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Xu Yanzhu thought of the figure at the bottom of her heart. Just as she was about to recall the past relationship between the two, he suddenly remembered the attitude that the Third Uncle had towards him these past two days.

After such a comparison, Xu Yanzhu laughed at herself and muttered: "Looks like I'm not your true love. Otherwise, why would you marry her again?"

With this thought, Xu Yanzhu completely let go of the figure at the bottom of her heart and concentrated on observing the scenery within the Shihuan Courtyard.

There was no need to carefully search for it, Xu Yanzhu could see the unmatched scenery in the courtyard and its surroundings with a glance.

Looking at the green bamboo fence that was still around, Xu Yanzhu knew that the Third Uncle must have made this especially for the Third Aunt.

After recognizing that the tree which had yet to grow leaves was a pomegranate tree, Xu Yanzhu understood more clearly the Third Uncle's feelings towards him.

Thinking about how her father had told him that she had been beaten up by the Third Uncle because she touched something in the Third Uncle, Xu Yanzhu immediately revealed a smile.

"I really wonder if Big Uncle and Father will feel disbelief when they come back and see the current Third Uncle." Xu Yanzhu muttered to herself, thinking about this, she slowly continued walking in the Shihuan Courtyard.

In the small kitchen, after Dong Shu saw the ingredients sent over from the big kitchen, with just a simple glance, she decided on what she wanted to do today at noon.

This was not the first time she cooked in the Shihuan Courtyard, but seeing her husband helping out, she did not feel that it was anything special.

Dong Shu's movements were quick. Previously, when they were at the Dong Clan, she cooked all of the family's food. Now that she only cooked three people's food, it was only natural that she did not spend much time on it.

After Xu Yanzhu finished strolling around the Shihuan Courtyard twice, Dong Shu finished cooking the food she had prepared at noon today.

Dong Shu didn't have much vegetables in the early spring yet, so she fried a plate of meat pickles and made a soup using the shredded shredded radish with the dried poached prawns.

The main ingredient was Dong Shu's favorite dish, the mushroom stew chicken.

Although there weren't many dishes, the quantity was quite a bit.

Xu Yanzhu could also cook, but she usually cooked various kinds of exquisite snacks, where would she have the time to cook these seemingly normal but especially tasty farm dishes.

Seeing that Xu Yanzhu liked it, Dong Shu's mouth revealed a smile.

Since Dong Shu had always been talking to her husband and her husband when they were eating together, she had forgotten about what happened yesterday morning at the Old Granny's courtyard.

"Yanzhu, I'm fine later on in the afternoon, why don't I bring you to the village?" Dong Shu thought that this would be the beginning of spring, and there would definitely be many fresh and tender shepherd's purse vegetables beside the farmlands. If she had picked more and washed them and boiled them, they would definitely taste good.

Dong Shu's thoughts had always been on her face. Although she did not say what she wanted to do, Xu Shiqiu and Xu Yanzhu, uncle and nephew, could guess what she was thinking.

Xu Shiqiu could not bear Young Girl being depressed all day, seeing that Xu Yanzhu had only lowered her head to eat, and had not responded to Young Girl yet, she immediately kicked her under the table.

Sensing Third Uncle's warning, Xu Yanzhu immediately raised her head.

Seeing Third Uncle's sharp eyes filled with anticipation, Xu Yanzhu immediately understood what was going on.

When she had dinner with her grandmother, she had always said 'I can't eat, but I can't sleep.' She wasn't used to this.

Holding back her laughter, Xu Yanzhu nodded at Dong Shu, then looked at her and said: "Alright, I'll listen to Third Aunt." After saying this, Xu Yanzhu thought for a moment, then continued: "Speaking of Xiahe Village, although we have been here for nine years, I have yet to take a stroll."

Xu Yanzhu was not lying, although she was still young when she first arrived at Xiahe Village, but that time her grandfather had just passed away, she had to stay at home and be filial.

After being filial, her eldest uncle's family and parents left the Xiahe Village one after another, so she stayed by her grandmother's side all day long to accompany her.

Later on, she grew older, and it wasn't good for her to go out for a stroll.

Dong Shu had originally only thought of eating capers, but after Xu Yanzhu finished speaking, she stared at her with wide open eyes and said with shock: "You haven't actually played in the village before?"

