"Brother, there's no need to make such a heavy oath. I've also heard that Li Niu has made some money recently!"

But it doesn't seem to have anything to do with our family, does it?

Even if it's our family's secret recipe, why is it in Li Niu's hands?

Liu Fangfang kicked Chen Ping'an under the table, telling him not to blindly believe his older brother and sister-in-law, who knows what mischief they're up to.

"Third brother, you don't know much about family matters, but that tofu recipe is indeed from our family."

"The old man hid it away back then, but Su Luo found it and gave it to an outsider. Today, my brother and I must take back what belongs to our Chen family."

Chen Dazhi made up this story on purpose so that Chen Ping'an would believe him.

Once the prescription is returned, it's only right that he, as the eldest brother, inherits it, since Chen Ping'an is a brainless person anyway.

Chen Ping'an glanced at Liu Fangfang, unsure whether what his older brother said was true.

"Brother and sister-in-law, I don't know where you heard this news. When the family was divided, my second sister-in-law and Su Luo didn't take anything with them. Didn't my sister-in-law search them?"

Besides, Su Luo was still mentally unstable at that time; how could she possibly remember the Chen family's ancestral secret recipe?

Liu Fangfang had already suffered a loss with Luo Mei once, so naturally she had to be careful.

What they were saying sounded plausible, but upon closer inspection, it didn't make sense.

"Third son's wife, this is a matter for the Chen family. The third son hasn't said anything yet, so why are you interrupting?"

Luo Mei was annoyed by Liu Fangfang's talkativeness, saying that she was going to force Su Luo to give her the tofu recipe today.

“Brother and sister-in-law, my wife is right. We don’t know anything, and we don’t know if there are any family secret recipes.”

Even if Su Luo taught Li Niu something, that's Su Luo's prerogative. If you want to find Su Luo, go find her yourselves. I'm not interfering."

Given Su Luo's personality, she wouldn't want anything from the Chen family. Besides, Su Luo is so smart that she can even kill leaf miners, so it's not surprising that she can make other things.

However, it is very likely that the eldest brother used them to deal with Su Luo and force her to hand over the prescription. Fortunately, his wife reminded him before he arrived not to trust Chen Dazhi and Luo Mei too much.

"Third brother, are you even a member of the Chen family anymore? Don't you care about your own family's affairs?" Chen Dazhi said angrily.

"Brother, we can do other things, but we, the third branch of the family, will not do anything to bully our second sister-in-law."

Chen Pingan then picked up Chen Xiaoxiao and walked out.

"Oh shit!"

Chen Dazhi was so angry that he kicked the table.

After Chen Ping'an's family left, Chen Xique came out of the room. He had been listening to the noises outside the whole time.

"Father, Mother, Uncle doesn't want to go with us to force Su Luo, so our family will go by ourselves."

"The magpie is right. Can't the three of us handle those two women?"

Luo Mei gritted her teeth. Last time Chen Dazhi didn't make a move, but this time it was hard to say.

"Meng Qingniang, take the family law and go find them now."

Chen Dazhi took down the bamboo stick that Old Master Chen had used to discipline them, and the three of them stormed off to the kiln.

...

After Su Luo and Nangong Qing finished their meal, A Xu drove the carriage to take Su Luo and Fan Gaocen back to Changping Village.

On the carriage, Fan Gaocen took out more than two hundred house design drafts from his bundle and showed them to Su Luo.

"Madam Su, these are all my drafts from over the years. Please take a look."

Su Luo looked at the drawings in amazement. The lines were straight, and every part was connected without any gaps, just like they were printed on a computer.

However, most of these are large houses, unlike their small courtyards in the countryside.

"Master Fan, have you built so many houses already?"

"No, no, these are just design drafts. The house I built is less than half of them."

That's already quite impressive. However, Su Luo really likes Fan Gaocen's design style, which breaks through the traditional building structure.

"Master Fan, what kind of courtyards are popular now?"

Fan Gaocen took back Su Luo's designs and found a few of them.

"These are some courtyard styles popular in Beijing, and these are some styles favored in the South."

Su Luo looked at the southern architecture, the combination of blue bricks and wooden houses, the foundations built with bricks, the surrounding walls, and the wooden structures in the inner courtyard, which were both moisture-proof and beautiful, with an antique charm that Su Luo liked.

“Master Fan, we are in the South, so let’s build it in the Southern architectural style.” Su Luo made the decision immediately.

"Okay, after I see your foundation, I will design the yard for you based on the foundation."

As the two talked, the carriage soon arrived at the entrance of Changping Village.

Su Luo took Fan Gaocen and A Xu to see the land foundation she had bought.

"Master Fan, please..."

The house had no obstructions and could be seen from bottom to top at a glance. Fan Gaocen walked through all the rooms and estimated the area of ​​the foundation.

"It's only about six acres, which is a bit small."

Fan Gaocen was renowned, and no house of this size had ever been built under his supervision.

Su Luo raised her eyebrows and smiled knowingly. This Master Fan is quite something; just by walking around, he could tell that the courtyard was six acres in size.

"Master Fan, I'm also planning to use those two dry plots of land outside the door to build a house. What do you think?"

Fan Gaocen then walked to the dry land, observed the shape of the land and the courtyard, and said with satisfaction.

"Only by adding the area of ​​these two plots can my skills be worthy of them."

Fan Gaocen walked around, stopping frequently, sometimes taking notes with a pen, sometimes picking up a piece of wood and sticking it into the ground to mark and gesture.

Ah Xu didn't understand. He returned to the carriage, sat on the footboard, a blade of grass in his mouth, and looked at Su Luo and Fan Gaocen.

I don't know what Su Luo did to deserve having a top master like Fan Gaocen build a house for her.

"Yan Chuan's mother, Yan Chuan's mother, oh dear, what are you still doing here? I just saw Chen Dazhi's family carrying sticks and heading towards the kiln. I wonder what happened. You should go back and check on them."

Zhang Xiujuan had heard Zhao Ruyun tell her that Su Luo had gone to the county in the morning, but when she came back from fetching water just now, she saw Chen Dazhi and his family of three carrying sticks and heading towards the brick kiln. Su Luo wasn't home, and she didn't know what they were going to do to the old man and the two children.

Zhang Xiujuan was just about to go find the village chief when, fortunately, she saw Su Luo here.

"What?"

Su Luo was immediately alarmed and ran towards the end of the village without thinking of anything else.

Upon entering the kiln, they saw Zhao Ruyun and Yi Huan kneeling on the ground, with Chen Dazhi sitting in front of them holding a bamboo stick.

Chen Xique forcefully pulled on Yan Chuan's ear, threatening him.

"You bastard, will you kneel or not?" After saying that, he kicked Yan Chuan in the back of the knee, causing Yan Chuan to fall to the ground.

"I won't kneel!" His ears turned bright red, and Yan Chuan gritted his teeth, flicking his knee off the ground.

"Yanchuan!"

Zhao Ruyun knelt down and hugged Yanchuan to protect him. Chen Xique couldn't hit Yanchuan, so she hit Zhao Ruyun with a stick.

Even the two dogs were chained up and could only bark wildly.