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By the time the two people had boiled water and washed up, it was already slightly bright. Mu Jinzhi had already carried a broom and went to the main house to sweep the floor.

Mu Rousang thought that she would be busy later on, just in case the stove house didn't have enough pots of boiling water to boil, hence she placed some chrysanthemums inside. By the time she scooped some cold boiled water into the big wooden bucket, the sky had already turned white.

Mu Rousang walked out of the kitchen with suspicion. Mu Jinzhi was currently sweeping across main courtyard: "Brother, Second Aunt and the others should be here, right?" Yesterday, they had an appointment at two o'clock.

Mu Jinzhi stopped to look at his sister, puzzled. "I didn't hear anyone knocking at the door!" Then he threw down his broom and said as he ran, "It must be because the gate is too far away. We didn't hear it."

Mu Jinzhi had already opened the courtyard door, and Qin Er had already rushed in anxiously: "My throat is smoking from all the shouting, no one has come to open your door."

Alright, Mu Rousang was so sad and beautiful, the courtyard was too big and it was not good for her.

"Second Aunt, Aunt Zhu, Sister-in-law Chungen, Aunt Guo, Third Aunt Cheng, Sister Zhou!" Mu Rousang shouted for the rest of the people to come in.

Aunt Zhu quickly said, "Quickly go in, it's getting late. I don't think you should close your door today, otherwise no one will answer for a long time."

Today, Mu Rousang had ordered a lot of pork meat from her, so she picked it up early and waited at the door.

The Qin Er could not wait any longer and entered the kitchen. Mu Rousang led the group through the bottle shaped archway and into the kitchen: "Outside the house, there are three big pots, one for cooking, one for rolling eggs and meat, the other for skin. The other one is to see how you prepare the cooking."

Qin Er had already removed the vegetables from the wooden shelf quickly: "You're the only one who's willing to spend the money, the dishes today are all as good as the dishes in the restaurant in town."

Mu Rousang laughed: "Those chefs might not be able to cook the big pot, it's all thanks to everyone today."

According to tradition, there were eight big bowls on the noodles. The first dish was to be prepared at the "seventh floor": "Second Aunt, put the vegetables on the seventh floor."

He then turned to Chusu's wife and said: "Aunt Zhu, I'll have to trouble you to make salted vegetables first. This time will take a long time, it will take some time."

Auntie Zhu's butcher-making was excellent. Ordinary people needed to steam their butcher-cooking for a full day and night. She had steamed the pickled vegetables first yesterday, so she was only waiting for today's butcher-cooking to come on.

"The 7th floor needs egg skin, sliced meat, slices of Yulan, mushrooms, vegetables, and some miscellaneous pig. If you want to cook these, you can cook the vegetables before the first course, so as to avoid the color being bad."

Mu Rousang busied herself in the kitchen until she got someone to call for her.

Mu Rousang hurriedly came out of the kitchen and went to the courtyard entrance to receive him. Today, Mu Yiyang was arranged to pay respects when she was registered.

"Sister is here!"

"Village Head Grandpa!"

The village chief sized up the two of them, "Heh, you two kids are pretty good!" She was very satisfied with their makeup today.

Mu Jinzhi was dressed in an indigo dark cloud pattern embroidered robe, with the same color silver thread rolling on the belt, hanging a lake's worth of jade buckles.

Mu Rousang was dressed in a powder-colored silver silk dress with a bottom of flowers on top. She was dressed in a white cr?pe dress with a rich and noble looking silver chain, and her two bags were wrapped in the same color cloth, appearing neat and clean.

"Take it, there aren't any good things in the house, and this is a pair of colored glaze flower vases that your little brother, Prefecture, brought back with him." The village chief was followed by a workman who was carrying a pair of enamel vases.

Mu Rousang immediately accepted it, and directly placed it on the northern side of the main hall.

"Thank you Village Head Grandpa. Please take a seat. A lot of uncles have come just now." Mu Jinzhi and Mu Rousang led him to the first table in the upper class.

