The three of them led the donkey towards home. Along the way, Zhuangzhuang kept talking to Qin Anming. Zhuangzhuang asked him what he did today and where he went to play.

Qin Anming answered Zhuangzhuang, and Xiaoguo listened quietly. Looking at Qin Anming's high-spirited state, Xiaoguo really felt that the decision he made was absolutely correct. Qin Anming must also like doing business!

After returning home, Xiaoguo prepared dinner while Zhuangzhuang was burning firewood beside her. Because Qin Anming had been busy outside all day, Xiaoguo decided to make some braised pork elbow, stir-fry some vegetables, and have a bowl of spinach and egg soup. The staple food would be steamed buns. After lunch, Xiaoguo ate some flour.

At the dinner table, Qin Anming told Xiaoguo in detail what he had done that day. Xiaoguo listened carefully to his incessant voice. At the end, Qin Anming hesitated a little. Xiaoguo heard his hesitation, so she spoke first out of consideration.

"Brother, do you have something to tell me?"

Seeing Xiaoguo speak, Qin Anming stopped being shy and prepared to speak, "Actually, I have something to discuss with you. This is also what Ruyi wanted me to discuss with you."

Xiao Guo raised her eyebrows, "Ruyi? Not Miss Xu~"

Qin Anming was stunned at first, not understanding what Xiaoguo meant, but then he saw her teasing look and understood something. His face immediately turned red, his mouth trembled, and he couldn't utter a word.

"No, no...Xiao Guo!"

Seeing Xiaoguo's meaningful smile, Qin Anming became angry and called Xiaoguo's name.

Xiaoguo didn't take his voice seriously at all, because she knew that he was just a paper tiger who was particularly gentle with his family. No matter how Xiaoguo annoyed him, he would not get angry. His tolerance and pampering of Xiaoguo had no limit.

"Okay, okay." Xiao Guo stopped talking when she saw Qin Anming's face was so red that it seemed like blood was about to bleed.

Qin Anming breathed a sigh of relief, and just as he was about to speak, a strong voice rang out, and his face, which had almost calmed down, became hot again.

"Uncle, why is your face so hot?"

Zhuangzhuang naively touched Qin Anming's face and asked, "Did his uncle also smear lime on his face?"

Xiaoguo looked at Zhuangzhuang, who had an innocent look on his face, and Qin Anming, who was about to dive into the ground, and laughed a few times unkindly. In the end, he still helped his brother out of the predicament.

"Come, Mom is so strong, eat a big piece of pork skin. Pork skin increases collagen. Our faces become more elastic after eating it. Mom likes it even more!"

Zhuangzhuang didn’t understand the word collagen, but he heard the latter sentence. He let Qin Anming go, picked up the bowl, took the pork elbow skin that Xiaoguo had picked for him, and started eating it with big mouthfuls. His mother would like him more!

Qin Anming raised his head again, not daring to look into Xiaoguo's eyes, and held the bowl in front of his mouth to cover his mouth.

"The noodle shop is going to be open until the evening, and the ingredients are only prepared by the two of us to prevent leaks, so it is inconvenient for me to run back and forth, so Ruyi asked me to live in the noodle shop. She said there are many houses in the backyard, and living there is convenient and saves time. Second, it is not good to have no man watching over the shop, so I can protect everyone by myself."

He finished speaking in one breath, and his mouth was full of steamed bun. Xiao Guo was helpless. Looking at the person in front of him who only ate steamed buns but no vegetables, he picked up a piece of pork elbow skin with chopsticks and put it in the bowl.

"Have some meat."

Qin Anming chewed the steamed bun in his mouth slowly, and was a little afraid to look up at Xiaoguo. He came here to help Xiaoguo take care of the family and do farm work, but now he had to go to the county, what should Xiaoguo do.

Otherwise, I won’t go...

Thinking of this, he felt a little sad, but to him, Xiaoguo and Zhuangzhuang were more important than his dreams!

"I don't…"

Before Qin Anming could open his mouth, Xiao Guo interrupted him, "When are you leaving? I'll take you there!"

Qin Anming opened his mouth and looked at Xiaoguo in disbelief.

"What's wrong, are you stupid?"

