The dishes were served quickly, a total of ten: braised wild boar with potatoes, stir-fried pork offal with garlic, stir-fried rabbit, stewed pheasant with mushrooms, braised bamboo rat...

Looking at it this way, it really is an incredibly lavish feast, all meat! It was worth all the hunting we did every day recently; we've basically used it all up for the table today. We'll have another meal tonight, and everyone can pack up any leftovers to take home, just like when we ate at Song Zhuiyan's house last time.

Everyone ate heartily, their mouths greasy with food. Only Song Tantan and Ye Moxun ate politely. They ate meat every day, in various ways, so naturally they weren't very interested in the big pot of stew on the table.

"Eat quickly, or it'll all be gone." Mu Sheng picked up food quickly, reminding Ye Moxun and Song Tantan while he was busy.

"Eat your food, don't worry about us," Ye Moxun replied softly.

Mu Sheng glanced at him, then ignored him and joined the others at the table in grabbing meat. The table was full of teenagers, and they were all eating their fill. Other tables had barely touched their food when the meat at their table was almost gone. No wonder there's an old saying that teenagers can eat their fathers out of house and home.

Song Zhuiyan didn't sit at the table. She packed her own portion and Zhong Qingyi's portion separately and took them back to eat with Zhong Qingyi.

"Just leave the food there, I can eat by myself. You go back to the banquet." Zhong Qingyi was already able to sit up, and his spirits had improved considerably. He had a good constitution and recovered quickly.

"I'm eating right now, I don't want to go back." Song Zhuiyan didn't say much to him. After placing the food in front of him, she sat down and started eating by herself.

Zhong Qingyi's injuries hadn't healed yet, so he couldn't eat anything spicy. He wasn't given any of the stir-fried meat dishes; he was only given stewed chicken soup and braised rabbit.

She stewed the chicken soup separately, adding only a few bowls of water. Adding too much water would reduce the soup's nutritional value. Normally, it wouldn't matter, but since the patient was eating it to nourish their body, she couldn't add too much water. She also added ginseng to stew it together.

Zhong Qingyi noticed the ginseng and asked her where it came from. Without batting an eye, she said it was dug up from the mountains.

"Why haven't you mentioned it before?" Zhong Qingyi asked casually, without any other meaning.

“This stuff is rare, but we can’t sell it for money right now. I wasn’t really surprised when we found it. I was worried it would spoil if we left it for too long. Now it’s perfect for you to nourish your body.” She had actually searched for ginseng in the mountains, but she hadn’t found any. This ginseng was something Tantan took from the supermarket.

There are still quite a few ginsengs in the supermarket, including Korean ginseng, American ginseng, codonopsis, goji berries, and deer antler. They're not really of much use right now, but we'll see if we can sell them for money later.

After finishing the meal and washing the dishes, Song Zhuiyan brought in the medicine she had prepared for him to drink. Seeing that he was about to lie down, she asked, "Brother Zhong, do you need anything? I'll help you up."

Zhong Qingyi blushed again. Why again? Because this wasn't the first time something like this had happened. Song Zhuiyan had asked similar questions before, as if nothing had happened.

He felt very embarrassed. Although he was fond of Miss Song, they were not in a relationship at all. How could she ask such a shameful question as if no one was around?

That's incredibly careless.

"What's there to be embarrassed about? Eating, drinking, and using the toilet are all normal human needs. You got injured because of me, so I'm just helping you up. It's nothing." The problem is that there's no one else in his family who can help him. Ah Xun can't stay by his side all the time. Shui Sheng and Ah Zhu have also gone to help with the wedding.

She's been here for almost an hour, and Brother Zhong drank a lot of water just now, how could she not need to pee?

At first, Zhong Qingyi was not used to her being like this, but after a few experiences, he gradually calmed down. However, every time she said it, he still couldn't help but blush.

"If it were someone else asking me for help, I wouldn't even want to help them. You're my savior, so it's only right that I help you out. Besides, there's no one else in the house, and no one can see us." Song Zhuiyan had long since become indifferent to reputation and didn't care what others thought. She was only comfortable when she was at ease.

"If someone else had saved you, would you have taken such good care of them? Would you have helped them out?" Zhong Qingyi held back for a long time before daring to ask what was on her mind.

Without a second thought, Song Zhuiyan replied, "Besides you, no one else would be willing to risk their life to save me. Let me think... if Lin Fuhai had saved me, I probably wouldn't have been willing to help him to the outhouse. I'm not that close to him."

"You see, everyone says we're not that close anymore, but you're the only one I'm close to. No one else would have saved me like you did."

No one would easily risk their life to save someone else. Zhong Qingyi must like her, she could feel it. She wasn't stupid or heartless; she could be moved, which was why she was willing to take care of him like this.

Let things develop naturally. Getting married is too early; we're not emotionally ready yet.

Song Tantan and Ye Moxun had finished eating and come out. The banquet was over, and the others were still cleaning up the leftovers, wiping tables and washing dishes. The two of them didn't stay to help and were just strolling around.

"I want to go back and take a nap," Song Tantan yawned.

"Sleeping right after eating is bad for your health and can easily lead to obesity. Let's walk around a bit more." How could we go back so soon? Uncle still needs to build a relationship with Aunt Song; we can't go back and disturb them.

Song Tantan gave him a meaningful look. Hmph, don't think she's stupid. She saw through what this guy was up to long ago. But Uncle Zhong is indeed a good candidate. If Aunt is interested, it's worth developing a relationship.

Aunt's personality is such that most people can't stand her or control her. Uncle Zhong is willing to tolerate her, and he's better at kung fu than her. Aunt is also willing to be close to him. I hope they can have a good outcome. In the future, someone who knows how to cherish Aunt will be there for her, so she won't have to shoulder everything on her own.

Ye Moxun led her to the stream and strolled along it. Looking at the crystal-clear water, he said, "The meat dishes at today's banquet are plentiful and impressive. It would be even more perfect if we had an extra serving of fish."

Song Tantan knew that he wasn't craving fish or meat. There were plenty of fish and shrimp in the supermarket, and he would eat them every now and then. He just complained that there were only small fish and shrimp in the stream, not enough to fill his teeth. He wished there were big fish so that everyone in the village could eat fish.

There are indeed big fish over there in the pond, but people are afraid to eat them because they have a psychological aversion to them, and the villagers usually can't help but feel sorry for them.

"The stream is too shallow. Unless we dig it deeper, the fish from the supermarket might not survive." A lot of grass carp and other freshwater fish from the supermarket were taken to the stream in my hometown and kept alive. However, the stream in my hometown is deeper than the stream in Songlin Village, which is very shallow.

"Drain the water from several streams into one, or dig a fishpond, and you can raise fish. You can bring freshwater fish from the supermarket and say they were caught from the pond." Ye Moxun seemed to be seriously considering this matter.

"You're not afraid of trouble, so why do you suddenly want to dig a fishpond? The villagers don't dare to eat the fish caught from the pond, but you're the only one who dares to eat them. What will others think of you?"

Ye Moxun: "You dare to eat it too? Let's eat together, who cares what others think?"

Don't be so arrogant. Those two families are already unconventional enough; they still want to attract negative attention.