Just a moment ago, there were already dozens of tables placed in the courtyard. The Village Chief and his table were in the main hall.

After that, Mu Rousang called Qin Taohua, who had just come over, to help him out as well, and gave him some melon seeds and peanuts as well as a small snack on each table.

"Rou Sang, I just saw your embroidery room. It's so beautiful!"

Qin Taohua stood beside her with a face full of envy. Her mother had said that just this large courtyard would cost a few hundred silver taels, and even when Qin Taohua laid on the brick bed at night, she still had not calculated how many purses she needed to weave in order to save up a large courtyard.

Mu Rousang watched the sunrise and the courtyard was instantly dyed with a layer of beautiful golden light. "Peach Blossom, work hard.

"Really?" The bright eyes of the peach blossoms reflected the rising sun.

Mu Rousang pinched her pink cheeks: "Yes!"

She was grateful to the little girl who often accompanied her. All along, Peach Blossom was very afraid that she would be lonely, and always came to her door to accompany her when she wasn't busy.

"Yes, I'm here. I've got a pair of porcelain earplugs, one for you and one for me."

The two siblings quickly went out to invite Li Zheng into the first table, followed by Liu Xiucai's family with a few books.

After leading everyone to their seats, it was already close to noon. At this time, the other helpers had already started their first course, the "Seventh Floor".

The second dish was followed by duck meat with Yulan slices, the third dish, braised chicken with red dates, and then the Eight Treasures Fruit Rice. There were also pickled peppers and fried kidney flowers, red braised pork ribs, fried sweet fish, and finally salted vegetables and meat.

Mistress Liu carefully looked around the room. She did not expect this new foster son of hers to be so generous. She had previously heard that the family was so poor that they could turn the tables in a year's time. She was impressed.

Liu Gui Xiang sat beside Mu Rousang. She curiously looked at the dishes on the table and whispered to her, "Little Sister Sang, you're so amazing. I heard from your brother that you were the one who arranged all the dishes, I really can't tell."

Mu Rousang secretly disdained him from the bottom of her heart, but she still had a smile plastered on her face: "There are old examples of these that can be found, it's all thanks to the help of our neighbors in the village."

"Yes, there are quite a few dishes piled up on the seventh floor, and there's even vegetables?!"

Her exclamation drew the attention of everyone at the table.

"Sang girl is indeed capable. It has just completed its winter season and has not thawed yet. You managed to get a few leaves."

Li Zheng picked up a piece of lush green vegetable with his chopsticks. He hadn't eaten it in days.

"If you like it, then you have excess items at home. Pick some later and go back." Mu Rousang replied openly. In any case, she had taken out a lot in the morning, which was enough for today's banquet.

She had done a good job with the water, the few people opposite her also smiled, and even the Liu Xiucai's face became a lot brighter.

His goddaughter was smart and capable, and he was proud to say it. "This little girl is my goddaughter. I will have to depend on you to take care of her in the future."

Liu Xiucai's words stirred up a commotion at the table. All of them congratulated him on taking his children, and even drank a few cups of wine.

The Village Chief looked at Liu Xiucai as if he thought of something.

"Village Head Grandpa, Uncle Li Zheng, last year, I and my sister acknowledged Mister as their godfather and godmother. At that time, I had planned to hold the wine and notify the villagers when it was New Year, but I coincidentally knew that my family would be building a house after the new year, so we decided to do it together."

The Liu Xiucai was full of pride, "Village Chief Zhao, when you wrote your recommendation letter, I could tell that this child will definitely rise above the rest and achieve victory in the future."

It could be seen that Liu Xiucai was extremely satisfied with Mu Jinzhi.

Li was still laughing when he said, "Even so, if you had picked up a good hour like this, you would have had a cup of tea."

"Sure, sure!" Liu Xiucai nodded as he savored the wine.

"The capital's loyal Marquis Mansion's third young master, Yang Zixuan, has arrived!" While everyone was drinking and playing, another person from the Hymenolepis sang loudly.

