Going to the kitchen, she handed the two pheasants to her busy sisters-in-law, then calmly went to the yard, washed up and returned to the room.

Old Mrs. An was sitting on the bed in a daze, with a dazed look on her face, and no one knew what she was thinking about.

An Hongdou walked over and touched her, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Mrs. An came back to her senses and sighed, "I was thinking, the children at home are all grown up, should I think of a way to send them to school?"

An Hongdou was quite surprised. "Didn't you say before that going to school was useless? Why do you suddenly want to let them go to school?"

An Hongdou didn't try to stop her, but she was a little surprised by the sudden change in Old Lady An.

Of course, she is happy for her nephews and nieces as they can go to school.

Knowledge is an ocean. Especially since she came from the future, she knows even more clearly that if a country wants to develop, it cannot do without the help of cultural people.

Even though intellectuals have been hit hard in recent years, it won’t take a few years for them to make a complete comeback.

"I used to think that for people like us who make a living in the soil, it doesn't matter whether we can read or not. But look at your brothers, they have lived half their lives and still don't know their own names. And then look at your two cousins, they are both literate and now work in the town. I thought that if Changzheng and his brothers could have a chance to turn their lives around in the future, I, as a grandmother, also hope that they can have a promising future!" said Old Lady An.

An Hongdou nodded, "Then let them go. It's always a good idea to learn more knowledge while they are still young. Let's not talk about other things first. Just look at the educated youths at the educated youth site. They can read and speak differently from us."

"It's different." Through the window, Mrs. An's eyes were on Shen Xiangzhi. The more she looked at him, the more satisfied she was. "Hongdou, Shen Xiangzhi looks pretty good. You have to live a good life in the future. Listen to other people's opinions when encountering things. Don't be as casual as before."

If such a good son-in-law is lost, it will be difficult to find another one in the future.

Seeing the mother-in-law An looking at her son-in-law with increasing satisfaction, An Hongdou chuckled, "Mom, I know."

Mrs. An pulled An Hongdou's hand and asked her to sit next to her. Suddenly, she realized, "Hongdou, is your face paler than before? You seem to have lost a lot of weight, too. Look at this dress. It was bulging when I wore it last year, but now it feels a little empty."

The family is together all day long, and she has some subtle changes that are indeed hard to see. But if you think about the An Hongdou of the past and then look at the person in front of you now, they really are like two different people.

"I have lost some weight. It seems that my efforts during this period have not been in vain." An Hongdou is quite satisfied with her current condition. At this rate, it shouldn't take long for her to regain her thin and fair figure.

Mrs. An was extremely happy. "I never thought that when you first started applying the weeds on your face, I thought you were just fooling around, but it actually made people whiter!"

As they were talking, An Hongbing came in through the curtain, winking at An Hongdou with a smile, "Little sister, there's still some time before dinner, why don't you go out for a walk with your brother-in-law? He hasn't been in our village for long, and he injured his leg a while ago and hasn't been anywhere, so you can take him around to get familiar with the place."

When the injured leg was mentioned, An Hongdou couldn't help but blush, and stood up and said, "I know, big brother, I'll go then."

An Hongdou walked into the yard and saw Shen Xiangzhi still sitting there with his back straight.

An Hongdou stopped in front of him and said, "My eldest brother asked me to take you out for a walk. Is your leg okay?"

Shen Xiangzhi smiled, stood up, and took two steps in front of her, “Do you think there’s something wrong with me?”

An Hongdou looked up, and then she realized that Shen Xiangzhi was standing upright, so she had to look up to him in order to look him in the eye.

He took two steps back after realizing it belatedly and said, "Then let's go."

An Hongdou knew the difference in appearance between herself and Shen Xiangzhi, and didn't want to become a topic of conversation among others, so she simply walked out of the village and walked along the wide river.

Shen Xiangzhi also remained silent, just following behind her.

Suddenly, An Hongdou stopped and turned around.

Shen Xiangzhi had no choice but to stop.

The two looked at each other, but Shen Xiangzhi suddenly said, "You've lost weight? And become whiter?"

There was a hint of surprise on his face.

An Hongdou asked him in a good mood, "Is it obvious?"

“That’s not the case.” Shen Xiangzhi shook his head and said, “But there are still some differences from the last time I saw you.”

Thinking back to the last time we met, it has been almost half a month, which is not long, but also not short.

At the very least, he could see the changes in An Hongdou over the past half month.

"Actually, I have something to tell you about marriage." An Hongdou gave up talking about this topic and turned to talking about what she wanted to say.

Shen Xiangzhi nodded thoughtfully, "What do you want?"

Turning his head to glance at An Hongdou, Shen Xiangzhi quickly shifted his gaze.

The woman before him was neither the one he wanted to marry nor did she meet his requirements for a wife, but there was no point in saying more now that things had come to this point.

For him, as long as An Hongdou's request was not too excessive, it was fine.

"It's about the wedding. Isn't frugality advocated now? I think that after the house is built, we can just have a meal together and spend the rest of our lives together. There's no need to make a big fuss about the wedding. What do you think?" An Hongdou said frankly, and she also felt in her heart that if she didn't want to hold a wedding, Shen Xiangzhi should be even less willing to do so than her.

After all, with his current appearance, I'm afraid others will only laugh at him for marrying such an ugly wife.

As expected, Shen Xiangzhi was just slightly stunned, then nodded in agreement, “If you think it’s okay, then let’s do it this way.”

He thought that An Hong was going to talk about the bride price.

The conversation between the two was very businesslike throughout.

Seeing that the time was almost up, I went back.

Andelai and Miao Hong also came with their daughter. Shen Xiangzhi was not surprised at all and went up to greet them, "Captain."

Andelai patted Shen Xiangzhi's shoulder in a good mood, "Just call me Second Uncle with Hongdou, we are all family, why call me Captain?"

Shen Xiangzhi smiled and called him second uncle calmly.

An Delai smiled even more contentedly, and pulled Shen Xiangzhi to sit at the table. Old Man An arrived early, and Old Lady An politely greeted Miao Hong. An Hongdou was also sitting there, and several brothers from the An family also sat down one by one.

An Hongdou glanced at her sisters-in-law. They did not come over, but instead brought their children to set up another table in the yard.