I started out with seven husbands, and I worked hard to support my family while crying.

Fang Xiaoxiao walked ahead on her own, saying casually.

"How would I know? What do I care about the Crown Prince and his consort?"

Zhou Wenjian chuckled awkwardly from behind.

"Yes, yes, this has nothing to do with you, my lady."

Phew, looks like I was overthinking it.

He lowered his head and followed closely behind his wife.

An hour later, the three of them finally arrived at their doorstep.

Fang Xiaoxiao reached out and pushed open the courtyard gate.

The courtyard is still the same courtyard.

Murong Changqing remained slumped over the stone table, looking listless.

He glanced up at the person who had come in, and seeing that it was his wife, he lowered his eyes again, lazily looking at the teacup in his hand.

Long Jinyan was still as strong and powerful as ever, shirtless as he vigorously chopped at the woodpile in front of him.

"Snapped!"

He easily split the cylindrical woodpile in half with a single axe stroke.

Judging from the age rings, the woodpile must be several decades old, and its overall size is about the thickness of an adult's thigh.

"Jinyan, stop what you're doing and come eat something good. Your wife brought you a big chicken leg!"

"Big chicken leg..."

Upon hearing that it was the big chicken leg he had been longing for, he was immediately thrilled.

Long Jinyan, who had intended to chop the remaining ten or so piles of firewood, threw down the axe in his hand and strode towards where his wife was.

Fang Xiaoxiao casually placed the packaged food on the stone table, clapped her hands, and smiled.

"Look at you, such a grown man, yet you act like a child. Go wash your hands first before you eat."

"Oh……"

Long Jinyan, who had been told off by his wife, gave a soft "hmm" and hurriedly ran towards the sink on the left.

A separate restroom was specially designed on the right side of the entrance to the courtyard, and a washbasin that is not much different from a modern one was placed at the entrance of the restroom.

This design was specially made by Fang Xiaoxiao to make it convenient for everyone to wash their hands and face after using the toilet.

The washbasin has a very simple design, just a stone basin, modeled after modern washbasins.

It looks quite modern, except that the water dispensing method is a simple faucet made using the pumping principle.

All a person needs to do is hold the handle next to the faucet and press up and down to get water, and the water being pumped is from the well next to the toilet.

She designed the entire house's water supply system to be modern, with all water drawn from this 50-centimeter-diameter well.

Using existing technology, bamboo can be roasted and then used as water pipes to be laid in various rooms that use water, such as bathrooms and kitchens.

Unfortunately, the technology is not yet fully mature, and the pumping equipment does not meet the standards, so the water supply can only be provided on the first floor.

Fortunately, this has little impact. We'll think of a better solution later to enable pumping from the second and third floors.

Fang Xiaoxiao glanced at the fair-skinned scholar who was lying on the table.

"What's wrong with you today? You look so listless."

Murong Changqing replied.

"It's nothing, I just find it really boring to be alone in the yard."

He was actually complaining that Li Renyi could go to the main street while he could only stay in the courtyard and stare blankly.

So that's what happened. It seems we really should find something for these guys to do. From any perspective, it's not right for me to spend so much money supporting them.

Fang Xiaoxiao quickly came up with an idea and invited Zhou Wenjian and the other person beside her to sit down.

"Since everyone is here, I, your wife, have an announcement to make!"

No sooner had these words been spoken than the wooden door creaked open.

When everyone looked over at the sound, they saw a handsome and dignified man walking towards them with a smile on his face.

"He Jinnian!!"

Upon seeing who it was, the people sitting at the stone table all expressed their doubts.

He Jinnian stood still and bowed to the group.

"Everyone, it's been a long time, I've missed you all very much."

Fang Xiaoxiao stood up and said.

"Why are you back?"

"Replying to my wife, I simply missed everyone so much that I came back."

"If my wife finds this distasteful, then I will leave now."

Despite saying this, He Jinnian did not move an inch.

Well, now I have to support another one. It seems I have to make sure everyone has something to do, otherwise I'll really have a hard time finding peace of mind.

Fang Xiaoxiao waved her hands repeatedly, a look of surprise on her face, and quickly replied.

"How could I not welcome you? I dream about whether you'll ever come back!"

Her words were completely unexpected.

He Jinnian returned this time for two purposes. One was that he really wanted to go back to this small courtyard and be with his wife. The other was about the Crown Prince. He was ordered by the Emperor to investigate the whereabouts of the missing Crown Prince.

The Crown Prince has been missing for more than a few months and his whereabouts are still unknown. The Emperor is worried about the Crown Prince's safety, so he sent him to search for him.

But the emperor was strange; he didn't paint a portrait of the crown prince, but only said that the crown prince had three black moles on the soles of his feet.

Once you find someone with three black moles on the soles of their feet, you will bring them back to Kyoto.

It was like looking for a needle in a haystack, but fortunately, according to the information provided by the informant, there were traces of the Crown Prince in Changle County, so he was recommended to come here to investigate.

Fang Xiao underestimated the other party, who stood motionless in place, like a wooden stake.

She stepped forward, looked at her husband who had lost weight in front of her and whom she hadn't seen for a long time, patted his shoulder, and smiled.

"You're not so touched by me that your brain hasn't processed it, are you?"

"Stop daydreaming and sit down at the stone table."

After saying that, he turned and walked towards the stone table.

She was terrified that Long Jinyan would eat all the packed food by himself.

"Jinyan, eat slowly. No one is going to take it from you. You need to learn to chew slowly and carefully."

Just like coaxing a child, Fang Xiaoxiao quickly walked to the stone table and tried to reason with it, telling it not to eat so much.

Long Jinyan held a large chicken leg in his hand, his mouth covered in grease, looking like a disheveled beggar.

He chuckled and wiped his greasy, thick lips with his large palm.

"My wife is absolutely right. Then I will eat slowly."

He replied in this way, but his hands and mouth continued to work without stopping, completely ignoring what his wife had just said.

He wished he could stuff everything on the table into his stomach at once.

Seeing this, Fang Xiaoxiao had no choice but to turn around and invite He Jinnian to sit down.

The three of them quickly finished off the entire table of food.

Long Jinyan ate the most among them.

After he had eaten and drunk his fill, he walked toward the woodpile behind him and continued chopping wood.

During this time, Fang Xiao introduced everyone she had brought to the event.

Murong Changqing looked completely indifferent.

Whether there are many people or few people doesn't matter to him.

In his eyes, the most meaningful thing is probably drinking tea and cooking noodles.

Fang Xiaoxiao chatted with He Jinnian for a while longer.

The two chatted.

She suddenly asked.

"Jin Nian, is Kyoto fun?"

He Jinnian didn't know what he meant, so he just gave a perfunctory reply.

"It's nothing special, not as interesting as Changle County."