Children in their childhood look forward to growing up; as time goes by, people always grow up.

However, adults can never go back to childhood.

How wonderful it is to have a fun-filled childhood!

Su Jiaoniang stood behind Xiaoya watching the children wash clothes, while Lu Wujiu stood under the eaves gazing at the scenery below.

If your heart is barren, someone will always find their way in.

Changsheng, who was striving for progress, glanced outside; he also wanted to do laundry.

"Envious?" Lu Wujiu returned from outside, his gaze falling on Changsheng. The child's hair had grown out a bit, and he had lost a lot of weight. His round face had become slightly elongated.

He seems to have grown a little taller.

"I'm envious," Changsheng frankly expressed his thoughts.

"If you're envious, go out and play for a while." Lu Wujiu said. Changsheng, who was holding a calligraphy brush, was stunned for a moment, then jumped up and ran outside. Just as he stepped out of the study, he paused and turned back to look at Lu Wujiu: "Uncle, are you planning to take me back?"

"Mm." Gu Xizhou nodded.

Changsheng's expression changed, and his previous joy vanished completely.

He walked out dejectedly, heading towards the small private school where Lu Futu had received his early education.

Seeing that the little girl had washed the clothes clean, Su Jiaoniang asked, "Would you like to see how to make glutinous rice eggs?"

"Sticky rice egg?" The little girl immediately stood up.

She always wanted to add new items to her stall, and if glutinous rice eggs were simple, that would be a new product on her stall.

Before she knew it, the little girl had revealed what was on her mind.

Su Jiaoniang reached out and tapped the little girl's forehead: "You're really good at thinking."

"Mother." The soft, sweet voice tugged at her clothes, looking at her expectantly. Su Jiaoniang couldn't resist the child's cuteness.

It's just glutinous rice eggs. If she wants to learn, let her learn. It's her own child. The more skills she has, the less hardship she'll face in the future. I soaked the glutinous rice with my little girl, washed the mud off the duck eggs, and even took out the ham and fresh pork belly from home to prepare.

The little girl stared at the ingredients: pork belly, duck eggs, and diced carrots... It looked a bit difficult!

Su Jiaoniang explained each step clearly to Xiaoya.

Let the little girl go and watch over it.

However, Xiaoya was a real five-year-old child, at most a little smarter than those who didn't have enough to eat or drink. She wanted to learn quickly, so she held the kitchen knife tremblingly and carefully cut the meat. When she cut down, she almost cut the flesh on her finger.

Lu Wujiu reached out and used a very safe method to snatch the kitchen knife from the little girl's hand.

He glanced at Su Jiaoniang, unusually meddlesome, and said in a cold voice, "Forcing growth is not advisable; the child is still young."

Su Jiaoniang glanced at Lu Wujiu, a ridiculous feeling rising in her mind. The Regent's words sounded too ambiguous and vague.

Just like what the male head of the household said to the female head of the household in an ordinary family, it's true that men love to play with ambiguity until the very end.

Oh!

Even a prince couldn't escape this curse.

Su Jiaoniang looked down at the little girl, who seemed very guilty.

“Little girl, go help your mother start the fire. Just watch what your mother does,” she said.

The little girl obediently went to boil water in the big pot.

Su Jiaoniang methodically cracked open the salted duck egg, separated the egg white from the yolk, leaving the yolk inside. She then mixed the prepared meat, ham, carrot, and glutinous rice together and stuffed the mixture into the eggshell containing the salted egg yolk.

Steam it in a pot of boiling water.

Xiao Ya would occasionally add a few pieces of firewood to the stove, and the fire burning underneath made her face glow red.

After a while, the steamed eggs were placed on a plate.

Su Jiaoniang knocked on one and handed it to the little girl: "Eat!"

It was a novel way to eat it, and it even had salted egg inside. She picked out a few and sent them to Doctor Liu.

Doctor Liu stared at the duck egg, cracked it open to see the yolk, glutinous rice, and meat all lumped together, took a bite, and immediately showed a look of lingering enjoyment on his face. After finishing one, he opened another, his gaze falling on Su Jiaoniang: "You have quite a few secrets. Even the imperial chefs in the palace didn't discover this way of eating, but you, a little widow, know it."

"..." Su Jiaoniang glared at Doctor Liu, wondering who he was looking down on.

Do you still want to eat?

He seemed to sense Su Jiaoniang's resentment.

Doctor Liu quickly took out something nice: "This is a popular ornamental flower brought to the capital by the Hu people from the west. You probably haven't seen it before. Here, take it."

Su Jiaoniang's eyes widened, and she swallowed hard. What Doctor Liu had given her was extraordinary—a tomato planted in a flowerpot.

Tomatoes!

Su Jiaoniang's mouth was practically watering.

You should know that whether it's scrambled eggs with tomatoes, a simple tomato and beef brisket soup, or anything else, it's an indispensable delicacy in life.

Do you have any seeds?

Su Jiaoniang swallowed hard, her eyes fixed on Doctor Liu.

Dr. Liu shook his head: "I went through a lot of trouble to get this potted plant. You want seeds too? What are you thinking?"

Su Jiaoniang carefully carried the tomatoes back to her home.

After Xiao Ya finished eating the glutinous rice egg, she went up to Su Jiao Niang and saw the red tomato. Just as she was about to reach out and poke it, Su Jiao Niang dodged away while holding a flowerpot.

She had never grown tomatoes before, but she had heard about how to breed them, and the complexity and tediousness of it was simply outrageous.

As someone who's terrible with their hands, Su Jiaoniang's gaze fell on Lu Wujiu, hoping to find someone skilled with their hands to help her preserve the seed.

If she couldn't get a few seeds from the complete tomato plant in her hands, she would probably become the most useless transmigrator.

Lu Wujiu noticed Su Jiaoniang's gaze, and a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.

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