Mianmian stayed in the old house for two days, pruning the branches and flowers in front and back of the house, and soon it returned to its previous appearance.
Even though no one has lived in this house for several years, it is still the same as before.
Mianmian was sitting on the small swing in the yard, holding a vegetable melon brought from the Chen family next door in her hand, eating and swinging her legs.
The Chen family's uncle and aunt died of illness a few years ago, and now Cousin Chen is in charge.
Cousin Chen is not as selfish as his uncle and aunt. Not only is he honest, he is also very friendly and has no scheming ideas.
It’s just that he hasn’t married a wife for so many years. ?.?????.???
When the Zhou family became prosperous, the uncle of the Chen family originally wanted to beg Aunt Zhou, but when he thought about the past occupation of their land, he never had the shame to beg her.
Later, when the Zhou family went to the capital, Uncle Chen's uncle couldn't find them even if he tried to find them.
No, after the two elders passed away, cousin Chen still carried the burden.
Although Aunt Zhou used Chen Yue'e's identity to settle here, in the eyes of many people, they are still relatives.
When Cousin Chen saw Mianmian return to his old house, he treated her as his niece and sent her either rice and oil or flowers, fruits and vegetables.
Mian Mian kept them all, and she also very kindly gave them some of the food they came from the capital.
The original land owned by the Zhou family is still there, and Dr. Xu sent people to look after it. Every year, the harvest was collected from Zhuangzi and sent to Aunt Zhou's home, so there was no food stored in the old house.
"Mianmian, look at this fish?" Aruo was carrying a basket on his back and holding a big herring in his hand.
Mianmian stopped the swing and looked up at the big fish in his hand. The fish was at least half a meter long.
"What a big fish!" She jumped off the swing happily, "Where did you get such a big fish?"
Aruo put the fish in the pond aside and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
He was very tall, with a wheat complexion unique to the Nanyi people. His thin white clothes were soaked by the river water, and the muscle texture on his chest could be vaguely seen.
He wiped the water from his face and arms with a handkerchief and said with a smile, "In your field."
Mianmian followed Du Wanchun to the fields, and suddenly remembered the big pool.
There are many fish in the pool.
Aruo squeezed the water from his clothes and said with a smile, "I'll make fish soup for you tonight."
Mianmian nodded.
"I'm going to change my clothes first." A Ruo said, turning around and entering the house.
He changed out of his wet clothes and put on a dark blue dress, which was much simpler than usual in the palace.
After Aruo changed her clothes, she rolled up her sleeves and went to the backyard to light a fire and cook.
He is very smart. Even though he has never cooked, he can get moving when he walks to the stove.
Mianmian came up behind him, "Aruo, can you make fish soup?"
A Ruo nodded seriously, "I can do it, of course I can."
After he lit the fire on the stove, he began to wash the pot and cook. Although his movements were clumsy, he was still correct.
When Mianmian was a child, she saw Aunt Zhuang cooking by Aunt Zhou's side, and she roughly knew how to cook.
She also rolled up her sleeves to help.
A Ruo quickly stopped her, "Princess!"
Mianmian was startled and looked up at him with confusion.
Aruo slowly stepped forward and pulled down her sleeves, "How can you do such rough work? Just let me do it."
Mianmian is not a hypocritical person, and things in the kitchen are trivial to her.
"It's okay, I'll help you light the fire."
Aruo's eyes were filled with unchanging tenderness. He slowly pushed her out of the kitchen. If you really want to help, help me guard the fish in the yard.
"Aruo...I..." Mianmian wanted to say something else, but Aruo stopped her, "Go ahead and leave this to me."
Aruo always talks to Mianmian gently and softly, but at the critical moment, no one can control him.
Just like now, Mianmian wanted to help in the kitchen, but Aruo forced her to the yard.
Mianmian couldn't resist Aruo, so she obediently returned to the swing.
She sat on the swing and looked at the fish in the basin with a smile on her face.
After Aruo finished cooking the rice, he rolled up his sleeves to reveal his strong arms and put the rice in the basin.
