Cute Wife Gourmet

Chapter 9 I'd rather die than do it
The dinner was a comfortable one, with the pure taste of hometown. The three of them finished all five dishes and a jar of the best daughter's red wine. After having a good meal and a good drink, Xia Chunyu decided to go out for a walk.

Passing by the kitchen, through the open window, I saw Ye Jiayao struggling to fetch water. She was shaking so much that the water spilled on her skirt.

Xia Chunyu was about to go over to help, but Song Qi was faster than him, and took the bucket from Ye Jiayao in three or two steps. Ye Jiayao straightened up and wiped the sweat off her face, and just in time she saw Xia Chunyu outside the window, rolled her eyes, and turned away expressionlessly.

Xia Chunyu was unhappy and inexplicably irritated, and called out to Song Qi loudly.

Song Qi hurried out, and Xia Chunyu said, "I won't be patrolling the mountain today, you go around for me."

Song Qi was stunned for a moment, then said, "Then I'll help my sister-in-law get some water and go."

Xia Chunyu shouted, "Go now."

Song Qi was so scared that he peed his pants. He thought: The Third Master is a little strange today. Why is he so angry for no reason? Is he complaining that the dinner is not delicious enough?

After sending Song Qi away, Xia Chunyu also sent Peng Wu away. Then he moved a chair and sat leisurely in the yard to enjoy the cool air. From time to time, he glanced towards the kitchen and thought to himself: See who is here to help you now? How dare you ignore me.

Ye Jiayao suspected that the Third In Command was doing bad things on purpose. It was her bad luck to meet such a dead man. He had no awareness of helping others and came here specifically to sabotage her. Song Qi spoke so highly of him purely to flatter him. She looked at him from top to bottom, front to back, and could not tell that he was a good person.

With no one to help, Ye Jiayao had to go to the well to fetch water by herself. Damn, the ancient equipment was too backward. Just wanting to take a bath could make her tired to death.

Xia Chunyu was leisurely fanning himself with a palm-leaf fan, watching Ye Jiayao idly walking past him with a bucket of water.

If you can't lift it, just ask me for help! I'll help you for the sake of this dinner. Xia Chunyu raised a barely perceptible smile, waiting for someone to ask him for help.

But Ye Jiayao didn't even look at him and walked away grunting.

The second trip, the third trip...

Xia Chunyu was a little restless. You little girl, will you die if you ask for help?
Every time Ye Jiayao saw him looking like he had nothing to do with her and asked for a beating, she got furious. What a classless and stinky man.

"Hey, make me a cup of tea." Xia Chunyu cleared his throat and ordered.

Ye Jiayao really wanted to dump a bucket on his head. Hey, head of yours, can't you see that I'm busy? Do you have no hands or feet? He's just a bandit leader, but he thinks he's a government official? He's just treating her like a maid.

Being ignored once again, Xia Chunyu fanned himself vigorously and almost broke the palm-leaf fan apart. Just as he was about to lose his temper, Ye Jiayao brought him a cup of tea with an expressionless face, stuffed the cup into his hand, and turned around to fetch water.

"Hey, stop."

Xia Chunyu wanted to say, what's your attitude? But the next thing he did was to stand up, put the teacup back into her hand, and then took her bucket and went to the well.

My brain must have been stuck in the door. I have nothing to do after eating. I am just bored.

Ye Jiayao was very surprised. Did this guy finally find his conscience? He realized that as a man, it was shameful for him to watch a woman do heavy work without helping.

Someone brought water, and Ye Jiayao hurried to wash the dishes and pots. She didn't want to touch these greasy pots and bowls after washing the fragrant dishes.

"There's enough water. Remember to clean the bathtub after use." Someone standing at the door said coldly.

Ye Jiayao had just had a slightly improved opinion of him, but was immediately shocked by this sentence. Damn, you think I'm dirty! I don't even think you're dirty!

Ye Jiayao resisted the urge to roll her eyes and continued to ignore him.

Xia Chunyu was disappointed and left with a gloomy face.

After a while, Ye Jiayao came into the room, rummaged through the drawers, and finally found one of his cotton robes, rolled it up and went out again.

Xia Chunyu opened his mouth, then sat back down in dismay, feeling extremely annoyed. Didn't this woman need to ask for his permission before wearing his clothes? Did she really think she was the hostess here?
Ye Jiayao closed and bolted the front and back doors of the kitchen, and finally could take a bath in peace.
Ye Jiayao saw a yellowish object on the chair next to the bathtub. She picked it up and smelled it. It had a faint scent of soap. Was it soap? Although the workmanship was a bit rough, it was better than nothing. If she had the chance, she would improve it. This was a matter of quality of life.

Uh, that dead man must have put it here. Ye Jiayao curled her lips. Okay! He is not so hopeless. He even knows to help her prepare soap.

Song Qi came back after a walk and saw the third in command hanging around the gate of the courtyard with his hands behind his back.

"Third Master, I have completed the inspection and everything is normal."

Xia Chunyu said seriously: "Go and inspect it again."

Song Qi was stunned. Patrol again? He must have heard it right!
"Why are you still standing there? Go quickly and don't come back within an hour." Xia Chunyu waved his hand impatiently.

