I'm dressed up as the timid eldest daughter, and the whole family has to listen to me!

When Aunt Wu saw that Gousheng had finally woken up, she rushed forward and hugged him tightly.

"My good son, you're finally awake! You scared your mother to death! How much suffering you've endured!"

Gou Sheng weakly hugged his fifth aunt.

"It's all my fault, Mother. I've made you worry, cough cough..."

Seeing this, Su Banxia quickly stepped forward.

"Fifth Aunt, don't get too excited. Gou Sheng hasn't recovered yet, you need to let him rest properly."

Fifth Aunt quickly released Gou Sheng and wiped away her tears with her sleeve.

"Gousheng, quickly thank Sister Banxia. Thanks to her, she saved your life."

Gou Sheng glanced at Su Banxia, ​​then immediately tried to get up and kneel before her. Su Banxia quickly reached out to help him up.

"Gousheng, just lie still. Your body hasn't fully recovered yet, so there's no need for these formalities. It's all thanks to your own courage in risking your life to come back. Let me take your pulse first."

As she spoke, Su Banxia took Gou Sheng's pulse again and found that it was much more stable. However, the cold energy in his body was stagnant and would not dissipate in a day or two. So she inserted a few more needles into his body before asking:

"Gousheng, how did you get this disease?"

Gou Sheng sighed.

"Sister Banxia, ​​a few years ago I went with a caravan to trade goods, we went all over the country. Last year at the end of the year we went to the extremely cold north, and that's when I caught a cold. Now I'm sick, I'm always weak and can't walk. The caravan saw that I was useless, so they abandoned me by the roadside, cough cough..."

Seeing this, Fifth Aunt quickly patted Gousheng's back, and Gousheng smiled at Fifth Aunt.

"I followed my memory and asked around until I finally made it home. I was thinking of dying at home, but now, my worthless life has been saved by Sister Banxia."

Aunt Wu started wiping away tears again after hearing what Gousheng said.

"Gousheng, you are my precious son. I won't allow you to talk about yourself like that. From now on, we won't go anywhere else. We'll just stay in Sujia Village and live with you. After autumn, I'll sell the grain at home and raise money to find you a good wife. That way, you won't have to run around anymore."

Su Banxia looked at the two of them and smiled.

“Yes, Gousheng, just listen to your fifth aunt. Stay in Sujia Village from now on and don’t go out and run around. I’m going to the city to get you some medicine now. After you take the medicine, your illness will be cured. Then you can stay at home and farm, and your fifth aunt can sew clothes for others or do some embroidery. We can gradually make a living.”

Gou Sheng's eyes were also filled with tears, and he nodded repeatedly.

"Mother, I will listen to you and Sister Banxia. I will not go anywhere else. I will stay by your side and take care of you. We don't care about making a lot of money. As long as our family is together in peace, that's enough."

Seeing that the mother and son were holding hands and talking intimately, Su Banxia secretly told Wei Kezhi to leave.

Throughout the journey, Wei Kezhi kept his brows furrowed. Seeing this, Su Banxia reached out and smoothed his brows.

"Don't always frown, or you won't look handsome when you have wrinkles."

Wei Kezhi looked at Su Banxia and said:

"I never imagined that farmers going out to work with caravans would be so unsafe. It's truly a sign of the world going to the dogs and people losing their morals."

Su Banxia smiled.

"That's just how the world is, what can you change? Let's not worry about those things, just live our own lives well."

Wei Kezhi glanced at Su Banxia, ​​but ultimately remained silent. Once the two arrived in town in Uncle Niu's oxcart, Su Banxia pulled Wei Kezhi straight to Lianxiang Tower.

As soon as he entered, he bumped into Lou Wangyue.

"Miss Banxia, ​​what brings you to the city today?"

Upon seeing an acquaintance, Su Banxia quickly pulled Wei Kezhi over to greet them.

"Young Master Lou, you've come to eat too. We're on our way to Muxiangzhai to pick up some furniture today, and we're a bit hungry, so we've come to have a meal before we go."

Lou Wangyue glanced at Su Banxia, ​​then at Wei Kezhi following behind her, and then smiled faintly.

"Since we've met, it must be fate. I'll treat you both to dinner today."

Just as Su Banxia was about to agree, Wei Kezhi said coldly:

"Need not."

Lou Wangyue gave Wei Kezhi a deep look.

"Since Young Master Wei is unwilling to eat with me, then I will invite Miss Banxia to eat alone."

As she spoke, Lou Wangyue turned to look at Su Banxia, ​​smiling gently.

"Would Miss Banxia do me the honor of joining us?"

Su Banxia tugged at Wei Kezhi, who had a cold expression, and then pulled him down to sit.

"Okay, we're hungry too, let's hurry up and finish eating before we go move the furniture."

Lou Wangyue smiled upon seeing this, then handed over the menu.

"I've already ordered a few of Lianxianglou's signature dishes. See if there's anything else you'd like to order, and then order a few more."

Su Banxia took the menu and put it down.

"No need, this is my first time at Lianxianglou, and I'd like to try their signature dishes. Let's order these first."

Lou Wangyue waved her hand, and the waiter came over and took the menu away.

"Let's order these for now, and we'll order more if it's not enough."

The waiter took the menu downstairs, and soon the waiter brought up the food. First came a dish of hand-pulled mutton, then a dish of sweet and sour pork ribs, followed by a dish of water shield soup with perch, and then Dongpo pork, stuffed drunken crab, and roasted pork...

Looking at the table full of delicious food, Su Banxia couldn't help but swallow hard. Lou Wangyue, seeing the gleam in Su Banxia's eyes, smiled gently and handed her chopsticks.

"Miss Banxia, ​​eat quickly."

Su Banxia nodded without looking up, took the chopsticks, and began to eat heartily, holding meat in one hand and a flatbread in the other, eating with considerable gusto.

Lou Wangyue, who was sitting opposite her, was stunned. Lou Wangyue was used to the gentle manners of the noble ladies in the capital when they ate. But when she saw Su Banxia eating so freely with such a delicate and beautiful face, she was momentarily dumbfounded.

Su Banxia looked up and saw Wang Yue's stunned expression. She immediately pushed the mutton towards him.

"Eat quickly, their food is pretty good. This mutton won't taste good if it gets cold."

Lou Wangyue then came to his senses, nodded hurriedly, picked up a piece of mutton with his chopsticks and put it on his plate, and began to eat it in small bites. He was already tired of the food at Lianxianglou, but seeing Su Banxia eating so happily made him feel much better.

Seeing that Wei Kezhi was sitting still and not eating, Su Banxia whispered to him:

"Are you stupid? You're eating for free, so hurry up and eat! I'm not waiting for you once I'm full!"

As she spoke, Su Banxia quickly picked up a piece of pork hind leg and put it in his bowl.

"Try it, this roasted pig is so tender, it smells amazing!"

Wei Kezhi hadn't eaten breakfast, and after Su Banxia's suggestion, he picked up his chopsticks and started eating. He frowned as soon as he took a bite:

"It's not as good as yours..."