At 3 p.m., Madam Liu received a message from Housekeeper Hao in the front yard and said to Min Jia with a smile, "Sister, it's getting late. It's time to go home."

When Min Jia heard this, he ran behind Xu Lanyin and hugged her, pointing to the west room, meaning that he would not go back and would stay there at night since his father would not be at home anyway.

Xu Lanyin was very helpless. It didn't matter if her father wanted to leave, but he kept clinging to her so tightly.

He coaxed, "Jia'er has seen it too. Aunt Xu's house hasn't been renovated yet. It's empty and too cold at night. Wait a little longer. Once the house is completely renovated, you can stay here occasionally, okay?"

Min Jia pulled Xu Lanyin out again, meaning to ask her to live at her house. Xu Lanyin then spent a long while talking to the little girl about her principles and her vision for the future. She also said that her mother was also here, and if she didn't live at home every day, her mother would be unhappy and would make her return home immediately...

The little girl was very smart. After weighing the pros and cons, Aunt Xu rationally chose the latter between returning to her hometown immediately and going to accompany her early the next morning.

Finally, the annoying little girl and the group of people who served her were sent away, and the house became quiet.

Xu Lanyin and Qin made an allocation of the rooms. There were five rooms in the front yard, one for the gatehouse, two for servants to live in or work in, and two for warehouses.

There are seven rooms at the back, which serve as the kitchen, woodshed and servants' quarters.

The inner courtyard was still divided up like in Nanping County, except that there were two more side rooms in the upper house. The east side room was temporarily given to Zhao Xingxing, while the west side room was Xu Lanyin's study and living room.

Behind the west wing, there was an alley that led directly from the front yard to the back room of the third courtyard. In front of the back room, a wall was built and a moon gate was dug. Once the hanging flower gate and the moon gate were closed, people from the front yard and the back room could not disturb those in the inner courtyard. And another door was opened in the back wall of the west wing to facilitate Zhao Wu's travel.

The furniture is not ready yet, so Xu Lanting lives with Qin at night, and Zhao Xingxing lives with Xu Lanyin.

After breakfast the next day, Xu Lanyin resigned herself to her fate and took Xu Lanting and Zhao Xingxing to Min Prefecture.

After getting up, Min Jia saw Xu Lanyin as she wished, and smiled with her eyes curved.

After the little girl had breakfast, the children played in the yard for a while, and Xu Lanyin started working as a kindergarten teacher again.

She told the children stories using a comic book, pointing to the large characters on the cover and saying, "Read after me: carp, fish, mother, mother."

"Carp Goddess."

"Carp Goddess."

It was the voices of Xu Lanting and Zhao Xingchen, with Zhao Xingchen's voice being particularly loud. Xu Lanting could recognize the characters on the paper and was studying them so diligently because he knew it was his sister teaching Jiajia how to speak.

Min Jia's mouth moved, but no sound came out.

Xu Lanyin read it several times and it was the same. She smiled and turned the page to tell the story.

From then on, she would tell stories for an hour every day, half an hour in the morning and half an hour in the afternoon.

In the afternoon, just as the children were getting up from their nap, Mrs. Min and Min Nan came. They heard from Min Can that Min Hu had gone to Beijing on business the previous day, so they came to check on Min Jia who was alone at home.

When I arrived, I found out that Xu Lanyin was here again.

Xu Lanting and Zhao Xingchen greeted them with a smile, but Min Jia had a wooden expression on her face. She didn't like having outsiders come.

Xu Lanyin coaxed her a few words and let the three children go play in the yard. She chatted and laughed with Mrs. Min and her daughter in the house, and she also wanted to get Min Nan to say something.

Seeing that Min Jia was very close to Xu Lanyin and the others, and that he was just like a normal child except that he didn't talk, especially when he was talking to Xu Lanyin, he always had a smile on his face, which was completely different from the dull children she usually saw, Mrs. Min was surprised and jealous.

Also, Madam Liu treated Xu Lanyin with respect, like a master, and obeyed her instructions in everything. Madam Liu treated me indifferently, but I still had to respect her...

This girl from the Xu family is completely beyond imagination. I don’t know what means she used to make a silly child become normal... Oh, she is also helping Min Hu cure insomnia. Her husband asked her to keep this matter a secret. She didn’t even dare to tell her juniors, let alone tell the people in Min Mansion in the capital.

A few days ago, Madam Min sent over a gift to congratulate Min Can on his promotion and their move. Along with it came a letter asking Madam Min to take good care of Min Hu and Min Jia. She also said she was far away and worried about them...

Mrs. Min and Min Can analyzed that Mrs. Min meant for them to monitor the Min family and inform her of their situation at any time.

Min Can and his wife were in a very difficult situation. They didn't want to offend Mrs. Min, nor did they want to offend the Min family.

Min Can thought about it all night and decided that they couldn't afford to offend Min Hu. Min Hu was the heir to the Min family, a pillar of the family that the Emperor valued, and he was both capable and well-positioned for a successful career. Although Madam Min was the elder, now in charge of the Min family's inner chambers and highly regarded by the Minister of State, she had no biological children and ultimately relied on Min Hu. In other words, even if Madam Min turned the tables, the ultimate victor would still be Min Hu...

Then, from now on, Madam Min would occasionally write a letter to Madam Min in the capital, writing about the affairs of the Min family, and only writing what was necessary...

Seeing such a harmonious scene, Madam Min had a suspicion: would this girl fly up to a branch and become a phoenix? A country girl, that would be unacceptable! She also thought about the Min family, a century-old family. Even concubines' wives were carefully selected, let alone the eldest son of the eldest house... However, the current wife of his family was not a concubine's daughter.

No matter what, maintaining a good relationship with Xu Lanyin wouldn't be wrong. I had to tell my husband about this suspicion when I got home, and see if he would tell the people in Beijing about such a big thing.

After figuring out the whole thing, Mrs. Min smiled more sincerely at Xu Lanyin.

Hearing Xu Lanyin call Min Jia "Jia'er" and her own daughter "Miss Min," she smiled and said, "Miss Xu, you've known us for over a year now. From now on, I'll call you Yin's girl, and you can call Nan'er 'Sister Nan', so it won't seem strange."

Xu Lanyin said yes, if possible, she also hoped to continue to maintain a good relationship with the Mincan family. She saw that Mrs. Min's eyes were flickering and she was thinking about something. Their chairs were not next to each other, and she didn't know what this thoughtful and scheming woman was thinking.

Xu Lanyin smiled again and said, "When my house is ready, I'll invite Sister Nan to come over. Oh, I'm planning to open a teahouse, and I'll give Sister Nan a membership card when the time comes."

She really likes Min Nan, and giving this membership card has no intention of currying favor with Min Tongpan's family.

In that era, there was no such thing as free cards, so she didn't get any gold cards or silver cards. She was afraid that people would misunderstand the cards as gold bars or silver bars, which would just add to the joke, so she just called them membership cards.

Min Nan really didn't understand, so she asked, "What does a membership card mean?"

Xu Lanyin smiled and said, "People with membership cards can get a 20% discount anytime they spend money at the teahouse."

Min Nan smiled with her eyes curved, and said, "As long as it's made by Sister Xu, it's all good. Even if there's no discount, I will patronize her often. Oh, and I will also bring my handkerchief..."