mesbooks Chapter 107 I was so scared I almost lost my soul
Chapter 107 I was so scared I almost lost my soul
Before Lin Cai could finish speaking, her mother interrupted her, saying, "I saw it with my own eyes, and you still say you didn't? The thing is right here. Look at the state you've made of it!"
"How can we use this sparse material to make clothes or pants?"
"Isn't it better if it can't be used to make clothes and pants? It's perfect for me to finish making them, then they'll be useful in my hands."
Lin Cai tried to persuade her mother, but the old woman simply wouldn't listen. It's unlikely she even heard a word Lin Cai said.
When Gu Zhan arrived, he happened to see this scene. He was still carrying a bucket and didn't know whether he should go in or leave.
Lin's mother also saw Gu Zhan outside, so she carried the things in her arms and walked into the house, saying as she went, "We've all come to entertain the guests."
"Don't even think about it. I'm not giving it to you."
Lin Cai shook her head helplessly as she watched her mother's back as she went into the house. It's just a piece of cloth, isn't it?
Did it really have to come to this?
Gu Zhanti's bucket was filled with snails, which he had caught from the river. Although it was winter, the snails in the river were still easy to catch.
They all hid under the roadside bushes, and in no time he had filled half a bucket, then brought it here.
Lin Cai looked at Gu Zhan with some surprise when she saw the half-bucket of snails, wondering how he knew that these things were edible.
Perhaps her expression was too obvious, because before she could even ask, she heard, "I heard from Ershi that you know how to make this to eat."
Actually, no, it's because he had eaten it once before, so...
Ke Lincai believed him and told him to put the bucket there, add half a bucket of water, and then let him take care of it.
When Gu Zhan heard Lin Cai say that he had finished cleaning, he stood there without moving. Lin Cai sighed, found two stones, squatted down, and gave Gu Zhan a demonstration.
"Can't this be stir-fried together with the shell on?"
Gu Zhan voiced his question, and Lin Cai glanced at him sideways: "Does Ershi tell you everything when he's with you?"
They've really gotten to know each other well; it's different now. Why does he tell everyone about his family affairs? Isn't he afraid someone will break into his house?
Upon hearing this, Gu Zhan turned around, picked up the stone, and began cracking the snails: "He didn't tell me much, just that they were so delicious, so he said a little more."
Lin Cai said "oh" without any suspicion. Seeing that he had already started, she explained, "I didn't catch many before, so there wasn't much meat when I smashed them. I kept them for two days and then stir-fried them with the shells on."
Gu Zhan glanced at the bucket; it was about half full, so he had grabbed too much and couldn't stir-fry it with the shells on.
Holding the silk in her arms, Lin's mother came to Lin Cai's room and sat on the bed, still grumbling that Lin Cai was too wasteful.
As soon as Lin Cai entered the door, she heard her mother's voice nagging. She went in and said, "Mother, I didn't waste or squander anything. I only did it that way because it was useful."
"What's the use of it? You've ruined a perfectly good piece of cloth like this. It looks drafty, so what's the point of using it?"
Lin's mother held the piece of food with the threads pulled out in front of her eyes: "Look, look, you can even see a person's reflection in it. You still say you didn't waste something good?"
"If your three brothers were like this, I would have broken their legs long ago. No matter how much money you make, it's not meant to be wasted like this."
Lin Cai didn't know what to say, so she simply moved the grapes over, placed them directly in front of her mother, and opened the lid.
Lin's mother thought her daughter was up to something again, and before she could get away, she smelled the aroma of wine.
However, the aroma of this wine is not purely that of wine; there seems to be a fruity fragrance in it as well.
Seeing that Lin's mother could smell the aroma, Lin Cai put the lid back on: "I used that piece of silk to make this."
"I can't buy what I want in town, so I have to make it myself."
"If you can't buy it, then make it yourself. But you're using such fine silk to make it? Isn't that just wasting money?"
Although Lin's mother smelled the fragrance, she was not seduced by it. She still knew what was important and what was not.
“Mother, I have no choice. Silk with the threads pulled out is the most suitable, and the one I bought is white, so it can only be used as an undergarment.”
"So what if it's white? So what if it's only good for underwear? This kind of silk is the softest and most valuable. Don't think I don't know anything."
Lin's mother looked at Lin Cai with some displeasure. She picked up the silk and gestured as she said, "You said it's the most suitable, but isn't it just a jar of wine?"
"What difference does it make what kind of cloth you use? Aren't the linen and hemp cloth in the cloth shop all cloth? Why can't we use those kinds of cloth? Why do we have to use silk?"
Lin Cai really wanted to nod, but she held back for the time being. She felt that if she nodded now, she would definitely be scolded again!
She opened the lid once, and although she was inside the house, the smell still wafted outside.
The smell reached everyone in the woodshed and the yard. Scarface, who loved alcohol, couldn't resist the aroma, especially since he hadn't had any for over a month.
Now that I smelled that aroma, my stomach started rumbling. Following the smell, I went into the yard and saw Gu Zhan processing snails.
At first glance, Scarface didn't react much, but after he clearly saw Gu Zhan, he immediately sat down on the ground.
He wasn't tripped, but frightened. Sitting on the ground, he stared wide-eyed at the people in the yard.
How come this person is here?
What is this person doing here?
And what is he doing now?
Scarface, looking completely bewildered, sat on the ground and then forgot about getting up. Lin Cai, who was inside the house, heard the noise and came out to see him sitting on the ground.
Just as she was about to speak, she heard Lin's mother ask from behind, "Caicai, what's wrong? Did something happen outside?"
"Oh, it's nothing. A dog just came in and got scared away."
She turned and went back into the house, closing the door behind her: "Mom, the dog owners in our village are really something. In the dead of winter, they don't even know to keep their dogs tied up at home. They just let them out and let them run around everywhere..."
The door to the room was closed, and Scarface, who had been compared to a dog, remained seated on the floor, motionless. He watched the man calmly processing snails and felt completely awful.
He was startled, almost scared out of his wits, but the man didn't react at all. Scarface softened his movements and got up from the ground.
Apart from a slight friction sound, there was no other sound at all. Even when he turned around, he had to move around.