At the beginning of the afternoon, Lu Yuan and Si Chuyu reluctantly left the Su family yard.
Su Ningjie watched the Lu family's carriage go away, then turned around and pulled Su Xingyi to the backyard.
"Dad, when I'm not home, you have to do the hard work of picking peppers, drying peppers, and planting peppers."
Su Xingyi lowered his eyes to look at him, stretched out his hand and gently slid it across his red mole, "Dad is now able to walk well, so he will naturally do these things. I heard from your mother that your second sister is still not well. You should go back and spend more time with her, and your grandfather as well."
"Dad, I will."
"And the secret of our backyard..."
"Dad, don't worry, I will keep the secret and not tell my sister and brother-in-law."
Su Ningjie casually picked up the chili pepper and said, "Dad, I'll tell you how to get the seeds..."
Seeing that Su Ningjie was teaching seriously and Su Xingyi was learning seriously, Xiao Lingyu showed an aunt-like smile on her face. She did not go forward to disturb them and quietly turned around and left.
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"Yuan'er." Chen didn't see Su Ningjie's shadow and frowned slightly. "Are you sure that Jie'er is your biological brother?"
"Yes, Brother Jie is my biological brother."
Chen's face instantly lit up with a smile, and her voice rose a few notches, "I knew Brother Jie would be a member of our Lu family. What a coincidence! Why didn't Brother Jie come back with us?"
"I won't be back until tomorrow."
Lu Yuan then ordered, "Housekeeper Zhou, quickly clean up Lantingxuan in the East Courtyard. Select two meticulous first-class maids to go there first. Prepare the fruits and snacks in advance... and make sure tomorrow's lunch is substantial."
The second son of the Su family was actually his young master. "This old servant will make the arrangements right away."
"Also, Grandfather is still relatively weak and can't stand big surprises or joys. Regarding the fact that Brother Jie is my biological brother, please take care of the people below and don't tell my grandfather for the time being. Do you understand?"
"I understand."
Zhou Tong glanced at the servants around him, and then took people to clean up Lan Tingxuan.
Lu Yuan gently took Chen's arm and said, "Aunt, how is my sister doing today?"
"Today I tried to tell her about what happened when she was seven or eight years old. When she recalled it, her head didn't hurt as much anymore. When Brother Jie comes back to accompany her, maybe she will return to normal soon."
The scene that stimulated Yaoer's younger sister should be the scene when she saw her older brother being suffocated. Lu Yuan felt that this incident could be used to stimulate her and awaken her memory.
Lu Yuan then told Chen what he was thinking.
"Absolutely not," Chen disagreed. "Mrs. Su tried to get Yao'er to recall what happened on the day of her sister-in-law's difficult labor. Yao'er has a severe headache, so using this method again might backfire. It's best to let her slowly remember it herself."
Lu Yuan nodded, "Let it be, I'm going to go see Sister Yao'er now."
"You should go have dinner first. Don't you want to take care of your body?"
"Yes."
Lu Yuan then pulled Si Chuyu back to the main courtyard.
Chen looked at the two people's backs as they walked away and shook her head helplessly. This child always forgets about her when he is busy.
It would be really hard to live without elders to worry about her at home. It seems that she will have to stay here for half a year.
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Feng Jinyu squatted in front of the campfire and looked up at the starry night sky.
He casually threw dry branches into the fire, making crackling sounds that echoed with the sounds of swords in the distance.
After a few breaths, the surroundings were so quiet that only the sound of the wind could be heard.
Feng Jinyu stared at the bonfire in front of him and seemed to see the shadow of his father. Resentment and hatred flashed in his eyes.
This was the last time he worried about state affairs.
Not long after, Xu Mo and Li Yuanliang rushed back.
"Master, everything has been handled. They came to Beiyi to look for someone." Xu Mo said as he handed the portrait in his hand to Feng Jinyu.
It's actually a child!
Feng Jinyu saw that the child's face in the painting was painted with ink, with his eyebrows slightly furrowed, and his true appearance could not be seen at all.
"Can you find out the identity of this child?"
"They don't know the child's identity either. The person behind this is able to send people disguised to enter Beiyi to look for him. This child must be rich or noble."
"This is the sachet we found on them. It has a very special smell and may be related to this child." Li Yuanliang handed over the sachet.
Feng Jinyu took it and sniffed it gently. The smell was indeed quite special.
Feng Jinyu took another careful look at the portrait in his hand. There was nothing special about it. It would be difficult to find someone based on this portrait, so he could only rely on this sachet.
He casually threw the portrait into the fire. When he wanted to throw the sachet into the fire, he hesitated for a moment before throwing it in.
Let this child live peacefully as an ordinary citizen of Beiyi.
"Everyone, please rest. We will set off at 3:00 AM tomorrow."
The next day, at daybreak, Su Ningjie was the first to get up, put on his underwear and went to the backyard.
Pick the newly grown tomatoes, chili peppers, green peppers, and fruit peppers one by one and put them into a large backpack in an orderly manner.
When Su Xingyi arrived, Su Ningjie had already picked two-thirds of the rare ingredients.
"Brother Jie, hurry up and wash up. Leave the rest to Dad."
It only took Su Xingyi a few minutes to pick and pack the remaining ingredients, stuff them into the truck, and then go into the kitchen to make breakfast for his family.
When Zhang Erzhu placed a large bucket of fish at the gate of the Su family's courtyard, Su Xingyi opened the gate.
"Xingyi, are your legs and feet feeling better now?"
Zhang Erzhu and others were quite shocked to see Su Xingyi standing straight in front of them.
Su Xingyi smiled and said, "Brother Erzhu, I got better yesterday."
Su Xingyi said as he carried the things in their hands into the yard one by one.
Zhang Erzhu said a few words of congratulations and then took his family back to the Zhang family yard.
Zhang Sanzhu's wife glanced back at Su Xingyi and said, "Second brother and sister-in-law, now that Su Xingyi is better, do we no longer have to carry water, chop wood, fish, and dig for fodder?"
Zhang Erzhu thought about it and realized that these were the chores that Madam Su didn't want her children to do, and because his third brother had offended Madam Su, the Zhang family had to do these chores.
"Third sister-in-law, Su Xingyi is well now, so we, the Zhang family, should do this job. We signed a letter of guarantee to work for the Su family for the rest of our lives. Unless the Su family's business grows big and they move their family to Xishui County or Huayang County, we won't have to do this anymore."
Zhang Erzhu's wife said, "I think Su Laosan is a good student. He may become a high-ranking official in the future. Then the Su family may follow Su Laosan and leave Guihua Village. This simple and rough work will take at least a few years. Don't complain, my third sister-in-law. We can't afford to offend the Su family."
Zhang Sanzhu's wife was speechless after hearing this. She really couldn't afford to offend the Su family...
"Uncle He, these are the ingredients for your lunch and dinner."
He Jianzhang knew that Su Ningjie was going to the Lu Mansion today to recognize his ancestors. "You should leave early. The old man of the Lu family is looking forward to your family of six coming to visit."
Afterwards, Su Ningjie locked the backyard, kitchen, main house, east house, and the front door in turn, and then the family rushed to Xishui County in the morning light.
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