Chapter 76 of Volume I: Distant Relatives of the Jia Family

  "Uncle Fu is very capable when it comes to managing accounts, so don't worry, Xiao Fan." Xiao Yuancheng yawned and walked out from behind.

  Behind the kitchen of the wine building, there is a small courtyard and a small attic, which can be used as a dormitory. On ordinary days when you are bored or tired, you can also go to the yard to sit for a while and take a short rest.

  Xiao Yu Peak always addressed people in front of him like that. Su Xiao Fan also smiled and said to him, "Then, I'll have to trouble Uncle Fu from now on."

  "Thank you, madam." Xiao Fu respectfully responded with a single word and followed Hua Feicheng to the side. Some details needed to be asked about in advance before the guests entered the store, so as not to be busy and flustered at that time.

  Yesterday, I spent a long time discussing the details of entertaining guests with those girls. Among them, I chose the beautiful Shuixiu and Shuilian to be in charge of the third floor's VIPs. The second-best, Shui Xiang, Shui Jie, and Shui Yu were responsible for the second floor's guests. The rest, Shui Qi, Shui Bo, Shui Yue, and Shui Wen were responsible for the first floor.

  It was originally intended to let them get familiar with it for a few days before opening, but after saying what needed to be said, Su Xiaofan didn't know what else to say to them, so it's better to let them get familiar with it in practice.

  "Then I'll go to the kitchen, little treasure you find a place to play by yourself." After seeing that everyone in the store was busy with their own affairs, Su Xiaofan turned around and entered the kitchen. With her own improved recipe for roasted chicken and duck, she still had to make it herself today. First, try selling it for a while, and after confirming that it sells well, let other chefs handle it.

  Xiao Yimeng raised an eyebrow and glanced at the people in the hall, whose eyes were still fixed on her as they had been the day before. She glared at them impatiently, then followed Su Xiaofan into the kitchen. It had been a long time since she'd visited Ling'er's house, and she hadn't even asked when Ling'er had taken in this bunch of silly women.

  It seems that next time I return to the valley, I will have to go to her home and take a look around. Can't let all sorts of people bring chaos into the valley.

  In the kitchen, Xiao Yi Mo picked up a plate of pastries, propped up his legs, sat in a corner, staring at Su Xiao Fan who was shuttling back and forth among each chef, and the rich aroma that occasionally came out of the oven. Unconsciously, the plate of pastries had been emptied slowly.

  "They've found a really good cook." After finishing her busy work, Su Xiaofan brought another plate of snacks to his side.

  "Ah, indeed it's not bad, I'm already full." Xiao Yimeng furrowed her brow and stared at the pastry plate in front of her, although her stomach was already quite bloated, but looking at those exquisite pastries, she still had the urge to continue eating.

  "You hold it, eat when you're hungry, and I'll bring one over for you to try in a bit." Su Xiaofan handed him the plate and patted her hands before going back to work.

  Previously, I had someone make a special toner jar for stewing soup. Since it was a trial production, each small jar inside was personally prepared and put in by myself, so the taste shouldn't be bad. Only 100 jars were made, and today's first 100 customers will each receive one jar to try out and see how they evaluate it. If it's good, we'll officially start selling it tomorrow.

  An hour later, the sound of firecrackers and several shop assistants shouting in unison 'Today's consumption in the store is half price' came from outside.

  Before long, someone was constantly passing menus into the kitchen.

  Su Xiaofan also got up and took out a pot, putting one aside after taking it out, and let the shopkeeper take them out, by the way, instructing them to tell those girls to recommend a few dishes to the guests while serving small dishes.

  "Come on, little treasure, have a taste." Su Xiaofan handed over the jar.

  Xiao Yi Mo frowned, feeling really bored. Unconsciously, he had eaten the whole plate of dim sum behind him. At this moment, although the fragrance of the rice in front of him was enticing and had stirred up his appetite, he felt a bit too full to eat anymore.

  "What's wrong?" Su Xiaofan reached out and smoothed his furrowed brow.

  "I'm too full, let's eat later?" Xiao Yimeng looked at the people who kept bringing dishes and the chefs who seemed busy but were actually in order. After the wine shop business stabilized, she wouldn't have to run to the wine shop every day, would she?

  It would have been better to get her a place like this earlier, so she wouldn't have had to follow Su Bing and the others back and forth between here and home every day. But if I had done that earlier, perhaps she wouldn't have accepted my help at all.

