Grandpa, Grandma, Mom, and Dad, don't worry. After I entered the village, I didn't contact anyone. I followed the direction Sheng Yi gave me and headed straight for the cowshed.
Aside from Grandpa Ma, no one else has seen me, and I don't need to go outside, so I won't bother Grandpa Sheng.
The Zhu family naturally wanted to spend more time with Zhu Qi'an, and when they heard him say that no one had seen him and that he didn't need to go to the village, they let him go.
Zhu Qinghao had originally been thinking about whether to encourage Zhu Qi'an to take her hunting in the mountains, but when she heard him say that the holiday was not long, she immediately gave up on that idea.
It's more important for him to spend more time with his family. Anyway, they don't lack food right now, and she has her own space. When it gets warmer, she'll have plenty of opportunities to go into the mountains.
When Grandpa Sheng arrived, the cowshed became even more lively.
However, no matter how much Zhu Yanzhi called, the elderly Ma couple next door refused to come over. In the end, the Zhu family had no choice but to compromise and decided to bring them some food when the time came.
The New Year's Eve dinner was quite lavish, with Chen Liang as the head chef and the others helping out, including Zhu Qinghao.
However, her main task was to secretly add some spiritual spring water to some dishes, or directly replace the ingredients that were not so good.
Many of the dishes originally came from her space, so she didn't need to do anything with them; she just needed to rinse them gently with water.
That evening, they prepared a sumptuous meal: braised fish, braised pork, sweet and sour pork ribs, sauerkraut stewed with pork bones, stir-fried cabbage that Zhu Qinghao had brought from her space, and a stir-fried bean sprout dish.
After Chen Liang finished his work, Zhu Qinghao cooked a seaweed and egg drop soup, along with the fried meatballs and braised beef she brought, and a serving of frozen pears. It wasn't a main dish, but it was a perfect meal.
The Zhu family, including Grandpa Sheng and Chen Liang, made a total of 11 people. Fortunately, Grandpa Sheng had arranged for Grandpa Ma to help find someone to make a large table, otherwise there wouldn't have been enough room for everyone to have a New Year's Eve dinner.
Once the meal was ready, everyone sat down at the table in an orderly fashion after Grandpa Zhu gave the order.
The elderly Zhu couple were delighted to see the table full of people, but a sense of worry also arose amidst their joy.
"Okay, now our family is all together, except for the eldest son's family."
When Zhu Huaixu was mentioned, everyone fell silent for a moment. Since arriving here, they hadn't received any news about his family for a long time.
Fearing the elderly couple might be overthinking things, Zhao Cheng quickly offered words of comfort.
"Dad, don't worry. I asked someone to help me find out about my older brother. You know, it's not easy to travel back and forth between Hong Kong and mainland China. Sometimes, no news is actually good news."
Grandpa Zhu knew that Zhao Cheng's words made sense, so he smiled slightly, nodded, and did not continue the topic.
The reason Zhu Huaixu's family chose to leave was because they felt the situation in Kyoto was not good, and they would have to be restrained in everything they did. After all, they were business people, and this was not an option.
Later, by chance, Zhu Huaixu followed the advice of another friend of his father and took his wife and children to Hong Kong.
Before the Zhu family was sent to the countryside, they had received two letters from them through intermediaries, but after that, they never heard from them again.
Immediately after the Zhu family's misfortune, Zhu Yanzhi tried to find a reliable person to leave a letter for Zhu Huaixu, informing him of the Zhu family's situation. However, there has been no response to this day, and it is not even known whether the letter has been sent.
So after the Zhu family's incident, the Zhu family members were both relieved that Zhu Huaixu and the others had left and worried about their situation outside. Their feelings towards them were really complicated.
"Grandpa, don't worry too much. Uncle is so capable, he will definitely be able to protect Aunt and my sisters. After spring, I have to go back to Kyoto, and I will inquire about it in detail then."
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