Before he even left the hospital, Ling Ran and Jin Chao had already come in. Zhou Hua took over from Ling Ran and together with Jin Chao carried the large package into the living room.

Ling Ran went to the stove to prepare a torch, a stick, a handful of straw, and asked Zhou's mother for tung oil.

He made four torches and went with Jin Chaozhou and Zhu Hang to greet the people.

Zhou's mother urged her husband and eldest daughter to reheat the food.

Soon, a group of people rushed into the yard. Large light bulbs were installed in the four directions of the yard, illuminating the yard brightly.

As soon as Jiang Weifang entered the yard and saw the two buildings, she exclaimed, "Oh! Big sister, if I had known your house was so big, I would have come back earlier for the New Year. I was just worried that there wouldn't be enough room."

Zhou's mother smiled and said, "In the future, you can come back whenever you want. There's room for you."

Old Mrs. Liu also smiled, her eldest daughter finally got her happy ending after suffering so much.

Everyone put down what they were holding, washed their hands and ate first.

Jian Jiankang called everyone and then came to Zhou Xiang, "Auntie, are you okay?"

Zhou Xiang touched the tops of the two children's heads and said, "It's okay. I, your aunt, am very capable! I'm even more capable than Xirui."

Jian Jiankang didn't believe it, but grandma was calling him to eat.

Ling Ran secretly pinched the tip of her nose to fool the little girl.

Everyone was very supportive of Zhou's father's cooking skills, especially Jiang Weifang and A Lian.

Jiang Weifang tasted the home-cooked food, and it was the first time for A Lian to eat such delicious Longguo cuisine.

After dinner, Zhou's mother arranged accommodation. Old Mrs. Liu didn't want to go upstairs, so she stayed in the children's room next to the living room. Children's rooms are usually not used for guests from outside and are cleaner.

The apartment on the east side of the south building was given to Long Chao's family, and Jiang Weihua was sent to live with his eldest nephew. He was very happy to have company.

A-Lian stayed with Zhou Xiang, and everyone else went back to their own homes. Ling Ran naturally went back to his home.

It’s different now that we have boiler heating installed at home. It’s warm upstairs now too.

A-Lian was very excited to eat the home-cooked food and pulled Zhou to talk.

Zhou Xiang patiently chatted with her. What a curious baby! Who would come and take her away?

Finally she said she was tired, and Zhou thought he could let her go, but A Lian asked to sleep with her.

Zhou Xiang waved his hand and said, "I'm a restless sleeper. I like to turn over and kick people. Go back to your room and sleep. Tomorrow I'll ask Mr. Jiang to take you out to see some new things."

A-Lian was tricked into going to the second bedroom, and Zhou Xiang finally breathed a sigh of relief. This curious baby must be assigned to Mr. Jiang.

Ling Ran didn't come home until nine o'clock. Dong Yunrong didn't find it strange at all. For this son, it was a blessing that he could come home.

However, she still had to care about her future daughter-in-law, "Think about it, is everything okay? I feel uneasy without seeing her!"

"It's okay! I'm fine. I'm planning to retire from the army and come back to protect her."

Dong Yunrong was shocked when she heard that, but it was okay. If her son didn't join the army, she wouldn't have to worry. "Are you really planning to quit?"

"Well! Think about it and promise me that as soon as I return from the army, we will get engaged."

Dong Yunrong laughed excitedly, "Great! The days ahead are getting more and more promising. Hurry up and call tomorrow to tell them you want to be discharged from the army."

Ling Ran didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Mom! Do you think that just saying it will work? I have to apply for it. Oh! You don't understand! Anyway, I will step down."

"Okay! I don't understand! I'll just wait, but are you marrying her in? Or marrying her out?"

Ling Ran was stunned. What did his mother mean?

Seeing her son stunned, Dong Yunrong kindly explained to him, "If you marry into our family, we will prepare a new house for you. If you marry someone else, I will prepare a dowry for you."

"Mom!" Ling Ran really didn't know how to communicate with his mother.

"Why are you yelling? If you keep going to the Zhou family every day, what's the difference between you and getting married? Zhu Hang still lives in the Zhou family!"

Ling Ran laughed, "Mom! You don't have to worry about anything. I will take care of my own affairs. Whether it's marrying in or marrying out, you don't have to worry about it. You can just show up at every important occasion. From now on! You just have to wait to take care of the grandchildren."

Dong Yunrong snorted, "That's easy to say, but when the time comes, you'll have to ask me to take care of it. I won't tell you now, and we don't know when it will happen! I might as well discuss it with your Aunt Jiang!"

After saying that, he left his son and went back to the house.

Ling Ran shrugged. There's still a generation gap! However, it's not a bad idea for Mom to discuss this with Aunt Jiang. A lot of things can be prepared in advance.

The next day, after getting up and washing up, everyone carefully visited the Zhou family.

Old Lady Liu was the first to go out to the gate to look at the strange road from last night, and A-Lian was also the target.

Two women, one old and one young, were discussing this boardwalk in a very harmonious manner.

After seeing this, Jiang Weihua came over to explain to them. He knew clearly that the reason for the appearance of this road was told to him by Zhou Niao.

After hearing this, A-Lian went in to find Zhou Xiang, "Sister Xiangxiang, you are amazing."

Zhou Xiang was confused.

A Lian pointed outside the yard.

Zhou Xiang finally understood, "Oh! I was quick-witted! No need to admire me too much."

Old Lady Liu glanced at her sideways and said, "If I give you a pair of wings, you can fly to the sky."

Zhou Xiang nodded seriously, "That's right! But where are the wings?"

Old Lady Liu went back to the dining room to eat and didn't talk to this girl, which was so infuriating.

After breakfast, everyone went their separate ways. Zhou Yu was on the night shift, so he went to find his sister to ask her why she disappeared.

Zhou Xiang waved his hand. "Don't worry about it. The situation here is complicated. You are just an ordinary person, so just do ordinary things. We take care of everything at home! If I really disappear, no one will be able to find me. So, you might as well stay at home peacefully and wait for me to make a big fuss and come back."

Zhou Yu raised his hand and tapped her forehead. "You're still trying to pierce the sky? Do you think you're Sun Wukong?"

Zhou thought, "Sun Wukong is not as good as me!"

Zhou Yu waved his hand and left, but his sister's words were still so choking.

Zhu Hang was not worried. His father-in-law and mother-in-law who had gone to the capital came back happily, so he felt relieved and was sure that his sister-in-law was fine.

Even though he was healthy, he still didn't let his aunt go. He had to ask her why he was better than Xirui?

Zhou Xiang began to deceive Dafa, saying, "Xirui is a story made up by someone. I am better than that person who made up the story."

"cut!"

"cut!"

"Jian Jiankang shushed my aunt, and Zhou Xiang glared at me, "Are you brave enough? Go study quickly, I will find time to test you."

When Jian Jiankang heard this, he hurried back to his study upstairs to do his homework, because his aunt's test questions were too tricky.

After breakfast, Ling Ran came to Zhou's house and found Zhou Xiang, "I want to go see grandpa."

Zhou Xiang looked at the two cloth-covered baskets in his hands. He put eggs and a few bottles of fruit wine in the two baskets and said, "Let's go to the porcelain factory to see if there is anyone on duty."

"good!"

Not long after Ling Ran left, the phone at home rang. Zhou Xiang picked it up and found that it was a call from the street office in East Lane, North City.

The other party said that the original owners Feng Kaiyi and his wife had returned and wanted to buy back the yard of their ancestral home, and asked if the Zhou family was willing to sell it?