  Su Xiaofan scooped a spoonful and blew on it before handing it over: "Just drink a few mouthfuls, I'll take care of the rest." After jumping around busily all morning, she was also getting a bit hungry.

  "Hmm." Xiao Yimeng took a sip and then looked at the jar: "Give me that piece of lotus root."

  "Good." Su Xiao Fan smiled and fed him a bite into his mouth.

  "The taste is still pretty good." Xiao Yimò nodded in satisfaction.

  Su Xiaofan smiled and said, "Eating lotus root in autumn has a calming effect on the mind. After you eat your fill, go take a nap. They say that children need to sleep more to grow up quickly."

  Xiao Yi Mo's face sank, even if he slept with himself, it wouldn't make him grow up.

  "Boss, someone outside is asking why we give the female customers lotus root and pork ribs in a clay pot, but the male customers get yam and pork ribs soup instead. How should I respond?" Shuǐ Yuè rushed in from outside extremely quickly.

  "Just tell them that lotus root with spare ribs is nourishing yin and clearing heat, while Chinese yam with spare ribs is tonifying the kidney and benefiting essence. If there are male guests who want lotus root with spare ribs, you can also exchange it for them." Su Xiaofan spoke calmly, while continuously feeding Xiao Yiming.

  "Uh-huh."

  After Shui Yue walked away, Xiao Yi Mo stared at her face and asked, "Cooking seems to have a lot of depth?"

  Su Xiaofan smiled and said: "Little treasure will understand when she grows up, this is not just about cooking, every profession has a lot to learn."

  Xiao Yi Mo's eyebrows twitched in discontent, why did she always treat herself like a child?

  Although I currently look like a young child.

  Can't you feel even a little bit that you're actually very mature?

  "Xiao Fan, I'm here." Yu Xiao Xi rushed in excitedly from outside.

  "How did Xiao Xi have time to come over? Aren't you guys busy today?" Su Xiaofan looked at her in surprise, then got up and went to get some food for her.

  Yu Xiao ate hastily, and then licked his lips with a satisfied expression: "Indeed, the things you make are still the most delicious, I was originally planning to come over early, but after arriving at the wine shop, I helped them with some things, so it took until this time."

  Su Xiaofan smiled: "How have they been these past few days?"

  "Not good, all day long complaining about Su Bing, why agree to let you come out alone, but, gradually everyone has calmed down, Xiao Fan, if you do it yourself, you will definitely be able to do better, always partnering with them will only drag you down." Yu Xiaoxi took a glance at the kitchen's layout and exclaimed: "I don't know what era this is, our side can also have such a luxurious kitchen?"

  "They will slowly get better, you have to believe in them. It's not actually a matter of being a drag on the team, maybe I'm just too impatient. I want to make myself stronger as soon as possible." Su Xiaofan furrowed her brow and smiled slightly, seemingly having never discussed this issue with Xiao Xi before.

  Yu Xiaoxi was stunned for a moment before pointing at Xiao Yimeng and saying loudly: "I know, Xiao Fan must be afraid that the little kid will bully you in the future, so he..."

  Before she could finish, Su Xiao Fan interrupted her: "No, I've always been older than him and not weaker either. How can he bully me? I just don't want what happened last time to happen again. I don't want anyone around me to experience that kind of thing in the future."

  "That's not something you can control, after all, the common people can't win against the officials." Yu Xiaoxi's mind quickly flashed back to Su Bing's appearance at that time, and a strong sense of heartache swept over her.

  "So my dream is to become a rich and powerful tycoon, strong enough that those minor characters won't dare to mess with me." Su Xiao Fan suddenly remembered that he was still carrying a large debt on his back, yet here he was speaking such boastful words, it made him feel a bit guilty. After finishing up the work, he would have to ask the village chief to tell him how much silver they spent in total for opening this wine shop, so he could get an idea of how long it would take to pay off the debt.

  "Xiao Fan is so amazing." Yu Xiao Xi gazed at her with a look of admiration.

  "It's great, isn't it? Everyone can have their own dreams. But whether or not they can achieve them is another matter altogether. What's your dream, Xiao Xi?" Su Xiaofan stood up and rolled up her sleeves.

  Xiao Yimao glanced at her sideways and then walked over to put down her sleeve: "The weather isn't that hot anymore."

