Yuan Doudou laughed and said, "With Anji protecting me, I'm not afraid to walk at night anymore."

Anji looked proud, feeling like a hero, staying by his mother's side and protecting her safety.

Li Dahai picked up Anji and said affectionately, "Anji is really amazing, a little man. I would be content if I had a son like him."

Meng Jinxian walked over with a blush on her face and scolded him, "Dream on, I'll make sure you have a daughter."

“I like my daughter even more, as long as she’s born to you, my wife.” Li Dahai held Anji in his arms, took Meng Jinxian’s hand, and walked into the courtyard.

The Li family's house consisted of three main rooms, with side rooms on both sides. The main room was spacious, with a long desk and two armchairs underneath.

There are two chairs on each side, and a coffee table is placed between each chair.

Each chair was covered with a square cushion. The cushions on the grand master's chairs were made of silk, which looked smooth and slippery.

Knowing they were coming, Meng Jinxian had prepared fruit tea on a side table in advance. There were four kinds of fruit: fried dough twists, chestnut pastries, crispy peanuts, and Dingsheng cake, accompanied by jasmine tea, which children could also drink.

Yuan Doudou saw their good intentions and felt relieved.

"Anji, try it and see if it's good. If it's not good, Auntie will prepare something even better for you next time." Meng Jinxian liked Anji very much. She took Anji from Li Dahai's arms and let him sit on her lap.

Anji wanted his mother to hold him, but he didn't want to hurt Aunt Jinxian's feelings.

"Anything Aunt Jinxian gives me is delicious, thank you Aunt Jinxian." Anji's well-behaved manner impressed Yuan Doudou.

Meng Jinxian couldn't bear it, so she picked up Anji and patted and kissed him, treating him like a piece of flesh.

"Dou Dou, with a son like Anji, you're the luckiest person in the village." Everyone said that Yuan Dou Dou was a jinx, bringing bad luck and causing the deaths of everyone in her family.

Everyone avoided her like the plague. She was warned more than once not to associate with Yuan Doudou, lest she be cursed.

Every time she heard such remarks, she would retort: ​​I have no relation to her, what can she possibly do to me? What jinx, what bad luck star, that's just something you use to make fun of people. People like you have lost your morals, so naturally you won't have any good fortune.

Yuan Doudou was unaware of these matters, and Meng Jinxian was a sensible person who would never gossip about others in front of Yuan Doudou.

"Brother Li, here are the blueprints, please take a look."

Li Dahai took the blueprints, sat down in the armchair, and examined them carefully by the candlelight on the table.

The paper showed a rendering of a food cart with a canopy on top, four wheels underneath, a horizontal bar on the left side (presumably a handrail), and a protruding piece at the top of the canopy, which he didn't quite understand.

Yuan Doudou walked behind him, pointed to the food carts above, and explained them one by one.

"This is a rain shelter, which can also provide shade. This is where you put the pot, and you can light a fire underneath. You'll need to use fireproof materials to divide it up. On the right is a cutting board for preparing ingredients and packaging food. Below is a storage cabinet for storing ingredients and tableware."

"If there's anything else you don't understand, feel free to ask me."

When Li Dahai first saw the design of the greenhouse, he thought Yuan Doudou was a genius. Now, seeing the food truck, he is even more convinced.

"DouDou, are you perhaps the reincarnation of Lu Ban? Tell me, how did you come up with this? I'd like to learn from you."

Yuan Doudou tried not to appear too guilty, so she made up a reason: "You're right, it was Master Lu Ban who told me in a dream."

"Good heavens, this is unbelievable! Next time you dream of Master Lu Ban, be sure to put in a good word for me in front of him so that my skills can reach a higher level."

Li Dahai is an honest and simple man, and he believes everything Yuan Doudou says.

Meng Jinxian poked his head with her finger and laughed, scolding, "You're such a blockhead, you believe everything people say."

She glanced at DouDou and, sure enough, saw her smirking.

"Brother Li, do you think it's possible to make this food cart?" This was the question she was concerned about.

Li Dahai carefully examined the unfolded diagram of the blueprint, his initial admiration turning into self-admiration.

"With me here, there's no problem." He patted his chest, full of confidence.

Everyone in the room was amused by his simple and honest appearance.

Yuan Doudou carried Anji home. The little guy, having eaten and drunk his fill, fell asleep on her shoulder.

When they got home, she put Angie on the bed and gave him a quick wash with hot water.

In the greenhouse in the yard, when it was time to water the plants, she carried a bucket and a water ladle, with Xiaobai following behind her.

"Xiaobai, it's so late, why aren't you asleep yet?" Yuan Doudou said to Xiaobai while watering the oyster mushrooms.

The little white cat meowed, "You weren't asleep either."

“Oh, you said you wanted to stay with me because you were afraid I would be too lonely.” Yuan Doudou translated it herself.

Xiao Bai rolled her eyes. How narcissistic was this woman?

"Xiaobai, you're so good to me. Now that I have Anji at home and you're with me, I'm not lonely at all." Yuan Doudou comforted herself, knowing that no one could understand her loneliness.

Little Whitey meowed, seemingly unhappy. Women are so stubborn; she might say she's not lonely, but her heart is full of bitterness.

Soon, after finishing her work, Yuan Doudou washed up, hugged Xiaobai, and went to bed.

Xiao Bai looked distressed. He was a prince of the cat clan. When had he ever been so disrespected by a woman?

Just as it was about to escape from Yuan Doudou's arms, she held it tightly.

"Xiaobai, don't move around." Yuan Doudou scolded playfully.

After a while, Yuan Doudou fell asleep, emitting soft snores.

Little White jumped off the bed, leaped out of the half-open window, and into the yard. Using the melon trellis in the vegetable garden, it climbed onto the wall and disappeared into the night.

As dawn broke, Yuan Doudou woke up naturally.

Little Whitey nestled beside her, fast asleep.

"Little Bai, wake up, the sun's shining on your butt." Yuan Doudou patted her butt.

The little white cat meowed softly, changed its position, and continued sleeping.

"What a lazy little cat." Yuan Doudou didn't bother with it.

Yuan Doudou went to the kitchen and put the broth she had made yesterday back into the pot to boil again, just in case.

In another pot, porridge was cooking. She scooped some cornmeal, added chopped green onions, sprinkled in salt, poured in water, and stirred it into a dough.

Grab a handful of dough, roll it into a ball in your palm, flatten it, and stick it to the side of the pot.

Soon, the fragrant corn tortillas were ready.

"Mommy, I'm so hungry." Angie came in, clutching her stomach.

The freshly made cornbread is golden brown.

Yuan Doudou comforted him, "Dinner will be served soon, just stir-fried loofah will do."

There was pickled mustard greens and pickled cowpeas at home, but Anji was too young to eat pickled vegetables, so she tried her best to cook fresh dishes for him for every meal.

Angie nodded: "Then I'll go find Xiaobai to play."

"Xiaobai is still sleeping in." She had barely finished speaking when Anji disappeared.

Yuan Doudou smiled and happily sliced ​​the loofah.