"Hmph, I can’t be bothered to monitor you," Xu Mumu pouted, looking at Yin Yang with dissatisfaction. She had been studying in the Imperial City all this time and hadn’t had a chance to come back and visit. And this guy, once he starts working, forgets everything, even though he promised so well.

"Alright, I know I was wrong, Mumu, please forgive me, will you?" Yin Yang surrendered, naturally needing to stand by his wife’s side. What if his little wife got angry and made him sleep in the study?

"No way." Xu Mumu glanced at him. Now he realizes he’s wrong.

The two of them whispered sweet nothings to each other in the room for a while before coming out. Madam Chen was already preparing lunch, and most of the vegetables at home were sent over by the second and fourth households.

Now that the land is divided, the two brothers have started getting busy. Although the piece of land the family received is not large, it’s not small either. The two of them need to work on the fields, and the second household also needs to build a house. There’s no shortage of things to do every day.

Xu Mumu now wants to go back to the hometown to see what kind of changes have occurred. She’s full of anticipation for the changes in her hometown.

"Sister, hug," as soon as the two came over, Fengfeng ran to Xu Mumu, wanting a hug from his sister.

"Did you miss sister?" Xu Mumu picked up the little guy. He had grown strong, and she wondered if he had been behaving well at home.

The little guy hadn’t gotten chubbier but was quite robust and had grown a lot taller. Xu Mumu gently rubbed her cheek against his, still a bit chubby and very cute.

"I did, sister hasn’t come back in so long." The little guy could now express himself very clearly. He liked it when his sister was at home to play with him.

"Sister won’t leave anymore, we can play together anytime," Xu Mumu said with a gentle smile.

"Now that you’ve graduated, you two should have a child, otherwise when you go back, who knows what people will say about you," Madam Chen said while stirring the vegetables in the pot as she spoke to Xu Mumu.

Although people in the village mean no harm, considering Xu Mumu and Yin Yang have been married for almost a year without any news of a baby, they might start gossiping.

"Yeah, Grandma, we will," Yin Yang said with a cheerful smile. Naturally, he wanted a child, and having a child could bring his grandparents back, making everyone’s life here more lively.

Yin Yang’s words pleased Madam Chen very much.

Xu Mumu blushed a little, and her eyes were filled with anticipation, hoping their little family could become more lively.

The lunch was simple, consisting of various vegetables and wild foods sent from the countryside, along with a couple of meat dishes.

Now that the burial mounds over there have been excavated, with guards watching, there’s no longer any danger from the big creatures, and people from the village have been entering the mountains to find good stuff.

The woods are abundant with mushrooms. While the children have picked many to sell, the forest is too large for a few kids to completely scour.

Now, people in the village recognize certain types of mushrooms. In their free time, they bring their children to pick them. Even if they don’t sell them, having some as an addition to their meals is great.

Besides wild vegetables and fungi, the mountain is also rich in various medicinal herbs.

Doctor Chu is collecting precious medicinal herbs in the village. He also taught the villagers how to identify some valuable herbs. When they find them, they can bring them to him, and he’ll buy them, or they can sell them to the state-run pharmacies.

Some villagers have even made a small fortune through this.

Listening to Madam Chen at the dining table, Xu Mumu was a little surprised.

Xu Mumu had some impression of Doctor Chu in the village. When she came through, she woke up at the brigade’s health station, and the first person she saw was this Doctor Chu.

Doctor Chu keeps a low profile in the brigade, looks quite decent, and seems only a few years older than her. He is still unmarried.

Xu Mumu had heard some gossip about him. Doctor Chu is an orphan, found by the old doctor in the village, who taught him medicine. Over the years, he’s been the village doctor.

"Madam Chu is quite nice," said Old Xu seriously while eating.

"Grandpa, you also think he’s a good person?" Xu Mumu laughed. In this household, Old Xu is quite low-key. As long as he makes decisions on major matters, the rest is left to Madam Chen. Since there aren’t many big issues at home, Madam Chen usually makes the decisions.

"Of course he’s a good person. He even paid out of his pocket to refurbish the village health station, and now there’s more in there. It’s even more convenient to see a doctor now," Madam Chen immediately recounted the good deeds Doctor Chu had done for Xu Mumu.

Xu Mumu raised her eyebrows slightly. Is this Doctor Chu that good?

After lunch, Xu Mumu played with her little brother while Yin Yang ran off to work again.

Madam Chen then started complaining to Xu Minghui, "Your brother too, he’s been dating for almost two months and still hasn’t brought the girl back for us to meet."

"Grandma, haven’t you seen her already?" Xu Mumu laughed.

"I have, but it’s been so long, I’ve forgotten what she looks like. Besides, seeing her at school is different from meeting her at home," she said, even while taking care of her grandson, she still hoped to have great-grandchildren.

"That’s true, it’s indeed different." Xu Mumu nodded in agreement, having a good memory, she still remembered the girl.

"Recently, he’s been taking Yin Yang’s advice and started his own business, now he’s so busy he doesn’t even come home for lunch," Madam Chen complained. Why is everyone so busy? Seeing her grandson, wanting him to marry and longing to hold great-grandchildren seemed like a distant dream.

"What kind of business is my brother doing?" Xu Mumu asked curiously. Yin Yang hadn’t mentioned anything to her, and since her brother was also on vacation these days, this business must have started recently.

"He’s opening a department store. Our provincial capital has a department store, yet he wants to open another one. Doesn’t he find it bothersome? Who knows if it’ll even make money," Madam Chen said worriedly.

"This is great, it should make money, but the initial investment, my brother probably doesn’t have much money, does he?" Xu Mumu asked. Although she didn’t know exactly how much money her brother had, it certainly wasn’t much. Opening a supermarket, although profitable, requires a substantial initial investment.

"He borrowed from Yin Yang, even had someone witness and wrote an IOU. Who knows if he can repay it, borrowing so much," Madam Chen fretted more as she spoke about this.