I'm worried that the chicken might have some kind of virus, which is why it looks so strange.

"Hey, what you're saying... well, I'm really not too sure about eating the vegetables you mentioned that can be harvested every five days."

As for fruits, vegetables, and beans, that's fine. These things don't ripen at the same time, so it's okay to pick some to eat every now and then.

But if it's vegetables, and after one crop is harvested, it only takes five days for another crop to grow on the original plant, that's indeed a bit scary.

After another bumpy ride, the bus returned to the city.

Chen Suwen and Ye Yulian got out of the car and went their separate ways after arriving at their doorstep.

Ye Yulian's house is right next to Chen Suwen's house. Although Chen Suwen's house is number 88 and Ye Yulian's house is number 33, their two houses are indeed across the street from each other.

Liu Cuilian, who previously criticized Zhou Cunzong for washing diapers as undignified, is Ye Yulian's next-door neighbor; the two houses are separated only by a wall.

"Mom, you're back?"

It was almost dark and her mother-in-law still hadn't returned, which had made Xu Huixue very worried. Now that she saw her mother-in-law safely home, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm not a child anymore. I'm just going out for an afternoon. What's there to worry about?"

Chen Suwen handed the large bamboo basket to Xu Huixue, saying, "Zhou Cunzhi will clean up the old hen later, and we'll stew it tomorrow."

"Let's stir-fry the chicken giblets with pickled cabbage, and also have some eggs. Let's pick some loofah to make soup. That's what we'll eat tonight."

"As for your sister-in-law, make her a steamed egg."

Xu Huixue looked at the bamboo basket her mother-in-law handed her. It was full of eggs, and the old hen was kept in a bamboo cage. The family that "sold" the chickens had just given them to her.

"Blanch the bracken fern, then toss it with soy sauce and vinegar, and add two small red chilies."

"Add small red chilies?" Xu Huixue looked at her in surprise. Although her family wasn't completely averse to spice, weren't two small red chilies a bit too spicy?

"Just add it as I tell you to. Oh, and don't forget the minced garlic and cilantro too."

After telling Chen Suwen what to eat for dinner, she didn't care anymore and took the sapling to the backyard to plant it.

Xu Huixue: "..."

"Grandma, what are you doing?"

Zhou Xian and Zhou Mei, who had already returned from kindergarten, saw Chen Suwen going to the backyard and followed her there, asking her what she was going to do.

Chen Suwen looked down at the two of them and said, "Grandma is going to plant fruit trees. After the fruit trees are planted, you will have fruit to eat."

Zhou Xian and Zhou Mei's eyes lit up. "Fruit? What kind of fruit is it?"

"Is it apples and pears? Or grapes' grandmother?"

Apples are a fruit that few people in the south like to eat decades later, but people in the south in the 1970s were quite interested in them.

I always thought apples were a very high-class fruit. Little Zhou Xian and Zhou Mei hadn't eaten apples many times, so they were really looking forward to it.

"It's not apples or pears; those aren't really suitable for growing in our area."

While she could certainly plant apples and pears if she wanted to, it would be quite troublesome.

So let's start by planting fruits that are suitable for the south, especially those in tropical and subtropical regions.