The next morning, just after dawn, Xu Miao was awakened by Dahei's roar.

Xu Miao snuggled in bed and listened carefully, then heard a knock on the door: "Miss Xu, are you awake?"

"Get up and open the door!"

Chun'er also woke up at this time, mumbling as she quickly got up and put on her clothes: "Second Miss, who do you think came knocking on the door so early in the morning?"

"It's not even daybreak yet, why are you knocking on our door?"

"It's a little too early for the villagers to come visit."

Chun'er muttered to herself as she put on her shoes and ran out to open the door.

Xu Miao also quickly got up and dressed. When she pushed the door open and came out, she saw Aunt Han holding the fat child in her arms, standing trembling at the door, her eyes fixed on Dahei, and shouting, "Miss Xu, come out and see the dog!"

"This big black dog is so fierce! It scared me to death!"

Seeing this, Xu Miao hurriedly called Dahei back and quickly walked over to Aunt Han: "Aunt Han, what happened? Why are you knocking on the door so early in the morning?"

Aunt Han: "It's okay, it's okay. I just came to see if you got up."

"Didn't they say that all the villagers would come and kowtow to you soon?"

"The farmers get up early, so they'll be here soon. Look outside."

Xu Miao looked outside the gate in the direction Aunt Han pointed, and saw white smoke coming out of the chimneys of several households. It was obvious that they had already gotten up and started making breakfast.

"I was at home looking after my grandson last night and didn't have time to come and help you clean. I thought I'd come and wake you up early this morning."

"Otherwise, it would be embarrassing if the villagers were trapped in their beds."

Aunt Han spoke quickly to Xu Miao while stuffing her fat grandson into Xu Miao's arms.

"This is my eldest grandson, Tiedan. Hurry and carry him into the house to wash up. I'll clean the yard for you."

The yard had been cleaned last night when Village Chief Han took his men away. Later, Zhou Jicheng came back with his soldiers, dragged wood into the yard, and chopped wood in the yard again.

The yard is a mess now. Xu Miao and Chun'er didn't have time to clean it up last night.

Suddenly, there was a heavy fat boy in Xu Miao's arms, and Xu Miao was so scared that she quickly hugged the child tightly.

Tiedan was like a little meatball, jumping around in Xu Miao's arms, with his two little hands firmly grasping Xu Miao's sleeves. He looked like a healthy and lively child.

Tiedan was babbling something, which made Xu Miao very happy. "Aunt Han, you really took good care of Tiedan. He's a naughty little rascal."

Aunt Han cleaned up quickly while looking up at Tiedan in Xu Miao's arms and said happily, "My eldest grandson is the best child in the world."

"Why are you two still standing there? Hurry up and take the child into the house to wash his face. Don't let my eldest grandson get cold."

After Aunt Han finished speaking, she started cleaning diligently without even raising her head.

Xu Miao's yard is quite big, and it takes some effort for her to clean it by herself.

Not only is Xu Miao's yard quite big, but the house is also quite big.

There are two houses in the yard. One is where Xu Miao and Chun'er live. It is a standard rural building style. There is an outer room when you enter the house, and the outer room is the kitchen and storage room.

The daily necessities brought by Xu Miao and her friends were still packed in several large bags and neatly stacked on the ground against the wall of the outer room.

Xu Miao and Chun'er didn't bother to clean up.

After passing the outer room, there is the bedroom for daily living.

There was a wardrobe, a round dining table and several chairs against the wall in the bedroom. There were also two large wooden boxes on the kang, each with a lock, used to store valuables and other miscellaneous items.

Although the two rooms are not large, each one is very spacious.

Another house in the yard is a reception room prepared for Xu Miao to meet guests.

It was a spacious and bright room with a large round table and many wooden stools.

Because it was prepared for meeting guests, the house was simply cleaned and no fire was lit.

The entire courtyard is built of red bricks, even the outer courtyard walls are made of red bricks. There is only one such house in Hanjia Village, and the villagers call it the Big House.

