Chapter 196: Motherly Love Had Changed
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
A sentence suddenly appeared in the space: [The ingredient, Emerald Green Snake, has been discovered. Do you want to process it?]
Xiaoxiao frowned. “Little Big Brother, my hands are sore.” What f*cking ingredients, Emerald Green Snake? To Space, was there only two categories of everything in the world—ingredients and inedible things?
After all, she was still young and her arms were not long. She had been holding a snake for so long that she felt like she was about to hug Rong Yan’s neck. Xiaoxiao thought about it carefully and suggested to Rong Yan, “Why don’t I raise my arms higher and you slide out?”
Rong Yan imagined that scene and his face turned red.
An evil little person jumped around in Xiaoxiao’s heart, and four words popped up in her mind at the wrong time-Motherly love had changed!
She cleared her throat. “Why don’t we do this?”
She suddenly got up and moved her face to Rong Yan’s shoulder. Then, at lightning speed, she whipped the snake hard on the tree stump. With a bang, the snake stopped moving.
Yun Yi and Yun Er, who were waiting to be punished, felt the corners of their mouths twitch. They felt that Miss Ning was indeed unusual. Other girls would have been scared silly by now, but she kicked the dead snake and sighed. “It’s a pity that it’s too small. It’s not even enough to make a pot of soup.”
At this moment, Ning Anhui, who was the closest, also heard the commotion and ran over to ask. Xiaoxiao kicked the snake into the grass and looked back calmly. “Second Brother, you came at the right time. I want this seedling!” Ning Anhui felt that he shouldn’t have come over. Firstly, he had to be a coolie for his sister. Fortunately, there weren’t many people in the mountains. The soil was quite loose, so it wasn’t difficult to dig.
Rong Yan was still frozen on the spot, and his expression had already adjusted. Xiaoxiao blinked at him with her back facing Second Brother and made a secret gesture.
What a joke. If her family knew that she had encountered a snake, what was the chance of coming out to play next time?!
Rong Yan stood in the mountain wind for a while before patting the corner of his shirt.
Only then did Yun Yi and Yun Er go forward. Seeing that their master did not blame them, they went to work. However, they could not help but whisper to each other as they left.
“Chief, where did you go just now? Shouldn’t you be in charge of following Master?”
Yun Yi scratched his head. “I’m digging grass for Miss Ning. Moreover, I just felt that Master might not want us to follow closely.”
Yun Er chuckled. “Sigh, but why do you think Master didn’t draw his sword to cut the snake just now and instead pounced on her? With Master’s reaction ability, he clearly made it in time…”
Halfway through, Rong Yan’s calm voice sounded behind him. “Because ordinary people won’t stay where they are when they panic. I just don’t want to hurt her when I swing my sword.”
Yun Er:… [It’s over! He’s done for! Definitely!}
However, only Rong Yan, who had walked far away, knew that he did not think about anything at that moment.
Xiaoxiao, who had gone elsewhere to circle around a few times, took advantage of the situation and ran back to look for her snake. However, this time, she used the space function: [Processing ingredients.]
She didn’t want to complain about the space’s habit of calling everything ingredientsAfter all, snakes could be eaten.
In the blink of an eye, the snake that was lying in the grass had become a clean piece of snake meat in the space. It had even taken its galls.
She asked the main point: [Can we deal with the live ingredients directly?] The space actually said yes.
Xiaoxiao had to use a lot of self-control to resist looking for something to practice on. Of course, it was mainly because she was afraid that she would be caught and sent home if she overdid it. As the saying went, they would get familiar with something after a while. They would get used to it after three or four times. Everything had to be done step by step. She had to slowly explore the bottom line.
Just as she finished testing the processing function of the ingredients, Xiaoxiao saw a shadow on the ground. Little Big Brother Ah Yan reached out to her. “This is for you.”
Xiaoxiao took the item that was wrapped in layers. After opening it, she obtained a small dagger. The blade was cold and sharp. She wanted to use her nails to flick it, but her hand was grabbed.
Little Big Brother’s palm was a little cold and his tone was disapproving. “This dagger is sharp. Don’t touch it with your hands.”
After saying that, he waved it and slashed through the grass. Wherever it went, everything was indeed cut in half.
Xiaoxiao’s eyes were sparkling. “For me?”
Rong Yan nodded. “To protect yourself.” Although he would protect her most of the time, she still had to have some means to protect herself.
Xiaoxiao put away the dagger and smiled widely. “Thank you, Little Big Brother Ah Yan. I like it very much!” She had always despised the kitchen knife at home for not being sharp enough and not being able to make too detailed carvings. Now, more interesting recipes could be explored again!
Rong Yan did not tell Xiaoxiao the value of this dagger, nor did he say that the emperor specially asked the swordsmith to make this gift for him when he was 10 years old.
The royal family was like this. Even if his father and mother did not value him, they had to keep up appearances. Hence, it was common for gifts to be more ’ valuable than relationships.
In the past, he felt that it was ridiculous and boring, but now, because it could make Xiaoxiao happy, he found the meaning of its existence. He did not even know that his smile was filled with warmth when he looked at Xiaoxiao now.
“By the way, what were you looking for?”
“Snake. I thought about it later. It’s still enough to make a bowl of soup.”
Rong Yan was speechless.
When they came, everyone carried empty small bamboo baskets. When they returned, they were all filled with huge gains. Moreover, because there was strength in numbers, it was not dark when they returned.
Her brothers doted on Xiaoxiao and didn’t rest after returning home. They were busy sorting out the things she liked, washing them, and transplanting them.
Xiaoxiao smiled as she looked at the tomatoes, cumin, and Golden Silk Royal Chrysanthemum that finally belonged to her after so many twists and turns. She went straight to the kitchen in a good mood. She ate a simple lunch, but she could not make do with dinner.
The neighbor Little Big Brother and his guards were really good hunters. They casually shot a few arrows and brought back two pheasants-they had yet to enter the mountain.
Initially, the task of killing chickens at home was handed to her brother and father. Today, she suddenly became interested and ran towards the river with the pheasant that was still flapping.
[Use the processing function of ingredients!]
The space received the order: [Processing function activated, slaughtered—dismembered—cleansed.]
Xiaoxiao watched as the lively pheasant turned into clean meat in the blink of an eye, and her love for space increased. [Precious, I’ll definitely let you level up quickly!]
The space emitted an electronic sound happily.
Realizing that his sister had stolen his job, his brothers’ hearts ached and they were gratified. Their hearts ached for their sister, who did not hesitate to do such dirty work at such a young age. They were gratified and said, “My brothers and parents have worked hard. You should rest.”
Where could they find such a good sister? Didn’t they just like to dig up some strange things and plant them in the vegetable garden and courtyard? It was nothing!
Dinner was extremely sumptuous again. Halfway through, Xiaoxiao started to reflect. “From the looks of it, the courtyard seems to be too full.”
Ning Anhui swallowed the food in his mouth. He wanted to tell his sister that it didn’t matter and that they didn’t mind, but she said, “Let’s build a new house!”
The whole family was speechless.
Was that what you were waiting for?
