Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Bai Wenjing immediately went to check when she heard Xue Bainian’s Howl. She saw Xue Bainian rolling on the bed and crying with his eyes squeezed shut. He even used his black hands to wipe his tears. This time, he looked like a cat again.
Bai Wenjing wanted to laugh, but she felt that it was not kind. She fetched some water to wash Xue Bainian and then gently coaxed him, “Okay, okay, stop crying. Tell me, why did you poke a hornet’s nest all of a sudden?”
When Xue Xiaohua heard this, she became anxious and hurriedly said, “Mother, didn’t I tell you? It was his greed that caused it.”
Bai Wenjing glared at Xue Xiaohua and continued to ask Xue Bainian, “Don’t be afraid. Tell me, what exactly happened?”
Who knew that after she finished asking, Xue Bainian would only look at her and continue to cry at the top of his voice. Then, as he cried, he said, “Mother, it hurts, a hornet stung me… wah…”
Bai Wenjing heard this and continued to ask, but Xue Bainian only knew to say this one sentence.
Xue Xiaohua, who was at the side, saw this scene and could not help but laugh aloud. Xue Baijun also laughed so hard that he leaned back and forth. As he laughed, he said, “Look at this fool. Mother, I’m afraid that you’ve given birth to a silly child…”
“Shut up, the two of you. Stay away from me.”
With Bai Wenjing’s words, the two of them immediately shut their mouths and turned their heads away from her.
She knew that a four-year-old child’s mind was not very mature. However, she was afraid that she would not be able to get an answer by asking this question, so she said again, “Little brat, tell mother, were you the one who wanted to poke the hornet’s nest or did your sister let you poke it?”
Xue Bainian was still squinting his swollen eyes and crying. As he cried, he said, “It was my sister… sob sob sob…”
As expected, it was this wretched girl.
“Mother! I already said that it wasn’t me! The youngest is a fool. What right do you have to accuse me! I’m ignoring you!”
As Xue Xiaohua spoke, she stood up and ran out. Her heart was pounding wildly. When did her mother become like this? Usually, she would just let the youngest cry and let it go. So why was she being investigated today?
Bai Wenjing watched Xue Xiaohua run out, and then she thought of the bite Xue Baijun had previously given her. She only felt that her wound was still hurting. She did not understand how these dolls were raised. They were stubborn and lied, yet they still ran out, so she stood up and said sternly, “Stop! Try running out!”
This stern shout was still effective. Xue Xiaohua immediately stopped in her tracks. Her big, watery eyes were filled with resentment as she looked at her youngest. She would remember this debt to her youngest. If it was not for this fool’s nonsense, would she have been caught by her mother?
“Xue Baijun, I will deal with your matters later. Xue Xiaohua, don’t be happy. Stay in the house and think about whether you are wrong or not. I will go and cook.”
Bai Wenjing left these words and went into the kitchen. What made her curious was why she did not trigger the mission this time?
She could not figure it out. Xue Baijun was still covering his mouth and snickering. She immediately went back and said, “Baijun, don’t be so smug. You said you were going to get firewood this morning, but you only got a small bundle. You even got into a fight with someone. You are competent! If this happens again, you’re not allowed to eat anymore!”
After this shout, there was no other sound in the room. Bai Wenjing secretly clicked her tongue. However, she still did not trigger the mission.
Seeing that things had come to this, she had no choice but to return to the kitchen.
The only handful of corn in the house had been used to boil corn paste in the morning. At noon, there was not a single grain left. Fortunately, there were still points to be exchanged. However, Bai Wenjing searched the kitchen thoroughly and only found two eggs. She could not find the other half of the vegetable leaves.
She had no choice but to exchange for a pot of peanut oil and half a kg of white flour. She made pancakes and sugar-water eggs. After all, the children were still young, and it was time for them to grow up. Nevertheless, they still needed to replenish their nutrition properly.
As for the peanut oil, Bai Wenjing placed the entire pot in a clay pot. Then, she stuffed the oil barrel into the stove and burned it to avoid being seen by others.
Four pancakes were made, and four bowls of sugar-water egg flowers were added. Although it was not a rare thing, it was still scarce in this era.
The pancakes and sugar-water eggs were brought to the table, and Xue Xiaohua and Xue Bainian had already come over to eat them.
Xue Baijun glanced at the sugar-water eggs and pancakes in front of him and pursed his lips. One had to know that before this, he was a person who often had meat to eat. Now, his mother actually gave him this kind of food… thus, he said unhappily, “I thought it was something delicious. What is this? I don’t want to eat this. I want to eat meat.”
Xue Xiaohua had already eaten half of the pancake in her hand. She turned her head and said, “Brother, mother’s pancakes are quite delicious. And this egg soup. Mother put sugar in it. It’s so sweet.”
“Is that so?”
Xue Baijun licked his lips. Children always had no resistance to sweet food. Thus, he slowly walked to the table. In the end, the three little brats actually ate it with gusto.
Bai Wenjing looked at the rare harmonious scene in front of her and took the opportunity to say, “Don’t you all want to eat meat? If Baijun cuts a lot of wood this afternoon, we’ll have meat to eat tonight. If it’s the same as in the morning, then forget it. We won’t even be able to drink the corn paste.”
Xue Baijun immediately said, “Mother, leave this to me. If it weren’t for that little b*stard delaying me in the morning, I would have chopped a lot of it back.”
“Yo, what are you eating? What did you cook? It’s fragrant.”
The door was suddenly pushed open. When Cui Xiang walked in, she saw the three children eating white pancakes.
The pancakes were fried with oil, and the outer shell was burnt yellow. But, just looking at it was fragrant.
Cui Xiang was secretly amazed. She had just returned from the Yao family. Yao Daniu said that the Xue family had returned the food early in the morning. There were still 150 kilograms of white rice in it. She did not believe it at first, but when she saw the white pancake as white as snow, she completely believed it.
This wife of the Xue family must have some tricks up her sleeves to get such good stuff.
Cui Xiang did not know that Bai Wenjing was no longer the original Bai Wenjing. When she saw Cui Xiang, who had a stomach full of bad ideas, come to her house again, she said unhappily, “You didn’t cook anything, and you’re just messing around. I say, don’t you know how to knock when you have long hands?”
Cui Xiang had originally planned to speak nicely, but she did not know that Bai Wenjing’s mouth was filled with the smell of gunpowder. Then she looked at the three children who were wolfing down the oily pancakes. She forcefully suppressed her anger. “Sister-in-law, why are you so angry in the middle of the day? It can’t be because of these little brats, right?”
Then, she said, “Yo, I heard that your little fatty was stung by a wasp. Is it that serious?”
Cui Xiang was shocked. Bai Wenjing could tell that Cui Xiang was trying to change her mind and did not want to leave. However, she did not know what she was thinking.
After saying this, Cui Xiang stood up and walked to the kitchen. She did not care whether this was her home or not. She started to make a fuss. Bai Wenjing’s anger came out again.
She stood up and picked up a broom. She waved it at Cui Xiang. With this broom, Cui Xiang howled like a pig being slaughtered..