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The mother of the Lord Assistant Minister, the Du Family, was widowed in the early years, and only had one child in the early years of the Lord Assistant Minister. The society was in turmoil, and in the early years of life, they were poor.

The Du Family had always lived alone in the remote countryside. It was not easy for a widow to have painstakingly raised Lord Assistant Minister and nurtured him to take the examination.

The Du Family was indeed a very strong and somewhat hardworking person.

Lord Assistant Minister had repeatedly sent messages home, thinking to take the Du Family to Shangjing to enjoy their blessings. The Du Family had even rejected them because their health was not good, and their journey was far away. The Du Family merely did not wish to add to their troubles.

Lord Assistant Minister had no choice. When she had time, she would bring Madam Yang back to her hometown to celebrate New Year with Du Clan. When she had no time, she would also call her daughters home to celebrate the new year.

When Nangong Waner was four years old, he fell into the water, lost his sanity, and left the Lord Assistant Minister to her own devices. Other than occasionally having Nangong Ruyu return to accompany the Du Family for a few years, today was the first time Nangong Waner had gone back to the countryside to spend the new year.

At first, the Du Clan was very happy with the arrival of Nangong Waner and her. Although they liked peace and quiet when they were old, there were still a few older people who did not like being surrounded by descendants.

Hearing that his granddaughters were coming for the new year, the Du Family cleaned up the house a few days in advance, then went to the market place to go deep into the mountains, where they bought all kinds of meat.

In the beginning, the Du Clan happily entertained him for a few days, and personally cooked. Nangong Waner and Nangong Ruyu both ate well, and the Du Clan was also very pleased.

However, a few days later, the Du Family began to plan when Nangong Waner and his wife would return. In the end, he was old and felt that it was a little noisy as he listened to Nangong Waner and Nangong Ruyu playing around.

After all, the Du family was used to peace and quiet, and this house only had three rooms.

"Wan Er, the sun is shining brightly today, why don't you bring your sister out for a walk." Madame Du looked at Nangong Waner and Nangong Ruyu who were laying on the brick bed in disarray and said.

It was freezing cold in the countryside. Although the sun was a bit strong today, it was still biting cold outside. Nangong Waner was focused on reading the drawing book, with a plate of peanuts and a plate of melon seeds by his mouth., who was in a similar position, was lying across from him.

When Du Shi called for his men, Nangong Waner threw the peanuts in his hands and raised his head with all his might to look out the window.

Nangong Waner pulled on the blanket on him again, and covered himself up even more tightly, "I'm not going, Grandmother is too cold, let's light the fire again."

Nangong Waner stretched out his leg and kicked Nangong Ruyu, "Eat slower, you're almost done eating all the peanuts and seeds."

Nangong Ruyu stepped on Nangong Waner, turning his face to eat even faster, kengchi kengchi.

The Du Family looked at the two old buddhas on the brick bed speechlessly. In the first few days when they first came, the Du Family was still a little new to them, they were still very concerned about Nangong Waner and Nangong Ruyu.

However, as the days passed, the Du Clan's clean and nimble character started to despise Nangong Waner and his wife.

Using the cold weather as a reason, Nangong Waner and Nangong Ruyu laid in bed from morning until night. Other than going to the latrine, they did not bring anyone else along.

Gradually, the village neighbors gossiped more and more, saying that the two "old girls" from Du Family City had returned to the village for the new year, that it was fine if they didn't cook, and that they spent their days lying on the brick bed.

Furthermore, Nangong Waner's body was very slender, her age was not young, the village women would frequently come to the Du Family to ask, was it not good to have children, and not have a betrothal marriage?

Every time, Du took a broom and chased out the village women with long tongues.

Du Family was really reminiscing about their peaceful days …

Nangong Waner was also somewhat innocent.

Originally, it was hard for her to get used to such an isolated environment. Originally, her plan to give chase to Chu Xiuhan took a step and ended in failure, and she still needed to work hard to do so.

Shi Yuan County was also very cold, so it was naturally hard for Nangong Waner to get used to it. When she came here, she wanted to show her filial piety for the Lord Assistant Minister, but she couldn't go anywhere, so she could only wrap herself in a cocoon with her blanket.

