Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife - Chapter 36

Chapter 36: Footbath
Being bombarded with the series of questions left Pan Meijia speechless. In the end, she could only bite her lip and stare at Chen Anwen. After a while, Xiao Yiqing asked, “Then, how much does the ingredients cost for a bowl?”

When Chen Anwen wanted to ask for three yuan per bowl, Wang Muxiao interrupted her and said, “Five yuan a bowl.”

Hearing this price, even the members of the Lu family were taken aback. They looked at her questioningly. But before they could stop her, Xiao Yiqing took out the money and put it on the table, saying, “Give me a bowl.”

Seeing the money, Wang Muxiao’s eyes lit up, and before Lu Cheng could stop her, she took the money and kept it. After that, she happily went to the kitchen and took out the bowl and spoon. She scooped four cabbage dumplings, four vegetable and egg dumplings, and two meat dumplings. She also generously gave her a small piece of ginseng to prove she wasn’t lying about the ingredients.

“Come on, eat it while it’s hot. I put a piece of ginseng in there. You can chew it to nourish your body.” Wang Muxiao said with a smile, and passed the bowl over to Xiao Yiqing.

Xiao Yiqing looked at the thin slice of ginseng floating inside the bowl, gritted her teeth and said, “Then I should thank my sister-in-law for taking care of me.”

As a person who has never been to school, Wang Muxiao doesn’t know what sarcasm is. So, she took Xiao Yiqing’s words seriously and said with a generous smile while waving her hand, “Aiya, it’s nothing. As long as you abide by my family rules, I believe we can live together happily.”

Xiao Yiqing almost vomited three liters of blood when she heard what she said casually. Finally, she turned and went to her room to eat. She was sure that if she stayed with this person any longer, she would die of high blood pressure!

Seeing that her friend had already gone to eat, Pan Meijia glanced at the dumpling soup and clutched her stomach. She has a bad stomach, and whenever she skips meals, she will have a stomach ache. Now, her stomach is really hurting. If she doesn’t eat again, she may pass out from the pain.

After weighing the pros and cons, she finally asked, “That, sister-in-law, can I have half a bowl? Just give me five dumplings.”

Wang Muxiao nodded and said, “Sure, three yuan.”

Pan Meijia was taken aback, and asked, “Why is it three yuan? Isn’t half a bowl worth 2 yuan and 50 cents?”

Wang Muxiao glanced at her and asked, “Don’t you know that the more you buy, the cheaper the price will be? Since you buy half a bowl, the price of the ingredients is naturally higher than one bowl.”

Pan Meijia felt suffocated and could not speak. She didn’t have much money, and she didn’t want to spend so much money for a bowl of dumplings. But she is more unwilling to pay more than Xiao Yiqing. Finally, she paid five yuan and got a bowl of dumplings to fill her stomach.

At first, she felt cheated, but the moment she bit into the dumpling and drank the soup, all the unwillingness disappeared. She even thought it was cheap, because this bowl of dumplings was the best food she had eaten in twenty years of her life. It tastes even better than the roast duck sold in state-run restaurants!

By the time she realized it, she had already finished the bowl of dumplings. After drinking the last drop of soup, she picked up the ginseng slice from the bowl and patted her stomach while chewing. She felt comfortable and refreshed. The exhaustion from the long journey dissipated in no time. It’s a magical feeling.

At the same time, after dinner, Lu Jueyu helped Li Chenmo clean his body and change the bandages. After cleaning his body and changing the bandages, she went to the kitchen to change the water. When she came back, she had a washbasin in her hand used for washing feet.

Seeing her put the basin down, Li Chenmo asked, “Jueyu, why do you use this basin? My father uses it to wash his feet.”

“I know, that’s why I use it.” Lu Jueyu said calmly and poured a black liquid into the washbasin.

Looking at her series of actions, he can guess what she wants to do. However, he couldn’t help but dismiss the idea. After all, taking care of him like this is already more than she is normally willing to do. It is impossible for her to be willing to wash his feet. Even for a loving couple, it does not mean that they are willing to wash their partner’s feet. Not to mention Lu Jueyu who only has gratitude for him.

While he was still in a daze, Lu Jueyu supported his leg and put his foot on the washbasin. The moment his feet touched the warm water, he came back to his senses and looked at her in shock.

“Jueyu, what are you doing?” he asked in disbelief.

Lu Jueyu glanced at him with a questioning gaze, and asked, “Giving you a footbath, what else?”

Hearing her words, Li Chenmo felt his mind go blank, and his heart was beating fast as if it would explode in the next second. After soaking his feet in warm water, Lu Jueyu took a low stool and sat in front of him. She rolled his pants up to his knees and began massaging his feet and calf.

In her previous life, she liked to travel and her profession required her to stand for a long time. As a result, she often suffers from cramps or sore legs. To make herself feel better, she likes to see a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner for herbal spa treatments. Since she goes there often, the doctor’s assistant told her a lot of foot bath ingredients and their purposes. She also taught her how to massage her feet. Over the years, she has accumulated some knowledge of herbal spa and massage techniques.