Leng Chengyi and his wife had to walk into the kitchen gently. Leng Yinuo turned his back to this side. His sleeves were high and his arms were white and green. She didn't grow meat because of pregnancy. She put the old duck that had been killed, cleaned and coated with homemade spices into the soup pot and filled it with water in a glass bowl.

Leng Chengyi and Leng Ma look at each other. Leng Ma silently takes out the vegetables and puts them in the dish basin to wash them. Leng Chengyi goes to Leng Yinuo and watches her fill the pot with water one by one.

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