Fortunate Wife Chapter 121
Published at 6th of July 2019 11:48:49 PM Please help us improve Trinity Audio
Chapter 121
Chapter 121 – Wanting to pee (4)
However, Li Man discovered that she felt full enough after eating one bowl of dough drop soup . She wasn't used to eating too much at night . And so, she scooped out the remaining soup into a large bowl and brought it over to the eastern hut . Putting it down on a small table, she said, "There's one more bowl of soup left . You guys should divide it amongst yourselves . The dough in the soup will get too soggy if you leave to tomorrow to eat, and it won't taste good . "
Little Five rubbed his stomach . He already felt way too full after having two bowls of soup .
The amount of food that Li Hua could eat wasn't a lot . He wasn't hungry either after eating two bowls of dough drop soup .
Li Yan was sick, so he didn't have much of an appetite . He had only eating one bowl of soup and gave his second bowl to Li Shu .
Li Shu usually had a pretty good appetite, but after eating three bowls of soup, he balked at eating the large bowl of soup on the small table . "I'm full . "
Advertisement
"You're all full?" Seeing that the large bowl of soup was going to become unappetizing soggy leftovers, Li Man felt distressed .
Li Mo looked at her and asked, "You only had one bowl of soup?"
"En, I ate a lot during lunch, so I wasn't hungry at dinnertime, "Li Man said as she was about to pick up the bowl of soup and bring it back .
But, Li Mo stopped her . "I was worried there wouldn't be enough . Since you're all full, I'll eat all of this then . "
"Ah?" His brothers all looked at him .
Li Shu cried out, "Oldest brother, didn't you say before that you were full? I'm feeling too full now because you didn't want to eat any from second brother's second bowl . "
Li Mo didn't answer him . Sitting on the side of the bed, he picked up the bowl and started to eat . He looked like he was enjoying the food so much that it really didn't seem as if he was already full .
The corners of Li Yan's eyes were twitching as he watched Li Mo, "Oldest brother, is it that tasty? Don't eat to the point of getting a stomachache . "
Li Mo didn't say anything . He kept his head lowered as he ate with gusto . He really hadn't eaten enough to be full . It was because he had seen there wasn't much left in the pot before, and he wanted to leave behind more food for her . Third brother usually had a big appetite, so he had turned down second brother's remaining share to his third brother . He just hadn't expected that wife would eat so little . She had gotten full from eating only a small bowl of soup .
Moreover, he knew that wife would feel distressed if such a large bowl of soup went to waste .
Seeing how happily he was eating, the corners of Li Man's lips slightly curved up . She liked to cook, and she liked it when people enjoyed her cooking . The more happily they ate her food, the more accomplished she felt .
Seeing the smile in Li Man's eyes as she watched his oldest brother, Li Shu couldn't help feeling a bit jealous . Oldest brother, how about leaving some for me to eat? I feel a bit a hungry too now . "
"Third brother, don't be so immature . " Li Yan irritably looked at in Li Shu in askance .
Li Shu rubbed his stomach . His face wasn't twitchy or red as he lied, "I really do feel a bit hungry . "
"Alright, third brother, even if you feel hungry, you'll have to wait until tomorrow morning . " In a few bites, Li Mo finished the last piece of dough drop in the bowl .
Li Man clapped her hands . "Great . " She stood up to take the bowl back .
"I'll do it . " Li Mo had already picked up the bowl and was one step before her in heading to the kitchen .
Li Man hurriedly followed after him . When she got to the kitchen, Li Mo was already scooping water into the pot . She said, "I can wash the pot and bowls myself .
She had washed the dishes with Little Five as well as Li Hua . That had seemed normal enough . But, Li Mo was a grown man . She felt it was a bit strange to see him by the stove .
"I'll be done soon . " Li Mo had finished adding water to the pot . He put the bowls and chopsticks into the pot, then he started washing them one by one with a dishcloth .
T/N: Aww, Li Mo is such a thoughtful older brother .
******************************************************
Fortunate Wife Chapter 122
Published at 8th of July 2019 06:56:48 AM Please help us improve Trinity Audio
Chapter 122
Chapter 122 – Wanting to pee (5)
Really... Li Man lightly shook her head as she watched from the side . His hands were very big . When he was holding the large bowl, it looked a like child's toy . Moreover, he seemed skillful enough when he was doing other tasks, so why did he look so awkward with washing bowls? He only needed to swipe the dishcloth a few times on the bottom before washing the rest of the bowl . Why did he keep moving the dishcloth in circles on the bottom . There were several times when the bowl looked as if it was going slip out of his grip . Each time made Li Man's heart jump in alarm . There weren't many bowls in this home .
As she was watching, her eyes widened when a bowl did slip from Li Mo's hand, plop into the pot of water, and splash Li Mo's face .
It really did fall . Li Man involuntary laughed .
Li Mo wiped his face in embarrassment . He looked at her and stammered, "The bowl was too slippery . "
Advertisement
"Really, just let me do it . " Li Man took the initiative of approaching him, nudging him over, taking the dishtowel from him, and started to wash a bowl .
