Chapter 21

When they were still on their way back, Liu Tong and the others had returned home. Seeing that the gate of the courtyard was closed, and that there was no one inside, they were a little worried. They were just about to go out to look for them when they saw that Xu Ran came back with the children. Not only did they come back, but Xu Ran also carried a full basket of pigweeds on his back. Each of the children also carried a bunch of white things looking like grass roots in their hands.

Liu Tong hurriedly stepped forward to take Xu Ran’s baskets over. He looked at him reproachfully, “Why did you run out?”

Xu Ran smiled and gave the basket to Liu Tong without saying a word.

Dahu replied quickly, “Daddy Liu Tong, Uncle Xu went out to cut some pigweeds. He’s so powerful. He’s got a lot of pigs’ greenfeed, and there’s more outside. Guoguo and the dog were there on guard. Dad, you’d better all go out to carry them back. ”

Actually, they had all been very impressed to see Xu Ran come back with a full basket of pigweeds on his back. It was really out of their expectation when they were told by Dahu that there was still a lot of pigweeds left behind. They were all clear that Liu Tong had spoiled Xu Ran for seven years and had not let him do anything.

Liu Tong carried the pigweeds into the yard. On hearing that there were still some left outside, Xu An and Xu Zhen had already left the courtyard with baskets on their backs.

Xu An knew the place where Dahu often went to get pigs’ feed, so he didn’t ask Dahu to lead the way.

Just then Liu Qing and Wu Lan noticed the roots in the children’s hands and asked curiously,

“Daodao, what is that in your hand? Is it also greenfeed for pigs?”

Wu Lan’s words attracted the attention of everyone present.

Daodao was Wu Lan’s child, a Ge’er, one year younger than Tangtang and Guoguo, and he was only four years old.

He shook his head, “I don’t know what they are. Uncle Xu asked me to take them back.”

Seeing his dad had no intention of explaining, Tangtang walked up to Daodao’s side and explained, “Daddy Wu Lan, my dad said that this thing is edible, so we’ve taken a lot back.”

“This is food?  Ran, didn’t you make a mistake? ” Liu Tong was also surprised.

Xu Ran shook his head, “No. They are edible.”

Seeing that Xu Ran was so sure, they came to believe it.

Wu Mei asked, “But Xu Ran, how should we eat them?”

“To make a salad,”

Xu Ran no longer pretended to be stammer. He just spoke clearly.

Liu Tong collected the houttuynia cordata in the hands of the children and put them aside. He said, “Since Ran said that they are edible, we’ll try them for dinner in the evening! It will be fine if we just eat little of them. If they are really something good to eat, we will have a new dish in the future.”

“OK, we’ll make salad in the evening then. Wu Lan and Liu Qing, your two families will also have dinner here with us tonight. Haven’t Xu Ran got a lot of pigweeds? Later each of you can go back home with a basket of pig feed, so that you won’t have to go out to get pigweeds again in the dark tonight. ”

Wu Lan agreed straightforwardly, “Yes, great! Xu Ran is really recovering gradually. He even helped us get pigweeds and wild vegetables. Liu Tong, you’ve made it to the end.”

Liu Tong was indeed very happy. Today, Xu Ran really gave him a good surprise.

At night, Xu Ran told Liu Tong the way to make cordate houttuynia salad. When Liu Tong cut the wild vegetable, a pleasant smell wafted through the air. The children all came in because of the attractive fragrance.

These wild vegetables could be eaten raw, but Xu Ran selected them again before the making. He was afraid that the children would have put other things in.

Xu Ran saw the children drooling over the food, so he asked Liu Tong to get the salad ready first so that the children could taste them.

The adults were still worried that the food was poisonous and could not be eaten. In order to prove it, Xu Ran took a bite first. After a while, he was fine. Thus, the children started eating.