Song Qi reacted slowly, maybe it was because his sister-in-law was taking a bath and the third in command was afraid that something would be inconvenient!
"Yes, I'll go and patrol it again, and patrol it carefully." Song Qi turned back and went to patrol the mountain miserably.

"The beautiful bubbles are only a flash of fireworks, and all your promises are too fragile. But love is like bubbles. If you can see through them, what's the sadness..."

Ye Jiayao was singing while playing with soap bubbles. The warm water gently wrapped around her skin, brushing away her fatigue and soreness, and her mood became better.

When I get a chance to escape, I will find a job as a chef in a restaurant and slowly save up money. In the future, I will also open a restaurant, and I will make it the most prosperous one to carry forward the Chinese food culture.

Ye Jiayao thought beautifully while reaching for the soap. In the mist, she seemed to see something moving. She looked carefully and immediately let out a scream. The sharp scream broke the quiet courtyard. Xia Chunyu, who was sitting in a chair in the courtyard, squinting his eyes to enjoy the cool air, was so startled that he almost rolled off the chair.

He rushed to the west wing without thinking, but the door was bolted.

The screams continued. Xia Chunyu took two steps back and kicked the door inside. The poor wooden door was kicked into pieces.

I saw a cobra with black and white patterns swimming towards the bathtub with its neck and abdomen erect. Xia Chunyu stepped forward and with lightning speed, he grabbed the snake by the waist, shook it hard and then threw it out.

The cobra was thrown against the wall with a bang, its joints all scattered, and it fell down like a rotten straw, no longer able to swim.

Xia Chunyu resolved the threat and turned to look at Ye Jiayao, only to see that her face was ashen and her eyes were dull, she was frightened.

"Are you...are you okay?"

Ye Jiayao was speechless and just trembled uncontrollably.

Xia Chunyu frowned, grabbed her robe, reached out to pull her out of the bathtub, wrapped her in the robe, and carried her out. Feeling the person in his arms trembling, Xia Chunyu could not help but quicken his pace.

Ye Jiayao grabbed his collar tightly and trembled even more violently.

Xia Chunyu put her on the bed and said unhappily, "You are so useless. You are scared like this by just a snake."

Ye Jiayao burst into tears with a "wow" sound. Her heart, which had been severely frightened, was particularly fragile. All kinds of suppressed negative emotions suddenly poured out like a flood that broke through a dam and could not be controlled.

Damn, I am not afraid of anything except snakes! Even if she is bitten to pieces by lions and tigers, she doesn’t want to be bitten by snakes. Damn, why are there such disgusting and terrifying animals in this world... I want to go down the mountain. I am determined not to stay in this kind of hell place...

Ye Jiayao threw herself into his arms and wiped all her tears and snot on his clothes.

Xia Chunyu was at a loss for what to do when he first experienced a woman's earth-shattering and soul-stirring crying skills. This damn woman was just a snake, so what? Didn't she cry more subtly? Wouldn't she be more pitiful if she just sobbed? If you didn't know, you would think he had done something to her.

"Okay, okay, stop crying. I've already killed the snake by throwing it to the ground."

"Woooooooo..."

"Are you done yet? If you keep crying I'll throw you into a snake den."

"woo woo woo woo……"

"Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you. Stop crying."

"Woooo..."

Xia Chunyu patted her back awkwardly to comfort her.

Ye Jiayao's crying finally subsided, but she was still frightened. She couldn't help thinking, what if she didn't find the snake? What if the snake crawled into the bathtub...

She couldn't stop her tears from falling. She grabbed his sleeve to wipe her tears and sobbed, "What if there are more snakes? What if you're not here?"

Xia Chunyu was completely speechless when he looked at his horrible sleeves.

"There aren't so many snakes. It's just a coincidence." Xia Chunyu said lightly.

"No, Song Qi said he caught one in the yard a few days ago." Ye Jiayao said in a muffled voice.

"That was just a coincidence."

"There aren't so many coincidences."

"That's right, that's why you are unlucky." Xia Chunyu said casually.

Ye Jiayao: "..."

She was indeed unlucky, otherwise she would never have entered this bandit den. Not only was she bullied, but she was also nearly frightened to death by a snake.

"Okay, okay, hurry up and clean up. I'll go pick up the snake. We can make snake soup tomorrow." Xia Chunyu finally pried her hands free that were tightly grasping his clothes. Her hair was still wet, and her robe was draped loosely on her body, revealing her beauty and her curves. Xia Chunyu's throat tightened and he quickly got up and went out.

Ye Jiayao: “…”

Snake soup?
Then he shouted loudly: "Throw away the snake, throw it away, I don't want to make snake soup, even if you kill me."

Xia Chunyu's ears were buzzing from her roar, and he scratched his ears in frustration. "You damn woman, can't you lower your voice a little? If you don't do it, can't I ask Old Yu to do it? The meat of the cobra is very delicious, it would be a pity to throw it away."

Xia Chunyu came to the west wing and saw a mess on the floor, with wood chips, water stains, and scattered clothes. Wait for Song Qi and the others to come back and clean up? No, who knows what these bachelors will think when they see such a scene. It's really fucking awful that I have to clean up the mess for her.

(End of this chapter)