Chapter 103 – Jealousy (4)
When Li Man returned to her sense, her gaze collided with Li Hua’s deep gaze. His eyes were very beautiful, but there was a distressing dimness to them.
He? He couldn’t be feeling jealous, right?
At this time, Li Mo stood up with the finished woven bamboo and headed straight for the backyard.
Li Hua turned around and followed after him.
Li Man suddenly felt a bit upset. She could go cook. It should be around noon now.
Little Five seemed to have noticed her dejected expression. He stood up and walked to her side. He careful held her hand and raised his head to look at her.
“Little Five, let’s go cook lunch. What do you want to eat?” Li Man patted his hand and went into the kitchen with him.
Little Five smiled. He wanted to say that he liked everything that she had made. Everything that she cooked was very yummy.
However, before he had time to speak, Li Man had already started to mumble to herself, “There’s not much fresh vegetables left. I might as well cook noodles. That’s fast and convenient.”
Little Five seconded her idea by nodding.
“Vegetables have to be added to the noodles for it to taste good.” But, the ground outside was very muddy. She couldn’t go to the backyard herself. Otherwise, her embroidered shoes would be ruined.
Oh, right, didn’t those men go around barefoot? Did they not even have wooden clogs? Walking around barefoot wasn’t sanitary or safe, ah,
Thinking of this, Li Man felt worried and walked to the window that faced the backyard. She furtively looked out and saw that Li Hua was standing in the mud and lifting up a bundle of dried grass with a makeshift tool. Everyone else was probably up on the roof.
She probably wouldn’t be much help at repairing the roof. Never mind. Li Man closed the window, searched the kitchen, and found a jar of pickled vegetables. She smiled at Little Five and said, “Older sister will make you a meal of knife-cut noodles today. You haven’t eaten that before, right?”
As she said this, she took out some pickled snow cabbage from the jar.
After rinsing the pickled snow cabbage and chopping it up, she put it on a clean plate. Then, she scooped out some flour into a bowl and mixed in the water.
A short while later, Li Hua came into the kitchen and saw that Li Man was holding a knife in one hand and dough in the other. The knife seemed to dance through the dough as noodles fluttered into a pot of boiling water like snowflakes.
Li Man finished cutting the rest of the dough and found time to ask, “Are you guys done?”
“Not yet.” Li Hua walked to her side and wiped water from his face.
Feeling a sensation of wetness, Li Man turned her head and saw that Li Hua’s fair and clear face was covered in droplets of water. Some of his wet hair was also sticking to his face.
She couldn’t help but furrow her brow. “Is there nothing at home that can be used to block the rain?” One after another, they had gotten drenched by the drizzling rain and looked like drowned rats. Weren’t they worried about catching a cold?
Li Hua didn’t say anything. With his eyes half-lowered, he quietly listened to her speak.
Li Man stirred the noodles with a spatula, then she covered the pot. Seeing that Li Hua was still standing by her side, she asked, “What’s wrong? You should hurry and go get a towel to dry off.”
Li Hua made a sound of assent, but he stretched out his right hand towards her.
Li Man was startled when she saw blood oozing out from his right forefinger and middle finger. “What happened?”
Li Hua acted as if it was no big deal and lightly said, “It’s nothing. I just got pricked by the bamboo a few times.”
“How could you be so careless?” Li Man grabbed his hand and thought of the alcohol that she used to disinfect Li Mo’s cut last time. She hurriedly went over to the cupboard, took out the alcohol, and poured out a little bit into a small bowl.
Not having anything else at hand, Li Man said, “Wait here, I’ll go get some cotton.”
After saying this, she hurriedly ran out.