PAMPERED CONSORT OF THE FRAGRANCE ORCHARD.BOOK 1

Chapter 5. The Villagers.

When they got to the courtyard, Du Xiao Li began to worry again. Aside from a pot, there isn’t any other kitchenwares in the house, not even a knife. How are they going to kill the rabbit like this?!

“Big brother, when we came out, did we not bring anything with us?” Du Xiao Li asked.

Du Xiu Heng shook his head and said, “Eldest aunt said that everything was used to repay the debt, and didn’t let us take anything.”

“That Cui-shi!” Du Xiao Li was so angry her teeth itched. Although in the beginning, they certainly did borrow some money for Su Su Xin’s doctor fees, it wasn’t to the point where they needed to use everything to repay the debt!

“How about I go find uncle Shi to borrow some things?” Du Xiu Heng also noticed their current situation and said.

Uncle Shi was previously their neighbor. His character was honest and straightforward. Seeing the two siblings were pitiful, he thus gave them a pot and a bit of food, letting them be able to cook something to eat, so as to not starve to death.

“No need, big brother.” Du Xiao Li stopped Du Xiu Heng and said, “Borrowing uncle Shi’s things, we would still have to return them tomorrow. And when we need to use it again next time, don’t tell me we’ll have to go borrow again?”

“This….but if we don’t borrow, how are we going to kill the rabbit?” Du Xiu Heng asked.

“Let’s go demand back the things that belong to us!” Du Xiao Li said, “It’s already enough that eldest uncle forcibly took our house. Those furnitures all belong to us, and also our clothes and whatnot. All need to get back.”

“But eldest aunt won’t let us take them!” Du Xiu Heng said. Last time, he’d already tried, but eldest aunt not only didn’t agree, she even had him scolded, and kicked out.

“Just watch me. Big brother, in a while you…..” Du Xiao Li explained her plan to Du Xiu Heng.

After Du Xiu Heng finished listening, he hesitantly said, “Will this method really work?”

“Whether it works or not, we’ll knew with a try.” Du Xiao Li took the hare and mushrooms into the house. And after confirming once again that the hare’s legs were properly bounded, and won’t run away when it wakes up, she finally went out again. She pulled along Du Xiu Heng and descended the mountain together.

At the moment, the sun was already leaning to the west, and quite a few people already began preparing to return home. On the rural path, from time to time, they would see people heading home with a hoe in hand.

“Yo, Xiu Heng, how come you’ve come down the mountain?” A fellow villager saw the two and asked, “Li girl, heard you were sick, are you better now?”

“Thank you uncle Shi Er[1], I’m already better.” Du Xiao Li recognized uncle Shi’s younger brother, and sweetly replied with a smile.

This uncle Shi Er was the same as uncle Shi, both thirty some year old men, with a honest character, and possessed the warmheartedness that farmers usually had. Seeing the two of them coming down the mountain this late, they thus stopped and greeted them.

“Haha, this Li girl had a bout of illness and now seemed to have grown up quite a bit. Seems to be different than before oh!” When uncle Shi Er saw Du Xiao Li fluently reply to himself, even knowing to say thank you now, he heartily laughed out loud.

“Hee hee, what was I like before?” Du Xiao Li tried to let herself appear like a child as much as possible, as she asked with a playful laugh.

“Li girl in past didn’t have this big of guts, and when seeing us, didn’t dare to speak either.” Uncle Shi Er said, “That’s right, what did you two come down the mountain for?”