After a busy morning, Tian Xiaohui and Zheng Song successfully got engaged.

With only half a month left until the wedding, Aunt Tian and Ye Yun decided not to let Tian Xiaohui return to the county town due to the tight schedule, and busied themselves preparing Tian Xiaohui's dowry.

Ye Yun naturally wouldn't stop her.

Making money is certainly an important thing, but nothing is more important than a major life event like getting married.

She had already hired someone for the pastry shop in the city, an old friend—Luo Xiujuan.

Ever since Xun Xiangbin disappeared, Luo Xiujuan and her son Xiaohai have simply stayed at Xun's house, engaging in daily battles of wits with Xun's mother.

At first, Xun's mother was full of fighting spirit and determined not to let Luo Xiujuan, this country woman, into the house.

But she is getting old after all.

Luo Xiujuan and her son wandered in the mountains for five years, enduring all kinds of hardships. Wild fruits in the mountains were her food to fill their stomachs, and dark and damp caves were her shelter from the wind and cold. In addition to overcoming the harsh natural environment, they also had to protect themselves from attacks by wild beasts in the mountains.

Even if Xun's mother is difficult to deal with, she is just an old witch with one foot in the grave, nothing to be afraid of.

During her time at the Xun family home, Luo Xiujuan and her son lived a carefree life. When they were hungry, they would go into the kitchen to cook; when they were thirsty, they would boil water themselves. Every night, she would take her son back to Xun Xiangbin's room to sleep, completely treating the Xun family home as their own, which made Xun's mother seem like an incongruous outsider.

When Xun's mother tried to stop her from entering the kitchen, she pushed Xun's mother aside.

When Xun's mother was using the stove, she went in and shoved Xun's mother away. Anyway, Xun's mother was too old to beat her. She was now a whole version of Cao Xinrou from that era!

Xun's mother locked the kitchen door, the bedroom door, and even the main gate.

Luo Xiujuan remained calm and collected. Carrying the groceries she had bought and holding her son's hand, she went to her neighbor's house to borrow an axe and smashed several large locks to pieces.

"Old man, if you dare to cause trouble again, next time I won't smash the door lock, I'll smash your head!"

Xun's mother sat on the ground and cried bitterly.

However, the neighbors all knew her character, and instead of helping her, they applauded and cheered.

"Binzi is such a good kid. If it weren't for your biased and materialistic mother, he would be living a comfortable life with his wife and kids. Unlike now, he's gone mad and disappeared without a trace!"

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Xun's mother also thought of her other two sons.

But when she dialed the number, her eldest son was busy advancing his career, and her younger son was busy pleasing his beautiful wife and powerful in-laws. Both of her promising sons hung up the phone in a hurry before she could finish speaking, leaving her standing blankly in front of the phone booth, soaked to the bone by the rain.

And so, as her influence waned, she was forced to accept living under the same roof as Luo Xiujuan.

Sometimes she had to watch Luo Xiujuan's expression, even if Luo Xiujuan didn't intend to bully her, because she really couldn't beat Luo Xiujuan.

In her spare time, she also takes care of Xiao Hai.

When she gets old and is bedridden, she might have to rely on Luo Xiujuan and Xiao Hai to bring her food.

After learning all this, Ye Yun, who happened to need someone, went to find Luo Xiujuan herself.

When Luo Xiujuan heard that she was asked to help out at the pastry shop, she readily agreed. After sending her son to Chen Zhenxing's place, she happily went to the pastry shop.

Ye Yun was happy that she could use her.

Of course, she would still go back to the Xun family every day to intimidate Xun's mother and let the old hag know how wrong she was back then.

Before they knew it, it was time for Tian Xiaohui and Zheng Song's wedding. Ye Yun and Qin Zheng rushed from the provincial capital to the county town early in the morning to deliver wedding gifts to Zheng Song and Tian Xiaohui.

A pair of cheerful ceramic dolls.

The ceramic dolls depict a newlywed couple, chubby and dressed in bright red wedding attire. The groom wears an official's hat, and the bride wears a phoenix crown. One smiles with a simple and honest expression, while the other smiles with a charming and innocent one. They are extremely beautiful.

Gu Jin was also invited.

He came with Tang Shu.