Li Mo's face was flushed red . "Actually, I have washed bowls before . "
"En . " He was good at heavy manual labor, but he clearly wasn't good at careful work like washing bowls and scrubbing pots .
Li Mo stood next to her for a while . He watched as Li Man scrubbed the bowls, then rinsed them with water and dried them off one by one . After that, she neatly put them away in the cabinet, poured out the water in the pot, wiped the pot lid and the top of stove clean, neatly arranged the jars for oil and salt...
Li Man knew that he was watching her from the side . Once she was done with everything else, she washed the dishtowel and spread it out on the stove to dry . This way, the dishtowel wouldn't have any lingering smells the next morning .
"I'm done," she said to him .
"Oh . " Li Mo had blanked out a bit from watching her nimble work . It wasn't until she said something to him that he partially returned to his senses . But, his mind couldn't erase the images of her working . She had looked so at ease and comfortable . It had even looked quite graceful to him . Even as a person watching from the side, he had felt a sense of delight .
Seeing that he was still somewhat blankly looking at her, Li Man asked, "Should I boil some hot water so you guys can take a bath?"
"Oh, sure, I'll boil the water," said Li Mo .
"En, I'll leave that to you then . " She normally didn't do any work after dinner like heating up the water, so she was about to leave after saying this .
Li Mo took one step forward to follow her and asked, "Where you going?"
Li Man turned her head to look at him, "Back to my hut . "
"Your hut is still too wet," Li Mo said, "You can't sleep there tonight . "
It was only now that Li Man remembered this . Somewhat vexed, she bit her lip . Then tonight...
"Wait here . " Li Mo walked to a corner of the kitchen and moved the random bits and bobs off the bamboo couch . "I'll move this bamboo couch over there and set up a new bed for you . "
"Okay . " This really was the only alternative, but... "You don't need to take that much trouble . I can just move my quilt and sleep here . "
"No," Li Mo firmly refused, "The window paper is already torn here . It's not secure . What if... Anyways, it's not safe here . "
After saying this, he found a rag and started wiping off the dust on the bamboo couch .
"Let me do it . You can go boil the water," said Li Man .
"Okay," Li Mo didn't insist . He handed the cleaning rag to her .
******************************************************
Fortunate Wife Chapter 123
Published at 8th of July 2019 02:56:55 PM Please help us improve Trinity Audio
Chapter 123
Chapter 123 – Wanting to pee (6)
It didn't take long to boil a large pot of water . Other than keeping some water for drinking, the rest of the water was used for bathing .
Li Mo really did move the bamboo couch to the eastern hut . Then, he put Li Hua's clean quilt on it .
"Huh? Is wife sleeping there tonight?" Who knows what Li Shu was thinking? But, he sat down on the bamboo couch .
"I haven't finished making the bed . " Li Man pushed him away and smoothed out the quilt in the area that he had been sitting on .
Advertisement
"Third brother, go sleep on the heated bed," Li Mo ordered .
"Okay . " This time, Li Shu didn't protest .
Once Li Man was done making her bed, she saw the brothers were scattered on their bed in sitting positions and couldn't help furrowing her brow . They didn't seem like they were going to sleep anytime soon .
Li Mo looked at his brothers in askance . First, he got onto the heated bed, then ordered Li Shu, who was still loitering around Li Man's bed, "Third brother, blow out the lamp and come to bed . "
"I'm not sleepy," said Li Shu .
"Keep it down . Your second brother is sick . Stop saying nonsense" Li Mo imposingly said while he deftly blew out the lamp .
The room suddenly darkened . Li Shu yelped, "Oldest brother, you didn't even wait for me . " He fumbled his way to the bed .
Li Man was sitting on the bamboo couch . It took a long time for her eyes to adapt to the darkness in the room . After she slowly got under the quilt, she started taking off her outer clothing .
However, this bamboo couch was a bit too old, so the bulk of it wasn't in a good condition . As soon as she slightly moved, the bamboo couch would start creaking . In the silence of the night, it was easy for the sound of her movements to cause the other people to have wild thoughts .
Helpless, she stopped undressing after only taking one arm out of a sleeve . She didn't dare to move, not even to turn over .
However, on the other side, people were still listening . Since it didn't take long for the sound of movement to stop, Li Shu grinned as he asked, "Wife, are you asleep?"
What an annoying chatterbox . In the darkness, Li Man rolled her eyes . She instinctively started to turn over, but she didn't want the bamboo to creak again . She felt frustrated enough to want to smack the ground with her fist .
On the other side, Li Shu started embellishing, "Wife, are you taking off your clothes?"
Li Man really wanted to rip off his mouth, but the truth made it worse . She really was undressing before, but she had only taken off one sleeve . Sleeping on this old bamboo couch like this, it felt even more uncomfortable .
"Third brother, stop talking . Go to sleep . " Li Mo admonished in a deep voice .
"Oh . " Li Shu obediently listened to him . He closed his eyes and went to sleep .
