Chenchen sat up and saw the little bundle of joy in Xinxin's arms, and her face lit up with happiness.

However, he was injured, so Qiao Qiqi wouldn't let him carry him. She had Qin Huai help him into the house first, where he continued to lie down.

In fact, Chenchen is now fully capable of getting out of bed and moving around, but Qiao Qiqi listened to the doctor and insisted that he rest in bed for a few more days until the wound was completely healed before moving around.

Chenchen does nothing but sleep and eat all day. He feels that if he keeps lying down, he will degenerate.

However, Qiao Qiqi's attitude was firm, and his resistance for several days had no effect.

Qiao Qiqi arranged for Xin Xin to play with the puppy by the wall, then rolled up her sleeves and went into the kitchen to ask Lin Chunying what she wanted to eat for dinner.

Lin Chunying had originally planned to stew green beans, but when Qiao Qiqi asked, she asked her in return, "What do you want to eat? We'll make whatever you want to eat?"

No one knows a daughter better than her mother.

Qiao Qiqi chuckled and immediately stepped forward to hug Lin Chunying's arm. "Mom, I want to eat the oil-free pancakes you make."

This type of oil-free pancake is called spring pancake. The dough is rolled out thinly with a rolling pin, and then cooked in a pan without oil using the heat of the pan.

Without hesitation, Lin Chunying said, "Okay! Let's make pancakes then. I'll knead the dough, and you go to the garden to pick some cucumbers, dig up some potatoes, and pull up some scallions."

"Okay!"

When she can eat what she wants, Qiao Qiqi's lips are always curled up in a smile while she's working.

She'd been craving spring pancakes since yesterday, so she specially bought a pound of lean meat to make shredded pork with sweet bean sauce.

Qiao Qiqi also loves egg sauce. Her fried egg sauce is delicious; the eggs are tender and smooth, and everyone who has tried it raves about it.

Make two kinds of sauce, eat whichever you like, and you can taste two different flavors, it's simply perfect.

Lin Chunying felt bad about wasting wheat flour, so she added a little buckwheat flour to the dough. With the unique aroma of coarse grains, the aroma of wheat flour wafted out as soon as it was thrown into the pot.

As Qiao Qiqi prepared the side dishes, the aroma made her feel hungry.

Lin Chunying made more than twenty pancakes. Just as she finished making them, Qiao Qiqi's shredded pork with sweet bean sauce and egg sauce were also ready.

Because she was worried that the food was all dry and would make her choke, Lin Chunying cooked another pot of corn porridge to fill the gaps.

Qiao Qiqi ate a couple of bites of the pancake and drank a couple of sips of corn porridge, enjoying it immensely.

Chenchen and Xinxin were still a little reserved, but both children looked very satisfied.

For a week straight, I ate in the hospital. Although Lin Chunying and Qin Huai prepared and brought my meals from home for breakfast and dinner, nothing tasted good in the ward.

Now that they were finally home, their appetites and moods immediately changed.

The meal was so comfortable and satisfying!

Then, Qiao Qiqi successfully ate herself until she was stuffed again.

On the way back, Qiao Qiqi led Xin Xin behind her to digest their food. When they got home, Qin Huai took everything into the garden. When he got to the last bag of apples, Qiao Qiqi stopped him. "This bag of apples is for Aunt Zhang. We've been borrowing her donkey cart a lot lately. It's a favor. Take these apples to thank her."

Qin Huai looked at the bag of apples in front of him; it was a huge bag, and it looked to weigh at least ten pounds.

Seeing that Qiao Qiqi had given so much, he thought for a moment, then went to Zhang Qing's house to return the donkey cart without saying anything.

Qiao Qiqi helped Chenchen into the house first, and then turned around to go out and pack her things.

Just as we finished tidying up, Qin Huai returned, carrying a chicken leg in his hand. "Today is Uncle Zhang's birthday. His family stewed a chicken and insisted that I bring this chicken leg back for you to eat. I couldn't refuse, so I had to bring it back."

Qiao Qiqi looked on helplessly; chickens were a real treat right now!

Realizing that Aunt Zhang was probably embarrassed by the apple, so she specially gave her a chicken leg in return, she didn't say anything more and handed the chicken leg to Xin Xin, "Here, take it and eat it with your brother."

Xin Xin was already full.

But being a child, and having not eaten chicken legs in a long time, his eyes lit up immediately.

Just as Qiao Qiqi was about to stuff the chicken leg into her hand, Xin Xin suddenly took a step back and waved her hand to indicate her refusal.

Qiao Qiqi was puzzled.

The next second, Xin Xin suddenly turned around and ran quickly into the house.

Qiao Qiqi followed her into the house and saw that Xin Xin had already climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed) and was sitting next to Chen Chen. Helplessly, she placed the chicken leg on the edge of the kang and said, "You guys eat the chicken leg, otherwise it will spoil overnight, which would be a waste."

Although Chenchen was inside the house, she heard what Qin Huai had said earlier.

Seeing Qiao Qiqi bring in the chicken leg, she immediately said, "Sister, you and Brother Qin eat it. Xin Xin and I are already full and can't eat anymore."

But Qiao Qiqi didn't believe her.

Chenchen and Xinxin are well-mannered. Although they have gotten to know Lin Chunying fairly well during their stay at the hospital, it is still their first time eating at the Qiao family's house, so they are still a little reserved.

So Qiao Qiqi knew very well whether the two of them were full or not.

She simply stopped talking to them, put down the chicken leg, turned around and left, saying, "It's for you, just eat it. Eat quickly, I'm going to knead the dough first."

Now that we're back, we can't just sit idle.

Qiao Qiqi planned to continue with her previous plan: to prepare more dough and make steamed buns for breakfast tomorrow. Steamed buns are easy to carry, and Qin Huai could take them directly to the fields to eat when he got hungry.

Upon hearing Qiao Qiqi's plan, Qin Huai immediately said, "Don't go to so much trouble, just make a few flatbreads."

"How can that be the same? Coarse grains are delicious, but they are not as refined as rice and flour. Especially since the buns have fillings, I'll make half meat-filled ones for tomorrow and the other half vegetarian ones for the day after tomorrow. You need to eat more so you'll have the energy to work."

As Qin Huai watched her speak, he scooped up a small half-basin of flour and began kneading it, a fiery glint flashing in his eyes.

Qiao Qiqi was focused on kneading the dough and didn't see it.

The weather is hot at this time of year, so you don't need to add yeast to the dough. Just leave it in the kitchen overnight and it will rise naturally.

Furthermore, it cannot be placed on the stove; it must be placed in a shady place against the wall, otherwise it will become very strong overnight.

The dough was kneaded quickly; Qiao Qiqi finished in less than ten minutes.

But it also kept her up all sweaty.

Qiao Qiqi first called Xin Xin out of the room and quickly gave her a shower.

Chenchen was injured, but he hadn't washed for several days in the hospital, so Qin Huai wiped him down as well.

After taking care of the two children and letting them go inside to sleep, Qiao Qiqi also wiped herself down.

After wiping her front, Qiao Qiqi called Qin Huai to wipe her back.

Having learned from his previous experience, Qin Huai's movements were much more natural and less stiff when he helped this time.

After wiping herself down, Qiao Qiqi went to wash her hair, while Qin Huai carried a basin of water to the backyard.