When they arrived at Ruan Miaomiao's own courtyard, she thought the water was still a bit cold, so she asked the Zhou sisters to boil some water, while she went inside to get some ingredients.

During the few days that Ruan Wenbin and Zhao Yajing stayed in Jianshan Brigade, the Zhou family cooked and delivered food to them. After the meals, Zhou Taohua and Zhou Dujuan would come over to clean up the dishes, so that she didn't even have to wash them.

Let alone giving Ruan Miaomiao more face.

Therefore, Ruan Miaomiao also wanted to treat them well this time.

Once inside, Ruan Miaomiao closed the door, took out the tomatoes, cucumbers, and green peppers she had grown herself from her spatial storage, and some pork and ribs that she had stored in her spatial storage in Haicheng. After that, she also took out Haicheng specialties such as Gaoqiao Songbing (a type of flatbread), Chenghuangmiao spiced beans, Nanxiang xiaolongbao (soup dumplings), and pigeon egg dumplings.

He also specially brought some soldiers to give to Nguyen Minh Cuong, who gave him some Hadi sausages that he had brought with him.

Although they are both sausages, the aroma of Haddi sausage is completely different from that of Bicheng sausage.

"Wow, Sister Miaomiao, is it really necessary to do so much?"

When Zhou Taohua saw the large basket of things Ruan Miaomiao brought out, her eyes lit up: it was all delicious food, delicious food she had never seen before!

Although I've never eaten it before, it looks delicious!

On the contrary, Zhou Dujuan swallowed and said to Ruan Miaomiao, "Sister Miaomiao, we are all family, there is no need to bring so many good things to entertain us."

A bowl of red bean and sour soup with corn rice is enough. Keep these good things and enjoy them slowly!

Zhou Taohua, who was swallowing hard, immediately echoed her fourth sister's words:

"Yes, Sister Miaomiao, my fourth sister is right. These are all delicacies from your hometown. Keep them and enjoy them slowly when you miss home!"

Looking at the two sensible girls, Ruan Miaomiao smiled helplessly:

"What? You look down on your Sister Miaomiao?"

"Your third brother Ruan will definitely send me things as soon as he gets back. Eat up, food tastes better when shared with others!"

At Ruan Miaomiao's request, the three of them started cooking.

When it was almost finished, Zhou Taohua ran back to the Zhou family home and called her parents over.

There weren't many bowls and chopsticks in the Ruan family's courtyard, but Zhou Taohua brought back a few more bowls and chopsticks when she returned.

"Oh my, Miaomiao, this is too wasteful!"

As soon as Zhao Cuihong entered the courtyard, she saw a table laden with food:

Tomatoes mixed with white sugar.

Cold cucumber salad with houttuynia cordata.

Stir-fried shredded pork with green peppers.

Mint-fried pork ribs.

Steamed sausage.

Cabbage and meatball soup...

As for those other exquisite-looking items, Zhao Cuihong had never seen them before and therefore couldn't name them.

"Auntie, it's rare for us to have a meal together, so what's the waste? Eating with you all makes it all worthwhile."

Ruan Miaomiao had a faint smile on her face. Noticing that the kerosene lamp wasn't very bright, she went inside and fetched another one.

"Uncle Jianjun, Aunt Cuihong, come on, sit down and eat with us."

It's still a bit chilly now, the food won't taste good if it gets cold!

Ruan Miaomiao warmly invited the Zhou family to sit down.

Seeing that his wife and daughters had all sat down, Zhou Jianjun felt it was time for him to show his skills, so he handed the red envelope he had prepared to Ruan Miaomiao.

For a moment, Ruan Miaomiao, who was about to sit down, was stunned: "Uncle Jianjun, what's going on?"

She never expected that Zhou Jianjun, whose presence in the Zhou family had never been very strong, would actually give her a red envelope.

Zhou Jianjun, an honest and simple farmer, wasn't good at saying nice things, especially since the four women in the yard were all looking at him, which made him feel even more uneasy.

So nervous that she stammered, "They have red envelopes for the New Year!"

As he spoke, Zhou Jianjun pointed to Zhou Dujuan and Zhou Taohua.

Zhou Taohua immediately chimed in, "Yes, Sister Miaomiao, we all have some, please accept them!"

The food on the table smelled so good, she wanted to eat it as soon as possible!

Ruan Miaomiao thought it would cost at most one large ten-yuan note, so she accepted it without any guilt and thanked Zhou Jianjun generously.

Hearing Ruan Miaomiao's thanks, Zhou Jianjun felt that he was bound to receive a gift next time. His future daughter-in-law would have to buy him two big meat buns, wouldn't she?

He didn't even consider how many large meat buns he could buy with fifty yuan.

He only wanted a small token of appreciation from Ruan Miaomiao.

After this little incident, the atmosphere at the meal became even more cheerful. Under the light of two kerosene lamps, the five people chatted happily in the courtyard...

As for the Zhou family, Zhou Jingyun immediately rushed back from the provincial capital after learning that Ruan Miaomiao had returned to Bicheng.

To my surprise, when I got home, I found my house completely dark.

The house was dark, and at first he thought it was because the family had gone to bed early due to the hard work of spring plowing.

However, after calling out several times without receiving a response, he realized that his family members were not at home.

After thinking about it, he decided to go to Ruan Miaomiao's place first, and then go to his family.

Little did they know that when they were still dozens of meters away from Ruan Miaomiao's courtyard, they could hear cheerful sounds coming from inside.

Especially my younger sister, who chatters away like a cheerful lark.

Who is it?

The people inside were enjoying their meal when suddenly there was a knock on the courtyard gate.

The conversation stopped instantly, and all five of them looked towards the courtyard gate. Zhou Dujuan's heart skipped a beat: Could it be Li Yuying again?

She had a bad impression of the educated youth and was worried that Li Yuying was there to cause trouble for Ruan Miaomiao, so Zhou Dujuan quickly got up to open the door.

Upon seeing Zhou Jingyun at the door, a look of surprise appeared on his face: "Brother, what brings you here?"

"..."

Zhou Jingyun was speechless when he heard Zhou Dujuan's words: "You and my partner can eat and drink well and have a good time, but I'm here and you're asking why I'm here."

What, shouldn't I have come?

After a long day of running around just to see Ruan Miaomiao, Zhou Jingyun felt incredibly wronged. Without answering Zhou Dujuan's question, he went straight into the courtyard.

"Oh my, Yunwa is back! Come on, sit down. Miaomiao made today's dishes, they're so delicious, you have to try them!"

When Zhao Cuihong saw her youngest son, whom she hadn't seen for more than half a month, she was so excited that she immediately got up and asked him to sit down.

Watching his mother treat him like a hostess on his partner's turf, Zhou Jingyun felt a little uneasy: he felt like he was the only outsider.

However, Zhao Cuihong's next sentence, that all the dishes were made by Miaomiao, immediately dispelled Zhou Jingyun's resentment:

He absolutely had to try the food Miao Miao made.

"The food's a bit cold, let me heat it up for you!"

Ruan Miaomiao was also pleasantly surprised to see Zhou Jingyun suddenly appear.

She looked at the stir-fried green peppers and pork on the table, which had already solidified, and took the initiative to stand up and say something.

Zhou Dujuan immediately grabbed Ruan Miaomiao: "Sister Miaomiao, you sit down, I'll go heat it up!"

Zhou Dujuan had noticed long ago that ever since her brother entered the courtyard, his gaze had been fixed on Sister Miaomiao.

In this situation, as a caring younger sister, she naturally wouldn't let Ruan Miaomiao heat up the dishes.