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When Gu Yunxi returned to the main hall, the village chief's family and Widow Cao's family were still there.

Three wet nurses, each with their three children, were also in the main room. The middle-aged man from the village chief's family was happily talking to his three younger brothers.

"Brother, have some crispy cake. It's delicious!" Zhongsheng held a small piece of crispy cake wrapped in oil paper in his hand and handed it to Kaige'er.

Kai'er's mouth was watering. He stretched out his tender little hand, as white as a lotus root, and said to the nurse, "Cake, eat it."

The wet nurse looked embarrassed and hurried to look for Gu Yunxi.

Before, when she was in the capital, she once gave some food to the young master, but was told off by Gu Yunxi. Since then, she never dared to give anything to the young master again.

Now, seeing the village chief's grandson handing over the biscuits, the nanny didn't dare to let Kai Ge take it.

Gu Yunxi walked over with a smile, stretched out her hand, took the shortbread, and said to Zhongsheng with a smile: "Our Zhongsheng is so well-behaved and sensible. He even knew to share the food with his younger brother."

Zhongsheng recognized Gu Yunxi, but he was still very shy. After giving the things, he immediately ran back and hid behind the village head's wife.

The village head's wife smiled and said, "This child is still so shy. Zhongsheng, hurry up and call you Aunt Yunxi."

Zhongsheng's face flushed red, like a cooked shrimp, and he called out softly, "Aunt Yunxi."

Gu Yunxi smiled at him and said, "Zhongsheng is so good!"

Everyone in the room laughed. Gu Yunxi asked Xiao Cui to take out the gifts she brought back from the capital and distribute them to everyone one by one.

The four treasures of the study were prepared for Zhongsheng, donkey rolls and pea yellow were prepared for the other members of the village chief's family, and head ornaments and silk threads unique to the capital were prepared for Qiao'er and Widow Cao.

Everyone who received the gifts was very happy, but also a little embarrassed. Widow Cao, holding a box of silk threads, looked at the box of hair flowers in Qiao'er's hand, and her eyes became moist.

Since she came to Xijiang Village, no one has been kind to her except Qiaoer's father.

It was only after they met Sister Feng and gradually became associated with the Lu family that Widow Cao and Qiao'er gradually began to live a good life. At least they were no longer like before, with no food to eat.

Now that the Lu family has returned from the capital, I didn’t expect that they brought so many flowers for Qiaoer. Those are luxury items that only rich families can afford.

She lived frugally on weekdays, and only bought a hair flower for Qiaoer during the Chinese New Year last year.

But Qiao'er had only worn the hair flower for a few days before it was snatched away by her eldest cousin, and she was sad for several days because of this.

Widow Cao had originally thought that she would buy Qiao'er a new head flower when she went to town to buy New Year's goods during the market in a couple of days.

As a result, Qiao'er got so many flowers on her head that she could hardly see clearly because of laughing.

"Thank you Sister Yunxi, thank you Aunt Lu!" Qiao'er thanked loudly.

Gu Yunxi smiled and patted her head, saying, "Qiao'er, I'm glad you like it. Next time Sister Yunxi comes back from the capital, I'll bring you a new one."

Widow Cao hurriedly said, "Yunxi, please stop working. There are already enough hair flowers. Qiao'er can't wear them all."

She had already troubled Gu Yunxi enough, and she didn't dare to let Gu Yunxi worry about her and Qiao'er's affairs.

Gu Yunxi just smiled and said, "It's okay, Aunt Cao."

The little sister Qiao'er was really well-behaved and cute. She liked her very much and was happy to give Qiao'er some hair flowers.

Seeing this, He Feng smiled and invited Widow Cao and Qiao'er to eat, and personally brought food to the village head's wife and Zhongsheng. In this way, they sat in Lu's house for quite a while.

Widow Cao suddenly remembered that she still had sweet potatoes cooking in her pot. She stood up abruptly, her face full of apology: "Oh, Sister Feng, Yunxi, there's something cooking at home. I have to go back first."

He Feng was also shocked. The house where Widow Cao lived had a dilapidated thatched hut as its kitchen. If the torch in the stove fell and ignited something, it would be a big disaster.

So He Feng quickly stood up and said hastily: "Okay, go back first and come to our house when you have time. Anyway, we have been back for ten days."

Widow Cao left in a hurry with Qiao'er. The village head's wife held Zhongsheng in her arms, not knowing whether to continue sitting or get up and go home.

Gu Yunxi saw it and asked with a smile, "Aunt, why don't I see my brother Yuanping, sister-in-law Liang, and my brother Yuancheng?"

The village head's wife smiled and said, "It's almost the New Year, your brother Yuanping and your sister-in-law Liang should go back to your parents' home."

"I don't know where your brother Yuancheng has gone. I guess he might have gone to the medicinal field."

Since the second son got the job in the medicine field, he has been there almost all day long. If the village chief's wife wants to find someone, she can go directly to the medicine field and usually find him.

Speaking of her second son, the village head's wife smiled bitterly and said, "A few days ago, a matchmaker came to our house to propose marriage. She said there was a girl in town who fell in love with your brother Yuancheng."

When He Feng heard this, he smiled and said, "Oh, this is great news! Have you met that girl?"

The village chief's wife shook her head and sighed, "No, Yuancheng didn't want to. He said he didn't want to marry a wife and let Zhongsheng have a stepmother."

If there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather. The village chief's wife also knew this. Although she loved her son, she loved her grandson more. So when her son said this, she didn't know how to react.

The son was also doing it for the good of his grandson. She couldn't just tell him to get married first and not think about the future? That was impossible!

What if the new daughter-in-law treats Zhongsheng badly? She can't ask her son to divorce her, right?

Alas, this isn’t okay, and that isn’t okay either. The village head’s wife is so conflicted.

He Feng and Gu Yunxi looked at each other, sighed, and comforted: "Sister-in-law, maybe it's not fate yet, Yuancheng is still young."

"Aunt, don't worry, just take your time to look for him. Our brother Yuancheng is such a good man, he will definitely meet a woman who truly loves him and can accept a middle-aged man." Gu Yunxi also comforted with a smile.

Now, the village chief's family earns six or seven taels of silver every month because of their family. This is just the monthly salary. When the honeysuckle is sold, Gu Yunxi will give them extra silver as a reward.

From last year to this year, the village chief's family has probably saved a lot of money.

Besides, all the expenses for Zhongsheng's studies were paid by her, and she even gave 100 taels of silver to the village chief's family before.

Just looking at these, the women who want to marry Brother Yuancheng would probably line up to the village entrance.

The village chief's wife couldn't be anxious either, so she smiled and nodded: "Yes, I'd rather look for someone slowly than marry someone like before."

The village chief's wife did not directly mention the name of Zhongsheng's biological mother, Ren, but Gu Yunxi and He Feng understood as soon as they heard it.

Just at this moment, Lu Jianan ran out and took Zhongsheng to the yard to play with the string. Gu Yunxi couldn't help but ask, "Aunt, now Ren Shi hasn't come back to look for Zhongsheng, right?"

If Ren knew that the village chief's family was so well off now, she would probably regret it so much that she would not know what she would do.

Gu Yunxi was a little worried, but the words of the village head's wife made her completely relieved.