Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 1118 - 1120 Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

Chapter 1118: Chapter 1120 Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

Thirteen years later.

Fengjing County, Peach Blossom Village.

In the dense Mountain Forest, a girl was leaping from tree to tree, even more agile than a monkey. Her knife skills were extremely accurate, and she could also skillfully use a bow and arrow. In no time at all, she had already shot down several rabbits.

As the village’s expert huntress, she only liked to hunt rabbits—after all, Mother loved them.

Mother had said there were over a dozen ways to cook rabbits: braised, fried, roasted, stewed... With different seasonings, the flavors varied. Mother’s rabbit dishes were absolutely top-notch, so she liked hunting rabbits. As for wild boars... it was summer now, and a wild boar wouldn’t keep for long before spoiling, especially since Fengjing County was even further south than Fujun, with a warm climate.

One, two, three, four, five, all right, two for the home and the other three to sell at the market. Like this, she could buy tasty candied hawthorns again.

Thinking of rabbit meat and delicious candied hawthorns, Xia Dabao drooled.

What a bountiful harvest today.

Carrying the bow and arrows and the rabbits, Xia Dabao came down the mountain.

However, upon seeing the people at the foot of the mountain, Xiaobao felt her scalp tingle. They were a group of middle-aged women washing clothes by the little river at the bottom of the mountain. With nothing better to do, this bunch of aunties liked to mock Xia Dabao.

"Xia Dabao, why are you up on the mountain hunting rabbits again?" Auntie Wang from the east end of the village asked.

"A girl should be at home learning needlework. Otherwise, you won’t be able to marry off in the future," Neighbor Zhao, the adjacent aunty, added.

"Alas, can you even finish so many rabbits? If not, why not give Lin Auntie one? Let Lin Auntie also have a taste," said Lin Auntie.

Xia Dabao paused for a moment before promptly refusing: "Lin Auntie, I can’t give you the rabbits. Weren’t you worried about me not being able to marry off? So, I’ll use this rabbit meat to earn a dowry."

"Oh, Dabao is going to earn a dowry, huh?"

"Of course!" And with that, Xia Dabao slipped back home.

Her home was surrounded by a fence and contained a row of houses; conditions like these were considered quite wealthy in the village. In the yard, they raised a lot of chickens. A slender young woman was in the yard scattering grain for the chickens.

"Cluck cluck cluck cluck..." As the young woman chattered, the chickens flocked over, scrambling to peck at the grains on the ground.

"Is Abao back?" The girl glanced at Xia Dabao but noticed she seemed downcast, so she threw the grains in her hand, wiped her hands, and walked over to Xia Dabao.

"Hey, not bad, the rabbits caught today look rather plump. What kind of rabbit dish does Dabao want to eat tonight?"

"Then let’s go with braised," said Xia Dabao, a food enthusiast who naturally placed eating at the top of her priorities.

Nan Feng smiled. She knew that the mention of food would quickly lift Xia Dabao’s spirits.

"Good, I’ll start cooking the rabbit. Also, Axian should be waking up soon; go check on him for Mom."

"Alright," Xia Dabao grudgingly trotted to one of the rooms, pushed the door open, and seeing Axian sleeping soundly with snoring, muttered to herself in a whisper, "Lazybones, careful or you’ll turn into a pig."

After closing the door, Xia Dabao hopped back to Nan Feng’s side to report: "Mom, Axian’s sleeping like a log. Even thunder wouldn’t wake him."

"Hmm, then let him sleep a little longer," said Nan Feng as she boiled water to scald the rabbit, while Xia Dabao sat in front of the stove, helping Nan Feng add firewood.