The Bully General's Spiritual Husband

Yin Baicai got up early, put on her clothes, went to the kitchen, quickly washed up, and ate breakfast.

He has something very important to do today!

Carrying the large kitchen knife from home, he sharpened it and headed towards the chicken coop.

He looked at the pheasant that Li the bully had sent yesterday in the chicken basket with a sinister smile: "Hehe, extra treat today."

Upon seeing his actions, the pheasant quickly hid behind the mother hen.

Yin Baicai reacted quickly, grabbing the chicken by its legs and pulling it out.

He walked to the chipped bowl in front of the water vat, slashed the chicken's neck with a knife, caught the blood in the small bowl, and the pheasant struggled a few times before dying.

Throw the chicken into the wooden bucket, carry it into the kitchen, and ladle in the already boiling water.

Press the chicken into the water a little, and when you feel that the feathers have been scalded enough, quickly pluck them out.

Using the same knife you used to cut the chicken's neck, cut open the chicken's belly, remove the internal organs, and clean it thoroughly.

The hardest part to clean is the chicken intestines. You have to use a bamboo stick to turn the intestines inside out and clean out all the dirt.

Yin Baicai had done this kind of work a lot when she was working, and she was very quick and efficient. In no time, she had cleaned the chicken inside and out.

Carrying the cleaned chicken back to the kitchen, I turned the fire up to its highest setting and carefully singed the chicken over the flames, removing all the fine feathers.

They suggested cleaning it several more times.

Looking at the water that Li the bully had carried for him for only two days, now only a third of it remained.

"This water is really hard to use. When I get rich, I'm going to dig a big well at home so I'll have an endless supply of water every day."

After thoroughly cleaning the chicken, chop it into small pieces and stew it at noon. Then you can have a meat feast in the evening.

We'll invite that bully Li over for a meal. Besides, he's the one who gave us the chicken. Oh, and we should invite Grandma Wu too.

It seems the chicken will need to be stewed until very tender, otherwise Grandma Wu might not be able to eat it.

While it's still early, let's fill the big water vat first.

He picked up a carrying pole and went out.

Yin Baicai looked at the relatively few people waiting ahead and was glad that she had arrived early.

The two aunties who had spoken with Yin Baicai last time greeted him warmly when they saw him coming: "Brother Cai, are you here to fetch water? Why did you only carry one load the other day and then stop?"

Another aunt laughed and said, "You're just picking and choosing? I saw Li Zhe pick out all the rest for Cai Ge'er."

“Brother Cai is so lucky. He’s not even married yet, and Li Zhe is already helping him with chores.”

"Look at what you're saying. If Cai Ge'er's mother hadn't left early, these two would have been married long ago. What's wrong with a woman helping her fiancé with some chores?"

Listening to their banter, Yin Baicai laughed and said, "That's why you have to find a man who's willing to work hard. Otherwise, you'll have to do all the work at home and in the fields yourself."

"That's not how it works. I saw Li Zhe finish picking them all with ease. He's really strong. Cai Ge'er's good fortune is yet to come."

"Brother Cai, I must say, when I went back last time I cooked river snails the way you taught me, and my son ate them and asked me to make them for him again."

"My family too, the whole family enjoyed it so much, they couldn't believe that river snails could be cooked so well."

When Yin Baicai went to fetch water, the group finally ended their conversation.

Just as he had filled his water container and reached the front of Li the bully's house, he saw him carrying a hoe as he walked out.

Watching Yin Baicai fetch water, I felt very strange. Didn't I just fill his water vat the day before yesterday? Why is he fetching water again?

"You duck spirit, why are you fetching water again today?"

Seeing the person come out, Yin Baicai shouted, "You're the one who's become a water duck! It's just that the weather's hot water runs out quickly, Li the bully, where are you going with your hoe?"

Li Zhe said in a low voice, "I'm going to the fields to weed."

Seeing Yin Baicai, who looked like a skinny bamboo pole, carrying two large buckets of water, I put down my hoe and came over: "Put it down, let me carry it for you. I'm afraid these two buckets of water will break your skinny bamboo pole."

