Chapter 48 – Styling hair
After sprinting down a path and seeing that Li Shu was no longer in sight, Li Man finally stopped . Pressing her hand against her chest, she gasped for breath . Little Five was also taking big gulps of air to catch his breath .
Li Hua let out a chuckle when he saw that Li Man looked like a frightened and helpless baby rabbit . His headscarf had also been loosened when he had been dragged along during her frantic dash, and he cut a sorry looking figure too .
As Li Hua took down the headscarf, he looked at her with a slight smile and asked, “Are you okay now?”
Li Man bit her bottom lip in embarrassment . Soon after, she walked to his side, took the headscarf from him, and gestured at him . “Crouch down . I’ll help you with putting it back on . ”
Seeing Li Hua was only staring at her blankly without moving, Li Man tugged him down by the arm . After that, she gently gathered up his inky black hair and tucked most of it underneath the headscarf . The rest of his hair was scatter over his shoulders like a waterfall .
“Your hair is really good . It’s so black and lustrous . ” At the end, Li Man admiringly looked at his hair and even used her fingers to comb his hair a bit .
Li Hua straightened himself . Seeing her glittering eyes, his heart felt quite warm and happy . Since ancient times, women only styled the hair of men they deeply loved . It was just like how his mother had always brushed and styled his father’s hair .
She must know this, right?
“What are you looking at?” Feeling uncomfortable from how Li Hua was looking at her, Li Man rubbed her face and smoothed out her hair .
Li Hua curved his lips into a smile . He tugged her hand down and tucked her disheveled hair behind her ears . “Alright . ”
When his warm fingers lightly brushed against her cheeks, it felt as if she was being shocked by electricity . Li Man lightly trembled . Her face turned slightly to the side, but he had already taken his hand back .
This? Was this just the kindly action of an older brother towards his younger sister? Li Man uneasily wondered .
Li Hua had already picked up the bamboo basket and continued walking forward with Little Five . Seeing that she wasn’t following them, he turned around to wait for her .
Li Man could only discard that recent strange feeling and jogged a little bit to catch up with them .
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At the foot of the back mountain, there were a variety of wild plants growing in one continuous field . There were ones that were growing well, and ones that were growing poorly .
Li Hua and the others had come to this field to gather some wild plants .
Li Man actually didn’t know which plants the piglets could eat . She just thought that if the leaves looked tender, then it could be picked . Fortunately, none of the plants that grew in this field were poisonous . After Li Hua looked over the plants and determined they were all okay, they started tossing in random sprouts, dandelions, and wild amaranth greens into the bamboo basket .
It was spring right now, and the time when plants would be blooming . The field was filled with lush and flourishing vegetation . It didn’t take long before the three of them had filled up the basket . There was at least enough to feed the piglets for two meals .
But, since they had already come all the way here, Li Hua wanted to bring more back, so he pressed the plants down to make more space in the basket .
At this moment, a happily surprised voice from nearby called out, “Older brother Hua . ”
Following the direction of that sound, Li Hua saw two teenage girls running over here . His eyebrows slightly furrowed .
Li Man also stopped what she was doing and raised her head to look . The two teenagers had already reached them . She had met these girls before .
“Older brother, are you picking plants for pig feed? Did your family recently buy pigs?” Lianhua happily looked at him and offered, “Let me help you . ”
“It’s okay . We already have enough . We’re just about to go back,” Li Hua refused .
“What’s the hurry?” Lianhua hurriedly grabbed onto the bamboo basket and anxiously said, “Your basket isn’t full yet . Qiqiao and I happen to not be busy right now . We can help you . ”
Li Hua exerted a little more strength and pulled the basket away from her . He politely said, “Thank you, the pigs in our family are still small . This will be enough food for them . ”
Chapter end
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