Seeing this step-down bed, Xu Qinyu couldn't help but sigh at the amazing craftsmanship in ancient times. The step-down bed was made entirely by hand from pure wood and was extremely beautiful. It was carved with intricate patterns and looked exquisite and simple. Next to the step-down bed was a large vertical cabinet where she could store her clothes.

Next to the cabinet is a wooden washing rack, which can hold her washbasin and foot basin.

The dressing table was placed on the other side of the bed. On the dressing table were a carved dressing box and a bronze mirror.

The room was not too big, but it was twice as big as the room she lived in Guihua Lane. The furniture fit perfectly. Her bedding was already spread out on the bed, so she could go to sleep after washing up.

Ning Jieer smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, do you like it? This is the furniture that my fourth brother and I picked for you."

Xu Qinyu turned around and hugged Ning Jie'er, "I like it very much. Thank you, Ning Jie'er."

Ning Jie'er blushed and pulled her fourth sister-in-law to see her room.

Her room is similar to Xu Qinyu's.

The furniture in other people's rooms was also complete, but they were all ordinary bunk beds. Xu Qinyu felt a little embarrassed. Now that the family was not short of money, it would have been fine if the furniture had been made the same.

But she didn't feel troubled for long. Later, when she made some money, she bought a bigger house and some better-looking furniture.

The family lived in the new house.

Xu Qinyu also went to bed after washing up.

It's true that sleeping in a big room is more comfortable. The bed is heavy and there is no creaking sound when sleeping.

The next morning, Xu Qinyu woke up at the hour of Yin as usual.

As soon as I turned around, I saw Mo Yu lying on her stomach under the porch of the bed, sleeping.

A few days ago, she told Moyu and Baiyu that her family had bought a new house and that they would be living there in a few days. She didn't bring the two cats over to see it, but they actually came back on their own.

Seeing that Moyu was still sleeping, Xu Qinyu pulled over her clothes and put them on.

It's almost summer. It starts to get a little hot at noon, but it's still a little cool when you get up in the morning.

She put on a thin shirt and a long skirt, then went to the dressing table and tied her hair into a bun in front of the bronze mirror.

Before she went to Guihua Lane, she didn't even buy a bronze mirror. She would sit on a wooden stool and tie her hair into a bun every morning after getting up. Now that she has a bronze mirror, she realizes that her hair looks ugly. But she really doesn't know how to tie a bun, and she has a lot of hair. In order to make it easier to cook, she tied two buns on one side of her head and inserted a wooden hairpin.

After inserting the wooden hairpin, Xu Qinyu couldn't help but touch the two ugly buns.

Anyway, in the past, when cooking in restaurants, you had to wrap your hair with a cloth, otherwise you might get your hair stuck in the food.

After leaving the room, Xu Qinyu went to the kitchen to boil water.

Walking along the corridor and looking at the empty patio, Xu Qinyu planned to take some time to buy some seedlings of flowers and plants and plant them. There was no need to move the grape trellis on the other side of Osmanthus Lane. She could just buy a few more grape seedlings and plant them on the row of walls at the back. She could then plant some flowers and plants in the patio in front.

When she walked into the kitchen, Xu Qinyu noticed that there was a light inside. It was her fourth brother.

Xu Qinyu walked in and said, "Fourth brother, you woke up so early."

"If you can't sleep, get up." Pei Weixuan looked at Yu Niang deeply.

In a few days, he will leave again.

Xu Qinyu actually hopes that Fourth Brother can rest more, but Fourth Brother's schedule has always been like this.

"I've boiled some water. You can bring the basin over to wash up."

Pei Weixuan had already boiled water on the stove.

Xu Qinyu nodded and went back to the room to get the basin. The kitchen in the new house was much larger than the one in Osmanthus Fragrance, and several people could move around in the kitchen. Xu Qinyu poured hot water into the basin and added some cool water from the water tank. She washed her face with a towel and then rinsed her mouth.

After she finishes washing up, it's time for her to go to the restaurant.

"Fourth brother, I'll go to the restaurant first. Remember to go there for breakfast later."

Pei Weixuan nodded and said, "I'll take you there."

Xu Qinyu thought about it and did not refuse.

Pei Weixuan drove the donkey cart to take Yu Niang to the restaurant.

