His sleeve extended again, gently wiping her other cheek, "This large iron pot has a layer of iron dust on it. You wouldn’t have been able to carry it without getting so on yourself."
That gentle smile accompanied by his magnetic voice, sowhat husky, implicitly charming.
Each word tenderly spoken from his thin lips.
She could feel her heart flutter intensely.
"Are you, are you okay?"
It felt like sothing was stuck in her throat. When Su Pan’er spoke, she noticed her voice had grown hoarse.
She hurriedly took a few steps back.
She nearly tripped and fell, to her shock Qin Yi swiftly grasped her arm.
A series of hearty laughter burst from his mouth, causing Su Pan’er’s face to turn beet red, even down to her earlobes!
"What’s so funny? It was just a little trip! Laugh again, and I’ll knock your teeth out! Hey!"
She gestured threateningly at him with her fist.
A toothless paper tiger!
Qin Yi wasn’t scared at all, on the contrary, he was even more amused!
Infuriated, Su Pan’er fiercely kicked him twice and strode off without him.
Qin Yi grimaced in pain, rubbing his wounded area. Unfortunately, candies in his hand scattered all over the ground! Hurriedly, he picked them up, but inside he was chuckling.
"Pan’er, wait for ! Pan’er..."
Darn it!
It seed like he annoyed that catlike woman! What’s to be done now!
This truly is a case of extre happiness leading to sorrow!
He hurriedly catches up.
Over at the branching path on the other side of the mountain, a pair of eyes, blazing with jealousy, watches intently.
Staring at the couple who are acting coy with each other, she wished she could tear them apart.
While she was passing here by chance, she saw this scene. She had been convincing herself that he was still infatuated with her, but this scene thoroughly shattered her naive illusions!
Her deep hidden hopes were dashed! And the truth was laid bare before her.
The embroidered handkerchief in her tightly clenched pink fist was almost twisted into a knot, she resolutely turned around to leave.
Don’t be too smug, Su Pan’er!
Who will get the prize, we’ll see how it plays out!
Lost in annoyance, Su Pan’er seed to sense sothing. She scanned her surroundings, but didn’t see anyone. When Qin Yi caught up, she dashed off in anger.
Qin Yi hastily followed her, trying to appease her with laughter.
"Pan’er, don’t be angry. It was my fault. But you are like a little kitty. Haha..." He burst into laughter again.
He was clearly provoking her on purpose.
Su Pan’er glared at him several tis, grinding her teeth in frustration. She wished she could just kick him away. But it seed like he didn’t do anything wrong. She was full of wonder and embarrassnt.
Every step she took on the ground felt heavy as if she held a grudge against the earth beneath her.
Qin Yi laughed for a while, then finally stopped: "Okay, okay, I’ll stop joking. Let’s talk business."
He walked beside her.
"Pan’er, don’t be mad anymore. Didn’t you hunt a civet yesterday? I was thinking, we could bring the entire civet for our Qingming ancestral worship tomorrow, how about it?"
Bringing out an entire civet – this would surely stand out in the entire clan!
Thinking about it made Qin Yi smile so hard he couldn’t close his mouth.
This person... is really just a child at heart!
Su Pan’er shook her head helplessly, having no energy left to fight: "How can such a grown man like you still enjoy this kind of competition? Aren’t you ashad?"
"Why should I be ashad? It’s just about expressing so respect to our ancestors. When I couldn’t afford it, I didn’t mind not giving anything. But we have so wild ga at ho now, right? If I didn’t bring out anything, then I would be unworthy of being part of the Qin family! Besides..."
Once Qin Yi starts talking, there’s no stopping him.
Su Pan’er just saw his mouth opening and closing non-stop. This rascal seed to be getting bolder around her!
When they got ho, they unexpectedly found that Qin Yueshi was there, helping Shuang’er and Ke’er shell fava beans.
In this season, the fields didn’t produce much, and fava beans were among the few crops available.
Seeing them co in, she quickly stood up, "You’re back! Today, we harvested so fava beans in the fields. Knowing you don’t have any, I brought so over for you to try."
Naturally, she also noticed the incense and candles in Qin Yi’s hand.
She imdiately felt relieved!
Although this third brother’s wife was quiet, she was sensible.
"Thank you so much, sister-in-law."
Qin Yi put down the items in his hands, smiled, and said, "Isn’t it the Qingming Festival tomorrow? Pan’er has already bought so much stuff. Now we also have the fava beans sister-in-law brought over, we should have enough offerings for tomorrow!"
"We’re family, there’s no need for formalities."
Sister-in-law was grinning ear to ear.
Su Pan’er went into the kitchen with the big iron pot, thought for a mont, took down two large pieces of at that were marinated yesterday, tied them up with a rope, and then ca out of the kitchen.
"Sister-in-law is right, we are family. Here, take this!"
She handed over the at in her hand. "We’re family, no need for formalities. Please, you must take it!"
"Thi-thi-this... bu-but..."
Qin Yueshi was flustered. She wanted to refuse, but just couldn’t find the words to say it.
"Just take it! It’s just so wild ga."
She forcefully pushed the at into Qin Yueshi’s hands, then rummaged through the stack of incense and candles, fetched a bag of candies, gave two to each child, and also handed so to the sister-in-law, "Don’t you have a few young ones at ho? Take these back for them. Consider it a token of goodwill."
Qin Yueshi looked hesitant. "All I brought were a few fava beans, and in return, I get so many candies and so much at, this is really..."
"Sister-in-law, didn’t you just said ’what’s mine is yours?’ Now you’re being all polite again."
Su Pan’er couldn’t help but shake her head.
"That’s right, just listen to Pan’er! Sister-in-law, just take them."
On the side, Qin Yi was finding the situation particularly amusing, his voice especially loud and clear!
"Right now, our mother is still at the ancestral hall. With Qingming approaching, these ats could be of great help. Besides, aren’t Qin Hui and Qin Hao also our nephews? Giving them a few candies, it’s no big deal."
Seeing how virtuous and harmonious Su Pan’er was with her sisters-in-law, he felt particularly proud!
This caused Su Pan’er to give him a few stern looks in response.
He didn’t care in the slightest. He smiled at Su Pan’er revealing a mouthful of white teeth and even winked at her cheekily.
Su Pan’er glared at him, but he did not restrain himself at all, instead he laughed even louder!
Not being able to refuse any longer, Qin Yueshi reluctantly accepted.
"This third sister-in-law of mine, she’s just so capable and virtuous. Unlike the second one...sigh!"
She sighed and didn’t continue.
Su Pan’er didn’t respond, instead she bent down to take out the windmills she bought earlier and handed them to the two children.
This made the two children shriek with delight! They clutched onto their windmills, refusing to let go.
"I want this one."
"I want this one too, it’s colorful, you can have it."
"Both are colorful, let see yours. I want to see which one is prettier, quick!"
"I don’t wanna..."
The childlike banter of the two kids reached the adults’ ears, causing all three to laugh.
Seeing that Su Pan’er didn’t respond, Qin Yueshi continued, "I’m guessing you guys don’t know about what happened to our mother-in-law and second sister-in-law last night."
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