Little Fool Cooks Dinner

Liu Xiaolan looked at the worried face of her little fool and laughed. Ever since he carried her back home, it seems he keeps blaming himself for not protecting her properly.

"Little fool, it's not your fault. I've hurt my hand myself…" She said gently.

Mu Yuchen looked at her and was worried. So what if his lady hurt herself? It's still his fault if he couldn't take care of the Liu family in time…

"But if I got rid of the Liu family before, then lady wouldn't need to hurt herself…"

Liu Xiaolan sighed and hugged him. "Little fool, people can't always get what they want. In the end life is a game of choices, some are better and some are worse.."

Looking at Mu Yuchen, it seems like he will continue to blame himself. Liu Xiaolan was a little worried about him, so after thinking for a moment she said, "Little fool, stop worrying. It's better to take good care of me, right?"

Upon getting his attention, she continued, "Now that I've lost some blood, I need some food to replenish it. Go to Zou Xinghe's house and see if you can buy some red meat…"

"Ah, little fool, wait! You need to take some money with you…" Liu Xiaolan looked helplessly at her little fool.

She truly couldn't understand what's the big deal about her losing some blood. Sure, if she was to lose 3 ounces of blood like old woman Liu wanted her to, then it would be really bad for her life.

But with the help of Elder Ren, she only needed to make a slight cut on her hand and squeeze out some blood. Honestly, she had worse injuries when she learned cooking. Some months she would cut herself dozens of times, and the little cut from today is nothing compared to that…

She sighed and went out to pick some water from the river. Although the cut is not deep, she still needs to take care of it. The medicine in ancient times was not only expensive, but also sparse.

If her wound got infected, god knows if the local doctor wouldn't straight up cut off her hand. And that would probably be the best option if it went so far…

Liu Xiaolan boiled some water and cleaned the place that was cut.

Well, boiled water wouldn't really do much to help, but it's better than doing nothing. After that, she boiled a white cloth she had before quickly drying it out over fire and tying it over her hand.

With how shallow her wound was, it shouldn't take too long for it to be fully healed. Perhaps if she's lucky there won't even be a scar left…

A few minutes later, Mu Yuchen came running back holding some meat with him. "Lady, I've brought back the meat. Lady should quickly eat some and replenish her blood."

Liu Xiaolan looked at the meat and was pleasantly surprised. She wasn't 100% sure, but it would seem that her little fool brought her a piece of venison, a tender looking rib.

"Little fool, how much did you pay for it?" Liu Xiaolan asked curiously. She truly had little knowledge about how much was this kind of meat worth in the ancient times…

Mu Yuchen was a little hesitant to speak out.

"It's alright, little fool. Even if you paid a lot of money for it, I won't scold you…" Liu Xiaolan said gently, but she couldn't help but think, her little fool wouldn't be cheated? She gave him quite an amount of money, but it couldn't be he spend it all?

"I didn't pay a lot of money, Zou Xinghe said that it was a gift for my lady." Mu Yuchen said with a pitiful voice, "I wanted to pay for it, but he wouldn't take my money no matter what…"

"It's alright, little fool. You've done a good job." Liu Xiaolan said with a smile.

Well, she's not really used to receiving free things from other people, but uncle Zou could be counted as an acquaintance in the village. For sure she was closer with him than other people in the Liuojia Village, so she might as well let it go this time.

She'll find some other way to repay him in the future.

Liu Xiaolan stood up, preparing to cook the food. Before she could even take the rib away, Mu Yuchen took it away from her hand. "Lady shouldn't do anything right now!"

Seeing that she was looking him as if he was a fool, Mu Yuchen continued, "Lady is a patient right now, she should just lie in bed and let me take care of her…"

Liu Xiaolan sighed a little and was helpless.

It's just a small cut, okay? She has even cut herself on her left hand on purpose, so that her main hand was still good to use. What does the little fool mean by saying she's a patient?

But no matter what she said, Mu Yuchen wouldn't agree for her to step in.

With no other choice, she could only instruct him from the distance, "Alright little fool, season it with salt from both sides. Do it properly, also you need to first heat up some cooking oil in the pan, but not too much…"

She looked around at what they still had lying around and said, "You can add some leeks when you fry the meat, it's good for me as well. Just make sure not to burn yourself…"

Liu Xiaolan said with a slight smile. After all, if today's dinner was something that needed proper knife work, wouldn't her little fool cut his own hand as well? It seems like in the next few days she will be forced to eat some less complicated dishes, otherwise her little fool will end up more hurt than she already is…

When she finally received her food for today, Liu Xiaolan wanted to cry a little. Why is the meat so dark? It seems that her little fool still has a lot to learn when it comes to cooking...