Little Si timidly called out to people, and Grandpa Zhao was overjoyed. He picked up his grandson and said, "He's gotten much stronger."

When his youngest daughter gave birth to her posthumous child at the age of thirty-five, it caused him a great deal of worry. Childbirth is a life-threatening experience for women, even young women face dangers, let alone an elderly widow who had been ill for several months and was bleeding. When his grandson was born, he couldn't even cry and his face turned purple. At the time, he thought it was the last time he would see his daughter. He couldn't eat or sleep for several days afterward. Ten days to half a month later, someone from Wangjia Village told him that both mother and child were taking medicine, and he slowly felt relieved.

“Father, we’re all better now, so don’t worry. I haven’t taken any medicine for three months.” Zhao Fang said with a touch of sadness. She was sickly and listless, and her youngest son hadn’t been breastfed for more than a few months. In the past two years, her father and older brothers had to worry about her. “Little Si only got sick once two months ago, and he got better after taking medicine three times.”

Grandpa Zhao repeatedly said yes.

Lu Yunfeng took out chicken and rabbit for his two cousins, and three bolts of cloth for his two aunts. When the two aunts opened them, they were surprised to find that they were made of fine cotton. The cotton was comfortable to wear and did not irritate the skin, so they hesitated to accept it, saying, "This is too expensive."

Zhao Feng was also surprised, "Third Sister, why did you bring so many things? Take this cloth back and make clothes for your nephew."

Lu Yunfeng explained, “I caught this rabbit in the mountains in early spring and raised it at home for breeding. It has two litters of offspring. I’m giving you some, one male and one female. If you keep it, it will lay more offspring in two or three months. Then you won’t have to worry about not having rabbit meat to eat. Rabbits are easy to raise, so I’ll let my nephew raise it. This chicken is also four months old. It will lay eggs in two months. These eggs were laid by the hens at home and are for my nephews to eat.”

"Yes, Auntie, please accept them." Qin Xiaozhou smiled. She was willing to help the relatives who had helped the Lu family before. "We have several hundred chickens and ducks at home now. We can give you a few hens to raise. They will start laying eggs by the end of summer. Hens lay eggs very frequently at that time."

There are thirty eggs, enough for the Zhao family to eat for several days, and a string of pork too.

The Lu family was sincere in giving, and Grandpa Zhao decided, "Take it all, take it all. We're siblings, we should help each other out."

When her father-in-law spoke, her two aunts were overjoyed and accepted the gifts, saying, "My nephew is too generous."

Lu Yunfeng took out his money bag and gave New Year's money to the two brothers, Gou Dan'er and Er Gou, saying, "Now that things are better at home and it's Grandma's death anniversary, I'm making a trip here."

Reciprocity makes them relatives. Gou Dan'er and Er Gou were happy to receive the money, but they were drooling over the eggs and meat and didn't go out to play anymore. The two aunts took the eggs and meat and called their daughters-in-law to cook.

The two aunts were delighted. In the past two years, their husbands and fathers-in-law had helped the Lu family a lot. Although they had married into the Zhao family and couldn't make decisions about the household affairs, they were still unhappy that their family had to support their sister-in-law, who had been married for twenty years. They didn't dare to say anything, and Zhao Feng's wife had even argued with him several times because of this. Now that the sister-in-law's family had brought so many good things, Zhao Feng's wife was happy to continue the relationship.

That fabric is enough to make two outfits, and the scraps can be used to make shoes for my grandson!

And this meat, it's so fatty, they haven't had any meat for months.

The Lu family's trip has now been described differently by the people of Zhaojiataizi. After all, the Zhao family, young and old, were laughing and talking as they took their married daughter to the grave, telling everyone that Zhao Fang had returned to pay respects to her mother, and the offerings they carried looked quite substantial.

In the afternoon, the Zhao family took the Lu family members to the village entrance, which was seen by many people. They all speculated that the Lu family was doing well again, and that the Lu family's new daughter-in-law looked very fortunate.

Zhao Fang was happy all day, even when she went to pay respects to her mother, she felt a mix of longing and joy.

After paying respects at the Zhao family's ancestral graves and having dinner, the group returned home. Because they needed to hurry on their journey, the Zhao family had an early dinner that day, and the sun had not yet set when they arrived at the Lu family's house.

Lu Yan sat by the river, sulking, her face flushed red with anger and her eyes filled with tears.

Qin Xiaozhou searched all the way there and was surprised, "What happened? Are you angry because I didn't take you to your uncle's house?"

"No, I didn't!" Lu Yan, unable to hold back her tears, cried out in a pitiful voice, "My great-aunt and cousin's wife came to visit today and asked my grandma for something."

Qin Xiaozhou was completely confused and wanted to ask again. There seemed to be a commotion in the house. It sounded like her aunt, Li Fengxian's daughter-in-law, named Wang Cuicui. She was also a fierce woman who loved to take advantage of others.

The two hurried back, and as soon as they entered the door, Li Fengxian said, "We borrowed two feet of cloth from your family back then. Now that your family is doing well in business, you can't just remember the kindness of your maternal uncle's family. If you have money, please return it to your great-aunt. Our family is poor. Fu Bao wears cloth made from his father's tattered clothes every day. That cloth is so worn out from washing that it tears easily..."

"Alright," Lu Yunfeng interrupted, then turned to Wang Lan and asked, "Grandma, was there any written agreement when you borrowed the cloth?"

Li Fengxian cried and begged, "We're all relatives, so there should be a written agreement for everything we do. We're not that despicable. Do you think I'm here to extort money from you for no reason?"

Wang Lan burst into tears, "I... I can't read. Your great-uncle did give me two feet of cotton cloth, which I used to make clothes for Xiao Si. I thought it was a gift from him to Xiao Si and that I didn't need to return it."

"Have you written anything or pressed any words with your finger?" Lu Yunfeng continued to ask.

Wang Lan shook her head.

Lu Yunfeng's expression improved slightly. "Eryun, go and invite the village chief."

The village chief was quickly invited over and the situation was explained. In front of everyone, Lu Yunfeng cut out two feet of cotton cloth for the mother and daughter-in-law of the Wang family, saying, "As the village chief is my witness, the Lu family's debt to the Wang family is now settled."

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