Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 176 - 176: 174: The Nightmare Strikes, Harbor of the Mind (1)

Once the hill workers had gone, and few children started picking up grains with their bamboo baskets, Liu Sisi began to cook.

Di Ruoning gave Liu Sisi a cold hum, leaving Ms. Ma to help, she went back to her room for an afternoon nap.

Cooking wasn’t a hindrance to Liu Sisi! After a day’s work, not only did she prepare everyone’s meals early, but she also managed to take a short nap at noon.

When everyone returned in the evening, they looked completely different from what they were in the morning. Especially Di Ah-bao and Brother Gao, it was clear that Elderly Mr. Di had trained them hard. They walked in a disheveled manner which made Liu Sisi laugh.

After three busy days of autumn harvest, finally, everything was brought back home.

Di Yelei breathed a sigh of relief since having laggards to do work on the hill was truly unsatisfying; Liu Sisi also breathed a sigh of relief, tomorrow would be her fifth day, the day she taught Miss of Gan Family.

Once she returned home, Liu Sisi unexpectedly found that the carrier pigeon had flown back.

Sure enough, after a short while, Di Yelei entered with a small roll of paper to consult with Di Xuan, then immediately began to prepare his bow and arrow.

“Constable Zuo brought news, two blind bears were seen on West Mountain, and someone has offered a heavy reward for the bear paws. Already several people have gone to hunt them. I plan to go with Zhang Peng and Li Wu. If we actually manage to hunt them, we probably won’t have to worry about food and money this winter.”

Di Yelei seemed quite happy.

“Is the message from Zuo Xingyu?”

Liu Sisi immediately asked with a frown. She always thought that Zuo Xingyu’s killing intent was too strong, ever since she found out about her past with him. She instinctively refused the idea of Di Yelei working under him.

“Yes! Constable Zuo said, the price depends on the condition of the bear paw. However, according to past practice, the four paws of a mature blind bear are worth at least eighty to hundred taels of silver. Moreover, there is the bear skin, bear meat, and bear gall. Even if shared equally among several people, each person can get hundreds of taels of silver. Zhang Peng’s father back in the day hunted a blind bear, built a house, bought land, and his life suddenly improved.”

Di Yelei seemed really happy and began to carefully grind all the arrow tips and replace the feathers.

Liu Sisi rather worried: “So you’re saying several groups of people have gone to hunt the bear?”

“Not everyone can hunt this blind bear!”

Di Yelei confidently said, his eyebrows fluttering with strong self-confidence, the brightness in his eyes blinding Liu Sisi.

“The blind bear is very powerful and good at running. It’s not easy to kill them relying on a single person’s ability. Don’t worry! We will definitely get ahead of them and hunt these two bears!”

Seeing the cheerful Di Yelei, Liu Sisi swallowed the words of objection. For some reason, she couldn’t calm herself down.

“In that case, wait a moment, I will steam some grains for you to take to the mountain. After working all day in the fields, you’re not taking any breaks. Though money is important, your health is more important.”

Di Yelei stopped grinding the arrow tip for a moment, thought a bit and then nodded his head.

“Alright, I’ll take a bath first. After you have steamed the grains, I will meet up with Zhang Peng and the others.”

Since Di Yelei was going to the mountain, the easy to carry items were just about the same. Liu Sisi thought for a moment, and then returned to the kitchen.

She first steamed a bunch of steamed cornbread and a bunch of vegetable buns. Then took half of the leg meat, carefully cut it into pieces and put them in the pot, planning to make dried meat for Di Yelei to take away. Although Di Yelei could cook meat pieces on the mountain himself, Liu Sisi still wanted to prepare as much as she could for him.

Taking the time to steam the buns, she filled several bamboo tubes with water and wrapped some seasoning and ingredients for cooking in the wild with paper, and put them in the bottom of the rectangular bag. After everything was ready, she finally left the kitchen.

Di Yelei was also busily preparing.

He carefully checked the bowstrings, grinded the arrow tips, and carefully checked all the needed items. Once everything was ready, he went to the bathroom for a joyous bath.

When Liu Sisi came out, she just happened to see Di Yelei coming out of the bathing room. He had clearly just washed his head and was dripping water as he came in from outside.

Seeing Liu Sisi coming out of the kitchen, there was an unusual emotion on his naive smiling face.

“Sisi——” His voice was very deep, with an indescribable undertone.

“Oh! Help…”

Liu Sisi’s instinct made her almost slip and fall, and she couldn’t help exclaiming.

One step ahead, Di Yelei caught her in time.

“Hahaha… Look how clumsy you are! You can’t even walk and you’re going to fall!”

The laughter above her head made Liu Sisi instinctively tremble. She hurriedly pushed him away, trying to stand up on her own.

“Who, who said I was going to fall when I walked? It’s clearly because there was water on the floor, so I almost fell, okay?”

Liu Sisi’s cheeks were burning red, instinctively defending herself.

“Alright, alright! It was my dear Sisi who slipped, which is why she almost fell. Sisi, I’m going into the mountain, don’t you have anything to tell me?”

His deep and mellow voice echoed in her ears and he held her petite frame close.

“Ah! Yelei stop… I have nothing else to say. Just take care of yourself when you go hunting. Don’t worry!”

She instinctively called him, but when she raised her eyes, she met his burning gaze, and all her words were stuck in her throat.

“Baby, will you miss me when I’m gone?”

His gaze was firmly locked on her, his footsteps did not stop at all. He suddenly felt a surge of heat rising from his heart!

“Yes, I will definitely miss you, huh? Don’t do this, aren’t you going into the mountain?”

Liu Sisi’s entire body was being pressed by him, and her body temperature quickly rose, melting in his arms in just a moment.

Those wet, large eyes were also full of mist, her long eyelashes fluttered constantly, her small mouth trembled slightly, making him want to savor it without hesitation.

“No rush, we still have some time. Sisi, my dear Sisi, my little kitten…”

While catching his breath, Di Yelei whispered in a rare free moment.

“Don’t…Ah! Brother Zhang and the others are coming… What else do you want?”

She was pulling hard on him, resisting his closeness. Once she saw his wild and reckless smile, she pushed him away vigorously, her eyes filled with unequivocal panic.

The blush on her cheeks hadn’t faded yet. She had no choice but to forcefully resist pressing against his chest with one hand.

“You can’t think that I’ll let you go just like that, right? I obviously want to…”

He murmured softly with great joy.