After transmigrating, he supported his family by working at a garbage dump.

What kind of year is this? Hu San Niang raised so many laying hens, but she stored all the eggs away, only cooking a few on holidays or when someone in the family had a birthday.

It's not that they can't afford it, but this is Hu San Niang's way of supplementing her family's income. Like ordinary families, she saves it to sell for money and doesn't cook it for herself easily.

Seeing Zhang He suddenly pull out four or five boiled eggs, she was taken aback and hurriedly waved her hand to refuse, "What are you doing? Save them for the children. We've already eaten at home."

Li Quanfu was still carrying the sack of goods. Taking advantage of the brief pause, he adjusted the sack on his shoulder to a comfortable position.

Not to mention that he doesn't have a free hand to take it now, even if he did have a free hand, he wouldn't take it, always saying that he had already eaten.

Seeing that neither of them would accept it, Zhang He, who was usually gentle, pretended to be cold and said something like, "If you do this, sister-in-law, you are looking down on me." She then peeled the eggs and stuffed them into their mouths.

Neither the couple could refuse, so they had no choice but to accept it.

"He Niang, you really are something..."

Despite all that talk, Hu San Niang was genuinely happy.

When the tender egg entered her mouth, she swallowed several times after finishing it, exclaiming in amazement, "Where did this egg come from? It smells so good!"

The old hen she lent to Zhang He was all taken away by wolves, so it couldn't possibly have been eggs laid by her own hen. Therefore, she could only have bought them in town.

Zhang He smiled slightly. She couldn't very well say that she brought them from a fairy's place, so she made up a random excuse, saying that she saw the eggs at the market and they looked very good, so she bought them from an old lady, but she didn't remember who she was.

To everyone's surprise, Hu Sanniang took these words to heart and excitedly said, "Let's go to the market later and see if we can find her again. How does that old woman feed her chickens? These eggs are so fragrant, even more fragrant than the eggs laid by hens fed rice. Or maybe they're a different breed..."

As she spoke, she lifted the basket she was carrying to show Zhang He, "I was just about to buy eggs, maybe we'll run into each other..."

Looking at the neatly arranged eggs in the basket, Zhang He smoothed the stray hairs at her temples and forced a smile; she felt a little embarrassed.

As for Li Xiaomo, he was just a child and didn't think too much about it. He took the egg, peeled it, and ate it. He finished the egg in no time, saying "thank you, Aunt He" as he ate.

Zhang He patted his head, smiled gently, and praised him for being such a good boy.

If it were according to Xu Wenjie's way of addressing her, she should call her aunt. However, although Hu Sanniang recognized Xu Zhuzhu as her daughter, she still regarded Zhang He as her younger sister, so she deliberately let the child call her that.

Zhang He didn't care about these things.

Xu Zhuzhu was alone in her previous life and was unfamiliar with these terms of address for relatives, which led to many funny situations.

For example, she had always called Hu San Niang "Auntie, Auntie," which led Xu An astray, and he should have called her "Auntie" instead.

“Calling your uncles and aunts like that is going to be a laughing stock when you go out,” Zhang He had corrected them long ago.

However, since Hu San Niang felt that calling her that made her look younger, she didn't care about such things and let the children keep calling her "Auntie," which made her happy.

Now that Xu Andu calls Xu Zhuzhu "godfather" and "godmother," these kinds of jokes are no longer possible.

Afterwards, the group walked together towards the town.

Instead of working from dawn till dusk to do business, and unlike usual rushing through life with her eyes closed, Xu Zhuzhu had some leisure time to appreciate the scenery this time.

She didn't think much of it at first, but when she observed it carefully, the towering mountains, dense forests, and tall bamboos were quite impressive. She wondered if there were any remote mountain temples nearby, and she was quite curious about what ancient temples looked like and whether they had many eminent monks...

"We don't have them here, but we do in the county town. They're not in the mountains, they're in the town. It'll be very lively during the temple fair."

Hearing Xu Zhuzhu's mutterings, Hu Sanniang said with a face full of longing, as if the scene of the temple fair was right in front of her, and Xu Zhuzhu also giggled in agreement.

Her brother and Li Xiaomo walked ahead; as expected, children don't like to walk together when they go out with adults.

