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Shen Zhu's hands paused for a moment, he then immediately thought of what it was, and his face revealed an apologetic look, "I am truly sorry, Ah Qiu, I was so busy recently that I forgot about it, but I asked Brother Wen about it, he said that his cousin likes stewed meat, and does not like eating carrots, and there is nothing else for him to avoid."

"It's fine, it's fine. I'm already very grateful that sister-in-law helped me ask about so much." Ah Qiu's expression became happy. It would already be considered good if she could slightly learn a thing or two about Su Yixuan's preferences.

She had originally promised Ah Qiu that she would help her liaise with him, but in this period of time, she had been too busy. She didn't even have time to go back and ask Su Yixuan if there was anyone she liked.

As Shen Zhu fried the fish in his hand, he suddenly turned to look at Ah Qiu and seemed to recall something.

"That's right, Brother Wen and I are planning to go back to the village tomorrow to take a look. After we return, I will help you ask Big Brother, and also check out his mouth to see if he has someone he likes, as well as his impression of you."

After Shen Zhu finished speaking, he scooped up the fried fish in the wok.

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Ah Qiu was instantly excited, her face slightly flushed red.

Although she had only seen Su Yixuan once, it was still the first time she started to think about him. That man, was exactly the same as the man she had always liked.

At night, Aunt Liu was invited.

The two families sat around the table. The atmosphere was quite lively.

After the group finished their dinner, the Aunt Liu and the Ah Qiu cleaned up the dishes and returned to their own courtyard.

That night, the husband and wife duo in Shen Zhu's courtyard slept soundly through the night.

In Aunt Liu's courtyard, Ah Qiu was tossing and turning, both nervous and excited.

The excited one was that she would know Su Yixuan's feelings tomorrow, and the nervous one was that what if Su Yixuan had someone he liked?

She didn't sleep all night!

The next day.

Su Zongwen had long since prepared a medicinal food for Ming Yuchen and placed it into a pot to stew. She also poured the medicine that had been grinded into a powder into the pot, told the kitchen maid to look over it carefully, and then brought it over to Ming Yuchen when the time was right.

After the family of five finished their breakfast, Su Zongwen went to hire an oxcart. While it was still early in the morning, they brought it back to the village.

When the ox-cart entered the village, it was already late, and people could be seen all over the village road. Seeing that Shen Zhu and his family were all enthusiastically greeting them, Shen Zhu came over.

The couple had a lot of money on their hands now, so they came back this time to repair the old mansion. When they buy a yard in town and move in with their whole family, they would have a place to stay if they wanted to come back.

innermost room

Madame Chen and Su Yunyan were making a new set of clothes each, intending to give it to Zi Yi and Jingshu once it was ready. The clothes in his hands were only half-done, and when he heard the commotion outside, Su Yunyan immediately put down the clothes in his hands.

"Mom, it seems like someone is coming?" Su Yunyan got up, "I'll go out and take a look."

"Mm, go ahead." The Madame Chen nodded his head, but on the other side, Su Zhizhong who was sitting on the brick bed and playing chess with him did not hear anything.

In any case, whether it was a visit or someone passing by, there was always the mother and daughter to see it, and he was not needed.

Before long, Su Yunyan's excited voice came from the door.

"Father, Mother, it's Big Brother and Sister-in-law who are back!" Su Yunyan shouted excitedly, afraid that the Madame Chen and Su Zhizhong would not be able to hear him.

With that, Su Yunyan led his men into the house.

She held Shen Zhu's arm with one hand and Jingshu with the other, while Jingshu was still holding Zi Yi's small hand, looking to be in a row, it was quite funny. When the two children entered the room, they called out to their grandfather, grandmother, Madame Chen and Su Zhizhong sweetly, and smiled in response.

As for Ruanruan, who was still in Shen Zhu's embrace, after hearing Su Yunyan's chattering, she actually also happily echoed his words, and began to emit babbling sounds as well.

"Yue Niang, Zong Wen, why have you two returned?" When Madame Chen saw Shen Zhu's family, he was both surprised and happy. He hurriedly cleaned up the table, and then took Ruanruan out from Shen Zhu's arms.

"Brother Wen and I are thinking that this old house is already quite old, it's time to renovate it." Shen Zhu explained: "Today, Brother Wen has forgiven us, and we have accumulated some silver, so we are prepared to give this old house a turn."

"It's not easy for you two to earn money. I think this old house is pretty good, so there's no need to go through it." When the Madame Chen heard this, he immediately declined.

Su Yunyan also quickly agreed, "That's right, Sister-in-law, it's not easy for you guys to earn money, so let's just forget about it."

She said that she wanted to renovate the old house, then it was definitely not just for show. Only, she also knew that it was not easy for Shen Zhu and his family to earn money with so many mouths to eat.

If the old house was going to be renovated, it would definitely cost a lot of silver.

"Mother, Yan'er, this was also the intention of the Brother Wen. We have all the silver, so don't worry about it." Shen Zhu laughed.

The moment she finished speaking, Su Zongwen walked in from outside the door, carrying a lot of things that he bought specifically from the town. He had naturally heard what Shen Zhu had said, and upon seeing what happened, he hurriedly followed to advise her.

"Mother, what Yue Niang said is true. This old house has already been built for more than twenty years, and there will be leakage in the first few places. It's better to fix it up."

Su Zongwen said in a low voice, and his tone did not allow any rejection.

"Since the children have such filial piety, let them be."

Su Zhizhong who was sitting on the brick bed raised his head from the board and spoke.

With the abilities of Su Zongwen and Shen Zhu, he believed that as long as the two of them lived a good life, the amount of money they earned would only increase, and their lives would only get better and better.

"Ai, then let's start cultivating."

Seeing this, Madame Chen did not say anymore. Her son and daughter-in-law were so filial, she was naturally very pleased.

"Zong Wen, come here and play chess with daddy."

Su Zhizhong looked towards the door.

"Alright."

Su Zongwen put the thing in his hand to the side and walked towards Su Zhizhong in large strides.

"Yan Er, Yue Niang, let's go inside the house to chat." Madame Chen looked at the father and son who were playing chess at the brick bed, and said.

Ever since the Duke had paid his visit, Su Zhizhong had been smiling and would occasionally take out the chess board to play with. It was just that there was no point in using his own hands in chess at the end of the day.

"Alright." Shen Zhu nodded his head, thinking that it would be easier to disturb the father and son duo playing chess if he stayed outside.

Su Yunyan was behind, dragging Zi Yi and Jingshu along, "Yi'er, Shuer, can you play with your aunt inside?"

"Alright." The two children happily nodded their heads.

They entered the room.

Zi Yi and Jingshu played happily by the side with Su Yunyan and Ruanruan, while Shen Zhu and Madame Chen sat on the brick bed and chatted.

In the afternoon, Su Qingyi's family also came. Since they were all relatives, they should gather more, so they could get closer together. Moreover, Shen Zhu's skills were so good, it was rare to have a meal here, so of course he would call everyone over.

Shen Zhu calculated the time and saw that it was almost time. He brought Su Yunyan to the kitchen to chop the meat stuffing and rolled out the dumplings.

In addition, Shen Zhu also fried three vegetables and four meat dishes as well as a soup. She was worried that it was not enough to eat.

After finishing lunch, Su Zhizhong and Su Zhiyan sat on the brick bed and chatted. The Madame Xu brought Ruanruan along with him, and the two old men and one young girl chatted happily.