Dong Shu had a face full of disbelief. Even if she had to do many things in her uncle's house, she still had the chance to go out and play.

There were many small ponds in the village. When they were young, they loved to catch small fish in the pond in the summer and go home to make soup.

And when the reeds grew, and the ducks lay eggs in the reeds, they would stealthily bake one from each nest and eat it with mud.

These were the most fun things that Dong Shu had in her childhood memories. When she was young, she played behind Cousin.

Xu Yanzhu didn't think that the Third Aunt would actually reveal such a look of disbelief after she said that she hadn't played in the village before.

She glanced at Third Uncle, and seeing that he had no intention to stop her, she continued: "No, I never went out before." After saying this, Xu Yanzhu was afraid that the Third Aunt would investigate further, so she quickly continued: "So why are you bringing me here this afternoon, Third Aunt?"

Hearing Xu Yanzhu's question, Dong Shu's attention was immediately drawn to her, she thought for a moment and said seriously: This time, the shepherds' herds on the ridge of the farmlands are the most tender, we do not need to go far, and just walk around the house, we will definitely be able to find a lot.

Dong Shu said this because she thought that every year, the children of the village would choose to use this kind of method to feed their children. They did not rely on this method to live, but rather, to eat something new, so they naturally did not have to fight for it with the children from far away.

The most important thing was that when Dong Shu thought back to how she and the other girls would avoid the Xu Family and choose the shepherd's wort, so they would definitely be able to find a lot of it in the vicinity of the house.

Xu Yanzhu didn't know what Dong Shu was thinking, but she didn't understand much about this matter, so she naturally didn't say much.

When Xu Yanzhu nodded in agreement to Dong Shu's suggestion, in the next moment, Dong Shu directly looked at Xu Shiqiu and said, "Hubby, can you accompany us as well?" Dong Shu looked at Xu Shiqiu with a pleading look in his eyes. Seeing that he was startled by his words, he immediately continued: "Yanzhu and I are going to pick our shepherd's wormwood, just watch us from afar, it's just right for us to take a walk."

Because of what Xu Yanzhu had just said, Dong Shu could easily guess that her master rarely went out of her house.

Dong Shu did not understand those grand principles, but she knew that in the past, every time she played in the village, her mood would turn better.

She would not bring her husband, Yanzhu, and herself to pick the shepherds' herds, but she could take a walk outside.

Xu Shiqiu never thought that his own Young Girl would actually invite him to go out with them. Naturally, he could not bear to see his Young Girl become disappointed.

Seeing that her husband had agreed, Dong Shu smiled as her eyes curved into crescent moons. She then lowered her head and focused on eating, just thinking about finishing her meal quickly so that she could go out and play.

Seeing Dong Shu in such a state, Xu Shiqiu and Xu Yanzhu's nephew immediately looked at each other. After seeing the helplessness in each other's eyes, they lowered their heads and continued to eat.

Due to Dong Shu's suggestion, after finishing her meal, she did not take a nap like she usually did. She only sat for a while after putting down her bowl before standing up to call Xu Shiqiu and Xu Yanzhu, and going with her to the big kitchen to look for tools.

If he wanted to dig up the shepherd's purse, he would naturally need a small shovel and a bamboo basket.

Only after Dong Shu and the other two had found the tools did they return to the Shihuan Courtyard and exit through the small door.

This was the first time since Xu Yanzhu was ten years old that she walked out of her house. Looking at the spring scenery in front of him, she recalled the different spring scenes she saw in the capital when she was young, and the corners of her mouth quickly curled into a smile.

Dong Shu did not have as much to think about as her. Once they got out of the house, she grabbed the bamboo basket with one hand and pulled Xu Yanzhu's wrist with the other as she walked towards the place where there might be shepherds.

After walking roughly a dozen or so steps forward, Dong Shu saw a pile of fresh and tender burrito three steps in front of him.

Worried that Xu Yanzhu wouldn't be able to recognize her, Dong Shu pulled her down and squatted down, pointing at the food in front of them as she taught her: "Look, Yanzhu, this is what you see." While speaking, Dong Shu used a spade to pick up a shepherd's purse and brought it in front of Xu Yanzhu to continue speaking, "Look at the leaves of this shepherd's purse, are they like lotuses? Furthermore, the edges of their leaves are not even neat, and they have a slight prickling feeling."

