How he wished to help her fetch water to spare her the effort, but unfortunately, he was disabled and couldn't take practical action. He could only think about it in his heart.
"Hmm." Su Qingyue nodded slightly, "I speared a basket full of fish from a stream up in the nearby mountain, and killed a snake with a knife. I took off the head, tail, and snake skin, and only brought back the chunks of snake meat. I also found a nest with nine bird eggs up the mountain, so I brought those back too. What would you like to eat at noon?"
Upon hearing this, three expressions of alarm appeared on the faces of the men. Xiao Yishan looked at her anxiously, "Yue'er, you encountered a snake, did you get injured anywhere?"
"Qingyue, are you okay?"
"Wife, are you hurt?"
All three voiced their concerns almost simultaneously.
"There's no need to worry," she replied casually, "No one can hurt me if I don't want them to."
