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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.
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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.
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Su Yunyan and Su Qingyi helped Shen Zhu clean the tableware, while Su Yian naturally followed behind Zi Yi and Jingshu.
Su Zongwen took the chance to look for the village chief. He wanted to ask if there were any villagers willing to help him fix the old house.
Suddenly, only Su Yixuan was left in the room, sitting in silence while drinking tea. This also gave Shen Zhu a very good opportunity to chat.
Not long later, Shen Zhu came out from the kitchen.
Su Qingyi and Su Yunyan chased her out of the kitchen with the excuse that Shen Zhu worked too hard cooking and did not let her help him wash the dishes no matter what.
Shen Zhu leisurely walked over to Su Yixuan's side.
"Big brother, come. Eat some oranges and eat some."
Shen Zhu placed a plate of oranges on the table and sat down next to Su Yixuan with a smile.
"Thank you, sister-in-law."
Su Yixuan casually picked up an orange and casually peeled it.
"Big Brother, I see that Second Uncle and Aunt are rather impatient for your marriage. You haven't gotten married for a long time, but have you already decided on a woman?" Shen Zhu asked casually.
After Su Yixuan heard this, his face immediately flushed red, and he quickly waved his hand, "Sister-in-law, don't speak nonsense, I don't have any kind of woman."
However, when he said this, he suddenly thought of that girl he met at the Manor's entrance. She was beautiful and kind, and her personality was lively and adorable …
"I'll say how it is. So Big Brother has yet to meet the woman of his heart, so that's why we haven't been married yet." Shen Zhu magnanimously smiled and took an orange to peel as well.
"Mm …" Su Yixuan replied shyly.
As Shen Zhu peeled an orange, he asked, "Big Brother, do you still remember that girl from last time we met?"
"Miss Ah Qiu?" Su Yixuan remembered her name and blurted it out without thinking.
"Hmm …" This name was rather pleasant to hear. It was as adorable as her name.
"Yes, it's the Ah Qiu. What does Big Bro think of this lady?" Shen Zhu nodded.
As soon as she saw it, she knew there was hope.
"Not bad, you're lively and cute, and your heart is very kind …" Su Yixuan answered truthfully.
"Mm, not bad." Shen Zhu thoughtfully nodded his head, the corners of his mouth curling up into a smile.
Su Yixuan kept having the feeling that something was wrong with Shen Zhu, but he couldn't put his finger on it.
But... Shen Zhu looked to be very happy?
Su Yixuan looked at Shen Zhu strangely and said: "Sister-in-law, do you have something to say to me?"
"Yes, since Big Brother thinks that Ah Qiu is not bad, since you and her are not married yet, do you have any interest in spending time with her? Ah Qiu's family is also close to me. If you two succeed, then we will be even closer. "
Shen Zhu nodded, and immediately revealed his thoughts, and asked for Su Yixuan's opinion.
"Miss Ah Qiu is also a good person, I have nothing that's suitable for her, if she likes me then that's fine, I have no objections."
Su Yixuan scratched his head and said with an embarrassed smile.
After all, he was much older than Ah Qiu. If Ah Qiu was willing, he would naturally not mind.
"Alright." Shen Zhu nodded, and continued: "I have also asked about Ah Qiu, she and Aunt Liu do not have any objections, since that's the case, you two can try first."
"Miss Ah Qiu, she …"
Hearing Shen Zhu's words, Su Yixuan did not know how to react for a moment. He couldn't really say what he felt, it was both pleasant surprise and unexpected, but he had a nagging feeling that hearing the Ah Qiu's opinion of him made him feel really happy.
"Then it's decided. I won't disturb Big Brother any longer."
Seeing Su Yixuan in a daze, Shen Zhu smiled as he picked up the peeled orange and went to find Ruanruan.
When Su Yixuan came back to his senses, she had already left.
Su Zhiyan and Su Zhizhong played a game, then chatted for a while, after that, the family went back home.
After Su Zongwen returned from searching for the village chief, before he even entered the courtyard, he saw a suspicious looking figure. Upon closer inspection, he did not expect it to be Shen Er!
"Brother-in-law Zong Wen …" Seeing Su Zongwen, Shen Lifeng was extremely afraid, and could only shout.
"What are you doing here?" Su Zongwen thought that he was here to cause trouble, and when he heard her voice, he was immediately stunned.
"Then... Um, Um, Father's condition has improved a lot, he said that he wants to see Shen Zhu. " Shen Lifeng unconsciously retreated a few steps. If it wasn't for the fact that he had been taking care of Shen Chengjiu for the past month, he definitely wouldn't have been willing to come here!
"Yue Niang and I will go to the Shen family later. If there's nothing else, you can go back first."
Su Zongwen's expression slowed down, and said.
"Alright."
Shen Lifeng then turned and left.
Before coming here, he originally wanted to mock and ridicule Shen Zhu, but he didn't expect to see Su Zongwen the moment he arrived. In front of Su Zongwen, even if he had ten times the guts, he still wouldn't dare act presumptuously.
His thin arms and thin legs were not Su Zongwen's match.
Seeing that the man had left, Su Zongwen kept the stern look on his face and pushed open the door to enter. He then told Shen Zhu about Shen Er's visit.
Hearing that, Shen Zhu's heart was filled with joy, the two of them cleaned up, informed Su Zhizhong and Madame Chen and went to the Shen family.
The Shen family.
"Master, I just saw the second brother go out and probably go to Su Zongwen's father's place. I heard that Shen Zhu's family came back from the Villa today."
Madame Zhou entered the room, carefully closed the door, and then spoke to Shen Liyang.
"So what if he went? What else can he do?" Shen Zhu has long turned hostile, could he even get anything good out of it? " Shen Liyang scoffed at him disapprovingly.
"That's true." Madame Zhou walked a few steps to the table and sat down, then he poured himself a cup of water.
Madame Zhou brought the white water in his hand to the side of the water and took a sip, then suddenly said: "Oh, right, I almost forgot to talk business with you. When I went to the house next door, I heard something."
"I heard that Su Zongwen went to look for the village chief at noon. Why did he hire a few people to help fix the old house? I'm afraid that Su Family has struck it rich! " Madame Zhou's eyes lit up.
"Who did you hear that from? Is it reliable?" Shen Liyang was in disbelief.
In this village, everything about the house repair and such things, it's all because of you helping me today. Tomorrow, I'll help you get the work done and never start work again, will Su Zongwen's actions really cause people to think that he had suddenly struck gold?
"You don't have to believe me. This is true. Our next-door neighbor's family has a close relationship with the Village Chief!" Could this be a fake? " Madame Zhou hurriedly said: "In my opinion, it must be because Shen Zhu and Su Zongwen managed to make a fortune with their Villa!"
"That's still his money, what are you so happy about?"
Shen Liyang frowned, thinking that Su Zongwen was his brother-in-law after all, even though he was rich, he could not get even the slightest slice of the cake.
"You moron. Think about it. If we knew which village in the town he worked at, then …" Madame Zhou whispered into Shen Liyang's ears.
On the other side, when Zhu Huiru saw that Shen Lifeng had returned, he immediately asked about his situation.
Zhu Huiru did not care about him, as long as Shen Zhu and the others could come!