With that said, Dong Shu also placed the cape in her hand into Xu Yanzhu's hand.

Xu Yanzhu was intelligent to begin with, after Dong Shu had only said it once, she understood the characteristics of the shepherd's milk. Then, under Dong Shu's attentive gaze, she pointed out a few of the shepherds around her feet, and received her praise.

"Yanzhu, you're really smart." Dong Shu imitated Xu Yanzhu's way of praising her before, and continued: "There are a lot here, let's pick one together. There's a trick to picking out shepherd's purse. Look, I'll make it again. "

Dong Shu was very patient. She felt that she had learnt etiquette and how to dress from Xu Yanzhu, and then Xu Yanzhu would learn how to cook and raise chickens from him.

This way, they could all learn each other's abilities, and also have something to do every day.

Xu Yanzhu also saw through Third Aunt's intentions. She also thought that she really did have a lot of time everyday and being with Third Aunt made her happy, so she naturally learned from her actively.

Xu Shiqiu stood about ten steps behind Dong Shu and Xu Yanzhu, watching them. Seeing the two of them leaning their heads against each other and happily eating, and then digging out a bunch of shepherd's food with a spatula in each hand, he couldn't help but smile.

It seemed like his previous thoughts were not wrong, she had indeed been happier to have found a big niece to accompany Young Girl.

It was just that Xu Shiqiu did not expect that not only would Young Girl be happy, his first niece, Xu Yanzhu, would also become much more cheerful at the start.

Thinking till here, Xu Shiqiu lifted his head and looked around. Seeing that not too far away, there were a few village girls who were also picking their way through the herbage, he subconsciously took two steps towards Dong Shu and Xu Yanzhu.

Dong Shu and Xu Yanzhu didn't know that about fifty steps away from them were the villagers with Xiahe Village. The two of them were concentrating on picking shepherd's food.

Perhaps it was because of the spring rain from the night before, but today, there was an especially large amount of tender shepherd's wort that had just emerged from the soil.

Dong Shu thought about it while picking up the Capsella Pasta. Other than sending it to the big kitchen to wrap up the family's flat food, she could also cook some other food.

Because she was very serious and did not realize that there was slowly a distance between her and Xu Yanzhu.

When she finally picked out a bamboo basket full of shepherd's purse and was about to go home, she realized that she was more than twenty steps away from Yanzhu.

At the same time, she also saw an acquaintance who was only five steps away from her.

When Dong Shu was hesitating on whether he should greet her, this person had already looked at Dong Shu with surprise and ridicule. "Dong Shu, didn't you marry the? Why would she still come out to pick out the shepherd's bursaries? Could it be that since Xu Family does not give you food, you can only go out and look for your own capers? "

Following this person's few sharp provocations, her eyes that looked at Dong Shu revealed a hint of hostility.

Dong Shu saw that before she could reply, Xu Shiqiu, who had already noticed the commotion in the area, had already walked over with large strides.

walked to Dong Shu's side and directly raised her hand, one hand holding onto her Young Girl's slender waist, the other hand holding onto the bamboo basket that his Young Girl was holding.

Then, with a cold and detached expression, he turned to the young girl in front of him and said, "My wife came here to pick her shepherds. She was just bored and wanted to kill some time."

After that, he raised his hand and supported the hairpin in Young Girl's hair. Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw the young lady's jealous expression, and continued: "After all, any piece of jewelry from my wife is enough to buy at least ten baskets of this kind of wild vegetables."

Xu Shiqiu didn't feel that there was anything bad about him coming forward to protect Young Girl at all. Seeing him finish speaking, the young lady's gaze grew more and more envious, and after going crazy, he grabbed onto Young Girl's waist and quickly turned around.

After tossing out the words' This girl's family is better off being born than married off ', she left without the slightest hesitation.

As for why the lady behind him was jealous of Young Girl, he would naturally investigate thoroughly.

If there really was a past between them, he would personally settle it himself. He would not let Young Girl feel the slightest bit of unhappiness.

Naturally, he would protect his Young Girl completely!