Xu Qinyu was still nagging him on the way, "Fourth brother, is my hair bun ugly?"

I didn’t feel it before I looked in the mirror, but now that I can see it clearly, it’s lingering in my mind.

Pei Weixuan thought about her bun, lowered his eyes, raised his lips and said, "Not ugly." Yu Niang was pretty, and even if her bun was not tied well, it did not affect her cute and naive appearance at all.

But it seems that the women in Yu Niang's side don't usually wear their hair in a bun like this, otherwise it would have been almost two years and she would still have her hair tied like that.

Xu Qinyu was deflated. She could hear the levity in her fourth brother's voice.

There were very few pedestrians on the road in the early morning. After Pei Weixuan sent the people to the restaurant, he left the donkey cart there, waiting for Cheng Ge'er to use the donkey cart to buy vegetables during the day.

Pei Weixuan realized that he could not help much by staying in the restaurant, so he went back.

When it was time for breakfast, he went to the restaurant again, and found a queue when he arrived.

He had not been to the restaurant to eat in the past two days, and this was the first time he saw how good the restaurant's business was.

Pei Weixuan entered the restaurant and someone behind him shouted, "Hey, why aren't you queuing?"

Seeing this, Lin came over in a hurry and said, "Don't worry, everyone. This is the husband of our boss."

Even if Pei Weixuan had breakfast in the restaurant, he would not take up the space in the front hall.

After entering the hall, Pei Weixuan was about to go to the backyard of the kitchen when he caught a glimpse of someone. He turned around and saw that the four people sitting under the window were none other than Huo Ye, Datou, Chen He, and another handsome boy of about seventeen or eighteen years old.

Huo Ye touched the tip of his nose.

His Highness was a tall and graceful man with long legs, and it was extremely difficult to ignore him. So when Pei Weixuan entered the hall, Huo Ye saw him at a glance, but he was too embarrassed to say hello. He even shrank his neck, hoping that the Fourth Prince would not discover him.

In the end, the Fourth Prince still found him.

But now was not a good time to reminisce, so Pei Weixuan just glanced at them and went in.

The big head finally straightened his shrunken neck and whispered, "The boss won't say anything to us, will he?"

Datou and Chen He were both part of the group of bandits that Huo Ye and his black-armored guards had rescued before.

The young man next to Huo Ye immediately said, "The boss will definitely not say anything about us, it's just that the food my sister-in-law made is so delicious."

After they came back from the sea, they first went back to the island to deal with the crops and asked Chen Yi to arrange for the island residents to start planting. After the crops were arranged, Huo Ye couldn't wait to run to Yuanbao Town. He was caught by Datou, who asked him what he was doing. Huo Ye didn't hide it. He thought that he had been thinking about the food made by the princess before. After finally coming back from the sea, he must go and have a good meal. He also said, "I heard from His Highness that the princess opened a restaurant, so I plan to stay in Yuanbao Town for a few days."

Although Huo Ye called him His Highness, Pei Weixuan was now the king and Xu Qinyu was the princess.

As for the humiliating title of 'Vertical King' given to the Fourth Prince by the New Emperor and Governor Fu, the Fourth Prince would not feel humiliated at all, would not have any feelings, and they also had no feelings at all, they just thought that the New Emperor and Empress Dowager Fu were arrogant and stupid.

When Datou heard this, he wanted to go too.

Chen He thought that he had nothing to do recently, so he wanted to try the taste of the food that Huo Ye had been longing for for more than a year.

Seeing that they were going, Huo Jiang wanted to go too.

Huo Jiang is also a member of the Black Armor Guards. He is an orphan picked up by Huo Ye. He followed Huo Ye into the Black Armor Guards at the age of ten. Huo Ye has been teaching him Kung Fu personally. He was not brought along when Huo Ye went out to sea last time, so this time he followed Huo Ye wherever he went.

So it became a foursome.

Huo Ye and his companions had arrived at Yuanbao Town the night before. Knowing that His Highness would stay at home for a few more days, they did not bother the Fourth Prince and did not even ask around. They only knew that there was a Xu's Restaurant on West Street that was doing very good business. They also heard about the charity of the owner of Xu's Restaurant who prepared food for the disaster victims when he had diarrhea.

In short, in the eyes of the people in Yuanbao Town, Miss Xu is a young lady who cooks delicious food and is also a very kind-hearted person. She can make money and manage the household, and she is good in every way.

