Ye Linlang looked at Xie Xuning in a daze. He... was so enthusiastic?
She remembered that when they first met in their previous life, he was a noble girl who valued words as much as gold.
Xie Xuning cleared his throat a few times to hide his embarrassment. Why would he say such words to a girl he met for the first time?
"Thank you for your kindness, but I want to spend more time with my parents."
When passing by a cherry tree, Ye Linlang stood on tiptoe, reached out and picked a cherry from the branch of the cherry tree, and handed it to Xie Xuning.
"Try our little cherries. They're not available in your capital."
Xie Xuning took the cherry branch, looked at the small cherries hidden under the green leaves, picked the reddest one and put it in his mouth.
It tastes sour as soon as you take a sip, and within the sourness there is a hint of sweetness.
Indeed, he had never seen this kind of small cherry in the imperial capital.
Ye Linlang carried a bamboo basket into the kitchen.
After handing the bamboo basket to Grandma Ye, she sat in front of the stove and shelled the peas in the pea pod.
While washing vegetables, Grandma Ye asked Ye Linlang, "Linlang, that young man came looking for you. Did you find him?"
"I found it. I broke off a branch of cherries for him."
The firelight from the stove shone on Ye Linlang's face, making it bright red.
Ye Linlang thought of Xie Xuning eating cherries, and couldn't help but let out a sweet smile.
In the kitchen, the sounds of Grandma Ye chopping and washing vegetables skillfully could be heard.
In the early 1980s, supplies were still scarce.
The Ye family can't eat white rice every meal.
Today we have guests coming from far away.
Grandma Ye made an exception and steamed a tray of white rice. She also picked up some sweet potatoes from the cellar, washed them, and steamed them. When she was preparing lunch, her family ate the sweet potatoes.
Grandma Ye suddenly let out a long sigh.
Ye Linlang asked, "Grandma, are you worried about Aunt Lan?"
"Your Aunt Lan has a stubborn temper. I'm worried that she'll only report good news and not bad news."
When Grandma Ye met her in-laws before, she knew that they were arrogant and looked down on them, the country people.
Fortunately, after Chen Xuelan accidentally miscarried her first child, she knew she had to plan for herself. She forced the family to find her a formal job in the supply and marketing cooperative in the name of abortion.
Chen Xuelan now has a fixed monthly salary, and she feels much more confident.
"Grandma, my dad is here!"
After Ye Linlang lit the fire in the stove, she stood up and walked behind the stove and soaked the tender leaves of Houttuynia cordata with some salt.
"Grandma, our family's blessings are still to come."
Grandma Ye couldn't help laughing.
"Yes, your good life is a blessing for our family."
An hour later, the skillful Grandma Ye had prepared six dishes and a soup.
They are fried bacon with garlic, fried eggs with toon buds, fried peanuts, cold dandelion salad, cold watercress salad and a plate of Sichuan pickles.
The soup is white and thick rice soup.
After Ye Linlang wiped the eight-immortals table clean with a white towel, she brought the country delicacies one by one to the table.
"Xie Xuning, Grandpa, it's time for lunch."
For Xie Xuning, who had lived a life of luxury since childhood, today's lunch was very simple, even a little shabby.
But he didn't mind at all. He sat on the bench in front of the eight-immortals table and started to eat lunch.
Although the dishes are simple, they are fresh and have a rustic feel.
Even a bowl of beans and rice has become a delicacy.
Ye Linlang and Grandma Ye ate steamed sweet potatoes.
When Xie Xuning saw that Ye Linlang and her grandmother were eating sweet potatoes, she suddenly felt regretful and distressed.
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