After settling Song Jiao in, Qiu Yan went to the kitchen to check on the preparation of the meal.

Qiu Ling'er accompanied Song Jiao, seeking her guidance on the musical score.

Now that she had some free time, Qin Susu squatted alone at the courtyard gate, teasing Lightning.

Unfortunately, this only drew barking from dogs and countless eye-rolls from Gu Xiaoran.

Qin Susu pursed her lips and asked with a smile:

"Gu Xiaoyu, do you still have any peanut candy?"

"Yes." Gu Xiaoran took out a candy, unwrapped it, and put it in her mouth.

With a gentle chew, the aroma of peanuts filled the air. Gu Xiaoran smacked her lips, enjoying her meal immensely.

Then he took out a peanut candy, peeled off the wrapper as usual, and reached out to hand it to Qin Susu.

Qin Susu swallowed hard, thinking to herself, "This little kid is quite thoughtful."

Just as she was about to reach out, she saw Gu Xiaoran turn in mid-air and stuff the food into Zhu Juan's mouth beside her.

Zhu Juan was slightly taken aback, froze for a moment, and almost laughed.

Gu Xiaoran didn't want her peanut candy to be ruthlessly ruined by the woman in front of her again.

My mother always taught me that I should never waste food.

"My mother bought this for me. If you want some, go buy some yourself. Aren't you ashamed to ask a child for candy?"

"You..." Qin Susu looked embarrassed.

"You little brat, you're quite the prankster. Don't think I'm broke. Tomorrow, I'll buy you a whole bunch of pastries and candies to make you drool."

"Hmph, I'm not greedy. Do you think I'm like you?"

Gu Xiaoran didn't want to talk to Qin Susu any longer. She tilted her head back and ran towards Qiu Yan, leaving Qin Susu with a livid face and Zhu Juan with a forced smile.

Qin Susu sighed, "Sigh, Zhu Juan, is Gu Xiaoyu usually like this?"

This little girl looks so cute, how come she's so disliked?

Zhu Juan shook her head; she wanted to say,

This is how the young master treats you.

"That brat, she's always targeting me." Qin Susu really didn't know how to change the impression she left on Gu Xiaoyu.

"Mommy, will you come out and play with me?"

Qiu Yan had just come out of the kitchen when she heard what Gu Xiaoran said.

She wanted to shake her head and refuse, but seeing Gu Xiaoran's expectant eyes, she asked, "Where do you want to go?"

Gu Xiaoran thought for a moment and replied, "Let's go see the Goddess Nuwa."

In reality, he wanted to go to the mountains and forests to play.

Qiu Yan glanced around the courtyard again. Everything was ready, and her aunt, Ye Shi, Wang Shi, and others were chatting together.

Looking at the sky again, there was still a while before dinner time.

These days, she is busy every day and often neglects her three children.

She shook her head and said, "It's getting late, let's just wander around a bit."

"I'll listen to Mother." Gu Xiaoran nodded obediently. It was good that her mother could take a break during such a busy time.

As soon as Qiu Yan stepped out of the courtyard, she saw her second uncle and Zhao Shan sitting in front of the stream across the way.

Qiu Dafu and Zhao Shan also saw Qiu Yan.

Seeing her second uncle waving at her, Qiu Yan pulled Gu Xiaoran along and walked over to the two of them.

Gu Xiaoran was clearly a little reluctant, but she still followed.

As soon as Qiu Yan arrived, she heard Zhao Shan laugh:

"Xiaoyan, now that Qiu Dayong has been expelled from our village, your old Qiu family's yard is just sitting empty anyway, why don't you sell it?"

Qiu Yan had never really thought about this.

"This is fine, Second Uncle." As a newcomer, her impression of the Qiu family courtyard was the tragic experience she had when she first arrived in this strange world.

It's really not good.

According to the original owner's memories, they were all unbearable past events.