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Zhou Shitang came to Zhou Mingyi's house and saw Mrs. Zhou tending flowers and plants. She walked over with her hands behind her back and said calmly: "Grandma, I'm here to see you again."

Mrs. Zhou raised her head and saw her pretending to be calm. She said with a smile: "It's rare to see you calm one day."

Zhou Shitang chuckled twice and said, "We are going to build a house. There is no shortage of food for now. I am happy."

Mrs. Li was cooking in the kitchen, and when she heard Zhou Shitang's voice, she came out with a smile, "Tangtang is here, is there anything I can do to help?"

She didn't know where Tangtang's family got so much food. She didn't care about it, as long as they had something to eat.

For the sake of those chickens and eggs, she had to treat Tangtang's family well.

Zhou Shitang's eyes curled up, "Auntie is really kind-hearted. I just have something I want to ask you for help with."

"We only have two small houses there, so we plan to build two more. We need manpower."

Li was stunned for a moment. She was just being polite. She didn't expect that damn girl Tangtang to actually ask them to go over and help. But the words had already been spoken. She was soft-spoken and short-handed. She laughed twice and said, "We can go over and help. Who says we are a family? But we can’t build a house?”

Zhou Shitang was confident and said with a smile: "I hired someone to guide me in building the house. You don't need to worry about this. When the time comes, just ask Auntie for help."

Mrs. Li couldn't help but frown, "I remember your house was quite spacious. Why do you need to build it again?"

Zhou Shitang: "If you want to build it, build it. It will be more spacious and comfortable to live in."

Zhou Yanshao came back from outside and heard their conversation. He nodded in agreement, "A family should help each other without talking about any trouble. When will it be built?"

"Tomorrow, if there are many people, I think it can be completed in about one day." Zhou Shitang turned around, her uncle was always very kind to them, and the smile in her eyes became real.

Zhou Yanshao nodded.

Zhou Shitang thought of the shortage of bowls and chopsticks in the past two days, and added, "Since you are working there tomorrow, you must have lunch at our place, but there are not enough bowls and chopsticks, so I still need you, uncle, to hold the bowls and chopsticks." past."

Zhou Yanshao thought it was not a big problem and nodded.

After Mrs. Zhou finished tending to the flowers and plants, she stood up and said, "I'll go over and help tomorrow too."

"Grandma." Zhou Shitang asked with concern, "Why don't you just watch us work?"

Isn’t it bad that grandma still needs to build a house with her old arms and legs?
Mrs. Zhou smiled and said, "I still have strength, and it's not like I can't do anything. Don't worry too much."

Zhou Shitang couldn't control her grandmother. She was worried that not letting her work would make her feel that she was old and useless and would be a drag on them. She nodded, as long as she didn't let her do heavy work anyway.

They want grandma to feel that she is still capable.

Zhou Shitang waved his hands to them, turned and left.

Li Shi heard that her husband agreed immediately. She wanted to be pretentious and waited for Tangtang to bend down and ask her to help, but she had no chance. She couldn't help but secretly glared at Zhou Yanshao.

How can people cherish it if they get it easily?
People would think that their family can do everything if they don't coy about it.

If we can build a house today, will we be able to kill people and set fire to tomorrow?
Zhou Yanshao was confused, "What's wrong?"

Ms. Li didn't dare to express her inner thoughts, so she swallowed her breath and said, "It's nothing."

She looked back at the two shabby houses and couldn't help but said, "Should we also build two houses? This way it will not be so crowded?"

Then she wouldn't have to live in the same house with the old lady. She was very uncomfortable.

Zhou Yanshao shook his head, "The current house is quite nice to live in. You don't have to spend so much effort to build it. The house is not that easy to build."

Li said matter-of-factly: "Don't Tangtang know someone who can build a house? Wouldn't it be nice to ask him to help build it? Then we can also ask Tangtang's family to come over and help."

Zhou Yanshao felt that it was not necessary. It would be fine if they themselves had the ability, but they did not have the ability. Didn't they need favors when asking others to build the house?
No matter how good the relationship between him and his second brother is, he should keep a certain distance and not just ask for it, otherwise no matter how good the relationship is, it will collapse.

Seeing his wife's reluctance, Zhou Yanshao's tone darkened, "This house is already very good. If you have some free time, you might as well go find some food and send it to the second brother and the others."

"We eat all kinds of things they send these days, and we should give them back. Even if we are a family, we should have contact."

