Farmer Lady of Fortune, Imperial Concubine, Don't Be Too Sweet

Chapter 36

Little bastard

Author: 橙子澄澄

Source: Instadoses

In an instant, her heart seemed to have submerged in a hot spring.

"Shengsheng likes it, and likes to eat with Brother Axiu." She added, "Eating together is happier."

"Alright."

The sun had begun to fall westward by the time the little pals got together.

Indeed, as Liu Yusheng has said, some kids were jubilant while some were wilting with their heads down.

With only twenty or so bird eggs, the group of seven or eight kids divided them into three or so each.

They searched for a clearing, gathered hay and twigs to build a fire, and buried the bird eggs underneath.

Axiu had never experienced this kind of thing before. A rare look of novelty and curiosity was across his face – a normal expression that an 8-year-old child should have.

The fire burned brightly, and on such a hot day, it made people feel tipsy and sweating incessantly.

None of the little ones, however, ran away for fear of the heat, and all gathered around the fire, waiting with glittering eyes.

As the air gradually filled with a fragrance of eggshells, someone made a sound of swallowing his spit.

Farmers usually eat meager food and only eat a sumptuous meal at the New Year's Festival.

A little bit of minced meat, a little bit of eggs, could already be considered plentiful.

So hunting bird eggs became one of the children's favorite pastimes, bird eggs – they were eggs too!

And best of all, they cost nothing!

"Done and cooked. Put out the fire and be careful not to break the bird eggs." Liu Zhixia was the oldest in the group and took the commanding role.

He took a twig to pry apart the ashes and showed the blackened eggs burned underneath, "Three per person. Don't take too many, or there won't be enough to share."

Once the bird eggs were distributed, the children couldn't care less about the hotness. They picked them up in the palm of their hands left and right, then quickly shelled them and stuffed them directly into their mouths.

"Fragrant, delicious! Hoo-hoo!"

"I wish I could conjure up a bunch of bird eggs, I could eat them all in one sitting!"

"Hahaha, in your dreams, so eat up, daydreams aren't as beautiful as you think!"

In this kind of atmosphere, even though Liu Yusheng wasn't greedy for food, she also wanted to join in the childish fun of shelling bird eggs.

But before her little hand could touch the egg, Axiu stopped her.

"Shengsheng, it's still hot. Let me help you shell it."

Liu Zhixia interjected from the side, "Eat by yourself, Nannan has brothers to take care of her."

While speaking, his hand already shelled an egg and pushed it to Liu Yusheng's mouth, "Nannan, eat."

"Nannan, I also shelled a good one. Here, you eat first." Liu Zhiqiu leaned over, almost knocking Liu Zhixia aside.

The eggs in both of their hands, however, failed to reach Liu Yusheng's mouth and were stopped again.