After time travel, share a space with your modern family.

On the way home, Ruan Mumu sat in the driver's seat, waving a whip in his hand, urging the carriage forward.

Watching this young girl drive the carriage, Qiao Tinghao couldn't help but feel a surge of curiosity. Looking at the ancient version of a "BMW" carriage, he wondered just how difficult it was to drive such ancient vehicles. So, he sat down beside her, his curiosity piqued, and asked, "Mumu, I'd like to try driving too. Could you teach me?"

Ruan Mumu couldn't help but chuckle as she looked at Qiao Tinghao's serious expression.

She put down the riding crop and turned to Qiao Tinghao, saying, "Of course! But before we begin, let me explain some basic points. First, you need to master the use of the reins and riding crop; they are key to controlling the horse's forward movement, stopping, and turning! Then, pay attention to the road conditions and prepare in advance to avoid accidents. Another important point is to establish a good communication and trust relationship with the horse; this will allow you to better control it. Understand?"

Qiao Tinghao listened with great interest, nodding repeatedly to show his understanding. Then, Ruan Mumu continued to explain in detail how to properly hold the reins, wield the whip, and control the speed.

As Qiao Tinghao listened, he carefully observed Ruan Mumu's actions, trying to memorize every detail. After Ruan Mumu finished explaining, Qiao Tinghao eagerly took the reins and whip, ready to try driving the horse himself.

Ruan Mumu sat to the side watching him drive the carriage. Novice drivers always take it slow, so she wasn't worried. After all, the slow speed wasn't a problem.

However, Qiao Tinghao mastered the driving technique very quickly, as if men are just naturally drawn to cars, whether it's a modern car or an ancient horse-drawn carriage.

Since the journey wasn't long, Qiao Tinghao didn't feel like he was really riding at full speed before he arrived at the home Ruan Mumu had mentioned—the Ruan Family Ancestral Hall.

"Mumu, you're back!" Chen Donglan had come at Chen Donghua's request to discuss the housewarming ceremony. After they finished talking, she had just stepped out of the ancestral hall when she saw Ruan Mumu and the others slowly approaching in a horse-drawn carriage.

When Ruan Mumu saw Chen Donglan, she replied, "Aunt Donglan, are you going home? Why don't you have dinner at my house before you leave? I bought a lot of groceries."

When the carriage approached, Chen Donglan was a little confused: "That's strange, Xiaojun, weren't you just inside? How come you're sitting in the carriage so soon?"

Chen Donglan's words made Ruan Mumu burst into laughter: "Aunt Donglan, he's not my eldest brother, he's my third brother."

Chen Donghua was even more confused at this moment. Who else could this be but Xiaojun?

Seeing Chen Donglan's puzzled look, he quickly explained, "Aunt Donglan, this is my third brother. When my mother gave birth to him and me, we were in the fields, right? One of us was taken away. Since we weren't there, my mother was afraid that my grandmother would find out and torment her if she came back, so she chose to keep it a secret. My third brother just came to the village yesterday. Look how much he looks like my eldest brother. Even you mistook him for my eldest brother. Who would believe that he wasn't born to our mother?"

"Good boy, it's good that you're back! It's good that you're back! The better days are yet to come!" Chen Donglan said with a smile.

"Third Brother, let me introduce you. This is Aunt Donglan, our mother's cousin. She's now the daughter-in-law of Grandma Fourteen. You'll get to know her better later," Ruan Mumu continued, introducing her to Qiao Tinghao.

"Hello, Aunt Donglan." Qiao Tinghao bowed slightly to Chen Donghua. He didn't know what kind of greeting was required here, so he just bowed and greeted her as if he were greeting a teacher.

"Oh my, child, why are you doing such a grand gesture?" Chen Donglan smiled broadly. "Now that you're back, you should take good care of your mother! She's had a really tough time these past few years. Alright, I have to go back now; I still need to cook for them!"

Seeing that she couldn't keep Chen Donglan, Ruan Mumu gave her a bag of pastries to take back. Chen Donglan declined repeatedly but couldn't refuse, so she had to accept them.

Qiao Tinghao helped Ruan Mumu carry a basket of things, and then followed her into the ancestral hall.

"Mom, we're back!" Ruan Mumu shouted excitedly as she entered the door.

