Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

chapter 59

While talking, Liu Sisi took the dustpan and began to clean the river shrimp from the barrel, intending to make dried shrimp.

“Well, your idea is not bad. Anyway, there’s still a small piece of land in the newly bought courtyard. We can just spend more energy and sleep a little less, saving time to dig wild vegetables. It’s really a good way to go.”

Di Yelei also sat down, taking a small basin, and began to remove the internal organs of the little fish from the barrel: “Right, tomorrow afternoon I plan to go into the mountain again to hunt for game and go to the market one more time. It’ll be good to pay off the owed silver sooner and get that off our minds.”

“That’s a good idea, I also think it’s time to go to the market. It’s been quite some days, and there’s not even a tiny bit of oil left at home.”

Without oil, any dish would not be fragrant. Liu Sisi was a genuine food lover from her past life to now. Recently, because she lost the 5 taels of silver, she had to suppress her appetite forcibly.

When the conditions allowed, she would never torture her own stomach!

“Brother Third Son Di, is Brother Third Son Di at home?”

As the two were talking, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the main entrance. The little hounds were also whining, creating a lively atmosphere.

“It’s Brother Zhang’s voice, I’ll go out and see.”

Di Yelei hurriedly washed his hands and left the room, driving away the two little dogs and opening the door: “It’s Brother Zhang Peng, come in and sit down quickly.”

“Brother Third Son Di, this is your family’s bamboo basket, here!”

Zhang Peng handed over a bamboo basket, which was the one Liu Sisi had asked Zhang Yun to take home with the small fish.

“Nowadays our homes are not well-off, and your family is not easy either. You caught some fish and sent so many to my house. That’s really not good. Yelei, you don’t treat me as a brother at all, do you?”

Di Yelei hurriedly denied: “Brother Zhang, what are you talking about? The two children have caused you a lot of trouble on weekdays. What we have sent is just some small fish and shrimp, which is not worth two maces.”

Just as Liu Sisi washed her hands and came out, she politely invited him to come inside: “Brother Zhang, come in and sit down for a while.”

“There’s no need to bother. Sister-in-law, I specially came to return your family’s bamboo basket.”

Zhang Peng waved his hands again and again, giving Di Yelei a meaningful look: “Yelei, it’s hot tonight, why don’t we go out for a walk?”

“Sisi, I’ll go out for a while and be right back.”

Liu Sisi naturally saw the exchange of glances between the two and obediently nodded: “All right, it’s hot outside, be careful of bugs on the ground.”

She couldn’t blame herself for not feeling at ease. Nowadays, she had an instinctive fear of bugs.

“Don’t worry, we’ll just be outside, not going far away.”

While Di Yelei was talking, he left the courtyard together with Zhang Peng. In the dim moonlight of the night, Liu Sisi vaguely saw the two gradually walking towards the back-mountain direction before she closed the main entrance.

Shaking her head, she returned to the kitchen and continued to deal with the river shrimp. Liu Sisi was now washing and cleaning the river shrimp again after selecting them once before. Then, she put the shrimp and salt in a big pot, heated it to cook, and spread it on a reed mat to dry.