Although these words were said with a smile, they were tinged with tension.

My second aunt was born in a merchant family. It is said that I met my second uncle by chance when he was doing business.

Li Zhenyi knew that although her second sister-in-law had a sharp tongue, she was not very cunning. However, she had been influenced by the merchants since she was a child, and she had developed a greedy and money-loving personality.

She used to be very kind to her, but now she gives them the cold shoulder. She probably thinks they want to stay in the Li family for a long time and compete with her sons for property.

She was too lazy to argue with this man, so she and Sheng Jinghai and the others first greeted the old lady and old lady, then slowly turned around:

"That's what mother meant. Mother said long ago that Xiao Xi'er was exhausted after all the hard work, so she should rest in the courtyard for the next few days and not worry about the etiquette."

"Mother loves her granddaughter very much. If Xiao Xi'er doesn't obey and insists on coming to pay respects, it will go against the old lady's wishes, and that would be truly unfilial."

As soon as she finished speaking, the old lady smiled and nodded in acknowledgement of her words.

The second aunt obviously had not expected that the old lady, who was always very particular about etiquette, would be so indulgent to a granddaughter. The expression on her face was extremely wonderful.

But before she could continue to find fault, Li Zhenyi took a few steps forward and began to massage the old lady's shoulders.

"As for the few people banging and banging behind closed doors... they are obviously renovating the yard."

"It just so happens that our third son liked to make friends with people from all walks of life a few years ago, and he accidentally learned a secret method from a master that can draw hot spring water to heat up the house."

"At first, I didn't believe this kid's nonsense, but when I saw how much trouble he was making, I asked him to try to renovate a house. I didn't expect that his experiment would be successful. Now the houses in our yard are as warm as spring. I thought of inviting mom and dad to come over and have a seat."

Li Zhenyi's face was full of smiles, as if she had returned to the way she was before she got married, when she acted coquettishly in front of her mother and father.

This set of words was naturally discussed by them first. The Li family had a complicated personnel structure, and it was not appropriate to expose Xiao Xier's ability too early, so Sheng Yichen had to take the blame first.

Sheng Nanxi also knew that words are not enough. If she let her third brother say at the beginning that he had a way to significantly increase the temperature of a house, no one would believe it.

It would be better to renovate the yard where they live first, so that everyone can see the power of floor heating, and then they will naturally believe her words and be willing to cooperate with her next actions.

As expected, as soon as Li Zhenyi finished speaking, the old lady glanced at her suspiciously:

"Warm as spring? Have you lit the charcoal fires that were sent to you? If we light a few charcoal pots, it would certainly be warm, but the smoke would be too heavy and the room would be stuffy. Little Xier would definitely not be able to stand it. Yier, how could you be so reckless?!"

Although the old lady blamed Li Zhenyi for not taking good care of Sheng Nancy, she glared at Sheng Jinghai.

"You old woman, you can't understand anything I say?"

The old man finally got the chance to stab the old lady, and his face was full of smugness.

"What Yi'er said was that hot spring water can warm up the house. What she meant was that if you put a few buckets of hot spring water in the house, the house will be warm after a while."

As he spoke, he came to his senses and looked disapproving.

"We've tried this method before, and it's not very effective, and it makes the house stink. If you use this method to keep warm, little Xi'er will definitely not be able to stand it. Yi'er, how can you be so careless?!"

While he was condemning Li Zhenyi, his cloudy old eyes shot towards Sheng Jinghai again.

It's funny to say that Sheng Nanxi's father is so domineering outside, but at home he listens to his daughter and his wife and never says anything. He can't even hold his head up in his father-in-law's house.

The two elders glanced at him, and the god of war didn't dare to say a word. He even shrank back behind his wife without any hesitation.

Li Zhenyi was already used to the tense and tense relationship between these people. She was trying to explain to the two old people with a smile on her face, but her second sister-in-law sneered and said:

"Dad, you guessed wrong this time. I heard from some maids that they were repairing the canal behind closed doors. Could it be that they wanted to imitate the rich families in the capital and build underground dragons under their houses?"

"Unfortunately, the ground dragon is a very expensive thing. I heard that the charcoal fire burning in it is enough for ordinary people to keep warm for a whole winter. Does the third sister want to improve the ground dragon and replace the charcoal fire with hot spring water?"

"I heard that some people in the underworld have tried this method before, but the hot spring water is not as easy to control as the heat. It was a bit unstable in the first few days after it was repaired. Not long after, the house collapsed because of the unstable foundation."

"Third sister, I'm not saying anything about you. Your third kid is young, and it's okay for him to like to study some unconventional things. But why do you adults follow him in his nonsense?"