Xia Jingxing: "Frogs? You can eat those?" He's been living in the countryside for so long that he's seen plenty of frogs.

Gao Guojing: "A field frog is a field frog, and a frog is a frog. Besides, although they look alike, frogs are small, all bones, with no meat, and cannot be eaten. Field frogs are much larger, several times the size of frogs."

“There are plenty of those field frogs that weigh one or two pounds in the fields. Just one is enough to make a dish. These field frogs were caught by us and Duofu and the others in the fields. They are delicious. You’ll know once you’ve tried them.”

Xia Tai'an: "It's one thing for you to act recklessly, but why did you bring Duofu and the others along?"

Gao Shujing: "Second Uncle, it's alright. Duoxi can run all over the field after the rice is harvested. He even caught two yesterday."

Apart from the frog he caught by chance at the beginning, Duoxi didn't catch any more. His legs were too short and he couldn't walk properly, so he couldn't outrun the frogs. He found several frogs but couldn't catch them, only adding to his uncles' and brothers' achievements.

Seeing that everyone else had caught many frogs while he couldn't catch any, the little guy was so anxious he was about to cry. To comfort him, Gao Shujing chased a field frog to his side, letting him have his fill.

Xu Xiangyue: "Isn't Duoxi just over a year old? How can she run so fast?"

Gao Shujing: "When he encounters a frog in the field, he runs so fast that I can't catch him." It's not that exaggerated. He runs slower than Duoxi because he has to keep an eye on Duoxi to prevent him from running into the ditch.

Xia Taiping handed the chopsticks to Xia Yuanqiang: "Dad, eat something first."

Gao Guojing: "Grandpa, how are you feeling?"

Xia Yuanqiang: "I'm doing great. I don't feel tired even after farming for several hours every day. Everyone, please eat."

After Xia Yuanqiang put down his chopsticks, everyone else did too.

Xia Jingxing took a bite of frog meat and immediately stopped listening to what others were saying, continuing to stuff meat into his mouth.

The two baskets of meat were almost completely devoured in just over ten minutes, and Xia Jingsheng put the rest on their plates to save for tomorrow.

Xia Jingxing leaned against the wall, clutching his stomach in an unseemly manner: "That was so satisfying, so incredibly satisfying! This is how you should eat meat—by taking big bites!"

Gao Guojing's arrival means that Yu Rujia and Gao Shujing can hold their wedding.

During the busy harvest season, everyone starts work at five in the morning and doesn't finish until seven-thirty in the evening. They only have an hour and a half for lunch break. Everyone is so tired that they don't even want to cook, let alone have the energy to attend the couple's wedding.

Yu Rujia didn't really care how many people attended her wedding. It was just that she was getting married, and she couldn't very well not invite the families in the village who were close to her, so she postponed the wedding to early August.

When the double harvest season ends, people will return to their usual working hours, and since they won't be so tired, they can come and attend their wedding.

Gao Guojing, whose face had become much smoother, circled around Yu Rujia awkwardly, wanting to speak several times but not knowing how to say it.

Yu Rujia glanced at him and said, "Say what you have to say."

Gao Guojing forced a smile and said, "Sister Rujia, could you make some more soap for me to take back with me?"

Yu Rujia: "Why do you need so much soap, you're a grown man?"

Speaking of this topic, Gao Guojing felt a lot of grievances. Earlier this year, he ran out of soap and developed acne, leaving acne scars. Who says a grown man can't care about his appearance?

Gao Guojing: "I want some, but the one who's the most demanding is my mom. You have no idea how outrageous she is. Last time you asked me to bring back some soap, I only used half of it, and she took the rest."

When Gao Xiujuan was mentioned, Yu Rujia understood. Loving beauty is a woman's nature, and her soaps are so good that few women can resist them.

Let alone women, even the two grown men, Gao Shujing and Gao Guojing, couldn't resist the temptation of soap.

Gao Shujing is a little better; he only uses it when taking a bath. Gao Guojing, however, uses it several times a day, whenever he washes his face. Since he came, the rate at which the soap in the house is used has doubled.

She still has a lot of soap in stock, but with a large family, there's always soap needed for washing clothes, bathing, washing hair, and washing hands. Her family alone uses dozens of bars a year, so no matter how much soap she has, it's not enough.

Gao Guojing wanted soap, so he traded it for some manual labor, which allowed him to prepare extra soap for home use.

Yu Rujia: "You can have soap, but you'll have to do the work. I don't want to go through all that trouble."

Gao Guojing immediately replied, "No problem, point to where and I'll shoot."

Yu Rujia: "Okay, grab your basket and come with me up the mountain to pick mugwort. I'll take you once, and how much you want to make afterwards will depend on how much mugwort you pick."

"You can take one-seventh of the soap made from the mugwort leaves you brought back."

Gao Guojing asked, puzzled, "Why is it one-seventh? I picked the mugwort myself, can't I take more?"

Yu Rujia: "Besides mugwort, there are many other precious medicinal herbs needed to make soap. Mugwort is the least valuable ingredient among them. Letting you take one-seventh of it is already a bargain for you."

"The remaining six-sevenths is just enough for the six people in our family besides you. As for how many people your share should be divided among, that's up to you. So if you want to bring back more soap, you'll have to work harder."

Gao Guojing thought about his family of six. He couldn't possibly take Yu Rujia's share; he couldn't bring himself to take his four nephews' share; and he had never taken advantage of his own brother since childhood. So he really could only take one-seventh of it back with him.

In order to bring back more soap, Gao Guojing decided to pick all the mugwort leaves he saw.

When Duofu learned that she was going up the mountain to pick mugwort, he applied to join the team, and the other children also clamored to go.

Yu Rujia thought that they would just wander around at the foot of the mountain and nothing would happen, so she agreed.

Duofu happily came out with his little basket: "Auntie, what are mugwort leaves used for? Can we eat them?"

Yu Rujia thought of several delicacies related to mugwort and started craving them again.

Yu Rujia: "The soap we usually use is made from mugwort leaves. We picked mugwort leaves this time to make soap. But mugwort leaves are also edible. Let's bring back a lot today, and I'll make you something delicious."

Doro's ears perked up, indicating that he deserved a share of the delicious food: "Delicious food? I want some."

Duoshou rolled her eyes at him: "All you know is food. We have to pick some mugwort leaves before we can eat anything."

Despite not being disliked, Duolu eagerly said, "Auntie, I'll go pick some 'Ai Ai' right now. Where can I find some?"

You can tell the difference between the twins just by looking at their speech. One is articulate, while the other can't remember everything. Duoshou can say "Artemisia leaf" completely, but Duolu says "Ai Ai". Hopefully, this child's intelligence will grow more as he grows.