The aroma of cooking filled the house: I sent my eldest brother to become the Grand Secretary.

When Mr. and Mrs. Shen came in with the helpers after washing their hands, they saw Shen Yu'an wolfing down his food. The servants, in particular, thought their young master was eating some kind of delicacy, but it turned out to be just a bowl of noodles.

Indeed, it was just a bowl of scallion oil noodles, but when they ate it themselves, it wasn't much better than what their young master ate.

They all exclaimed that they wouldn't trade a bowl of scallion oil noodles for meat.

After Mr. and Mrs. Shen sat down, they saw that the servants of the Shen family were all standing and not moving, and they were all looking at Shen Yu'an.

Shen Yu'an nodded, signaling them to hurry up and eat.

Shen Yu'an wasn't one of those pretentious people in the capital who loved to put on airs; he was the most approachable person around.

After everyone sat down, Shen Cao had already served rice according to the number of people. Each person's bowl contained a bright yellow fried egg with crispy edges and tender yolk, which looked very appetizing.

The servants of the Shen family were deeply moved when they saw the eggs.

These days, eggs are a very precious food. Ordinary people only have the opportunity to eat eggs during festivals. Now, they have only come to the Shen family to move some things and do some physical labor. They didn't even break a sweat, yet the Shen family actually treated them to eggs. And it wasn't a plate of scrambled eggs, but a fried egg for each person.

Everyone present was thinking that they would definitely help the Shen family if they needed it in the future.

After taking a bite of the scallion oil noodles, their belief in this idea intensified. Just by helping out, they could enjoy such delicious food; it was worth it.

It seems we'll have to scramble to help the Shen family from now on.

Haha, perfect timing, we're both surnamed Shen, so it's like helping one of our own, it's nothing.

If Shen Cao knew that a simple fried egg and a bowl of scallion oil noodles could win over so many people, she would definitely cook more other delicious dishes.

Dinner was simple but delicious, and everyone ate to their heart's content.

Shen Yu'an, along with the Shen family servants, helped move all the belongings to the Shen family's new home. As soon as they arrived, before Shen Yu'an could even speak, everyone eagerly and carefully carried the items down.

Shen Yu'an, who had originally planned to treat everyone to a meal, looked at the money bag in front of him and thought, "Ha, these days, even if I have money, I can't spend it."

The next morning, the Shen family packed up the remaining bedding and put it on the carriage left by Shen Yu'an. Just as they were wondering how to drive the carriage, they saw Wei Siyu and Shen Yu'an riding together on the same horse.

Shen Cao looked at the two men on horseback, one in black and one in white. One was a refined and elegant young master from a noble family, and the other had the physique of a strong and muscular military general. They were quite a good match, to be honest.

Wei Siyu dismounted first and ran to Shen Cao to complain, "I heard from Shen Yu'an that he had a delicious meal at your place yesterday. He praised the braised pork and scallion oil noodles as extremely delicious."

“I was held up by family matters yesterday, which is why I couldn’t come to help you yesterday.”

Wei Siyu, standing tall, complained to Shen Cao about Shen Yu'an, and Shen Cao actually detected a hint of coquettishness in her voice. What was going on?

A tall man, over 1.8 meters tall, with a very robust build, was looking down and acting coquettishly towards himself; the scene was rather amusing.

Shen Cao glanced at Shen Yu'an, who was still on horseback. He didn't say anything, but just shrugged, holding his jade fan, to indicate that he was innocent. She patted his shoulder as he leaned closer, "Good boy, I'll cook for you from now on. I'll cook whatever you want to eat."

When Wei Siyu heard that Shen Cao had made it for him, she happily turned around and looked at Shen Yu'an, her expression one of extreme pride.

When he realized that Shen Cao actually claimed to be his older sister, he realized that he already had two older sisters and didn't need any more. Besides, he was two years older than Shen Cao and the same age as her older brother.

“Shen Cao, I’m a full two years older than you.” Wei Siyu held up two fingers, speaking very seriously.

"Oh, then I won't do it."

Wei Siyu immediately withdrew his fingers, "No! No, please, sister, okay?" He thought to himself that Shen Cao would be the older sister when cooking, but the younger sister at other times.

"Alright, don't forget the important business today. All you do is eat."

Shen Cao finally understood why the two of them had become good friends.

Shen Cao briefly introduced Wei Siyu to the Shen family. Shen Yu'an had met her before, so there was no need for an introduction.

On the way back to the county town, Wei Siyu looked at Shen Yu'an riding on horseback and asked, "Why am I driving the carriage and you riding a horse?"

Shen Yu'an held the horse's reins in one hand and opened his jade-bone fan with the other. "Didn't you say you were coming to help today? How can you be helping if you're riding a horse?"

"how about you?"

"I already helped yesterday."

Wei Siyu felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. He could only drive the carriage and follow Shen Yu'an to Shen Cao's new home.

Everyone in the family, except Shen Chen, has seen the new home.

Shen Chen stared blankly at the house located on the main road of the county town. He thought that the house his sister bought was in the suburbs of the county town, or at most on the edge of the county town. He did not expect that it was in the center of the county town.

It seems he needs to study even harder, otherwise he'll fall behind his sister and won't be able to support her.

If Shen Chen was only slightly surprised before, after touring the new house, he was utterly shocked.

I never expected my new home to be so big; it's bigger than the front and back yards of the thatched-roof house I used to live in in Stone Village.

Not only is it large, but the decor also shows that the previous owner loved life, as the home exudes sophistication.

It was also Wei Siyu's first time visiting Shen Cao's new home. He walked around, looked it over, and then punched Shen Yu'an on the shoulder, saying, "You found a nice place!"

"That's right, when has my judgment ever been wrong?" Shen Yu'an opened his jade fan and fanned himself smugly.

The family walked to the courtyard of the living area at the back and began to assign rooms. There were six rooms in total. Mr. and Mrs. Shen lived in the room on the far right, which Shen Cao had seen before and knew was a larger room.

My older brother lives in the room opposite my parents' room; the two rooms are the same size.

Shen Qing wanted his room to be next to his older brother's so that his brother could easily discipline him. So he lived next door to his older brother.

Shen Cao and Shen Wan lived on the side of their parents' house, each with their own room.

Hearing his younger sister's arrangement, Shen Chen wanted to refuse and give his room to Shen Cao.

"Sister, I'm a grown man, I can't stay in such a big room. How about we switch? I'll stay in your room."

"Big brother, just listen to me. You can live in the bigger room. If you need to read or something, and it gets late, you can just read in your own room so as not to disturb the family. Since you love reading so much, your room should definitely be full of books. A bigger room is better."

After listening to Shen Cao's words, Shen Chen felt that there was some truth to what she said, so he stopped refusing.