"Mommy, hug me!"

As soon as Mu Yi'an entered the courtyard, little Jiang Shaoyun, who was playing in the yard, rushed over and wanted a hug.

"Wait a minute, Mother has dirt and thorns on her body."

Mu Yi'an put down her basket, quickly washed her hands, and took the little one's hand to look at the pheasants.

"chicken?"

Shao Yun was a little unsure; it was different from what she knew at home.

"That's a pheasant, isn't its feathers beautiful!"

Mu Yi'an quickly plucked the two longest chicken feathers and handed them to Shao Yun. These were good materials for making feather dusters, and also good for making shuttlecocks.

"Second sister-in-law, did you catch a pheasant?"

"Third sister-in-law, you think too highly of me. I don't have that ability. I was just tripped up by thorns. I was just lucky to be there and managed to pick up the scraps."

Mu Yi'an looked at Li Qiuniang, whose face was full of collagen. Although she was wearing a simple cotton dress and her hair was simply tied up with only a silver hairpin, youth was indeed an asset.

However, the original owner was only twenty-one years old and quite good-looking. Mu Yi'an always forgot the original owner's age, influenced by the three children, and ignored the reality that people in ancient times married and had children early.

"Wife, please help me."

Jiang Shuyun arrived home a few steps behind, leaning against the courtyard gate, looking somewhat unsteady!

"You're here. Don't move."

Mu Yi'an quickly walked over and helped Jiang Shuyun unload the basket from her shoulder.

"Sister-in-law, please help me lift this."

"Second sister-in-law, these are chestnuts!"

Li Qiu's father was a镖师 (bodyguard/escort), and she had learned some martial arts from him since childhood, making her stronger than the average person. She and Jiang Shuwen met when she helped him fight off some thugs. Because she loved him, she moved from the county town to the village to marry him.

"Today we saw a chestnut tree on the mountain with lots of chestnuts, so we picked them all and carried them back. Unexpectedly, we were lucky enough to run into a lost pheasant on the way back, so now we have chestnut stewed chicken."

Mu Yi'an told Jiang Shuyun to rest, as she had traveled a long way and was carrying chestnuts all the way, so she must be quite tired.

"I'm going to rest for a while, I'm too tired."

Jiang Shuyun dragged his heavy legs into his study; he needed to lie down for a while.

"Pheasant, chestnuts, did you two carry these back?"

Jiang's mother carried Chuyue over and was quite surprised to see the things on the ground. She was surprised that her second son still had such strength.

"I was so happy at the time that I didn't expect it to be so heavy. My husband is very tired, so he should go and rest."

"Let's rest for a bit and then eat. Are you hungry?"

I'm actually a little hungry.

Mu Yi'an and her group spent too much time on the mountain and completely missed lunch.

We can't have pheasant today, it's too late, and it won't stew until it's tender. We'll have it tomorrow.

Mu Yi'an made two shuttlecocks out of pheasant feathers and let Shao Ming and Shao Yun play with them. Even the whimpering Shao Kun was attracted and followed them around. He didn't cry much all afternoon.

Mu Yi'an held Chu Yue and fell asleep. When she woke up, she saw a young man playing shuttlecock in the yard and knew that it was Jiang Shuwen, who worked in the county town.

"Hello, Second Sister-in-law!"

"Shuwen's back. Is he on vacation?"

"Yeah, I had a three-day holiday, so I'm coming back to stay for a few days."

Jiang Shuwen has three days off a month, which he saves up so he can come back and stay for a few days.

"Mom, are we having chicken tomorrow?"

"Yes, we'll eat it tomorrow."

Mu Yi'an had made up her mind. Pheasant meat is tough and hard to tenderize, so it would be better to stew it in soup.

Add plenty of water to the two pheasants and simmer for a longer time. Add chestnuts as well. After simmering, remove the chicken and chestnuts. Wash plenty of vegetables from your garden and add them to the chicken soup. The taste should be pretty good.

"Eat meat!"

"eat!"

As Shao Yun and Shao Kun spoke, drool began to flow. The two little ones were teething, so they were drooling a lot.

Mu Yi'an looked at the little ones and found them quite amusing. She quickly used a handkerchief to wipe their drool; they were such little gluttons.

Today, the Jiang family is mostly together. If the younger sister-in-law who went to visit her aunt and the older sister-in-law who got married also come back, then everyone will be there.

The temperature was just right in the autumn evening, neither too hot nor too cold. In the courtyard, Jiang Shuwen lit a bonfire, and the whole family, young and old, sat in the courtyard, looking at the starry sky and the bright moon.

It's fortunate that this is the countryside, and the Jiang family isn't considered a wealthy household. Otherwise, in the strict rules of ancient times, there wouldn't be a scene like this where a family sits casually in the courtyard.

"Mom, we're having chicken tomorrow, and the chicken leg is mine."

"Why?"

Eight-year-old Jiang Shaoqin made a request to his mother, and only turned to look at Shaoming after hearing his question.

"Because I am the eldest grandson of the family, everything in the family will be mine in the future, so of course I should get the good food too."

Jiang Shaoqin spoke as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, but the people in the courtyard had all different expressions.

Li Qiuniang looked unwell. She was about to speak when Jiang Shuwen pulled her back, and she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

"Father, is what my elder brother said true?"

Jiang Shaoming was only four years old and didn't quite understand the concept of the eldest son and grandson; he had never even heard of it.

Jiang Shuyun glanced at the two children and slowly said, "That's both right and wrong. Legally speaking, the eldest son and grandson will inherit most of the family property, which sounds good. However, the so-called family property does not include the dowries of the women in the family, which are their private property, and even their husbands have no right to dispose of them. Therefore, Shaoqin's words are both right and wrong."

What family property and dowry? These are a bit too advanced for children, and they all look completely confused.

"But my cousin Lin said that everything in his house belongs to him, including the best food. Why isn't our house his?"

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