Li Mai had stored enough spiritual herbs and spring water in her space so that she could use them when needed.
During these five years, Xu Changhuan gave birth to two more children for Yun Chang, a four-year-old boy and a two-year-old girl.
The head of the Xu family has now handed over the management of Xu Family Village to his youngest apprentice, and he has come to the capital to live a leisurely life with Xu Changhuan and Yun Chang.
An Nanyang has now been promoted to magistrate of Yongzhou City, and Xu Changhuan and his family have settled in Yongzhou City.
The Jiang family also declined completely in the past five years. After Jiang Wenhan was released from prison, he fought with his second brother for the position of family head. As a result, they were both injured. Jiang Wenhan was poisoned by the second master of the Jiang family and was persecuted into being paralyzed like an old man who had suffered a stroke. He could only move his eyes and could not move any part of his body. He had to be served by servants to take care of his excrement and urine.
Meanwhile, Second Master Jiang was assassinated by people arranged by Jiang Wenhan, dying on the night Jiang Wenhan suffered a stroke and became paralyzed.
The Jiang family was taken over by Jiang Wenhan's son, but this man was incompetent and ignorant. In less than two years, he squandered the Jiang family's wealth, leaving only the old Jiang family mansion.
Madam Bai, the wife of Jiang, was so angered that she fell ill and died three years later, even before Jiang Wenhan, who had suffered a stroke and become paralyzed.
The Yao family has now fallen into ruin and can no longer care about the home of this mistress.
In recent years, Li Mai and Xu Changhuan have only been busy with their own affairs. They have neither taken action nor offered any help to the Jiang family in its decline.
Regarding their tragic end, Li Mai felt that Heaven was watching what people did. More than 30 years ago, the Yao and Jiang families schemed against the Xu family by arranging marriages for their children. Thirty years later, retribution finally fell on their families.
Although the Xu family had fallen from grace, the descendants of the main branch of the Xu family had become royalty and nobility, making them unattainable for those who had schemed against them.
With Yun Chang protecting the Xu family's main branch for life, even if those people hated the Xu family for dealing with them back then, they didn't dare to come back for revenge. In a way, they deserved what they got; it was just retribution.
Another New Year has arrived. Yun Chang thought that Li Mai and the others would spend the New Year with them, but Li Mai said that this year they would go to a special place to spend the New Year with their own family.
Yun Chang thought of Gu Zhe and looked at Li Mai for a question. Li Mai nodded. Yun Chang's heart stirred and she said, "Let's bring them along too. Since they are her parents, they are also his godparents. He should go and meet them."
Li Mai thought it was a good idea, so that year, the masters of the Li family and the Yun Prince's Mansion all disappeared during the New Year, leaving only the servants to celebrate the New Year freely.
When Chengcheng happily brought his younger siblings to play with Yanbao and Yubao, but actually wanted to see Zhuzhu, he discovered that Zhuzhu's family had disappeared again.
He was immediately filled with sorrow. That heartless girl had quietly disappeared again, without even mentioning taking him with her.
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Inside the Prince's Mansion of Nanyou Kingdom, New Year's Day was filled with laughter and joy. Yun Chang followed Li Mai in calling Gu Zhe and the Princess Consort "father" and "mother," which delighted the two Gu brothers. They had actually become sworn brothers with the War God Prince of Song Kingdom.
The men sat in the hall drinking tea and chatting about national affairs, business, and other matters.
The women chatted and laughed as they made dumplings in the warm pavilion, talking about clothes, jewelry, rouge, and the modern world.
During meals, everyone sat together at three large tables side by side: one for the men, one for the women, and one for the children. No one followed the rules of not speaking while eating or sleeping; they ate and chatted, enjoying the lively atmosphere.
Gu Zhe had already taken his whole family to see the 21st century, but no matter how good it was there, they still preferred to return here to live the peaceful life they were used to.
In the words of the ancient princess, the pace of life in that world was too fast, which would make people feel tired.
For some reason, Gu Zhe can go anywhere except the post-apocalyptic world.
Zhuzhu tried it too, but it didn't work either.
Li Mai predicted that it might be because the apocalyptic world was ended by someone, so people with time and space abilities can't go to that world.
Zhou Quan listened to their discussion and just smiled.
In this world, isn't it Luo Ying who can end this apocalyptic world?
(End of text)
Author's ramblings:
That concludes the main text. The remaining tens of thousands of words will be faster. I'll briefly describe my time in the Imperial Hospital, and the rest of my life will consist of repeating the same business activities, so I won't go into detail. I'll just give you the ending.
The children's stories will all be written in the side stories. I will start updating the side stories tomorrow. Any plot holes that have not been filled in the main text will also be resolved in the side stories. If you find any plot holes in the main text that have not been filled, please leave a message to remind me.
This book has been updated for a full six months now, and it will be completely finished by the end of this month. Thank you to everyone who has followed along, and thank you to everyone who has given gifts to this book. I love you all.
The new book has started serialization. It's still a business novel, but unlike the previous books, there's no "space" cheat. The female lead is still a merchant, and the male lead is a son-in-law who eventually becomes very powerful. The marriage between the male and female leads is a match made in heaven.
Here's a link to a new book: "Eldest Sister Takes Charge: Son-in-Law Can't Escape." This is the initial title. No matter how the test title or the published title is changed later, this title will still be searchable. If you like it, you can add it to your bookshelf for easier access later when it's longer.
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