Huo Ye also thought that Miss Xu was very good. She was pushed forward by her own family to be a substitute princess, but not only did she not give up, she was also willing to cook for the Fourth Prince and his family. He felt that if it weren't for the princess's cooking skills, the Fourth Prince and his family would have had a hard time making ends meet when they first came to the southwest.

The next morning, they came to Xu Ji Restaurant.

They arrived not too late, at the normal breakfast time. They were a little surprised to find a queue outside the restaurant.

After waiting for a long time for them to get in, they discovered that the shopkeeper was the former empress, which made Huo Ye almost not even plan to have breakfast.

Fortunately, the queen didn't know them and was very gentle. She asked them what they wanted to eat and whether it was their first time in the southwest. From their accents, they didn't sound like people from the southwest.

Huo Ye told the place of his registered residence and did not dare to say anything else. He ordered two servings of each breakfast and hurried back to his seat.

He was a black-armored guard and the eldest prince's man, but the black-armored guards were similar to the secret guards. Only the late emperor knew of their existence, and the other concubines in the harem, even the Empress Dowager Fu, were unaware of them.

When the breakfast was served, Huo Ye first tried a crystal shrimp dumpling. It was fresh and smooth, with chewy and sweet shrimp meat. The whole thing had a fresh and sweet taste.

Huo Ye took a breath. This was even more delicious than the biscuits and dried meat that His Highness brought last time.

He started to eat without saying anything.

Seeing this, the other three also tried the crystal shrimp dumplings first, and then became the same as Huo Ye, and without saying a word, they buried their heads in eating.

Chen He was the most polite eater at first, but seeing the three people eating fast he had no choice but to eat faster and faster. If he ate any slower he would be hungry soon.

After finishing this large breakfast, Huo Ye still felt a little unsatisfied and wanted to order two more of each item, but the waiter said that they were all gone, and only fish porridge and fried noodles were left.

Fortunately, there was also raw fish slice porridge and fried noodles, so the four of them were full.

When it was time for dinner, the four of them continued to eat. This time they knew there would be a long line so they came quite early.

It's hot now, so fewer people eat mutton hotpot, but occasionally some people still eat it.

The four of them ordered the lamb hotpot first, planning to order a few other signature dishes tomorrow, and they also thought that it would take several days before they set off to other state capitals.

They brought back a lot of colored glass jewelry and colored glass handicrafts from the country of Erlai, and planned to go to the wealthy provincial capital to sell these colored glass first, so that they would have money to set up a colored glass workshop. Then the money would make money, and they would have money to support the army.

They also enjoyed the mutton hotpot last night and planned to have it again today.

And so, I came early again this morning.

The four of them saw His Highness go to the backyard and continued eating.

This time they were more experienced than yesterday and ordered a whole table full of food.

It is said that the money for the meal was paid by Datou and Chen He, and all the money on Huo Ye was taken away by His Highness.

When His Highness entered the room, Huo Ye said, "Eat, don't worry about the boss."

When they call His Highness outside, they are actually calling him Boss.

When Pei Weixuan went to the kitchen, Xu Qinyu had already saved all the breakfast for him. As for the rest of the family's breakfast, Pei Weixuan was not asked to deliver it today. Instead, Cheng Ge'er drove a donkey cart to deliver it.

After breakfast, when Pei Weixuan came out, Huo Ye and the others had already left. He did not return to the house, but went to the pharmacy. He bought a lot of medicinal materials and planned to go back to make some hand ointment.

Even though Yu Niang didn't get frostbite in the winter, she could still see some marks on her hands. These were the marks of cracking after contact with cold water in the winter. Although the cracking healed in the spring, there were still marks left.

So he planned to buy some herbs and boil some hand cream, which would be much better than rouge and powder.

After buying the herbs, Pei Weixuan passed by a jewelry shop. He paused and then went into the shop to pick out a hairpin.

He picked an ordinary silver hairpin, which was made entirely of silver. The head of the hairpin was carved into the shape of a crabapple flower. It was very unique and also a very everyday style. It was quite nice to wear on a daily basis.

Pei Weixuan knew that the glass hairpin that Xiao gave to Yu Niang couldn't be taken out now, so he wanted to buy a more everyday hairpin that she could wear to Xu Ji every day.

