The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 249 - 249 249 Old Leaf gets food stuck in his teeth

Chapter 249: Chapter 249 Old Leaf gets food stuck in his teeth Chapter 249: Chapter 249 Old Leaf gets food stuck in his teeth “It’s good to go to Manghuang Mountain, but…” This is still somehow involving her.

However, even though Zhong You merely called her “master”, it wouldn’t be appropriate to let him live at Ya Molian’s house all the time. He has many secrets that shouldn’t be exposed to outsiders.

“If he doesn’t go to Manghuang Mountain, are you planning to let him live in your house?” Ya Molian asked him back.

“Absolutely not.”

Lin Caisang instantly shook her head, thinking that this idea was extremely bad.

“Forget it, let him go home with you for now. We’ll take things one step at a time.”

No one knows how things will unfold. She never expected that Liu Baixiao and his family would return to live in Ya Village. Hence, no matter how crafty humans are, they can never outsmart fate.

Ya Molian nodded her head, and then continued on her journey home with the horse carriage.

…

At the Lin Family’s home, Lin Caihe was squatting at the kitchen door washing vegetables. The slightly bruised and not-so-tender cabbage leaves were all peeled off and discarded on the ground.

It was getting dark. Lu Qiubo, due to his old age and poor eyesight, did not notice. But Yang Lin did. She had just returned from working on Manghuang Mountain and spotting the vegetable leaves scattered all over the ground, her heart ached.

“He’er, what are you doing? Those are good vegetable leaves. Why are you throwing them on the ground?”

She picked up the leaves, holding them up as she asked Lin Caihe.

“Mother, those are old leaves. They get stuck in the teeth when eaten.” Lin Caihe pouted and replied.

“You…”

Yang Lin was so infuriated by her response that she felt smoke was about to come out of her.

“If these leaves get stuck in your teeth, what will you eat? Only drink cold water is it? Does that not get stuck too?”

How did she end up with such a rebellious daughter who does everything all wrong? Chopping wood is too strenuous, washing clothes results in the clothes floating down the river, and now even washing vegetables is problematic.

“You’re trying to infuriate me to death!”

“What happened now?”

Lu Qiubo was in the kitchen when he heard the commotion outside. He came out to see what was going on.

“Mother, you see her… look at these vegetable leaves… ah!”

Yang Lin had words left unsaid, all choked up in her chest. Looking at her good-for-nothing daughter, she could only sigh.

“I thought it was something serious, just a few leaves.”

Lu Qiubo didn’t think it was a big deal. He just chuckled lightly at his daughter-in-law, bending down to pick up the leaves. He then took those in Yang Lin’s hand and rinsed them in the wooden bucket.

“Perfect, I’ll just fry these leaves for those who aren’t able to work hard today.”

He said and deliberately looked in Lin Caihe’s direction before heading back to the kitchen.

Upon hearing this, Lin Caihe felt her face flush red from holding breath, she thought she misheard, and quickly followed Lu Qiubo into the kitchen, “Grandmother, these leaves are too old, they cannot be eaten.”

“How can they not be eaten? Back in the day when we went from feast to famine, we even gnawed on tree bark. Are these leaves tougher than tree bark?” Lu Qiubo gave her a glare.

“Put down the vegetables and go chop firewood. If you don’t finish chopping, you won’t even have these old leaves to eat.”

“But I…”

Lin Caihe opens her mouth but fails to utter a word. With a resentful glance at Lu Qiubo’s back, she turned and left the kitchen.

“Sigh, this is the only way to deal with her.” Yang Lin let out another sigh.

Everyone has tried to advise her, yet she refuses to listen. From her perspective, it seems everyone is against her. Being her mother, even I fail to persuade her. Hence, she must deal with the aftermath of her own actions.