  Su Xiaofan smiled helplessly, Little Treasure always paid attention to these small details.

  "What's a dream?" Yu Xiaoxi furrowed her brow and thought seriously for a moment: "Probably just to spend a happy and ordinary life with Su Bing."

  "Yes, people say that plain and simple is the happiest thing." Yu Xiaoxi said as she turned around to supervise the chefs, although their cooking skills were not bad, and she had already told them how to make each dish, but she was still a bit worried. This newly opened restaurant, whether it could stand firm, all depended on the deliciousness of the dishes to retain those customers.

  Xiao Yimeng stared at her back, muttering: "You don't go back, doesn't matter? Your future mother-in-law finds out, who knows she'll make trouble for you again."

  Yu Xiaoxi pouted: "Don't mind her, what she said were all slanders against Xiao Fan. If it weren't for her making a scene last time, Xiao Fan might not have come out on his own to open the wine house and taken on such great pressure."

  "Don't worry, asking her for the money back is just a formality. If we didn't say that, she wouldn't accept it." Xiao Yimeng lowered his voice.

  Yu Xiaoxi looked at him in surprise, then lifted her lips and smiled brightly. This little kid might not bully Xiao Fan in the future, but instead be very good to him.

  In the afternoon, when there were few customers in the store, Su Xiaofan sent off Yu Xiaoxi and went to the counter, sitting next to Hua Feichen and asking: "How was it today?"

  "Everything is fine except for those women who come into the store and are a nuisance to look at."

  "That's natural, in this not-so-big-not-so-small silent city, it must be very hard to find a few men as handsome as you." Su Xiaofan said while taking over the account book handed over by Xiao Fu, frowned and looked at it for a moment before saying: "Actually, I don't quite understand this thing."

  Xiao Yi Mo took a glance at her and took it from her hand: "Go aside, let me take a look."

  Hua Fei Cen's eyebrows furrowed even tighter after hearing her words just now. Beautiful?

  This seems to be used to describe women.

  Su Xiaofan curiously gathered around Xiao Yimeng's side, watching him focus intently on the account book, occasionally asking questions to Xiao Fu and the others, with an air of a little adult, and seeing this, her lips involuntarily curled up.

  One day, when the little treasure grows up, will she also have a clever and mischievous baby like him?

  Just a slight imagination, and I feel like I've already started looking forward to that day's arrival.

  Xiao Yuanfeng walked in from outside the wine house, carrying several packages, and as soon as he saw Su Xiaofan, he asked bluntly: "Is your cousin Su Sixi pregnant?"

  "Pregnant?" Su Xiao Fan was taken aback, how did he suddenly bring this up, and it's related to Si Xi.

  "Yes, I just went to buy those seasonings you mentioned and ran into her at the pharmacy. I discreetly asked the doctor there, and apparently she was buying medicine for miscarriage prevention." Xiao Yuanfeng handed over all the big and small packages in his hands to the shop's young apprentice.

  Su Xiaofan blinked, and she herself didn't know how many days the four joys had been following Zhang Yuncong. Calculating it should be a period of time too. Pregnancy is not impossible, but now that Zhang Yuncong is no longer in Mochen City, is she living alone in the city? Buying fetal medicine, does she want to give birth?

  Illegitimate children must have a hard time in this era.

  Or did Yun Song plan to bring her back to the capital and take her into the manor in the future? Or was it as he had previously told himself, just setting up a small courtyard, hiding her away like a mistress.

  "Do you know where she lives?" Coming back to her senses, Su Xiaofan suddenly remembered that she still had to take her back to the village and confront Old Lady Xi about what happened last time. If Old Lady Xi continued to not allow herself and Xiao Xi to be in contact, it would be a very troublesome thing.

  "I don't know, next time I'll follow and see." Xiao Yuanfeng put his hands behind his head, leaning against the counter edge, casually asking: "Fu Shu, how's business today?"

  "Because today there's a half-price promotion, we can only calculate the actual profit after closing time, but it's definitely not going to be a loss. The few types of roasted ducks that Mrs. Xiao made at higher prices are selling well." Xiao Fu's fingers quickly moved back and forth on the abacus, while his other hand rapidly recorded numbers in the account book.

  Xiao Yuanfeng turned his head to look at Su Xiaofan: "Xiaofan, I'm hungry. I want to eat something you made with your own hands."

