Since the last joke, Mu Yi'an and Jiang Shuyun's relationship has taken another step forward.

What's most interesting is that the two of them have the shyness of young people just starting out in a relationship, avoiding eye contact, stealing glances, and testing each other, creating a hazy feeling of first love.

Mu Yi'an found it interesting. She had been so busy making money that she missed the blossoming period of first love in her youth. Unexpectedly, now that she was almost middle-aged, she suddenly found herself in a different time and place, like an old tree sprouting new buds, and she had returned to her youth.

"Yi'an, I'm going to the county town tomorrow. Is there anything you need to buy?"

After washing up, Jiang Shuyun returned to her room and talked to Mu Yi'an about going to the county town the next day.

I don't know when it started, but in their daily interactions, they stopped using surnames and started calling each other by first names.

"Are you going to the county town to submit your manuscript or to the county school?"

"First, I'll submit the manuscript, and then I'll go to the county school to ask the teacher some questions."

“Alright, I have some fine cornmeal that I ground earlier at home. Take it to the Master and his wife.”

After Mu Yi'an arrived, she ate cornmeal from this era for a while, but she wasn't used to it. It was too coarse and hurt her throat. Although she grew up in the countryside and her family often ate cornmeal, it was always finely ground.

"Okay, prepare another copy. I'll also bring one for Manager He at the bookstore. He's been very kind to us, both in the original body and during this time."

Jiang Shuyun didn't understand these things before, and he didn't need to give gifts to others; everything was taken care of for him. Now, influenced by Mu Yi'an, he knows which side to be on and which side to follow.

“Okay, I’ve already bought quite a lot. I’ve kept some corn from our fields instead of selling it. We need to maintain good relationships with people, so this is convenient and saves us a lot of trouble.”

Mu Yi'an has basically adapted to life in this era, working at sunrise and resting at sunset. It's just that she's not quite used to this kind of communal living with a large family. She had lived alone for more than ten years and was used to being alone.

"Shuyun, when you're in the county town, see if there are any fruit vendors. You have three children at home. There aren't many things to eat right now. Although I've never raised children before, my colleagues at school who have children often say that raising children is expensive."

I started giving them supplements during pregnancy, and continued after they were born with all sorts of supplements—vitamins, lysine, vitamins… I can't remember them all, but there were many. Now we give them goat milk every day, and try to give them as much fruit as possible. Seafood is also readily available, and we get a decent amount of meat and vegetables. With this approach, their nutrition should be balanced.”

Mu Yi'an didn't know where the original couple had gone, but since they had taken over their bodies and everything, they had a responsibility to raise their children well and to be filial to both sets of parents.

"Yes, I know. Back then, there were fewer children, and each family only had one precious child. It was really built with money."

Jiang Shuyun's colleagues at school also constantly post pictures of their kids and complain about everything, to the point that even those of them without children are tired of hearing it all and have learned a lot about raising kids.

After finishing their business, the two prepared to go to bed. Although their physical relationship had not yet been formalized, their bodies were no longer stiff, and they could naturally sleep side by side. Especially after falling asleep, they would unconsciously snuggle together.

Most of the time, Mu Yi'an would roll into Jiang Shuyun's arms to sleep, perhaps because the weather was getting cooler and she liked to move closer to sources of warmth.

Jiang Shuyun looks delicate, but she actually has a good figure. She's about 1.8 meters tall and weighs around 150 pounds—she looks slim in clothes but is muscular underneath. Especially lately, Jiang Shuyun has been consistently exercising; although she doesn't have eight-pack abs yet, she's certainly not overweight.

The next day, Mu Yi'an got up early to cook breakfast for Jiang Shuyun and asked him to buy some pork bones so she could make pork bone soup for lunch the next day.

Jiang Shuyun left, and Mu Yi'an went back to sleep for a while. It wasn't her turn to cook today.

Having arrived in the county town without incident, Jiang Shuyun first went to the bookstore to hand in the books.

"Jiang Xiucai's calligraphy is getting better and better, really, he's been making progress all the time."

Manager He looked at the book that Jiang Shuyun had copied, praising it as he flipped through it, and nodding repeatedly.

"Thank you for your kind words, Manager He. You have taken great care of me over the years. This is corn that we grew ourselves. My wife ground it into fine cornmeal and brought it over for you to try. It's a simple, rustic thing from the countryside, but I hope you will like it."

Jiang Shuyun handed over the cloth bag containing fine cornmeal. It wasn't much, only three or four pounds, just a small token of her appreciation.

"Wow, this cornmeal is ground so finely, it's almost as fine as wheat flour."

Shopkeeper He took the cloth bag with some surprise and opened it to take a look. It was the first time he had ever seen cornmeal ground so finely.

As the head manager of a bookstore, his family was naturally well-off, with no worries about food or drink. However, his elderly mother had suffered hardships in the past and preferred food made from cornmeal. Because of her age, cornmeal was too coarse and difficult to digest. This time, the cornmeal was ground very finely.

"Scholar Jiang, thank you so much! My mother loves this. I never imagined cornmeal could be ground so finely!"

"My wife enjoys experimenting with food, and this cornmeal tastes quite good. Manager He, I have to go to the county school now, so I'll take my leave. I'll come back this afternoon to pick up the books and paper I need to copy."

Jiang Shuyun didn't expect that Manager He liked it so much, that he really liked it, he could tell.

"Alright, Scholar Jiang, please come whenever you like. I've already spoken to the waiter."

Jiang Shuyun thanked Manager He and carried the things to the county school.

After consulting with Master Wei on some questions, Jiang Shuyun left the county school to buy the things Yi'an had asked her to do.

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