Chapter 176 – Giving her a hard time (5)
Hehua didn’t accept it. She only foolishly grinned and said, “Aunty, I’m not thirsty.”
Li Xiangyu harshly glared at her. “How are you not thirsty? Didn’t you bark out that you were thirsty on the road?”
Hehua felt a bit wronged, but she didn’t dare to talk back to Li Xiangyu
Li Mo stood at the side and didn’t say a word.
Li Xiangyu sullenly let out a long sigh. Then, she asked Li Mo, “Where’s your old lady? Why did she slip away after I came here? Am I tiger? It’s not like I can eat her.”
“Big aunt, how can you think that?” Li Mo said, “She stayed in the kitchen to prepare lunch. It’s almost the afternoon. You must be feeling hungry.”
“Really? Preparing lunch?” Li Xiangyu swallowed her saliva and stood up. She meaningfully looked at Hehua. “Bring the items with you. Come, let’s go the kitchen to take a look.”
“Big aunt, you just came here. The fire in the kitchen -“
“It’s not like I’m going over there to cook. I just want bring over the two types of vegetables that I brought here and give it to your old lady to cook,” Li Xiangyu interrupted Li Mo. She brought Hehua with her as she headed out of the hut. Li Mo tried to follow after them, but Li Xiangyu stopped him. “Why are you following us? The kitchen isn’t big. Besides, it’s inappropriate for a grown man to stay in the kitchen.”
Li Xiangcao tugged on Li Mo’s arm and comfortingly looked at him. “Don’t worry. It’ll be fine.”
Li Mo could only drop the subject. He waited until the three women had entered the kitchen, then he told Little Five to go over there and keep watch.
Little Five was a clever child. Even without his oldest brother saying anything, he knew what he should do.
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After Li Mo left with the water, Li Man had sat on a small stool by herself. She rested her chin in her hand as she fretted. Since guests had come over, she should prepare a good meal, but even the cleverest housewife couldn’t cook a meal without ingredients. There weren’t many vegetables in the garden. Moreover, they didn’t have any meat or fish.
“Yo, are you cooking or hiding here to be idle?” As soon Li Xiangyu entered the kitchen, she couldn’t resist ridiculing Li Man.
Li Man stood up and doubtfully looked that three people that had suddenly come inside. She politely asked, “Big aunt, why aren’t you resting in the hut?” Had she really come to the kitchen just to lecture her?
Li Xiangcao slightly smiled as she said, “Oh, we were worried there wasn’t enough time to gather ingredients, so we brought over two types of vegetables. You can add them to whatever you’re cooking for lunch.”
“Oh.” That was great. She had been worrying that there wouldn’t be enough variety.
However, right after Li Xiangcao finished speaking, Hehua immediately thrust over the basket with the vegetables. The lid on the basket slid open to reveal half of a fat pig’s head. Scared, Li Man yelped and closed her eyes.
“Hehua, you -“
Before Li Xiangcao could finish reprimanding, Li Mo had already rushed over here when he heard Li Man’s scream. He asked, “What happened?”
“Why did you come here?” Li Xiangyu looked at Li Mo in annoyance, then she continued to criticize Li Man. “I was thinking about how you and your brothers love to eat pig head meat, so I especially woke up early and went to the market to buy this. Who would have predicted that your old lady would get scared like this?”
Li Mo coldly looked at the bloody pig head, then he looked at the Li Man, whose face was deathly pale. He immediately understood what had happened. He walked over and protectively stood in front of Li Man. In a polite, but distant tone, he said to Li Xiangyu, “Big aunt, thank you for thinking of us. Man-er doesn’t know how to cook pig head meat. Let’s have Hehua cook it.”
