He sat at the table, waiting for Lin Li to start eating.

Lin Li smiled and picked up a piece of seasonal vegetables with her chopsticks and put it in her mouth, while Lin Hu was already holding a bowl and shoveling food into his scallop porridge.

"Grandma, the preserved meats from our hometown are delicious, but they don't have the shrimp dumplings from Gangcheng."

Lin Yao immediately chimed in, "I prefer Uncle Fu's char siu bao!"

Uncle Fu, who was serving them, smiled and said, "We'll have the kitchen make it tomorrow. The young masters can have as much as they want."

After dinner, Lin Li sat on the rosewood sofa in the living room and drank tea.

Lin Laosan played with building blocks with the two children on the carpet, the firelight from the fireplace casting a warm glow on his profile.

After finishing her tea, Lin Li began reading the latest newspaper.

Having been back for so long, I still need to learn more about the recent economic development of the port city.

At eight o'clock at night, the maid came to report that Ah Zhen and Jiang Fusheng were already waiting in the side hall.

Lin Li straightened her clothes, stood up, and walked towards the side hall.

As I walked down the corridor, the wall clock struck eight, the sound of the brass pendulum particularly clear in the quiet night.

Account books and an abacus were already laid out on the mahogany table in the side hall.

Ah Zhen, dressed in a gray cloth jacket, quickly stood up when she saw Lin Li enter, clutching a blue cloth bag tightly in her hand.

Jiang Fusheng was dressed in a well-fitting Zhongshan suit, his hair was combed meticulously, and he brought with him a faint scent of mothballs when he stood up.

"Madam, you're finally back."

She untied the blue cloth bag, revealing several thick ledgers neatly stacked, with elegant and neat handwriting on them.

"These are the accounts from December of last year to February of this year. Please take a look."

Jiang Fusheng quickly handed over another list, his tone filled with barely suppressed excitement.