Word Spirit Farming System

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23. "Sour plum soup"

Cheng Yun brought the things home. Upon arriving home, Yang Hongjin and Wang Liang were with each other. There was no communication between them, but surprisingly the atmosphere was harmonious.

Seeing him return, Yang Hongjin happily called out, "Wife," and Wang Liang lifted his head and quietly greeted him.

"You two continue working, I'll go to the kitchen first." Cheng Yun pinched Yang Hongjin's face as he passed by, like pinching a child's face. The idiot was still happy and grinned.

Cheng Yun couldn't wait to take out all the ingredients. Making sour plum soup was not difficult, but those who had never done it before might not know what ingredients to use and the taste would always be a bit off.

He first washed all the ingredients clean and added them to the water to soak, following the proportions of half a catty of dried plums, half a catty of hawthorn, three liang of tangerine peel, and two liang of licorice. (T/N: 1 liang is about 1.33 ounces/38 grams)

While waiting, he went out again alone and picked some osmanthus flowers from the back mountain based on memory.

In addition to his and Yang Hongjin's portions, he also reserved some for Aunt Wang's family, his own family, and he could also bring some for his second brother to relieve the heat. The fragrance of osmanthus was soft and matched with the icy sour plum soup in the hot summer, it was a great enjoyment.

It takes some time to soak the ingredients, so he first made two simple dishes. He had some duck intestines and cucumber left over from helping Yueqiong Tower adjust the dishes before, so he simply made a dish of stir-fried duck intestines and smashed cucumber, telling Wang Liang to ask his family to let him stay and eat with him.

It was the first time Wang Liang had tasted Cheng Yun's cooking. He smelled the aroma while Cheng Yun was cooking, and his stomach was growling. He didn't expect that the aroma was not even one-tenth of the taste of the dishes when he actually ate them!

His eyes brightened, but because he was not good with words, he could only quietly lower his head and eat to show his support.

Cheng Yun thought he was very hungry and poured him a glass of water. "Take your time eating, no need to rush." He also picked up two chopsticks of food for Yang Hongjin, his tone intimate. "You too, there's still a lot of food left. If it's not enough, I'll make some more so don't choke on it."

"Wife, you eat too."

There was one more person for lunch today, and Yang Hongjin was originally a bit unhappy, but his wife said she would teach this person how to make tables and chairs and make him a useful person. He didn't know what to do and could only follow his wife's lead.

But when he sat at the dinner table, he could feel the difference in his wife's attitude towards him and that person. Yang Hongjin's frustration was instantly swept away, and the food tasted even better than before!

Wang Liang ate while sneakily stealing glances at Cheng Yun and Yang Hongjin from the corner of his eye, feeling a bit envious in his heart.

He grew up in this village, and the most famous people in the entire Tiejia village were undoubtedly the two in front of him.

Yang Hongjin, needless to say, was the only fool in the village. In such a small place like Tiejia village, people inevitably mentioned him whenever they gathered together.

The entire Yang family was the topic of everyone's conversation. Before they talked about Yang Hongjin, and later they talked about Li Fengjiao who married into the family. At that time, having a fool in the village was rare, and some families would scare their naughty children by saying, "If you don't listen to me, Yang Hongjin, the village's fool, will come and beat you." Over time, even adults avoided him, and some naughty children formed teams to bully Yang Hongjin.