In addition, Shen Mingzhu took the trouble to make the glutinous rice balls colorful, which made Pei Tang love them even more. He ate more by himself than the father and son combined.

After breakfast, the family of four drove back to Anping Town.

This year marks the second anniversary of Qin Jinlian's death. Like last year, we will return to Shenjiagou to pay tribute to her.

When we arrived at the house in Anping Town, the whole family was still having breakfast.

As a married woman, Shen Mingzhu does not have to go back to her parents' home for the New Year, but the two brothers Shen Chaobei and Shen Xiangnan must come back. This is an unwritten tradition and rule in the countryside.

No matter how successful you are outside, you have to go home to be treated as a child during the Chinese New Year.

After not seeing her for a while, Jia Yuemei had become much plumper, her face almost shaped like a round disk. Shen Mingzhu almost didn't recognize her at first sight.

In comparison, Du Juan looked particularly thin, even a little emaciated.

When they set off, Shen Mingzhu deliberately took a car with Du Juan. After asking about each other's health for a few words, they started talking about the operation of the food factory.

"Thank you for your hard work during this period. This should be the most difficult period since the establishment of the food factory. Can you still cope with it?"

Du Juan smiled and said, "That's it. What else can we do except grit our teeth and hold on?"

Shen Mingzhu groaned, "I plan to return to the factory in March."

Du Juan was originally looking out the car window, but when she heard her say that, she turned away with an expression of surprise and astonishment.

"Why do you suddenly want to come back?"

Shen Mingzhu joked to herself, "I've been resting for three years, and I'm so lazy. It's time to return."

Then, he patted Du Juan on the shoulder and said, "When I take over the job, you can take a break for a while, adjust yourself, or go out for a walk."

Du Juan nodded and agreed.

…

After paying homage to Qin Jinlian, the whole family did not return to Anping Town immediately, but stayed in the old house to discuss the renovation of the old house.

The old house had fallen into disrepair after years of neglect. Last year, during a heavy rainstorm, half of the walls of the north and west rooms collapsed, the roof was leaking everywhere, and mushrooms even grew in the corners.

After discussing for a whole morning, everyone finally agreed to demolish the house and rebuild a new one. The cost of building the house would be shared by the two brothers Shen Chaobei and Shen Xiangnan.

On the way back, Jia Yuemei whispered to Shen Xiangnan: "If my sister doesn't pay for the house this time, she won't have a share when the family is divided later."

Shen Xiangnan glanced at her with disdain. "Besides those few acres of contracted production land, what else do you have? If you like farming, go back and farm it yourself. I'll give it all to you. No one will snatch it from you."

"You can't say that. What if we get lucky and encounter demolition or something like that?"

"The tofu you ate yesterday has gone into your brain, right? You're really bold to even think about demolition."

"Why shouldn't I dare to think about it? My cousin's wife's family home was demolished and relocated because the railway passed by her home, and the government paid tens of thousands of yuan in compensation."

"Tens of thousands of dollars, if it's spread out to each person, it's only a few thousand dollars. Do you think I need your little money?"

"What's wrong with a few thousand dollars? A mosquito leg is not meat anymore if it's too small."

"I'm too lazy to tell you."

"If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me!"

The couple became angry on New Year's Day because of Jia Yuemei's groundless speculation.

…

Du Juan did not go back to Anping Town with them, but parted ways halfway and took Shen Chaobei and the two children back to her parents' home.

As the name suggests, Elm Village has towering elm trees from one end of the village to the other. In the days of food and clothing shortages, the villagers relied on elm seeds to survive the famine.

There is still no road access to Yushu Village. The road from the village to the town is seven or eight miles away, and people can only get there by motorcycle or on foot.

The village road was rugged and went over mountains and hills. Not to mention the spoiled Shen Zilong, even Du Juan, who was used to walking on this road, was exhausted and out of breath.

While taking a break, Du Juan stared at the winding mountain road and said:

"When I have money in the future, the first thing I will do is to build this road into a highway."

After hearing what Du Juan said, Shen Chaobei also agreed: "Once the road is open, we can drive back instead of walking."

"If I cooperate with Rosen, maybe this wish will come true next year."

Du Juan lowered her voice, and with her son Shen Zilong making noises nearby, Shen Chaobei couldn't hear clearly: "What did you say?"

"Nothing, let's go."

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Shen Chaobei called her son and daughter, and they followed her on their journey, carrying large and small bags.

…

As for Shen Mingzhu, it was just lunch time when she returned to Anping Town.

According to the Shen family's father and son, all they needed to do was heat up the leftovers from last night's New Year's Eve dinner and cook a pot of dumplings.

But Shen Mingzhu didn't want to eat leftovers, so the father and son had no choice but to go along with her and take out the bacon, chicken and duck from their home and cook them in a large iron pot.

It takes some time to cook the bacon, so everyone sat in the yard, eating snacks and chatting.

Shen Mingzhu also told Shen Xiangnan about work after the New Year.

Although Shen's is a catering business, it is also related to the food factory. She had some preliminary plans in mind and planned to combine catering and food to create some different sparks.

"Mom, are you going to work after the New Year?"

Seeing her daughter's surprised and happy expression, Shen Mingzhu hugged her daughter and kissed her with a smile, "Do you think I can't control you when I go to work?"

Pei Tang sat on her lap, paddling his legs back and forth like rowing a boat, "No, we have to get up early every morning to go to school and work, but you can sleep in at home every day. I'm jealous. Now, you have to go to work too."

Shen Mingzhu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She pinched her daughter's chin and said, "Do you think your mother was born to sleep in at home? When your mother was your age, she was just like you. She had to get up before dawn every day to go to school."

Shen Xiangnan teased: "Little sister, you are bragging. When you were a child, you were much lazier than Guoguo. You would not get up from the kang until the sun was shining, and you would be late two out of three days. If you were not afraid of working in the fields, you would not even go to school."

These were the original owner's actions, but Shen Mingzhu could not defend herself.

Pei Yang came over with a sly look on his face, "Were you really this lazy when you were a kid?"

Without waiting for Shen Mingzhu to get angry, he continued, "I was naughty when I was young, and you were lazy when you were young. Are we a match made in heaven?"

Pei Tang was full of curiosity: "Mom, aren't you afraid of being scolded by the teacher for being late for school?"

Shen Xiangnan was about to speak when Shen Mingzhu glared at him with a death stare. He immediately became timid and swallowed the words back into his stomach.

"The times and environment are different, so we can't make a comparison. In the past, we were so poor that we couldn't even afford to eat. We had to work in the fields while studying, so it was difficult to focus all our energy on our studies. But you are different. You are a happy generation that doesn't have to worry about making a living, so there is no reason not to study hard."

Pei Tang nodded obediently, "Oh."

Among all the people present, only Pei Ziheng knew that the "Shen Mingzhu" mentioned by Shen Xiangnan was the evil woman who abused him viciously in his previous life. (End of this chapter)