Since they were talking about food, the cook went to the market and bought three fresh old hens.

Guan Yi, who had been comforted by Lian Peng, stared in disbelief. "Why kill a chicken?"

Because we need to eat.

He felt horrified upon hearing this and quickly waved his hand, saying, "I won't eat it, I don't like it."

"If you don't like coming over, come play in the mud with me." Liu Huan dug a hole in the mud that Changbai had found and poured water into it.

Guan Yi was interested in this and was about to rush in when Su Wan stopped him, saying, "Don't rush, change your clothes first."

The wet nurse took him inside to change his clothes, and he turned around anxiously and said, "Auntie, don't play yet, wait for me."

"Go on, you'll have plenty of fun."

Just then, another child stumbled over and, taking advantage of everyone's inattention, leaped into the mud that had just been flooded and rolled around in it.

The splashing mud and dust assaulted everyone around him. "My God, son!"

Su Wan looked at her son, who had turned into a mudfish, and wanted to reach out to pull him up, but then she felt disgusted.

The chubby boy was completely oblivious, laughing happily.

"Let him play with it if it's dirty. He can change it after his bath."

Hearing this, the wet nurse stopped taking the child away.

Guan Yi came out and saw his younger brother rolling around inside, crying angrily. "Why is he like this? I haven't even played yet!"

"It's okay, you guys can play together, there are more here."

Liu Huan added more mud, and he was about to roll around in it when he was stopped. "No, you can't roll around anymore. Follow me."

Guan Yi sniffed and pinched Liu Huan's fingers just like she did, while Guan Huai grabbed at her haphazardly, which made Guan Yi furious.

"That's not how it is, that's not how my aunt taught me."

Guan Huai ignored him, happily playing by himself, and even smiled and boasted to Liu Huan, "Good..."

Guan Yi panicked, "This is your aunt, your mother is right there, how could you be so stupid?"

If Su Wan hadn't pulled Guan Huai away, Guan Yi would probably have fought with him.

After he left, Guan Yicai gave Liu Huan a proper pinch.

Guan Yi looked at the chicken, which had already been prepared and wrapped in lotus leaves, covered it with mud, and asked with a look of disgust, "Auntie, how are we going to eat this?"

Liu Huan teased him on purpose, "Eat it like this, it's delicious."

Guan Yi frowned and left, saying, "I don't want to, I don't eat mud."

Liu Huan placed the wrapped clods of earth into the already charred pile of soil, buried them, and continued to burn the soil. She then broke up the clods of earth, which had been heated red again, and placed them on top.

A whole hour would pass in silence.

The whole family was waiting to see the clod of earth she had made. After dinner was served, Liu Huan finally took Changbai to dig it out.

The clods of earth looked very strange.

Everyone was curious about what made the chicken different.

Because the soil was extremely hot, Liu Huan tapped it on the ground with a small hammer. Guan Yi was very unhappy: "Mom, do we really have to eat this?"

Su Wan covered his mouth, "Shh, don't talk."

When the discolored lotus leaves inside were revealed, a delicate fragrance wafted in, and Guan Yi slurped his saliva and licked his lips with his little tongue.

He looked on with a delighted expression.

Liu Huan placed the smashed meatball on a plate and eagerly opened it, covering it with a handkerchief.

The piping hot chicken was now in front of everyone.

Seeing that the meat was cooked, she told Qiu Rong to take the other two away and share them.

I cut the chicken into pieces with a knife and placed it on a plate with lotus leaves. "Where's the stone?"

"They said they missed some official business yesterday and are still making up for it."

As he was speaking, a small hand was about to reach for the chicken when Liu Huan coughed, startling him.

Quickly take it back and put it away properly.

Su Yi washed his hands and came into the house. Seeing how hungry he looked, he said, "Eat if you're hungry, don't wait for me."

The little guy didn't move until he sat down, then he picked up his chopsticks to pick up some meat. He used to be spoiled rotten by Madam Guan and couldn't even hold chopsticks properly. Now, not only can he hold them properly, but he also wants to eat vegetables.

With her mouth covered in oil, Liu Huan asked, "Is it good?"

Guan Yi swallowed the meat in his mouth before answering, "It's delicious, I like it very much."

Su Wan took a bite and said, "If we used to cook this with our family's chickens, it would taste even better."

Liu Huan agreed, then sighed, "I really want to go back to Maocao Village. I wonder what it's like now."

“You wouldn’t believe it if you hadn’t been here these past few years. Maocao Village is no longer the Maocao Village it used to be. Chili peppers are planted everywhere now. That year, our family donated money to repair the road, and now we can even take a horse-drawn carriage into the village.”

"Can a carriage go that high?" Liu Huan was frightened when she thought about how she almost broke her leg walking before.

"What's so difficult about that? As long as you have money."

Liu Huan agreed with this point; money makes the world go round.

After finishing his meal, Guan Yi said, "Let's add it to Chunhui Restaurant; everyone will definitely like it."

Ultimately, many more chickens died rapidly around the world.

The fifteenth of the following month was the day another caravan went to the border.

Su Yi handed over the bundle that Liu Huan had prepared to them. The escorts, holding silver ingots in their hands, promised, "Rest assured, sir, we will deliver the goods safely."

After thanking him, Su Yi watched the carriage slowly depart.

When he got home that evening, it was already past closing time at the restaurant, and he found that Guan Chang hadn't returned yet. He asked, "Isn't brother-in-law coming home today?"

Su Wan frowned and said, "They should have come back by now."

Su Wan waited anxiously for a while and then heard a carriage going out to check. It was Guan Chang's servant.

Where is your third master?

"Reporting to Third Madam, Third Master... he's drunk and is resting at Chunhui Tower."

The servant's stammering voice aroused everyone's suspicion. "If he's drunk, why didn't you help him back?"

The servant's guilty conscience made Su Wan even more certain that something must have happened.

Liu Huan comforted her, "Sister, don't worry, let's go and bring your brother-in-law back together."

They asked the wet nurse to watch the child, and Liu Huan and Su Yi went along with her.

Fortunately, it wasn't too far, and we arrived quickly.

The manager was doing the accounts; the restaurant was already empty.

Seeing that the master had arrived with his wife, they assumed something serious had happened and hurried out to greet them.

"What brings you gentlemen here?"

Su Wan asked angrily, "Where is your master?"

The shopkeeper was taken aback. "Didn't you go back?" Then he saw the servant behind him frantically giving him meaningful glances. He seemed to understand something and started to evade the question.

"Oh, Master, it seems you're drunk."

Liu Huan knew there was a special lounge on the third floor of Chunhui Building, so she pulled Su Wan up there without saying a word.

The shopkeeper exchanged glances with his servant behind him.

'What happened?'

'I don't know either?'

Trembling with fear, I followed her upstairs, and as soon as I reached the door of the lounge, I heard a woman crying inside.

The shopkeeper behind him felt he was doomed.

Su Wan was so angry that she felt dizzy and dared not take another step. Her legs were weak and she had to be supported by Liu Huan to keep herself upright.

"sister……"

Su Wan seemed not to hear, her eyes fixed on the door.

Su Yi stepped forward and kicked the door open. The scene inside made Su Wan's vision go black, and she almost fainted.