She's different. It's not just because she's still young and can't walk that fast. It's mainly because she follows the adults and gets to see a lot of gossip that she wouldn't normally see.

For example, at this moment, Hu Sanniang is holding Xu Zhuzhu's other hand, looking at her mother with a look that says, "I have so much gossip, come and have some fun."

He said softly, "...Master Zhang has woken up, but I heard his paralysis has worsened, and he can no longer speak..."

The smile on Zhang He's face vanished abruptly, and she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "Is it that serious?"

Hu San Niang nodded.

"...The day before yesterday, his daughter-in-law brought a doctor back from town. After taking his pulse and giving him medicine, he woke up in the middle of the night. Yesterday, the villagers suddenly heard Zhang Chenshi scream, and that's how she ended up like this."

Zhang He sighed deeply, unsure how to comment.

Hu San Niang continued, saying that they had all tried to keep it a secret from Zhang Er Ye, but somehow Zhang San Ye leaked Zhang Xiao Lin's story.

Upon hearing this, Master Zhang's eyes rolled back, and he collapsed again.

Hu San Niang also shook her head, wondering how Zhang Er Ye had fallen ill so mysteriously. "I heard that he was shouting that he had seen a ghost as soon as he woke up, and the doctor only said that he had been frightened."

Hearing this, Xu Zhuzhu, who was quietly watching the drama unfold in the middle, suddenly recalled the scene of her eye contact with Master Zhang that night. Her feet froze, and she involuntarily stopped.

Could it be because of her?

That night, she did indeed disappear into thin air in front of Master Zhang. Could it be that she was unconscious for so long because of that?

If that's really the case, she did help their family without them realizing it, but compared to what Master Zhang did to them, the price was too high.

Xu Zhuzhu touched the beads on her neck...

Her mother and Hu Sanniang were chatting enthusiastically when she suddenly felt her little hand being pulled back, and only then did she realize that Xu Zhuzhu had stopped.

Turning around, she saw her daughter staring blankly ahead, seemingly looking at something. She quickly went back and pinched Xu Zhuzhu's little nose.

"Zhuzhu? Are you tired? Do you want Mommy to carry you?"

Zhang He stopped, bent down slightly, and took Xu Zhuzhu's arms gently.

She couldn't squat down because she was carrying a basket on her back.

Xu Zhuzhu was lost in her own world. After a moment of daze, she came to her senses and saw her mother about to pick her up. She quickly shook her head and said, "I'm not tired. I can walk by myself."

However, he still seemed distracted.

"You look so listless, you must be really tired," Hu San Niang said, her eyes crinkling with joy. "My dear daughter, let your godmother carry you."

"Sister-in-law, this is unacceptable!" Zhang He quickly stopped her.

But Hu San Niang handed the basket in her hand to Li Quanfu, who had been following behind in silence. Without allowing Zhu Zhu to refuse, she directly picked up her short legs, lifted her buttocks, and put her on her back.

In her panic, Xu Zhuzhu tightly gripped Hu Sanniang's neck, making Zhang He even more nervous. "How can this be? Sister-in-law, please put the child down quickly. We can't spoil her."

Hu San Niang glanced at He Niang and made a disgusted face. "Oh my, how can this be considered spoiled? It's an hour's journey, and our Zhu Zhu has been walking for almost half an hour without complaining of being tired. It won't hurt for me to carry her for a while."

Zhang He said helplessly, "I'm afraid of tiring my sister-in-law out, so why don't I carry her?"

“How are you going to carry so much stuff? I don’t want to give you the easy job.”

There were only a few baskets of dumplings in the basket. Although they were somewhat heavy, they were definitely not as heavy as a small child. Hu San Niang said this because she didn't want her mother to feel burdened.

Zhang He naturally understood, but it was clear that her mother couldn't win against her godmother in a debate.

They had no choice but to let Hu San Niang carry Xu Zhuzhu towards the town.

However, everyone was focused on getting there and talked much less.

Xu Zhu was carried on her back. Hu San Niang's pace was neither fast nor difficult, but it took her more than an hour to reach the town, which was slower than when she usually went with her father.

They were mainly here to shop, so being a little late wouldn't cause any problems.