Yin Baicai pouted: "Who do you think you are? I can write talismans and break rocks with my chest. I can easily handle two small buckets of water."

Li Zhe asked in surprise, "What nonsense are you talking about? Don't worry, I don't want to marry a memorial tablet into my Li family ancestral hall."

Yin Baicai put down the water and was about to have a good tug-of-war with Li the bully.

Upon hearing Yin Baicai's voice, a small figure rushed over like a cannonball and hugged Yin Baicai's leg: "Waaah... Mother is lying."

Yin Baicai was speechless. Why was this brat making her call for her mother again, especially in front of Li the bully? Where was she supposed to put her face?

How embarrassing! He squatted down and patted Li Mo's head: "Little Mo, you have to call me Brother Cai."

Li Zhe was stunned. He couldn't believe his ears. Mo Mo had spoken. Sure enough, that night wasn't just a hallucination.

Since that night, he has never heard Xiao Mo speak again.

Sometimes I even think I misheard.

Immediately, she pulled Li Mo along, saying, "Mo Mo, you just spoke, say it again."

Yin Baicai felt strange. Wasn't this kid supposed to be able to talk? Why was Li the bully so shocked?

Li Mo hugged Yin Baicai's leg tightly: "Mom, you lied to Mo Mo, you said you wouldn't leave."

Seeing Li Mo crying so sadly, Yin Baicai picked him up and said, "Sweetie, I have things to do at home, so I have to leave."

Li Mo asked curiously, "Why doesn't Mother live with Mo Mo? The house is so big."

Yin Baicai thought to herself: I want to live in a big house, but I only want to live in my own big house.

Li Zhe took Li Mo from Yin Baicai's arms and asked him, "Why does Mo Mo call her 'Mom'?"

Li Mo thought for a moment and said, "It smells nice, Mother smells nice."

Li Zhe leaned closer to Yin Baicai and took a sniff; the young man didn't smell at all.

Li Zhe suddenly moved closer, startling Yin Baicai. What was this bully Li doing, getting so close all of a sudden? But to be fair, this bully Li was quite handsome.

He's the tough guy I admire!

The scars on his face gave him a bloodthirsty, wild beauty.

The more I think about it, the more outrageous it becomes.

Suddenly, Li Zhe's words shocked Yin Baicai so much that her jaw dropped.

Li Zhe said to Li Mo, "Mo Mo, call her Auntie, not Mother."

Yin Baicai was so frightened by the sudden mention of the word "aunt" that she almost lost her mind.

She cursed Li Zhe inwardly: Auntie, you big-headed devil.

I'm a real man!

No, now it can only be considered half.

Do you know any real men who can have babies?

Yin Baicai coaxed Li Mo, "Little Mo, you have to call me brother."

Li Mo shook his head: "This is Mother."

"Call her auntie"

"Call me brother"

-

A cup of tea has passed

The three of them argued for ages over a single form of address.

But no matter what the two said, four-year-old Li Mo remained steadfast in her beliefs.

He stretched out his arms, wanting Yin Baicai to hug him: "Mom, hug me."

Yin Baicai took the person and held him in her arms, pinching Li Mo's nose: "Little rascal."

Looking at the two getting along so well, Li Zhe realized that Matchmaker Li was right.

It would be good to find someone to take care of Xiao Mo.

Li Mo pointed to the house and called out to Yin Baicai, "Mother, let's go home."

"Little devil, I still have things to do!"

"I'll help you pick them back."

Li Zhe now desperately wants Yin Baicai to stay with Li Mo, so that Li Mo can talk more.

The old doctor said that Xiao Mo would naturally speak up after a certain opportunity.

It seems that Yin Baicai is the one who can get Xiao Mo to talk.

In the end, Li Zhe still helped Yin Baicai carry the water home. Li Mo kept clinging to him and kept dragging him to his own house.

Yin Baicai compromised: "Okay, okay, we'll come to your house and take a look."

Li Mo then chuckled.