Lou Yuexin quickly stood up and asked, "Has it been delivered?"

"Of course, Dad and elder brother were very happy with the meal. They've finished everything." Shen Yanchen was a little out of breath. He put the lunch box on the table and didn't want to move.

What he didn’t say was that when he saw his father and the others eating with such relish, he sat with them and ate one too.

"That's good," Lou Yuexin felt relieved.

In the afternoon, no one knew where Shen Yanchen had gone again. Xu Si was also puzzled. Shen Yanchen didn't gamble or go to prostitutes, had no money and was too lazy to work. No one knew where he went all day.

My mother and sister-in-law were both embroidering. The light was dim at night, which was not good for the eyes and they were also afraid of not being able to see clearly and making mistakes. Therefore, as long as they had nothing to do during the day, they would seize the time to embroider.

"Mom, why don't you teach me? This way I can learn and earn money." Xu Si suggested.

The original owner was not favored before, and no one taught her these things.

"Okay, I'll find you a piece of cloth so you can practice first."

Lou Yuexin was somewhat happy, not because of the money, but because it was good to have something she wanted to do. Before, Xu Si just sat in the house with nothing to do, and she was afraid that she would be depressed.

"I drew a simple pattern for you. It mainly uses two needle techniques, one is the straight stitch and the other is the rolling stitch. Come and see," Lou Yuexin demonstrated a few times, and Xu Si thought it was quite simple.

She started to embroider with full confidence, but oops, the stitch was a little crooked. She went back and embroidered again. Somehow, she always felt that her hands were out of her control. After several times, Xu Si got annoyed and was too lazy to change it, so she continued to embroider.

After embroidering most of it, Xu Si felt a little embarrassed to look at it.

Noticing that she stopped, Lou Yuexin glanced at her cloth.

She was a little upset, but she still comforted him softly, "It's okay. You have to learn this step by step. You can't learn it in one go. You see, the lines are not arranged tightly and evenly, so the bottom is exposed. It will be much better if the edges are arranged more neatly."

Xu Si felt a bit overwhelmed after listening to this, and his eyes felt a bit tired from staring at the needle so intently.

"Mom, was it this difficult for you to learn it the first time?"

"It's okay," Lou Yuexin was embarrassed to say that she was able to complete an entire embroidery when she first learned it, and was even praised for her talent by the number one embroiderer in the capital, for fear of discouraging her.

Su Jinyue knew about her mother-in-law's deeds, and heard her laughing secretly on the side.

"Forget it, this isn't suitable for me," Xu Si decided not to make things difficult for himself and just gave up.

With nothing to do, she decided to see what she had, so she said goodbye to them and went back to her room.

There weren't many things in the room, just a bed, a wardrobe, a dressing table, and two chairs. The only table had been damaged last night.

The closet was clearly divided into two parts, one half was her clothes and the other half was Shen Yanchen's. Since there were only a few pieces, they were kept far apart.

Xu Si didn't have the habit of rummaging through other people's things, so he ignored his and looked through his own clothes. Except for the wedding dress, the remaining two cloth clothes and the one he was wearing were all bought after he arrived.

The wedding dress was very elaborate. After all, it was ostensibly prepared for Xu Jiaojiao. It was decorated with many small pearls and embroidered with intricate patterns with gold thread.

After being thrown into prison, except for the clothes on everyone, all the external accessories such as hairpins, bracelets, jade pendants were taken away by the jailers.

There were a few bumps and scratches on the wedding dress.

I searched the house again, but found nothing of value.

Since the family business has not been divided, all the money currently earned is managed by Lou Yuexin, and no one else gets any money.

Speaking of which, my eldest brother and his family are kind-hearted and have no complaints about the fact that their family does not make money. If it were someone else, there would definitely be big conflicts.

Xu Si folded the wedding dress, wrapped it with cloth, and prepared to find an opportunity to sell it. There was no use in keeping it anyway, and the money she got could be used to improve the family's food.

It has been a month since we came here, and no one has ever eaten meat. We live a tight life every day, only buying the cheapest food, and we can't even bear to eat the eggs we buy.

Xu Si felt a little greedy, her body clamoring for meat, she swallowed her saliva.

After wiping the furniture and sweeping the floor, Xu Si finished his work in a short while. He felt very bored. There are so many entertainment facilities in modern times, but nowadays there is really nothing to do except eating and sleeping.

"Second aunt, can you take me out to play?" Qi Ning lay on the doorstep and looked at her obediently.

"Where do you want to go?" Xu Si waved his hand and asked him to come in.

This was the first time Qi Ning entered his second aunt's room. She rarely spoke to them before, and he didn't dare to take the initiative to talk to her when she was alone.

But today she would smile with them and cook delicious food, and he felt that his second aunt was also a very good person.

"I want to go to the river in the suburbs. My mother is worried about me going alone, but I heard from other children that it's very interesting there." Qi Ning's eyes were full of longing.

"Okay, I'll talk to my sister-in-law and the others." Xu Si picked up Qi Ning and exclaimed, then giggled.

"Okay, but don't let him go into the water," Su Jinyue agreed readily.

"Mom, can I go too?" Shen Qinghuan's voice was as soft as a mosquito.

"Of course you can, just be good to your sister-in-law." Lou Yuexin felt a little distressed when she saw her daughter's appearance.

On weekdays they are busy with work and have almost no time to take care of them. They are also worried about their safety, so they can only play nearby, which makes the children feel suffocated.

The house is located at the outermost part of Anyang County and there is no wall. A little further back is the suburbs and further away are the mountains.

The small river is right in the suburbs, flowing from north to south. The water is only knee-deep and clear enough to see the bottom.

There are many big rocks by the river, and they usually squat on them to wash clothes.

"It feels so comfortable," Shen Qinghuan played with the water with her hands. Although the weather had warmed up in May, the river water was still a little cold, so she quickly pulled her hands away.

Qi Ning ran around on the surrounding grass. Children's happiness is so simple.

There are some small fish in the river, about the length of fingers. I don’t remember anyone catching them because they are small and meatless, and taste earthy.

Perhaps because of this, the fish swam very slowly. Xu Si caught one in one go and put it on the ground first, preparing to catch more. She planned to make fried river fish.

"Second sister-in-law, do you need my help?" Shen Qinghuan had no objection to Xu Si's behavior and was just waiting for instructions.

"Help me find a big leaf nearby so I can take it back later."

While Xu Si was diligently catching fish, Qi Ning squatted there watching the struggling little fish. If some of them jumped far away, he would catch them back and was very busy and happy.

It was getting late and the group returned home with a lot of harvest.

"Where have you been?" As soon as he entered the door, Shen Yanchen looked at her hands curiously.

After having that lunch, he was very concerned about dinner and went home early.

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