The daily life of a space tycoon raising children, doting on his husband, and farming.

Chapter 164 Preparation
"Alright, that's sturdy enough."

Shang Wan grabbed the thick hemp rope and shook the newly set-up swing. Feeling that everything was fine, she casually picked up Yuan Yuan and put her on it.

It was Yuanyuan's first time sitting on a swing. Her little hands gripped her mother's arm tightly, and her two short legs dangled down, swaying back and forth.

Shang Wan coaxed her to let go, grabbing her clothes on her back with one hand and gently rocking the swing with the other.

The little one first stared wide-eyed in surprise, puffing out his rosy cheeks, and nervously clenching his little hands into two fists, afraid of falling.

After swinging around a couple of times and realizing she wouldn't fall, her tense little body gradually relaxed, and she found joy in swinging, clapping her little hands happily.

Shang Wan played with her for a while, then heard Shi Tou calling her from the kitchen, so she handed over the task of playing with her to Chu Xu.

She patted the child's head and said, "Be careful when you're playing with Yuanyuan, don't let her fall."

Chu Xu pouted. Swings are for kids. He's going to be a general someday, so he's not going to play on them.

Yuanyuan was having so much fun when she suddenly realized the swing had stopped. She quickly waved her little hand at Chu Xu, her soft, sweet voice saying, "Brother, play on the swing—ah swing!"

After a long day of autumn, it suddenly opened its mouth and sneezed. Due to inertia, its small body lurched forward.

"Hey, sit tight!" Chu Xu took two steps forward and helped the little baby up.

Round eyes sparkled as she looked at him, "Play!"

"Okay, okay, sit tight."

Chu Xu wanted to learn from Shang Wan's method, holding Yuan Yuan with one hand and pushing the swing with the other. But when he actually tried it, he found that it wasn't as easy as it looked, and he almost made Yuan Yuan fall off.

Looking around, he saw that no one was paying attention to him. Chu Xu picked up the unused hemp rope next to him, tied Yuan Yuan to his chest, and the two of them swung on the swing together.

The swing went higher and higher, and Chu Xu, who was also swinging for the first time, experienced the joy of swinging. When he stopped, Yuan Yuan had already fallen asleep on his chest, her drool soaking a patch of his clothes.

Chu Xu: "..."

Who exactly wants to play this game?

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Shi Tou cooked dinner. After tasting the dish, which had no flavor other than saltiness, Xiao Huan felt that her injury didn't necessarily require rest.

"Starting tomorrow, I'll be cooking."

The proposal was met with unanimous opposition from the entire family.

"No, you need to rest for a couple more days with this injury." Shi Tou ladled out a bowl of radish soup for her. "Drink more soup, it'll help you heal faster."

The radishes were grown in this space, and they were the only decent-tasting dish on the table. After all, this dish only required putting chopped radishes in, adding water to soften them, and then adding salt.

Xiao Huan took a sip of the radish soup, and her taste buds, which had been tormented by the saltiness, were soothed again.

She thought for a moment and said to Shi Tou, "I'll just watch from the side. You do it when I tell you to."

It didn't take much effort for Stone to agree.

Shang Wan felt that she could also be this tool.

Everyone: "No, you can't."

Shang Wan: "..."

Stone asked, "When do people in the village hold a feast when they move into a new house? When are we going to do that?"

"Let's talk about it after Xiao Huan has fully recovered from her injuries."

The head chef is still recovering from his injury, why would he invite guests? Shang Wan doesn't want to make enemies with the villagers over a meal.

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The days of recuperation were peaceful. Shang Wan drove Lu Chengjing into the city twice to discuss buying a lot of things for the new home.

She even went to a pawnshop to pawn a jade ornament, but then changed her mind because she thought the price offered by the shopkeeper was too low.

As soon as the oxcart left the pawnshop, a man dressed as a servant entered. A moment later, the man left the pawnshop and hurried through the streets towards the Lu family's residence.

On the other side, Shang Wan learned from a gossip that Lu Chengyuan had already gone to the capital, and that he had brought quite a lot of things with him, enough to fill three carriages.

After giving the informant a tip, she went to the escort agency and learned from the old man that Sang Qi had not yet returned from escorting the goods and would probably be gone in two or three days.

After thanking the old man, Shang Wan drove the oxcart to the county government office to find Shan Dajun and invited him to come to her home for dinner in two days.

She also invited Qiao Yu'an and the four members of the He family.

While passing through the market, Shang Wan took a fancy to two piglets. After some intense bargaining, she bought them for four qian of silver.

Space on the oxcart was limited, and it became even more crowded after the piglets were loaded. Lu Chengjing could only sit with Shang Wan at the front.

Fortunately, both of them are thin, so they can squeeze in and sit down.

Shang Wan turned around and checked the items in the oxcart. "Have you bought everything you needed? Can you see if there's anything missing?"

Lu Chengjing took out a list from his sleeve and checked it item by item. "I've bought everything on the list."

"That's good!" Shang Wan cracked her whip. "Let's go home."

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The housewarming party was a lively affair, with preparations beginning the night before.

The two piglets were raised for the Lunar New Year, but a new pig needs to be bought for the housewarming banquet.

Shang Wan adopted the principle of proximity, buying pigs directly from the village. Being from the same village, the price was also more affordable.

The pig was bought in the morning, and Shang Wan personally slaughtered it after bringing it back, collecting two large basins of pig blood.

The meat was slaughtered in the afternoon, and the different parts were separated and neatly piled in a basin.

The internal organs are thoroughly cleaned, and the pig's head, along with the pig's head, is braised in a large pot using Xiao Huan's special braising spice recipe.

Keep the heat low, remove the pig's head halfway through cooking, and continue braising the rest until tomorrow morning.

The aroma of the braised meat was so strong that it wafted into the village, causing many people to swallow their saliva as they ate their meals with it, wishing they could fast-forward to tomorrow.

Seeing that it was almost done cooking, Xiao Huan scooped some out for her family to try first.

While recovering from her injury, she focused entirely on recipes. This time, the braised pork recipe was an improvement on the original one.

Everyone ate in silence, the food was so delicious they almost swallowed their tongues.

Chu Xu had never eaten offal, especially large intestines, which were considered unrefined and never seen on his dinner table.

At first, he was reluctant to eat it, but seeing that there was less and less braised food left in the plate, he didn't care about his hesitation and quickly picked up two pieces and put them in his bowl. Once he started eating, he couldn't stop and kept praising how delicious it was.

Seeing that everyone liked it, Xiao Huan went and scooped out some more to cut.

Yuanyuan's mouth watered, but the braised pork was too strong in flavor and not suitable for a baby. Everyone told her not to eat it, so the little one could only hold the milk bottle and drink milk with a pitiful expression.

Seeing how pitiful she was, Chu Xu secretly took a clean chopstick, dipped it in the brine, and let the little one lick it to taste it.

The brine was too salty, and Yuanyuan kept spitting it out, saying that goat milk tasted better.

Chu Xu patted his round belly and let out a burp without any regard for his image.

"Sister Xiaohuan, you could open a restaurant in Beijing. With this kind of taste, I guarantee it would be packed every day."

Xiao Huan shook her head. "The food of nobles is all precious, how could they possibly look down on something like this? At most, they'd just try it out of curiosity."

She pointed to the sliced ​​braised large intestines and said, "This stuff is time-consuming and laborious to clean, and the spices are expensive. If we sell it cheaply, we won't lose money, but we won't make much either. If we sell it expensively, no one will buy it. We can just eat it ourselves."

Shang Wan put down her chopsticks and said, "If we open a restaurant, we'll definitely need other dishes. We can sell braised pork offal as a side dish."

Xiao Huan understood the implication and turned to look at Shang Wan. Did her sister want to open a restaurant?