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

Perhaps the speaker meant no harm, but the listener took it to heart.

Wu Niangzi initially thought nothing of it, but when she heard her husband ask that question, her calm heart skipped a beat.

I'm starting to feel uncertain.

She tried to appear calm and gave an explanation:

“I remember you said back then that these books were no longer needed. I thought it would be a waste to keep them. It just so happens that Mr. Xu wants to borrow a couple of books to read, so I decided to lend them to Mr. Xu. What do you think, my husband?”

The implication is, "My lord, you don't mind, do you?"

Mr. Wu was engrossed in the book in his hands, seemingly absorbed in it, and did not immediately respond to his wife's words.

In an instant, even though a thousand reasons flashed through Wu Niangzi's mind to deal with Mr. Wu, she felt that they might not work.

She couldn't help but sigh at her own foolishness; she was really not one to explain herself.

Just as she was feeling annoyed, her hand was suddenly enveloped by a warm, large hand. She looked down and saw that her husband had quietly taken her hand and said gently, "I told you, you can make these decisions."

Wu Niangzi's heart, which had been almost completely chilled, was warmed by the moment her husband's hand touched hers.

This allowed her to relax her tense nerves.

Seeing that Mr. Wu did not turn his anger on Mrs. Wu, Zhang He breathed a sigh of relief.

Even so, she was still worried and defended Madam Wu again.

"Please don't be offended, sir. I asked Madam Wu to help me find this book. My husband has been bored at home lately and wanted me to borrow a book from you to read anytime to pass the time. Unfortunately, I've searched the entire bookshelf and can't find it."

“Mrs. Wu even tried to persuade me, saying that it would be faster to buy it in the county, but you know our family's situation, we can't afford that kind of trouble. I kept pestering Mrs. Wu to help me find it, and that's when she finally found the book you hid in the cabinet. It was really my oversight…”

As Zhang He spoke, guilt gradually filled her heart. She regretted not asking more questions and leaving before finding the item, thus avoiding unnecessary trouble for Madam Wu and the current predicament.

Really ashamed.

Hearing her words, Mr. Wu was puzzled. After a long pause to understand what had happened, he burst into hearty laughter.

"What's this?"

He looked puzzled as to why the two were so nervous, and laughed, "It's just a book, what's the big deal? Is it worth all this fuss about, sister-in-law? I saw you two pushing it back and forth, and I thought my wife had sent me a book collection, but my wife refused it!"

Zhang He smiled. Xu Wenjie's collection of books was the dowry her father had exchanged for. It was indeed quite a lot, but unfortunately, it was all left in Qingzhou and hadn't been brought over.

"It's good that the master doesn't blame me." Zhang He breathed a sigh of relief.

Mr. Wu waved his hand dismissively and said, “What’s there to blame? I haven’t read these books in a long time. If there’s a good place for them, then Brother Xu is the perfect candidate. There’s no need to talk about lending them or not. Just take them and don’t bother returning them.”

When asked about Xu Wenjie, they asked, "Why didn't we see him today? Is he tending his stall on the street?"

As Mr. Wu said this, he looked around the street. He looked cheerful and excited, and his eyes were full of joy. He didn't seem angry at all.

Seeing this, Zhang He finally felt relieved.

Although her husband was all smiles and talking nonstop, Madam Wu looked at him and hesitated to speak.

Mr. Wu then inquired about Xu Wenjie: "You haven't been here for quite some time. I recently acquired a new painting and would like him to help me appraise it!"

As usual, she talked to her husband, and they continued talking non-stop. Zhang He was finally completely relieved.

The problem was that she didn't know which question to answer first, so she had to pick two key questions to answer.

"We've had some family matters to attend to lately, and with the heavy snow, we haven't been able to set up our stall. Today, we brought our two children to buy some things, and we came with the other villagers."

Mr. Wu nodded, agreeing with his guess. He didn't ask about the Xu family's affairs.

