Transformed into the control group, relying on the spiritual spring space to feed four children

The food on New Year’s Eve is naturally more sumptuous than usual.

The tradition in Chunxing Village is to have the New Year’s Eve dinner in the evening, and all the six people in the family who can help are busy in the kitchen.

Wen Yan is going to make three main dishes, two side dishes, a soup, and a cold dish tonight.

The cold dish is preserved egg and green pepper. I originally planned to make preserved egg and tofu, but this dish tastes better with tender tofu, but unfortunately I couldn't buy it, so I changed the method. The green pepper has a strong aroma, and it emits a light fragrance when pounded and mixed with the preserved egg.

Wen Yan and Wen Yangu both felt the aroma was tangy, but the little guys covered their noses and looked at the dish with disdain.

Wan Xuan looked at the mushy dish and said, "Mom, what is this? It looks so disgusting..."

Wen Yan smiled and said, "Don't worry, this dish is cold and spicy, it's not for you to eat."

Then we started to cook the main dishes. Of course, the braised fish with good meaning was one of the three main dishes tonight. The others were sweet and sour spare ribs and braised pork trotters, all of which were staple dishes.

If there was Coke here, I really want to make Coke chicken wings for my children. Wen Yan is particularly good at this dish.

Both side dishes are vegetarian, simply made of vermicelli and cabbage and stir-fried shredded potatoes.

Finally, I stewed half an old duck to make soup.

They worked from the afternoon until the evening, and even with so many people helping Wen Yan, it still took a long time to finish.

There were a lot of dishes, but the only ones who ate a lot were the two adults and Wan Xiaqing. Wen Yan's cooking was as high-level as always, and Wan Xiaqing ate three bowls of rice before he touched his belly and leaned back in his chair with satisfaction.

"Mom, how come your cooking is so delicious?" Wan Xiaqing did not hesitate to praise. If she had another stomach, she could continue to eat and not feel sick of it at all.

Wen Yan couldn't help laughing, "You're not fat, I wonder where all the food went."

Wan Xiaqing raised his arms, "They are all here."

Her funny look made everyone laugh.

After dinner, they had to stay up all night, but the family listened to Wen Yangu telling stories at home for a long time and couldn't help feeling sleepy.

Wen Yan was sitting aside reading a book. Seeing that they were all a little tired, she said, "Why don't we go out for a walk together? There are some firecrackers. Let's go outside and set them off."

"Okay!" The most excited ones were Wan Xuan and Wan Xiaqing. They carried a bunch of firecrackers to an open area.

Not far from the entrance of Chunxing Village, away from trees and houses, it is a good place to set off firecrackers. Not only is the place spacious, there is also a small pond next to it.

In the original owner's memory, before the summer rains, carp after carp would run to the surface of the pond and roll around. Sometimes, you could also see little turtles crawling around in the reeds beside the pond.

As the family was walking over there, they heard some sounds of rippling water from the other side of the pond.

Wen Yan reacted: "Oh no! Did someone fall into the water?"

Qing Huai's reaction was much faster than the others. He looked at the place where ripples appeared in the pond, lightly tapped his toes on the stones in the pond, and with a clever move he pulled the person out of the pond.

Wen Yan hurried over to give first aid, and finally, under continuous pressure, the man suddenly spat out a mouthful of water, and his breathing instantly became much smoother.

Wen Yangu lit the fire stick, frowned and looked at it for a long time before saying, "This is... the kid from Tao Shi's family."

The village chief Tao Shi has a son named Tao Yunsheng, who passed the imperial examination and became a scholar a few years ago. He is now a teacher at Jingtai Academy in Xiahe Town.

The man in front of him had multiple scars on his body and looked dying, as if he had been beaten and thrown into the pond.

Seeing that his breathing was normal, Wen Yan said, "Take him home first. It's so cold, his clothes are soaked, and it's not a good idea for him to stay outside all the time."

No one had any objection.

After returning home, Qing Huai checked his body and made sure that he had no fatal injuries before dressing him in clean clothes.

"It's a good thing that the weather has been a little warmer recently. If it had frozen, and had been thrown into the ice hole, it would have been difficult to save it." Wen Yangu sighed. This child had taken his class before.

Perhaps because his body was gradually warming up, Tao Yunsheng woke up slowly. He looked at the people in front of him and realized that he had been rescued. "Mr. Wen?"

Wen Yangu responded, "How do you feel?"

Tao Yunsheng moved his body, everything was fine, but there was a dull pain in some places. He knew that this was caused by the beating before he passed out, and cursed: "Wan Liangzhe, that bastard! I really didn't expect that he would be such a person!"

He still knows how to curse, so he's fine. Everyone around here breathed a sigh of relief. Wen Yan heard Wan Liangzhe's name and couldn't help asking, "Wan Liangzhe?"

"That's right!" Tao Yunsheng continued to curse, "I just quarreled with him for a few words, and he had someone knock me out and throw me into the river!"

According to Tao Yunsheng, Wan Liangzhe had somehow gotten into such good fortune recently that he was even able to take over the position of the president of Jingtai Academy.

Originally, Dean Bai was unwilling to give up the academy, so he took people to force Dean Bai out and even beat him up.

Not only that, he also felt that the tuition fees collected by Jingtai Academy were not enough, so he wanted to add various fees. Those who could not pay were no longer required to come.

However, there were not many students in Jingtai Academy who were exempted from tuition fees. Only a few with outstanding talents were retained. Even so, Wan Liangzhe was unwilling to keep these children.

Tao Yunsheng had a child named Yang Mu under his command, whom he had the highest regard for. Yang Mu was very eloquent at a young age. When Wan Liangzhe drove him out, Tao Yunsheng couldn't help but quarrel with Wan Liangzhe, but he was beaten up by Wan Liangzhe.

He also said that Tao Yunsheng would not need to come again in the future, as there were many people who wanted to teach at Jingtai Academy and they did not need him.

After Tao Yunsheng poured out all his grievances, the people present had different thoughts.

Wen Yan felt something was wrong. Why did Wan Liangzhe have such great power? Who was behind him? Magistrate Ma?

Everyone was so focused on listening to Tao Yunsheng's words that they didn't notice Qing Huai quietly leaving the room.

The moonlight was bright, Qinghuai returned along the same path and came to a tree at the entrance of the village.

Just when he was bringing Tao Yunsheng back, he seemed to see someone here.

He jumped onto the tree and checked carefully, and sure enough, he saw traces of someone stepping on it.

Qinghuai didn't say anything. When he returned, the family was already getting ready to go to bed.

Wen Yan saw him and didn't ask him what he was doing. She just said, "Tao Yunsheng said he didn't want to go home tonight, so he'll stay here for one night. He'll just stay in your room."

"Okay." Qinghuai didn't care. The journey for marchers would be much more difficult than this.

Wen Yan saw that he was frowning and raised her eyebrows slightly, "What's wrong?"

Qing Huai did not hide his guess: "The pursuers are coming."