Very quickly, the sound of quiet snoring was heard on the side of the heated bed . It wasn't clear who was snoring .
Time slowly passed . In the darkness, Li Man stared at the window, but she didn't feel sleepy at all . She was used to being able to comfortably sprawl out . This small bamboo couch wasn't big enough for her to move around . Moreover, she couldn't move without the bamboo couch creaking . It was so uncomfortable having to keep her body stiffly still .
When she thought the men on the heated bed had all fallen asleep, she carefully changed her posture . Just as she was feeling slightly more comfortable and wanting to sleep, she felt an urge from her lower abdomen . It was a feeling that made her want to jump up and curse .
Who could understand how it felt when everything was just right – snuggled up in a cozy quilt and about to fall into a good night's sleep – then, suddenly struck with wanting to pee?
******************************************************
Fortunate Wife Chapter 125
Chapter 125 - Delivering soup (2)
Seeing that she was stunned, Li Mo straightened up and lifted the oil lamp closer to her so that he could clearly see her expression. "It's really dark out, and it's not easy to walk there. If you fall, it won't be worth it."
Although this was true... "Okay, I'll have to trouble you then." Li Man really needed to pee. When he leaned over again, she got onto his back without thinking. "Walk slowly. I can hold the lamp."
"No need." Li Mo held up the lamp with one hand and supported her legs with his other hand. He was worried that she was going slip off from his body.
Truthfully, Li Man was scared of falling down too. Her arms were desperately wrapped around his neck.
He was wearing straw sandals, and the courtyard was full of mud, so he could only walk on the slightly drier path by the wall. Fortunately, the outhouse wasn't far. It was in the backyard. His strides were long, and they quickly arrived.
Li Mo put her down and hanged the lamp on the outhouse's doorframe. Then, he walked a few steps away and said to her, "You can go inside. I'll wait for you here."
"En." Li Man hurriedly went into the outhouse. She untied her belt and immediately crouched down.
Once she was done, Li Man relaxed. However, thinking about how Li Mo was right outside, she blushed in embarrassment. After fastening her belt, she picked up the small lamp and came out. That man was still honestly standing by the wall. The night wind blew by, and she saw him slightly trembling. It was only now that she could clearly see that he was only wearing a thin shirt and a pair of shorts with his long legs exposed.
Li Man hurriedly went over to him and said, "Let's quickly go back."
"En." Li Mo took the oil lamp from her, then crouched down in front of her.
Li Man had originally wanted to say that she could keep by the wall and slowly walk back by herself. But, if she did that, she would have to explain herself. Moreover, she definitely wouldn't be able to walk as nimbly as him. It wouldn't be worth it to delay their walk back. He was wearing so little clothing. She didn't want him to freeze.
And so, she silently got onto his back.
Very quickly, the two of them returned to the eastern hut. Li Mo put the oil lamp on the big wardrobe. His younger brothers were all sleeping soundly. It was only Li Yan's breathing that sound a bit heavy. He went over and gently checked his temperature by touching his forehead. Feeling that Li Yan was sweating out his sickness, Li Mo sighed in relief.
Li Man had already sat down on her quilt. Seeing Li Mo picking up a piece of cloth to wipe Li Yan's forehead, she asked in worry, "How is he?"
Li Mo quietly answered, "He should be okay by tomorrow."
"En, you should go to sleep soon too," Li Man quietly urged, then she burrowed underneath the quilt. She felt sleepy too.
After Li Mo wiped off the rest of the sweat from his second brother's body, he tucked Li Shu's quilt around him. Little Five had moved away from his original position next to Li Mo's spot and was about to roll off the bed. Li Mo moved him back. After that, he extinguished the lamp and quietly got onto the bed.
—
The rest of the night passed in silence.
The next morning, the sky was clear. The radiant sunshine came through the window and cast motley shadows in the hut.
The first half of last night had been unbearable for Li Man, but she slept very deeply afterward. Even after the neighbor's rooster had crowed three times, she remained unaware.
Li Mo was the first one to get up from the bed. He checked on his second brother. His forehead wasn't hot anymore, and Li Mo's worried heart finally relaxed. His next thought was going to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for everyone.
However, he wasn't good at cooking. After he scooped out some rice, he spent a long time washing it clean. As for the following part, he struggled to figure out how much water to add to the pot. Fortunately, Li Hua came into the kitchen at this time.
"Oldest brother, I'll do it."
Li Mo smiled. "Fourth brother, why don't you go back and get some more sleep?"
"I slept enough." Li Hua took the ladle from his oldest brother and added two more scoops of water to the pot before covering it.
It was clear that his fourth brother was much better at this type of work than him. Li Mo didn't insist and simply said, "The weather is good today. I'll go clean up the other hut."
"En," said Li Hua. Then, he sat down by the stove to start a fire to cook congee.
Li Mo went to Li Man's hut. First, he took out the bamboo poles, leaned them against the eaves, and rehanged Little Five's clothing on the poles. Then, he went back inside to tidy up her bed.