Divorce with three kids? I'll build a house and eat meat, driving my in-laws crazy.

Chapter 59 That kid wants to seduce her girl?!
"Why don't you come stay at my place?" Chu Xiu suggested.

He felt that his identity didn't need to be kept secret at all, since Aunt Li didn't want anything from his family.

It's all Dad making a mountain out of a molehill.

Xiao Wu frowned. "It's too far. If we rush there now, it will probably be dark by then."

With only one cow and no horse-drawn carriage, it seemed impossible to bring so many people along.

"How about we go to the village head's house?" Li Chaochao suggested.

The village head was kind-hearted, had a large family, and owned many houses.

Uncle Xiucai is probably not home; there must be a spare room.

“Where is Third Grandfather’s house?” Li Peipei asked.

Third Grandpa and Third Grandma are good people, they certainly won't refuse them.

Seeing that no one blamed Chu Xiu and was even actively helping to come up with ideas, Li Ruru smiled and said, "We're not going anywhere, we'll just stay home."

"At home? But there's nowhere to sleep." Chu Xiu lowered his head in frustration.

Li Ruru smiled mysteriously, "It will be ready in a little while."

He then gathered everyone together to get to work.

She started a fire in the yard, and the firewood crackled and popped as it burned.

“We spread a thick layer of wheat straw on the ground, then a straw mat, and finally a mattress.”

The weather hasn't been cold lately, but we're mainly trying to prevent dampness from the ground.

Xiao Wu was the first to realize that this was exactly the method he used to make a makeshift bed for the young master.

He dashed off to the backyard to move things; everything he had brought from the magistrate's residence was placed there.

Everyone went to help, and soon two large mats were laid out on the ground.

The men and women are on opposite sides, with a burning fire in the middle.

Both floor mats had curtains drawn around their sides, which effectively kept mosquitoes away and provided shade.

The girls are still young and need some privacy.

After finishing these tasks, Li Ruru breathed a sigh of relief and then took out some paper money.

"The village head will go to the government office to get the official seal tomorrow, and the house will be ours tomorrow."

The three girls cheered; they finally had a home of their own, one officially recognized by the government.

Chu Xiu was genuinely happy for them, saying, "The village head is quite efficient."

Xiao Yishan stared at the paper money in Li Ruru's hand, "Auntie, what are you doing...?"

What is this for?
Buying a house is a good thing, so why burn paper money?

Li Ruru said solemnly, "We are staying in the house of the hunter Hu after all, so we should thank him."

Xiao Yishan bit his lip, his eyes reddening, and whispered, "The murderer who killed Uncle Hu's family hasn't been caught yet."

Chu Xiu sat up straight. "I'll have my dad... cough cough... have my dad ask around."

He grumbled inwardly, wondering how his father, the county magistrate, could have failed to catch the murderer after all this time.

The butcher Hu's family had been dead for many years, and Magistrate Chu had only been in Pingchuan County for less than a year.

Chu Xiu directly blamed all the mistakes on his father, and Magistrate Chu was truly wronged.

Li Ruru distributed some paper money to everyone, and the crowd quietly burned the paper money and then respectfully bowed to the fire.

As darkness fell, everyone slipped inside the curtains.

"Mom, look, there are stars." Yinyin pointed to the sky.

Because the curtains were made of gauze, they covered the sky with a checkered pattern.

The stars were hanging in different positions on the grid, and Yinyin had already started counting them on her fingers.

"One, two, three..."

While everyone was half asleep, Qiqi, who had been quiet all along, suddenly rushed to the corner and barked a few times.

Xiao Yishan and Xiao Wu examined the area with torches and found two footprints on the ground.

The two exchanged a glance, and Xiao Yishan said in a low voice, "Just pretend nothing happened, don't let them worry."

Xiao Wu nodded. "Hey, it looks like a stray cat or a mouse. Qiqi likes to pounce on these things."

