Ma Yulan picked up the child and saw many people standing to her left, including the familiar Qiao Xiaoshan. She nodded slightly to him as a greeting.

Qiao Xiaoshan was extremely excited. If his family hadn't been there, he would have gone over to say hello.

Qiao Xiaoni took in the expression on his face; something was wrong! Did he like Ma Yulan?

Over the past few days, she learned some things. The family living next door was surnamed Wang, and the woman's name was Ma Yulan. Her husband had died less than a year ago, and she was still in mourning.

The old lady was her mother-in-law; the two depended on each other for survival.

Ma Yulan is quite beautiful, despite having children and elderly parents to support. I heard her husband used to be a businessman, I don't know exactly what he did, but he made a lot of money... Should I talk to my second brother about this? There are some people he shouldn't be thinking about, at least not until he understands the situation.

Qiao Xiaoshan watched Ma Yulan disappear from sight before turning around and seeing Qiao Xiaoni looking at him with a half-smile.

"Hey girl, why are you looking at me like that?"

"Second brother, you've been staying at the shop these past few days. Have you been in a lot of contact with Ma Yulan? I saw her greet you when she went out."

"Ah! I've borrowed things from her family a few times and exchanged a few words with them."

"Oh." Qiao Xiaoni could tell from his expression that Qiao Xiaoshan was interested in Ma Yulan, otherwise he wouldn't have such an expression.

Qiao Xiaoshan felt as if his sister had seen through his heart. Not knowing what to do, he turned around in a panic and went back into the house. When he got to the door, he accidentally stepped on the threshold and almost fell.

"What's wrong with you? How could you fall over such a low threshold? Did you even look ahead when you were walking?" Su Chenhao shouted at him.

Qiao Xiaoshan rushed into the house without replying, as if someone was chasing him from behind.

Qiao Xiaoni decided to find an opportunity to talk to her second brother.

Su Chenhao asked him something was wrong, muttering to himself.

"What's wrong? It's like they've lost their soul."

Qiao Dashan: "Ignore him, what do we do next?"

Su Chenhao glanced around the room. "The custom-made tables, chairs, and benches haven't been delivered yet. Let's go to the carpenter's house later to see how many have been made."

If we don't produce enough finished products, we'll have to urge them on; we'll be opening in two days.

“Based on the timeline, it’s at least more than half done,” Qiao Xiaoni replied.

Su Chenhao nodded, "If nothing unexpected happens, that should be the case. We'll know once we go and take a look. We've been busy with renovations these past few days, and no one has gone to check on things. They haven't even sent anyone to say when the delivery will be."

The door was locked.

Everyone got on their respective buses to the carpenter's house. With the opening date fast approaching, the tables, chairs, and benches were still not all set up, and everyone was quite anxious.

The carpenter's house wasn't too far from town; it only took 20 minutes by bike to get there. It was a large, detached house with two workers inside.

Su Chenhao led the way inside and asked the workers, learning that Bai the carpenter had gone out to buy supplies and was supposed to be back today. So, they had no choice but to wait in the yard.

Qiao Xiaoni stood under the shade of a tree and saw several workers at work. They were moving quite quickly, and among the scattered finished products were tables and chairs that she had ordered.

Su Chenhao: "We came at a bad time. He went out yesterday and we only came today. We don't know if he will be able to come back today."

Judging from the semi-finished products displayed in the yard, they should be almost finished.