Yang Ruqing curled her lips, catching a glimpse of the pork ribs and quail eggs prepared beside her. "This year's pork ribs won't be braised with tofu anymore, I plan to braise them with quail eggs."

Wang Cuilian nodded repeatedly: "Okay, this year's big meal will be quite innovative at our place! Your uncle also said that we don't need braised carp, but instead use yellow croaker to boil hot pot."

Yang Ruoqing smiled: "It's all similar ingredients, changing the cooking method should taste different. As long as our family is together, no matter what we eat, it's delicious."

Everyone continued to prepare the ingredients for the big dinner. They washed what needed washing, marinated what needed marinating, simmered what needed simmering, and braised what needed braising.

Now, we need to take out the red eggs that are cooking in the pot and let everyone eat two eggs each to line our stomachs.

Yang Ruqing held a red egg and first came to Luo Baobao's house, knocking on the door several times before this girl opened it.

"Mother, look! I've changed into my new clothes. Don't they look nice?" Luo BaoBao excitedly asked Yang RuoQing.

Yang Ruqing said, "Raise your arms and spin in a circle twice so I can have a look."

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Then Luo Baobei raised both hands and twirled in place twice. Her thick, pink pomegranate skirt flared out like a blooming pomegranate flower.

And paired with Luobao's bright smile, it truly catches the eye.

Yang Ruqing nodded repeatedly: "Beautiful, really beautiful! My daughter looks amazing in this dress!"

"Hee hee, I think it looks good too!" said Luo Baobei.

Yang Ruqing stepped forward and smoothed out a small wrinkle on her back, murmuring, "I wish my daughter good health, peace and safety, and all her wishes come true!"

Luò Bǎobǎo coquettishly said, "Aiya, Mama, you're here again. Every year during the Chinese New Year, you always say this."

Yang Ruqing just watched her smile.

"Then I'll go to the front yard and let my father and older brother take a look."

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After that, the little girl was about to run away when Yang Ruqing stopped her.

"Come, have a red egg first to settle your stomach." She passed him a freshly boiled red egg.

"No, I'm saving my stomach for a big dinner." Luo Baobei resisted and ran away.

Looking at her running back, Yang Ruqing smiled helplessly. Now, there was really nothing she could do about it!

If you don't want to eat, that's fine. There's plenty of food at home right now. If she gets hungry later, she'll naturally go find something to snack on.

Yang Ruqing then held the eggs and followed them to find Chen'er and the others.

When the sun was about to set, Luo Tiejiang and his people came to the backyard with offerings and wine, ready to go to the land temple at the south end of the village to burn incense.

In the land temple, there is a statue of the Earth God. This is what the people in the Mianniu Mountain area call him. In official language, this is the City God Temple, and the Earth God is the City God.

The City God's duties, to put it in terms Yang Ruohua knows, are just like the local police station.

The City God oversees the birth, aging, illness, and death of all beings in this area. Whenever a being dies, their soul arrives first at this City God Temple to report.

Similar to a human newborn, it will be registered with the local Public Security Bureau and managed through record-keeping.

Therefore, the Temple of Land is very sacred in the hearts of the people. People come to burn incense and kowtow during festivals and holidays.

So this year, especially during the Chinese New Year, is no exception.

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From the time the sun started to dip below the horizon until it finally set, the sound of firecrackers from the Temple of Land never ceased. They went off with a crackle and boom, making my eardrums ache. From afar, a thick plume of smoke billowed into the sky.

But at this time, the backyard was comparatively more tranquil for Yang Ruqing and the others.

Because most of the main dishes are almost ready, we just need to wait for them to finish burning incense and then we can serve the big feast!

At this moment, Xiaoduo came over, which surprised Yang Ruoheng a bit.

Because at this time, people usually don't drop by.

“Duo’er, is something the matter? To be honest with you, seeing you come over at this time makes my heart a little flutter.” Yang Ruqing said with a playful smile.

Xiaoduo was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Sister, don't worry, it's nothing. I came to tell you that Yongqing's younger brother is back, and he even brought back a wife!"

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>"My Aunt Four came all the way from far away to our house to borrow soy sauce from Mom, I heard her say it with my own ears. This borrowing soy sauce is just a cover story, gossiping is the real reason!" Little Duo said excitedly.

Yang Ruqing was also surprised by the news.

“Has Yongqing’s younger brother never come home before? I saw him last time on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month!” she said.

“He just popped back for a bit, it’s like this on and off thing, no one knows when he's home or when he suddenly disappears again.” Xiaoduo continued.

But this time, he really brought a woman back and took her straight to see his grandmother in the backyard. He told everyone that she was his wife.

Yang Ruqing couldn't help herself, "What kind of woman is she? Could it be another one who clings to him like Yu Jingu?"

Little Duo said, “I haven't seen her with my own eyes, but according to Fourth Auntie, that woman looks about fifteen or sixteen years old. She is quite pretty, but she doesn't seem very bright.”

"Is your head not working well? Could it be that your younger brother brought back an idiot to be his wife?" Yang Ruqing asked in astonishment.

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"Auntie Si said that no matter who spoke, she just grinned silly smiles with her mouth open wide and mumbled incoherently, as if she had something in her mouth." Xiaoduo said.

Yang Ruqing was speechless for a moment before saying, "No one can understand my little cousin's way of thinking; he's just a big oddball."

“But Grandma and Grandpa probably won’t agree, will they? It's from an unknown source!” she added.

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Little Duo said, "He definitely wouldn't agree to that. But now Xiao Tangge tells everyone that she is his wife. I estimate that soon half the village will know."

"Our grandmother isn't the best at saving face, is she? This has spread all over the place. She can't escape it even if she tried, and she can't hide it either!" Little Duo continued.

Yang Ruqing smiled: "They used to be very concerned with appearances, but over the years, our Yang family has experienced all sorts of things, both glorious and shameful, one after another. Grandma's skin is now thick!"

Xiao Duo nodded. "That's true too."

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At this moment, footsteps came from outside. Xiaoduo stood up and said, "They're probably back after burning incense. I should go back too. If Mother can't find me later, she'll be worried."

"You should go back. You're out here gossiping again, just like Aunt Four! " Yang Ruqing teased, also standing up and seeing Xiaoduo to the door.

Just happened to meet Luo Fengtang and Luo Tiejiang, the two exchanged simple greetings, and Xiaoduo then left.

When Luo Fengtang was washing hands in the house, he said to Yang Ruqing, "Little sister-in-law, did something happen at your mother-in-law's side that made you come over?"

Yang Ruoqing handed him the incense burner and smiled. "There's nothing going on at my family, it's just that my younger cousin brought a wife back from outside. I don't know what she's like yet, we'll see her tonight."