In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

After the problem was solved, the source should still be found. Su Zhizhi asked with a stern face: "What exactly caused this fire?"

"It was me who insisted on running around. You can't blame my sister." Shen Congjiang took the initiative to take responsibility and take the blame.

Jiaojiao just stood there not daring to say a word, and Su Zhizhi knew that this matter was not that simple.

Xu Miao lifted Shen Congjiang's butt and was about to spank him, scolding him, "Do you know how much trouble you've caused? How could you be so ignorant?"

"What's going on?" Su Zhizhi asked seriously, with a stern face, asking Jiaojiao to tell the truth.

Under pressure from Su Zhizhi, Jiaojiao could only tell the truth and lowered her head with a look of guilt: "This has nothing to do with Brother Congjiang. I was the one who chased him all this."

Because this incident had such a significant impact, Su Zhizhi lectured Jiaojiao for the first time: "Why did you run off to play in the stove when there are so many other places to go? What if you burn the house down?"

"I'm sorry, mother, we won't dare to do it again." It was Jiaojiao who overturned the stove, and it was also Jiaojiao who took the initiative to suggest playing games in the yard. Jiaojiao knew she was in the wrong and admitted her mistake.

"You little brat, you're also at fault. Why don't you keep an eye on your sister?" Xu Miao grabbed Shen Congjiang's ear and cursed him. Even though it was Jiaojiao's fault, Shen Congjiang still got scolded.

"I'm sorry for what happened today. I'm going to take this kid home and teach him a lesson." Xu Miao apologized to Su Zhi in a serious manner, and finally the two children were taken home and scolded.

After Xu Miao left, Su Zhizhi realized that she had to make Jiaojiao realize her mistake, so she simply punished her by saying, "You must stand for an hour today. You are not allowed to eat until you have enough time!"

Jiaojiao had been living a life of luxury since childhood, and she couldn't stand even the slightest punishment. She could only cry loudly: "Wa wa!"

Jiaojiao's cries echoed throughout the mansion. Xie Chengjin happened to see this scene after leaving the court. He hugged Jiaojiao distressedly and wiped the tears from her face: "What on earth did Jiaojiao do wrong? How could you punish Jiaojiao?"

"Look for yourself what Jiaojiao has done to our house. We almost lost our home." Su Zhizhi recounted what happened with a helpless look on her face. Xie Chengjin hugged Jiaojiao with heartache and then realized that the whole house was filled with a strong smell of burning.

Xie Chengjin looked up and found that the hall had been burned down, and many precious artifacts had been burned to ashes.

"Will you dare to be so naughty again in the future?" Xie Chengjin also turned into a stern father and scolded Jiaojiao, "What if you hurt yourself?"

"I won't dare to do it again next time." Jiaojiao repeatedly promised Su Zhizhi that she would not be so naughty.

In the end, the couple couldn't bear to let Jiaojiao go, so they had to give up.

"What should we do now?" Seeing the heavy losses caused by the fire, Su Zhizhi felt a headache.

The Chinese New Year is almost here, and if the affiliated high school continues to be in such a mess, it will be laughed at.

"Don't worry, leave this matter to me. I will definitely repair the hall before the New Year." Xie Chengjin was not too angry. He was glad that Jiaojiao was fine. As long as she was not injured, everything was enough.

After learning about this, Xie Chengjin contacted a carpenter to redecorate the hall and spent a lot of money: "You must repair the hall before the New Year. I will definitely reward you handsomely."

Xie Chengjin spent a lot of effort to hire high-end carpenters from all over the city, and they worked against the clock to repair the hall, returning it to its original state before the fire.

During the morning court session, the prince heard that he had specially rewarded Xie Chengjin with some valuable items and arranged for some eunuchs in the palace to move all these valuable items to Xie Chengjin's mansion.

Seeing so many precious jade bottles and porcelains, Xie Chengjin was confused: "Grandpa, why did you suddenly move so many things into my house?"

Xie Chengjin immediately recognized these eunuchs as the Crown Prince's right-hand men. The eunuch explained what had happened: "His Royal Highness heard that your house had been burned down, so he specially arranged for many important items to serve as decorations."

"These things are too valuable, we can't use them. Please thank the prince for his kindness on our behalf." Xie Chengjin politely refused.

"We moved here with great effort, please don't make things difficult for us." The eunuchs and servants were unwilling to move back. The prince had specifically requested that they be sent to Xie Chengjin's mansion.

Xie Chengjin didn't want to make things difficult for these servants, so he could only accept them temporarily. There were simply too many treasures here and he couldn't fit them all in.

After putting some valuables in the living room, there was still a lot of extra gold, silver and jewelry with nowhere to put them. Su Zhizhi was particularly distressed: "With so many treasures, where should we put them?"

"Let's move the dining area to the side hall and put these things in the hall." Xie Chengjin could only vacate the place in advance. Since the hall was temporarily unusable, the dining area was moved to a house in the side courtyard.

Just when they were about to change the place to eat, they passed by a courtyard on the way. The two people did not inform the servants in the mansion that they were changing the place to eat, and they were unaware of it. Only then did they realize that they could see the servants having secret meetings between men and women every noon.

Seeing this, Xie Chengjin was furious. He immediately stepped forward to stop them: "How can this be? How can these servants secretly meet behind our backs? I must teach them a lesson."

"I'm the mistress of the house. You don't have to worry about this matter. Leave it to me and I will help you handle it." Su Zhizhi hurriedly stopped Xie Chengjin's impulsive behavior.

If she exposed them in public, it would definitely ruin the woman's reputation. Su Zhizhi decided to find a way to have the best of both worlds.

Knowing well the negative impact, Su Zhizhi, as the mother of the family, naturally took the initiative to shoulder the burden of resolving the backyard issues and specially held a meeting.

"It's almost the Lunar New Year. I've noticed quite a few people having secret meetings. I won't name them here, but if you see this happening, please stop it. If I catch you again, I won't let you off lightly."

Su Zhizhi specifically used the incident of servants having secret meetings between men and women to teach them a lesson, but she did not mention their names to give them enough face. The maids and guards knew they had been discovered and did not dare to move. At the same time, they were also grateful to Su Zhizhi for not exposing them. Su Zhizhi successfully curbed the phenomenon of secret meetings between men and women.

Because Su Peizhi couldn't go home for dinner, Meng's mother lost interest in anything.

I was unhappy during the meal and had no appetite, so I took two bites and got up to leave: "I'm full."

"Mom, why do you have no appetite after eating so little?" The attentive Su Zhizhi noticed that something was not right with Meng's mother's mood. Su Zhizhi's caring voice came to her ears: "Did something happen?"