?Chapter 21: 21 Carrying the door single-handedly, delicate figure collapses Chapter 21: 21 Carrying the door single-handedly, delicate figure collapses Lin Tang looked at the marbled pork in the System Space and wanted to eat it!
But… there was no reason to take it out.
Luckily, the System Space came with a freshness-preserving feature, or else she would have had even more to worry about.
Feeling melancholy for a while, she closed the system panel.
Today, the weather was strangely hot; it wasn’t even summer yet, and the sun was already scorching.
Sweat dripped continuously while she wore her spring clothes.
Thinking of her parents and relatives still in the fields, Lin Tang’s brows furrowed slightly.
Considering that her family hadn’t brought much water with them today, she decided to deliver some to the fields.
Just as she entered the kitchen, Lin Tang suddenly remembered the lemons her third brother brought back yesterday for her to play with.
After a moment’s thought, Lin Tang decided to make some sweet and sour lemonade to take to them.
The lemons from the mountains were particularly tart; cutting one open, the sourness made one’s teeth ache reflexively.
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Lin Tang washed and sliced the lemons, removed the peels and seeds, and placed them in a basin.
Then she added some white sugar that her mother had carefully saved, and just like that, a simple lemonade was made.
After sitting for a while, the water in the basin turned a pale yellow.
Lin Tang tasted a spoonful, the sweetness and tartness were just right – the flavor was not bad.
She poured the water into a small wooden barrel and covered it with a lid.
After some thought, she took two bowls and headed to the fields.
After her body was transformed, Lin Tang had gradually become stronger.
Now her strength was even greater than that of a grown man.
Just yesterday morning, groggy from sleep, she accidentally ripped off the door of her house.
Her family members were so shocked that their jaws nearly dropped to the ground.
Thinking of the astonished look on the faces of her parents, brother and sister-in-law, and little nephews while she was holding the door, Lin Tang wished she could have a redo of yesterday.
She even suspected that her mother wouldn’t let Goudan follow her anymore because he was scared of her…
It was… pretty embarrassing.
Maintaining the image of a soft and delicate fairy-tale girl would be difficult from now on, alas!
There were many people working in the fields.
Sweat dripped from the villagers’ faces onto the ground, and their clothes were so dirty that one couldn’t discern their original appearance.
Seeing Lin Tang, the people in the village all smiled.
“Tangtang is bringing water to your parents and brother’s family, huh? Is the wound on your head okay now? Such a sensible child!”
“Just deliver the water and head back; the sun is too harsh. Be careful not to get suntanned; don’t all young girls fear getting tanned? Hahaha…”
“Ah, the sun is really too fierce today. It’s only a few months into the year, and it’s as if God isn’t giving us a break!”
…
With a smile on her face, Tangtang greeted her uncles and aunts, asked for directions, and headed towards where her parents were.
Zhao Honghua, after pulling weeds all afternoon, felt her back sore and tired, terribly uncomfortable.
Just as she was about to take a break, she raised her head and saw Lin Tang’s familiar figure.
She called out to Li Xiuli, who was engrossed in her work in front of her, “Xiuli, your daughter Tangtang is here…”
Li Xiuli was startled.
Turning her head, she indeed saw her own daughter.
Hastily, she patted the dirt off herself.
She began to walk back, wanting to go meet Lin Tang.
But—
Seeing her daughter carrying a bucket with one hand and walking with ease,
Li Xiuli couldn’t help but think of yesterday’s feat when Tangtang carried the door single-handedly.
That scene was unforgettable even after half a day!!
“Mom…” Lin Tang didn’t notice the complicated look in her mother’s eyes and cheerfully waved at her.
Lin Lu and the others also heard the young girl’s clear voice and stopped their work one after another.
Lin Qingmu quickly walked towards Lin Tang and took the wooden barrel from her hand.
“Tangtang, why did you come? The sun is really harsh. Don’t get your face sunburned again,” he said.
As he spoke, he put his hat on Lin Tang’s head.
The brim of the hat was so large that it completely shielded the young girl’s face.
Lin Tang adjusted her hat, revealing those bright eyes, “I brought you some water.”
Lin Qingmu’s face lit up with a smile as he opened the lid of the bucket and scooped a bowl, gulping it down.
Refreshing!
Both sour and sweet!
Delicious!
“Sister, what’s this? Why is it both sour and sweet, and also so tasty?”
Lin Tang chuckled and said, “I just used the fruit you brought back yesterday, and I added some white sugar.”
When mentioning white sugar, she glanced at Li Xiuli nervously.
That bit of sugar was the last her mother had stashed away, and only she dared to touch it.
Lin Qingshan stepped forward, pushing Lin Qingmu aside when he heard it was very tasty.
He snatched the bowl from his hand and crouched down to scoop another.
Just as he was about to taste it, he suddenly felt a chill on his back.
Turning around, lo and behold, it was his father!
Why was his father glaring at him like an enemy? Frightening, indeed.
Upon closer inspection, he realized his father’s gaze was fixed on the bowl in his hand.
Lin Qingshan instantly understood.
He licked his lips and handed over the bowl.
If the third son drank, why didn’t Dad glare at Qingmu?
Was it because his skin wasn’t as thick as his little brother’s?
Lin Qingshui sneakily scooped a bowl for their mother, his peripheral vision sharp.
“Mom, have a drink!”
Li Xiuli glanced at him, thinking the boy was somewhat clever.
The couple tried the drink and felt it was refreshingly tart and sweet.
Afterward, Ning Xinrou and Zhou Mei also had some.
“Younger sister, how did you make this? It’s so tasty. It’d be even better with a little more sugar,” Zhou Mei smacked her lips, heedlessly babbling on.
Li Xiuli’s face hardened as she looked towards Lin Qingshui.
“Second brother, keep your wife in check. If she can’t control her mouth, watch out or I’ll have your father beat you.”
Each should manage his own wife; she had no desire to deal with it anymore.
Too vexing!
Lin Qingshui: “??” Standing in the field, out of nowhere, blame descends from the sky!
What did he do?
His only mistake was looking only at the face and marrying an insensitive and inarticulate wife.
Lin Qingshui sighed heavily in his heart and pulled Zhou Mei along, “You’ve had your drink, now come with me to the fields.”
She was clearly not tired enough to stay out of trouble.
Zhou Mei wanted another bowl, her body leaning towards the bucket with reluctance.
“No, I wanted to drink another bowl.”
Was she wrong to offer her younger sister some advice?
Watching the daughter-in-law who constantly frustrated her finally leave, Li Xiuli felt the irritation in her chest subside.
“Tangtang, don’t listen to your second sister-in-law’s nonsense. I think the flavor is very good, tart and sweet is refreshing, too sweet would be cloying, wouldn’t it make you thirstier the more you drink?”
It was her daughter’s first time cooking, and it would not do to dampen her enthusiasm.
Ning Xinrou added with a smile, “Mother is right, I also think it’s very tasty.”
The sourness was completely different from the sour plum soup she remembered; the flavor was unique, and she liked it very much.
Lin Qingmu praised Lin Tang, “Tangtang is really clever, turning a fruit even dogs won’t eat into something so delicious, impressive!”
Lin Lu and Lin Qingshan had nothing more to compliment and solemnly nodded their heads at the side.
Lin Tang: “…” A little embarrassed!
After distributing the water, she was sent back home by her family.
As for the bucket, which still contained water, it was left behind.
Barely having reached the road through the fields, Lin Tang encountered someone carrying manure—none other than Wang Zhaodi, who regarded her as an arch-enemy.
Indeed, enemies often cross paths.