Seeing Song Qiqi sleeping soundly in bed, Hu Cuicui went over and picked her up.

"Qiqi will sleep with me tonight, and you all should get some rest early too."

After giving Hu Cuicui a grateful look, Song Zidong turned around and sat down next to Ji Qingqing to comfort her.

The next morning, Song Zhili got up and saw Ji Qingqing sweeping the yard. She noticed that Ji Qingqing looked well, so she figured that what happened yesterday must have passed in her mind.

She went up to him and greeted him, and then the two of them went to the main room to have breakfast together.

Not long after they finished breakfast, there was a knock at the door. Song Zhili went to open the door and saw that it was Zhang the carpenter leading a group of people.

"Miss Song, we're here."

Song Zhili nodded and stepped aside to let them all into the courtyard. Ji Qingqing was startled to see so many people coming, as she did not know that Song Zhili was going to rebuild the house.

She jogged to Song Zhili's side, nervously grabbing her arm, "Little sister, what's going on? Why are so many people at our house?"

After what happened yesterday, Ji Qingqing became even more timid. Song Zhili patted the back of her hand and said, "Sister-in-law, don't be afraid. These are the workers I hired to build our house. They are here to rebuild our house."

Ji Qingqing was surprised to hear Song Zhili say that.

Seeing that Ji Qingqing had let go, Song Zhili went up to Zhang the carpenter and discussed with him how to build the house.

Finally, they decided to build half of it first, and then build the other half, so that they would have a place to stay temporarily at night.

Song Zhili, Hu Cuicui, and the others moved all their belongings out of the house, leaving two rooms, and then moved all their things into those two rooms.

At night, they had to make do with sleeping on the floor, with the women sleeping in one room and the men in another.

After everything was moved, Zhang the carpenter and his men demolished half of the mud-brick house.

Song Zhili thought that they had come from a long way, and if she didn't provide lunch, they would have to go back to eat, which would be a waste of time. So she simply decided to provide meals at home.

She remembered that Song Zidong had forgotten to tell her this when he went to town that morning, and she also wanted to take the ginseng to sell. So she picked up her basket and headed outside.

"Mom, I'm going to town. If you're making fish balls later, could you please ask Aunt Zhang or Aunt Zhao to let you get them from their house?"

Now that their house has been demolished and the yard is full of dust, they can no longer make fish balls in their yard.

"Alright, Daya, you can go now. Oh, and when you go to town, stop by the academy to see your second brother and see if he needs anything."

"okay, I get it."

Song Zhili responded and headed towards the village entrance. Just as she arrived, she saw Song Feng driving the oxcart back. She paid Shunfeng for the oxcart and climbed onto it.

After sitting there for a while, several aunties came over one after another to ride in the oxcart. Before long, Song Feng took them to the town.

Upon arriving in town, Song Zhili first went to the pharmacy to sell the ginseng. The shopkeeper, seeing that the ginseng was of good quality, gave her 150 taels of silver.

Song Zhili carefully put away the silver, then went to Jixiang Restaurant to meet up with Song Zidong. The two of them strolled around the town together and bought some meat and vegetables.

Afterwards, Song Zhili went to the clothing store and bought Song Ziyuan several pieces of clothing and shoes. She then went to the study and bought him some calligraphy brushes and inkstones.

Although he had given Song Ziyuan three taels of silver before, Song Zhili thought that he would definitely be reluctant to spend it, given his personality.

After buying these items, the two of them went to the entrance of the academy together.

They arrived just as the students were leaving school, and several students were walking out of the academy one after another.

After most of the people had left, Song Zhili stepped forward and politely asked the student who was about to close the door.

"Young master, could you please go and call Song Ziyuan out?"

Upon hearing Song Zhili's question, the student looked up, sized her up and down, and then a strange smile appeared on his lips.

"Please wait here for a moment, young lady. I'll go in and call someone for you right away."

After the person finished speaking, Song Zhili saw him run towards the academy. She had also seen the smile on the student's face.

She found it strange that the person she was looking for, Song Ziyuan, smiled so oddly.

Before he could think it through, Song Ziyuan hurriedly walked out of the academy. When he saw Song Zhili and Song Zidong standing at the door, he quickened his pace.

When Song Zhili saw Song Ziyuan come out, she was very happy and waved to him. She noticed that Song Ziyuan was not alone; he was followed by two or three students.

One of them is the same one I saw at the door earlier.

Song Ziyuan also noticed that there were several people following behind him. He turned his head to look, then pulled Song Zhili and Song Zidong out of the academy and came to the side.

"Big brother, little sister, what brings you here?"

"It's because your mother was worried about you. I just bought you some things. Take them. Don't be stingy with the money I gave you. Buy the books you need and use the things you need. If you run out of money, just tell me."

As she spoke, Song Zhili took out all the things she had bought for Song Ziyuan from her basket and put them into his hands.

Soon, Song Ziyuan's hands were stuffed full of things. "That's enough, little sister. Why did you buy me so many things? I can't carry any more."

Song Zhili looked up and placed the last pair of boots from the basket into his hands. "That's all. By the way, Second Brother, how's the food at the academy? Do you need me to have Eldest Brother bring you food every day?"

"Little sister, you really don't need to. We're eating quite well at the academy. Go back and tell Mom not to worry about me. I'm doing fine here."

"Okay, then Second Brother, you can go back now. We're going back too. Make sure you eat well at the academy."

After giving her a few words of advice, Song Zhili left the academy with Song Zidong.

After watching them leave, Song Ziyuan turned around and walked into the academy. He had only taken a few steps when the men who had been following him earlier suddenly jumped out.

"Ziyuan, you are so lucky. Before, the young lady from the Liu family would come to bring you food every day. Now, who is this young lady from? She is so good to you, bringing you so many things."

“This is not some young lady from a certain family. This is my younger sister and older brother. My relationship with that young lady from the Liu family is completely innocent. Don’t spread rumors. I have refused all the food she sent me.”

Those people were just joking, and seeing that Song Ziyuan was speaking to them so seriously, they wisely shut their mouths and changed the subject.

The group chatted and laughed as they walked into the academy.

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