The Comeback of the Charming Farmer's Wife

Seeing Yang Chuxia staring wide-eyed, Yang Qingtong instinctively tensed up, "No, sister, I misspoke." Then he took a step closer, grabbing Yang Chuxia’s arm and pleading, "Sis, I want to eat at your house tonight. You don’t know how bad the food is at the academy. I haven’t had meat in a month, really!"

"Back in our day, our family couldn’t afford to eat meat even once a year." Yang Chuxia gave him a sideways glance, "Little brother, you’ve only gone without meat for a month, and you’re already complaining?"

"Hehe, sis, times have changed." Yang Qingtong blinked his beautiful eyes, "When there’s meat, eat meat; when there’s grass, eat grass. We must adapt to the situation. We must endure hardship when it’s time for hardship, but not when it’s not. Only a fool would do that."

"Haha..." Yang Chuxia laughed, "You sure have a lot of twisted logic. Fine, you can eat at my house tonight. The mothers are still making osmanthus cakes."

Yang Qingrui, however, spoke seriously, "Sis, ask the mothers to make some extra cakes, they look good. I’ll take some back for our teachers and classmates later."

"That’s no problem, you sit down and I’ll go talk to them."

As Yang Chuxia was about to leave, Yang Qingtong started to read out a menu from behind her, "Braised pork, oil-braised shrimp, hairy crabs, Wangquan roast chicken, sauce elbow..."

"Bang..." Before he could finish, Yang Qingrui’s smack landed on his head, "All the things mom won’t let you eat, are you trying to harm our sister?"

Hearing the words, Yang Chuxia’s steps came to a halt, "What’s going on? What happened to Qingtong?"

Yang Qingrui glanced sharply at Yang Qingtong before saying, "Sis, don’t listen to his menu. He caught a chill at the academy, and his stomach hasn’t been good for days. The doctor told him to eat light meals for a few days, and I just told mom. Since she won’t let him eat meat, he’s come to you."

"Bro..." Yang Qingtong blinked innocently, "I’m all better now."

"Nope, the doctor said so." Yang Qingrui spoke without even looking at him.

Seeing that Yang Qingrui was ignoring him, Yang Qingtong ran to Yang Chuxia and shook her sleeve, "Sis, I really am better. Talk to my brother, he’s fussing over me every day."

"Fussing over you is for your own good." Yang Chuxia patted his head, "Alright, don’t be too upset. I just happen to have a nanny who knows some medicinal cuisine. I’ll ask her to make you some light meat porridge tonight."

"Hehe, my sister is the best."

"You were just complaining about me being annoying." Yang Chuxia couldn’t stand his ingratiating behavior, so she headed to the kitchen first. She told Li’s mother to make some light meat porridge for the evening and some dishes that Yang Qingrui liked.

That evening, the three siblings ate dinner together. Li’s mother’s medicinal meal was very good, and Yang Qingtong enjoyed it. It satisfied his craving for meat, and the meal wasn’t bitter at all.

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Very few people in Wangquan Town celebrated Chongyang Festival. Some larger households would set up banquets for a token celebration, but ordinary farmers would definitely not do so.

Early in the morning, Yang Chuxia sent people to deliver chrysanthemum and osmanthus cakes to the relatives in the village, saying they were for Chongyang Festival. The villagers were quite amazed by the gesture.

After the Chongyang Festival, Yang Qingrui and his brother returned to the academy. Yang Chuxia, as promised, sent them several packs of chrysanthemum cakes and a few packs of osmanthus cakes. They also took some extra jars of the family’s drunken crab and shrimp. According to them, anything less wouldn’t be enough to share.