When the people in the Lin family courtyard got up one after another, the people in the bedrooms in the You Ran Residence courtyard also got up one after another...

The entire courtyard of Youran Ju faces south and north, and is a two-entry courtyard.

In the first front yard, there are three main rooms and three east and west wing rooms each.

The middle room of the three main rooms is the living room, and the east and west rooms of the living room are bedrooms.

The three rooms in the east wing are bedrooms.

There are three rooms in the west wing, counting from the courtyard gate: the first one is the kitchen, the second one is the dining room, and the third one is a storage room.

The three Lin family members are all carpenters and they made a lot of furniture for Youranju.

All the bedrooms in Youran Residence have bunk beds, cabinets, a set of round tables and round stools in the inner and outer rooms...

The layout of the living room of Youran Ju is similar to that of the main hall of the Lin family. The biggest difference is: there are two dining tables in the main hall of the Lin family, while there is only one round dining table in the living room of Youran Ju.

There is also a round dining table in the dining room of Youran Ju.

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There are four families living in Youran Ju now: Mr. Chen and his son live in the east bedroom of the main house, and the three generations of male members of the Tang family live in the west bedroom of the main house.

Village chief Li lived in the first room of the east wing near the main house with his three grandsons. Li Xianglan's eldest brother lived in the middle of the east wing with his two sons and a nephew. Lin Chang'an, Lin Changping and Lin Dalang lived in the first room of the east wing near the courtyard gate.

Uncle Fu and Chen Dazhi tidied up the storage room and lived there.

There are a total of 19 people with these four surnames.

Five members of the Tang family: Tang Shoucheng, Tang Qiubai, Tang Yu, Tang Jin, and Tang Laifu.

Three members of the Chen family: Chen Juren, Chen Xiuwen, and Chen Dazhi.

There are four people in Village Chief Li’s family: Village Chief Li, Li Sanlang, Li Silang, and Li Wulang.

There are four people from Li Xianglan’s family: Li Lailiang, Li Xiaohu, Li Wenbin, and Li Wenrong.

Three members of the Lin family: Lin Changping, Lin Changan, and Lin Dalang.

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So many people suddenly moved into Youranjuli, and someone had to take care of the three meals a day and daily chores.

All the people living here are men, so it would be inconvenient for any woman to come and take care of the place.

Tang Shoucheng and Chen Juren decided to let Uncle Fu and Chen Dazhi serve as the cooks of Youran Ju.

Tang Laifu, the old steward of the Tang family, is 50 years old this year, and Chen Dazhi, the long-time follower of Mr. Chen, is 35 years old this year.

In the future, they will be responsible for three meals a day and various daily chores in Youran Ju.

Their cooking skills are average, perhaps even worse than that of the scholar Chen Juren.

Under the current circumstances, people don’t have to be so particular. It’s good enough if every meal is cooked.

There are several female guests in the Lin family's home now, so it is not convenient for Lin Changping, Lin Changan and Lin Dalang to go home for three meals a day, so they can only eat at Youranju.

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At the beginning of the morning hour, Uncle Fu and Chen Dazhi prepared breakfast and set up two tables in Youran Ju.

There is one table in the living room and one table in the dining room.

Breakfast is simple: brown rice porridge with buckwheat pancakes.

Lin Dalang called the young boys and asked them to go into the dining room...

As the hosts, Lin Changping and Lin Changan took the initiative to invite the heads of several families to come into the living room...

The heads of the families are: Tang Shoucheng, Tang Qiubai, Chen Juren, Li Cunzhang, and Li Lailiang.

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After a round of politeness and greetings, everyone went into the living room and sat down.

With Mr. Chen, a scholar, around, people who were having breakfast in the living room felt a little restrained.

Thinking about the missing Li Chunhua and Li Wenxuan, and the house that was about to be built, Village Chief Li has been losing his appetite!

