Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 158 - 158: 156 Lovesickness Turns to Ashes: The Past Can’t Be Chased (Part 3)

Poor families’ children grow up fast! Before Liu Sisi married into the family, Di Xuan could already cook.

“Third Sister-in-law, Ruo Ning means that you and Xuan’er have a great relationship, and she is envious.” Yuan Mengbai, who was next to her, hurriedly played peacemaker.

Liu Sisi’s gaze was heavy: “Of course! Xuan’er is Ye Lei’s child. If we love their home, the Third sister-in-law will naturally treat Xuan’er and YingEr well. Just like back then, didn’t my little sister also receive my father’s wholehearted care?” She asked without hesitation.

She had always thought that the hostility this little sister had towards her was her own illusion. Perhaps it was not her feeling that was wrong at this moment.

Di Ruoning’s smile froze at the corner of her mouth, and she snorted coldly: “It’s natural! Not only do Dad and Mom treat Ruo Ning well, but even Third Brother cares for Ruo Ning so much and protects her.”

“Ye Lei will surely be happy to have such a sensible sister like you.”

Liu Sisi suddenly lost interest in arguing with her. It seemed that Di Yelei highly regarded this little sister. Out of love for their home, Liu Sisi did not want to upset her either.

“Little sister and brother-in-law should have dinner at Third Sister-in-law’s house tonight. I will cook some simple food tonight, so please don’t mind.”

Di Ruoning’s eyes lit up instantly!

She had had enough of drinking that coarse grain porridge at her mother’s home, which was why she didn’t like coming back. She came uninvited today, partly because she wanted to scrounge a meal.

“This… wouldn’t be too convenient, would it?” Yuan Mengbai instinctively considered, it seemed that Third Brother was not at home.

Ms. Zhao on the side became anxious! The saliva in her mouth kept pouring out: “What’s there to be embarrassed about? If Third Brother knows that you came home without even drinking water and left, he will be angry, right? The old man hasn’t seen meat for several days, and when he came back from the county… there’s no meat on his cheeks already…”

As Ms. Zhao continued babbling, Di Xuan had already brought tea and pastries.

The pastries were pumpkin pancakes, sesame sticks, cakes, and white gourd candies that Di Yelei had made a few days ago. The white gourd candy had been made by Di Yelei in the last two days. It was not yet fully dried, the soft, sticky candy still had a unique winter melon flavor, and the sugar syrup on the surface had not been properly collected, making it taste like soft sticky sugar.

Upon seeing this, Liu Sisi didn’t want to continue arguing with Ms. Zhao: “Little sister, brother-in-law, have some tea and pastries first. Third Sister-in-law will go to the kitchen and prepare tonight’s food. Please forgive me if there is any negligence. Xuan’er, you chat with your young aunt and young uncle, okay?”

“Mom, you go cook. Xuan’er will accompany young aunt and young uncle.”

Di Xuan nodded seriously and placed the pastries and tea on the small table.

“Third sister-in-law, you should go quickly! Speaking of it, I’m really hungry!”

Di Ruoning on the side could no longer stand the coarse grain porridge from her mother’s home, having been starving for a long time. As soon as she saw the pastries, she quickly picked up a piece and put it in her mouth.

Ms. Zhao went straight to grab a handful of pastries from both sides and stuffed them into her own pocket.

“The old man loves these pastries the most, I’ll take some back for him to try!”

Liu Sisi’s mouth twitched as she watched, knowing well that her father-in-law didn’t even eat sweets. Who was Ms. Zhao trying to deceive?

Yuan Mengbai next to her was also dumbfounded, obviously scared by the scene before him.

Di Ruoning could not stand it any longer!

She forcefully pulled Ms. Zhao’s sleeve to stop her from grabbing more pastries, and could not help lowering her voice, asking in a deep tone, “Mom! What are you doing? Put it down quickly. It’s so embarrassing!”

It was indeed embarrassing!

Even her married daughter and son-in-law were watching!

“I… Mom didn’t…didn’t want to take some back to the old man…” Ms. Zhao stammered.

Seeing the messy table, Liu Sisi secretly shook her head and hid in the kitchen, leaving the scene for Xuan’er to worry about.

After searching around, there wasn’t much food at home that Liu Sisi could use.

The game was already gone, and the only meat dishes left were yellow braised small dried fish and steamed egg custard. She steamed rice and used the dough prepared at noon to make a steamer full of vegetable buns. She also dug up some sweet potatoes from beside the house, washed them, chopped them into small pieces, mixed them with small dried shrimp, chives, and turnip leaves, coated them in starch, and fried a plate of vegetable pancakes. As an extra, she also stir-fried some vegetables. She cooked a soup with the oil residue left from oil refining and sun-dried daylilies, finally finishing the meal.

As usual, she took a bit of each dish, put it in a bamboo basket, and then let Xuan’er deliver it to the old house.

YingEr had woken up early and was frightened to see Ms. Wang in the house. She clung tightly to Liu Sisi’s clothes and followed her closely, casting fearful glances at Ms. Wang and Di Ruoning. It was heartbreaking to watch.

This meal was not impressive, but compared to the bland food at the old house, it was a feast!

With Liu Sisi’s excellent cooking skills, the food was imbued with a mysterious fragrant sweetness that made it hard to put down the chopsticks.

She originally thought that there would be some leftover meatballs or similar food, but everyone ate until there was nothing left!

When Di Ruoning was leaving, she turned back and looked deeply at Liu Sisi before striding away.

It was like a disaster!

Looking at the house, like a tornado had passed through, Liu Sisi was annoyed and knew she would have to clean it up for a long time.

That night, she stayed up writing until late and didn’t go to bed until she was very tired. As soon as she laid down, Di Yelei came uninvited into her dreams.

In her sleep, he was extremely affectionate and gentle with her, and the two quickly fell into bliss, climaxing repeatedly until the setting sun!

When she awoke from her dream, she found a large, sticky, wet patch on her underpants!

Liu Sisi, you shameless ****!

Whimpering…

Taking advantage of the early morning, Liu Sisi went to the small town.

Nan Tianzong’s bookstore business was booming. When Liu Sisi arrived, Nan Tianzong was climbing up a ladder to fetch rice paper from the attic. At the counter, several students were waiting to check out.

Liu Sisi hurried over to help.

She was busy for a while and finally managed to send away all the customers who had come into the shop. It was then they realized that it was past noon.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

“Oh, Brother Nan, there’s a big stain on your nose. You must have touched some dust. Here, take this and wipe it off.”

Without thinking, Liu Sisi casually took a handkerchief from her chest and handed it to him.

Nan Tianzong was momentarily stunned, staring blankly at the handkerchief in front of him.

Only then did Liu Sisi realize, belatedly, that this was ancient times, not modern times when men and women had no defenses against each other.

She quickly withdrew the handkerchief and lightly coughed, “Brother Nan, I treated you as my own brother and forgot the need for keeping a distance between men and women. Don’t take it personally… “