She was probably depressed for two days and wanted to return to Shangjing City. After two days, she liked living on the "kang" here.

Nangong Waner was still thinking of bringing the warm jade pillow that Qing Feng had given her next year. As for Chu Xiuhan, she was confident that she would be able to "take three steps" when she returned.

But what she did not know was that the Du Family no longer wanted Nangong Waner to come back next year.

"Grandmother, what are we having for lunch?" Nangong Waner shouted to the busy Du Family on the stove.

"Stewed rice noodle soup," said Du Family indifferently.

"Grandmother, the pheasant we ate yesterday tasted very good. Can we still eat that today?" Nangong Waner laid on the brick bed, stretching his head out with all his might and shouted towards the ground.

He gestured fiercely with his hands a few times, but in the end, he did not throw it over to Nangong Waner. Calming down the anger in his heart, he advised himself, "He'll be leaving in a few days, he'll be leaving in a few days."

"Grandmother, Ruyu and I hate the cold. Can we eat on the kang while lying down?" After hearing Nangong Waner's words, the Du Clan's anger started to burn up.

What can I do? "How old are you, young lady? A heaven's pride expert is delicate and charming, you can't lift a finger to resist. Even at your age, I have …" She quickly changed her words, "I almost had a father already, and your father also doesn't know how to be a father. Such a big girl and you don't have to be in a hurry to get married. You're already 17, you're really an old lady." "In the end, the Du Family was a straightforward person. They scolded Nangong Wan'er endlessly, but the work they did was still as good as ever.

Du took the remaining pheasant from the basin on the countertop, chopped it up, cut the seasoning quickly, and poured it into the pot, stir-frying it.

Accompanied by the Du Clan's fragrant smell of wild chicken, the Du Clan's skillful stir-frying voice, and the reprimands that despised Nangong Waner and Nangong Ruyu, entered Nangong Waner's ears one after another.

Nangong Waner and Nangong Ruyu looked at each other in tacit understanding. The two of them quickly threw away their drawing books and ran to the stove with their shoes in tow.

"Aiya, Grandmother, please sit down. I'll cook it. I'll cook it." Nangong Waner hurriedly grabbed the shovel from his grandmother's hands and started to stir-fry it very diligently.

Nangong Ruyu also obediently held onto Du Shi, pretending to be a good granddaughter.

At this moment, the Du Family's ugly expression finally somewhat calmed down.

As the Du Family got older, their teeth were no longer as good as before. Nangong Waner fried the wild chicken and kept it stifled for a while longer, and even cooked a porridge for the Du Family.

After all, she was a young lady who was served by a maid in the city. She looked like she was busy on the stove, and the Du Family loved Nangong Waner very much.

During dinner, the Du Clan gave the better meat to Nangong Waner and Nangong Ruyu with the excuse that their teeth were bad, "Wan Er, Ruyu, your father didn't say when he's going to let you guys go?"

"My father told us to show our filial piety in front of Grandmother. He wanted us to stay with Grandmother for a month." Nangong Ruyu suddenly realised that Nangong Waner's culinary skills were very good. No wonder he had set up a small kitchen in the Assistant Minister’s Residence. Nangong Ruyu continued to chew on her wild chicken meat.

Months The Du family suddenly felt that their appetite was even worse. They didn't even eat a few bites before letting go of their chopsticks, saying that they couldn't digest it properly and ran to the door to bask in the sunlight.

"What happened to Grandmother?" Nangong Ruyu said as he looked at Nangong Waner with his greasy hands.

"Eat your food. Grandmother likes it enough for both of us." Nangong Waner lowered his head and continued eating with a good appetite.

"Why don't we pack our luggage and return to Shangjing City? Maybe we can make it to the Dragon Traveling Association. Every year, there will be a dragon wandering around the streets, as well as lions and lions dancing. It's very lively. " Nangong Ruyu said as he gnawed on the chicken.

"We'll stay for another two days. Grandmother is old and used to being alone, so we're happy to be back, but we'll definitely feel annoyed after a while. However, we'll also feel disappointed after we leave, so we can just stay here for a few more days." Nangong Waner said to Nangong Ruyu after he finished his meal and wiped his hands with a hot towel.