Upon hearing the noise, Chen Donghua hurriedly came out of the inner room, her face beaming with smiles. She looked happily at Ruan Mumu and Qiao Tinghao and asked with concern, "You're back! Did the household registration process go smoothly?"

Ruan Mumu smiled smugly, then quickly took out the household registration documents, carefully handed them to Chen Donghua, and showed them to Chen Donghua as if they were a treasure.

"That's good, that's good." Chen Donghua couldn't hide her joy, her smile growing even brighter. She carefully examined the household registration documents, her eyes filled with relief.

Seeing her mother so happy, Ruan Mumu was also filled with happiness. She knew that this household registration was of great significance to them; it represented a new member entering the family and brought them even more anticipation for the future.

After lunch, Ruan Mumu said she would take Qiao Tinghao up to Lianshan to take a look. The ditch for burying the water pipe had been dug, but the water pipe had not yet been officially laid.

"Oh dear, we forgot to bring the shovel. Third Brother, could you go down to the new house and get it? I'll go up and wait for you. Just keep walking up this road and you'll see me." Ruan Mumu realized that she hadn't taken the water pipe out of her space yet, and it wouldn't be appropriate to move it directly in front of Qiao Tinghao, so she made up an excuse to ask him to leave temporarily.

Qiao Tinghao nodded upon hearing this, then turned and went down the mountain to get a shovel. After watching him walk away, Ruan Mumu quickly headed up the mountain. Along the way, she carefully observed her surroundings to see if anyone else was there.

Ruan Mumu continued climbing the mountain. After a few more minutes, when she was almost at the spring and could no longer see anyone around, she waved her hand and directly took the portion of the spring her father had prepared from her spatial storage.

The water pipes were moved to a flat area, along with the cutting tools, materials for connecting the pipes, and so on.

A short while later, Qiao Tinghao arrived with two shovels, panting heavily, his forehead covered in sweat.

When he saw the pile of modern PE water pipes next to Ruan Mumu, he was astonished and excitedly asked, pointing at the pipes, "Girl, where did you get these?"

Ruan Mumu looked at him with a smile and said playfully, "Are you curious? Hehe, I'll tell you after I finish my work."

Qiao Tinghao eagerly tried to grab Ruan Mumu's arm, pleadingly saying, "Girl, can you tell me now? This is very important to me."

Ruan Mumu immediately dodged, saying, "If someone sees us pulling and tugging in ancient times, we'll be thrown into a pig cage! Speak up!"

Qiao Tinghao stumbled and almost fell to the ground. He had almost forgotten that men and women were strictly separated in ancient times, so he quickly apologized, "Girl, I'm so sorry! I was too anxious. But can you tell me now what exactly happened?"

Seeing Qiao Tinghao's attitude, Ruan Mumu realized that if she didn't tell him, he probably wouldn't be able to work properly today. She could only say helplessly, "There are a lot of things to do today. We can only move in after the water is brought to the new house. Can we rest for a while and talk about it later? Don't try to avoid working. If you don't work, you won't eat. We don't support idlers in our family."

Qiao Tinghao could only nod reluctantly and obediently pick up the shovel to start working.

Qiao Tinghao arrived at the ditch that had been dug to bury the water pipes and carefully inspected the pipes and the ditch. After thinking for a moment, he replied, "Hmm... how about this? You put the water pipes into the ditch, and I'll use a shovel to fill in the mud behind you. I'm a boy, let me do the hard work!"

Ruan Mumu nodded in agreement. The two then began to work on it.

When the two men carried a bundle of water pipes to the edge of the ditch, Qiao Tinghao helped to slowly roll the pipes forward on the side, laying them out first. Then, the two men began to bury the pipes from the water inlet.

Ruan Mumu moved the water pipe into the ditch and held it in place. Qiao Tinghao then filled the ditch with the soil that had been dug up earlier, burying the water pipe at the same height to prevent it from bending and breaking.

His movements were clumsy at first, but he knew that the process required certain skills and patience. After a while, Qiao Tinghao became much more proficient.

The two quickly laid more than 200 meters of water pipe.

Ruan Mumu avoided Qiao Tinghao's gaze for a moment, took out two bottles of mineral water from her spatial storage, walked up to Qiao Tinghao, and handed them to him: "Have some water and rest for a while!"