After paying the money, Pei Weixuan went to buy a few grape seedlings and some seedlings of flowers and plants and had them delivered directly to the house in Laixi Lane. Two days ago, Yu Niang had complained to him that the area around the patio and corridor was empty and he should plant something.

After returning, Pei Weixuan planted the grape seedlings and went directly outside the town to cut some bamboos and built a wooden frame for the grape seedlings to climb on.

The rack only occupies one side of the patio. For the other half of the patio, he plans to build a smaller wooden pavilion. When resting on weekdays, Yu Niang can move a rattan chair over to the wooden pavilion to lie down and rest. Flowers and plants can be planted around, under the grape rack, and near the corridor. He planted them in order according to their growth trends and types. The flowers and plants he bought were those that were relatively easy to grow and could be kept alive by just watering them every day.

After finishing all these, Pei Weixuan told Sister Ning, "Sister Ning, when you are at home on weekdays, you can just water these flowers and plants in the morning and they will be alive."

"Fourth brother, I won't do it, don't worry." Ning Jie'er assured her fourth brother.

As for the wooden pavilion, Pei Weixuan planned to work on it tomorrow. He could build it himself, and it would only take two or three days to complete a wooden pavilion.

In the evening, after Xu Qinyu finished cooking the last dish, she was about to go home. When she went out, Yuan and the other two were washing dishes by the well in the backyard and chatting idly.

Yuan asked Lin in a low voice, "Sister Lin, did that man surnamed Luo really come to see you again?"

Lin nodded.

It turned out that Lin was a little absent-minded while working in the afternoon, so Yuan asked her what was wrong.

Lin had worked in the restaurant for a year and had established a very good relationship with Yuan and Chen. He would consult them whenever he had any problems.

When Yuan asked, Lin did not hide the truth and whispered to Yuan, "Old Luo beat Mrs. Luo so hard that she became stupid!"

Yuan was shocked when she heard this, "This is too cruel."

Even they heard about what happened to the Luo family a few days ago, and all they could say was that they deserved it.

But no one expected that there would be a sequel to this matter.

After saying this, Yuan asked, "What about the Luo family now? Old Mrs. Luo was beaten stupid, and her son and her husband have to spare someone to take care of her. There is no money in the family, so will they set their sights on you again?"

Yuan's worry is not without reason. The Lin family's younger sister now gets one or two taels of silver a month as salary, and the eldest girl gets about the same. Together with the red envelope, it's at least forty taels of silver a year. It would be disastrous if the Luo family knew about this.

Even if the Luo family still thought that Lin only had 800 coins a month, and the Luo family was in this state now, and Old Lady Luo was beaten stupidly, Luo Dagen might want Lin to go back and take care of Old Lady Luo and them, and give them the money that Sister Lin earned, thus killing two birds with one stone!

Lin nodded, "Sister Yuan, you really guessed it right."

Just as they had said this, guests for evening meal started arriving one after another, and the two of them had no time to chat. They had been busy until now. There were only a few tables of guests in front, so they stayed in the backyard to wash the dishes before they started chatting again.

Lin said, "He came to see me last night."

Last night, after the restaurant closed, she and her two daughters returned to their rented house on North Street and ran into Luo Dagen standing at the gate of the yard.

Seeing Luo Dagen, Lin did not give him a good look. Even the eldest and second daughters protected Lin and glared at their biological father.

Ever since the eldest and second daughter were born, the two girls have not felt the love of their father, so they have no feelings for their biological father at all. No matter what the affection is, it must be mutual. No one party gives their feelings alone while the other party ignores or even tramples on them. The feelings that still exist will slowly be exhausted, even if it is family affection.

When Luo Dagen saw Lin, he felt a little regretful.

When Lin was a girl, she had a pretty face. After working hard in the Luo family for ten years, she was exhausted and naturally no longer looked good. Now that she has left the Luo family, she eats and drinks well, has gained weight and become fairer. Lin is not even thirty years old and is still young. With this care, her face has returned to its pretty face.

Luo Dagen naturally regretted it. He stammered, "Wife, I know I was wrong. Come back with me. I will never marry another woman. If you can't give birth to a son, we won't give birth. I won't think of selling the eldest and second daughters. I will work hard and we will raise them and find sons-in-law for them in the future. And you don't have to pay me the rest of the money you owe me. Besides, mother has been beaten stupid by father, and there is really no one at home to take care of her. Wife, the family really needs you."