Yang Zixuan? Why is he here? Mu Rousang curiously welcomed her.

From a distance, one could see that he wore a light purple gold-threaded dark bottom schoolboy handkerchief, a purple brocade dark bottom with large sleeves, a light purple brocade coat over his head, and blue brocade boots.

"Aren't you in the capital? "Why are you here?" Mu Rousang curiously asked him, Yang Zixuan had changed, and was no longer impatient. He did not know what had happened to him during this period of time, but it caused him to become more calm and collected.

Seeing her smile, Yang Zixuan said: "The house is such a happy thing, how can you not let this young master know?"

Mu Rousang rolled her eyes helplessly. His eldest young master was in the capital now, "It's too far.

Yang Zixuan was unfazed by this rare occurrence, "This grandpa came all the way from the Jingli to deliver my gift, I really didn't take a breath, and headed straight to your house."

Only then did Mu Rousang realize that his green satin boots were covered in a thick layer of mud.

"Hurry up and come in. I don't think you've had lunch yet. I'll go to the kitchen and cook two dishes for you."

At this time, Mu Jinzhi had already come out from the main hall: "Hey, Brother Yang, some strong wind brought you here, please come in and sit."

Yang Zixuan winked at Mu Rousang and pulled him into the hall with a smile.

Mu Rousang immediately went to the kitchen to prepare the food for him. What on earth made him come over in such a hurry?

With her help, she casually fried two dishes. She did not dare to bring the vegetables up, and while she was in front of the village chief and the others, she told Yang Zixuan where the dishes came from and secretly told him to take over the black pot.

When she walked into the main hall carrying the newly cooked dishes, Yang Zixuan had already drunk with the others three times. He really couldn't tell that a thirteen or fourteen year old child had such a large capacity for alcohol.

Yang Zixuan, who was sitting with his back facing the door, felt the light suddenly dim. He turned around to see Mu Rousang, smiling while bringing two dishes in.

"Rou Sang, you've grown taller again."

Yang Zixuan was very fond of the Mu Family's atmosphere, unlike the Hou Mansion which fell into a cave of ice every day. It wasn't until the new year that he finally found out that it was his wife who had ordered him to poison his mother.

At one point, he had thought that the wet nurse had made a mistake. If it were not for his wet nurse's vigilance, he probably would have died a long time ago.

A thirteen or fourteen year old boy was the most rebellious of them all. Mu Rousang felt his body suddenly emit hatred, and looked around, but no one noticed: "Yang Zixuan, quickly come and try some salted vegetables, they are Aunt Zhu's specialties."

Only then did Yang Zixuan wake up from his deep thoughts. He had only met Mu Rousang a few times, and at this moment, her warm smile was like a ray of sunlight that shone into his dark heart and brought a sense of warmth to him.

"Alright!"

A smile that didn't contain any snobbery was simply treating him as a friend.

"Brother Yang, these hens are all chickens raised by our family."

Yang Zixuan raised his head and smiled, causing the scenery in front of him to lose all color. "Alright, then I won't be polite."

Mu Rousang felt that his mood was much better than before.

She placed a white porcelain bowl in front of him and said, "I drank quite a bit of wine from an empty stomach just now. My stomach is hurting a lot. I should eat more rice to fill my stomach."

"Brother Yang, hurry up and eat. We'll drink some wine later!" Mu Jinzhi patted his shoulder.

"Un, not bad!" "The soft mulberry chicken is still sweet enough!" It was obvious that Yang Zixuan was starving, and was munching on his food.

Mu Rousang turned around and went out to find her followers.

After a meal and a hearty meal, another highlight of the day had arrived. After everyone had finished eating, Liu Xiucai and Mistress Liu sat on the teacher's chair.

pulled Mu Rousang and knelt in front of the hall. Liu Xiucai was naturally very satisfied, Lady Liu had decided to marry Liu Gui Xiang to him, but later on she found out that Mu Jinzhi was not willing to marry too early.