The next child is Chu Zhao, the third oldest, who is twenty-six years old. His wife, Ms. You, has a pair of twins, Chu Qian and Chu Xuan, who are the same age as Yangyang.

Now Youshi was still pregnant and it looked like she was already quite pregnant, so she did not stand up to greet Song Ning. She just sat there and smiled and nodded as a greeting.

As for Chu Fang, the fourth child in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, he is twenty-five years old and has no wife.

The fifth child is the eldest son of the third wife. He has been with the army at the border all year round and is not present, so the first and second wives did not introduce him in detail. It will not be too late to introduce him in detail when there is a chance to meet them in the future.

The sixth child, Chu Lie, is twenty-three years old and has no wife.

The seventh son, Chu Xuan, just came of age this year and has no wife.

The Chu family has a family rule that a man can only marry when he reaches adulthood, and he is not allowed to take concubines for the rest of his life.

When he heard this family rule, Song Ning's favorability towards this family instantly reached its peak.

In this era where men are respected, it is rare for such a large family to have such awareness.

It took a long time to get to know everyone in the family, old, young and small.

When the adults were getting to know each other, the little kid Yangyang was also being taken around and called to address people one by one.

When he called the old duke great-grandfather, he was so happy that he held the little kid in his lap and sat him for a long time, not letting him get up.

It was Uncle Chu who snatched the child from his arms and fawned on him for a long time before letting the little guy go back to his mother.

After the adults get to know each other, the children should also have their own circle.

The group of children had been extremely interested in the puppy that Yangyang brought, but because they were not familiar with each other and the adults had not finished talking, they did not dare to move around or talk.

Now that the adults' socializing has finally come to an end, it is finally the children's turn to take the stage.

At the signal from their grandmothers and mothers, a group of children came forward to talk to Yangyang.

The older ones took the lead, but the younger ones started talking first, chattering non-stop.

"Is your name Yangyang? Let's play together!"

"Uh-huh!"

"Can we pet your puppy? Will it bite?"

"You can touch it, it won't bite."

"You seem to be the same height as both of us. How old are you?"

"Hmm...you're almost five years old. Are you twins? You look exactly the same."

Yangyang was not at all nervous when facing so many new friends. After just a few words, he became friends with these new friends.

"The puppy is very well behaved and obedient. It can even shake hands! Look." Yang Yang said as he stretched out his hand to the puppy and gave the command to shake hands. The puppy instantly placed its little paw on the palm of Yang Yang's hand.

"Wow, that's amazing!"

Seeing this, a few little kids also wanted to give it a try, so they followed Yang Yang's example, squatted in front of the puppy, stretched out their hands to it, and shouted, "Shake hands."

Sure enough, the puppy wagged its tail and placed its little paws on their palms, and the group of little kids immediately burst into joy.

Yangyang quickly took out a small piece of freeze-dried meat from his small cloth bag and fed it to the puppy.

"Is it hungry?"

"No, my dad said that when you train a dog, you should give it a reward when it does something right. That way it will know that if it listens and does the right thing, it will get something delicious."

"So that's it."

The little kids thought thoughtfully, isn't training a dog just like training a person?

"Does it have a name?"

"Yes! It's called Black Mouth."

"It's called Black Mouth? No wonder its mouth is so black."

"Hahaha……"

This sentence seemed to have hit someone's funny spot. One person laughed, and immediately everyone started laughing.

Seeing that the children were having a great time, the eldest lady asked her eldest grandson Chu Yan to take his younger brothers to the side hall to play, and ordered someone to prepare tea and snacks in the side hall.

Speaking of snacks, Yangyang remembered that he had brought some delicious food for his new friends, and wanted to share them with everyone.

"Oh! That's great! You're in for a treat today." The eldest lady said, and ordered the servants, "Go and get the snacks that Young Master Yangyang brought, and send them to the front hall for the young masters."

After hearing the order, the servant went down to prepare, and soon sent tea, various snacks and desserts to the side hall.

These snacks were prepared by Song Ning in the past few days after setting a date for visiting the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.

She thought that the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion was wealthy and powerful, and they had everything they needed. Even if they needed something, they couldn't afford it, so they might as well give them something more practical.

There are many children in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, so she thought of preparing some snacks and bringing them over, perhaps the children would like them.

Sure enough, as soon as these snacks were served, they received unanimous praise.

"This meat stick is so delicious! So fragrant."

"This is spiced dried meat, made by my mother."

"And this, what is this? It's crispy and crunchy?"

"This is a sesame egg roll, also made by my mother." Yang Yang pointed to each snack and introduced them to his friends one by one, telling them that these were all made by his mother.

"Your mother is amazing. She can cook so many delicious dishes."

"Can your mother teach my mother? My mother doesn't know anything."

"Yeah."

"You two stop talking, or you'll get spanked by your aunt."

In the side hall, the children talked without restraint and the noise was heard in the main room. The adults were all at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"These two brats, once they have something to eat they forget about their mother's kindness."

Yu Shi stroked her belly and glared towards the front hall unhappily.

The ones who spoke the most just now were her two twin sons.

Song Ning smiled and pleaded for the children: "Children speak without restraint. Sister-in-law, please don't get angry with the children."

Youshi naturally wasn't really angry with the child. She smiled and said to Song Ning, "Don't worry, sister. If I were really angry with those two bastards, they would have been beaten to a pulp by now."

In the main room, the women were chatting about family matters. The men couldn't get a word in, so they just moved to the study and left the main room for the women to talk.

As soon as the men left, the topics of the women in the main room gradually became more diverse, and most of them revolved around Song Ning.

"Sister, I heard from my fourth brother that you opened a shop in Pingyang County that specializes in selling women's items. Your business is very good. I wonder what rare things you have?"

The eldest daughter-in-law of the second house, Fang, came from a family that was in business. Before she got married, she had helped to run the shop at home. After she married into the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, she still managed her own dowry shop.

When it comes to doing business, she was a little interested. When others heard her ask this, they also looked at Song Ning with curiosity.

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