  Su Xiaofan had yet to respond when Xiao Yimiao glared at her fiercely: "What's for lunch, she rarely gets a break."

  Xiao Yuanfeng was speechless. If they really got married in the future, it wouldn't be easy to get a taste of Xiao Fan's cooking again.

  "Then wait a moment, I'll go and get some things. It's just that it's not very busy at this time, let's all sit together and have something to eat. You guys go to the private room we reserved on the third floor and wait for me." Su Xiaofan stretched her waist and stood up, considering that Xiao Bao's master and others were also staying in the wine tower, so she had a private room specially set up on the third floor for everyone to rest and eat.

  "Alright, let's go." Xiao Yuanfeng chuckled and pulled Xiao Yuanchun's arm as they headed upstairs.

  "Is your boss's wife here?"

  Hearing the familiar voice coming from the doorway, Su Xiaofan stopped in her tracks and turned around to look over, then smiled and walked forward: "How did Marshal Pei come here?"

  "Ah, this is the kind person who helped you last time, allowing you to visit your friend in prison. She wanted to eat the dishes you made with your own hands, but when she went to the restaurant, she found out you weren't working there anymore, so she came directly here."

  Su Xiaofan recognized her at a glance, she was the woman who had helped him paint in the tavern that day. He had been grateful to her from the start, and now that he had also heard that she was the noble guest mentioned by Pei Yuan Wai, he felt even more grateful. He walked over and respectfully asked: "May I ask how to address you?"

  "Just call me Ziyun." Ziyun smiled slightly at her, then curiously glanced around the interior of the wine house: "It's really rare for a wine house to have a female shopkeeper."

  "Ah, Miss Zi Yun, please come in. It just so happens that I was about to prepare lunch for everyone. If you two don't mind, why not join us for a meal?" Su Xiao Fan thought the woman in front of him was not only beautiful but also exuded an air of nobility from head to toe.

  "Then I won't be polite." Zi Yun hooked her lips and smiled slightly.

  Pei Qinyuan suppressed the smile on his face and leaned in close to her, saying softly: "Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

  Zi Yun turned her head and smiled at him: "It doesn't matter."

  "Alright, you two go ahead and bring them up first. I'll get everything ready and bring it up later. Water Dream Lotus, prepare some of the best tea." Su Xiao Fan said as he turned around and entered the kitchen, quickly thinking about what dishes to prepare.

  "Alright, you two come with us."

  Shui Meng and Shui Lian were both extremely leisurely early in the morning, helping out on the first floor because of the wine house's first day of opening, and there were no qualified guests to go up to the third floor yet.

  Half an hour later, Su Xiaofan brought up all the prepared dishes one by one.

  "It looks delicious." Zi Yun spoke out happily, these days although Pei Bo had also sent people to buy food from the restaurant and bring it back to the mansion, but none of them tasted as good as hers, even the aroma was different.

  "Ziyun girl, please help yourself." Su Xiaofan sat down beside Xiao Yimeng and wiped his bowl and chopsticks for him.

  "I was wondering earlier, is that your younger brother? You're really good to him." Zi Yun picked up her chopsticks, took a bite of food and then put down the chopsticks before speaking.

  Xiao Yi Mo's face fell, and he glared at her sullenly.

  "It seems I've said something wrong......" Zi Yun smiled slightly awkwardly in response to his displeasure.

  "Little treasure is eating." Su Xiao Fan saw that he was staring at someone, which was extremely impolite.

  "She is my wife." Xiao Yimeng said seriously to Ziyun, how could he be her younger brother? Su Xiaoxuan was still a baby who couldn't speak at that time.

  Zi Yun blinked and looked at Su Xiao Fan with a surprised expression, asking: "Really?"

  This time Su Xiao Fan awkwardly smiled: "That's right..."

  "But when he grows up, he will definitely be a rare handsome man." Zi Yun saw that she had acknowledged it and was no longer as surprised as before. Perhaps what surprised her was the mature aura emanating from the child who looked like he was only five or six years old.

  "Hmm, that's right, is Miss Zi Yun here to play in Mo City?" Su Xiao Fan saw her staring at a dish in the middle of the table and brought it over to put beside her.

  "It's not like I'm here to have fun." Zi Yun put down her chopsticks and replied.

