Seeing that he was determined to leave, Tian Yu didn't try to stop him. She bowed and saw him off before starting to prepare lunch. Just as she was wondering if Chen Chong would come for lunch, Chen Chong entered the yard with a pheasant that had already been prepared. Tian Yu was busy preparing lunch and didn't notice that Chen Chong had a dark face since he came in. After putting the pheasant into the kitchen, she asked, "What is Zhao Jincheng doing here?"

“He helps me with the farming, but I tell him not to help. He insists on helping, and he’s exhausted. He won’t even stay for a meal.”

"Coming here specifically to help you farm?!"

Tian Yu then looked up at Chen Chong and saw that he looked unhappy. She smiled and explained, "No, it's not that! I came with the village head. He mainly came to thank us for helping Gouzi and the others yesterday. He also asked me if I wanted to cultivate some of the wasteland in the village."

"You want to plant it?" Chen Chong asked thoughtfully.

"Of course, I'll go take a look tomorrow. If it's feasible, we won't need to farm the land on the east side of the house; we can use it to build the house."

"Building a house!?"

"Yes! Look at this house, I'm afraid it might collapse if it rains heavily again, so I'm planning to rebuild it."

"Yes, it really should be renovated. That way, we can live together more easily in the future," Chen Chong said, feigning thought.

"Who wants to live with you? Come and help start the fire!" Tian Yu said, pretending to be angry but smiling at Chen Chong.

"Fine! If you don't want to live with me, I'll come and live with Tangyuan. Is that alright?"

Tian Yu just smiled and didn't answer. The two of them tacitly prepared lunch and chatted about how to build the house and how they would live there in the future, describing their future life. It was still a wonderful thought.

After lunch and a short rest, they continued planting soybeans. Zhao Jincheng didn't come to help in the afternoon; it seemed the morning had really worn him out. Fortunately, Chen Chong helped with watering, Tangyuan was in charge of throwing the seeds, and Tianyu dug holes and filled them with soil, planting almost all the remaining land west of the house. However, there were still some soybean seeds left. Tianyu thought that if the village head had more land, perhaps they could plant some more there. Tangyuan was going to the river to help Gouzi and the others collect snails. Chen Chong finished planting the soybeans and said he had something to do at home, so he left as well. Tianyu was worried, but she also wanted to check on the land the village head had mentioned. In the end, she had no choice but to go to the river with Tangyuan first. Sure enough, they saw Gouzi and his sister Xiaohua already collecting snails by the river. When they saw Tianyu, they quickly ran ashore to greet her. Tianyu noticed that the river was much lower than a few days ago, so she left Tangyuan and Maorong behind and went to check on the wasteland behind the village.