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prepared a very sumptuous dinner, there was fish, meat, and soup, she even made some brine, and since Ah Qiu stayed over to eat, she naturally called him over as well.

"It's dinner time, Yi'er, Shuer, go wash your hands and eat."

Ah Qiu brought the last dish to the table and immediately invited everyone to sit and eat.

"Girl, you're so concerned about food." The Aunt Liu laughed and scolded him.

"Isn't that what sister-in-law cooks? It's too delicious." Ah Qiu said while grinning.

After the meal, the two of them became more lively as the small yard was filled with laughter and chatter.

The following days were extremely peaceful. Seeing that the wedding day was not too far away, Ah Qiu finally stopped thinking and started to seriously marry off.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the month.

The matter of Su Zongwen getting the village chief to help him repair the house was nearing its end. The village head specially sent a message to Su Zongwen.

"Yue Niang, today, I received news from the village head that the houses in the village have been repaired."

When Su Zongwen returned home, he found Shen Zhu drying her beans. She had bought these beans early in the morning and intended to use them for marinating bean horns.

"It's done already?"

As Shen Zhu hung the beans that had been soaked in hot water on the bamboo pole, he turned his head to look at Su Zongwen, a happy expression on his face.

"Hmm, should we go back and take a look?"

Su Zongwen nodded and walked forward to help Shen Zhu with his work. With the help of a man, the beans that were not many would be finished in an instant.

"It's time to go back and see. The Ah Qiu is going to be married off next month too. Why don't we call her along and have her recognize us as well?" Shen Zhu poured out the water in the wooden basin and brought them into the house.

Not only did he need her to go with him to see her future home, he wanted Su Qingyi, Su Zhizhong and the others to meet the bride first.

Especially Su Qingyi and Su Yunyan, who had chatted with her multiple times already, but had high expectations for the Ah Qiu.

"Yes, I'll take my leave tomorrow. How about I go back tomorrow?"

Su Zongwen nodded, he had the same thoughts as Shen Zhu, since they would be returning on the same day, it would not take them too long.

After the two of them had discussed this matter, in the afternoon Shen Zhu went to find the Ah Qiu and Aunt Liu to discuss this matter.

Since Aunt Liu had to busy herself with Ah Qiu's marriage, she was allowed to stay in the kitchen to prepare more dowry for Ah Qiu. Since there were no other things to do, she did not need to go to the kitchen.

Today, Aunt Liu was coincidentally at home.

When Shen Zhu carried Ruanruan through the door, the mother and daughter were sitting on the brick bed embroidering the wedding dress. After busying themselves for half a month, there were only two days left until the wedding dress was completed.

"Yue Niang, why did you come here at this time?"

Aunt Liu was sitting facing the door, and upon hearing the footsteps, she immediately saw Shen Zhu. She quickly moved away from the brick bed and made a place for her to sit, "Come, quickly sit here."

"There's something I want to discuss with Aunt and Ah Qiu today."

Shen Zhu smiled as he sat down, placing Ruanruan on his lap, he wrapped his arm around her to prevent her from falling.

"Is there something? Just tell me, we are all here today. " The Aunt Liu laughed.

"Sister-in-law, drink some tea." As soon as Aunt Liu finished speaking, Ah Qiu poured a cup of warm water and sent it over, placing it on the small table beside Shen Zhu. He then propped up his chin and looked at Shen Zhu with a face full of curiosity, "Sister-in-law, what business do you have with me?"

"It's a good thing." Shen Zhu raised his cup and drank a mouthful of water, then said: "Today, Brother Wen received news from the village that Second Uncle and I have already repaired the old house, and asked us if we wanted to go back to take a look."

"Brother Wen is going to have a rest tomorrow, so we plan to head back together. Before long, Ah Qiu will also marry into the village, so I want to bring her to the village to have a look. What do you think, Aunt?"

Shen Zhu explained the purpose of this trip in a few words.

