Jiang Huashu was preoccupied with his plans for the village when his wife came to find him after finishing work, and they strolled home together. Chuncao, perceptive enough, smiled at Jiang Huashu, calling him "brother-in-law," and squatted in the yard with a small shovel, clearing the weeds from the ground.

As the couple walked through the village, everyone they met greeted them warmly. One or two loudspeakers spotted them and couldn't contain their surprise. "What's wrong? Isn't it okay for a couple to run the house together? Why are you making such a fuss?" Jiang Huashu said he'd remember people like this.

When they got home, Suihe and Shuishui were chopping wood in the yard. Suihe was chopping with an axe while Shuishui sat nearby, chatting with his brother. They were leaving tomorrow, so Suihe wanted to chop more wood so that his uncle wouldn't have to work so hard that winter.

Suihe heard some noise outside the courtyard and turned to look at the door. His aunt had returned. A smile rarely appeared on her face, which had always been expressionless. This was the expression only his fourth aunt, who treated him like a mother, would have. Professor Dong saw Suihe and was so happy. His own child was so beautiful no matter how he looked at him. He loved him so much!

When asked what he wanted to eat in the evening, Suihe thought for a moment and said crayfish with thirteen spices. Professor Dong agreed without hesitation, rolled up his sleeves, and went to the kitchen. Jiang Huashu followed him to the kitchen to help.

Suihe knew his uncle and aunt were hiding something. He first noticed something was amiss last winter in the mountains, when the three of them fainted from hunger. Suihe and a large group of people tracked them down. When Fourth Uncle woke up, his expression had changed, no longer his cowardice. After returning, they split up the family and invited him to live with them, treating him incredibly well. Later, they helped him catch the spy, Guan Laogou. Guan Laoer wasn't any of that before. What else could he do besides keep his head down and work all day? If it weren't for his aunt and uncle's promotion, he wouldn't have gotten a job at the Public Security Bureau. Uncle went to the county town too often, and his schedules were unrealistic. And since they'd lived together, the food at home hadn't been right. Regardless of whether there was food available outside, Aunt would always bring it from the kitchen if anyone craved it. And they'd eat to their heart's content. He was also incredibly reckless with his money, buying Western-style buildings and courtyard houses on a whim.

Suihe estimated that his uncle controlled the entire province's black market. He heard colleagues at the bureau privately discussing how black market grain prices were stable, suggesting only his uncle could pull off such a feat. The former Guan Lao Er and Dong Xiaomai wouldn't have dared to engage in such activities.

Suihe had known the difference between his uncle and aunt for a long time, but he had never spoken about it. He liked his current uncle and aunt. Besides, they were a family, and they had the family affection he coveted. Especially his aunt, she was genuinely kind to him.

In fact, the couple had no intention of hiding it from Sui He. They just didn't tell him about the space because they were afraid that he would have a psychological burden because he was going to the army. They had planned to live together from the beginning and had no intention of hiding it.

There was a large basin full of quick-frozen crayfish tails. Jiang Huashu was cleaning them, and Professor Dong was preparing the onions, ginger, garlic and side dishes. Some noodles were taken out and cooked later and then cooled in advance. Suihe liked to put the noodles in the crayfish broth at the end and eat them together.

There are three flavors: garlic, thirteen spices, and spicy. Xingxing likes the garlic flavor, Suihe likes the thirteen spices flavor, and Grandpa Wu and his three friends like the spicy flavor.

The beer was also brought out in advance, and the spicy crayfish with beer was absolutely delicious.