An Ning grabbed Qiao Zhiqin.

"Cousin Zhiqin, it's alright, don't pay any attention to her. We'll talk to her when Mom comes to me. Anyway, she'll just scold me, it won't hurt me at all, I'm already used to it."

Even when it was time for dinner that evening, Qiao Qiuniang didn't come over to talk to her about Anxian.

Although Anning was puzzled, she didn't bring it up with her mother. After all, she wouldn't do something that would invite a scolding.

An Xian acted as if nothing had happened, and continued eating heartily as if nothing was wrong.

It's as if she wasn't the one who was previously criticized by An Ning and Qiao Zhiqin.

Because of her age, Anxian wasn't allowed to sit at the main table, so she could only eat at another table with Anjing and the others.

The Anmantun people live with An Dafeng and eat with his family. The An Dalin people are also here.

Although An Dafeng's family moved in, they always ate separately. Except for the first meal after they moved in, when they ate together, they didn't eat with An Le's family after that.

There's a kitchen in the yard, so it's very convenient to cook.

Although An Dafeng's two sons, An Manshou and An Manduo, lived in the same courtyard, the two families no longer ate together.

They each had their own two kitchens, and each family ate at their own kitchen.

After all, each family needs to live their own lives and can't be together every day.

Although the whole family used to live together in Jincheng, there was no other way. The place was too small to accommodate everyone, so we had to make do.

Moreover, due to the disaster at that time, there was no food or drink at all. They ate all the relief food given to them by Anmancang's family, so it was only natural that they ate together.

But things are different now. Although we still live in the same courtyard, this courtyard is completely different from the chess hall and shops in Jincheng.

The courtyard is large enough to accommodate several families.

There was no need to worry about whether there would be enough room, so each family member set up their own small kitchen.

It's nothing like when I was in Jincheng before, when there was no work to do and I could only get by.

But now that they've come to this Red City, Anle has found them jobs, and they've all gotten back on track and are able to live their own lives.

In particular, the government in Jincheng had provided disaster relief funds, which allowed them to cover their daily expenses.

An Dafeng lives in the same courtyard where his eldest and second sons live, and the two families take turns eating there.

Anmantun arrived and was arranged to stay here.

The meal was eaten at the eldest son An Manshou's house. An Dalin glanced at An Mantun and asked, "How did your job search go today? Have you found anything?"

An Mantun didn't stay idle after settling in; he went out to look for work again that very day. However, he couldn't find a place to stay after searching for a while. When he heard An Dalin ask him this, his expression froze.

“Nobody wants me, Man Shou. Where do you work? How did you find work?” An Mantun said, his gaze falling on An Manshou.

An Manshou chuckled, "Mantun, I can't compare to you. You work in a carpentry shop, doing the work of a master craftsman, while I work as a laborer in a restaurant. It's naturally much easier to find someone like that."

Lewazi found me this job. He pays me half a tael of silver a month, and I just help out in the kitchen.

Not only me, but even her uncle is working there.

But he's a head chef; I can't compare to him.

Anman licked his lips and asked again.

"What about Brother Manduo? What is he doing now?"

"I heard it's odd jobs at an auction house, arranged by Lewazi. We didn't even have time to go out and look for work before Lewazi arranged it for us, which saves us a lot of trouble." Anman smiled with satisfaction.

Life is so much better now than it was when he was in the village.

The family lives comfortably, and the whole family can get together and have a lively time.

An Dafeng and his family were completely clueless about what an auction house was; they had absolutely no idea what it was.

That's why you can say it so easily.

In Red City, only people with wealth and connections can work in the auction house.

If you want to work in an auction house, you can forget about it without connections.

If you were to stay and work at the auction house, doing odd jobs, the monthly salary wouldn't be very high.

It's just that you only meet important people inside, so you can broaden your horizons and gain more knowledge.

It can be considered as broadening one's horizons a bit.

Even for such a menial job, everyone is scrambling to get it.

An Manduo was able to be assigned there because Anle had done another business deal with someone at the Hongcheng Auction House.

Although they weren't well received in Green City, the people at the Red City Auction House treated them completely differently.

They were incredibly hospitable. When they saw the jewelry she brought, they treated her like royalty, practically worshipping her with incense sticks.

Anle found this attitude quite appealing; she enjoyed interacting with such warm and hospitable people. She believed that if someone was kind to her, she would naturally remember their kindness.

So recently, Anle has been getting quite close to Feng Yan of the City Lord's Mansion.

The two only interacted in the jewelry business, and their business dealings were quite close.

Anle had only casually mentioned the matter of assigning someone to do chores, but she didn't expect Feng Yan to agree so readily and actually arrange a miscellaneous job for him.

Anle accepted the offer without hesitation and actually delivered Anmanduo over.

Because he got in through connections, An Manduo was quite successful in the auction house, and no one dared to bully him.

Who dares to bully the people the young master arranged to come in?

The menial workers at the auction house were all shameless and very friendly with Anmanduo.

The work at the auction house wasn't tiring, and Anmanduo was quite satisfied with his job.

It was only after entering the auction house that he realized what kind of place it was, and just how extraordinary it was.

However, An Manduo had not yet had time to return and tell his family about this, because he was not living in the An family mansion at all, but staying at the auction house.

No one has come back since they went in.

There are two days a month when I can come back, but Anmanduo people have just entered, so even if I have a day off, it has to start from the next month.

He never had a chance to come back and talk about it.