Qiong Hua spoke to this point, and began crying with self-blame.
It was her fault; she couldn't let her child live a good life. Poor him, so young, having to suffer and endure hardship with her, going hungry.
Jun Ning listened to the sobs and quickly said, "Mother, I was wrong, I shouldn't have spoken like that." He forced himself to take a bite of the cornbread, "No exchange, I'll eat it. This cornbread is what you eat, and I eat it too."
Qiong Hua pulled Jun Ning into her arms, "Good son, your mother will work hard to grow vegetables so you can have a good life."
Jun Ning nodded heavily, "Then I'll help you, mother."
Always getting food from the Imperial Kitchen is not a long-term solution; his mother wouldn't agree with what he's doing, and he couldn't bear to eat well while his mother gnaws on cornbread every day.
Jun Ning decided to grow vegetables together with his mother.
