Ye Zhiyu's eyes lit up. The design on the drawing was perfect, except for the lines not being smooth enough.

It's a style similar to that of later generations, but it also has its own unique Lu Ze style.

"Brother, this can actually be mass-produced."

After the resumption of the college entrance examination, the economy in all aspects began to develop, and many people chose to go into business.

However, many people learn by doing. People like Lu Ze, who are already skilled, only need to learn a little bit to become professional enough.

This is thanks to his childhood training in carpentry.

Lu Ze didn't think Ye Zhiyu was praising him out of politeness. Ye Zhiyu was from Beijing, and her perspective was much broader than theirs.

If something doesn't meet her standards, it's hard to get her to speak up.

Excitement flashed in his eyes, but...

"I have thought about it, but there are still too few people buying furniture. In the past year, people have been getting furniture made for weddings. In previous years, we were starving, so who would not have furniture? As long as it works, that's fine."

No matter how well he makes it, if no one buys it, it will just sit at home collecting dust.

"It will be alright, but we can't fall behind."

Ye Zhiyu smiled, pointing at the drawings spread out on the table, her finger making a pointed remark.

Lu Ze's eyes flickered, as if he were deep in thought.

Tao Qingtang was also watching from the side, and she was very proud that her husband had this ability.

After lunch, Tian Hongfang went out with the others. Lu Weimin had already gone to a meeting in town and hadn't returned by noon. Lu Chen went up the mountain to check the traps.

"Sister Tao Wan, are you married?"

The three women chatted by the fire in the main hall, while Lu Ze went back inside to draw.

Ye Zhiyu knew everything about her, but she didn't show it on her face.

Tao Wan's smile froze. Of all the questions, why did she have to ask this?

"It's settled."

"Someone as beautiful as Tao Wan must have married a good man." This was a direct attack on her vulnerabilities.

Tao Wan could no longer sit still. She kept telling herself to forget about the Zhou family and just focus on seizing control of the Lu family.

Now that it's being brought up, those unbearable memories well up from the bottom of my heart.

Tao Qingtang couldn't bear to see her cousin like this, and Ye Zhiyu, unaware of the situation, quickly interjected, "Pretty much."

Then he said to Tao Wan, "Xiao Wan, don't you have a habit of taking a nap? Go on, I'll stay with Zhiyu."

"Okay," Tao Wan replied, and ran away impatiently.

Ye Zhiyu feigned ignorance and said innocently, "Sister-in-law, did I say something wrong?"

Tao Qingtang sighed, "It's nothing, it's none of your business, it's just that my cousin has a hard life."

"Don't wash your dirty linen in public," so I mentioned it briefly and then changed the subject.

Ye Zhiyu did it on purpose. She couldn't stay at the Lu family's house to watch over her the whole time, so she was provoking her.

While talking to Ye Zhiyu, Tao Qingtang yawned one after another.

It wasn't Tao Wan who needed a nap, but her.

"Sister-in-law, your excessive sleepiness hasn't gotten better yet? Haven't you gone to the hospital to see a doctor?"

She definitely didn't go. If she had, she would have found out she was pregnant by now.

"No, I'm just sleepy, it's not worth going."

Tao Qingtang propped her head up with one hand, her upper and lower eyelids seemingly drawn together by magnets.

"Sister-in-law, my period hasn't come this month yet. It's quite irregular. Is yours on time?"

Ye Zhiyu pretended to be curious and guided Tao Qingtang to think about whether she hadn't been here for a long time.

Speaking of this, Tao Qingtang was a little shy, but there was no one around, and she also regarded Ye Zhiyu as an innocent girl.

Blushing, I told her, "It's okay. My sister-in-law's period isn't regular either. When I was getting my period recently, I only had a little bit, and my stomach hurt a lot."

Ye Zhiyu suddenly became nervous. Before meeting Tao Wan, she hadn't remembered that her sister-in-law was pregnant at this time.

She must have been menstruating at that time, which meant she was about to miscarry, but she mistook it for her period.

It was precisely because the menstrual cycle itself was irregular that the problem wasn't noticed.

Moreover, based on her observation of Tao Qingtang today, she is eating well, sleeping well, and has even gained a little weight, with a rosy complexion.

She didn't experience any of the suffering that she had seen in pregnant women before, nor did she have morning sickness, which is why even the experienced Tian Hongfang didn't notice anything amiss.

Ye Zhiyu sighed, "Sometimes it's not a good thing if the child you're carrying is too well-behaved."

She couldn't just tell Tao Qingtang that she was pregnant. Tao Qingtang didn't have the ability to see things clearly, and if she asked later, she could just say she was guessing. That would be a bit unreliable.

Therefore, we still need to start with Tao Wan.

"Sister-in-law, you should go back to sleep. Seeing you yawning makes me want to sleep too. I'm going back now."

Tao Qingtang said embarrassedly, "Look at you, you've gone to so much trouble to come all this way, and your sister-in-law is still like this."

"Don't say that. Who can withstand the physiological reaction? Let's go."

After seeing Ye Zhiyu off, Tao Qingtang couldn't resist the drowsiness, went back to her room, said goodbye to Tao Wan, and went to sleep.

Tao Wan was overjoyed. She could see clearly from the room that the annoying educated youth had left, and now only her cousin, Lu Ze, and she were left at home.

My cousin is asleep, but Lu Ze is still drawing blueprints in that room. He's working so hard. My cousin is so inconsiderate. Lu Ze works so hard to support the family, and she, as his wife, doesn't even know how to care for him or offer him a cup of tea.

Well, since she's my cousin, I'll just have to sacrifice myself and be Lu Ze's confidante.

Tao Wan tossed her hair in front of the small round mirror, and the person in the mirror looked quite helpless.

They seemed completely helpless against them.

She gently got up and stood by the bed, looking down at her cousin.

A look of determination flashed in his eyes.

After leaving the Lu family's house, Ye Zhiyu didn't return to the educated youth settlement. Instead, she took small steps to go up the mountain to find Lu Chen.

There were only a few places where Lu Chen had set up traps, and Ye Zhiyu went to find them one by one.

I saw him in a second place.

At that time, they had just cleaned the rotten flesh from the trap and were laying new straw.

"Why are you here? Are you bored?"

Lu Chen didn't get close to her. He had just dealt with the trap and his body still smelled bad, so he didn't want to bother her.

"No, I just want you to do something."

"What's the matter? Is it urgent?" He picked up the prey from the ground and walked towards the mountain spring.

"It's urgent, but not that urgent." I squatted down next to him and watched him wash his hands.

Driven by curiosity, I took my hands out of my gloves and put them into the spring water.

"Ugh! It's so cold!"

The spring water was icy cold; my fingers felt like they were going to freeze off.

Lu Chen scooped up her small hand and warmed it in his arms, his tone full of helplessness: "You're so afraid of the cold, yet you still went into the water."

"You washed so naturally, I thought you weren't cold."

"I'm thick-skinned and used to it."

Lu Chen's hands weren't particularly rough, but they weren't delicate either. They had a thick layer of calluses on them, and he often couldn't feel the true temperature when touching things that were warm.

Once she was warm enough, I put the gloves back on her.

Ye Zhiyu let him do as he pleased, and told Lu Chen her plan, "Go to your sister-in-law's family home and spread the word that Tao Wan is in your family."

“Okay.” Lu Chen agreed without asking why.

Ye Zhiyu liked the feeling of him trusting her unconditionally.