Who told him to make the cards!

So Chen Zhi tried his best to persuade Lin Yu, coaxing and cajoling her for more than ten minutes, before finally convincing her to move Zhou Keke's pillow, clothes, and other belongings back with Lin Yu.

He can sleep in the shop outside.

That way, we don't have to close the door at night, which might bring in some extra income.

Zhou Keke finished taking a shower.

It was Chen Zhi's turn.

Just like in the afternoon, he washed for another half hour.

There's no way around it, a hot shower is just too refreshing.

In the past, people in the Black Stone mining area would only take a bath once every ten days or half a month.

There are hot water cards, but they are very expensive and are mainly used for cooking food.

The showers were all with cold water.

Moreover, they washed themselves in a mining lake.

There is a small hill to the north of Well No. 6, leading down to a natural small basin.

To save money, the veteran miners used their spare time after work to divert mineral water from several nearby mine shafts, creating a "lake".

That's a nice-sounding way to address someone.

It was actually just a large public bathhouse.

At first, there were miners responsible for changing the water regularly. But after Ding Mao took office, everyone's workload increased. They were exhausted every day when they came out of the mine. Who had the energy to do these things?

Gradually, no one changed the water anymore.

Over time, the color of the lake water changed, losing its former clarity.

The lake surface was covered with various items, including socks, underwear, discarded cards, and the corpses of mineral-eating worms.

At first glance, Chen Zhi thought the Ganges River in India had followed him through.

Sometimes, when he couldn't gather all the materials to assemble the water card, Chen Zhining would rather go a month or two without showering than soak in the water.

Now that he's in Tianheng Capital and has the means, Chen Zhi naturally won't tolerate it anymore.

It was a wave of retaliatory showers.

Cool!

Lin Yu's dinner was also quite delicious.

Although they are all simple home-style dishes, they are still several levels higher than the hard-crusted bread from the mining area.

Chen Zhi was too embarrassed to say that the quantity was not very large.

I came out after taking a shower.

Chen Zhi noticed that the lights in the living room were still on.

There was also movement in the kitchen.

Lin Yu, wearing an apron, came out carrying a steaming bowl of noodles. A few vegetable leaves floated on the surface of the soup, along with a fried egg with a yolk dangling precariously.

"Just right."

Lin Yu waved, "Xiao Chen, come here quickly."

Chen Zhixin was almost overwhelmed by the fragrance.

"Sister-in-law, you..."

"Don't worry, it's no trouble."

Lin Yu said with a smile, "I was just checking in the kitchen to see if we had enough food, and I saw that there was only a small handful of noodles left, so I just cooked some."

Chen Zhi had nothing to say.

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

The best way to praise a chef is to eat a big bite of her food.

Chen Zhi was indeed a little hungry.

"Hey, slow down, be careful it's hot."

"Hmm...it's okay, it's more fragrant when it's hot."

The sound of turning pages came from the bedroom.

Chen Zhi slurped his noodles and asked, "Coco isn't asleep yet?"

"Hmm, reading." Lin Yu looked towards Zhou Keke's bedroom. "This child, no matter how late she comes home, she always reads for two hours before going to sleep."

This made her stay up late too.

While other families might scold or even beat their children to motivate them to work harder, Zhou Keke did the exact opposite.

For more than ten years, Lin Yu never urged her daughter to study; it seemed as if she was born with a love for reading.

Lin Yu believed this for a long time, until Zhou Keke turned twelve. On her birthday, like other parents, she asked Zhou Keke what she wanted to be when she grew up. Zhou Keke told her:

"I want to be an official!"

“I want to work at the Vatican so that I can get my father transferred back to live with us.”

It was then that Lin Yu realized her daughter didn't like reading.

She's just sensible.

As Lin Yu spoke, she lowered her head and quietly wiped the corner of her eye.

She was thinking about Lao Zhou again.

Chen Zhi ate his noodles without saying a word.

After a while, when Lin Yu had calmed down a bit, she jokingly said, "It's fine."

"If Lao Zhou knew how hard his daughter had worked for him, he would probably be showing off the photos every day."

Lin Yu laughed along, "That's just how he is."

Finally, he added, "When Lao Zhou was here, he doted on Coco, treating her like a treasure."

“As a mother, I have a soft heart. At home, Coco sometimes makes small mistakes, but I can’t bear to scold her. That’s how she got the personality she has now.”

Being lively is a good thing, but being too lively is not.

When we're young, we can say we're innocent and speak without thinking; when we grow up, we just don't know how to be tactful.

"When you get to the academy, you'll have to keep an eye on her for me," Lin Yu said with a smile. "You should discipline her if she needs to, and don't let her cause trouble."

"She won't."

Chen Zhi recalled the scene from tonight when Zhou Keke berated Old Man Li.

This girl is shrewd; she treats everyone differently.

See people talking, see ghosts talking.

She clearly has a scale in her heart, constantly weighing the degree of her expression.

That would be best.

Lin Yu stood up. "Then I'll go back to my room first. Just put the bowl and chopsticks on the table after you finish eating."

"Okay." Chen Zhi nodded. "Sister-in-law, get some rest."

I agreed, but that's all.

After finishing his meal, Chen Zhi went to the kitchen and washed the dishes himself.

Both bedroom doors were closed, but the lights were on, peeking out from under the doors.

Clearly, Lin Yu was waiting for Zhou Keke to fall asleep first.

A well-educated, reasonable, gentle, and virtuous wife.

A lively, lovely, hardworking and ambitious daughter.

"Old Zhou, he's got a pretty good life."

Chen Zhi sighed and walked outside.

Inside the shop counter, there was a recliner that Lin Yu had just borrowed from her neighbor while Chen Zhi was taking a shower.

A duvet cover folded into neat squares was placed on top.

Chen Zhi found a good angle, then moved the chair to the shop entrance, lay down, and looked up to see the round, golden moon.

Lunar crown region.

He arrived late again tonight.

Old Man Meng was waiting for him here again.

"Boy."

As soon as he entered, Old Man Meng said, "Today I'm going to give you a chance to teach you some basic structures so you can experience my teaching abilities."

Chen Zhi raised an eyebrow.