The whole family travels through time and space, and the three of them struggle together

The meal lasted nearly an hour before everyone was satisfied.

Because they had to keep watch at night, Chen Xiuying was worried that the Song family members would be exhausted from the journey, so she arranged rooms for them first.

Seeing so many people, Zhou's mother worried about the lack of accommodation and wanted to return to her old house. Chen's mother patted her sister's hand, telling her to wait and see how Xiuying arranged it. If that wasn't possible, then they, the old couple, would return to their own home.

As a result, before the two old ladies could finish their thoughts, Chen Xiuying had already made arrangements.

General Song and the old lady were in the guest room, Fang's mother and son lived in Anger's room, the two maids shared a room with Zhou Sisi, and the attendants shared a room with Lou Ji and the others.

After the rooms were arranged, the two maids and attendants unloaded the carriage. Besides their personal belongings, the Song family brought many gifts: twenty bolts of various cloths, four boxes of fine bird's nests, two kilograms of premium tea, twenty boxes of various fruits and pastries, two hundred-year-old ginseng plants, and two furs, one white and one black.

Zhou Dajiang thought it was already very valuable, but the old general asked his attendant to take out a box of silver notes. "We were so busy on the road that we couldn't prepare any decent gifts. Thank you for saving the most precious treasure of my Song Mansion. This is a small token of my gratitude. I hope you will accept it."

How could Zhou Dajiang accept this? He quickly waved his hand and refused, "We absolutely cannot accept this. We treat An Ge'er like our own sons and nephews, and even love him more than our own sons and nephews. Besides, General Song has adopted my wife as his sister. It is unreasonable to charge money for this child of ours to stay at home for a few days. No, no, absolutely not."

Old General Song had no idea about this. He cursed his son in his heart for only writing two sentences, and secretly sighed that he was getting old. When the child called him "Auntie" at night, he didn't react until the child told him.

Since they had this relationship, it was even better. Since their son had acknowledged him, they should acknowledge him as well. They all moved to the study room that was usually used as a classroom for the children. This room had a kang (a bed) and chairs, so there was enough space for them to sit.

Then, Chen Xiuying led her husband and daughter to kowtow three times to General Song and the old lady, thus acknowledging their relationship.

After the greetings, Zhou Dajiang accompanied General Song and his father-in-law to the living room. Lou Ji and the others also separated. Zhong Yin, Xu Wu, and Ye Wei went to the greenhouse, while Lou Ji disappeared.

Old Madam Song, on the other hand, held Chen Xiuying's hand and smiled kindly, "The biggest regret in my life is that I didn't have a caring little girl. Your elder brother helped me realize it. It's great!"

As he spoke, he took off the jade bracelet from his wrist and put it on Chen Xiuying's wrist.

The emerald green bracelet was pure and translucent, and one could tell at a glance that it was a good thing. Chen Xiuying touched the bracelet and knew that it was worth a lot of money, but since it was a gift from an elder, she could not refuse it, so she had no choice but to accept it and hurriedly thanked her godmother.

Old Madam Song patted her hands and urged her, "We should visit each other more often in the future. You should write to me frequently. Don't be like your elder brother who sent us away with just a carrier pigeon and a few words."

Then, she gave Zhou Sisi a little golden pig. "Grandma came in a hurry and didn't prepare a gift for little Sisi. I'll make it up to you when I get back. It's New Year's Day, and I have a little golden pig here. Sisi, take it and play with it first."

My eldest grandson’s zodiac sign is Pig, so I prepare a little golden pig for him every year. I originally planned to give this one to him tomorrow morning. I will use it first and give it to him again when I go back.

Zhou Sisi then followed her mother to pay her respects to Fang. Fang pulled the two of them up and said, "If it weren't for you, my An Ge'er wouldn't know where he'd be wandering. Thank you, sister-in-law."

