CHAPTER 251: CHAPTER 250 A HOME WITHOUT WOMEN (PART 1)

Lu Yuanfeng rushed into the house, completely missing what Shuangshuang was saying.

Once inside, he looked for something to cover himself with, but found nothing. The clothes he wore during the day had just been washed and weren’t dry yet.

The only thing available was the quilt.

Mu Shuangshuang entered Lu Yuanfeng’s room to find him wrapped in a quilt. Though the quilt wasn’t thick, in the middle of summer, it quickly made him sweat profusely.

Seeing this, Mu Shuangshuang lost any desire to tease. She set down the basket of vegetables she was holding and rushed forward.

"What are you doing? It’s just a bare chest, who hasn’t done that before? I’m not shy, so what are you afraid of?"

Mu Shuangshuang forcibly pulled the quilt off Lu Yuanfeng and picked up the straw fan from the bedstand, vigorously fanning him.

"Are you stupid? It’s so hot, do you want to heat yourself to death or torture yourself with a rash?"

As she fanned him, Mu Shuangshuang scolded Lu Yuanfeng.

This silly boy, why does he always do such worrisome things? Mu Shuangshuang seriously wondered how he had managed all these years.

In the heat of summer, it’s not the heat that’s most unbearable, it’s breaking out in a rash all over that’s truly the worst.

In this era, there’s no air conditioning, no rash powder. If you get a rash, you might be too uncomfortable to sleep all night, especially when it gets itchy, it’s just like being fried in oil.

Lu Yuanfeng watched the person in front of him. When Shuangshuang gets angry, she raises her voice and furrows her brow. Although she rarely gets angry, when she does, her aura is quite strong.

"Shuangshuang, don’t be mad, I... I didn’t know what I was doing just now."

Maybe everyone pays attention to their image in front of someone they like. Deep down, Lu Yuanfeng felt embarrassed because he was wearing a pair of torn pants that barely covered his knees. In other words, his outfit was quite indecent to appear in front of Shuangshuang.

"Don’t kid me, it’s just that you’re wearing capri pants and feel embarrassed. But it’s nothing, people go about their day in shorts, it’s hot and wearing less is normal. Besides, this is your home, you have the right to dress like this."

Lu Yuanfeng hadn’t come to see her all day, so she had no idea that Xia Guagua had cut his clothes with scissors beyond recognition.

"Shorts? Who wore shorts in front of you?" A hint of annoyance appeared on Lu Yuanfeng’s face, which he wasn’t even aware of.

Seeing how concerned he was, Mu Shuangshuang, who was originally a bit angry, suddenly wasn’t anymore. She covered her mouth and laughed several times.

After a while, she answered Lu Yuanfeng’s question: "No one, I just said it casually, don’t overthink it."

"By the way, our family is making dumplings tonight, I brought some for you and Yuanbao. You probably haven’t had dinner yet, have you?"

Actually, they hadn’t eaten, and the pot was about to burn.

In the kitchen, Yuanbao puffed his cheeks and blew hard at the already burning pot, but instead of extinguishing the fire, the flames grew bigger.

"Second brother, it’s bad, there’s a fire, the pot’s on fire..."

Lu Yuanfeng and Mu Shuangshuang rushed into the kitchen. Covering the pot with the lid, scooping water, and after the fire in the pot was out, Mu Shuangshuang dumped a ladle of water in, finally bringing down the temperature in the iron pot.

"Lu Yuanfeng, you really are something, not even taking care of an oil pot. And look, what are you making here?"

Mu Shuangshuang lifted up a wild vegetable longer than her finger from the cutting board and then the rabbit meat soaking in water in a wooden basin, which was cleaned only to be cut into chunks bigger than a whole potato. She was really at a loss with this man.

Lu Yuanfeng lowered his head in embarrassment. That’s his skill level, and previously he and Yuanbao got along just like this, although Yuanbao had also complained about how his cooking tastes bad.

At this moment, Lu Yuanfeng was like a child, admitting his mistake after making one, and Mu Shuangshuang couldn’t find fault with him since it’s not something one could easily learn to cook in a day or two.

This might be the downside of not having a woman in the house. Mu Shuangshuang rolled up her sleeves and said to Lu Yuanfeng, "You go add water and start the fire, give Yuanbao a bath. I’ll redo these vegetables, they’re so big they might choke someone. By the time he’s done with his bath, I’ll probably be finished cooking."

Lu Yuanfeng hurriedly stepped forward to stop her: "It’s fine, I... I can do it myself. Actually, the stuff I make isn’t all that bad."

He wanted to lighten Shuangshuang’s load a bit. He knew she’d been busy with farm work during the day lately. If he occupied more of her energy, she’d really be exhausted. So Lu Yuanfeng told this little lie.

"Not too bad, and Little Yuanbao would be skinny? Look at Yuanbao, he’s almost a paper-thin." Mu Shuangshuang instinctively pulled Yuanbao in front of Lu Yuanfeng, pinching his chubby cheeks as she spoke.

Yuanbao nodded cooperatively, "Yeah, second brother, look at how I’m getting thinner here and there. I’m afraid to go out now, thinking if I do, the wind might just blow me away and then you won’t find me, second brother."

Mu Shuangshuang and Yuanbao, engaging in eye-opening nonsense, left Lu Yuanfeng with no way to stop them, so he had to listen to Mu Shuangshuang and do as she said.

Mu Shuangshuang re-cut the wild vegetables into small pieces and set them aside. As for the rabbit meat, she cut it into small chunks. Given the heat, you couldn’t keep prepared food until tomorrow, or it would definitely go bad.

She thought it over and decided to make stir-fried rabbit with scallions, and a cold dish from the wild vegetables. Dumplings wouldn’t fill Lu Yuanfeng and Yuanbao up, so Mu Shuangshuang rummaged around and found a bowl of leftover rice in Lu Yuanfeng’s cupboard. She sniffed it, and it was still good, definitely enough for the two brothers.

Marinate the rabbit meat with white wine, ginger slices, and salt. Once Lu Yuanfeng got a pot of water boiled, took Yuanbao out for a bath, Mu Shuangshuang lit up another pot of water, first blanching the wild vegetables and setting them aside.

Then, using the same pot of water, she blanched the rabbit meat. Since the water had the aroma of the wild vegetables, the rabbit would carry their fragrance when cooked.

It had been a while since Mu Shuangshuang cooked by herself, let alone using a stove, so she was a bit flustered. Once she got the stove fire going, she started preparing the stir-fried rabbit with scallions.

This was the simplest and fastest way she knew to cook rabbit meat.

Once the iron pot was heated, Mu Shuangshuang poured several spoonfuls of rapeseed oil in, followed by scallions. When the scallions released their fragrance, she added soy sauce, sugar, and white wine, then tossed the rabbit meat into the iron pot.

The pot sizzled happily, and after a few stirs, the aroma of rabbit meat filled the air. Mu Shuangshuang saw the surface of the rabbit meat had changed color and started to add water.

The blaze in the stove was too intense, not suitable for cooking the rabbit as it was now.

Just as she was about to lower the flame, Lu Yuanfeng came in.

Still bare-chested, his face slightly flushed, but now Lu Yuanfeng dared to look Mu Shuangshuang in the eye.