The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man

Chapter 554: 554 Third Brother has a really good appetite

She used a long stick to pierce the two bundles of grass, making a grass carrying pole.

Xiao Yishan took her grass carrying pole, “Yue’er, let me take it.”

Su Qingyue followed him, “Second Brother, take it slower.”

Her simple concern warmed his restless heart. He replied and walked down the mountain with her, one in front and the other behind.

When they returned to the Xiao Family home, Xiao Qinghe had already prepared dinner.

Dinner included the leftover pig’s large intestine from the morning and the meat scraped from uncooked pig bones from the previous night. The meat was seasoned with extra salt, so it wouldn’t spoil but might be a bit too salty.

These two dishes were already quite good for a poor household like the Xiao Family.

Xiao Qinghe’s eyes brightened when he saw Su Qingyue enter the yard. As she entered the kitchen, he asked, “Wife… Qingyue, there were five fresh pig bones left from yesterday, salted and not boiled for soup. Do you want to take two for soup?”

“No need. We’ll have soup tomorrow,” she said.

“Then we can have dinner now.” He spun his wheelchair in front of the stove to serve rice, and called out, “Second Brother, come to eat.”

“You guys go ahead. I’ll feed the horses.” Xiao Yishan was in the yard, putting down the grass carrying pole on the ground. He placed one bundle of grass next to the horses, untied the vine rope, and the horse started eating the grass on its own.

Su Qingyue was in the kitchen preparing to scoop water to wash her hands when she found a basin of clean water already prepared on the stove.

Xiao Qinghe even proactively handed her a towel.

“Thank you,” she replied naturally.

“No need for such politeness,” he said, feeling somewhat estranged.

She only washed her hands, wiping the edge of her face and neck with the towel, but not her face because the scabs on her face would be bad if they got wet.

By the time she finished, he had already served the rice and put it on the table. He bent down to pick up the used water basin and spun his wheelchair to pour the water out in the yard.

Because of his thoughtfulness, Su Qingyue felt a little embarrassed and began eating the rice in her bowl.

Xiao Qinghe returned, sat down at the table, and served some vegetables into her bowl.

Her movements stopped, “Fourth Brother, I can serve myself.”

Her polite remark without any inflection made him pause in his serving movements.

Thinking about how she didn’t even let him call her wife, he dejectedly held his bowl and ate slowly. He put down his bowl and chopsticks after only a few bites.

Su Qingyue knitted her delicate eyebrows when she saw this.

Xiao Yishan also came to eat, but put down his chopsticks after only a few bites of rice.

“What’s the matter with both of you? Are you starving yourselves?” she was a little irritated, “Your bodies belong to you. If you don’t cherish yourselves, how can you expect others to care for you?”

“Yue’er…”

“Qingyue…”

Both of them wanted to say something at the same time.

Su Qingyue dropped a casual remark, “Eat as much as you usually do!”

Seeing the displeasure on their wife’s face, both of them knew she was angry.

One with a stiff face and the other with a gloomy expression, they silently ate their meals.

Su Qingyue walked to the doorway of the master bedroom, where she saw Xiao Yuchuan sitting on the bed inside. His dinner was laid on the table, obviously brought to him by the Fourth Brother earlier.

Xiao Yuchuan was happily devouring the food on the table. Even with one hand injured and using just one hand to eat, his appetite was still good.

“Third Brother, you really can eat a lot.” Seeing his cheerful appearance, her mood improved quite a bit.

“If I don’t eat more and recover sooner, how can I take care of you, my wife?” He grinned at her, showing off his bright white teeth but there was a grain of rice stuck on his teeth.