Seeing Zhou Yanshao's gloomy face, Mrs. Li didn't dare to say anything more. When he wasn't aggressive, she could be a little tempered, but once he got angry, she had to restrain herself.

She nodded, "I also know that there should be comings and goings, but I don't have the ability to get chickens and eggs, so I dug up some wild vegetables. Didn't I ask Ayi to send them over?"

Zhou Yanshao hummed.

Zhou Mingyi came back with a bundle of firewood and a basket on his back. He also dug some wild vegetables, herbs, and some mushrooms. Those mushrooms looked exactly like the ones Tangtang sent back, so he dug them. .

He remembered Tangtang's advice not to eat any mushrooms he didn't recognize, so he only dug up some familiar ones.

He planned to dry these mushrooms and send them to Tangtang.

Mrs. Li saw her son carrying a bundle of firewood on his shoulders and a basket on his back. She felt distressed and walked over to take the bundle of firewood. "Ayi, don't move so many things at once in the future. Do you know how to take care of them?" Own?"

She couldn't help but scold Zhou Yancheng in her heart for being careless.

If it weren't for him, how would their family come here to endure hardships?

She was not in the capital, and she didn't know how her brother was doing. Was he being bullied? Did he eat well and sleep well? Would he miss her sister?
Zhou Mingyi put down the firewood and the basket, "Don't worry, Mom, everything I carry is within the tolerance of my body."

Zhou Yanshao said: "Go over tomorrow and help your second uncle's family build a house, so don't go out."

Zhou Mingyi was stunned for a moment and nodded, "Okay, but I still need to go to Zeng's house to tell Master Zeng, in case he can't wait for me at home."

Zhou Yanshao nodded, "I should go over and say something."

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Zhou Shitang returned home, looked at the two large bathtubs with bright eyes, and rubbed his hands, "You can take a medicinal bath today. I want to fully experience the effects of taking a medicinal bath and practice peerless martial arts as soon as possible."

She reached out and touched the tub. It was smooth, so she didn't have to worry about being poked by anything.

Zhou Shiruo also touched it, excitement flashed in her eyes, but the next moment she became depressed again, "A bathtub requires a tank of water, so I still need to fetch a lot of water."

Zhou Shitang: "Let's go fetch water now, pour the water into the tub, put the medicinal materials into the iron bucket, boil the water, then pour it into the tub, adjust it to the appropriate temperature, and then you can take a bath."

Just do it.

Zhou Shitang originally asked Su Huai to help make a wooden barrel. Later, in order to thank Zhou Shitang, Su Huaili made two more wooden barrels and sent them over, so their family had a total of three wooden barrels.

Zhou Shitang picked up two wooden barrels. Seeing this, Zhou Shiruo picked up the last wooden barrel and followed.The two sisters chatted and laughed as they came to the well to draw water.

Aunt Fang came over with two wooden buckets. When she saw two little girls, she looked closer and saw that they were unfamiliar faces. She said, "There have been a lot of little girls recently. When did you come here?"

Judging from their white and tender hands, they must come from a wealthy family.

It's strange, why have so many wealthy families been exiled here recently?
Zhou Shitang had just picked up a bucket of water, and when he heard Aunt Fang's words, he turned to look over and blinked, "Auntie, you don't recognize me anymore? I exchanged a few eggs with you not long ago."

When Aunt Fang heard about the exchange of eggs, she immediately remembered who Zhou Shitang was. However, she was confused, "Didn't your face look like this before? It has become ugly."

How handsome he used to be, why did he completely change in such a short time?

Could it be that the water here is not good and they have become ugly?

Zhou Shitang smiled lightly, "Oh, my appearance is not important. What is important is that I am still the little girl that aunt knows. It has been a long time since we last met, and aunt is still as beautiful as ever."

Her smile was genuine and her tone was sincere.

Aunt Fang put all the messy thoughts behind her in an instant, and she was so happy to be praised, "Your mouth is still so sweet, I like it, Auntie."

As she spoke, she approached the two sisters Zhou Shitang and said, "I saw two young men walking out of your house that day. They are relatives of your family. Why don't you let them change your house? Live in a safe place. Also get a good night’s sleep.”

If she lived in that house, she wouldn't be able to sleep.

Zhou Shitang smiled when he heard this. The two people the aunt met must be Wu Yongwei and Yuan Shou.

She felt that there was nothing wrong with the house, "Auntie, you don't have to be afraid. You see, we have lived there for so long and there is nothing wrong with it."