Mr. Chen saw that everyone at the table was eating breakfast in silence, so he said politely, "Don't be so reserved, we are all relatives, we are all one family, so please be more casual."

"Mr. Chen, you're welcome!"

Everyone said.

"My father-in-law is right, everyone should be more casual."

Lin Changan added.

"Uncle, why do you look so unhappy? Lijia Village has been robbed anyway. It's useless for you to be anxious. There is nothing that can't be overcome. Your health is the most important thing."

Lin Changping, who was sitting opposite Village Chief Li, said.

"Alas! The fact that the village was completely robbed is not the most worrying thing. What worries me most right now is something else."

Village Chief Li sighed.

"Uncle, what could be more serious than the village being robbed?"

Lin Changan asked curiously.

"Old Four, do you know that Li Chunhua and her son are missing?"

"Ah! What? That Xuan'er..."

"Li Chunhua and Xuan'er are both missing. People in our village have searched everywhere from Linjia Village to Lijia Village and from Lijia Village to Linjia Village, but we still can't find them..."

"What happened? Why are the mother and son missing from Lijia Village..."

Lin Changan, who was weak, became anxious and started breathing unevenly before he could even finish his words.

Li Wenxuan is Lin Changan's favorite disciple. Lin Changan treats him like his own son and teaches him everything he knows.

If Xuan'er can't be found...

Lin Changan didn't dare to think further.

"Fourth brother!"

"Chang'an!"

"Old Four!"

Seeing that Lin Chang'an was so anxious that he could hardly breathe, Lin Changping, Chen Juren and Village Chief Li spoke in unison in worry.

"Fourth brother, don't worry, we will go to Lijia Village to look for it later."

Lin Changping screamed and then comforted her.

Lin Changan calmed down and continued, "Uncle, what happened? There are so many people in Lijia Village, why are they the only ones missing?"

"Old Four, don't be anxious! Your body can't be anxious, just listen to me and explain in detail..."

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There are now 28 people living in the Lin family’s home.

There are five people in the Zhou family: Mrs. Zhou, Zhou Yan, Mrs. Hu, Ying'er (5 years old), and Zhou Xiaoyuan.

There are five people in Li Xianglan's family: Li Xianglan's mother Zhang, eldest sister-in-law Yang, younger brother's sister-in-law Zhao, niece Li Daya, 5 years old, and niece Li Erya, 13 years old.

There are four people in the Tang family: Mrs. Tang, Tang Jiaojiao, Mrs. Liu, and Liu'er is 4 years old.

There are 14 people in the Lin family: Grandma Lin, four daughters-in-law, five little girls, and four boys.

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While everyone at Youranjuli was having breakfast, the Lin family was also having breakfast.

The Lin family's breakfast today was quite rich: millet porridge, fried eggs, several kinds of pastries and a few side dishes.

The vegetables grown in the Lin family’s fields are all grown by Lin Yuner who carries water back.

The eldest aunt-in-law is the best cook among the four daughters-in-law of the Lin family. She got up early in the morning and made several kinds of pastries: steamed buns, steamed dumplings, red date cakes and fried cakes.

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Sanlang and Silang accompanied Li Wenxuan, Zhou Yan and Xiao Yuanzi to have breakfast in the kitchen dining room.

Tang Jiaojiao, Li Daya and Li Erya were all guests.

The five maids of the Lin family were dining with the three young guests at the round table in the main room.

Sitting at the square table in the main hall were the county magistrate's wife, Mrs. Tang, the Zhang mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Tang Qiuhe, and Grandma Lin.

Chen Xiaoyu was waiting on Wu Lang and Liu Lang in the outer room of her bedroom...

The aunt-in-law, Li Xianglan, Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Hu ate in the kitchen after they finished their work.

Liu'er stood behind Tang Jiaojiao and Ying'er stood behind Madam Zhou.

The two of them were still serving their master, and would not go to the kitchen to eat until the master left the table.

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