Feeling Awkward

Lu Jiao told Xie Yunjin this because she wanted him to look after the small beanies, but she didn't mean to explain it to him.

After she had finished speaking, she turned around and left. Xie Yunjin squinted at her back. The woman was still fat, but her pace was steady, not rushed. Her gestures exuded confidence, which was not like her at all.

The more Xie Yunjin thought about it, the more he felt that this woman seemed to have become a different person. Originally, he thought that this should be taught by Mother-in-law, but if Mother-in-law can teach people to be like this, why didn't she teach her well originally?

Looking at her face, she was exactly the same as before.

Xie Yunjin was puzzled.

Lu Jiao ignored Xie Yunjin. After leaving the room, she rummaged around in the house for a long time, but did not find a hatchet, but did find a tattered basket.

But without a hatchet, how could she chop wood? Lu Jiao turned around with the basket on her back and went out to borrow a hatchet.

However, her reputation is not very good now, and most people are afraid to lend it. Lu Jiao was a little embarrassed standing in front of the fence.

Not far away, in front of a courtyard, a thin old lady saw that she was standing in front of the door with an embarrassed look on her face, so she came over and asked as she walked.

"Yunjin's wife, what's wrong?"

Lu Jiao turned around and thought about it carefully. She remembered who this old lady was, her father-in-law, Old Master Xie's second sister-in-law, Mrs Xia. Everyone in the village called her second grandma.

The second grandpa died young, and the second grandma was a widow. She raised two sons and two daughters by herself. She was very charitable. When they had been kicked here before, the second grandma also brought a few boiled eggs over.

Seeing the second grandma, Lu Jiao smiled and said, "Second grandma, do you have a hatchet at home? There is no firewood at home. I want to climb the mountain to chop some firewood."

When the second grandma heard Lu Jiao's words, she felt distressed, "As a woman, why are you climbing the mountain to chop firewood? Let my grandson, Hu, climb the mountain to chop some wood for you."

Xie Hu is the grandson of the second grandma. He has already been married for almost two years but has no children.

Lu Jiao naturally couldn't ask her grandson Hu to chop wood for her. It wasn't a matter of a day or two.

"Second grandma, no need. I'll just walk around the mountain and chop up some for use, but I won't climb the mountain."

After hearing this, the second grandma stopped insisting and pulled Lu Jiao to the house to get a hatchet.

The second grandma's family is now separated. She lives with her eldest son. When her eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs Zhao, saw Lu Jiao, she was obviously displeased and ignored her. However, Lu Jiao didn't say much, just took the hatchet and left.

The second grandma warned worriedly, and Mrs. Zhao couldn't help but muttered, "Mother, why would you lend her our hatchet? She can chop wood. This is a joke, right?"

The second grandma looked back at her daughter-in-law and said, "Okay, it's not easy for a woman to support a seriously injured man and four children. You can help if you can. Don't be as mean as your fourth grandfather and fourth grandmother."

Lu Jiao ignored the people behind her. She took the hatchet and climbed all the way up the mountain. Xie Clan Village was close to the mountain, and Lu Jiao lived in the westernmost part of the village, closer to the mountain.

However, her body is really useless. After climbing the mountain, she was so tired that she was sweating profusely, and her clothes were all wet. Fortunately, it was summer, so there was no serious problem.

After Lu Jiao had climbed the mountain, she first observed it. There are quite a lot of resources on the mountain, the most abundant of which are medicinal herbs, as well as some wild vegetables, wild fruits, mushrooms and other things.

Originally, in her opinion, there should not be many things on this mountain. After all, there are many villages around, but after looking at it, she found that there are many things on the mountain.

Lu Jiao was puzzled at first, but after thinking about it, she realized that the villagers in these village were basically illiterate and had little knowledge. There were things on the mountain that could or couldn't be eaten, so they dared not move around for fear of encountering poisonous things.

Usually, when villagers climb the mountain to pick wild vegetables and mushrooms, they just pick the ones they have seen, and they don't dare touch those they haven't seen before.

Lu Jiao thought this and smiled. She made a trap on the mountain and threw the little bamboo rat she caught smeared with spiritual spring water into it.

[T/N: Bamboo rat: A rodent species found in South, Southeast and East Asia.]

After doing this, she took the hatchet and went to chop wood.

Lu Jiao was very strong, and it was easy to chop wood, so she quickly chopped up a bunch of them.

While she chopped, she thought of Xie Yunjin, who was paralyzed in bed. Because of the concussion and spleen hemorrhage, Xie Yunjin couldn't make any large movements right now, so he couldn't get out of bed. The problem of urinating was easy to solve. The chamber pot will do. What about pooping?

Lu Jiao thought for a while and decided to use bamboo to make a simple toilet. She chopped some bamboo and found some sticky material on the mountain to glue it.

After finishing this, it was getting late. Lu Jiao hurriedly went to the trap to check and found that there were two pheasants and one hare in it, and they were all alive.

Lu Jiao laughed happily, this is all meat.

She took the pheasant and the hare and carried firewood on her back all the way down the mountain.

Because it was already dark, she didn't see anyone on the road. When she entered through the gate, she saw four little heads clinging to the door of the main room. When the four little boys saw her figure, they all shrank back.

Lu Jiao chuckled and placed the firewood, which was taller than a person, at the kitchen door. Because the firewood cut from the mountain was wet, it would take a few days to burn.

But it was getting late. Lu Jiao was going to make dinner. Before making dinner, she went to the east bedroom.

On the bed, Xie Yunjin was awake. Seeing her coming back, his eyes darkened slightly. Lu Jiao raised her eyebrows and asked Xie Yunjin, "Are you thirsty? Shall I pour a glass of water for you to moisten your throat first?"

Xie Yunjin refused coldly, "No need. Go and cook. The children are hungry."

Since he was not thirsty, Lu Jiao turned around and walked out.

Later, Xie Yunjin licked his lips subconsciously. His whole person was indescribably gloomy, and his eyes were full of coldness.

He didn't expect that one day he would fall into such a state of embarrassment and need to rely on the woman he hates to take care of him, which made him extremely self-loathing.

Lu Jiao suddenly stopped and looked back, just in time to see Xie Yunjin licking his lips involuntarily. He was obviously thirsty.

Lu Jiao was speechless. This man was indeed feeling awkward.

The future Lord First Assistant could also feel awkward.

Lu Jiao stopped talking, turned around and strode out and poured a bowl of sugar water, but she also thought to herself, Xie Yunjin was injured and his body required more water. This was her dereliction of duty.

While thinking about it, Lu Jiao brought sugar water into the room and said, "Drink a bowl of water first."

Xie Yunjin listened to her words and immediately refused, "I said no."

Lu Jiao ignored him, brought the water over, lifted him up slightly and commanded with a strong attitude, "Drink water."

Xie Yunjin stared at her coldly and finally lowered his head to drink water. As the sweet sugar water entered his throat, he felt very comfortable.

When feeding the water, Lu Jiao said casually, "Today I climbed the mountain to chop firewood, caught two pheasants and a hare, and I will cook chicken soup for you tomorrow. In addition, I picked two Ganoderma lucidum trees on the mountain. One will be taken to the Medical Hall tomorrow to sell, the money..."

[T/N: Ganoderma lucidum: Explained in previous chapter]