Qiao Tinghao took the water, looking at Ruan Mumu with suspicion. He couldn't understand where this little girl got her water from. Did she have a secret storage? Or did she have some special ability? These questions swirled in his mind, filling him with curiosity about Ruan Mumu. But he didn't ask directly, choosing instead to observe her silently.

Ruan Mumu ignored his reaction, unscrewed the bottle of mineral water, and slowly sipped it, her gaze fixed on the foot of the mountain.

Then Qiao Tinghao looked at her, who seemed unhurried and unhurried, as if she hadn't even remembered what she had promised him earlier.

"Little girl, you haven't forgotten something, have you?" Qiao Tinghao unscrewed the bottle of mineral water and took a big gulp before finally asking.

Ruan Mumu finally shifted her gaze from the mountainside to Qiao Tinghao. "What do you want to ask?"

Qiao Tinghao looked at her face and asked seriously, "Girl, do you know Liangcheng? Or are you from Liangcheng? How did you get here? And where did all those things come from? And who exactly are you?..."

When Ruan Mumu heard his barrage of questions, she immediately made a stop gesture and said urgently, "Brother... Brother... Hold on, we still have work to do. I'll answer the first three questions first, and we can talk about the others later."

Ruan Mumu unscrewed the cap of the mineral water bottle, took another sip of water, and slowly said, "I am originally from Liangcheng, and I have always studied in Liangcheng. I was diagnosed with bone cancer in 20X3, right after I graduated from university. In June 20X4, my condition worsened, and then I passed away in modern times..." As she spoke the last sentence, Ruan Mumu's voice grew softer and softer, and a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes.

Qiao Tinghao listened quietly to her story, a feeling of pity welling up in his heart. He gently patted Ruan Mumu's shoulder and comforted her, "Girl, don't be sad, everything will be alright. Now that you're here, perhaps this is a chance for you to start over."

However, when Qiao Tinghao heard Ruan Mumu say "graduated in 20X3", he couldn't help but feel excited. It seemed that this girl was not only from the same city as him, but also the same age, and left that world at basically the same time.

Seeing that Ruan Mumu's emotions had stabilized a bit, Qiao Tinghao asked again, "Girl, would you mind telling me which school you graduated from?"

"The wounds are healed, time to get back to work." Ruan Mumu ignored his pleading gaze and silently turned to walk towards the unburied water pipe.

Even now, Ruan Mumu is still saddened that she left this world in that way, leaving her loved ones to experience such a catastrophe.

If she hadn't been fortunate enough to possess this space, and if this space hadn't been large enough to accommodate her family, she would have left this world with eternal regret.

She still remembers how her family happily discussed what the future would hold before she left this world, and even left a message for themselves twenty years from now, but she didn't have the chance to live to see that time.

Now, she has arrived in a new world, a life she has never faced before: poverty, hardship, and those awful relatives...

Qiao Tinghao felt somewhat guilty as he looked at the girl who had been so optimistic before, now suddenly becoming quiet and withdrawn.

Time passed slowly, and the sun gradually began to set. Thanks to the combined efforts of Qiao Tinghao and Ruan Mumu, the water pipe was finally one-third complete. They would call on their older brothers to join them tomorrow, and they should be able to finish this major project in one day.

Looking at the results before her, Ruan Mumu felt extremely satisfied.

She finally smiled and said gratefully to Qiao Tinghao, "Third Brother, you were amazing today. I didn't expect you to do so well."

Qiao Tinghao smiled and replied, "It's all thanks to our joint efforts. I'm happy to be able to do something for this family. Like you said, we don't support idlers in this family, so I have to work hard too. After the installation is complete, we still need to test the water flow and things like that. Then there's building a water tank, but what if we don't have cement?"

Ruan Mumu thought for a moment and said, "Hmm... let's see if the water can flow out normally. Then we'll build another pool there, and we won't have to worry about not having enough water anymore. Don't worry about the cement; I'll figure out a way to handle that."

When Qiao Tinghao heard Ruan Mumu say that she would find a way to resolve the cement issue, his doubts deepened. However, he didn't want to ask her about it now, so he could only wait for another opportunity.

The two packed their things and walked down the mountain, chatting as they went, discussing what to do the next day.