Shen Qinglan stepped forward and explained in front of Shen Qingzhu, "The prey is really mine!"
Upon hearing this, Shen Qingzhu was moved to tears, completely forgetting who had gotten him into trouble in the first place.
Shen Qingju had been chasing Shen Qingzhu around the yard and was already out of breath.
Seeing Shen Qinglan explaining seriously with an earnest face, she suddenly froze.
She put down the broom she was holding and suspiciously asked, "Did you really hit it? What did you use?"
Shen Qinglan: "A stone."
"A stone?"
Shen Qingju looked at her with a face that screamed, "Are you kidding me?"
Shen Qingzhu peeked out from behind Shen Qinglan and said, "Third sister did use a stone, I saw it with my own eyes!"
Shen Qingju: "You shut up, what you say isn't trustworthy."
Shen Qingzhu felt aggrieved and thought: What the heck! You don't believe what Third Sister says either!
Shen Qingju glared at him and then asked Shen Qinglan, "How did you hit it with a stone?"
Shen Qinglan thought for a moment, casually picked up a stone the size of an adult's thumb from the ground, and flicked it to the side.
With a "pop", a nearby water jar instantly got a hole in it.
After a moment of silence, Shen Qinglan said softly, "I didn't do it on purpose!"
She just wanted to demonstrate how she used stones for hunting, momentarily forgetting the water jar was there.
Shen Qingju: ...
Shen Qingzhu: ...
With an aggrieved face, Shen Qingzhu said, "Big sister, now you believe it?"
Shen Qingping clapped and said, "Third sister is amazing, even broke the water jar!"
Shen Qinglan: ...
She didn't expect that with just a casual flick, the water jar would get a hole in it.
Shen Qinglan thought to herself: This water jar is too poor in quality!
Shen Qingju gave Shen Qinglan a once-over. Her third sister had behaved oddly ever since recovering from her illness.
She often appeared quietly and disappeared quietly.
Even when having meals at the same table, sometimes she didn't know when her third sister sat down or finished eating.
And now, even casually flicking a pebble could break a water jar; she didn't know if it was good or bad.
Shen Qingju awkwardly coughed and said, "Since Third Sister hunted it, Qingzhu, you take little brother to the riverbank to handle the prey."
"Great, finally we have meat to eat!"
Seven-year-old Shen Qingping's eyes sparkled as he stared at the hairy prey in his second brother's hand.
Once Shen Qingzhu took Shen Qingping with him, Shen Qingju turned to Shen Qinglan and asked, "Third Sister, where did you learn this skill?"
Shen Qinglan shook her head and said, "I don't know, I just knew it when I woke up."
She couldn't possibly tell Shen Qingju she learned it in a previous life, right?
Shen Qingju hesitated and said, "So, it's natural?"
Shen Qinglan: "Maybe."
Shen Qingju: "Alright then, it's a good skill to have. I see you like eating meat, and with this skill, you won't lack for it."
Shen Qinglan: ...
Shen Qinglan had gotten up quite early today, and after coming back from the mountain, she felt a bit drowsy.
Seeing that she kept yawning, Shen Qingju quickly said, "Go wash up and rest for a while; when Qingzhu and little brother bring back the prepared meat, I'll wake you for food."
However, Shen Qinglan shook her head upon hearing this. After so many days of eating Shen Qingju's cooking, she almost forgot what salt tasted like.
She had lived for twenty-eight years and, except for the time in the orphanage, lived by herself for over a decade, cooking on her own for years. Though her cooking wasn't as good as a restaurant chef's, it was certainly tasty and far better than Shen Qingju's.
It wasn't easy catching so much meat, and she couldn't let Shen Qingju ruin it.