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When Ruan Xiaojun smoothly drove the carriage to his doorstep, Chen Donghua heard the noise outside and hurried out to greet him. By the bright moonlight, she immediately recognized her eldest son, Ruan Xiaojun, sitting in the driver's seat.

"Xiaojun, this..." Chen Donghua pointed at the carriage, wanting to know what had happened, but she was so nervous that she couldn't even speak clearly.

"Mom, we're back!" At this moment, a lively and lovely figure poked her head out of the carriage, her face beaming with a bright smile, full of joy.

Chen Donghua hurriedly walked to the carriage and reached out her hands to help her daughter down. However, to her surprise, Ruan Mumu lightly jumped down from the carriage, like a nimble little bird, and landed steadily on the ground in front of Chen Donghua.

"You two were so bold today, sneaking off to buy a carriage. Aren't you afraid of being cheated? And you didn't even come home earlier, making me worry about you," Chen Donghua said to the two children with a hint of reproach.

Ruan Mumu took Chen Donghua's hand and comforted her with a smile, "Mom, don't worry, most people can't fool me. It's good enough that I don't try to fool others."

Then she turned to Ruan Xiaojun and said, "Brother, unload the carriage first, and lead the horse to the big tree at the back and tie it up. Hey, it's getting dark, and we don't have any fodder at home! What are we going to do?"

"Brother, did you go to the county town to buy a horse-drawn carriage today?" Ruan Xiaohai heard the commotion outside and hurriedly ran out. Seeing Ruan Xiaojun unloading the carriage, he rushed over to help.

While busy unloading the carriage, Ruan Xiaojun replied, "Yes, my sister said it would be more convenient to buy a horse-drawn carriage, and I couldn't stop her. Xiaohai, let me tell you, the feeling of driving a horse-drawn carriage..."

Ruan Xiaojun talked non-stop about his experience of learning to drive a horse-drawn carriage today, and how he drove it back. He was so excited and thrilled.

After the two unloaded the carriage, Ruan Xiaojun led the horse to the big tree behind the house and tied it up. Ruan Xiaohai then went inside to bring half a basin of water for the horse.

"Xiaohai, you feed the horses water first. I'll go to Fourth Grandfather's house to borrow some hay to feed the horses. I'll cut some more and return it to them tomorrow." After instructing Ruan Xiaohai, Ruan Xiaojun excitedly ran out.

Ruan Mumu took Chen Donghua's hand and returned to the house, then said in a coquettish tone, "Mom, I'm hungry."

Seeing her daughter acting cute and charming, Chen Donghua couldn't stay angry. She quickly brought out the food and urged Ruan Mumu to eat first.

Ruan Mumu didn't touch her chopsticks; instead, she poured herself some water and drank it slowly.

"Mumu, didn't you say you were hungry? Eat first!" Chen Donghua urged her daughter when she saw that she hadn't touched her chopsticks.

"Mother, have you eaten yet? I want to wait for my eldest brother to come over before we eat together," Ruan Mumu said while drinking water. Then she took out a hundred-tael silver note from her bosom and handed it to Chen Donghua, and then rummaged through the silver ingots in her basket and took them out and put them on the table.

"Mumu, what treasure did you sell this time? Mother has two hundred taels of silver notes here, that should be enough to build a house." Chen Donghua didn't take the silver notes, but looked at Ruan Mumu with loving eyes.

"Mother, take this. We're going to clear the barren mountains and fence them off, right? You can keep this money for now. I'll give it to you when I get the money. Don't be too stingy." Ruan Mumu generously stuffed two hundred-tael silver notes into Chen Donghua's arms.

She still had two thousand taels of silver notes and some loose change, but she couldn't take out too much money at once, lest her mother suspect something.

Chen Donghua couldn't persuade her daughter otherwise, so she had no choice but to lock up the silver ingots and banknotes.

When Chen Donghua sat down at the table again, Ruan Xiaojun and Ruan Xiaohai had already returned, and Ruan Xiaojun and Ruan Mumu were eating.

"Mother, when are you going to send someone to Jin Hua's house to formally propose marriage?" Ruan Mumu asked Chen Donghua, then winked at Ruan Xiaojun.

Upon hearing her daughter's words, Chen Donghua happily replied, "I'll go whenever Matchmaker Liu is free these next few days. I already gave them the betrothal money yesterday, so Matchmaker Liu's visit is just a formality. We'll set a specific date later."

"Mother, shouldn't we wait a few days until Uncle Dongyang confirms when construction will begin, and then let my eldest brother get married after the house is finished?" Ruan Mumu said from the side.

Chen Donghua nodded.

“Once our house is built, I reckon a lot of people will come to our door to ask my second brother to marry someone,” Ruan Mumu said, looking at Ruan Xiaohai.

Ruan Xiaohai blushed deeply at his sister's words and said softly, "I'm still young, and I haven't taken a fancy to any woman. I'm not in a hurry to get married."

“You’re not a child anymore, you’ll be sixteen next year.” Chen Donghua smiled at her youngest son.

The family chatted idly, and time passed quickly. Every half hour, Ruan Xiaojun and Ruan Xiaohai would go out to check on the horses, worried that someone might steal them.

As night deepened and all was quiet, Ruan Mumu lay in bed, preparing to fall asleep. Suddenly, a robot's voice echoed in her mind: "Master, I need to upgrade."

Ruan Mumu replied, "If you want to upgrade, then go upgrade! Why are you asking me?"

"Master, this upgrade will cost about a thousand taels of silver..." The purple elf's voice trailed off.

"What?" Ruan Mumu sat up in shock. "How much do you want?"

"One thousand taels of silver," the purple elf whispered.

"What? You came here specifically to rob me? No way, I absolutely refuse!" Ruan Mumu said irritably.

"After the upgrade, you can get half a cup more of the system's spiritual spring water every day..." the purple elf said with a playful smile, as if tempting someone.

"Hmph, dream on! I've worked so hard to earn this little bit of money, and you're trying to take advantage of my misfortune? The spirit spring water isn't something I urgently need." Ruan Mumu said with a look of disdain.

"Ding—" Suddenly, a crisp sound reached my mind. Then, the system announced: "The system has received one thousand taels of silver. Congratulations on your system leveling up to level one."

Ruan Mumu was instantly dumbfounded. Her eyes widened as she stared at everything in front of her in disbelief. In her heart, she cried out, "You skinflint, come out here! Give me an explanation! Why are you deducting my money like that? I said I didn't agree!"

"Master, I'm going to rest. I'm tired from leveling up today. Please don't summon me again tonight." The purple elf ignored her master's frustration and fell silent after speaking.

No matter how much Ruan Mumu called out, it was to no avail, which made her heart ache with anger.