Chapter 685 Returning to Xiangtan Village
Zhou Ruiyuan reached out and pulled her into his arms. "Have you forgotten? I used this pen the first time I taught you to write."
Du Wanchun suddenly realized, "I almost forgot."
Zhou Ruiyuan hugged her tightly, "I haven't forgotten. Even if I starve to death on the streets in the future, I will not take this pen."
Du Wanchun chuckled, "Your maternal grandfather left you so much gold. Even if you squander it every day, you could never use it all up in several lifetimes. How could you possibly starve to death on the streets?"
Zhou Ruiyuan touched her cheek and said seriously, "It's probably like this: even if I die, I won't lose this money."
Du Wanchun raised her hand and punched him in the chest, "What do you mean by 'die' or 'not die'? Don't talk nonsense..."
Before she could finish speaking, Zhou Ruiyuan gently kissed her lips.
Du Wanchun gently squeezed his sleeve and returned his kiss.
In that instant, the two seemed to have returned to the past.
This little house holds many of their memories.
Zhou Ruiyuan kissed her, picked her up tightly, and slowly walked towards the new bed.
Du Wanchun sensed something was wrong and gently patted her shoulder, "It's...it's not dark yet!"
Zhou Ruiyuan released her lips and breathed a sigh of relief. "We're not going to sleep now."
Du Wanchun blushed, "Then you want to..."
Zhou Ruiyuan gently placed her on the bed, stroked her soft long hair, and said slowly, "I want to test how sturdy this bed is."
Du Wanchun's cheeks turned even redder.
Although Zhou Ruiyuan said he was just trying it out, the trial actually lasted for most of an hour, until evening.
On this day, both Mianmian and Feifei were in Cheng'an County, and as if by prior arrangement, no one bothered them.
They spent the night there until the next morning.
The aroma of food wafted slowly from the house.
Du Wanchun vaguely felt as if she had returned to the time when she had just gotten married.
She dragged her tired body and slowly sat up, rubbed her eyes, and saw Zhou Ruiyuan on the bed.
He was fast asleep, his long eyelashes drooping slightly, and there were several red marks on his neck.
She thought of last night, her cheeks burning, and she quickly got dressed and went to the kitchen.
There are people in the kitchen.
Du Wanchun walked further inside and found it was Granny Zhuang.
Granny Zhuang had been following Granny Zhou around, and later spent some time in the palace. Now she has returned to Cheng'an County with them.
Granny Zhuang took out the prepared steamed buns and placed them on the table beside her. "Your Highness, you're awake. Come and eat some steamed buns."
Du Wanchun slowly sat down at the table. "Granny Zhuang, when did you arrive?"
Granny Zhuang placed the cooked sweet potato porridge on the table, wiped her hands, and said, "Madam summoned me. She asked me to come early to make breakfast for you."
Du Wanchun picked up a hot bun, took a bite, and then pulled Granny Zhuang to sit down with her. "You must be hungry too, come and eat with us."
"No, Your Majesty." She was still having trouble changing her palace habits.
Du Wanchun smiled and said, "Granny Zhuang, you can just call me Wanchun here."
Granny Zhuang chuckled and said, "Yes, that's right, Wanchun, Wanchun."
Du Wanchun helped her sit down and served her a bowl of porridge.
The two were eating when Zhou Ruiyuan came out of the room.
He walked slowly over and said to Du Wanchun, "Look, look who's here."
Du Wanchun looked up and saw that it was Eunuch Zhang, with a little eunuch beside him.
"Eunuch Zhang, what brings you here?" she said, quickly getting up.
After waking up from his coma, Zhang Gonggong's health gradually improved. When Zhou Ruiyuan left the capital, he followed him to resign and came to Cheng'an County.
That young eunuch was his adopted son, whom he brought along as if he were his own.
Du Wanchun was delighted to see them come along and quickly invited them to sit down.
Because of his past relationship with the Empress and the Crown Prince, Eunuch Zhang was willing to continue taking care of Zhou Ruiyuan.
The young eunuch was very sensible and immediately went to move a chair.
This small house, which had been vacant for more than ten years, gradually became lively again.
After settling in Changliu Village, Du Wanchun handed over all the household chores to Eunuch Zhang.
Grandpa Zhang was happy to be free and easy, taking his godson to the market every day and buying back whatever good things he saw.
The Zhou family owns their own estate, which has been managed by Doctor Xu over the years. They have hired more than ten old women and servants to run it. Now, whenever they want to eat something, they can simply go to the estate to get it.
When Doctor Xu heard that the family had returned to Changliu Village, he was so happy that he took out all his treasured rice wine and sent it to Du Wanchun's house.
Zhou Ruiyuan also rolled up his sleeves and helped with the planning of the new house next door.
Life in the village was a bit harder than in the palace, but people enjoyed the freedom and ease.
Du Wanchun liked it very much, and while she was at it, she also built an incense shop in her home.
The incense shop used to be located in the village, but it was later moved to the capital, where Aunt Du was in charge.
Aunt Wang originally wanted to go along, but since Wang Qiu's family lived in Cheng'an County, she stayed behind.
Aunt Wang was very happy when Du Wanchun proposed to reopen the incense shop.
Having learned from their previous experience opening the incense shop, Du Wanchun and Aunt Zhou worked very quickly this time, completing the construction in ten to fifteen days.
However, this time they weren't doing business; they were mainly doing what they liked.
The two of them blended their favorite fragrances together, and then selected some suitable recipes to give to the incense shops in the capital so that they could make and sell them.
Seeing that Du Wanchun enjoyed doing it, Zhou Ruiyuan went along to help.
Mianmian didn't like incense; she preferred healing the sick and saving lives. Every day, she followed Doctor Xu, going from one clinic to another.
Du Wanchun just went to the estate today.
She then followed Doctor Xu to Xiangtan Village, which is near Changliu Village.
When they arrived, Mianmian heard from Doctor Xu that this was the village where her mother lived before she got married.
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