This time they brought back a lot of things, half a bag of dried sweet potatoes, a few pounds of fine grains, and various wild vegetables, greens, and spring buds.
First they took Lu Tianjun to school. By the time Feng Qingxue and the others returned to the big courtyard, the afterglow had receded, and night had just appeared. Chen Xueniang said goodbye to them at the back door and went straight into her own house, paying no heed to Wang Erniu's cursing sounds after hearing the commotion.
Mother Cheng had saved some rice for them and specially cooked egg noodles for Xibao. While feeding Xibao, she said, "I smell the scent of toona buds, I haven't eaten them for a long time. Tomorrow let's buy a piece of tofu and we can mix it with the tofu for dinner. Oh, I also smell the scent of locust buds. We relied entirely on these to survive a few years ago! However, they made everyone's body swell up from eating too much, alas!"
