

“Sisi, I’ll go out for a while and be right back.”

Liu Sisi naturally saw the exchange of glances between the two and obediently nodded: “All right, it’s hot outside, be careful of bugs on the ground.”

She couldn’t blame herself for not feeling at ease. Nowadays, she had an instinctive fear of bugs.

“Don’t worry, we’ll just be outside, not going far away.”

While Di Yelei was talking, he left the courtyard together with Zhang Peng. In the dim moonlight of the night, Liu Sisi vaguely saw the two gradually walking towards the back-mountain direction before she closed the main entrance.

Shaking her head, she returned to the kitchen and continued to deal with the river shrimp. Liu Sisi was now washing and cleaning the river shrimp again after selecting them once before. Then, she put the shrimp and salt in a big pot, heated it to cook, and spread it on a reed mat to dry.

Not until Liu Sisi had finished dealing with everything did Di Yelei return.

Liu Sisi paid no attention, washed up, and went back to her room and fell asleep.

This sleep, she slept until daybreak.

When she woke up in the morning, she did not see Di Yelei. It seemed he hadn’t returned all night.

When Liu Sisi cooked rice in the morning and dressed YingEr, Di Yelei finally came back.

The two little hounds wagged their tails non-stop around him. Ah-Hua, because of being both fat and short, even rolled directly over his foot, happily frolicking.

“Yelei? Hurry up and wash your hands, it’s time for dinner.”

Liu Sisi was quickly stir-frying the small dried fish in the pot, planning to eat it with porridge.

“Ah?…Okay!”

Di Yelei hesitated for a moment but eventually said nothing and went to wash his hands.

Liu Sisi didn’t ask him where he had gone for the night.

If he wanted to tell her, he would naturally do so. If he didn’t want to tell her, she would likely end up using countless excuses to cover up the truth even if she asked.

If that’s the case, it’s better not to ask.

After dinner, Liu Sisi continued making ribbon flowers, while Di Yelei went back to his room to sleep. At noon, Sisi steamed a basket of chive and dried shrimp dumplings, intending to take them as dried food for Yelei. She also filled two large bamboo tubes with water for him to carry at any time.

In addition, Liu Sisi also killed the eel and loach to make sure Di Yelei had a full stomach, so he would have the energy to go hunting in the mountains.

When Di Yelei really went up to the mountain and saw his distant back, Liu Sisi felt extremely wronged!

Is it true that if she doesn’t ask, he really won’t tell her where he went the night before?

However, a moment later, she shook her head with a smile, suddenly not understanding what was wrong with her.

Why was she so worried about gains and losses, completely unlike her past self!

It is true that the more you care, the more afraid you are of losing!

Once she figured it out, Liu Sisi calmed down, busying herself with chores, and the day passed by.

Early the next morning, Di Yelei returned.

He brought back many hunting trophies today, including two dead weasels and mountain marmots, as well as two big wild rabbits and a litter of little wild rabbits, and two live golden pheasants. Liu Sisi was overjoyed at this!

“Dad! Dad, I want to touch, I want to touch the little wild rabbit!”

YingEr grabbed the fluffy little wild rabbits and refused to let go: “Dad! Keep the little wild rabbits, keep the little wild rabbits!”

Liu Sisi shook her head with a smile: “Of course we will keep them, no one wants such small wild rabbits. But what does YingEr plan to do with the little wild rabbits?”

“YingEr wants to raise the little wild rabbits to be big and fat, so the little wild rabbits can accompany YingEr.”

YingEr smiled with her eyes squinted.

“Sister, let brother help you raise them together, so in the future, we will have many many little wild rabbits.” Xuan’er’s eyes were also shining beside her.

“Since you guys want to raise them, let’s just keep this pair of golden pheasants as well.”

As Liu Sisi spoke, she picked up the pair of golden pheasants: “Let’s make it clear first, once these golden pheasants grow up, they can lay eggs, and these eggs will be for Xuan’er and YingEr to eat. But, the wild vegetables for the little wild rabbits and baby chicks will have to be dug up by Xuan’er and YingEr, okay?”

Liu Sisi didn’t intend to spoil the two children and thought that starting with raising small animals was a great way to cultivate their sense of responsibility from a young age.

“Yes! We will dig up wild vegetables for the little wild rabbits every day, don’t worry mom.” YingEr nodded quickly.

Xuan’er also hurriedly said, “And the golden pheasants.”

“Alright! Since the kids like them, let’s keep them.” Di Yelei naturally couldn’t bear to refuse the children’s request.