Everyone knows that her wife and husband have a good relationship, but even if they have a good relationship, can't they treat her a little better and treat her like a human being instead of a dog?
She's already fed dog food all the time, but this is the kitchen, the place where she eats. She doesn't want to eat dog food; she just wants a hot meal!
Ye Lingyu finished the grapes in her mouth, put down the cleaver, and pinched Cheng Qingyan's cheek: "Still fooling around? Don't you want to eat dinner tonight? Aren't you hungry? Are you full from eating fruit?"
Cheng Qingyan chuckled, his face pinched, and mumbled, "Want to squeak, Liangzhi, I'm slurping~"
Ye Lingyu let go of her hand and rubbed her face: "Be a good girl and don't bother me while I'm cooking. If the food gets burnt or I put in too much salt, it'll all be your fault."
"Hehe, no way! My wife's cooking is always the best. How could it be burnt?"
Ye Lingyu pushed the person out; if they kept causing trouble, who knows when they would be able to have dinner.
Most importantly, she smelled a faint odor of burnt rice.
Having been kicked out of the kitchen, Cheng Qingyan casually put the bowl in her hand into her spatial storage and walked towards Yun Yue.
After Shen Ziyu and Ruan Banxia left, Yun Yue had fewer people by her side.
After Cheng Qingyan left, Yun Yue sat alone in the courtyard, feeling a little lonely.
"Mother, shall I accompany you for a walk around the area?"
Yun Yue was overjoyed. This was a rare occasion, as she had never taken a walk alone with Cheng Qingyan before.
Accompanied by Cheng Qingyan, they walked towards the back of the house.
The water in the yard is connected to the river behind the house. It's summer now, and with abundant rainfall, the river has risen considerably.
Large lotus leaves almost covered the river surface; some lotus flowers were in full bloom, while others had just sprouted a small bud.
Cheng Qingyan helped Yun Yue to the riverbank, picked a lotus seedpod, peeled off the outer shell, and handed it to Yun Yue: "Mother, try it, it's so sweet."
This wasn't the first time Yun Yue had eaten fresh lotus seeds. The Prince Ning's mansion also had a lotus pond, and every year after the lotus flowers bloomed, Yun Yue would pick lotus pods to eat.
The lotus seeds that Cheng Qingyan peeled for her tasted better than those from the Prince Ning's mansion.
"Qingyan, did you plant all of these?"
Cheng Qingyan pointed far away and said, "These are all part of this river, which I have leased."
“There are not only fish, shrimp, and crabs in the river, but also lotus pods and lotus roots. In fact, there are water chestnuts on the surface of the water over there, and water lilies in that area as well.”
As Cheng Qingyan's finger moved, Yun Yue searched for what she was referring to in the direction she was pointing.
As a member of royalty, she had never eaten water chestnuts before, so she asked, "Water chestnuts, are they delicious?"
This question stumped Cheng Qingyan. She scratched her head and said, "I've never eaten it before. I was just thinking that since we have a water source, I might as well grow some things that I want to grow."
"Let's pick some water chestnuts another day and see how we can cook them!"
Yun Yue also laughed and said, "Alright, let your mother broaden her horizons too."
Then, Cheng Qingyan squatted down and picked up a handful of snails from the shore.
These snails were much bigger than when she and Ye Lingyu caught them before; the few she picked up at random were all larger than the ones she had found before.
Joyfully, she showed off what she was holding to Yun Yue: "Mother, Mother, go get me a small basket, we're going to have something delicious!"
When Yun Yue first saw Cheng Qingyan's childlike smile, she was momentarily stunned.
In these twenty years, the twenty years that Cheng Qingyan was kidnapped, how much family affection did she miss out on that a mother should have enjoyed!
Seeing that Yun Yue was just staring blankly at him and didn't help him get the basket, Cheng Qingyan thought that what he was holding had scared Yun Yue, so he silently put the snails back into the water and stood up.
"Mother, it's alright now. We've put them back. Let's go back. My wife and the others should have finished cooking by now."
Yun Yue laughed and patted Cheng Qingyan's head: "Silly child, I was happy just now, not scared."
“When I was young, I also traveled the world and knew about the kind of thing you caught.”
"However, it doesn't taste very good. People usually only eat it when there's absolutely nothing else to eat at home."
"How can you say it's delicious? Qingyan, what kind of life did you live before..."
Seeing that Yun Yue was about to burst into tears as she spoke, Cheng Qingyan quickly explained, "No, it's not that. If you cook it the right way, it really tastes delicious!"
"I've been very happy since I got together with my wife. She gives me the things she wouldn't eat herself, so I've never gone hungry."
Hearing Cheng Qingyan say this, Yun Yue's affection for Ye Lingyu grew even stronger. The tendency to favor one's own child is almost a subconscious instinct for every mother.
But that doesn't mean she doesn't care about Ye Lingyu; she just loves her own child more.
Back in the front yard, Ye Lingyu and Hongyu were still busy in the kitchen. Yunyue called Tingyu over, and the three of them returned to the riverbank in the back yard to collect snails.
Tingyu and Cheng Qingyan went down into the river together and waded through the water to catch snails, while Yunyue handed them baskets from the bank.
In no time at all, they had filled a small basket.
Meanwhile, Ye Lingyu also came to invite people to dinner.
Cheng Qingyan put the snails she caught into a basin filled with clean water, and then covered the basin with a basket.
Snails taste better when they purge themselves of water and impurities before being stir-fried.
Spicy snails—just thinking about them makes my mouth water.
After dinner, Cheng Qingyan talked to Ye Lingyu about her idea of accompanying Yun Yue to the river in the backyard before dinner.
When she looked at the water surface planted with water lilies, she suddenly had a brilliant idea: she wanted to build a boardwalk across the river and then construct a pavilion on the water.
We need to discuss this matter with Ye Lingyu. Also, we should catch and sell the fish in the fishpond and the large fish raised in the river in the next few days.
The fish had already grown rapidly in her space when they were released, and now they have grown into large fish that can be sold.
Ye Lingyu largely agreed with Cheng Qingyan's suggestion.
Some piers can be built, and pavilions can be repaired, but safety precautions must be taken on the riverbank.
Cheng Qingyan opened his folding fan to fan Ye Lingyu: "By the way, my wife, should we repair the pier first or go fishing first?"
"Let's catch fish first, otherwise building a pier and pavilion later will scare the fish away."
"My wife is right, she is so wise. We will listen to her then."
"If we're going fishing and crabbing tomorrow, let's send some to Ziyu and the others. They didn't bring much with them when they went back this time."
Ruan Banxia and Shen Ziyu were in such a hurry to go back this time that they really didn't prepare anything for them.
When they left, only Jiang Jiang openly brought some of her favorite snacks and asked Meng Chuying to help her carry some fruit.
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