Not long after, Zhang came to the east room with Yu Gancao. Yu Gancao was delighted. She first congratulated Yu Qizhe, then pulled Yu Jiao aside with a grateful look and said, "Fifth sister-in-law, thanks to the prescription you prescribed for me, I'm pregnant now."

Licorice root does not cause infertility, it’s just that I didn’t take good care of myself when I had a miscarriage three years ago, which left me with some minor symptoms. It’s only a matter of time before I get pregnant if I take good care of myself.

Yu Jiao was also very happy for her. She checked Yu Gancao's pulse and said, "She is almost three months old, and her pulse is very stable."

Yu Gancao's eyes narrowed into a line as he smiled. "It's all because of your good medical skills. I got pregnant not long after taking the medicine you prescribed. Many women in our village have been asking me about it and want to see you, too."

Yu Jiao smiled and nodded, "Okay, just let them come directly over."

Yu Qizhe went to the capital to take the spring imperial examination. She wanted to follow Yu Qizhe to see if she could find other business opportunities. The expenses in the capital were not comparable to those in this remote area, so she had to save more money now.

Seeing that she agreed, Yu Gancao smiled and said, "Then I will bring them over in a few days."

Zhang was happy to see Yu Gancao and Yu Jiao chatting and laughing happily. If Gancao could get close to Yu Jiao, she could borrow the power of the fifth brother, and her evil mother-in-law would not dare to bully the eldest maid who had a cousin who was a top scholar in the imperial examination.

Besides, the eldest girl is now pregnant, and the Li family can no longer use this matter to control Gancao.

She was not at all jealous of the third room winning the first place in the imperial examination. In her heart, she even hoped that Yu Qizhe would win the first place in the imperial examination as well.

If the second wife is doing well, they can also benefit from it.

This time, Yu Gancao did not return to her parents' home empty-handed like she did in the past, because she knew that Yu family's fifth brother had passed the imperial examination and the Li family was generous. In order to show their goodwill to the Yu family, they asked Yu Gancao to bring back a lot of eggs.

Yu Ruhai wanted to show that the Yu family was different now than in the past, so he generously asked Yu Zhou to cook dozens of eggs and distributed them to the villagers along with melon seeds and snacks.

Zhang and Song followed Yu Zhou to deliver eggs to the neighbors. As soon as they went out, they bumped into a middle-aged man, who was accompanied by a strong and sturdy young man.

Recognizing the Zhao family father and son who were engaged to Yu Fuling, Song smiled and asked in surprise, "My dear relatives, why are you here?"

Zhao Wu said with an awkward look on his face, "I heard that Fifth Brother passed the imperial examination and got the first place. Brother Yu and I came to congratulate him."

When Fuling's future in-laws came to visit, Song had to go back to entertain them. Zhang took the basket of egg snacks from Song and said, "Take Yu Ge'er and his father to sit in the yard. Mother and I will take these things."

Song gave the things in her hand to Zhao and smiled as she invited the Zhao father and son into the yard.

Zhao Wu secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he noticed that the Song family's enthusiasm was still the same as before. Ever since they heard yesterday that the fifth brother of the second branch of the Yu family passed the imperial examination and won the first place in the imperial examination, the Zhao family had been worried to the point of being unable to sleep or eat. They were afraid that the second branch of the Yu family would look down on Brother Yu and that something might happen to the marriage between the two families, so they specially brought some things to come to the door to test the waters.

Song led the Zhao father and son into the main hall, called Yu Mengshan to greet the guests, and brewed tea and brought it into the main hall.

While Yu Mengshan was talking to Zhao's father and son, Song returned to the east room and whispered to Yu Fuling, "Zhao Yu and his father are here."

Yu Fuling blushed slightly when she heard this, and asked shyly, "Why are they here?"

"I know your younger brother won the first place in the imperial examination, so I brought some gifts to congratulate you." Song was quite fond of Zhao Yu as her son-in-law. She smiled and said, "I see that Yu seems to have grown taller, and is more muscular than before. He is a strong and powerful man."

Yu Fuling's face became more and more red with embarrassment. She had never seen Zhao Yu before, and she couldn't help but look into the main room through the window.

When Song saw her daughter's look, she smiled and went back to work outside. Since Zhao and his son had come, they would definitely invite them to stay for dinner.

Yu Jiao saw that Yu Fuling had a face full of love and was pretending to do embroidery.

She smiled and joked, "Sister, my brother-in-law is here, why don't you go and talk to him? Why are you embroidering a purse? Isn't this purse made for my brother-in-law?"

Yu Fuling spat at her and said with a red face, "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll sew your mouth shut."

Yu Jiao laughed out loud, "If you continue to be so fierce, I will go to my brother-in-law to complain!"

Yu Fuling put down the sewing basket and pretended to tickle Yu Jiao. Yu Jiao quickly stopped, "Sister, I was wrong. I won't say anything more."

Yu Fuling snorted, cleared her throat, chuckled, and said seriously, "Don't tease your brother-in-law anymore."

"You haven't even gotten married yet, and you're already siding with your brother-in-law?" Yu Jiao couldn't help but laugh.

Afraid that Yu Fuling would tickle her again, she stopped joking and blinked at Yu Fuling, "Aren't you curious about what your brother-in-law looks like? Do you want me to take a look for you?"

Yu Fuling blushed and shook her head, "No need."

She wanted to meet him, but it was not in accordance with etiquette. Although they were engaged, they had not yet married.

But since my mother is so satisfied with Zhao Yu, he must be a good person.

There was a burst of laughter in the main hall. After talking with Yu Mengshan for a while, both Zhao and his son felt relieved. Judging from the attitude of the second branch of the Yu family towards their family, they seemed to have no intention of canceling the engagement at all.

Although their son passed the imperial examination with the highest score, the second branch of the Yu family did not look down on the Zhao family because of this. This shows that the people of the second branch of the Yu family all have excellent character.

Zhao Wu felt more and more that it was a wise decision to arrange this marriage for his son. His previous anxiety and worry disappeared. He smiled and said, "Brother Yu also brought some things for Fuling. They have been engaged for such a long time, it would be okay for them to meet and talk."

Since the engagement has already been made and the parents have said so, it would not be impolite for the two children to meet each other.

Yu Mengshan nodded and said with a smile, "Fuling is doing embroidery in the room, Yu'er, go find her yourself."

Zhao Yu stood up with a red face, holding the things he brought for Yu Fuling, and walked out of the main room.

Yu Fuling was looking out the window when she saw a tall and burly man walking towards her. She quickly lowered her head and looked away, her heart pounding like a deer.

Yu Jiao also saw Zhao Wu at the window. She winked at Yu Fuling and said with a smile, "Brother-in-law is here to see you."

Yu Fuling was too shy to refute her words, and then she heard a knock on the door.

Yu Jiao tactfully got up and went to Yu Qizhe's room to make room for the two of them.

Zhao Yu deliberately straightened his clothes at the door of the east room before raising his hand to knock on the door.

Yu Fuling suppressed her shyness, went to the outer room, and whispered, "Come in."

When Zhao Wu heard her voice, his handsome face turned slightly red, and he lifted the door curtain and walked in.

Yu Fuling didn't even dare to look up at him. She just felt that he was very tall and blocked out the light from the doorway when he walked in. She pointed at the wooden bench in the room and said shyly, "Sit down."