Xu Miao and Chun'er hurriedly carried Tiedan into the house. After Chun'er entered the house, she teased Tiedan in Xu Miao's arms and said to him with a smile:

"Second Miss, I guess Aunt Han must have been beaten last night. Otherwise, why would her attitude suddenly become so nice?"

Chun'er still remembers the scene last night when Aunt Han was standing at the door of his house, shouting and blocking the door to prevent Xu Miao from entering the yard.

Xu Miaoke didn't have time to care about what happened to Aunt Han. He carried Tiedan in his arms into the inner room and placed him on the kang. He made a small fence for him with a quilt to prevent him from falling off the kang.

While Xu Miao was keeping an eye on Tiedan, he quickly changed into new clothes.

After tying her hair up, she took out a jade hairpin from the package and pinned it on her head.

This hairpin was given to her by the wife of Duke Dingguo, and it was in excellent condition. At that time, Chun'er asked Xu Miao to keep some jewelry, so Xu Miao kept this hairpin, and now she wears it on her head.

After Xu Miao got dressed, he took out a pure gold longevity lock from the package and put it around Tiedan's neck.

The longevity lock is about the length of an adult's little finger, made of pure gold, with "Long Life" engraved on the lock body and strung together with a red string, which is just suitable for children of Tiedan's age to wear.

The longevity lock was bought by Xu Miao at the suggestion of his mother when they were shopping in Beijing.

When the little girl heard Xu Miao say that the village chief of Hanjia Village was about the same age as housekeeper Qian, she reminded Xu Miao to buy two longevity locks and carry them with him.

He said that if Village Chief Han had children, he could give them as gifts, and if he couldn't give them away, he could keep the money and use it as money.

After Xu Miao was dressed, Chun'er also boiled some hot water outside and found some tea leaves from a large bag on the ground, ready to make tea for the villagers later.

Aunt Han walked into the house from outside, patting the dust off her body with her hands. When she saw the tea leaves Chun'er had brought out, she smiled and said, "My daughter, why are you preparing tea leaves? A cup of hot water will do."

"This tea is a precious commodity. We peasants can't even drink a few sips in our lifetime. Hurry up and put it away. Keep it for yourselves to drink slowly."

When Xu Miao heard Aunt Han enter the room, he also came out of the bedroom holding Tiedan.

Aunt Han first saw the longevity lock hanging on Tiedan's chest and her eyes widened: "Master, is this longevity lock made of gold?"

Aunt Han had never seen a longevity lock made of gold. Many years ago, she followed Village Chief Han to Dingzhou City. She had seen longevity locks made of silver in jewelry shops in the city, but this was the first time she had seen one made of gold.

Xu Miao nodded: "Aunt Han, this is made of gold. It's my gift to Tiedan."

Aunt Han was overjoyed when she heard this. She hugged Tiedan and gave him a big kiss on his red face: "Oh, grandma's iron egg has turned into a golden egg. Go and thank your aunt!"

After saying that, Aunt Han held Tiedan and bowed happily to Xu Miao. Xu Miao smiled and quickly dodged.

Aunt Han stood up and looked up at the hairpin on Xu Miao's head: "Oh, Auntie, your hairpin is so beautiful, it makes you look more energetic."

Aunt Han didn't know what material the hairpin was made of, but she knew that it was a valuable item. When worn on Xu Miao's head, it made Xu Miao look noble and dignified, and full of elegance.

Chun'er didn't care what Xu Miao and Aunt Han said. She was busy taking out candies, melon seeds, peanuts and other things from a big bag and preparing to put them in another room.

Seeing that Chun'er was unable to handle the work by herself, Aunt Han quickly put Tiedan into Xu Miao's arms and reached out to help Chun'er take out the things.

Xu Miao bought these candies and melon seeds in Dingzhou City as gifts for the villagers.

Xu Miao not only bought candies, but also bought a lot of small paper bags, thinking of using these small paper bags to put some candies and melon seeds in and give some to each family.

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