Early the next morning, Su Zhen started working in the cabin, and Tian Yuzhu helped her.

Lu Huanying took out the wild dried vegetables and dried beans she had collected in the fall and told them to use them all.

Cook half of the fresh pork distributed yesterday, steam a basket of mixed flour steamed buns, cook a bowl of dried vegetables and beans, and prepare three incense sticks and a few sheets of yellow paper.

Soon after, the village party secretary came with eight strong laborers from the village, and everyone was very enthusiastic.

Firstly, you can earn some income, and secondly, it is an honor to help soldiers' families.

Before digging the foundation, Lu Huanying asked Su Zhen to prepare a bowl of food for each of them, put them all on a wooden tray and take them to the foundation.

She bowed towards the east, lit incense and burned paper, praying to God to bless everything to go smoothly in building the house.

Only after all these are done can we start digging.

The food that has been burned with incense must be brought back into the house, a small stool should be placed facing the east, and the tray should be placed on it as an offering. When it is time to eat, everyone can have a little bit.

This is what is called what God leaves behind, and it means humans are blessed to eat it.

Tian Yuzhu watched silently: "..."

In fact, she didn't find it strange at all. It was just that the customs in different places were different. The spiritual pursuit would be passed down through generations.

As I recall, the teacher would burn three sticks of incense every day, and never stopped.

"Look at my brain."

After taking a short break, Lu Huanying suddenly remembered something.

"Zhentang, bring me my box." She gave orders while sitting on the kang.

Su Zhen went out to bring hot water, leaving only the three of them, grandparents and grandchildren, in the room.

Shi Zhentang was about to go out, so he turned around and gave the box to his grandmother. Usually, she never let anyone touch it, so what happened today?

Lu Huanying pulled the small drawer of the box and waved, "Yuzhu, come here."

"Look at my memory. I should have given it to you when you and Zhentang got your marriage certificate yesterday, but I forgot about it after I received that phone call. You see, it's too old to be useful now. Here, let me put it on you."

"Yuzhu, even though your father abandoned you to our Shi family, we can't be unreasonable. No matter how you came here, we have to give you the gift money. But now our family is poor, and Zhentang's money has been used to build a house."

"Grandma will give you this first. You keep it. I thought of this a long time ago. Don't mind. Wear it well. Do you understand?"

Tian Yuzhu looked at the jade ring in front of her in surprise.

...This is a top-notch item. It consists of two green jade rings, interlocking with each other. It is carved from a piece of top-grade jasper. The extra jade material during the carving process is made into beads and strung on both ends of the jade rings, with eight beads on each end.

The most special thing is that this piece of jade, Tian Yuzhu, was seen in the safe of the master’s top collection in his previous life.

This is not a modern jade. Its creation can be traced back to eight thousand years ago. It is recorded in ancient books as "Bihe".

The perfect match makes the marriage happy.

If this is a betrothal gift, then it is probably the most expensive gift in the world today, right?

Tian Yuzhu almost couldn't help but ask: Are you sure about such a precious item?

However, before she could say anything, the old lady hung the jade around her neck.

Suddenly, a cool feeling spread throughout the body.

Tian Yuzhu exclaimed in her heart, what a beautiful jade.

Perhaps it was because her expression was a little dazed that the old lady laughed: "Yuzhu, please wear it well and don't take it off, okay?"

Of course, I will never pick it in my lifetime.

Tian Yuzhu nodded: “Thank you, grandma.”

It would be a fool for her to pick such a good thing, so she quickly put it in her collar.

Shi Zhentang, standing beside her, scratched his head awkwardly and said, "Grandma, when I have money in the future, I will buy Yuzhu a ring."

Who gets married without buying a ring? He felt a little sorry for the silly girl.

Lu Huanying nodded: "Okay, you can plan it yourself from now on."

For the whole day afterwards, Tian Yuzhu felt inexplicably excited.

In addition to wearing the Bihe around her neck, she suddenly thought, how did the Bihe pass from her to her husband in later generations?

But being in high spirits is one thing, and Tian Yuzhu also showed it well.

The old lady deliberately took her to deliver hot water and introduced the villagers who were digging the foundation to her: "You have to call this one uncle, this one you have to call uncle, this one you have to call brother..."

In short, after introducing them one by one, Tian Yuzhu didn't call any of them wrong.

Well, the old lady was very proud, with a chrysanthemum smile on her face: "See, if anyone says our Yuzhu is stupid again, I will never let him go."

"Okay, grandma, everyone here knows that Yuzhu is very smart!" Shi Zhentang also joked in a rare relaxed manner.

The village party secretary was even more flattering: "Auntie, Yuzhu is our village's wolf-killing hero. If anyone calls her stupid again, we won't tolerate it."

Everyone responded: "Yes."

Everyone is kind-hearted and is trying to comfort this silly girl and make the old lady happy!

Tian Yuzhu felt warm in her heart, but Yang Dahua and Shi Xiaoli were so angry that they rolled their eyes.

Seeing the character of the mother and daughter, Shi Weiqiang simply asked his father Shi De to dig the foundation instead.

But Yang Dahua was almost mad at her. This brat really couldn't tell who his biological mother was, and yet he still went to help the little house. He was such a loser.

Shi De stopped and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

This is how it is to work in winter. When you are busy, you sweat from exhaustion, but once you relax for a while, your hands become frozen.

His eyes intentionally or unintentionally looked at the old lady's back as she was about to go back.

In my heart, I remembered several words Yang Dahua said last night.

For some reason, those words kept lingering in his mind, and he inexplicably wanted to get to the bottom of it.

"Mom." Shi De quickly caught up with the old lady. The wall of the cottage had not been broken through yet, so she had to go around from the other side of the courtyard to go back.

Shi De was very good at handling things. He stepped forward and held the old man's arm: "I'll take you home!"

Lu Huanying glanced at him and said, "If you have any questions, just ask."

Well, the old lady is very clear about her situation. She is usually like that, but suddenly she is very enthusiastic. Do you think she is just bored?

Shi De's face flushed: "Mom, I'm just curious, who called you yesterday? Before... I never heard Yulan say that our family still needs relatives!"

"That's none of your business. He's a friend of mine."

"You have any friends?"

"nonsense."

“…”

Shi De opened his mouth, but he really couldn't ask about Uncle Tao.

He could only chuckle and try to save face: "I'm just asking because I find it strange. Don't be angry. Oh, by the way, why don't we ask Uncle Tao to come work with us tomorrow? Didn't Zhentang say that we'll pay him based on work points? He's lived alone his whole life, and it's hard for him to earn enough to eat. I'll just take care of him."

After saying this, Shi De waited for the old lady's reaction, but she didn't even frown and said calmly: "You should go and discuss this with Zhentang. I can't do anything about it."