Armed with a machete and a gun, armed with a system, they fled the famine.

"You have everything you need at home, why would you need to send a New Year's gift? I think you just want to go on a trip."

Zhao Yan tapped Dou Xingyan's nose and teased her.

"Hehe, Sister Zhao understands me best."

Dou Xingyan showed no embarrassment at having her thoughts revealed, and happily hugged Zhao Yan's arm affectionately.

"Oh no," she said, pointing to the rows of brick and tile houses behind her. "What's going on with these houses? They weren't like this before I left."

Zhao Yan curled the corners of her lips and explained with a smile, "The houses were built after you left. Each of our families built one. When you and Brother Shen come, you can stay wherever you want."

"Then I'll stay at your place, Sister Zhao."

Upon hearing this, Dou Xingyan immediately hugged Zhao Yan and started acting coquettishly again.

Shen Yu watched from the side and couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy.

Not only did his teeth ache, but he was also jealous of Zhao Yan.

Xingyan had never acted so coquettishly in front of him before.

Sometimes he really wanted to be Zhao Yan and give the affectionate Xingyan a big hug.

Yang Sanlang took Xiao Fubao from him, carried him to Shen Yu, and patted him on the shoulder twice.

"Let's go, I'll take you inside first."

"Ah."

So, the crowd marched in a grand procession toward Yuan Yutang.

Dou Qingran prepared a lot of good things for Zhao Yan and the others, and even prepared several sets, so that each of Zhao Yan's families would receive one.

Dou Xingyan had her subordinates deliver the New Year's gifts to each family before she and Zhao Yan and the others walked hand in hand into the side room to talk.

Seeing Tian Xiu'e touching her belly from time to time, Dou Xingyan suddenly asked, "Sister Tian, ​​are you... pregnant again?"

Tian Xiu'e was taken aback by the question, but quickly recovered and nodded shyly to Dou Xingyan.

"Yes, I'm pregnant. She's just turned three months old."

Upon hearing this, Dou Xingyan immediately burst into laughter.

"Oh my, that's wonderful! Sister Tian is sure to have a son this time. Xingyan wishes Sister Tian all her dreams come true!"

"Hehehe, good, good, thanks for your kind words, I must have a son this time."

Tian Xiu'e replied with a smile, her face beaming with happiness.

Just three months after giving birth, Chen An invited Yuan Bo to take her pulse and ask if the fetus was safe.

To everyone's delight, Yuanbo not only said that the fetus was developing very well, but he also said that there was a high probability that the baby would be a boy.

This made Chen An extremely happy, and he and Yang Sanlang got drunk for three days before they stopped.

After chatting for a while, Zhao Yan asked about her and Shen Yu.

"Xingyan, when are you and Brother Shen getting married? How's your brother doing?"

Speaking of this, Dou Xingyan couldn't help but pout.

"I don't mind, it's just that my brother is too rigid. He insists on further evaluating Brother Shen."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yan's lips twitched involuntarily.

"What is Brother Shen doing now? You said in your letter that your first restaurant in the capital has opened. How is it? Is business good?"

They had agreed to attend the opening of Shen Yu's restaurant, but unfortunately it snowed and the roads were impassable, so they couldn't go.

While teasing Xiao Fubao, Dou Xingyan patted her chest and boasted shamelessly, "With me around, business is naturally booming, hehe."

Hey.

Actually, it was because her brother was the emperor, and as the only princess of the Great Xuan Dynasty, the high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital naturally rushed to curry favor with her.

Some wealthy ladies even wanted to introduce their sons or grandsons to her.

She later told Shen Yu about this, which made Shen Yu so nervous that he couldn't sleep for three days.

She practically swore an oath to the heavens before Shen Yu finally felt a little relieved.

But this has a side effect: Shen Yu is now obsessed with making money from the restaurant, and he wants to spend every single one of the twelve hours in a day there.

According to him, he was penniless, had no official rank, and no powerful family to back him up. He could only work as hard as he could to create a prosperous life for the two of them.

Dou Xingyan couldn't help but complain to Zhao Yan: "Sister Zhao, you have no idea, Brother Shen is like he's been injected with chicken blood, he's in the restaurant all day long. If I want to see him, I have to send my maid to the restaurant to call him back first."

“I told him I wouldn’t change my mind, but he seemed to think I was the kind of woman who would easily change her mind. He completely forgot what I said. I don’t know what to say to him anymore.”

Zhao Yan chuckled twice after hearing this.

"What does this mean? It means that Brother Shen cares about you a lot. He's afraid that he's not good enough and that someone else will take you away. That's why he works so hard to earn money, just to prove to you that he can earn money to support a family and that he can give you the life you want."

After being brainwashed like this, Dou Xingyan truly no longer harbored any resentment.

“Sister Zhao, what you said makes sense. Brother Shen seems to have said something similar to me. I was so busy complaining at the time that I forgot about it. It seems that he really wants to prove it to me with his actions.”

After figuring it out, she suddenly frowned and looked conflicted.

"Sister Zhao, to be honest with you, I don't really want Brother Shen to work so hard. For me, the best thing is for Brother Shen to always treat me well."

What woman doesn't hope that the person she loves will always love her the same way?

Dou Xingyan was just a young woman, so naturally she harbored such thoughts.

Even Tian Xiu'e, who had been silent all along, couldn't help but nod in agreement, saying, "That makes sense."

Having a lot of money means having a lot of ways to spend it, and having a little money means having a little money to spend it.

It depends on how you think about it.

Zhao Yan had nothing to say about this.

But she wanted to talk about this from a different perspective.

"Xingyan, I think your current thinking is a bit childish."

"Think about it from Brother Shen's perspective. If he doesn't work hard to make money, why would he think you'd stick with him unwaveringly? You might not care about money, but your brother doesn't think that way. Does he think his sister, whom he's carefully nurtured since childhood, is just going to suffer with a penniless man?"

"Think about it, am I right?"

"Furthermore, from a man's perspective, anyone who isn't stupid would naturally want things to go in a better direction. If they don't have the ability to pass the imperial examinations, then they should strive for wealth and status. For Brother Shen, power and wealth, there must be one that he can find a way to achieve."

She glanced at Dou Xingyan, who was deep in thought, and said calmly, "Besides, I don't think there's anything wrong with Brother Shen doing this. He works hard to make money, and you work hard to keep the money safe. Even if he changes his mind after he gets rich, with the money in your hands, I doubt he'll dare to do anything."

Ha ha.

have to.

Sister Zhao wasn't trying to comfort her; she was teaching her how to discipline her husband.

Despite her bold and avant-garde ideas, Dou Xingyan said she simply loves listening to them.