Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

chapter 54

However, since he didn’t want to talk about it, Liu Sisi naturally didn’t press further.

Not only was this lunch eaten late, but it was also eaten with a very oppressive atmosphere. The two children also sensed the abnormality in the adults and quietly ate the dishes in their bowls, not making a sound.

Only Di Yelei continued to place meat and scooped soup into Liu Sisi’s large bowl as usual, filling it almost to the brim, before turning to give each of the two children a few pieces of meat. He then buried his head in the bowl, eating the coarse grains with wild vegetables.

Liu Sisi’s appetite was small to begin with, so she couldn’t finish so much meat even if she tried.

“YingEr, be good, eat more meat.”

Liu Sisi turned her head and put all the meat pieces from her bowl back into the large bowl, and finally, with only two pieces of meat left, she continued eating silently.

Di Yelei’s eyes dimmed for a moment, but then returned calm. Frowning but not saying anything.

After lunch, Liu Sisi coaxed YingEr into taking a nap, but ended up falling asleep herself as well. Having slept poorly from the continuous shocks and fears of last night, she only woke up when the sun was about to set.

YingEr was already up, and after searching around the house for a while, no one was found.

After a moment of hesitation, Liu Sisi picked up the basket and prepared to go out to dig wild vegetables.

As soon as she was at the village entrance, she saw YingEr and Xuan’er playing and frolicking with a few children under a willow tree on the riverbank, including Zhang Yun from Zhang Peng’s home. Only then did Liu Sisi feel at ease, continuing to walk along the mountain road.

She was quite skilled and fast at digging wild vegetables. Before long, she had collected enough for half a basket. Along the way, she encountered several fellow villagers working in the fields, most of them staring at her curiously and whispering to each other.

Liu Sisi didn’t mind and continued to dig wild vegetables.

“Third Son Di’s wife, are you digging wild vegetables too?”

The sudden call made Liu Sisi look up and it was the Land Officer calling her.

In the remote Upper Village, the Land Officer was the highest authority in people’s eyes, usually having the final say in everything.

Seeing the Land Officer beckoning to her, Liu Sisi hurriedly smiled and paid her respects, “Mr. Land Officer is busy with farm work.”

“There’s no farm work for me to do. I rented out all my land, and I’m just idling out of boredom. I came to the fields to get some vegetables to eat at home. I see you’re digging wild vegetables? Take this bunch of rape greens back home to eat. Don’t let the sun get to it, or else Ye Lei will be distressed.”

Land Officer smiled kindly and handed over a bunch of rape greens. When Di Yelei separated from the main family, he didn’t receive any land, and Mr. Land Officer naturally knew it well.

Liu Sisi naturally accepted the vegetables since Mr. Land Officer was giving them to her in front of everyone, “Sisi thanks Mr. Land Officer for his kindness, thank you.”

Happy to receive the rape greens, Liu Sisi’s gaze fell on another type of vegetable nearby, and her eyes suddenly brightened! Wasn’t this water spinach?

Water spinach is also known as hollow-hearted vegetable. This vegetable grows easily and has high yields. If she could plant a small corner with it, there would be no need to dig wild vegetables every day!