  Su Xiaofan watched her movements, guessing that her family must be very good. Every time she spoke and responded, she would put down her chopsticks and swallow the food in her mouth: "Although we are weak in power, if there is a need for help, just tell us."

  Zi Yun heard this and turned her head to look at Pei Qinyuan.

  Pei Qinyuan nodded slightly after a moment of deep thought.

  "I actually came to Mochen this time to find someone." Zi Yun's face darkened, although she had been in Mochen for a long time, but there was no clue at all, let alone finding that person. This Mochen is not big or small, and there is no specific location. To find someone here is like a headless fly, it can only be aimlessly colliding.

  Su Xiaofan glanced around at the two brothers, Xiao Yuanfeng and Xiao Yuanchun: "When it comes to finding people, these two brothers are quite skilled. Why don't you tell them what kind of person you're looking for and let them help you find him?"

  "Hmm, let's take a look." Xiao Yuanqiu also put down the chopsticks in his hand and picked up the chopsticks placed aside, shaking them lightly a few times.

  Zi Yun hesitated for a moment, then took out a portrait and placed it in front of Su Xiao Fan.

  Su Xiaofan unfolded it and looked at it carefully for a moment before frowning and saying, "Why do I always feel that the woman in front of me looks somewhat familiar?"

  Xiao Yimò walked over, stared for a while, and looked at Su Xiaofan's face, saying: "You look quite similar to her, could it be that the person she is looking for is you?"

  "It shouldn't be me, it doesn't feel like it." Su Xiaofan shook her head slightly.

  "Ah, indeed it's not her. The person in the painting is my aunt, Jia Ziyuan. At first, she would go to your wine shop to eat because she happened to be wandering around that area and thought you looked a bit like the person I was looking for. However, on this journey of searching, I've actually met many people who look similar, but none of them are the person I'm looking for." Zi Yun let out a slightly helpless sigh, although there are many people in this world who look alike, each person's eyes are different.

  The girl in front of me, named Su Xiaofan, has exceptionally clear and lively eyes.

  Her aunt had a pair of gentle eyes like water, with a hint of melancholy.

  After hearing her words, except for Zi Yun and Pei Qinyuan in the house, everyone else looked at Su Xiaofan.

  Su Xiaofan was also quite surprised, her mother's name is indeed Jia Ziyuan, but she wants to find her mother? Moreover, she said the person she wants to find is her aunt, if that's really the case, wouldn't she be her own cousin?

  "What's wrong?" Ziyun suddenly came back to her senses and found that everyone's expression was extremely inappropriate.

  "That... if you look closely, the woman in your portrait does resemble my mother a bit, after all, grandma said I looked just like my mother when she was young." Su Xiao Fan took another extremely serious and careful look at the portrait: "My mother has a small mole here on her eyebrow, does the person you're looking for have one?"

  "Ah, yes, is your mother named Jia Ziyuan?" Zi Yun asked excitedly, grasping her hand and inquiring urgently.

  Su Xiaofan nodded slightly with a frown.

  Zi Yun stood up excitedly: "Can you take me to see your mother?"

  "Alright." Su Xiao Fan sank into thought for a moment before standing up and looking at Hua Fei Chen and the others, saying: "I'll trouble you all this afternoon."

  "It's okay, you can go." Huā Fēi Chén smiled and nodded slightly. According to the investigation before, it was indeed that no one knew where Xiao Fan's mother came from, only knowing that she suddenly appeared in that village more than ten years ago, and no one knew where she came from.

  On the way home, Su Xiaofan kept staring at Zi Yun with a sullen expression.

  I wonder how old she is now?

  If she's a cousin, should I call her older female cousin or younger female cousin?

  "I'm sixteen this year, and in a few months it'll be my wedding day, so I want to help my mother find her sister whom she's been thinking of seeing again while I'm still single." Ziyun turned her head and looked out the window of the carriage, feeling that they were getting more and more remote. Would Auntie really live in such a secluded place?

  "Is it?" Su Xiaofan responded faintly.

  It's not just herself, Su Xiaofan also didn't know about her mother's past. She seemed to have never mentioned anything related to family matters before.

  After returning home, Ziyun stared blankly at Jia for a long time, unable to connect the village woman in front of her with the lady in her portrait. However, as she looked longer, she discovered that they were indeed the same person.

