She immediately stood in front of the stove with her hands on her hips, "Really? There's not even oil?"

Just as she was still contemplating, Huo Li came in with the chopped pheasant meat.

"Put it there." With that, Lin Xiaoye began to prepare.

Huo Li looked at Lin Xiaoye standing in front of the stove, with a trace of doubt in his eyes.

Is she really Lin Xiaoye? And she even wants to cook?

Thinking back to the time when Lin Xiaoye had a hard time cooking a meal and had almost burned the kitchen, Huo Li felt uneasy, but he still went to the yard. He sat down while looking at her from time to time.

Lin Xiaoye took a closed look at the pheasant meat in front of her and then looked for a few ingredients available at home, but there's really only salt.

"Looks like I can only eat a light food."

She rolled up her sleeves, put the pheasant meat into the boiling water, scalded it again, fished it out and changed the water. After the water had boiled, she added some salt, waited until the water was almost dry and for the pheasant meat to become soft, she then removed the pot from the stove.

"Let's eat!" Lin Xiaoye carried the large pot of pheasant meat into the house.

Huo Li looked at her craft with a trace of surprise.

She can cook? Then what happened last time was deliberate?

"Don't just stand there, let's eat."

Lin Xiaoye laid out the bowls and chopsticks. Then she saw him standing in the corner. Little Mochi's face was filled with anticipation as he looked at the pheasant meat on the table.

"Little mochi, come over and call me Mother, then Mother will give and let you eat the pheasant meat."

Lin Xiaoye opened up her arms and showed a smile that she thought to be rather harmonious.

Little Mochi suddenly shrunk his body, lowered his head and squeezed the baby fat on his face as he pouted. This kind of appearance truly melted Lin Xiaoye's heart.

The original owner was really cruel and inhumane. Such a cute Little Mochi was actually turned dumb by her.

Seeing that Little Mochi hasn't come after a long time, Lin Xiaoye's expression changed immediately.

"If you don't come over, Mother will be angry."

Hearing this, panic flashed through Little Mochi's face. His eyes were filled with longing and helplessness.

Is Mother going to hug Little Mochi? Mother's not going to beat and scold Little Mochi anymore?

With this thought, he moved his little feet and rubbed his left foot on his right foot, and finally, walked carefully in front of Lin Xiaoye.

Lin Xiaoye hugged Little Mochi.

"Little Mochi is so good. Come and taste the pheasant meat that mother made for you."

Little Mochi raised his round eyes and looked at Lin Xiaoye.

Mother is giving Little Mochi pheasant meat to eat?

Seeing Lin Xiaoye put a piece of pheasant meat in his bowl, Little Mochi suddenly looked at Lin Xiaoye with gratitude.

Huo Li also entered at this time and saw this entire scene. However, when he looked at Lin Xiaoye, his face was filled with suspicion.

Old trick? What does she want to take from home?

Sitting down, Little Mochi immediately looked at Huo Li with joy and excitement. He hummed twice and pointed at the pheasant meat in his bowl, looking satisfied.

Huo Li nodded. "Nian'er should eat."

Lin Xiaoye felt her heart ache seeing Little Mochi like this.

How old is Little Mochi? Maybe he's not even four years old yet. In the modern world, he would be at the age when he still need to drink milk, but he has been abused by the heartless original owner. Just looking at his pitiful appearance, it's possible that his mother gave him a psychological trauma.

Thinking about it, Lin Xiaoye picked up another piece of pheasant meat and placed it in Little Mochi's bowl.

Little Mochi immediately shrunk his neck, raised his wet eyes and cautiously looked at Lin Xiaoye. He held the chopsticks in his hand, wanting to pick it up, but didn't dare to.

"Little Mochi, why aren't you eating? Don't tell me you don't like your Mother's cooking?"

Little Mochi immediately shook his head, but quickly took a cautious look at Huo Li, only when Huo Li nodded that he smiled happily. He then hugged the bowl in his hands and started eating the pheasant meat.

Huo Li also picked up a piece for himself and when he put it in his mouth to have a taste, he was momentarily stunned.

Is this the pheasant she cooked? The taste is actually pretty good.

With this in mind, Huo Li looked at the pheasant meat in his hand again. There wasn't anything else, but the taste was really different this time.

At this moment, Lin Xiaoye also picked up a piece of pheasant meat to smell it. After taking a sniff, she smelled the distinct meaty fragrance coming from it.

This smell...

Grr!

Still in her thoughts, a rumbling sound came from her stomach. She was extremely hungry.

She immediately held her breath, opened her mouth and took a bite.

Throughout the whole process, she didn't dare to breathe until she swallowed it. Furthermore, her mind was filled with delicious foods.

Roasted duck, red braised pheasant meat, pearl meatballs, roasted pigeon, steak, red braised pork…

Those are really delicacies to the current her.

No! She couldn't go on living like this, she couldn't eat these salted pheasant meat everyday. At the very least, she has to be able to use oil again, right?

Looks like she has to earn some money to solve her food and clothing problem first. Also, these clothes, it's going to get cold soon. Wouldn't she freeze to death if she wore these clothes?

Burp! A burp came out while she was still thinking about these things.

Lin Xiaoye quickly covered her mouth and took a look. Luckily, Huo Li and Little Mochi didn't notice.

Only now did she realize that she had actually eaten three pieces of pheasant meat.

She then saw Huo Li putting down his chopsticks.

"Just leave it after you're done eating. I'll go wash the dishes later. Oh yeah, you should also change your clothes. I'll take them to the river to wash them later."

With that, Lin Xiaoye hurriedly stood up, went to the cabinet and took out a piece of clothes belonging to Little Mochi. She intended to give him a bath later as well.

Huo Li frowned immediately. "No need."

Then, Huo Li took his bowl and went to the kitchen.

Lin Xiaoye was stunned.

"What an oddball!"

Afterwards, Lin Xiaoye didn't get tangled up and went to the kitchen to boil a pot of water. She gave Little Mochi a bath. Little Mochi's body originally looked like a glutinous rice cake and after bathing, it exudes a milky fragrance. Not to mention how cute he looks.

"Little Mochi, let Mother kiss you."

Lin Xiaoye couldn't help kissing Little Mochi's face.

Little Mochi's face immediately blushed and he quickly lowered his head.

Mother kissed Little Mochi!?

When Huo Li saw this scene, a trace of doubt arose in his heart.

Is she really Lin Xiaoye? She was indeed different today.

After tidying up the house for a bit, Lin Xiaoye picked up her family's clothes, held the basin and headed towards the river according to the original owner's memories.

In fact, the reason why she wanted to come out as soon as possible was because she wanted to get familiar with her surroundings. After all, she only has the original owner's memories and she has to go there in person.

She also wanted to see if there were any valuable things around, such as herbs, which could be sold when the time comes to support her family.

Along the way, there were many people who were looking at her with strange eyes.

Some even started whispering.

"Eh, isn't that Old Huo's wife? Didn't she jump into the water yesterday? She's still alive?"

"Didn't they say that good people don't live long while evil people live for thousands of years, just like her?"

Roasted duck:

Red braised chicken:

Pearl meatballs:

Roasted pigeon:

Steak:

Red braised pork:

Salted chicken: