"Big, huh?" Jiang Fangrui scoffed with a sneer, "How big? Is it the same size as an outhouse, or like a pigpen in your countryside?"

"Ruer, if you keep this up, I'll have someone drive you back right now." Jiang Shuangyue couldn't take it anymore. The little dumpling wasn't angry yet, so her temper was still manageable.

"Aunt..." When Jiang Fangrui heard she was going back, her whole body began to shake in resistance.

Fu Jiujiao knew that her adoptive mother was acting out of love for her, so she didn't say anything more.

She didn't really feel like arguing with Jiang Fangru either. Arguing with someone like that just made her look foolish!

"Auntie, is your neck feeling better?" Fu Jiujiu pointed at Jiang Shuangyue's shoulders and neck.

Ginger's heart skipped a beat, and she was immediately overcome with emotion. She still remembered this?

This isn't something that can be taught by adults.

Look at Ruier, some children are just naturally beautiful, it has nothing to do with their environment.

"I'm feeling better now, though the autumn rain has been relentless these past few days and my aches are back a bit. Luckily, Chiu Chiu is here. She can give me acupuncture."

Gingerfang thought she had misheard. Was her aunt out of her mind? A child this young would be given acupuncture?

Acupuncture is effective, but she also knew that Ginger Shuangyue had a condition of cold in the palace. Every time she held her own hand, it was very cold, even in summer.

So she was going to do moxibustion for her.

At this point, everyone had already noticed the efficacy of mugwort. After giving birth, aunts would also use mugwort decoction to cleanse themselves. However, she hadn't heard of moxibustion. It seemed that this practice was absent here.

"Mother, I heard they say that it's useful to smoke with mugwort."

Ginger Shuangyue, upon hearing this, truly wanted to hold the little dumpling in her arms. Even if it wasn't useful, just knowing that the child had put thought into this for himself made her heart warm.

"Chirp chirp, my good child, your godmother is so blessed to have you as her daughter. You're much kinder than your two older brothers."

The two Zou brothers weren't jealous, but rather happy. They also felt it was great to have a little sister.

"Mom, tomorrow we're going to play at Tong Xuyangyue's new house. We want to take our sister with us too."

"Yes," Zou Zhongbei agreed, "We want to take our sister with us so everyone can see how smart she is."

Ginger Fangrui was angry. She had lived here for so long, and her two cousins hadn't taken her out a few times. How come this country bumpkin came along, and they wanted to take her to meet friends?

"She's so tiny..." Ginger Shuangyue was afraid that her two sons wouldn't be able to take good care of her, so she kept her by her side for safety.

"Mother, it's fine. I'll watch over my sister and won't let anyone bully her." Zou Zhongbo was more straightforward, flexing his fist.

Ginger Shuangyue glared at him. A child this big needed to be looked after very carefully. She was worried that once her sons got into their games, they wouldn't be able to take care of themselves properly.

“Mother, rest assured. I will always watch over my younger sister. They’ve heard that we have a little sister and are all eager to meet her,” Zou Yuansong said.

Ginger Shuangyue smiled. "I agree to no avail, you have to ask Jiujiu."

She can't force the little girl to attend social events.

"Little sister, go on, the Tong family's mansion is so beautiful, and there will be lots of delicious food tomorrow." Zou Zhongbai really wanted to take the little dumpling to show off.

Fu Jiujiu didn't mind, but seeing her brothers so expectant, she couldn't bear to refuse them, so she nodded.

"Mother, my sister has agreed. This time, you won't stop me, will you?" Zou Zhongbo said joyfully.

Ginger Shuangyue, of course, didn't stop them, but she repeatedly warned the two brothers not to neglect their sister while playing.

Zou Zhongbai patted his chest, "Mother, please rest assured, my younger sister will always come first."

Aside from that, Ginger Fangru, who had just been scolded, pouted. Zou Zhongbai was such a fool, being so nice to an outsider.

"Aunt, I'm going too," Jiang Shuangyue knew that if she told her two cousins, they probably wouldn't agree.

"Ruer, how many letters has your father written, urging you to come back? I'm planning on sending you home tomorrow."

"Auntie, I don't want to leave yet," Jiang Fangrui acted coquettishly again.

"Ruo'er, it's not that I want you to leave. It's your father who is already very unhappy. If you don't go back, he will come and take you back himself."

Ginger Fangrui knew this time she was probably going back for good. "Then I'll go back the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow, my cousin and I will go to that Tong family place, and then I'll head back, okay?"

Ginger Shuangyue looked at her eldest son, Zou Yuansong was very sensible and knew his mother's predicament, so he agreed, but he also had requirements.

"Rui'er, I can take you, but you have to promise me that you won't talk out of turn and won't act like a spoiled little princess."

Ginger Fangru nodded quickly, who cares, just agree first and then talk.

Ginger Shuangyue could only silently pray that nothing unpleasant would happen tomorrow.

In the evening, Zou Guangquan came back. Seeing his goddaughter, he was delighted and couldn't stop smiling. However, after all, she was his goddaughter, so he just hugged her for a bit to satisfy himself. He really wanted to kiss the chubby little face of his "milk dumpling," but he didn't dare.

At mealtime, he had wanted to ask the little milk dumpling if the brother who gave her the jade pendant was still in their village. But he thought better of it.

My father-in-law said, just pretend you don't know. If you try too hard, it might be awkward.

During the conversation, it was mentioned that the Fu family was coming to the county to buy a house for their son's education. Everyone thought it was a good thing, but one person still expressed some concern: "Will you guys stop growing strawberries?"

Without strawberries, how could he take credit?

"We plant them, not just our family, many families in our village plant them too." Fu Chiu Chiu counted with her fingers and said: "Uncle Liang's house, Uncle Wang's house, Grandma Chen's house... quite a few."

Zou Guangquan, not knowing the situation, thinks Fu Baimian is stupid.

Those strawberries were only available at their house, but because they could sell for a high price, everyone in the village planted them, so they weren't as rare anymore.

"Tweet tweet, why does your dad let others plant with him too?"

"It's more fun to have fun together than alone."

Ginger Shuangyue smirked and smiled gently, "It seems you really put in the effort to study and know that there's more fun in playing together than alone."

"But, doesn't your dad know that making money this way will be less?" Zou Guanquan was also anxious. After asking the question, she regretted it. How old is she? Where does she understand these things."

To everyone's surprise, the little dumpling actually understood. "Daddy said that if we have money, we should all earn it together and not just keep it for ourselves. We should share it with everyone so that everyone can benefit."

Zou Guangquan took a deep breath. He had always thought that Fu Baimian was just an ordinary villager, but he hadn't expected him to have such far-reaching thoughts, no wonder he raised such well-behaved children. Look at how well the parents educated them!

He was ashamed of himself.

"Your father speaks so well."

When it was harvest time, they sent a thief who stole grain from Yangshuyu Village. At the time, he learned from several villagers that after Fu Baiman became the village head, he led everyone to harvest together and helped many elderly people and relatives without the ability to work with the autumn harvest. He thought this man was good.

Now that he heard what the little bun had to say, he held even more respect for Fu Baiwan.

This novel is first published on the Traditional Chinese Novels Network.