Xiao Guo said with a smile, "Why, looking at his expression, do you think she will disagree? You look down on me!"

"But, if I go to the county, what will happen to you, Zhuangzhuang, and the housework?"

"I can do it! I didn't bring you here to work for me. I just couldn't bear to see you living alone, so I wanted to bring you here to enjoy life!"

Xiao Guo paused, looked into Qin Anming's eyes, and said seriously, "Now that brother has found his goal, I am so happy for him. If I didn't agree, how could I have taken the initiative to speak to Ruyi on his behalf to let you invest in the noodle shop?"

Qin Anming felt that he was about to cry, and the moment the tears flowed out, he quickly wiped them away with his sleeve.

"Besides, brother, you are not going to come back, and we are very close to the county town. If we miss you, we will drive the donkey cart to find you. If you miss us, you can hire a car to come back."

Xiao Guo continued to talk, and Qin Anming listened and nodded, "Yes! I will definitely come back!"

Zhuangzhuang heard that his uncle was leaving...

The elbow in his hand fell into the bowl with a snap, his eyes were instantly filled with tears, and he looked at Qin Anming with red eyes.

Xiaoguo was the first to notice Zhuangzhuang's abnormality. His expression changed and he looked at Zhuangzhuang worriedly.

"Strong, strong."

Qin Anming picked up Zhuangzhuang distressedly, put him on his lap, and wiped away the tears on Zhuangzhuang's face lovingly, "What's wrong? Why is our Zhuangzhuang crying?"

"Uncle, are you leaving? Why?"

Zhuangzhuang was already out of breath from crying. Why did his uncle leave? Wouldn't it be good for them to live together? Why did he leave?

"Be good, uncle is not leaving."

Qin Anming comforted Zhuangzhuang. Zhuangzhuang looked up at Qin Anming first, then looked at Xiaoguo in confusion, asking Xiaoguo for confirmation.

"Yes, Zhuangzhuang, uncle is not leaving. He is just going to the county to help look after the noodle shop with Sister Ruyi."

Xiaoguo gently wiped Zhuangzhuang's tears and patiently explained, "If we miss uncle, we will go to the county to find him. If uncle is free, he will come back to find Zhuangzhuang."

Qin Anming nodded, "Yes, don't worry, Zhuangzhuang. It's not that your uncle won't come back. How can your uncle bear not to miss you? I promise that once you take a break, your uncle will come back immediately. How about that?"

With the comfort of the two, Zhuangzhuang's mood gradually calmed down.

"Then... the hook?"

Zhuangzhuang stretched out his little finger, waiting for Qin Anming to hook it.

Qin Anming smiled, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and stretched out his fingers.

"Pull the hook and hang yourself, and don't change for a hundred years!"

Putting down his hand, Zhuangzhuang finally smiled. Xiaoguo felt a little reluctant, so he relaxed and put on a smile again, "Okay, come and eat!"

The three of them were filled with reluctance, but they still held back their tears and continued to eat.

After the meal, Zhuangzhuang went to wash the dishes, and Xiaoguo followed Qin Anming into the house.

"Are you leaving tomorrow?"

Xiaoguo asked Qin Anming, and he just nodded.

"Then I'll take you there tomorrow." Xiao Guo said.

Qin Anming sat on the bed and nodded, "Okay!"

After knowing the time, Xiaoguo went back to the room, took out a bundle, opened it, and placed it on Qin Anming's bed, smoothing it out.

"I just washed these two pieces of clothing today. I'll put them at the bottom for you. I'll also put these shoes inside for you. As for bedding and other things, I'll buy you new ones when we go to the county tomorrow. And..."

Xiaoguo tried hard to hold back her tears, packed his bag, and reminded him to put on more clothes when it was cold and take off clothes when it was hot...

"Okay, let's not talk about it anymore. It's not like we won't see each other anymore. Zhuangzhuang and I will go to see you the next day."

Xiaoguo couldn't say any more. If she continued, they would both cry. So let's just leave it at that for now!

Zhuangzhuang came in at this time and said to Xiaoguo, "Mom, can I sleep with uncle tonight?"

Xiaoguo knew that Zhuangzhuang was reluctant to leave, so he nodded, took Zhuangzhuang's pillow and quilt, and went back to his room.