  Same eyebrows and eyes, same facial features, but after the baptism of time, the woman in front of me had long lost her youthful beauty, let alone living in such a rural area.

  Jia also fell silent after hearing her intentions, and in fact, he had roughly guessed her identity the moment he saw her, as she looked almost identical to Yiao Mei back then.

  "Are you really my aunt?" The uncertainty in Zi Yun's heart gradually dissipated as she looked into her eyes, because her eyes had already told herself that she recognized this face.

  "Hmm, how's your mother doing?" Madame Jia's eyes flashed with many complex emotions.

  "It's fine, I just keep thinking about wanting to see you again." Zi Yun's excited emotions also settled down at this moment, after all, she had been searching for so long for someone, and when she finally found out that she might have found her, it was hard not to be excited.

  Jia turned his head and said to Su Xiaofan and Xiao Yimiao who were standing by the door: "If you're busy with the wine shop, go out first. I want to talk to her alone."

  Su Xiaofan didn't ask much either, and pulled Xiao Yimeng's hand, saying: "Then you two take your time to talk, we'll go first."

  "Aren't you curious?" Xiao Yimò followed her footsteps at a steady pace, seeing that she looked preoccupied with worries, and finally couldn't help but ask out loud.

  "No, I'm very curious." Su Xiao Fan honestly admitted that she was so curious that she wanted to sneak around her house to eavesdrop, but some things, since her mother didn't want her to know, it's better not to know for now.

  Since mother can leave home and come to this remote mountain village, perhaps there is something unspeakable that cannot be spoken, or maybe it's just that mother's sister married a good family?

  Xiao Fan.

  Su Xiaofan frowned and looked at Meng's family walking towards her, speaking in a very light tone: "Third Aunt, what do you want from me again?"

  "I heard you're living in the city now, I wanted to ask for your help. If you see Si Xi, please let her get in touch with us." Meng's face was filled with obvious worry.

  "Since Third Aunt knew she was in Mochen, why didn't she go look for her?" Su Xiaofan rubbed her brow, lately she had been frowning habitually, probably would get wrinkles later.

  "I only heard the people from the neighboring village mention it once, and this silent city is quite big. I don't have a way to wander aimlessly around the whole street looking for him, and I still need to take care of my family's Fourth Celebration and your Third Uncle." Meng had never thought that one day she would come to ask Su Xiaofan for help again and again.

  Su Xiaofan sighed: "It's better for San Auntie to find her as soon as possible." After finishing, she pulled Xiao Yimiao quickly and walked past her.

  Meng watched their backs with a heart full of gloom, what was the meaning of that inexplicable sigh she let out just now? It suddenly gave her a bad premonition.

  After returning to the wine building, Su Xiaofan was restless in the kitchen, and Xiao Yuanqiu and Xiao Yuancheng leaned against the edge of the kitchen, asking Xiao Yimiao in a low voice: "Is she really the one that Zi Yun wants to find?"

  Xiao Yimo silently nodded his head.

  "What identity is Zi Yun?" Xiao Yuanfeng couldn't wait to know, always feeling that Zi Yun gave people a feeling of being either wealthy or noble. Since they had such an awesome relative, why did Su Xiaofan's family become so poor and destitute in the past?

  Isn't Su Xiaofan's mother also like Su Xiaofan, having a personality that doesn't like to accept help from others?

  Xiao Yimò shook his head silently once again.

  "I'll go take a look." Xiao Yuanqiu fanned himself and slowly walked out, no matter what, Little Fan would have to move into the valley in the future. Every person who enters the valley must investigate each other's background, it's an old rule that has been passed down for generations in the valley, people in the valley are not allowed to have any connection with the royal family.

  The next day, Ziyun arrived at the wine shop early in the morning, bringing a large pile of gifts.

  "Sister, what's going on?" Su Xiaofan hesitated for a long time before calling out this name with great difficulty.

  "From today on, I will move to live in this building of yours." Zi Yun instructed the servants behind her to keep moving those large and small boxes into the backyard.

  "Why? Don't you live in the outer house of Pei Yuan?" In fact, Su Xiaofan thought that what she wanted to ask was about her relationship with Pei Yuan, and maybe she could figure out her mother's life by asking.

  Zi Yun took a deep breath, looked around the small courtyard and said: "Your place is not bad, and most importantly, you can eat Fan Er's cooking every day. Just thinking about it makes me eager to move in."

