Chapter 23 Little Gluttonous Cat

  "What? Can't I go?" Yu Xiaoxi raised an eyebrow at him, her eyes provocative.

  Xiao Yimo silently stared at her for a few moments before lifting his feet and walking out of the main hall.

  "Stop right there..." Yu Xiaoxi was about to chase after him and argue with him, but despite being a small person, his expression and demeanor were just like an adult's.

  "Alright, Xiao Xi, why are you being so petty like a child?" Su Xiaofan helplessly stretched out his hand to pull her back.

  Yu Xiaoxi smiled awkwardly: "Although it's a child, I just can't help but find him very annoying."

  Su Xiaofan frowned: "Mingming is actually very cute, you have a prejudice against him."

  "It's possible, but if you had said that earlier, maybe you wouldn't have to be a child bride for him." Yu Xiaoxi felt sorry for Su Xiaofan, who had to spend ten years with that little brat, and this woman's good years were all wasted.

  "It doesn't matter, it's fine this way, let's talk about it later." Su Xiao Fan didn't mind as much as she did, thinking that future matters should be thought about in the future, just like her past self had set up a perfect plan for the future, but hadn't expected to die in such a way.

  Come back to your senses and see Yu Xiaoxi still entangled there, then pull her out and walk away: "Let's go, the little treasure has gone far."

  After reaching the middle of the mountain, Su Xiaofan put down her basket and decided to play for a while before picking some rabbit grass to take home. At the same time, she was also hesitant about whether or not to pick some wild vegetables to take home.

  "Xiao Fan, want some wild vegetables? I'll go get some." Yu Xiao Xi picked up the basket that Su Xiao Fan had thrown on the ground and walked slowly along the small path.

  Su Xiaofan originally wanted to sit on the ground and rest, but saw her start walking forward, and couldn't help but follow: "Xiao Xi, does your family also eat this wild vegetable?"

  "Uh-huh, occasionally when my sister goes up the mountain, she'll bring some back." Yu Xiaoxi walked out for a while before finding a place with decent wild vegetables and started picking them.

  "Oh, I see. I'll pick some too." Su Xiao Fan also squatted down beside her. The situation at home had not improved yet, it seemed that they would have to eat these wild vegetables for a while longer.

  "Look, this one is very tender." Yu Xiaoxi handed a wild vegetable from her hand to Su Xiaofan's eyes and swung it around before putting it back in the basket: "Ye Nainai said that your wild vegetable congee is delicious, next time cook some for me too."

  Su Xiaofan smiled with a pout: "What dish cooked by this lady is not delicious?"

  Yu Xiaoxi nodded in agreement: "Yes, from now on Xiao Fan can go to those restaurants and become a head chef, with a monthly salary of several dozen taels. This way, your family won't be short of money."

  "Uh, let's wait until after the confinement period is over and then decide based on the situation at home." Su Xiao Fan had thought about going out to do things, but felt it wasn't practical. Taking care of a child takes time, and in the future, her mother-in-law would definitely not be able to work with a child to take care of. Household chores also couldn't all be left to Grandma alone, after all, Grandma was getting older too.

  Besides, it's been known for a long time that raising a child is very expensive. If you don't go out and work, the family's financial situation will be even more tense.

  Yu Xiaoxi stood up after picking a basket full of wild vegetables, looked around and asked in surprise: "Xiao Fan, where is your little devil?"

  "Little ghost?" Su Xiaofan was taken aback for a moment before reacting, she was talking about Xiao Yimeng. She stood up and looked around several times, but didn't see his figure, and a hint of panic flashed in her eyes.

  "Go and find them." Su Xiaofan threw away the few wild vegetables in his hand and ran back in the direction he came from.

  "Xiao Fan, don't be in a hurry, you can't get lost in these mountains." Yu Xiao Xi picked up the basket full of wild vegetables and followed Su Xiao Fan calmly.

  After searching around for a while, the two of them finally saw Xiao Yimeng behind a big tree, holding several eggs in his arms, but they didn't know what kind of eggs they were.

  Su Xiaofan let out a sigh, took big strides forward, originally wanting to pinch his soft and tender little face, but couldn't bear to do so, only gently stroking his head twice, softly asking: "Little treasure, where did you run off to? You scared your sister to death."

  "Ah, eggs." Xiao Yi Mu's eyebrows rose as she smiled at the unclear type of eggs in her arms, not reacting to the title or self-proclaimed name for the first time.

  "Xiao Xi, what kind of egg is this?" Su Xiaofan picked one up and looked at it carefully for a moment, feeling that he couldn't tell its type at all. It was much smaller than chicken eggs, duck eggs, or goose eggs. Even as a chef, he seemed to have never seen anything like it before.

  Yu Xiaoxi took it and stared at it carefully for a long time before responding uncertainly: "It might be a wild chicken egg or a wild duck egg."

  Xiao Yi Mo's dark eyes shone with excited light: "Let's cook them when we get back tonight."

  Su Xiaofan chuckled: "Little glutton, why do you want to eat everything? Let's take it back and try incubating it to see what kind of animal will come out?"

  "It seems that's okay too, let's hatch it and eat it later." Xiao Yimiao's eyes rolled around in circles a few times before nodding in agreement.

  Su Xiaofan didn't respond, if it can hatch then we'll talk about it later. He reached into his arms and picked up the eggs one by one, putting them in a basket filled with wild vegetables, and asked with some doubt: "Where did you pick these up?"

  "He pointed to a haystack in the back and said, 'Over there.'"

  "Oh." Su Xiao Fan couldn't help but feel curious, why was this city kid so good at finding things? He remembered that the first time they went up the mountain, it was also him who found those wild mushrooms.

  "By the way, what did we come up the mountain for?" Yu Xiaoxi only then remembered that when they came out earlier, she had only heard Su Xiaofan say they were going up the mountain, but hadn't asked what they were doing here.

  "Ah, right, rabbit grass, rabbit grass..." With her mention of this, Su Xiaofan suddenly remembered the real purpose of their trip to the mountain and hurriedly searched everywhere for various types of grass that rabbits love to eat.

  After finding enough rabbit grass, Su Xiaofan covered them on the surface of those eggs, then went to the side and tied a big bundle of dry hay.

  "Xiao Fan, what are you doing with this?" Yu Xiaoxi curiously walked over.

  "Hatch eggs, after going back put all those eggs in the dry grass." Su Xiao Fan quickly tied up and hugged them, ready to leave.

  "Hmm..." Yu Xiaoxi blinked: "This grass can't hatch eggs, my sister has a hen that's already started 'brooding', it's just that there haven't been any eggs for it to hatch at home recently, and it's been tied up at home these days. Do you want me to go ask my sister if we can borrow it from her for a while?"

  "Is it okay?" Su Xiaofan heard this and quickly threw away the hay she had just tied up with great difficulty, seeing stars.

  "Yeah, should be fine." Yu Xiaoxi nodded, anyway, even if they were tied up at home and didn't lay eggs or anything, her sister's family shouldn't say anything.

  "Let's go back then." Su Xiaofan prepared to take the basket from Yu Xiaoxi's hands.

  Yu Xiaoxi pushed away her hand and said: "I'll do it, Xiao Fan, your body is too weak."