Fortunate Wife Chapter 65

Chapter 65 – Lighting fires

“Who would dare?” Li Shu’s hackles immediately went up .

Li Yan rolled his eyes at him . “Who would tell you if they were going to steal your wife?”

“I… . ” Li Shu slumped down . Not knowing what to do next, he pleadingly looked at Li Mo .

Li Mo’s expression was solemn . His second brother’s words weren’t unreasonable . It was true that the Goddess’s Ravine was lacking in women, so men trying to seduce married women and vice versa was a scandal that frequently happened here . For example, there was the Shun family, who’s home was right behind theirs . First Shun and Second Shun’s shared wife, Xing-niang, didn’t follow the proper conduct of a married woman at all . She spent all of her time flirting with other men .

Of course, their wife wasn’t like Xing-niang . Still, the better she was, the more she would attract the attention of other men .

He was the oldest son in Li family . If he couldn’t even keep their wife in line… no, that was impossible .

“Second brother, you’re overthinking things . That type of thing wouldn’t happen in our family,” Li Mo confidently stated .

“Oldest brother, it’s not impossible . If one day our wife becomes attracted to someone else -” Before Li Shu could finish his words, Li Mo’s cold glare scared those words right back down .

Li Yan lightly tugged Li Shu’s sleeve to indicate for him to stop speaking .

Li Mo looked at his two brothers and didn’t say another words Instead, he turned around and went into the kitchen to pick up the buckets . He decided that he would fetch more water .

Li Shu felt a bit anxious . “What is oldest brother thinking?”

Li Yan stopped him from going after Li Mo . He smiled enigmatically . Anyways, he knew that oldest brother had taken his recent words to heart .

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Li Man didn’t look for Little Five to tend to the cooking fire for her today . Instead, she crouched down by the stove and tossed in pieces of firewood .

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When Li Mo came back with the buckets filled with water again, he smelled that something was burning . He quickly put down the buckets, rushed to the stove, and pulled out the firewood that Li Man had put in .

Startled by his sudden appearance, Li Man hurriedly stood up . It was only now that she smelled there was something burning . Before she could figure out what was wrong, she saw Li Mo scooping out water and pouring it into the pot . She looked inside the pot . It was a giant smear of charred rice with only a small bit left unburnt .

“This… I…” Li Man’s eyes reddened in remorse . She knew that rice was considered very expensive for this family .

“It’s no big deal,” Li Mo comfortingly said . There was no way to salvage this giant pot of rice, so he scooped it out into a large bowl . Then, he scrubbed the pot clean before adding new rice into the pot .

Watching this sight, Li Man wanted to crouch down to restart the fire, but Li Mo softly called out to stop her . “Let me do that while you cook . ”

“Oh . ” Li Man turned around again, scooped up some water, and used it to wash the pickled vegetables .

The two of them stayed like this . One bustled around the stove, and the other one tended to the fire below . During this period, there were many times when Li Mo wanted to speak, but when the words came to his lips, he would swallow them back down each time .

After Li Man had finished washing the vegetables and chopping them, she pointed at another pot and said, “Start a fire for that pot too . ”

“Alright . ” Li Mo nodded and started another fire . The light from burning fires shined on his face and gave off gentle warmth . Hearing the sizzling sounds from above, a burst of warmth suddenly welled up in his heart . Lit by the fiery red of the cooking fires, he seemed to see her face as the smoke wreathed upwards . It was a beautiful and moving scene .

Chapter end