Yan Zhenshen took care of him personally, pouring water and wiping his body. He helped his husband lie comfortably in bed, and only then did he turn off the kerosene lamp.

Chu Xiao snuggled into his arms. She was not used to sleeping alone for several days. After all, no matter how thick the quilt was, it could not be as warm as sleeping with skin against skin.

A big hand touched Chu Xiao's lower abdomen, wondering when a baby would be born there.

Chu Xiao knew what he was thinking about and patted his big hand: "Go to sleep."

Yan Zhenshen didn't put his hand down, but continued to linger on his husband's belly: "I feel like you've gained some weight recently."

Men can feel the difference if they hold their waists frequently and see some weight gain.

"You are fat." Chu Xiao was a little dissatisfied. He still thought he was thin. It would be normal for his small body to gain some weight. Otherwise, he was so fragile. With the strong north wind, he was afraid that he would be blown away.

"I'm not fat." Yan Zhenshen said with a smile, "You can eat more, so you can get pregnant."

Yan Zhenshen had no idea about his younger brother's pregnancy and childbirth. He planned to take some time to ask Wang Wu for advice in case his husband really got pregnant and he didn't know how to take care of him.

Chu Xiao had already made arrangements with the person in charge beforehand, and all the necessary items had been purchased. The person in charge would take care of the entire process of repairing the cemetery on the tenth day of the first lunar month.

Chu Xiao and Yan Zhenshen only needed to kowtow, burn incense, and shout a few times as instructed by the person in charge.

Even when changing the coffin, they didn't need to do anything, they just knelt and burned paper the whole time.

Generally, families in the village would not allow women and boys to be present at such occasions, and if there were no sons, they would ask their nephews to come.

But Chu Lao Er has been driven out of the village, and no one knows where he is now.

Many villagers used to have some dealings with Boss Chu, and when they learned about the tomb renovation, they came to burn incense.

Looking at Chu Xiao and Yan Zhenshen kneeling there, everyone sighed.

Chu Xiao didn't care. Even if the Chu family was still in the village, he would not let that brat Chu Fei come over.

I guess even if Boss Chu were still alive in heaven, he wouldn't want to see that family.

After the coffin was reburied, Chu Xiao personally placed a small coffin, only one foot long, containing talisman paper, next to the large coffin.

This action was unprecedented for the villagers, and many of them were curious about what he had put in there. However, the villagers all believed in ghosts and gods to some extent, so they naturally would not go forward to find out.

As for the people brought by the boss, they would not even go to see it. People who do this business should not have any curiosity at all.

The coffin was buried again with soil and then built with bluestone bricks.

Yan Zhenshen and Chu Xiao didn't need to watch the rest of the things, so they just pulled off the white cloth tied around their waists.

The person in charge came over and asked whether the replaced coffin should be burned directly.

After he said this, the villagers who had not left yet also looked over. The coffin was full of signs of insect infestation and was badly damaged in many places.

It was said that the eldest brother Chu had left behind quite a bit of property, and they thought that the second brother Chu would give his eldest brother a decent funeral. However, the second brother Chu said that he was afraid that his sister-in-law would be sad, so there was no grand funeral.

After Chu Lao Da's wife died of complications during childbirth, it was considered unlucky. No coffin was even bought, and someone was found to bury the two of them together the next day.

The villagers could not find any fault with these statements, but they did grumble behind their backs. They all said that Boss Chu was quite respectable when he was alive, but they did not expect that he was buried so carelessly after his death.

Now it seems that this was even more sloppy than they thought. Anyone who has handled funerals at home can see that this coffin is one of the cheap ones sold in the coffin shop.

It was only two or three hundred coins, not even as thick as the coffin used by Li Guaizi.

Everyone sighed again. It was not unfair for Chu Lao Er to be kicked out of the village. He really had never done anything wrong.

"Burn it." This thing is useless to keep. If we don't burn it, can we take it back and use it as firewood?

The person in charge responded and said that he would take care of the rest.

Chu Xiao and Yan Zhenshen went back first. When they were going down the mountain, they met other relatives of the Chu family. Because Chu Xiao did not notify them at all, they were a little hesitant whether to go up and take a look.

Chu Xiao ignored him, but Yan Zhenshen greeted him, which gave both of them a way out.

These relatives of the Chu family are not unreasonable people. Even though Chu Xiao and the Chu Laoer's family had such a big fight, none of them came to cause trouble for Chu Xiao. At most, there was one Chu Sangong who took advantage of his seniority to bully others.

"Well, Xiaoxiao." One of the older men said a little embarrassedly: "We ignored your situation before and made you suffer."

Chu Xiao knew that this man should be a cousin of Chu Lao Da. When Chu Xiaoxiao's parents just died, this man gave him eggs to eat.

But later, when we had an older grandson, I never asked any more questions.

Chu Xiao didn't think there was anything wrong with minding his own business, so he had no hostility towards these people. He just ignored them because he felt it was unnecessary.

What's more, he is not Chu Xiaoxiao and really doesn't want to have any interaction with these people.

Rather than pretending to have family affection, he would rather be a stranger.

"Yeah." Chu Xiao responded on behalf of Chu Xiaoxiao, and then pulled Yan Zhenshen down the mountain.

As for whether those people would go to worship, it was none of his business. He had done what he promised, and he would burn paper every year if he could. As for the rest...

Well, he is a married man, and has nothing to do with him.

Time passed quickly, and when Yan Zhenshen went down the mountain again, the new yard had been built. The only thing left was to put up the beams, and then it would be completely completed.

Raising the beam is a big event in the village, and it is not excessive to set up a banquet, but the Yan family has no such plan. They just want to invite some families they have contact with on a regular basis.

There was not much work to do in the fields at the moment, so Wang Wu's family came to help, even bringing out a three-month-old baby.

Brother Lin also brought Xiaobao with him. He couldn't give anything good, so he brought a dozen eggs as a gift.

Chu Xiao didn't want to accept his things, but seeing how cautious he was, he was afraid that he would feel even more uncomfortable if he didn't accept them.

Perhaps because his living environment has changed, Xiaobao still doesn't speak, but a smile appears on his face from time to time.

Even though he was still a little stiff, Brother Lin was very happy.

At this moment, Xiaobao was staring at the baby in Luoger's arms. The two children stared at each other. The little baby loved to laugh, and he started to grin as he watched.

Xiaobao also moved the corners of his mouth, twitching for a long time before it raised into an arc.

When Luo Geer saw it, he praised her: "Xiaobao looks so good when he smiles."

Xiaobao raised his eyes to look at Luoger and tried to smile again.

Luo Ge'er also laughed, and was even a little excited: "He understood that I was praising him."

"Well, he responds to me now." Brother Lin said with tears in his eyes, full of hope for life.

He no longer needs to deceive himself, his Xiaobao is not a fool.

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