"Tell me when you have chosen the homestead tomorrow. If you need any help or don't understand anything, you can tell me." The head of the village gave Yu Xiuying a few more instructions before leaving Xu Zhenniang's house.

Xu Zhenniang wanted to help clean up, but Yu Xiuying stopped her: "We can just do the cleaning ourselves."

"Mom, mom, I'm back. Is there anything to eat? I'm so hungry."

Qiao'er was tired from playing outside, so she came back to look for food. Seeing strangers in the house, she quickly hid behind Xu Zhenniang and said, "Mom, who are they?"

Xu Zhenniang smiled and pulled her daughter over: "This is your Aunt Yu, this is Sister Shi'an, and this is Sister Yinzhu. They will be staying at your grandfather's house for a while."

Qiao'er looked around and her eyes fell on Ziyuan who was in Yinzhu's arms: "There is also a little baby."

Yinzhu smiled and squatted down so that Qiao'er could see Ziyuan clearly: "This is Ziyuan, Ye Ziyuan."

"Mom, she's so cute."

Xu Zhenniang smiled and pulled her daughter over: "Yes, she is so cute."

"Qiao'er, let's go out first and let the little sister rest for a while."

Qiaoer nodded: "Mom, I'm hungry."

Ye Shian got up and took down an oil-paper bag from the ox cart. She came to Qiao'er and squatted down: "Qiao'er, would you like to have some peach cake?"

This peach cake was a rare snack. When Xu Zhenniang heard it, she hurried to pull her daughter and said, "Oh, Qiao'er, let's go. Mother will get you something to eat."

Qiao'er pulled her hand back: "Mom, I want to eat."

Ye Shian directly opened the oil paper bag and let Qiaoer take it herself.

Xu Zhenniang was embarrassed and said, "How can you eat other people's food?"

Yu Xiuying smiled and said, "If the child wants to eat, just let her eat."

Qiaoer took a small piece and smiled sweetly at Ye Shian: "Thank you, Sister Shian."

Seeing that Qiao'er was well-behaved and sensible, Ye Shian gave her another piece and said, "Next time you want to eat, come and find Sister Shian, okay?"

Qiao'er smiled and nodded, then ran away.

Xu Zhenniang also followed him back to her own yard feeling embarrassed.

Yinzhu put Ziyuan aside and rolled up his sleeves to help, but Ye Shian quickly stopped him: "You don't have three heads and six arms. You want to do everything and you really think you are a superman."

Yu Xiuying continued while wiping the table: "Shi'an is right. You are too quick-witted. From now on, we are a family. When a family is together, we should not always think about who owes whom anything. Otherwise, it will be too tiring."

Something sparkled in Yinzhu's eyes. She nodded heavily and mustered up the courage to speak: "Yes, godmother, I understand."

This was the first time that Yinzhu called Yu Xiuying "godmother". Yu Xiuying was wiping the table. When she heard the word "godmother", she paused, then straightened up and smiled broadly.

Then there was an exceptionally loud response.

Then came the laughter of the three women.

Neighbor Sun saw the ox cart parked at Xu Zhenniang's door and the courtyard where Xu Zhenniang's mother-in-law used to live was open. She poked her head in and looked in: "Zhenniang, hey, Zhenniang, are there relatives coming to your house?"

This Sun is a well-known gossipmonger in the village. She is very gossipy and whenever there is something going on in the village, she is more proactive than anyone else.

Sun usually took good care of Xu Zhenniang, so Xu Zhenniang came to the door and whispered to her: "You are from the south, stay at my house for the time being."

"Wow, the people coming from the south are driving ox carts."

"It was his first day here, so I didn't have the nerve to ask."

Sun was also bored, and when she heard Xu Zhenniang didn't dare to ask, she just walked towards Xu Zhenniang's house.

Xu Zhenniang stopped her and said, "What are you doing?"

"What can I do? I'll see if I can help." Sun looked gossipy and didn't seem like she was willing to help.

Xu Zhenniang held her back and said, "Oh, that's enough. I've been in office for a long time. Just let me have some rest. We'll all be in the same village from now on. There will be plenty of opportunities for us to chat or help each other."

Although Sun was unwilling, she still withdrew: "Okay, I'll go home first. It's time to cook."

In the evening, Ye Shian cooked a pot of rice porridge and added some pickles, and that was his meal.

Although it was just a simple rice porridge, the rice was Ye Shian's favorite Northeastern polished rice, but it was not Wuchang rice. She had spent a lot of effort to get Wuchang rice, and only got a thousand kilograms. She was reluctant to eat it like this. However, even if it was ordinary Northeastern polished rice, it tasted very fragrant when it was simply cooked into porridge.

In fact, she really wanted to take out some delicious food to celebrate, but she gave up for fear of arousing Yinzhu's suspicion.

This was the first time they had rested in bed after wandering for more than a month. Even though it was a hard bed, Ye Shian still slept soundly.

After dinner the next day, the family decided to walk around the village to decide where to build the house.

Yinzhu held Ziyuan in her arms and basked in the sun in the yard: "I won't go. I'll wait for you at home with Ziyuan."

Yu Xiuying thought about it and said, "Then Shi'an and I will come back as soon as possible."

As soon as the mother and daughter went out, they met Sun. Sun saw the two of them and greeted them with a smile, acting very familiar: "You're out so early."

Yu Xiuying and Ye Shian smiled at each other: "Yes, we just moved here, and we want to take a look around the village and get familiar with it."

"It's good to get acquainted. I'm Sun and I live in Zhenniang's front yard. What do you call me?"

"My name is Yu Xiuying, and this is my daughter Ye Shian."

"Oh my, the mother is pretty and the daughter is also so pretty, I'm so envious."

Both mother and daughter do have good facial features, but due to years of wasted life, their skin is rough and dry, and they look listless all day long, so it is difficult for people to notice their beauty.

Although it is much better now than in Huaishu Village, it is still not that good-looking. Seeing that Sun was so good at talking, Yu Xiuying just smiled and said nothing.

Ye Shian forced a fake smile: "Sun, right? My mother and I will go and do our work first. We won't disturb you anymore."

"Hey, hey, hey, okay, you guys go about your business."

After the mother and daughter walked away, Sun finally reacted: "Didn't you say you were going to the village for a stroll? Why did you say you were busy?"

Wherever the two of them went, there were always people looking at them with scrutiny, but the mother and daughter didn't care. After a round of looking around, Ye Shian and Yu Xiuying found that their opinions were surprisingly consistent.

That is, the land to the west of where they live now is a good choice.

Firstly, it is big enough, and secondly, it is close to the water source.

After the two of them confirmed it, they went directly to the village head's house. The village head happened to be at home. When his wife saw the mother and daughter, she warmly welcomed them into the house.

Unexpectedly, someone had already arrived in the room. When the man surnamed Wang saw Ye Shian and his daughter coming, he quickly stood up and said, "Village head, then this matter is settled. If you have anything else to do, you can go back first."

The village head stood up to see them off, but Wang Qiang quickly stopped him: "Villa head, you go take care of them. I'll go back first."

Looking up, they saw Ye Shian and his daughter nodding to them as a greeting.

After seeing Wang Gang off, the village head asked Ye Shian and his daughter to sit down and asked, "Have you two chosen a homestead today?"

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