He had no other choice but to come to Lin.

A few days ago, my mother was beaten up by my father. He carried her into the house and went back to his own room to sleep.

The next day, I went into the house to see my mother, and saw her still lying on the ground motionless. I thought that my mother had been beaten to death by my father, and I was shocked. But I found that my mother's eyeballs could still move, but her face and mouth were crooked, her body could not move, and her legs were still broken.

Luo Dagen went to call Luo Laohan.

Old Man Luo didn't expect that Old Lady Luo was so weak, so he had to go to the doctor for treatment.

After examining her, the doctor helped to connect Mrs. Luo's broken leg and fixed it with two wooden boards before telling the father and son what Mrs. Luo's condition was.

The general meaning is that his legs are broken and he has become stupid, and he needs someone to take care of him for eating, drinking, defecating and urinating from now on.

The two masters were completely dumbfounded. One of them had to sell goods and the other had to help transport goods. How could they have time to take care of old lady Luo? There was not even a woman in the family. They could not even have a hot meal when they returned home. All the money in the house was taken away. Luo Dagen had no money to marry a new wife, so he thought of Lin.

He felt that he had accepted his fate and would no longer beat or scold Lin, nor would he think of selling his daughters again. He would be nicer to the three of them in the future and even did not plan to take a concubine. He would just let his two daughters find husbands-in-law. This way, his father and mother would have hot meals to eat when they returned home and his mother would have someone to take care of her. He thought that since he had already made such a compromise, Lin should agree immediately.

After hearing this, Lin was immediately disgusted and cursed: "Luo Dagen, what are you dreaming about? We have divorced a long time ago and even signed a letter of severance. Don't be disgusted with me. You are your mother. Whoever beat you up should take care of it. It's none of my business!"

She is no longer the Lin who was bullied by others.

Luo Dagen didn't expect Lin to dare to speak to him like this. He was so angry that he raised his hand and wanted to hit him.

Seeing him raise his hand, Lin sneered, "Try to touch me, I will report to the police immediately. I am no longer a member of your family, and beating me is not a family affair. Let's see how the county magistrate punishes you."

After leaving the Luo family, she was no longer afraid of anything, and no one could bully her with household chores.

Luo Dagen was frightened, angry and ruthless, and said, "You still owe me more than twenty taels of silver. Pay it back in one go tomorrow, or you will have to go home with me."

He thought that Lin's monthly salary was 800 taels of silver, so she would definitely not be able to come up with more than 20 taels of silver left, so he dragged Lin's mother and daughter back and didn't even care about the county magistrate.

Of course Lin could afford more than twenty taels. During the New Year, she and Da Niu had received twenty taels of red envelopes. In the past few months, her and Da Niu's wages had increased to one tael of silver, and Da Niu could save all of her one tael of silver every month. She also paid five hundred coins to the Luo family every month, and could save another three hundred coins from the remaining five hundred coins. The three of them, mother and daughter, already had thirty taels of silver.

After Luo Dagen left, the big girl and the second girl were very angry.

The girl said directly, "Mom, when he comes tomorrow, we will return the remaining money to him and see if he dares to harass us again."

Lin nodded and planned to tell Luo Dagen that it was Mr. Xu who lent her the money.

So Lin was also planning to talk to Mr. Xu today.

After hearing the whole story, Yuan was furious and patted the water in the wooden basin. "The Luo family is really shameless. Don't be afraid, sister Lin. I will go back with you tonight. I will stay with you and your daughter for the next few nights. I wonder if Luo Dagen dares to come to our house again."

Lin said, "Da Niu and I have deposited thirty taels of silver, and we still owe Luo Dagen twenty-three taels of silver. We have enough silver on us to pay him back, but we have to tell Miss Xu that we borrowed the money from her."

After giving the remaining money, she would have no more ties with the Luo family. She was also an independent person and was not afraid of Luo Dagen at all.

Xu Qinyu happened to hear this and said, "Okay, Auntie, tell the Luo family that you borrowed the money from me and return the remaining money to them, so that they don't have to use the money as an excuse to harass them. After you pay back the money, if he dares to continue to harass you, I will report him to the police."