When it came to past events, Luofeng Tang's face turned quite ugly.

"Zhou Xia, she's a toxic presence always lurking nearby. She's flexible and cunning, hiding daggers behind her smile."

“I’ll go find my uncle right now and have a good talk with him. Anyway, my father-in-law has already passed away, so there's nothing else he needs to worry about. Just don't interact with the Zhou family anymore!” he said.

Yang Ruqing said, "You go and tell him. Just remember not to be too harsh in your words. You know your uncle's personality; he values sibling affection very much."

Luo Fengtang nodded: "Rest assured, I have a plan."

When it was time for dinner, Luofeng Tang came back.

"How did it go with your uncle?" Yang Ruqing greeted him as she took a pair of shoes from him and helped him change.

Luo Fengtang said, "Besides what happened at the edge of the cliff, I told my uncle about everything else."

“My uncle was also very surprised, I believe he has a good idea of what's going on.”

“Because he said that from now on, for any matters that need to be dealt with the Zhou family in the future, he will come and discuss it with us first.”

Upon hearing this, Yang Ruqing felt a little relieved.

"Well, that's the end of that, let's not talk about it anymore. Come on, let's go have dinner. I made a new dish tonight especially for you." she said.

"Oh? What's the new dish?" he asked.

Yang Ruqing smiled faintly, "You'll understand when you see it.

The two of them came to the kitchen together.

Tuoba Xian and Luo Baobei had already finished their meal, Yang Ruqing hadn't yet. She had purposely waited for him to come back and eat together.

A small pot outside the stove was keeping the cooked rice and dishes warm.

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Two dishes and a soup were quickly placed on the small table in the kitchen. By the time Luofengtang brought over two bowls of rice, Yang Ruoqing had already set her chopsticks out.

A small table in the kitchen was set with candles, casting a warm glow.

“Braised pork, zucchini and mushroom soup, this... what is this scrambled egg?” Luofengtang looked at the dishes in front of him and asked.

On a white plate, grass-green stems and leafy greens are intertwined with golden egg whites.

“This dish is truly beautiful. At first glance, it looks just like a peony flower.” Luo Fengtang added.

"Qing'er, I truly don't recognize this. What's this dish called?" he asked.

Yang Ruqing said, "Just take a bite and you'll know!"

As she spoke, she picked up her chopsticks and brought a mouthful of the dish to his lips.

“Ah…” she said.

Luo Fengtang smiled and opened his mouth to take it, chewing slowly in his mouth, savoring the taste.

"How are you?" Yang Ruqing asked again, her eyes sparkling in the candlelight.

Luofeng Tang said: "It has a chewy texture, but the taste is extremely fresh and refreshing, not greasy at all."

"But, I still don't know what kind of dish it is." he said.

Yang Ruqing smiled with her lips.

"This thing growing in front and behind our house, you don't even recognize it? Hehehe..."

“This, you see, is the tender shoot of a Chinese toon tree,” she went on to say.

"A tree of *Chinese toon*? Can this be eaten too?" Luo Fengtang seemed quite surprised.

Yang Ruqing nodded: "Yes, these tender shoots are not only edible, but also delicious and highly nutritious."

"They were best eaten when they were first sprouting and pulling up the tender buds a while back, but we went to the capital city then and missed it."

"Earlier this afternoon you went to talk to your uncle, I was bored and wandering around the courtyard."

“When I suddenly saw new shoots growing at the top of that osmanthus tree that had been struck by lightning before, I picked a handful to stir-fry with eggs,” she said.

Upon hearing this, Luo Fengtang suddenly realized.

“I had never heard that this sprout could be eaten, and it tastes so good,” he said.

If only I had known then, spring wouldn't have gone hungry.

"What are you standing there for? Come sit down and eat, or it'll get cold." Her urging voice reached his ears.

"Have the babies eaten yet?" Luofengtang came to her senses and asked.

Yang Ruqing said, "Mother and the baby have both eaten. Especially the baby, it seems to really enjoy eating."

“If you like it, just eat it.” Luo Fengtang said.

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Then he put two chopsticks of the fragrant toon scrambled eggs into Yang Ruqing's bowl, and pushed the rest, along with the plate, aside.

He was happily munching on a piece of bitter gourd using his chopsticks.

Yang Ruqing found that his chopsticks would never again venture into that plate of fragrant toon scrambled eggs.

"Go ahead and eat, I still have some left there. I'll fry some for your daughter tomorrow."

She smiled and gave him two chopsticks of food.

Luo Fengtang looked up at her, "I can eat anything else..."

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"Oh, come on! Don't be so slow. Just be a man and get it done!"

Luo Fengtang was covered in black lines.

Does she even know if he's a real man?

Seeing the flicker of something in his eyes, Yang Ruqing's face flushed red.

"Hurry up and eat, hurry up and eat. If you have the time to think about other things, you might as well figure out if there are any stunt buds on the fragrant tea trees in front of and behind the village." she said.

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Luo Fengtang nodded readily, “Alright, I’ll go looking first thing tomorrow morning.”

For several days, the sky remained overcast and gloomy, persisting even until the Dragon Boat Festival.

Yang Ruqing got up early specially and went to the field with Wang Cuilian and Sun, harvesting several bundles of calamus and mugwort.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, calamus and mugwort are inserted on doors and windows. It's an old tradition in rural households to ward off evil spirits.

From the right perspective, it's actually because by Dragon Boat Festival, the weather gradually becomes hot and humid.

In this kind of environment, various bacteria are easy to breed.

And also, mosquitos, ants and other pests have begun to become active.

They carry a large amount of bacteria, posing a threat to human health.

All things in the world are interdependent and mutually restraining. Plants such as calamus and mugwort themselves possess the efficacy of inhibiting these effects.

Just like a snake, encountering cinnabar would make its whole body go limp, even the thousand-year-old White Lady had to reveal her true form.

Alright, that's enough digressing.

And Yang Ruqing, meanwhile, still had the damp mugwort and iris plants in both homes, as well as all around the old Luo family's house.

Then, she returned to her own home.

Uncle Luo Tiejiang and Aunt Wang Cuilian were invited to come over here to celebrate the festival.

Adding to that, Tao Ba Xian, Yan Huai'an, and Xiao Ya Xue and her husband Song Liang, Yang Ruqing planned to cook a big feast to celebrate the festival with her relatives and friends.

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The variety of dishes had already been in her mind two days ago.

Just now, she took some time to go to the vegetable garden and picked a lot of seasonal vegetables.

It's time to show off my skills later.

Tuoba Xian and Xiao Ya Xue are dedicated to raising their children, while Wang Cuilian comes over to help Yang Ruqing.

"Qing'er, Lan'ya and Ah Hao aren't really coming for lunch today?" Wang Cuilian asked while washing rice.

"It's time to wash the rice and start cooking, make sure you get it right or we won't have enough rice later," she added.

Yang Ruqing was facing away from Wang Cuilian, fiddling with some ingredients.

"As you wish," he said without looking back. "But don't come."

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