Even Zhao Ruyun felt relieved and her face lit up with a radiant smile.
It seems that Luo Luo and Huai Xu have become a couple.
Chen Ping'an's house is still old. He plans to build a new house after the baby's one-month celebration.
Most of the villagers, young and old, live here, washing vegetables and dishes, and preparing ingredients. The young people go up the mountain to help chop firewood and start a fire.
When Su Luo and Chen Huaixu appeared, they attracted everyone's attention. Everyone knew Su Luo, but what about that man?
After looking at it for a while, it was not until the older villagers recognized it that the village chief was the first to exclaim in surprise.
"Is it Su Luo and... and Huai Xu?"
"It's Chen Huaixu, Chen Huaixu has returned."
Nangong Chiyu approached and greeted the villagers: "It's me, Grandpa. How have you been lately?"
Grandpa Yang nodded with a smile, "Good, all good. Now we can even come over and light a fire for Chen Ping'an and the others."
Nangong Chiyu: "That's good!"
The village chief walked up to Nangong Chiyu and looked at him with a happy expression.
"Huai Xu, is that really you? You're finally back."
Nangong Chiyu was someone the village chief watched grow up. He and Chang'an had played together since childhood, going up the mountain to chop firewood and down the river to catch fish.
"Yes, village chief. Thank you for taking care of my mother and Luoluo during the years I was away."
The village chief looked at Su Luo. His insignificant help was nothing compared to the profits Su Luo brought to the village.
"You're welcome. It's good that you're back alive. It's good that you're back alive. With you here, Su Luo and the others won't be bullied anymore."
No one in the surrounding area could bully Su Luo, but since she was a widow, there were always some gossipy people who would talk behind her back, but Su Luo didn't care.
"Yes! I will protect them, mother and children."
Nangong Chiyu spoke to the village chief, but his eyes were fixed on Su Luo.
"By the way, Village Chief, what about Chang'an? Did he return safely?"
Nangong Chiyu thought of his childhood playmates. They had joined the army together, but later got separated.
"He's back, Chang'an is back too. He's on the mountain helping to chop wood now. You'll see each other again when he gets back."
Su Luo nodded to the village chief: "Village chief, you two chat, I'm going to check on my aunt."
Village chief: "Okay, go ahead."
Hearing the commotion, Chen Ping'an ran out to see what was happening. He heard people outside talking about Huai Xu, saying things like "He's back, he's back."
But when he actually saw Chen Huaixu, he felt both happy and conflicted.
He felt sorry for Huai Xu; Huai Xu must have suffered a lot when he joined the army.
"Huai Xu, is it really you?"
Chen Ping'an's eyes reddened. For years, he had believed that his nephew was gone, and he felt guilty.
He was thinking about how he could help his second sister-in-law in any way he could. He didn't know anything else, he just had a lot of strength.
Nangong Chiyu also saw Chen Ping'an. What happened back then is in the past. Now that everyone is doing well, that's good.
"It's me. Congratulations, Uncle, the Chen family has gained another younger brother."
Chen Ping'an was so emotional that he couldn't speak. He gripped Nangong Chiyu's left hand tightly with both hands and nodded repeatedly.
"Great news! Double happiness for the Chen family!"
But when Chen Ping'an finished speaking and looked down, he saw several scars on Nangong Chiyu's wrist, each one deepening his already existing guilt.
"Huai Xu, I'm sorry, Uncle is so sorry. If I hadn't been so cowardly back then, you wouldn't have..." He choked up as he spoke.
"Alright, Uncle, today is a joyous occasion. Let's not talk about these things. Although these years have been difficult, I have still survived."
And he's stronger and more robust than before, which is also an advantage.
"Okay, okay... As long as you come back, everything will be alright."
Nangong Chiyu helped out with the villagers, doing whatever he could to lend a hand.
Fortunately, the villagers don't know his identity as Prince Yu yet, otherwise they wouldn't dare to let him work.
Just like Su Luo now, when she wanted to go to the river to wash the chives with the villagers, she was stopped by several people, simply because she was the only high-ranking official in the village.
"Auntie, they won't let me go to the river to wash vegetables, so I can only come here to keep you and the baby company."
Su Luo touched the baby, who was only one month old and sleeping soundly.
Su Luo took out a gift she had specially bought from her sleeve and handed it to Liu Fangfang: "Auntie, this is just a small token of my appreciation. I hope that Xiao Bao will have a peaceful and smooth life after wearing it."
Liu Fangfang smiled as she accepted the gift box from Su Luo, saying thank you several times until she saw the longevity lock inside, which was made of gold.
"Su Luo, this...this is too precious, this is not appropriate."
"There's nothing wrong with it. This is a gift for Xiaobao as we meet. Please accept it."
A small piece of gold is nothing compared to Su Luo's current net worth.
"This is too precious. I thank your sister-in-law on behalf of the child."
Having just finished her postpartum confinement period, Li Fangfang couldn't go out in the wind and could only hold her baby in the room.
"Su Luo, I think I just heard someone outside saying that Huai Xu is back. Is it true?"
Su Luo took the baby from Liu Fangfang, picked up the soft baby, and only responded with a single "Mmm".
Women understand women better, and Liu Fangfang was worried that Su Luo would get a divorce.
"Then what about you and Huai Xu?"
Su Luo knew that many people would ask this question today, and she had already conspired with Nangong Chiyu to come up with the answer.
"Don't worry, Auntie, we're together now, and everything's fine."
"It's done so quickly!" Liu Fangfang was stunned for a moment, then she was happy for Su Luo. It's always good to have a man in the house.
After Yi Huan returned to the village, she went to play with Xiao Xiao and the others. It wasn't until lunchtime that Su Luo saw her at the children's table.
During the meal, Su Luo was pulled to a table by Chen Yan and others. Seven or eight people asked her what the capital city looked like and what it had.
Su Luo told them all about it, and then they talked about the soy sauce factory and how much money they had made this year. Everyone was all smiles.
After the meal, Su Luo didn't need to clear the dishes because Zhao Ruyun had gone, and the village chief and Li Niu and the others came over and surrounded Su Luo.
Everyone who had influence at the soy sauce factory came over, almost all to report to Su Luo on the progress made over the past few months.
“Su Luo, the Shen family business association you contacted has almost monopolized 80% of our village’s soy sauce production. After you left, our village had to expand another drying yard.”
The villagers were most satisfied with cooperating with the Shen family's chamber of commerce. The Shen family was wealthy and generous, and never extended credit to them. Once they had the money, everything in the village was fine.
"Only when the village is united can our business grow bigger and bigger, and we can earn more and more money."
The villagers chatted amongst themselves, almost all expressing their feelings and constantly telling Su Luo about the money they had earned in the past few months.
They've farmed their whole lives and hardly ever earned as much as they have in these past few months.
Nangong Chiyu looked at Su Luo, who was so popular in Changping Village that she didn't need to rely on him at all.
If he dares to treat Su Luo badly, I reckon the villagers won't agree.
Sigh... When will Su Luo get to see him?
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