Maybe it's because he has been eating well and growing taller after living with Luo Qiao and the others for the past few years, and also because he was sent to the army for two months of training with the kids from the military compound during the summer vacation, so he has grown a lot.

Shitou was helping Lu Yichen water the flowers in the yard. Those were the flowers that Luo Qiao had asked him to plant. When he saw Luo Qiao coming out, he asked, "Sister, are you awake?"

Luo Qiao saw Shitou's smiling face and said, "Shitou, come here and let me see you. Wow, this guy is going to be taller than me soon."

Lu Yichen looked up and said, "What do you mean by soon to surpass you? I mean I have already surpassed you."

Luo Qiao then compared her height with Shitou. Luo Qiao was now 168cm tall, and Shitou was indeed a little taller than her. Luo Qiao smiled and said, "It seems that Grandpa and Auntie have fed you a lot."

Shitou smiled and said, "My aunt ordered milk for me and I have to drink it every day."

Now Gu Ruqian really treats Shitou as her son, and they have a very good relationship. After Shitou's death, he is no longer a burden to them, but has made them more energetic. Laughter can be heard in the yard every day.

However, no matter how good the Gu family is to Shitou, the person closest to him in his heart is still Luo Qiao, which even makes Gu Ruqian a little jealous.

Luo Qiao patted the stone and said, "Not bad, you are all grown-up men now. It's good to drink some milk every day to supplement calcium."

Shitou shouted to Lu Yichen: "Brother, how long will it take you? Aren't we going to buy gifts?"

Lu Yichen looked at Luo Qiao and said, "All actions must be carried out under command. You asked the wrong person."

Then he heard someone laughing outside the yard. When Lu Yichen walked to the gate, he saw Aunt Liu coming over with something in her hand: "Aunt, where are you going?"

Aunt Liu said with a smile, "I was not there to babysit my eldest son. This is a specialty of their place, yam powder. I'm sending some to you. It's durable."

Lu Yichen said: "Aunt, you brought it back from far away and you still thought of us."

Aunt Liu glanced at Luo Qiao and said, "I'm glad you don't mind. I brought some extra when I came back. Share it with the neighbors. It's just a rare treat."

Luo Qiao also came out with a smile: "Auntie, please come in and sit down."

Lu Yichen didn't want to take it, but Luo Qiao took it with a smile: "Thank you very much, Auntie. It just so happens that I really like to eat noodles. Wait a moment, I will make room for you for the bag."

Aunt Liu stood at the gate and looked at the yard. She nodded and said, "This yard is so clean and tidy. It's comfortable to look at."

The family that lived in this yard before didn't like to clean up, so the yard was often a mess. Aunt Liu would rarely come to visit unless she had nothing to do.

After Luo Qiao cleared out the cloth bag, she saw that there were still quite a few snacks that she had asked Lu Yichen to bring, so she packed up some of them, including scallion-flavored fried dough twists, roasted crispy dates, and dried peaches, which filled up nearly half of the cloth bag.

After Luo Qiao came out, Aunt Liu saw at a glance that there was something in the bag: "Hey, Luo Qiao, what are you doing?"

Luo Qiao smiled and said, "Aunt, I wasn't being polite to you just now. These are some of the food I made myself. Please don't refuse. Take it back and let your family have a taste."

When Aunt Liu heard that Luo Qiao made it herself, she smiled and said, "Then I have to try it, but isn't this too much?"

Luo Qiao smiled: "Not much, not much, there are three things in it, not much actually."

Aunt Liu said a little embarrassedly: "Look at me, I'm sending some specialties here, and I'm bringing back so much food."

Luo Qiao thought that she would inevitably come here in the future, so she must get along well with the neighbors in the family compound: "It's not something expensive. If you like it, I'll make some for you next time."

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Aunt Liu laughed: "Just try it, why would you want more? You guys are busy, I have to go back."

After seeing Aunt Liu off, Lu Yichen looked at Luo Qiao with such an annoying look that he was extremely happy. Qiaoqiao had really gotten into the role ahead of time.

Luo Qiao glared at Lu Yichen arrogantly, turned around and went into the house to pack up, and the three of them left the family compound together.

(End of this chapter)