"Bah, bah, bah!" Aunt Fang suddenly became excited, baht three times, and then pulled Zhou Shitang, "Little girl, there are some things you can't say, so hurry up and bah bah, otherwise it will be bad."

Zhou Shitang's mouth twitched, feeling that the aunt was too excited, but seeing the concern in her eyes, she still followed her and sighed three times.

Zhou Shiruo, who watched the entire process: "..."

Aunt Fang breathed a sigh of relief and warned her sincerely, "Don't say any unlucky words, they will really come true."

Zhou Shitang nodded.

Zhou Shiruo was confused, "Can't you even say it?"

Aunt Fang nodded heavily, "Yes, you can't say a word. I remember a man once cried that he didn't have a son. Later, he really didn't have a son. His wife gave birth to daughters."

Zhou Shitang: "..."

Whether the child is a boy or a girl has absolutely nothing to do with what the man said.

However, let the aunt think so, and she has no ability to correct other people's thoughts.

Zhou Shiruo soon brought a bucket of water up, and the two sisters carried the water home.

Aunt Fang intended to build a good relationship with them and said to their backs: "When my lychees are ripe, you can buy them with money."

She emphasized the word money.

Those two young gentlemen are so well-dressed and can come and go here freely, so they must be very rich.

With such relatives, would these two little girls’ families still have no money?
Zhou Shitang also wanted to eat lychees, and it happened that her family had made some money. She nodded without hesitation, "Okay, we will go over and buy them. I just hope that the aunt will not dislike us."

Aunt Fang waved her hand, "No, no, just come and buy it with confidence."

Zhou Shitang carried two buckets of water, and Zhou Shiruo carried one bucket.

The two walked away.

Zhou Shiruo smiled and said, "Auntie really likes others to praise her. When you praise her, her face turns into a flower."

Zhou Shitang also smiled, "The more you praise, the easier things will be done. A kind heart is a beautiful person."

Although, they only had contact with her a few times, and the time was not long. She could probably see a little bit of what kind of person the aunt was, and she didn't have much bad intentions.

Zhou Shiruo sighed and agreed: "The eldest sister is also quite beautiful, but when she coldly disliked us, I found that her face turned ugly."

After she finished speaking, someone poked her waist. The itching was unbearable, and she couldn't help but move aside, "Tangtang, what are you doing? I almost spilled the water."

Zhou Shitang coughed and motioned for Zhou Shiruo to look aside, "Sister, what a coincidence, are you going to fetch water too?"

What if Zhou Shiruo's smile froze and he secretly said bad things about others and the real owner overheard him?
She turned her head stiffly and saw Zhou Rushan's familiar yet unfamiliar face. She didn't feel guilty at all and said with a smile, "What a coincidence, big sister."

"I didn't fetch water. I just happened to come back, and then I happened to hear someone saying that I was just ugly." Zhou Rushan's tone was unkind and as cold as ice.

Zhou Shiruo is right, "It is correct to say that phase comes from the heart, and I very much agree with it."

Zhou Rushan sneered, "Isn't it bad for the second sister to speak ill of people behind their backs?"

Zhou Shiruo said confidently, "You dislike us and don't allow me to say bad things about you? What did I say?"

Hurt each other, come on!

Zhou Rushan snorted coldly, didn't bother to say more to her, and strode away.

She felt that the second sister had become a different person since she came to Lingnan. She used to be gentle and gentle, and even if she didn't get along with her, she wouldn't be so straightforward. Now she has no scruples at all and lets herself go.

Zhou Shiruo looked at her back, snorted coldly, and made a face to express his disgust, "Sure enough, she and I are not compatible. It is easy to quarrel when we are together. It is better to stay far away. Distance brings beauty."

Zhou Shitang also nodded, "That's just the difference in aura. Anyway, no one is pleased with him."

Zhou Shiruo felt relaxed all over, "It feels so good. I used to worry about this and that, for fear that others would know that we sisters were not compatible, and was pressured by my mother to be a gentle noble girl. Now I don't have to worry about it. I can say whatever I want, anyway." She is no longer a noble lady.”

Mother is no longer pretending, so what else is she pretending to do?
Zhou Shitang smiled and did not object. It is easier to be true to yourself.

Two bathtubs were placed in each room. The two returned home, poured water into them, and continued to fetch water.

Zhou Shimu finished his work and took two buckets, "I'll fetch water. You can rest at home, Tangtang." (End of Chapter)