Time never stops, and soon it was the end of the year. Lu Shi bought two train tickets and took his family of three back to his mother-in-law's house to celebrate the New Year.

After a few months, Hu Zi saw his mother again. He was so emotional that tears came to his eyes.

Zhang Weifang had a smile on her face and tears in her eyes as she hugged Hu Zi in her arms.

When An An saw his brother, his eyes lit up and he shouted happily:

"elder brother……"

Before Hu Zi had time to wipe away his tears, he saw a little fat boy staggering towards him.

An An has been practicing walking recently and can take two steps slowly. Lu Shi holds his hand and pulls him forward.

"An An." Hu Zi was afraid that he would fall, so he quickly went over and hugged him.

"Brother, brother..." An An called out several times in a row, and the two brothers were very affectionate.

"Uncle Lu." After coaxing An An, Hu Zi greeted Lu Shi.

Before Lu Shi could say anything, he heard a little baby voice calling out:

"Uncle~"

Lu Shi was stunned, Hu Zi was dumbfounded, and they both looked at the unconscious An An at the same time.

Lu Shi's face was filled with black lines, and he quickly emphasized:

"An An, call daddy."

An An didn't listen to him. He looked at his brother and said:

"Uncle~"

After An An finished shouting, he looked at his brother happily with his eyes shining brightly, wanting his brother to praise him.

Hu Zi looked at Lu Shi, who looked helpless, and then looked at An An, who looked excited. He praised him guiltily:

"An An is awesome."

"Great." An An danced with joy.

After the New Year, Zhang Weifang and Lu Shi took Hu Zi to their ancestral grave, burned some paper for their ancestors, and had a private conversation with Zhang Jiuyi.

This time, Zhang Weifang made up for all his regrets.

During the Chinese New Year, the brothers and sisters got together, and Zhang Weifang also met Zhang Weishuang's son, a very handsome little guy who played well with An An.

I don’t know whether to say it was luck or fate, but Zhang Weifang met the woman Zhang Jiuyi liked.

To be honest, at first glance, this woman's appearance was not outstanding, but she had a unique quality, as if she combined the toughness of plum blossoms and the purity of chrysanthemums into one.

Zhang Weifang glanced at her and turned away. The two of them did not say hello to each other because they didn't know each other, not to mention that there was Zhang Jiuyi between them.

As for the child, Zhang Weifang heard from her family that it was very likely Zhang Jiuyi's because the two looked very similar, but there was no evidence for this kind of thing, so everyone was just talking about it.

Zhang Weifang did not express any opinion on this matter. The woman eventually lived with her man. This seemingly true rumor was just for fun.

When Lu Shi returned home after the New Year, he lit the stove immediately.

The next step is to take a bath and change clothes, especially for Hu Zi, because it is not convenient to take a bath in his hometown and he hasn’t taken a bath for two months.

Zhang Weifang helped An An wash, and Lu Shi helped Hu Zi wash. After an hour, the family of four washed away all their fatigue.

It was freezing cold, and except for An An who had fallen asleep, the other three people gathered together to eat a steaming hot pot before going to rest.

The next day, Zhang Weifang had a serious talk with Hu Zi:

"Huzi, you've lived in your hometown for so long, but you still don't want to go to school?"

"Mom, I'm going to school." Compared to the simple food and crude toilets in his hometown, Hu Zi felt that going to school was pretty good.

In order to help Hu Zi catch up with everyone else's learning progress, Zhang Weifang hired a teacher to give him extra lessons for the next period of time.

Fortunately, Hu Zi's attitude towards study was much more serious this time, and his grades were generally above average. Although Zhang Weifang was not very satisfied, he still accepted it.

Hu Zi's handwriting is even more difficult to describe. Even with a copybook, the words he wrote were still crooked. The teacher had to correct his pen-holding posture before there was any improvement.

Zhang Weifang, exhausted physically and mentally, finally had to let nature take its course. She now believes that some things really cannot be forced.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, a long-awaited notification came from the system:

"Host, the system rankings are out. Guess where I am?"

Zhang Weifang knew from the tone that the system had not been eliminated. She thought for a moment before saying:

"My ranking shouldn't be very high, right? My points are less than 100,000."

The Yue Lao System sighed, with a hint of regret in its tone, and said with a big mouth:

"Host, we are ranked second to last, two points more than the last place."

"Qiqi, why do I feel that you have become more like human emotions now?" Zhang Weifang didn't know if he was wrong.

The Yue Lao system opened its big mouth and said happily:

"Of course. I didn't get eliminated this time, so the main system helped me evolve again."

"Are there any new features?" This is all Zhang Weifang cares about.

"It mainly adds human emotions, allowing me and the host to communicate better. Other than that, there aren't many changes."

"Okay, I'll keep working hard and try to reach 100,000 points as soon as possible." Zhang Weifang is particularly looking forward to the next stage of changes in the system.

Now, the most depressed person in the family is Lu Shi. An An has been talking more recently, but he still doesn't call him dad. Instead, he follows his brother and calls him uncle.

Lu Shi has been showing a cold face more often recently, so Zhang Weifang had no choice but to ask An An to call him dad. Unfortunately, the little guy didn't listen at all, and the one he called the most was "brother".

Finally, it was Hu Zi who came up with a solution. In the past two years, he and Lu Shi had been getting along well. In his heart, he accepted Lu Shi as his stepfather, but he still couldn't call him that.

When Hu Zi found Lu, he said shyly:

"Uncle Lu, can I call you dad from now on? Otherwise, An An will never call me dad."

When Lu Shi heard Hu Zi's words, his mind was slightly moved:

"Of course, in my heart, you and An An are the same."

From then on, Hu Zi changed his way of speaking, and Lu Shi even gave him money to change his way of speaking. Hu Zi called An An "Dad", and An An also followed suit. Lu Shi finally heard his son call him "Dad", and the feeling was hard to describe in words.

That day, just as Zhang Weifang got to work, a couple who wanted to divorce came to the Civil Affairs Bureau. They were arguing as they walked, hating each other like enemies.

The man was walking with a big belly and cursing:

"Hurry up, you keep dawdling day after day, are you trying to waste my time?"

The woman was not to be outdone and sneered:

"Liu Nannan, it's already 1970, and I'm no longer the same person I was yesterday."

"Look at your bucket waist, elephant legs, and face full of freckles. I can't breathe when I see you."

"Look at your big belly, your three hairs, and your short legs. I must have been blind to marry you."

"You are so vulgar."

"You, a social scum."