The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man - Chapter 296:

Chapter 296: 296 Find Food 1

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Three men’s faces were simultaneously filled with guilt.

Xiao Yishan looked at her with deep, affectionate eyes, just about to speak when Su Qingyue preempted him, “Enough about who’s wronged and who’s not. I’ve been nothing but a parasite at home, not contributing to the household, even causing us to owe six taels of debt. I even caused your second brother to be bitten by a poisonous snake, breaking his leg…”

“Yue’er, my injury has nothing to do with you,” Xiao Yishan lowered his face, “When you joined the Xiao family, I promised to protect you for a lifetime. Even if you do nothing for your entire life, it’s expected. Regrettably, fate has not been so kind, putting the Xiao family in such a predicament. I’m truly sorry for the hardship you’ve endured.”

Hearing this, Su Qingyue was deeply touched, but also slightly confused. These words… shouldn’t they be coming from Xiao Yuchuan, not Yishan?

Staring into Yishan’s eyes, filled with a burning tender longing, she was well aware that his feelings for her were far from purely platonic.

“Enough of that!” She forced a serious expression, even though Yishan was good to her, she couldn’t exploit his feelings, “For now, all three of you will sleep in the master bedroom. The bed is massive, there’s more than enough room for three, even ten wouldn’t be a squeeze. I’ll sleep in the secondary bedroom. Fourth brother, second brother and third brother are immobile for the moment, I’ll leave a toilet bucket in the master bedroom for the time being. You help them when they need it. I’ll keep my hands off. Brotherly love is only right and proper.”

With that, she closed the door behind her and went to the secondary bedroom.

The three men looked at each other, Xiao Yuchuan mumbled, “Well, that settles it. Our wife clearly has no intention of sleeping here.”

Xiao Qinghe’s heart was set on sleeping in the master bedroom, but without their wife, it seemed to lose its charm.

Xiao Yishan, with a stern face, simply stated, “Sleep.”

Su Qingyue, on the bed in the secondary bedroom, closed her eyes and promptly fell asleep due to exhaustion.

In a daze, she dreamt of a white, bare butt. At first, she couldn’t recognize it, but after a while, she realized it was fourth brother’s butt.

The dream then switched to the scene she had deliberately looked at for a bit too long, second brother’s… thing.

The astonishing size startled her, leaving her dumbstruck, but at the time, she masked her surprise well.

Then she dreamt of second brother kissing her…

His kiss was deep, strong, it felt suffocating…

With the crowing of a rooster, Su Qingyue opened her eyes. Judging by the grey morning light outside the window, it was likely around five in the morning.

Recalling the images from her dream, she couldn’t help but curse herself for being a pervert. Of all the things to dream about, she dreamt of fourth brother’s bare butt and second brother kissing her.

She slapped her face before getting out of bed, beginning a new day.

She’d slept for six hours, which was quite adequate.

No longer burdened by debt, her only focus now was finding food. It was much more relaxing.

Initially, she had wanted to borrow a back basket from Aunt Zhang, but it was still so early. In case Aunt Zhang wasn’t awake yet, she decided to go later.

Thinking of the lightweight container in the house that could carry goods up the mountain, she went to the storage room and found two baskets that Xiao Yuchuan used to sell goods, and climbed the mountain with them on a carrying pole.

There were mushrooms she found while collecting medicinal herbs which she hadn’t picked.

She couldn’t understand why, such a close-by mountain, just next to the village, was overlooked by the villagers. Did they not like to eat mushrooms? That was very unlikely.

Perhaps it was just that no one had discovered the mountain.

There were also medicinal herbs on that mountain and a bayberry tree bearing lots of fruits.

Thinking of all these edible items, her mood was lifted, and her steps became much lighter..