Changce drove the carriage back to the county first. He wanted to arrange for someone to send the goods back to Shangjing.

Lu Yan and the other two went to the academy first. It was not yet noon, and Su Zimu and the others had not finished school yet.

Aunt Chen was preparing lunch, and Ah Xiu was helping out beside her, asking questions from time to time.

The voice was clear and crisp, with a hint of childish innocence, which made Aunt Chen laugh continuously.

I haven't been here for a long time, and there's not much change in the school, except that the big tree in the middle of the yard is now bare in winter.

"A Xiu, Auntie!" Su Ziling was standing at the door, Lu Yan was standing beside her with a backpack on his back, and Shen Xingye was standing in the yard, looking around.

Hearing her voice, Ah Xiu was stunned for two breaths, then turned her head, and saw that it was Su Ziling. Her eyes lit up and she rushed towards her.

He hugged her waist and looked up at her, "Sister! Why are you here?"

The voice was clear and bright, revealing a sense of joy.

Su Ziling looked down at her, "Why, don't you want to see my sister?"

Ah Xiu pouted, "No, sister, you haven't come to see us for a long, long time. My second brother, my mother, and I miss you very much."

She spoke three times in a hurry, "Yes, yes, my mother has been taking medicine for a while, and now she can make some simple sounds. Although she can't speak yet, the doctor said that she should take her time and she will be able to speak soon."

"And my second brother has grown very fast in the past year. I guess you are not even as tall as him now. And he doesn't like to laugh anymore. He is so serious and always bothers me with my homework."

Su Ziling rubbed her head. "Not smiling? That must be because you didn't finish your homework well. So he's not smiling because he's angry. And he's staring at you because you're playing around."

After not seeing her for half a year, Ah Xiu is no longer the little kid she used to be. She has grown taller, and her face is fair and clean. She eats well, so her face is chubby, but not fat.

Su Ziling pinched her soft face and greeted Aunt Chen with a smile, "Auntie, is there anything else you need?"

"No, no, take Ah Xiu to the side and have a good talk. This girl hasn't seen you for a long time and misses you very much. She keeps asking me why you don't come."

"You two sisters, have a good talk. I'm almost done with my work here."

Su Ziling waved at Lu Yan, signaling him to carry the things over. "It's just right. I brought some things for you, Auntie, and also a bag of tea for Master Chen. I thought he should have finished drinking the tea I gave him last time, so I brought some more."

"But this tea is not as good as the ones from the past few months. This is for my own drinking, so it may be a little broken."

Aunt Chen smiled and agreed, "I'm sorry to have cost you money again. He was complaining about running out of tea a few days ago, but I didn't expect you to bring it. Your tea is really good. The old man said that even the teahouse can't compare to yours."

Su Ziling took out the things and said, "Let's stew these vermicelli noodles. This is dried vegetables. We dried a lot of them this year. I picked up two taro for you. It's better to use it to make taro tea. Add a bone and two handfuls of green vegetables. The taro will be stewed until it's powdery and delicious."

"This is islet fruit, just cut it into slices and mix it with cold salad, it has a crunchy texture and a sweet taste. This is ginger taro powder, wash the pot clean and boil water, dissolve the ginger taro powder in water, pour the water directly into the pot when it boils, stir and cook, it will be like lotus root powder, very delicious."

"Here are dried mushrooms. You can soak them in water and stir-fry them, or cook them into mushroom soup or fry them in oil. I also brought some mushroom sauce..."

Su Ziling took things out of the backpack one by one, and the table was filled up in an instant.

Aunt Chen was a little at a loss for a moment. Su Ziling had sent things over before, but it was only one or two things, not like now, when he carried a whole basket.

"You've taken too much..."

Su Ziling knew what she wanted to say before she finished her words, and interrupted her with a smile, "Auntie, there aren't many things. This tea is from Zimu to honor his teacher, this ginger and taro powder is from Xiu to you, and these dried vegetables and mushrooms are from our family because we dried too much, so we gave some to the neighbors."

"The rest are the vermicelli, islet fruit, and pickled radish. These are not for you. They are for Zimu and his classmates."

Aunt Chen shook her head helplessly. "Girl, you've already thought of a reason before you even set out, right?"

"Hehe," Su Ziling laughed, "It's not worth anything."

Su Ziling glanced at the stove, the fire inside was still going out, "Auntie, why don't you put the pickled radish and meat in the pot to heat it up? I think there's still some fire, and the meat will be hot when they get home from school."

Aunt Chen glanced at the sky and said, "Okay, let's treat it as a snack for them. These brats are finally in for a treat."

Turn the meat out and put it in a basin, stuff two more sticks of firewood into the stove hole, cover the pot, and let the meat keep hot.

After not seeing each other for a long time, several people were talking in the room. Because the students had not yet finished school, everyone lowered their voices.

Since Su Ziling came, Ah Xiu has never gotten off her, and her whole body is pressed against her.

Looking at the two people in the yard, Ah Xiu pulled her sleeves, "Sister, Sister," and raised her chin towards the yard, "Who is that person?"

A Xiu had met Lu Yan, but had never met Shen Xingye.

Aunt Chen also looked out and saw two young men with tall and straight figures, one in black tights and the other in a white brocade robe. They were standing under a tree in the middle of the yard.

They all had their backs to the kitchen, their black hair was blown up by the wind, their clothes fluttered, a young man in a white brocade robe was holding a fan in his hand, it was unknown what he was saying, his eyebrows and eyes were lively, the expression on his face was too vivid.

The young man in black tights was calm and nodded in agreement from time to time.

As if noticing her gaze, he turned around and nodded at her.

Aunt Chen was stunned for a moment, then nodded. She looked at Su Ziling and said, "This young man is not bad."

Su Ziling: "..."

"Auntie." Su Ziling looked helpless.

Ever since that night, Su Ziling began to keep a distance from Lu Yan intentionally or unintentionally. This guy seemed not to notice and was still as sharp-tongued as ever.

He didn't go to see Suosuo either. His original intention was to provoke Su Ziling, but he didn't expect that the stimulation was too much and this girl directly distanced herself from him.

Helplessly, he had to start all over again.

Remember not to be in a hurry and take it slow. There is no reason to let the frog run away when it is boiled in warm water.

"Don't think I'm too nosy," Aunt Chen took her hand and patted the back of her hand gently, "I can see that you have feelings for him,"

"Auntie," you've seen it wrong.

"Don't be so quick to deny it," Aunt Chen continued in a soft voice, "I have traveled to many places with your uncle in my life, and have seen many local features. I will never make a mistake when judging people."

"I don't know where this young man and his wife came from, but judging from their temperament, I'm afraid they are also very capable people."

"You are very capable. You opened a restaurant and set up several workshops. The sons of ordinary families cannot protect you. If you have no intention, I will definitely not ask you to do this."

"I can see that this young man is also interested in you. You should be happy if you two are in love. I don't know what concerns you have in your heart, but Ah Qing, you have to plan for the long term."

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