The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man - Chapter 216
Chapter 216: 216 collect medicinal herbs
Translator: 549690339
She waved her hand, “Get lost quickly, you’re annoying just to look at!”
Xiao Yuchuan looked at her aggrievedly, “Wife, if you don’t say you can’t bear to part with me, I won’t leave.”
“I can’t bear to part with you, okay.” She was helpless, “Hurry up.”
“Alright.” Xiao Yuchuan grinned with a mouthful of bright white teeth, picked up the carrying pole, and walked away.
Once they all left, Su Qingyue went into the secondary bedroom without asking Xiao Qinghe, skillfully took the toilet bucket from his room to the latrine in the backyard, fetched water to clean the bucket, and finally put it back to its original position in the bedroom.
Xiao Qinghe watched her movements silently, with a faint trace of tears in his eyes.
He had wronged his wife.
Being a useless disabled man, he couldn’t take care of her, let alone ask her to do this kind of work.
Su Qingyue didn’t say anything, leaving the room and going to the low storage room next to the master bedroom. She rummaged through it, hoping to find a back basket or something. There wasn’t one, but she found a bamboo basket instead.
The bamboo basket was used for picking vegetables and was covered in dust, showing it hadn’t been used in a long time.
She walked to the fence and shook the dust from the basket, fetched some water and rinsed it, then used a rag to wipe it dry. The basket was now clean, “Qinghe, I’m going to the mountain to see if I can pick anything useful.”
She then went back to the kitchen, picked up the big bowl of rice Xiao Yuchuan had left, and brought it to the secondary bedroom with chopsticks, “I might not come back for lunch, so help me eat this. It will be too hot in the evening, and I’m afraid it will taste bad. Don’t waste it.”
‘ He shook his head, “This was meant for you to eat.”
“Eating it, whether you or me, doesn’t it all end up the same?”
“It’s not the same.” His voice was light, “Second brother and third brother don’t eat lunch. Qingyue, this rice is meant for you, you don’t have to worry about me.”
“I didn’t know you were so stubborn.” She feigned a troubled expression, “I don’t like eating rotten rice…” Pointing to the rotten rice still drying on the corner stones of the yard, “Look, that’s a waste.”
“You can take it with you and eat at noon.”
Seeing he insisted on not helping her eat, she put the rice bowl into the basket to avoid wasting it, “Then I’m leaving.”
“Qingyue…” He became anxious when he heard her mention leaving but didn’t dare to ask further.
Understanding the young man’s thoughts, she didn’t turn back, only leaving one sentence, “Xiao Qinghe, I’ve decided to stay in the Xiao Family.”
She wasn’t leaving! His heart, which had been hanging, finally settled. His joy was indescribable. But when he thought of her entering the mountains, he became worried again. He didn’t tell her to be careful in the mountains or not to go too far since it could be dangerous…
His heart, which he had just let go of, rose again.
Looking at the gradually warming sun outside, he began to hope the sun would set quickly so she would return. But the sun had just risen…
Su Qingyue didn’t go far from the house, looked around in four directions, and chose a nearby mountain to walk to.
She planned to collect medicinal herbs to treat the pus sores on her face. It would have been more convenient to follow second brother, but he would go hunting deep into the mountains. Although her health had recovered, her body was still weak and it wasn’t suitable for her to get too tired. So she decided to look around closer places first…
She reached the foot of the mountain after a short walk and followed the winding mountain road uphill. The trees on the mountain were lush and dense, with occasionally neat bamboo poles mixed among them.
