C69

After Su Zongwen sent the doctor away, he did not disturb their conversation. Instead, he sat quietly at the table and watched the two of them chat.

The majority of the conversations were done by Shen Zhu alone.

Shen Zhu accompanied Shen Chengjiu in the west wing and chatted for half a day. Seeing that it was getting late, the two of them got up and took their leave, "Father, you need to take care of yourself, I will give the doctors the silver and you will be fine."

Old Man Shen made a few 'eh' sounds as tears welled up in his eyes.

Shen Zhu, "Father, it's getting late, I'll go back first."

Seeing that Shen Chengjiu was fine and his condition was showing signs of improving, she finally felt at ease.

On the way back.

Shen Zhu held Su Zongwen's arm and discussed, "Shall we go back after lunch?"

Although the Crown Princess had asked them to stay at home for two more days, there were so many things they had to do with Villa, so they couldn't be at home for free.

The prince and the princess treated them well, so they couldn't let others think that she was being pampered.

Su Zongwen nodded his head. He did not have much meaning to Shen Zhu's suggestion as he wrapped his hand around the woman's hand, "Is it cold?"

Shen Zhu laughed mischievously, "With this kind of warmth, I can still fight with you."

She pointed to the snow that had fallen last night.

Su Zongwen, "Do you want to play now?"

As Shen Zhu listened to the man's deep voice, her state of mind slightly stirred. She arrogantly half raised her head and asked, "Who's afraid of you?"

After saying that, he did not walk and directly squatted down. He leaned back and started kneading the snow ball.

Su Zongwen was confused by her actions, "What are you doing?"

Shen Zhu innocently blinked his eyes and threw the snow ball at lightning speed.

Su Zongwen was unable to dodge in time, and was struck hard.

"Haha, are you stupid? You already said that you were going to fight in the snow, why are you still asking me?"

Su Zongwen's thin lips slightly hooked up, and like Shen Zhu, she crouched down, and started to make snowballs without any hesitation.

Not long later, the sounds of the two playing in the open space could be heard.

After Shen Zhu and Su Zongwen finished their discussion, they returned to the old house. Just as the two entered the courtyard, they saw a basket and a jar lying in the center of the courtyard.

Zi Yi and Jingshu were squatting in front of their baskets, each of them holding a stick in their hands. Each of them was jabbing the stick into the basket excitedly, no one knew what they were jabbing into the basket.

"What is this?" Shen Zhu looked at Su Zongwen with suspicion, coincidentally meeting his gaze.

Obviously, he didn't know either.

They didn't have it when they left in the morning.

"Father, Mother." Seeing that Shen Zhu had returned, Jingshu immediately rushed over and pulled her hand towards the basket, "Mother, look quickly, there are a lot of big bugs here."

Shen Zhu took a few steps forward, lowered his head, and saw that the basket was filled with crabs, snails, sachet, and the like, and that so-called big bug was actually a crab brandishing its pincers!

The two children were jabbing at the crab's pincers with their sticks. Seeing that the pincers were constantly unable to hit the small wooden stick, the two excitedly clapped their hands. If they hit a crab, they would switch to a crab to play.

Shen Zhu saw that the two children were playing happily and did not have the heart to ruin their mood.

If she were to tell the two little fellows that the crab's pincers were accidentally held in their hands, they would probably never be able to laugh again.

Hmm, since the stick was so long, Shen Zhu decided to ignore it.

She turned to look at the vat on the other side. When she got closer, she saw that there were several big fish inside the vat. They were still swimming happily in the water.

"Shuer, where did you get these things?" Shen Zhu asked curiously.

"A lot of uncles came to my house today. They were the ones who gave these gifts to me."

Jingshu did not know those people, and could only vaguely explain.

Su Yunyan who was inside heard the commotion outside and immediately ran out. Seeing Shen Zhu and Su Zongwen looking at the things at the door, he immediately explained.

"Big brother, sister-in-law, these are all from the village. No matter what, they are all worthless things, so dad and mom don't have to be polite and accept them. Dad and mom will accept them if they can't."

As she spoke, she called out to the two of them to come in, "In my opinion, those villagers are no different from the officials in the capital. Didn't they just hear that someone from our family came to be an official yesterday?" They chatted as they walked.

This village wasn't that big to begin with. Yu Xiao would've died in a few minutes if it wasn't for the two luxurious carriages entering the village. Wasn't this news spreading quickly?

"So that's how it is." Shen Zhu nodded.

Their village had quite a few small rivers, and the villagers were not rich either. Presumably, they heard that a government official came to the Su Family to get close to them, but it wasn't good to be empty-handed, so they went to the river to fish for seafood, right?

Su Yunyan walked beside Shen Zhu, crackling non-stop. She did not care if Shen Zhu was listening, she just wanted to say it.

"They must have thought that our family had climbed onto a high branch, so they wanted to come and take a shine to themselves."

Su Yunyan's last sentence was heard by the Madame Chen, and upon hearing it, the Madame Chen glared at her and said: "Yan'er, there is a saying that does not speak of people in front of people, and no one will speak of people behind them, if your words were heard by someone, they might even slander us."

Madame Chen also knew that most of the villagers who came to deliver gifts had this kind of thought, but it was not good for the Daoist to be right or wrong.

Su Yunyan stuck out his tongue, and muttered: "It was originally so, why haven't I seen them being so friendly towards our family before …."

Su Yunyan only wanted to complain to Shen Zhu, but he did not have any malicious intent.

"Mom, it's not a big deal. Don't talk about Yan'er." Shen Zhu comforted her.

After all, in this mountain village's small forest, it was rare for there to be a situation where the walls had ears. Such a remote place couldn't be compared to the bustling capital city.

As the saying goes, once bitten by a snake, one is afraid of being bitten for ten years.

"Never mind, I'm too lazy to talk about her."

Madame Chen shook his head, and with a helpless look on his face, he carried Ruanruan and sat down.

"Father, Mother, Yue Niang and I plan to bring the children back to the Villa after lunch."

Seeing that the Madame Chen and Su Zhizhong were both present, Su Zongwen told her about the matter of going back to Villa.

"Why are you so fast? Didn't the prince and the princess allow you to stay at home for a few more days? "

Madame Chen was a little surprised. She had thought that Su Zongwen and the rest would stay in the village for a few more days.

Now that he told her to leave so quickly, he felt a bit uncomfortable.

Su Zongwen replied: "The prince is too polite with us. It's not right to stay home on work days anyway."

Su Zhizhong, however, was in favour of this idea, "This way of handling it is very good.

Su Yunyan reluctantly followed Shen Zhu into the kitchen, "Sister-in-law, what do we eat later?"

The main thing was, when Shen Zhu came back, she took care of it.

Shen Zhu playfully blinked her eyes, as she said in suspense, "A feast."