Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Sneer
Mrs. Zhang grabbed a big piece of pig blood with her chopsticks and sent it straight into her mouth. Since Mrs. Zhang had eaten, Mrs. Han naturally wouldn’t fall behind; she imdiately followed suit, grabbing a large piece of pig blood for her bowl as well.
After tasting and finding it delicious, both Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Han busily served more to their husbands and children. In the end, the two of them, who initially refused to eat, ended up consuming the most.
Nearly half of the pig blood on the table had gone into their stomachs, and after finishing, they even belched satisfyingly and complained that Su Yunjin hadn’t cooked enough.
“Third sister-in-law, isn’t there still half a basin of pig blood left in the kitchen? Why didn’t you cook it all together?”
“Indeed, third daughter-in-law, you were already cooking, so why not prepare the entire thing? Why leave half in the kitchen?” Su Yunjin didn’t bother to pay attention to Mrs. Han and Mrs. Zhang, and as if she hadn’t heard what they said, they found themselves sowhat out of luck, with a slight unpleasantness on their faces.
Su Yunjin ignored the two won, intending instead to help Mrs. Chu clean up the dishes, but was stopped by Gu Ya saying, “Yun lady, I’ve ward your dicine on the stove; it should be ready now. You should take your dicine first.”
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When had Gu Ya ward her dicine on the stove?
Su Yunjin was full of confusion.
Gu Ya explained, “Yun lady, before we began our al, I took the liberty to warm your dicine on the stove.”
He had ward her dicine on the stove even before their al?
How was she unaware?
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Chu also felt that taking dicine was more important for Su Yunjin. “Third sister-in-law, your dication is more important; you should listen to third brother and go take your dicine first.”
After thinking it over, Su Yunjin nodded, “Fifth brother’s wife, then I’ll go take my dicine now.”
“Mm! Third sister-in-law, go ahead,” Mrs. Chu said, smiling, allowing Su Yunjin to leave for her dicine.
Su Yunjin was about to head to the kitchen to get her dicine, but Gu Ya stopped her, saying he would go. Without arguing with Gu Ya, she went straight back to her room and let Gu Ya go to the kitchen alone.
Soon, Gu Ya returned, carrying a bowl of dicine. Knowing the dicine would be bitter, Gu Ya handed it to Su Yunjin, who, wanting to minimize her suffering, gritted her teeth and finished the dicine in one go.
So bitter!
Su Yunjin frowned.
“Yun lady, is it very bitter?” Gu Ya asked.
Su Yunjin gave Gu Ya a look and tightly furrowed her brow, “Why don’t you try it?”
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Having been playfully teased by his little wife, Gu Ya didn’t argue back, but secretly planned to buy a packet of candied fruit from the market soday to sweeten her mouth when she took her dicine.
Having returned from the mountain empty-handed last ti, Gu Ya planned to try his luck on the mountain again. After serving his little wife her dicine, he picked up his bow and arrows, ready to head up the mountain.
After lunch, the Gu family mbers went back to harvesting rice in the fields. Eldest sister-in-law, Mrs. Zhang, who was inclined to shirk work, planned to go out a bit later than the others.
As Mrs. Zhang erged from the house, preparing to head to the fields with her sickle, she saw Gu Ya leaving the courtyard. A water bottle was tied around Gu Ya’s waist, and on his back was the bow and arrows he usually carried when hunting in the mountains.
Was Gu Ya going back to the mountains?
Hmph—!
Interesting!
Mrs. Zhang watched Gu Ya’s retreating figure and sneered.
Last ti Gu Ya ca down from the mountain unscathed was re luck, and she didn’t believe that Gu Ya could always be so lucky. That cripple Gu Ya, with all the jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards in such mountainous areas.
Any random encounter could have him eaten several tis over.
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