The twenty-third of the twelfth lunar month is Little New Year. On this day, the most important activity is offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God. The Kitchen Lord is the Kitchen God, commonly known as "Kitchen King," who is in charge of managing the hearth fires of each household. Food is paramount to the people, so the Kitchen God is revered by the common folk as a guardian deity of the family. As early as the pre-Qin period, he was listed as one of the "Five Sacrifices."
The plate of candy in the middle is the "sugar melon" mentioned in folk songs, which is the key to the sacrifice to the Kitchen God. "Sugar melon" is the most distinctive offering during the sacrifice to the Kitchen God. Its raw material is maltose. Because it is generally round, like the shape of a melon, it is called "sugar melon." Because it sticks to the mouth and teeth, it is also called "sticky tooth candy."
Of course, sugar melon, or sticky tooth candy, is called sesame candy in many places.
Dinner includes dumplings, as well as wine and dishes.
The family of four sits together happily, eating a reunion dinner. Although Little New Year is not Spring Festival, the festive atmosphere is quite strong.
Yang Shan and his son Yang Feilong also start drinking.
Yang Feilong is fine. Because his cultivation is quite profound, drinking a little wine only makes him feel slightly tipsy. But Yang Shan is different. After drinking, he talks more: "Feilong, have you and Qingqing started dating yet?"
As soon as he said this, Yang Feilong paused slightly while holding his wine cup.
To say they hadn't started dating was inaccurate, as they already had. But to say they had, he didn't know how his adoptive parents would feel if they found out he had other girlfriends.
In their minds, they should have been together for a lifetime, one with one.
"Dad, have you had too much to drink!" Yang Qingqing's face turned slightly red, and she said repeatedly, "We are siblings, how can we be lovers?"
Although she really wanted to tell her parents that they were currently lovers and would become husband and wife in the future, her parents would surely not accept their own daughter becoming one.
At least, they couldn't accept it yet.
"Aren't you siblings?" Yang Shan, clearly having had too much to drink, said unhappily upon hearing his daughter's words, "Don't you fancy your brother?"
"Not at all, I've never met a man more outstanding than my brother," Yang Qingqing retorted repeatedly.
"Feilong, don't you fancy your sister?" Yang Shan then looked at Yang Feilong.
"No, my sister is the best sister in the world!" Yang Feilong said affirmatively.
Yes, the best sister. That was right. Which family's sister was as outstanding as his own, with unparalleled beauty, being the provincial top scholar, and also... so considerate and gentle towards him? As for occasional temper tantrums, they only added to her charm.
"Then do you like each other?" Yang Shan asked again.
Li Jingyun remained silent, only looking at the siblings with anticipation.
"We do," Yang Feilong nodded. He had fallen in love with Qingqing long ago.
"I do too," Yang Qingqing's face flushed. Although as a girl she was shy, she had slept with her brother many times. Apart from the final step, they had done almost everything that couples would do, almost no different from lovers or a married couple.
"Then it's settled!" Yang Shan laughed heartily upon hearing this.
"Your father is right. Since you both like each other, we also hope you can be together," Li Jingyun said with a smile.
Moreover, from a very young age, they had hoped the two would eventually end up together.
Just as Yang Qingqing had told Luo Wenwen, her parents had actually raised Yang Feilong as a child groom, or, to put it another way, raised their daughter as a child bride.
In short, in other families, wives or sons-in-law might not have very pleasant relationships with their partners' parents, with some issues here and there. But in their family, there were no such problems at all.
The couple could serve as mother-in-law and father-in-law, or as parents-in-law.
It couldn't have been more perfect!
The most important thing was that the siblings liked each other. Otherwise, even if they hoped for it, they wouldn't mistreat their son and daughter.
An adopted son was also a child to whom they had devoted countless efforts!
And to be honest, although they had spent little time with Yang Feilong after he was eight or nine years old, the efforts they had devoted from adopting him to sending him to Baiyun Daoist temple in those years were far more than those spent on Yang Qingqing.
"I..." Facing his parents' expectant gazes, Yang Feilong's heart pounded. He would naturally treat Yang Qingqing well, but what about other women? Could he say anything now?
"Dad, Mom, although we like each other, it's brotherly affection. Besides, Brother actually already has a girlfriend," Yang Qingqing said with a smile at this moment.
She naturally saw her brother's predicament and knew what he was worried about.
Hearing his sister's words, Yang Feilong looked at her gratefully. No matter what he answered, it would be inappropriate. But his sister had seen his difficulty and extricated him from it. This made Yang Feilong feel even more guilty towards her. She was as clever as ever, knowing what to say.
"Ah? Feilong, you have a girlfriend?" Hearing Yang Qingqing's words.
Yang Shan and Li Jingyun, the couple, didn't know whether to be happy or sad. Happy that their son had a girlfriend, sad that the girlfriend wasn't their daughter.
"Feilong, why didn't you bring your girlfriend over for your father and mother to see?" Li Jingyun said with a smile for the first time, though her smile was somewhat forced.
It was still because the 'daughter-in-law' wasn't their own daughter!
"Brother's girlfriends aren't just one, so bringing whom and not bringing whom is a problem," Yang Qingqing said with a giggle.
"Not just one?" The couple was dumbfounded upon hearing this.
"Feilong, it's not that Dad wants to lecture you, but how can you be two-timing?" Yang Shan looked at Yang Feilong earnestly and said in a deep voice.
"Yes, if the two girls found out, wouldn't it lead to chaos? I'm afraid the girls' parents would also make a fuss. What would we do then?" Li Jingyun said with a worried expression.
"Brother's girlfriends are more than two, and neither the girls nor their parents have any objections," Yang Qingqing said again with a smiling face before Yang Feilong could speak.
"Ah, this..." The couple was completely stunned.
It could be like this?
"But isn't that illegal?" Li Jingyun asked cautiously.
"It seems the law applies to ordinary people. It is said that cultivators are not restricted by this," Yang Shan said with a slight frown. "Our son is a cultivator, so he is not subject to this!"
"How do you know that?" Li Jingyun raised an eyebrow and looked at Yang Shan. "Do you have the same idea? Otherwise, why would you research this?"
"No, no, I just heard it from Old Wu," Yang Shan said repeatedly.
"Hmph, I hope you wouldn't dare!" Li Jingyun snorted coldly.
Yang Shan was afraid of his wife, so he quickly assured her that he only loved her.
Yang Feilong and Yang Qingqing found it amusing to watch.
"By the way, you just said your brother has more than two girlfriends? Exactly how many are there?" Li Jingyun asked, looking at Yang Feilong.
Yang Shan also looked at Yang Feilong.
"This..." Yang Feilong hesitated and looked at his sister.
"Why are you looking at me? I don't know how many girlfriends you have," Yang Qingqing gave Yang Feilong a somewhat resentful look.
Yang Feilong: "......"
Sister, don't you love me anymore?