Captain Liu glared at his foolish son. "That's Song Zhiqing's girlfriend, a battalion-level officer. She came here specifically to look for him. Just give up on that idea. Look at you, you can't even speak properly to a woman like Qi Zhi. And look at Captain Qi. How can you compare to him? Even if Song Zhiqing was blind, there's no way he'd be interested in you."

Liu Hongbing was almost furious. "How could you say that about your own son? Am I still your biological son?"

Captain Liu didn't bother to pay attention to him. If he wasn't outside, he would have kicked him, what a shameful thing.

On the other side, Song Yun returned home and put down her things, waiting for Qi Mo Nan and Zi Yi to sort them out. The mushrooms had to be put into a winnowing basket to dry, and the hawthorn berries and wild pears had to be soaked in well water first, and some salt had to be added to make them cleaner.

After entertaining the two of them, she quickly washed her hands and cooked.

I came home too late, so I didn't make anything complicated, just cooked some noodles. My parents sent over a lot of delicious food last night, so I won't be going there tomorrow.

I kneaded the dough while boiling water. When the water boiled, I rolled out the dough and cut it into thin strips. Then, I added soy sauce and vinegar from yesterday's lard, some chopped green onions, and poached an egg per person. It was simple, yet delicious.

After finishing the noodles, Song Ziyi stared at Song Yun with bright eyes, "Sister, when are you going to make candied haws?"

"Let's do it tomorrow. Eating candy at night can cause tooth decay. Let's do it at noon and come back early in the afternoon to make pear paste."

Qi Mo Nan rubbed Zi Yi's head and said with a smile, "I'll go to work with you guys tomorrow. I can finish cutting grass for the pigs and come back earlier to make candied haws. How about that?"

"Today we'll get some more wild pears and hawthorns. These wild pears look plentiful, but the actual yield is very low. We won't be able to boil much out of them. We'll also need to get some cans to store the pear paste."

"Let's buy some canned food and eat them, so we'll have empty cans." Song Ziyi suggested.

Actually, he wanted to eat canned food.

Song Yun knew what the little guy was thinking. She smiled and tapped his nose. "Just tell me what canned food you want to eat."

"I want canned oranges and peaches. If they don't have any, canned pears will do."

Song Yun looked at Qi Mo Nan and said, "Listen, the dishes have been ordered."

Qi Mo Nan also smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go buy it next afternoon."

"I see Uncle Liu has a bicycle at home. You can borrow Uncle Liu's bicycle tomorrow to go to town. This way you don't have to walk back and forth and waste time."

Song Yun thought of Qi Mo Nan's bicycle ticket again, "Um, can I discuss something with you?"

"You say." Qi Monan turned his head to look at Song Yun. Song Yun looked so beautiful in the moonlight that it seemed unreal.

"I see there's a bicycle ticket among the tickets you gave me. Could you lend it to me first? I want to buy a bicycle. As you know, ox carts are really too slow, and walking takes time. It's not convenient at all to go out."