However, noticing the unusual atmosphere between Zhang He and his wife, he casually made some remarks to tell them not to let his momentary lapse in composure cause any negative emotions.

He smiled easily and said, "You can take this book if you want. If Brother Xu wants to read any other books, just let me know. I have quite a few. As long as he doesn't mind, that's fine."

As she spoke, she picked up two thicker books from the cabinet and threw them into the basket Zhang He had placed at her feet. Zhang He didn't see what they were, but she was always extremely grateful.

Only then did Mr. Wu notice his wife, who had been silent all along.

Right now, she frowned, her tightly pursed lips trembled slightly, and she seemed hesitant to speak, but she didn't say anything. She just looked at herself with a conflicted expression.

Suddenly puzzled, he gently tightened his grip on his wife's hand; it was a little cold.

"Lianggu, what's wrong?"

Madam Wu simply shook her head, smiled gently, and said it was nothing, but then abruptly changed the subject.

"Madam Xu brought over a big basket of dumplings, saying they were freshly made. We'll cook some for lunch and try them. Madam Xu, don't leave yet. The two children must be hungry. Let's have lunch here together before going back."

Zhang He's attention was still on Wu Niangzi's name, Liang Gu, but why did she say she didn't have a name?

While puzzled, Zhang He also keenly sensed that the couple seemed to have something private to say, and that it was inconvenient for her to be there.

He immediately followed up on the topic: "These are bamboo shoots dug by the two children. We brought them for you to try. If you like them, we'll bring some more next time. But we won't be having any rice."

She also mentioned that she was going to deliver a portion to Granny Mi's house, and that she had arranged to go shopping with Hu San Niang in half an hour.

The couple, Mrs. Wu and her husband, found it difficult to keep her any longer.

Taking the opportunity, Zhang He hurriedly said goodbye, but when she turned around, she found that the two children were gone.

"Zhuzhu? An'an?"

Only then did he notice that the two children had been quietly looking at books on the bookshelf since earlier, and hadn't even noticed when Mr. Wu returned.

Xu An was fine, reading a book of the Book of Songs. He has always been a child who can concentrate. Xu Zhuzhu, on the other hand, was also enjoying reading the local history.

Zhang He chuckled and took the book from Xu Zhuzhu's hands, teasing her, "You won't even learn a few characters, what have you managed to read?"

For Xu Zhuzhu, the serious classical Chinese poems and texts were indeed a headache, but she was quite interested in these local gazetteers. The exotic culture and some places were quite similar to the places she lived in her previous life, such as the Kunlun Desert and Penglai Island. Maybe she could even encounter some immortals.

After all, her possession of a spatial ability made her feel that anything, even the most bizarre things, could happen in the world.

If she has the chance, she will definitely go and see it in the future, so that her life here will not have been in vain.

"Fun!"

Xu Zhuzhu smiled, revealing her neat baby teeth, her eyes crinkling, looking adorable.

Wu Niangzi also looked over and immediately sided with Xu Zhuzhu: "I also think this book is fun. The landscapes and characters in it look so real. I love reading it, let alone the children."

Zhang He smiled and said nothing more, only nodding Xu Zhuzhu's head.

However, in the end, they still took all the books that both children liked and asked Madam Wu to calculate the total cost.

Wu Niangzi ignored her completely and simply let Zhang He take it, considering it a gift for the two children.

Zhang He felt embarrassed, but Madam Wu was adamant and wouldn't allow Zhang He to refuse. Before Mr. Wu could even speak, she said she was busy and couldn't entertain them anymore, and "shooed" the mother and her two children out, saying that if they didn't leave, they could stay for dinner.

Zhang He had no choice but to take her two children out.

Xu Zhuzhu originally thought that Madam Wu and Mr. Wu didn't seem like a good match, and that the two didn't look like a couple. But now, seeing the couple standing in front of the shop with smiles on their faces, she thought they looked quite alike.

She was an honest, kind-hearted person, and a voice inside her told her that this couple could go very far, just like her parents...