The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1221: The Harshest Punishment!

Chapter 1221: Chapter 1221: The Harshest Punishment!

Hearing her words, Ya Molian looked up to see those... lopsided glutinous rice dumplings in front of her and then glanced at the little girl.

"Sangsang, you go ahead; we can handle this part," she said.

"Yes, yes, Sangsang, you go take care of the salted duck eggs. Leave the wrapping of glutinous rice dumplings to us. Third Aunt has finally found something she can do well." Yang Lin quickly echoed Ya Molian’s words.

She was afraid that the glutinous rice dumplings made by Sangsang would spill out their contents once put to boil in the pot, and that would be... a total disaster.

"Sangsang, you do something else, girl Qing, go wash the salted duck eggs your Sister Sangsang pickled; later, we’ll make dumplings with egg yolks," Lu Qiubo even told Lin Caiqing.

"Alright, I’m on it," Lin Caiqing hurriedly responded and took a wooden basin to open the jar in the corner.

Lin Caisang: "..."

Even if the glutinous rice dumplings she wrapped weren’t very nice-looking, it was not her first time doing it, right? Isn’t it true that practice makes perfect?

Besides, she was not without pride, even if they didn’t meet their standards, there was no need to say it out loud.

"Then you wrap the glutinous rice dumplings, I’ll do something else," she said.

There was no helping it; her glutinous rice dumplings indeed looked pitiful, to the point where even she could hardly bear to look at them anymore.

After taking a deep breath, she went to her room, took out a large piece of maltose sugar that she had made earlier, placed it in the kitchen, and then took out some cooked rice, preparing to make rice cakes.

(Note: The rice cake mentioned here is not the kind made from ground rice and then steamed. Instead, it starts by soaking raw rice, steaming it until cooked, and then letting it cool. On frosty days, the cooked rice is left outside overnight to freeze solid, a process repeated for two to three days.

Later, the rice is dried, fried with sand, the sand is sifted out, maltose sugar is melted in a pot, and the fried rice is added to it...

Anyway, it is such a process. We often made it in my family when I was a child, and we still do it now. However, these are the steps my family takes; I don’t know how others make it.)

...

In the room, Lin Changhong was continuously chatting with Liu Yuyang, who talked about the past.

Of course, it was all Lin Changhong asking questions and Liu Yuyang answering.

She did not want her child to know too much, as the things from the past, including her own experiences, were not very pleasant, and she did not want to leave a bad impression with her son.

However, facing Lin Changhong’s questions, she naturally could not hide anything; after all, there was already a knot in her son’s heart toward her.

If she stuttered in her replies, what if her son got mad and started ignoring her again?

"Mother, that person who deceived you, is he still alive?" Lin Changhong asked.

Through chatting with Liu Yuyang, he had roughly come to understand what his mother had gone through in the past.

In short, the reason he and Sangsang were separated from their mother for so many years, was all due to someone else’s machinations!

"He’s alive."

When Liu Yuyang mentioned that person who deceived her, her gaze turned noticeably dim, yet there appeared a flash of ferocity.

"How can he still be alive? Such a person should receive the severest punishment!" Lin Changhong said vehemently.

It was because of that person that his father and mother were separated for so long. If it had not been for him, perhaps his father would not have joined the military, and they would surely be reunited as a family by now.