Qiao Qiqi hadn't eaten for two months, so she ate a lot of green beans and a bowl and a half of rice. She was extremely satisfied with her meal!

"Miss Fang, please eat more, don't be shy. We don't have any fancy dishes to offer you in this rural area, so please don't mind." Seeing that Lin Chunying had been absent-minded all day, Wang Guihua treated herself as the hostess and kept entertaining Fang Jingru.

Fang Jingru was flattered and said, "This is very good. To be honest, it's much better than what I eat at home."

She was telling the truth, but Wang Guihua didn't believe her and kept trying to serve Fang Jingru food.

Lin Chunying, on the other hand, didn't say much throughout the meal and ate quietly, but she didn't actually eat much.

After Qiao Weiguo noticed, he whispered in her ear, "What's wrong? Don't you have an appetite?"

Lin Chunying snapped out of her reverie, met her husband's concerned gaze, hesitated for a moment, and then whispered, "No, it's just that my back hurts a little from riding in that oxcart to town. I'll put on a plaster and I'll be fine in a bit."

The plaster was applied to Lin Chunying by Qiao Qiqi after the meal.

After tidying up, Qiao Qiqi and Fang Jingru first took her parents-in-law home, and then the two of them returned to her and Qin Huai's small courtyard.

Upon entering, Qiao Qiqi saw that there were no weeds in the vegetable garden and the cabbages were growing vigorously, so she knew that the vegetable garden had been taken care of.

She unlocked the door and led Fang Jingru into the house. Seeing that the kang (a heated brick bed) was clean, she immediately asked Fang Jingru to sit on it while she went to boil water. Then she and Fang Jingru took a simple bath.

The two had been traveling for two days and were exhausted. Without saying a word, they went to bed early.