Chapter 56: Chapter 56: If Only I’d Known She Was This Difficult…

Xu Qinghuan’s hand was knocked down, she looked up at Jiang Xingye, and saw his face full of anger, with storm clouds brewing in his eyes, his gaze fierce as if he was about to devour someone.

The hand really hurt a lot.

Xu Qinghuan shook it off, raised it up to show him.

Her nose tingled, her eyes were full of tears, sparkling with the brightness, matched with her flawless, delicate face, instantly leaving Jiang Xingye feeling powerless.

“You hit me? Why would you hit me?” Xu Qinghuan was furious.

If she was sure she could actually beat him, Xu Qinghuan would definitely make him search the ground for his teeth.

At this moment, Xu Qinghuan couldn’t help but curse her friend in her heart, why did they have to create such a formidable person, can’t beat him, dare not scold him, it’s maddening!

She was actually bullied!

Xu Qinghuan stomped her foot in anger.

Jiang Xingye saw the red mark on the snow-white back of her hand, and a wave of regret rose in his heart, he uncharacteristically explained, “This is a Death Cap mushroom, the most poisonous mushroom around here.”

Xu Qinghuan quickly pulled out her handkerchief to wipe her fingers.

Actually, she was also worried that it might be toxic, so she planned to just taste a little bit, and if it was poisonous, she would immediately take a Detoxification Pill, anyway, it wouldn’t kill her.

Didn’t expect it to really be poisonous, even extremely toxic.

Xu Qinghuan didn’t have to personally test the poison.

She wanted to pick some mushrooms to make soup, didn’t want to return empty-handed, so she simply acted stubborn, “Then you tell me which mushrooms aren’t poisonous.”

Jiang Xingye had also witnessed her stubbornness, for the first time feeling helpless. He picked up his half-filled basket, took out the snake inside, and then poured half of the contents into Xu Qinghuan’s basket.

He carried his empty basket, took large strides towards the deep mountains.

“What!”

Xu Qinghuan put down her basket, rummaged through it, oh dear, besides mushrooms, there’s also a rabbit.

Xu Qinghuan shouldered it and chased after him. After taking the Bone Tempering and Muscle Strengthening Pill, her stamina was not what it used to be, she quickly caught up with Jiang Xingye.

Jiang Xingye stopped in his tracks before she could reach out, didn’t say a word, just waited silently.

“You’ve given it all to me, what about you?” Xu Qinghuan knew how precious food was at the time, how could she just take it!

“Lunch money!” He said briefly, as if knowing how troublesome this youth was.

“That’s not right, I know those woods were all chopped by you, does your family rent the house including firewood delivery?” Xu Qinghuan stubbornly replied, she didn’t like taking advantage of people.

“Mm!” Jiang Xingye turned his face away, his ears blushing down to his neck. He was out of his mind at the time, seeing two bundles of firewood in the corner that hadn’t been used up, he inexplicably brought a few more over.

The only thought was the fear she’d starve without firewood.

If only he’d known she was such a troublemaker…

Xu Qinghuan was momentarily surprised, but didn’t believe his nonsense, she was insistent, “Well, how about I bring you dinner tonight? My spicy rabbit is really tasty, why don’t you give it a try?”

Jiang Xingye hesitated for a long time, finally helplessly responded with an “Mm, you go down the mountain now!”

Stop pestering me!

Half a day, and his harvest was reset!

Xu Qinghuan didn’t linger any longer, she took out an Antidote Pill from the space, put it in her pocket, and picked up a stick, knocking it as she descended the mountain.

Previously, she didn’t take it out because she had no experience and hadn’t even thought there’d be such a thing in the space.

Once she got to the foot of the mountain, she put the Antidote Pill into the space.

The kids were all there, seeing her return, they hurried around her, “Fairy Sister, are you okay?”

“I’m fine, look, I’m perfectly fine!”

Xu Qinghuan turned around, sunlight shone on her, her skin was glowing white, her delicate face as refined as a sprite walking out of the forest, her cascade of black hair falling like a waterfall, truly fitting the “Fairy Sister” title.

