It was already 4 p.m. when Shao Mo left Xie's house. Not only had she negotiated a cooperation on two types of mooncakes, lotus seed paste and lava filling, she also got an order of 80,000 from Ronghua for next year.

Among them, 30,000 are rice dumpling boxes for the Dragon Boat Festival, and the other 50,000 are additional Mid-Autumn Festival gift boxes.

This is enough to show that Luo Xuelan is very confident about the launch of the two new flavors of mooncakes: lotus seed paste and lava.

Back at the courtyard, Ling Chunhua was playing the house-drawing game with a strange little girl in the yard.

Seeing her come back, Ling Chunhua ran up happily, "Aunt, you're back!"

Shao Mo rubbed her head, "Well, where is your uncle?"

"My uncle went out this morning and hasn't come back yet."

"So what did you have for lunch?"

"I ate it at Xiaoyan's house. They had steamed corn buns and stewed eggplant with green beans."

Hearing this, Shao Mo subconsciously looked at the little girl standing in the yard.

The other person clasped his hands stiffly, looking at her with a pair of dark eyes without blinking.

"Xiaoyanzi, come here, this is my aunt."

It was not until she heard Ling Chunhua calling her that the little girl came over shyly and called her "Auntie" softly.

Shao Mo smiled and nodded at the other party, "Hello, your name is Xiaoyanzi, right? I was not at home at noon. Thank you for taking care of my Chunhua."

Xu Yan waved her hand quickly, "You're welcome."

Shao Mo took out two bags of snacks she brought back from Xie's house and gave one bag each to Ling Chunhua and Xu Yan.

"Take it and eat it."

"Thank you, Auntie!"

"Thank you, auntie."

The snacks that Luo Xuelan gave were rare items that were hard to find on the market. The two little girls stopped playing games and sat in front of the stone table chattering about the snacks in their hands.

Ling Chunhua said happily, "Mine is dried cherries, what are yours?"

Xu Yan replied, "Mine are raisins."

Ling Chunhua leaned over to take a look, her big round eyes full of curiosity, "Why are your raisins black? The raisins my dad bought me for Chinese New Year were green."

Xu Yan shook her head, "I don't know."

She couldn't eat snacks like raisins in the countryside. It was only after she came to the city to study and met Ling Chunhua that she ate raisins for the first time.

Ling Chunhua grabbed a few dark red dried cherries and put them in Xu Yan's hand, "Let's take turns eating them. Give me some raisins too."

"good."

After exchanging snacks, the two began to eat happily.

"Hiss, these dried cherries are so sour, not as sweet as your raisins."

Hearing Ling Chunhua say this, Xu Yan grabbed a few more raisins from her snack bag and gave them to her.

Ling Chunhua smiled happily and gave some of her dried cherries to the other party.

Shao Mo put the contract away and came out of the house. Seeing the two little girls having fun, a smile appeared on her face.

After thinking for a while, she made a cup of hawthorn tea for each of them.

"Don't eat too much, be careful of tooth decay. Remember to drink plenty of water after eating sweets so you don't get a sore throat."

"I understand, Auntie."

After Shao Mo left, Xu Yan whispered to Ling Chunhua.

Ling Chunhua replied proudly: "Of course, my aunt is the most beautiful in the world."

Xu Yan nodded in agreement, "Prettier than our art teacher."

The art teacher of their school is a female college student who just graduated. She has long hair and wears beautiful skirts and high heels every day and puts on lipstick. She is recognized by everyone as the most beautiful female teacher in the school.

"My aunt is not only beautiful, but also can cook all kinds of delicious food. She also buys me beautiful clothes and shoes. Look, the leather shoes on my feet are bought by my aunt."

Xu Yan stared at the red leather shoes on Ling Chunhua's feet for a while, then looked at the blue cloth shoes on her own feet, her tone full of envy.

"Chunhua, your aunt is so good to you. I wish my second aunt could be half as good as your aunt."

Xu Yan is now living in her second uncle's house. Her second aunt is a typical shrewd person who knows how to judge people. On the surface, she allows Xu Yan to live in her house and is considerate and warm to Ling Chunhua, the girl next door. But behind her back, she has many complaints and dissatisfaction with Xu Yan, and often orders her around in various ways.

At this time, Ling Chunhua did not understand the pain and sadness of her friend living under someone else's roof, and said innocently: "Your second aunt is also very good to you, and always cooks delicious meals for you."

Xu Yan thought, that's because it's like this when you're here. Normally she eats rice soaked in boiled water and pickles.

However, little Xu Yan already has self-esteem and a sense of shame, and is unwilling to show these shameful things in front of her friends.

"My second aunt is okay, but not as good as your aunt."

Ling Chunhua smiled and patted her hands, comforting her: "It's okay, you can come over often in the future, and my aunt will treat you well."

Xu Yan nodded gratefully.

Just as Shao Mo finished drawing two design drafts in the study, Bai Xue came over with her son in her arms.

After more than a month of not seeing the baby, the red and wrinkled baby had expanded like a balloon, and was as white and tender as a pink ball, babbling to Shao Mo non-stop.

Bai Xue gently coaxed her son in her arms while apologetically explaining, "Little Shitou hasn't been feeling well these past two days. I didn't want to go out, but you know Yun Shixian. When he heard that you were back in Jiang City, he brought some things to my place at noon and asked me to come over."

Given Yun Renxian's character as a businessman who will not do anything without profit, it would be fine if she were in the capital, but now that she has returned to Jiang City, she will definitely find ways to visit and show her goodwill.

"Have you been to the doctor?"

"I've checked it out. It's possible that he caught a cold. His spleen and stomach are weak and he has trouble digesting food. I dare not use any medicine casually at such a young age. He can only be nursed back to health slowly."

Shao Mo nodded in understanding.

Bai Xue left her son to the nanny outside to take care of him, while she briefly told Shao Mo about the recent situation of the Yun family.

"...Yun Shixian is a really cruel person. He personally sent his daughter to the guillotine, but he himself was like nothing happened, eating, drinking and sleeping well every day.

Mrs. Yun hasn't been feeling well lately. I heard she hasn't been out for a while and didn't even celebrate her birthday. On Mrs. Yun's birthday, Yun Shixian was still out socializing and slept at my place that night."

When she spoke of the latter part, Bai Xue's tone was filled with mockery and sighing.

After being married for twenty years, she accompanied the man from scratch to his current glory and prosperity, gave birth to children for him and managed the household, but in the end she ended up like this.

So, it is the most foolish thing for a woman to pin her hopes and her life on a man.

Shao Mo also felt a little emotional.

Think about last year, all the important people in Jiang City gathered at the Yun family to celebrate Jiang Yu's birthday. It was so lively and prosperous, but in just one year it has become so desolate and bleak as it is now.

No wonder Jiang Yu never leaves the house. No other woman would be in the mood to go out and socialize.

Little Stone kept crying, so Bai Xue sat for half an hour and then left in a hurry.

Shao Mo found an empty room to put the things Bai Xue brought.

She would not use Yun Shixian's things. The reason she accepted them was just to make Bai Xue noticed by Yun Renxian in this way.

She was too lazy to deal with Yun Shixian, but she didn't mind giving Bai Xue a push.

(End of this chapter)