253: Chapter 253: Making Delicious Food (Part 5)_1 253: Chapter 253: Making Delicious Food (Part 5)_1 Sanni watched as Yang Ruxin poured oil into the pot and began to lose her composure, âBig sister, thatâs too much oilâŠâ
âWithout oil, how can the food be delicious?â Yang Ruxin chuckled, âMiss Yang Ruhao, although being thrifty is a virtue, you know?
Being too stingy is not a virtue.
Now that we have silver, we must eat well; health is capital.
Only when weâre healthy can we make more money, so stop making such a fussâŠâ
âBut it doesnât need to be that much, does it?â Sanni still couldnât help but grumble, âHalf would be enough.â
âIf you keep nagging, I might just add more,â Yang Ruxin said amusedly as she looked at Sanni and reached for the oil jug again.
âAlright, I wonât say anymore,â Sanni hastily gestured with her hands.
âThere, thatâs better,â Yang Ruxin smiled.
Sini watched her third sister being schooled by the eldest and covered her mouth, giggling mischievously.
Sanni reached out and pinched Siniâs cheek, âAnd youâre laughing.â
Sini laughed even more joyfully.
Gu Yao arrived quickly, helping to clean two large pots.
He placed one under the eaves in the yard, which could be used for washing hands and faces and even to collect rainwater, and the other in the kitchen, for cooking and drinking water.
He even made several trips to fill the water pots and brought over the previously damaged kitchen knife, now sharpened and good as new.
âGu Erni, I didnât expect you to know how to sharpen a knife,â Erni couldnât help but laugh, âIs there anything you canât do?â Perhaps because she now had a home of her own and life was filled with hope, Erni remained gentle in temperament but no longer shy and self-deprecating as before; look, she even took the initiative to tease Gu Yao.
âYeah, Gu Erni, what canât you do?â Sanni chimed in with the teasing.
âI canât cook,â Gu Yao, feeling a bit embarrassed by Erniâs comment, still seriously replied, ânor can I do needlework.â
The group was first taken aback by Gu Yaoâs earnestness and then burst into boisterous laughter.
âLittle Yaozi, you really are adorable,â Yang Ruxin couldnât contain her amusement; if she werenât too old and if it werenât inappropriate, she would have pinched his cheek as well.
Gu Yao, feeling embarrassed by the laughter, turned to leave, only to see Gu Qingheng at the front gate and hurriedly ran over, âBrother Qingheng, what brings you here?â
Gu Qingheng had heard the laughter from a while away and couldnât help feeling tickled by it, so he wheeled himself out of the courtyard.
But there was a threshold at the Yang Familyâs courtyard gate, which he couldnât cross.
Just as he was about to call out, Gu Yao spotted him and rushed over, laughing, âI heard you all having such a good time, I came to see whatâs happening, and then I caught the scent of something delicious.â
Gu Yaoâs heart felt a sudden twinge; his elder brother had been so lonely these past years, barely venturing out of the yard since they arrived here.
âLittle Yaozi, take off the threshold,â Yang Ruxin was busy with her hands and peeked out upon hearing voices, âLetâs not put it back on; this way, it will be easier to come and go.â
Gu Yao hurriedly agreed and then removed the threshold.
Gu Qingheng couldnât hide the smile on his lips anymore.
Gu Yao, looking at the somewhat foolishly smiling Gu Qingheng, couldnât help but sigh internally; it seemed his elder brother was truly, deeply in love.
âBrother Qingheng, Big sister is making something delicious tonight,â Sini ran over, âWhy donât you stay and eat with us too?â