Started as a thatched house and ended up as a female figure

After lunch, Old Mrs. Lin and the women in the family went straight into the kitchen again.

They have to prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner and they have to chop dumpling fillings, knead dough, roll out dumpling wrappers, and make dumplings. They are very busy.

"Grandma," Cheng Wan rolled up his sleeves as he walked into the kitchen, "I'll chop the dumpling stuffing."

Cheng Wan knew that chopping dumpling stuffing was a strenuous job, and since she was strong, it must be much easier for her to chop the stuffing than for others.

Old Mrs. Lin poured the noodles in the bowl into the basin. When she heard this, she said without even looking up, "Go away. You are not needed in the kitchen. Go do what you need to do."

"Grandma, it's New Year's Day, what can I do? I'll chop the dumpling stuffing so you can work less." Cheng Wan ignored Grandma Lin and walked straight to Lin Pan who was working hard on chopping the dumpling stuffing.

Xiao Lin was sitting in front of the stove. She was pregnant and now she had no worries about food and drink, so she looked gentler and calmer than before.

Of course, Kobayashi's calmness is also largely related to the fact that her parents have passed away and she doesn't know whether her eldest sister's family is alive or dead.

Hearing that Cheng Wan was going to chop dumpling stuffing, Xiao Lin smiled and teased: "Ah Wan, you are an official now. How can an official go into the kitchen to chop dumpling stuffing? Just listen to your grandma. If you really have nothing to do, go out for a walk. Anyway, it's not snowing heavily at the moment."

"So what if I'm an official? Even if I hold a high position, it won't affect the fact that I'm the daughter of the Cheng family, right? So isn't it my duty to help with some housework?" Cheng Wan quickly "grabbed" the kitchen knife from Lin Pan's hand and started chopping the meat.

Cheng Wan's words really made people feel warm inside. Wang smiled proudly, and Old Lady Lin and others also smiled.

But even though she was laughing, Old Lady Lin still advised Cheng Wan to stop working: "We really don't need you. With so many of us, we can chop the dumpling stuffing in a short while. You should get out now."

Cheng Wan didn't listen and continued to chop the meat. She was strong and quick, and in just two sentences the meat on the chopping board was chopped into a lot of small pieces.

Old Mrs. Lin made a "tsk" sound, leaned close to Cheng Wan's ear, and whispered, "You're in the kitchen, what should I do with Gu Yan?"

Cheng Wan glanced at Old Lady Lin in confusion and lowered his voice, "What do you mean, what should he do? Just do what he should do."

"Me!" Old Mrs. Lin took a deep breath and rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Why did he come to our house? Who did he come for? He grew up in a wealthy family, so he must be very uncomfortable coming to our house. You are not accompanying him. It's so embarrassing for him!"

Cheng Wan paused, blinked, and said in a strange tone, "But he is sweeping the yard."

"What?!" Old Mrs. Lin widened her eyes, a look of disbelief on her face.

The other people in the kitchen were startled by Mrs. Lin's sudden shout and looked over.

"What's wrong, mother?" Wang patted the noodles in her hands and was about to walk over here.

Old Mrs. Lin quickly waved her hands and said, "Nothing, you guys go about your business, I'll be out for a while."

After saying that, Old Lady Lin didn't care whether Cheng Wan was going to chop the dumpling stuffing or not, she just walked out quickly.

"Ouch! Ayan! Put down the broom quickly. This is not something you can do."

When Old Lady Lin saw with her own eyes Gu Yan using a broom to clean the snow on the ground in the yard in an extremely clumsy manner, she felt very uncomfortable with the sight.

A person who was born and raised in a wealthy family and was surrounded by luxury, is now sweeping the snow with a broken broom?

Old Mrs. Lin felt touched but also felt an inexplicable bitterness in her heart.

Gu Yan smiled at Old Lady Lin, his voice clear and pleasant, "Grandma, this is quite interesting."

Old Mrs. Lin felt so warm inside when Gu Yan called her "Milk". She wondered from the bottom of her heart why this child was so lovable.

Old Mrs. Lin snatched the broom from Gu Yan's hand and looked around, but didn't see Cheng Erping, Deng Xiong and the others.

"Where are Erping and Sanxiong? Why are you here alone?" Without even saying a word, Old Mrs. Lin scolded Cheng Erping and Deng Xiong for leaving Gu Yan alone to work while she went out to play.

She knew her child was not that kind of person.

"They all went to clear the snow off the roofs of my second uncle and my aunt's houses. They said they didn't know if it would snow in the next few days, so they cleared the snow off the roofs while it was still snowing lightly."

Old Mrs. Lin nodded. No wonder Gu Yan was the only one left in the yard.

Cheng Daniu, Cheng Erniu and Li Sanzhu went to the home of Village Chief Wu after dinner. They had to find out if anyone who delivered goods today was injured or had frostbite or frostbite disease.

If so, the workshop will pay for the medical expenses.

After all, they are all work injuries.

Cheng Erping and a few other boys went to clean the roof. Shaoqing held Gu Yu and took Cheng Xiaoyu and a few other kids out to play.

If we remove the people in the kitchen, wouldn't Gu Yan be the only one left?

Old Mrs. Lin shouted towards the kitchen: "Ah Wan? Ah Wan? Come out, quickly!"

Cheng Wan thought something had happened, so he put the knife on the chopping board and hurried out, "Grandma, what's wrong?"

Wang and his companions also moved out in a hurry.

"It's none of your business. Just go do what you should do." Old Mrs. Lin waved at Wang and the others, and pulled Gu Yan's arm to walk towards Cheng Wan.

Cheng Wan and Gu Yan were both confused and kicked out of the house by Old Lady Lin.

That’s right, Old Mrs. Lin didn’t let them stay at home and asked them to go and play with Cheng Xiaoyu and the other kids.

Gu Yan followed Cheng Wan towards the shed where they had planted sweet potatoes before, feeling waves of joy and satisfaction in his heart.

He liked being with Cheng Wan, no matter what they did.

"I spent a lot of time and money on this shed to grow sweet potatoes. After the sweet potatoes were dug out, my grandmother and mother planted some vegetables in it. It's just that the time is too short, and today only the radishes we planted are edible. I'll take you to see the vegetables that are still growing in the field."

After entering the shed, Gu Yan was about to ask which area the radishes were planted in when Cheng Wan suddenly turned around.

She looked at Gu Yan, smiling brightly and cunningly, "Ayan, guess where I put the jade pendant?"

Gu Yan stared at Cheng Wan's smiling face, his dark eyes surging with desire. He clenched his fists hard, letting his neatly trimmed nails dig into the flesh until he felt the pain. Then he smiled and said softly, "It should be placed somewhere that no one else knows."

"Gu Yan, hide well and don't let her find you, otherwise she will be scared..." Gu Yan kept reminding himself in his heart.

But the next moment, Gu Yan was stunned.

He watched Cheng Wanwei pull open his collar and take out an exquisite black rope from his neck. Then, the jade pendant that he was so familiar with appeared.

Cheng Wan held the jade pendant in both hands, raised his chin slightly, and smiled proudly and sweetly, "I put it here."

Gu Yan's gaze started from the jade pendant and moved up inch by inch until he met Cheng Wan's smiling eyes and stopped.

There was not the slightest smile on his face, his lips were straight, and his delicate facial features revealed a strong sense of sharpness and aggression, especially the gleam in his eyes, which was fanatical and sinister.

Cheng Wan looked at Gu Yan who was "sick" in front of him and fell silent.