Chapter 246: What Kind of Crazy Operation Is This?

As soon as Gao Suhua heard her youngest daughter’s words, she didn’t even bother with the tomato sauce simmering on the stove. She immediately took off her apron, quickly washed her hands, and headed outside.

After taking a few steps, she suddenly thought of something and turned back. She said to her third daughter, Zhao Xiaoxing, who was in the courtyard, “Put that tomato sauce in the bottle.”

After saying that, she hurriedly left!

When Luo Qiao returned home, and closed the door. She first tended to the vegetables in the backyard. She harvested what was ready and planted a new batch. After a little bit of urging, she stopped.

After tidying up the house, she began to prepare dinner. Seeing that there was still a lot of flour in the kitchen, she decided to make scallion pancakes and stir-fry some vegetables, starting by cooking mung bean porridge.

She took out a fat rabbit from her space and was about to handle it when Lu Yichen arrived. He saw the rabbit in Luo Qiao’s hands and was momentarily stunned: “Where did the rabbit come from?”

Luo Qiao calmly replied, “It came to me by itself.”

Since Lu Yichen was already there, she handed the rabbit to him: “Since you’re here, you might as well handle it.”

Lu Yichen didn’t say anything. He always felt that Luo Qiao had secrets, but he wasn’t in a hurry. He took the rabbit and went to process it.

Luo Qiao placed the vegetables she had brought from the backyard on the stone table and began sorting them.

As Lu Yichen was dealing with the rabbit, he said, “Zhang Qiaoyan has been sent to the juvenile detention center for three years. If you see the Zhang family members in the village today, try to avoid them to prevent any conflict.”

Luo Qiao snorted coldly and said, “I was the victim in this whole situation. What did I do wrong? Why should I go out of my way to avoid them?”

Lu Yichen said, “I’m just worried you’ll suffer.”

Luo Qiao responded, “I can take anything, but I won’t take a loss.”

Lu Yichen didn’t bring up the topic again, thinking to himself that he could just keep an eye on things. Anyway, school starts tomorrow, and there will be fewer trips back to Qingshan Village.

Suddenly, Shitou rushed in excitedly, “Sister, you’re back?”

Luo Qiao looked at Shitou and asked, “Where have you been? You look like a wild monkey.”

Shitou grinned and said, “I went up the mountain to pick mushrooms for you. I picked quite a few. Since I thought you’d be back today, I came down early.

On the way down, I heard from villagers that you were back, so I hurried down, but I tripped and fell in a dip up front. Hehe, Sister, It’s okay.”

Luo Qiao replied, “Alright, since you’ve picked mushrooms, I’ll make a stew for you at lunch. Go fetch some water and wash up, then change your clothes.”

At noon, they had sliced cucumber, a mixed stew of potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, and rabbit meat, with flatbreads and mung bean porridge. The three of them ate until they were full.

After the meal, Shitou quietly told Luo Qiao, “Sis, we need to go to the city tomorrow. My brother contacted a school there for me, and I need to register tomorrow. He also said I have an entrance exam.”

Luo Qiao glanced at Lu Yichen, who was washing dishes. She wondered when he had transferred jobs and why he hadn’t mentioned it beforehand.

Turning her gaze back, Luo Qiao asked, “How are you handling second-grade textbooks now?”

Shitou replied, “Sis, I finished the second-grade stuff a long time ago. I’m now studying third-grade textbooks. My brother gives me extra lessons every night.”

Luo Qiao looked at Shitou and asked, “When did you and your brother become so close and affectionate?”

Shitou glanced at Lu Yichen, who was still washing dishes, and said, “It’s his request. He said we shouldn’t play favorites.”

Luo Qiao touched her nose, thinking to herself that Lu Yichen, being a grown man, was up to some strange antics.

Lu Yichen seemed to sense Luo Qiao’s gaze, turned, and smiled at her, almost startling her. Luo Qiao quickly looked at Shitou, questioning with her eyes, “What’s going on?”

While things were harmonious on their side, meanwhile, the Gao family was in turmoil. The reason was that Li Dahe couldn’t come up with 150 yuan. However, the family Li Xiulan had previously chosen was not bothered by the scandal involving Gao Taohua, as long as she was still pure.

They liked Gao Taohua’s height and abilities and said things would be better once they were married and settled.

Just today, as they came to deliver the bride price, the Li family became upset. Li Dahe’s mother and others surrounded Gao Shunyi’s house, shouting angrily. The villagers gathered in several circles, watching how the Gao family would handle the situation.