The children were all very happy, Xu Qinghuan gave each of them a candy.

Before leaving, she reminded the children not to enter the mountain, and urged them to go home early.

Huanzai ran a few steps with her, whispered to Xu Qinghuan, “Fairy Sister, if you don’t want to go to work, I’ll tell my daddy to arrange for you to cut pig grass with us.”

“Ah? Is that possible!” Xu Qinghuan was surprised to receive this useful information, “Who is your daddy?”

Huanzai had a little sense of pride, “My daddy is the team leader!”

“Is that so, then let me think about it, okay? I’ll give you an answer tomorrow.” Xu Qinghuan didn’t dismiss him just because he’s a child and might not be able to make things happen.

This made Huanzai very happy, “Mm, Fairy Sister, no need to rush, you can also try going to work.”

“Okay, I’ll take your advice, Huanzai, I’m leaving!”

After their farewell, Xu Qinghuan carried her basket back home. It wasn’t time to finish work yet, but there were several clay bowls on the Eight Immortal Table at home, with grass scraps on them, clearly unused.

Not knowing who brought them in, Xu Qinghuan put down her basket and washed the clay bowls clean for later use.

There were about four or five pounds of mushrooms, and the rabbit was also four or five pounds, after skinning it there were still two or three pounds.

Xu Qinghuan first picked out the herbs, as there weren’t tools at home to dry them, she laid them on the bed in the room.

She planned to go to the village to exchange for some mats, convenient for drying crops.

This would have to wait for Qiao Xinyu to come back, because she didn’t know which family weaves such items.

There were only four people to eat dinner, Xu Qinghuan decided to make some mushroom soup and braised rabbit meat, and the main dish would be flatbread.

She first kneaded the dough, the cornmeal mixed with some white flour, added yeast, kneaded it and let it rise to one side.

Poured a basin of water to soak the mushrooms for a while, while waiting, Xu Qinghuan first skinned and gutted the rabbit.

Fortunately, it was already dead.

If it was alive, Xu Qinghuan might not be able to bring herself to do it.

Rabbits are so cute, how can you eat them?

But thinking of the delicious spicy rabbit dices, Xu Qinghuan couldn’t help but swallow, skillfully peeling the rabbit skin, which was soft, Xu Qinghuan planned to find someone to tan it, and when winter comes, make a neckerchief.

One pot for mushroom soup, one pot for spicy rabbit dices, and bread stuck on the edge of the pot.

There were many types of mushrooms, Xu Qinghuan wasn’t worried there would be poisonous ones, she actually didn’t know why she trusted Jiang Xingye so absolutely, she just didn’t worry about being poisoned.

While boiling the mushroom soup, she only added a pinch of oil and salt, a bit of soy sauce, but after boiling for a while, the fresh aroma wafted out, making the mouth water.

First she water-blanched the rabbit meat to remove the earthy smell, then added a little oil to the pot, after heating, Xu Qinghuan threw in a handful of spices, stir-fried for a bit, after the spice aroma emerged, she scooped out the spices and put them back in the space.

Rabbit dices in the pot, a pungent spicy aroma overflowed again, even though Xu Qinghuan ate a lot at noon, she couldn’t resist the cravings stirring inside her.

After stir-frying, Xu Qinghuan added a scoop of water, brought it to a boil on high heat, then switched to low heat to simmer slowly.

After the rabbit meat was tender, Xu Qinghuan finally stuck the bread around the pot.

Meanwhile, the sky gradually darkened.

After the finish work broadcast sounded, Xu Qinghuan used pottery bowls to serve all the dishes, sixteen pieces of bread, each about palm-sized, stacked in two pottery bowls, piled high.

She put mushroom soup in one bowl, rabbit meat in another, and wrapped six pieces of bread, planning to take them to Jiang Xingye.

Qiao Xinyu came back, seeing the food placed separately on the table, curiously asked, “Who is this for?”

Xu Qinghuan pointed with her fair finger into the pottery bowl, “This is rabbit, this is mushroom, all sent to me by someone else, so I also must give some back, this is repaying courtesy.”

Sounding righteous but actually a bit guilty!

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