  Su Xiaofan sighed helplessly: "Yuanfeng, help me move her luggage to the room next to mine."

  Xiao Yuanfeng readily agreed and quickly put everything away without much effort.

  "But, you're going out alone, why are you bringing so many things?" Su Xiaofan felt that she gave people the feeling of being a very capable and wealthy young lady, who would bring several suitcases of daily necessities when going out, and last time was able to find a way to help herself visit prison, definitely not an ordinary person.

  "Those, none of them were brought out by me, they are some strange and interesting things I picked up along the way, I bought them back to show my family." Zi Yun raised her eyebrows and leaned against Su Xiao Fan's side, asking: "Or, should I pick a few for you to play with, Fan Er's cousin?"

  Su Xiaofan shook her head firmly: "No need, I don't like playing with those strange things." Although she said that, her eyes kept glancing towards the room from time to time, it was a different story whether she wanted to or not, and she still really wanted to see what kind of things she had bought.

  After spending several peaceful days, Su Xiaofan finally couldn't help but ask Zi Yun, "That cousin of yours, when are you going to go home? You've been alone outside for so long, aren't your family worried?"

  Zi Yun's face, which was originally smiling, sank down upon hearing this.

  Su Xiaofan also stopped asking and quietly waited for her response.

  "This is the free time I exchanged for my own marriage, until I get married, I can go wherever I want to go, but after that, I have to go back obediently." Zi Yun lay softly on the soft couch in the box.

  "If it's not someone you like, why get married?" Su Xiaofan asked and immediately regretted it. In such a time and space, marriage may not be something they can control themselves, this is an era where the words of parents and matchmakers are particularly important.

  "It's not that I must marry that person, but I don't have someone I really like, so to me, marrying anyone is the same." Zi Yun's eyes wandered off as she asked Su Xiao Fan, "Fan'er, didn't you also become a child bride due to your family's extremely difficult circumstances? Although you're free now, what if you go back to his household and get bullied?"

  "Hmm, at that time I was like you, cousin, didn't have anyone I liked, thought it would be fine to marry anyone. But now I'm really glad I made that decision back then. Although he's still young, he'll grow up soon, just a matter of ten years, and before we know it, the time will pass." Su Xiao Fan also leaned on the table softly like her.

  Zi Yun stood up, looking at her disapprovingly: "What do you mean it's just ten years? How can it possibly pass in the blink of an eye? These ten years are a woman's most precious time."

  "Sister-in-law, after you get married, don't have kids too early, okay? Having kids too early will make you age faster. At least wait until you're 20 years old before having kids."

  "But at the age of twenty, she's already old." Zi Yun furrowed her brow, most people think that girls are best married and having children as soon as they reach adulthood, why does she think differently from others.

  "I think that when the little treasure grows up, I'll be around 25 years old, which is just about right for having kids. Although a woman's life revolves around her husband and children, I want to live my life as freely as possible, not relying on men or later on, my children." Su Xiao Fan closed her eyes, the corners of her mouth curving upwards, if possible, she'd spoil the little treasure rotten for the rest of her life.

  "Hmm... it sounds like it might be okay." Zi Yun furrowed her brow, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes, and some strange thoughts arose.

  Next door, several eavesdroppers sat quietly.

  It was originally because I couldn't find out about Zi Yun's identity, so I decided to eavesdrop, but I didn't hear any useful information.

  The two of them, exhausted from talking, didn't say another word.

  "Are they asleep?" Xiao Yuanfeng put his ear against the wall, listened carefully for a while, and only sat down at the table after making sure that not even the slightest sound could be heard.

  "Is Autumn Brother going to continue investigating?" Xiao Yimeng spoke up with a faint expression, lowering his voice as he spoke.

  "It's only natural to investigate." Xiao Yuanqiu furrowed his brow, this Zi Yun had never appeared in Mo City before, and no matter what, he couldn't find out why she was connected to Pei Xuan, or where she came from. She herself said that on her way here, she went to many places to look for people, but her route couldn't be investigated.

  Xiao Yi Mo calmly picked up the teapot, refilled Hua Fei Chen's cup with tea, and then filled his own: "Regardless of the outcome of the investigation, I'll tell you one thing first - no matter what reason, my intention to marry her will not change."

  Xiao Yuan's autumn was slightly stiff, and then he could recover his usual smile; "Hmm, I know."