Published at 9th of February 2020 10:14:03 PM
Chapter 9
ch 9 – Cooking Wasn’t All That Difficult (3)
Mrs . Liu did not want to offend the patriarch or his family so she could do nothing but to pout after hearing what she said . She did, however, grumbled to herself, “That was quite chatty for someone who had no energy to speak . ”
Mrs . Liu dashed over and snatched the basket over . Her eyes locked onto the preserved pork like a hungry wolf eyed it’s prey . She counted the slices of the pork a few times, and took each biscuit in her hand to gauge their weight one by one . Then, staring viciously at Gu Ye, she growled, “You lowly girl, did you already stole some food and ate them back at home?”
“I didn’t steal and I didn’t eat . Others may not know, but wouldn’t you?” If it was still the original owner, she would have been terrified by Mrs . Liu’s vicious look . Yet Gu Ye acted as though she didn’t even noticed and merely answered her with a question in an even tone .
Anger rushed straight to Mrs . Liu’s head . She was just about to start shouting when she was interrupted by her own son, “I am starving! I am starving! Why did you deliver lunch so late? Were you slacking off at home?” said Da Zhuang as he reached inside the basket and fished out a biscuit .
He was just about to pinch off some preserved pork when Mrs . Liu smacked him on the back of his hand and said, “Have some manners! Your dad hasn’t even eaten yet . Don’t nobody touch this meat! Hey, father of the kids, come and have lunch . Take a break!”
Gu Ye gave everyone a bowl of porridge and Mrs . Liu started distributing the biscuits . Gu Ming and Gu Ye’s shares of biscuits already have 1/3 of them removed . Da Zhuang and Xiao Zhuang each got one slice of preserved pork and the rest all went to Gu Qiao . She didn’t even give one to herself so Gu Ming and Gu Ye definitely wouldn’t be getting any .
The braised dish with the two added seasonings were much tastier than before . Da Zhuang and Xiao Zhuang ate like they were about to starve to death with their chopstickers moving back and forth in high speed . Gu Ming, naturally, also reached out for the dish faster to match them . And he didn’t just get food for himself, he also put some in his sister’s bowl every once so often .
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Gu Ye had just had the dough drop soup, she had only taken a couple bites of the biscuit before she gave the rest to her brother, “Ge, my stomach can’t quite take hard food just yet, else it might hurt again . Why don’t you eat this for me?”
Gu Ming accepted the extra share of biscuit . Then, when Mrs . Liu was distracted, he whispered in his sister’s ears, “I’ll go borrow some more rice from 9th aunty tonight and make you some porridge . ”
“It’s alright . 9th aunty’s family don’t have that much spare food either . We can’t keep going to bother them . ” Gu Ye was a bit hesitant . After all, she was just an aunty in the village . She didn’t want to ruin that little kindness by continuously borrowing from them .
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“Don’t worry, little sister . As long as you are fine, we will repay all their favors one day . ” Gu Ming decided that he’d go dig a few traps tonight and hope for the best .
It was then when Gu Qiao chimed in and said, “Ye’er, you body is still weak and can’t handle physical labor . Just take care of the meals from now on, as for other work… . Well, mother of the children, you might have to put up with them for a few more days . ”
Mrs . Liu looked extremely unhappy, “I have to take care of both work inside and outside of the house . I am breaking my back and got no appreciation . On top of that, people pointed at me behind my back saying that I am abusing the kids . What am I getting out of all this?”
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After finishing lunch, Gu Ye did not return to the house right away . She has decided to stay and help her brother with harvesting the two acres of field . Mrs . Liu had already made it very clear that if that was not done, her brother would not get to have dinner . To put things into perspective, even an adult could only harvest two acres of land in one whole day .
Gu Ming was the one in the front chopping down the tall sorghum plants and Gu Ye helped slice off the head of the plant and bundled them up . Naturally they were much more efficient with the two of them . Gu Ming was afraid his sister would be tired out too much and urged her to rest from time to time .
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