When Xu Xinning saw Mu Jingheng's aggrieved expression, she suddenly remembered that she had arranged to meet him in the space yesterday evening, but she had forgotten about it because she was dizzy from Mu Jingshu's questions and was also too sleepy.

For the first time, Xu Xinning showed a shy expression as she quietly moved to Mu Jingheng's side, took his hand, scratched his palm with her fingers, and then showed a flattering expression with her big, blinking eyes.

How could Mu Jingheng possibly stand this?

In that instant, the grievance vanished.

With messy hair, sleepy eyes, and some unknown discharge in the corners of her eyes, Mu Jingshu shuffled down the stairs on all fours.

When she came downstairs, she saw her second brother and sister-in-law being affectionate, and she was unhappy. "Second brother, you are so inconsiderate. Your sister-in-law is so busy every day, and you are wasting her precious time."

Mu Jingheng: Did I waste time? Did I waste Xin'er's time?

Mu Jingheng suddenly remembered Xu Xinning's broken promise last night. Now that he saw Mu Jingshu, he finally found the reason. He was certain that it was this little girl who caused his Xin'er to not go on the date with him last night.

Xu Laosan came out dressed the same as Mu Jingshu, holding a toothbrush with rolled bristles and a pea-sized tube of toothpaste hanging from it. He looked at his sister and brother-in-law, then at the clueless Mu Jingshu, and said, "Jingshu, hurry up and brush your teeth and eat, or you'll be late again."

Mu Jingshu perked up at the word "late." As the respected second-in-command, she couldn't afford to lose face by being late.

It has to be said that Xu Laosan was very good at understanding Mu Jingshu's psychology.

Mu Jingshu didn't have time to nag and hurriedly went to brush her teeth and wash her face. When she looked in the water, she found that her hair was sticking up, so she carefully pressed it down with water to maintain her image.

Seeing Mu Jingshu run off, Xu Laosan exchanged a smug look with Mu Jingheng, as if to say, "It still has to be me, right? This family can't function without me."

Mu Jingheng whispered in Xu Xinning's ear, "My brother-in-law understands me best."

The relocation of Xu Xialian's village can finally be carried out; the houses here have been built and dried.

Xu Xinning happened to be in the village, so they decided to move here.

Although they agreed to treat each other as relatives from then on, due to the persistence of so many generations, they still regarded Xu Xinning as a princess and a mistress in their hearts.

They all share the surname Xun. Xu Xialian's father-in-law is named Xun Yu. This is mainly because his generation is the Yu generation, and his parents named him Xun Yu to save trouble.

When it came to Xu Xialian's two husbands, they belonged to the "Qi" generation, so the eldest second aunt's husband was named Xun Qigui, and the youngest second aunt's husband was named Xun Qifu.

The older of the two children is named Xun Shichou, and the younger girl is named Xun Shiwen.

The baby in her belly hasn't been born yet, but it'll probably be a month or so.

They invited the Xu family over for a meal the day they moved in, which served as a housewarming party.

Grandma Xu delivered a lot of vegetables, rice, noodles, and eggs early in the morning.

Hunters in the mountains may not lack meat, but they lack vegetables and rice.

However, he later married many women from outside the mountains, and a lot of land in the mountains was also developed.

The mountains in the south are not lacking in wild vegetables, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and the women are hardworking; they will pick them and dry them.

In fact, living in the mountains is not a bad thing in times of chaos or turmoil, as they live a simple, self-sufficient life.

However, people always seek development, so those with ambition will not be content to be confined to this small world, which is the fundamental reason for the disagreement within the Xun family.

The Xu family went to help early on. The Xun family had no mother-in-law, and Xu Xialian was heavily pregnant. No matter how capable the men in the Xun family were, their cooking skills were limited.

Xun Yu also had a younger brother named Xun Yuwu. His wife was still alive, and his family had more children than Xun Yu's family. This time, Old Madam Xu and Yang Chunqin helped them prepare the meal.

Knowing that Xiang Wanqin and Xu Yaoyang had divorced and were living alone with their two children, Xu Xialian invited the mother and her two children to join her.

Xu Xinning was busy at the medical station, so she didn't come early.

The children are the happiest when they attend a banquet.

The Xun family had quite a few younger members, plus Xu Yaoyang's two children, as well as Xu Laosan and Mu Jingshu. It was truly chaotic; they were so noisy they were practically tearing the roof off.

The children in the mountains were curious about everything outside, and they treated Xu Laosan's glass marbles like rare treasures.

Xu Laosan was well-liked everywhere he went. He generously distributed the marbles and then led the children to lie on the ground and play marbles.

Mu Jingshu then took out her treasured items: rubber bands and shuttlecocks.

In those days, rubber bands were a very precious commodity, and many people in the countryside used ropes to tie their pants in order to save on rubber bands.

Mu Jingshu brought the rubber bands from Kyoto. She had collected them by taking apart many old pants and saving them for a long time. She had also carefully stitched them together section by section with a needle.

When the women of the Xun family saw Mu Jingshu using a rubber band to jump rope in such a luxurious way, they were all heartbroken.

This kid is terrible, how can he be so good at messing around?

All the children were having a great time, except for one person: nine-year-old Xun Shichou.

This child is precocious and behaves in a way that is not typical of a child.

The Xun family had left behind many precious books, and Xun Shichou's favorite thing to do every day was to read and practice calligraphy, just like an old scholar.

Grandma Xu adored such a sensible child. Looking at Xun Shichou, who was reading a book and seemed completely undisturbed by his surroundings, Grandma Xu said, "How can this child be so sensible? So many children are playing wildly and nothing can affect him."

Xun Yuwu's wife laughed and said, "Our young master is no ordinary child. He was born at night, and for some reason, a lot of wolves suddenly appeared that day. They surrounded our village, and one wolf would howl at the sky from time to time, scaring everyone in the village to death. My eldest brother immediately gathered all the strong men in the village and sent the old, the young, and the pregnant women into the tunnel. But these wolves just watched us busy as if they were watching a good show; they stood there without making a move. Until Xia Lian gave birth to the young master, all the wolves raised their heads and howled, as if celebrating something, and soon they retreated in an orderly manner. Everyone was shocked. Some things are mysterious, and you have to believe them."

When Grandma Xu and Yang Chunqin heard about this miraculous event, they thought of the strange phenomena that occurred when Xu Xinning was born. Perhaps this child, like Xu Xinning, was not an ordinary person?

In fact, the Xu family had already sensed it when he first came to the Xu family.

They could never forget the scene when they first met Xun Shichou. He was wearing a long robe, his hair was neatly coiled on top of his head and secured with a hairpin, and his eyes were so calm and resolute that they dared not look him in the eye.

What the Xu family found strange most was his attitude towards Xu Xinning. Although it wasn't very obvious, the Xu family still felt it was unusual.