After saying this, she took a pair of jade and gold hairpins and a pair of pearl earrings from the maid behind her. She placed the jade and gold hairpins on Chen Xiuying's head and said, "This pair of gold hairpins was given to you by your eldest sister-in-law as a dowry gift before you got married. Now that we know each other, I want to fulfill my sister-in-law's wish and pass them on to you."

Then she took the earrings, took Zhou Sisi's hand, placed the earrings in her palm, and said, "Your sister got her ears pierced when she was eight years old. Our Sisi is almost eight years old, right? Auntie will prepare a pair of earrings for you too."

Chen Xiuying and her daughter hurriedly thanked Fang. Zhou Sisi said crisply, "Thank you, auntie. Sisi will be seven tomorrow."

Fang smiled and teased her, "Oh, you're only seven years old. Auntie's gift isn't well prepared. Our little Sisi will have to wait another year before she can wear it. How about Auntie give you a new one?"

Zhou Sisi liked the earrings very much and quickly put them into her purse. "No, no, no, this one is great. Sisi likes it very much. Thank you, aunt."

Seeing that she liked it very much, Fang stopped teasing her and said, "Your sister owns a pearl jewelry shop in the capital. Our Sisi likes it. I'll ask your sister to buy a few more pairs for you later." The sister Fang was talking about was her eldest daughter Song Wanru who was already married.

After Chen Xiuying and her daughter finished their greetings, Fang's eldest son also bowed to Chen Xiuying.

"Tingye meets aunt."

The young man's full name was Song Tingye. Unlike his father, who was tall and strong with thick eyebrows, he resembled his mother, tall and graceful, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and his facial features were sharp and angular. He was a very handsome young man.

Chen Xiuying is a member of the "Appearance Association" and is always willing to take a second look at any handsome young man. This young man in front of her really caught her eye, and she couldn't help but look at him a few more times. Hmm! Who knows how many girls he will charm in the future.

Chen Xiuying thought that since Fang had given her daughter a gift, she, as her aunt, should also show some appreciation, but the family didn't have anything rare. Rare? Yes!

There happened to be a set of "Strange Animal Kingdom" on the bookshelf. Chen Xiuying took down the whole set of books and handed them to Song Tingye. "Aunt didn't expect you to come, so I didn't prepare any gifts. This is a set of books your sister drew herself. It's quite interesting. I hope you like it."

Song Tingye took the book, glanced at the title, and was immediately surprised.

He glanced at Zhou Sisi in disbelief, then looked at Chen Xiuying and asked, "Did your sister draw this book?"

"Yes! Your sister came up with it out of her imagination."

Seeing this, Fang also looked over and said, "Silly son, don't just look at it yourself, let your mother take a look too!"

Song Tingye did not receive any signal from his mother. He was flipping through the contents of the upper part for comparison. He wanted to confirm whether it was the book he was reading.

Surprisingly, he'd actually read the book. A classmate had brought it to him, the first part. He hadn't read the second or third part yet. The book was a huge hit in Beijing, and by the time he tried to buy it, it was sold out. He'd heard it came with matching dolls, and many of his classmates considered it an honor to have a complete collection.

He did not expect that in this remote mountain village, he would not only see the entire set of books, but also meet the author himself. If his aunt had not admitted it, he would not have believed that this set of books was written by a little girl, who was not even seven years old.

Song Tingye looked at Zhou Sisi in disbelief. Seeing that someone was looking at her, Zhou Sisi couldn't help but speak, so she smiled sweetly at Song Tingye, "Hello, brother!"

When Zhou Sisi called him, Song Tingye didn't know what was wrong with him. His face suddenly turned red. He lowered his head and pretended to look for something. Finally, he took out a small golden pig from his purse, handed it to Zhou Sisi, and said, "This is for you."

When Zhou Sisi saw that it was another little golden pig, he thought that it might have been given to him by the old lady, so he waved his hand to refuse and said, "I already have one, brother, keep it for yourself." Then, without waiting for Song Tingye to speak, he turned around and went to find his friends to discuss how to play tonight.