"I’ll take care of the dough making."
After scooping so water to wash her hands, Su Pan’er started to knead the dough: "By the way, have you taken the decoction I prepared for you this morning?"
"Yes, I have. Shuang’er is really considerate. She not only knows how to make a decoction but also how to take care of people."
"That child is really thoughtful."
"Right? Over at the Qin Family’s mansion, she even helps with the laundry. That child really has it rough."
"Speaking of clothes, I just rembered... our outfits..."
Tomorrow is Qingming. Are we really going to wear these patched garnts still?
But Su Pan’er didn’t seem to care: "Let’s just go with these! There’s no ti to rush and make new ones now. By the way, have you bought the wine?"
"No, I haven’t. My father-in-law told a few days ago that he would send the wine over..."
As the two chatted and worked, the civet at was quickly cooked and garnished, then reassembled into the shape of a civet.
Two bowls of atballs and vegetable balls were also fried. In addition, a stear of Qingming rice cakes was stead. The Qingming rice cakes, shaped like mooncakes, contained three types of fillings: diced at, washed sand, and white sugar. Qin Yi had left early in the morning to pick the Qingming grass.
Seeing that the food preparation for tomorrow was almost complete, the two of them hurriedly made lunch.
It wasn’t until they were eating that Qin Yi suddenly exclaid!
"Ah! You...you...you can actually cook?"
"Who told you I couldn’t cook?"
Su Pan’er looked at him with disdain!
Shot him a fierce look, and then picked at her al on her own.
Qin Yi was taken aback, staring at Su Pan’er, as if... everyone had said that!
Turns out he had been tricked into cooking for all these days!
"Don’t expect to cook. Let tell you, the rumor about nearly burning down the kitchen is true. The one about chopping a chopping board in half is also true, as well as the one about ruining an entire dish cabinet full of dishes while washing them. You want to try?"
Su Pan’er gave him a dismissive look, reached out with her chopsticks to take a big chunk of at into Ke’er’s bowl, then picked up a piece of at for herself, and continued to eat heartily.
She hadn’t lied!
Even though the original body was responsible for those incidents, she wasn’t exactly lying, was she?
Besides, she didn’t want to spend her entire life confined to the kitchen.
The best solution was obviously to know nothing at all!
Qin Yi opened his mouth to speak, but in the end, he could only close it helplessly.
While he could speak confidently in front of other people, every ti he spoke to Pan’er, he always seed to lose. It was really strange!
Ke’er sat quietly at the side, eating his al while observing the interaction between the two. Sohow, it made him feel lancholy.
Tomorrow is the Qingming Festival, but he...
He couldn’t help but sneakily touch his leg, feeling particularly helpless.
In the afternoon, Su Pan’er moved to the back mountain, where she chopped down a good number of Mao bamboos and brought them ho to weave into bamboo baskets.
While she couldn’t take on complex tasks, she wasn’t unfamiliar with weaving simple baskets to hold the offerings, and it didn’t pose much of a challenge to her.
After finishing two baskets, she finally stopped.
Once she glanced upward, she was surprised to see that Qin Yi was digging in the courtyard, so out of curiosity, she hurried over to see.
"What are you doing?"
"Digging a hole."
"What kind of hole?"
"A soil pit."
"Are you itching for a beating?" Su Pan’er threatened.
"I really am digging a pit."
Qin Yi looked up and explained seriously: "I plan on planting so sunflowers. When the flowers bloom, they’ll make our ho look prettier."
Indeed, that’s a great idea!
Su Pan’er imdiately got excited, rubbing her hands together: "I’ll help too!" With that, she jumped right in to lend a hand.
"Great! I’ll dig the hole and you’ll fill it. How does that sound?" Qin Yi said with joy filling his heart.
"Deal!"
Su Pan’er was suddenly in high spirits with the full zeal for the task.
The two tead up together and planted sunflowers around the courtyard with their combined efforts.
How wonderful would it be when all these sunflowers bloom?
Filling the hole didn’t require much effort. Su Pan’er followed after Qin Yi and moved forward with his pace. While Qin Yi was digging the holes and throwing in the sunflower seeds, Pan’er buried them. They worked together surprisingly well.
Qin Yi accidentally turned back and let out a laugh suddenly!
"Look at your face, it’s like a civet... Co! Let wipe your face clean for you." Saying this, he stretched his hand towards her.
Is he using this trick again?
Su Pan’er naturally refused and dodged continuously, "No, I’ll wash it myself later. You bastard, you did this on purpose, didn’t you? Hmm... Take this! Let’s see you turn into a civet too!"
The sll of soil near her mouth made Su Pan’er realize that Qin Yi was intentionally causing trouble, which only roused her even more!
"You’re the civet, you civet..."
They were chasing each other around, their faces covered in mud, laughter filled the air!
That night.
Qin Yi made a fish soup with pickled fish and Su Ke’s little tummy got bloated from eating.
Everyone was enjoying the al when Su Lao Si arrived late.
Both of them quickly got up and greeted him.
"This is the wine I promised to deliver. I’m glad I made it in ti."
Putting down the big jar of wine, Su Lao Si wiped off his sweat and said, "Actually I ca here tonight for another reason. I was wondering how Ke’er’s leg was. His Qingming Outing is tomorrow, he..."
So that’s what it was about!
Su Ke was also nervously waiting for her answer with his sparkling eyes.
Su Pan’er considered for a mont, "Ke’er’s leg really isn’t seriously injured, but it isn’t suitable for him to move around. His leg has been broken several tis already. If it happens again... I’m afraid I won’t be able to do anything about it. So, I think it would be better to leave Ke’er behind."
The light in Ke’er’s eyes dimd in an instant.
Even Su Lao Si was extrely disappointed, but couldn’t do anything except nod.
"If that’s the case, then let’s leave him ho to recuperate tomorrow. We still have Qingming every year."
Despite his words, the disappointnt in his eyes couldn’t be hidden.
"By the way, foolish girl, is there so sort of issue going on between you and your cousins?" Su Lao Si asked with a strange look on his face.
"What’s going on?"
Su Pan’er raised her eyebrows in surprise, "We had a little disagreent at the market."
She quickly relayed everything that happened at the market fair to him.
"Your second cousin didn’t say anything when Young Master Lui told them to leave at that ti. She just looked back at Pan’er. Dad, did she say anything after she went ho?"
"No wonder!"
Su Lao Si shook his head, "After coming back from the market, all your cousins looked upset. They have been giving your mother a hard ti. She didn’t tell you because she didn’t want you to worry."
These words imdiately alerted Su Pan’er!
If they were all giving her mother a hard ti, then...
"What about Su Yue’er? Did she say anything?"
"The strange part is right here." Su Lao Si had a particularly weird look on his face.
"Since coming back from the market, your second cousin has been keeping herself locked up. But today she suddenly appeared in front of us. Her attitude has beco surprisingly good! She even greeted us politely, saying that she has been reflecting on the past few days - she now knows that she was in the wrong and if there’s an opportunity, she will try her best to compensate you."
Compensate her?
From Su Yue’er?
Su Pan’er touched her nose and laughed! That was really an interesting thing to say!
When sothing is wrong, there’s a trick to it!
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