Divine Doctor, Sweet Wife
CHAPTER 22 Home
It was 2pm and Mo Beihan was hungry after spending the entire morning outside.
Mo Beihan had a great appetite. He spent almost all the food in a short period of time as the delicious food was cooked by Gu Qingyao.
"You should return early if you are very hungry," Gu Qingyao said.
Mo Beihan sipped the fish soup and smiled, “The food you cooked is too good. I can't stop eating.”
After eating, Mo Beihan went to peel off the skin of the rabbit and the roe deer. Gu Qingyao boiled water to deal with the boar.
Mo Beihan did not plan to return all the animals he got and instead, put them all here.
The boar was small and weighed about a hundred kilograms. However, in that era, food was scarce and everyone would definitely be envious if they saw the boar. Unless they share it with everyone.
Apparently, Mo Beihan did not have that plan. It is always better to stay humble, especially when it comes to food.
Gu Qingyao used some stones to form a circle in the puddle and put six fish into it. He then used all the pots, jars to boil the water.
The boiled water is used to remove hair from the skin. After which, he sliced the boar and cut off its flesh piece by piece. He washed the meat, sprinkled salt on it and hung it on a shelf with a rope.
He did not throw out the pig's blood, but instead put it all in an aluminum pot. Now he understood why Mo Beihan had brought such a big pot. He must have planned everything.
He cut all the bones into small pieces to make them easier to carry.
It was almost sunset after they finished everything. Gu Qingyao watched the time and asked, “Should we keep going and picking mushrooms? It's getting dark!”
Mo Beihan caught a glimpse of his watch. It was 16:30.
"Let's go. We try to choose as much as we can. We have to go home late at night so that no one in the Brigade sees us.”
Gu Qingyao nodded. They did not plan to return everything but it would save them from a lot of trouble if they did not meet anyone.
Mo Beihan was startled after seeing the amount of wild mushrooms under the hill.
"There's so many of them here?"
There were clumps of mushrooms scattered all over the area and each mushroom was about the size of a bowl.
Gu Qingyao smiled and said, "We're lucky today!"
Mo Beihan rubbed his head as he looked at the smile on his face.
“You're a lucky gem. Come on, let's choose the big one and leave the smaller one when we return after a few days.”
"Mh!"
They only take a short time to fill four large mushroom sacks. Mo Beihan brought her back to the cave and dried her on a large rock.
He then took some to bring back.
"Let's go! It's late. We'll get home at night.”
They went back to the cave. Mo Beihan wrapped the bones in brown paper and put them in sacks, along with two pieces of pork hanging on a shelf, a pig's head, mushrooms, and wild vegetables.
Gu Qingyao almost filled two sacks. He carried two sacks on one side of the shoulder pole and a dry branch on the other.
They covered the cave before leaving to prevent others from realizing it.
They passed through the trap Mo Beihan had set earlier. There were four rabbits, two chickens and one river deer. Even Mo Beihan laughed at their luck today.
But he did not know that the food he had put into the trap was mixed with spring water by Gu Qingyao secretly. The spring came from its place, not the herb, only more refreshing and cleaner than the water outside. He used to make medicine with it.
All the prey are attracted by the smell of food.
Novel hallHistory
It was about 9 p.m. Mo Beihan sent Gu Qingyao to his house and gave her two fish, which he had washed before.
He also gave her two rabbits and a chicken. He wanted him to take the river deer but Gu Qingyao did not want so much meat. He only needed a few to show that they were fruitful.
"I'll come and pick you up in the morning."
"okay!"
They plan to go to town tomorrow.
Gu Yunshen continued to wait because her daughter had not come home yet. He walked out as soon as he heard voices in the courtyard.
Mo Beihan greeted Gu Yunshen and left.
Gu Yunshen helped Gu Qingyao take everything. He looked towards the direction where Mo Beihan had gone and smiled, "This person is truly capable."
A trip to the mountains is fruitful.
Gu Qingyao smiled and walked in with her father.
“I've eaten with Brother Beihan on the mountain. I'll be back in my room later.”
Gu Yunshen nodded and said, “OK. There's hot water in the kitchen. You can shower and rest early!”
Zhang Xiaohui and Gu Ruoqing walked out of the room and ran over to see what Gu Qingyao had brought back.
He left with Mo Beihan this time. Every time Mo Beihan returned and headed for the mountain, he would bring a lot of items for the Gu Family. It should be the same for today.
They were happy when they saw the chicken, rabbit, and fish in Gu Qingyao's hands!
“Wah! There's meat, Mom! We can eat fish tomorrow!”
Zhang Xiaohui was also excited, “Yes! We'll eat fish tomorrow! It's been a while since we last ate fish. It was very tiring during the autumn harvest. Time to eat meat.”
Gu Yunshen and Gu Qingyao did not even bother talking to them. He gave everything to Gu Yunshen and headed to his room.
"Wait on! Where is the meat in the house? Where do you hide the meat and the flour?” asked Gu Ruoqing.
Gu Qingyao turned around and moved her lips as she looked at Gu Ruoqing. Gu Ruoqing was indeed still a child and did not learn from his own mistakes. He had forgotten about the beating yesterday?
“How do I know. They're always at home. Ask your mother why our meat and flour are gone. Whenever something is missing at home, he's the one who always picks it up, right?”
Gu Ruoqing was stunned and looked at Zhang Xiaohui.
That makes sense.
Zhang Xiaohui was furious, “Stop all the nonsense! When I woke up this morning, there was nothing left in the kitchen. You're the only one out today. Who else will take those things besides you?”
"Yes. You were the one who locked the kitchen door yesterday. The stuff went missing this morning. Who else can?” Gu Ruoqing tried to advocate for her mother.
Gu Qingyao sneered, "What can you do to me? I just don't want to tell you. This is my home. I can do whatever I want. Furthermore, even Dad didn't say anything. So, just shut up!”
"You ..."
Zhang Xiaohui was really rampaging. He can't even eat meat at home. He returned to his mother's place to help harvest. He thought there would be good food waiting for him when he returned but in the end, there was nothing left.
Not only the meat, there is no leftover flour or rice at all. He was starving all day yesterday and today he had to eat coarse grains that were even hard to swallow.
“Gu Qingyao, this house is not just yours. The meat is for everyone. Why can you take them away? Take them out and cook some good dishes for us. Your sister and I have barely eaten anything for the last two days.”
Gu Qingyao sneered, “You want meat? Sure did! Do your work at home and you will not go hungry. If you were still lazing around, there wouldn't even be Coarse Grains for you! Don't dream about meat.”