"In any case, you've already thought it through thoroughly. If Ah Qiu wants to go, he will go with you guys to take a look." Aunt Liu looked at Ah Qiu and agreed with a smile.

"I want to go. Mother, sister-in-law, I want to go." Ah Qiu hurriedly nodded.

"Why are you in such a hurry? It's not like I'm not letting you go."

Aunt Liu looked at Ah Qiu in amusement, then pointed at her forehead with his index finger, laughing helplessly.

"I'm just happy. Mom, you can't poke my head again. It's stupid."

Ah Qiu dodged it with his forehead in his hands, then reached out to tease Ruanruan.

"You idiot, aren't you as stupid as before?" Aunt Liu laughed and teased.

"Since that's the case, let's head back tomorrow after breakfast. If Aunt has nothing else to do, why don't you follow us as well?"

Shen Zhu said as he looked at the Aunt Liu.

Aunt Liu waved his hand, he lowered his head and played with Ah Qiu's wedding dress, and said, "Since there are too many things at home, I will not go, bring Ah Qiu to have a look."

Shen Zhu also knew that getting married was a big matter and there were a lot of things to be done and prepared. Aunt Liu probably wouldn't be free, so he didn't say much and the few of them continued to chat about other matters.

Shen Zhu thought that Zi Yi and Jingshu would also be back soon, so he took Ruanruan and went back first.

Not long after Shen Zhu returned to his room, Zi Yi and Jingshu ran in together and greeted him, "Mother."

"I'm back." Shen Zhu smiled in response, placing Ruanruan in the cradle before speaking, "What do you want to eat tonight?"

"Mother, I want to eat fried pancakes." Jingshu opened his mouth excitedly, continuously saying, "There's also spicy fish fillets, sweet and sour fish … …"

Su Jingshu counted with his fingers. He had forgotten to mention the few dishes himself, so he simply stopped counting. He snuggled into Shen Zhu's lap and laughed: "Anyways, as long as it's something Mother makes, I want to eat it."

"You little girl."

Shen Zhu laughed, seeing Su Jingshu raise his little face up adorably, he caressed her soft hair and turned to look at Su Ziyi who was standing at the side, asking, "Then Yi'er, is there anything you would like to eat?"

"Potato chips..." Su Ziyi thought for a long time and only thought of a potato chip in the end.

There was nothing he could do about it, the other dishes that Shen Zhu had cooked were too tasty, and he could not find a favorite dish either.

"There are no more potatoes at home today, I'll make more for you another day." Shen Zhu thought about how there were no more potatoes at home and explained it to Su Ziyi.

"It doesn't matter, I like anything Mother cooks." Zi Yi nodded seriously.

"Alright then, I'll coax my sister to sleep first, then I'll make you some pancakes later."

Shen Zhu knew that Zi Yi had always been sensible and considerate, so he didn't say anymore.

Not long later, she coaxed Ruanruan to sleep, then went into the kitchen to start cooking dinner. Zi Yi was not in a hurry to read, so he and Jingshu stayed by the side of the cradle, afraid that Ruanruan would wake up and see that no one was around.

Shen Zhu first kneaded the noodles until they were inside the basin, then started to stir them while pouring water into the basin, until they became a uniform, grainless batter.

He scooped up a small amount of batter and poured it into the wok, letting the batter cover the surface of the wok evenly, then beat an egg and sprinkle it with spring onions before the egg juice had solidified, after that he used a shovel to turn the wok over, and after a while, when both sides were cooked enough, he could start cooking. When eating, he would wrap the wok up with cucumber silk, shredded radish and other supplementary ingredients, adding Shen Zhu's special sauce, it was especially tasty.

Other than the pancake and fruit, Shen Zhu also made two meat and one vegetable soup.

Upon entering, Su Zongwen smelled the fragrance of the pancake fruit, and seeing that Shen Zhu had finished cooking dinner, he immediately washed his hands and carried it out.

During dinner, Shen Zhu moved the cradle to the side of the table, while eating, he played with Ruanruan.