Yun Qi took the side dishes from Gao Jie and poured them into the pot to stir-fry. Taking this opportunity, he turned to Yun Liping and asked, "How have you been lately? Have you been on a few dates?"

"How many more blind dates are we going to see? I don't know what my dad and mom have been talking about lately. They haven't even mentioned my blind dates at all." Yun Liping shrugged indifferently. Actually, she was quite satisfied that her parents weren't bringing up her marriage. If she could, she wouldn't want to get married at all.

"It seems Uncle Wei and the others are preparing something big, otherwise the village would be bustling with matchmaking lately," Yunqi said, deliberately trying to scare her.

"You know what, it's really possible. I should go back and find out what my dad thinks, so he doesn't dump me cheaply." Yun Liping scratched her bald head.

Yunqi looked at her still bald head with some envy, but said, "You should grow your hair out too. There's still enough water in our village to wash your hair."

"You didn't see it, but the other day Aunt Wei was chasing her around the village because she shaved her head again behind Aunt Wei's back," Yunxia said, laughing as she recounted the funny incident that happened.

"Ever since I shaved my head, I've felt uncomfortable with my hair growing back. Who knew my mom would react so strongly?" Yun Liping said helplessly, adding that she really isn't used to having hair anymore.

Yunqi thought back to a few days ago when she wanted to shave her head. At that time, her mother threatened her, saying that if she dared to shave her head again, she would put a shaved mark on her forehead and she might as well become a nun.

Thinking of how her husband and father were watching her make a fool of herself and she dared not act recklessly anymore, she secretly pursed her lips. They were all big shots she couldn't afford to offend, so she could only ask Si Cheng to edit her hair into a short woman's style based on the video.

"These pigs are really fat. I just saw them taking a lot of lard out of their stomachs. They've set up another pot to render the oil. It must take a lot of pots to render it all." Yunxia added some firewood to the stove and told everyone what she had just seen.

"Luckily we killed them now, otherwise they would have starved to death when the food supply ran out, and that would have been a bad deal."

"These mollusks that we used to hate so much are nowhere to be seen anymore. I wonder where they've gone?"

As Yunqi thought about the increasing number of snakes in the south at that time, he had some guesses in his mind. It seemed that these animals were much smarter than he had imagined, especially in their ability to predict some changes in nature.

Although she was thinking about something, her hands moved quickly and soon she had put a pot of vegetables into a bowl.

"We've finished another pot. We'll cook one more pot and then we can call it a day." Yunxia and Gaojie worked together to carry the large basin to the serving area.

"Brother, you've looked at my sister several times already. Aren't you worried about her? Nobody in the village bullies her." Yun Tao teased Cheng Ge when he saw him looking at Xiao Qi's sister.

"Since you're so free, go clean up those intestines." Si Cheng finished speaking and ignored him, walking directly in the direction where Yun Qi was.

"Let me do it." Si Cheng took the spatula directly from Yun Qi's hand. His hands were already a little numb from cooking so many dishes. He even noticed that Yun Qi rubbed his right shoulder with his left hand several times.

"Why are you here? Have you finished dealing with things over there?" Yunqi saw her husband take the spatula and stepped back to let him do it, as her hands were already quite tired from cooking so many dishes.

"Don't be so stubborn next time. Just take charge of one dish. There are so many people in the village, we can't not find someone who can cook." Si Cheng skillfully flipped the spatula in his hand, leaving the people around him stunned. This was really a different Si Cheng.

"This time it was unexpected, but it won't happen again next time." When the tasks were assigned, I overestimated myself and volunteered to take on two portions of food without considering the total share for the whole village.

"Don't you know how to ask someone else for help?" After saying that, he glanced at Gao Jie and the others.

Gao Jie understood everything when her cousin looked at her like that. But she also blamed herself for being so busy gossiping that she hadn't noticed that Xiao Qi's right hand was struggling.

Yun Liping and Yunxia were both speechless. Cheng Ge usually took care of all the heavy work in the fields, while Yun Qi only did light tasks when he went to the fields with him, such as following behind to plant seeds or pulling weeds.

They usually treat themselves like men and are used to doing these heavy jobs, so they naturally overlook Yunqi's cooking, which is not considered heavy work.

"I can still manage." Yunqi had indeed been slacking off at home lately, and his strength had diminished. It seemed he still needed to keep up with his work and exercise.

Then look at Yun Liping and the others. Not only do they have to do heavy work in the fields every day, but they also have to insist on practicing in the square. Now their strength is no less than that of the men.

Si Cheng didn't want to argue with her here; he'd find out later when she couldn't lift her hand. He deftly picked up various side dishes and seasonings from the side and added them to the iron pot, then kept stirring them. His skillful operation left everyone watching in awe.

"Xiao Qi, who usually cooks at home? Look how skilled Cheng-ge is at it," Yun Liping asked softly as she walked over to Yun Qi.

"Most of the time, my mom and I are in charge of cooking, but now my dad has taken over the kitchen. He's very interested in studying cooking techniques, and when Cheng Ge has nothing to do, he likes to spend time with him in the kitchen, so his skills are getting better and better."

"Why do all the good men end up in your family? Now you'll be the talk of the village again." Yun Liping was genuinely envious. Her own father was the kind of person who wouldn't even pick up a fallen oil bottle at home.

"How could that be? It's not a big deal," Yun Qi said dismissively.

Yun Liping tapped her hand to show her the people around her. It turned out that people around her had unknowingly stopped to watch Si Cheng cook, and some elders were even looking at her with disapproval.

Yunqi saw blame and condemnation in their eyes. They hadn't done anything wrong, so why the condemnation? There were so many men in the village cooking, and they were just as good at it as these women.

"They think you always boss Cheng Ge around at home. Now Cheng Ge is the darling of these elders. They always like to compare him with their younger generation. He's like someone else's child." Yun Liping explained to her when she saw that she still didn't understand.

"Those younger ones are probably lamenting that Brother Cheng is leaving them no way out again. Now they have another example to compare them to." Yunxia also leaned over and quietly explained that this is how her elders usually treat their younger relatives.