Xiao Yishan held up a torch and chuckled. Li Ruru, still half asleep, turned over and continued sleeping.

The same thing happened a few nights ago; Qiqi would always bark a few times at night.

Qiqi is allowed to roam freely at night without being chained, because it gets particularly excited at night and likes to do parkour.

Xiao Yishan looked up at the sky, already having a suspect in mind.

The next day, the same group of guys from yesterday came to repair the house early in the morning.

When Li Ruru drove the oxcart out, she saw red paper pasted on the big trees in the village along the way.

Cutting red paper into squares and pasting them onto trees with glue is a wedding custom in Pingchuan County.

"Mom, a bride is coming to our village!" Yin Yin was a little excited. The bride would scatter wedding candies and attend the banquet.

Her foodie nature made her restless immediately. "Mother, can we go to the banquet?"

Peipei scolded her: "All you know is eating. You have to give gifts when you attend a banquet."

She used to long for banquets when she couldn't afford to eat, but now she has meat at every meal and eats much better than at banquets.

“Yes, it costs money to give gifts.” Chaochao also objected, saying that if her family gave one gift and four people ate it, people would laugh at them.

She felt it would be a loss to give gifts to four people.

Chu Xiu touched Yin Yin's rosy cheeks. "If you want to attend the banquet, your brother will take you."

Li Ruru slapped him, "Are you not going home or not? Your dad is getting impatient."

She was a little afraid that Chu Xiu would take Yin Yin to a place like Chunfeng Tower.

When the oxcart arrived in the county town, Xiao Yishan tied the ox to the cattle pen.

The cattle pen was a special place to store cattle, and it only cost one coin per person.
Chu Xiu, carrying a basket, took Xiao Wu to the county government office.

Upon seeing him arrive, the servant hurriedly went to announce his arrival.

Magistrate Chu put aside his official duties and rushed over. As soon as he saw his son, he said happily, "Wow, you seem to have grown taller these past few days."

Chu Xiu opened the basket, inside was the food Li Ruru had left for him yesterday.

"Dad, try this, it's a delicacy. Li Shen got up early this morning to heat it up for you."

"This is called barbecue. This pork belly is grilled with chili peppers and garlic. It smells amazing."

"This is called beer. If you drink too much, you'll burp. It tastes much better than spirits."

"These are roasted potato slices, coated in chili oil and smell delicious."

Chu Xiu talked a lot, while Magistrate Chu silently ate until his belly was full.

"Hiccup~" He covered his mouth and chuckled, "Hehe, I actually hiccuped."

Chu Xiu left after delivering the items, and Xiao Wu was questioned as usual before being allowed to leave.

Magistrate Chu wiped his mouth and said to his clerk beside him, "Did you remember what Chu'er said just now?"

The clerk bowed and said, "I remember, as soon as possible, we will help the women in Chenjia Village to become independent and change the names on their land deeds. Also, we need to find the murderer who killed Butcher Hu."

"Yes, go ahead." Magistrate Chu was very satisfied.

Although his son always came back to ask him for favors, his son was filial and always brought him delicious food and chatted with him for a long time.

Their relationship has become much closer than before.

Li Ruru's stall went smoothly today without anyone causing trouble.

Recently, she has been bringing more and more konjac tofu, and the sales speed has slowed down.

What used to take an hour to buy all now takes at least two hours.

She rubbed her arms. Retail work was too tiring; wholesale partnerships were more profitable.

Li Ruru plans to ask around at several restaurants. If she can supply them with goods, not only will her sales volume increase, but her income will also be relatively stable.

The plump aunt suddenly leaned over and whispered, "Isn't that boy over there the son of that Fourth Madam Ren?"

Following the direction she was pointing, Li Ruru saw a rather handsome man smiling and talking to Chaochao and Peipei.

hum~
Li Ruru's mind was buzzing, and alarm bells were ringing in her head.

That guy's trying to seduce her girl?!
(End of this chapter)