The school was close to the town, so he went to Lujiang Restaurant to take a look and happened to meet Liu Buping entertaining guests in the building again.

The reserved tables at Lujiang Restaurant had always been reserved by wealthy people. In order not to cause discomfort to other people, Jiang Zhou only left two tables for reservations.

He went to the shopkeeper and asked, “What’s the treat for today?”

The shopkeeper looked at him with a hesitant expression, a little afraid to say anything.

“What are you afraid of?”

The shopkeeper smiled bitterly. When Liu Buping booked the table initially, he casually inquired and discovered it was for his uncle to celebrate. The shopkeeper, having worked in Jiang Zhou for a long time, was well-informed about the comings and goings of people in the area. He had already gathered information about his employer and was aware of the grievances between Jiang Zhou and the Liu family.

It was heard that originally, Liu Lin was sentenced to exile – the people were already on their way to Beijing, having been forced to travel for dozens of kilometers. However, this coincided with the prince’s wedding, bringing joy to the emperor who granted amnesty to the world, leading to Liu Lin’s release.

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When Liu Buping reserved the table, he specifically confirmed with the shopkeeper that his boss wouldn’t come today. Unfortunately, plans changed.

The shopkeeper, not wanting to withhold information from Jiang Zhou, hesitantly admitted, “Yes, it’s for his uncle…”

Jiang Zhou was momentarily stunned before recalling that the uncle in question was Liu Lin.

His face suddenly darkened.

Before Lu Heng could be dealt with, Liu Lin was back again!

But he didn’t have much else to do for the time being. He had a clue about Lu Heng. As for Liu Lin, he thought about it and decided to let it go for now, looking for opportunities later.

However, he expected that Liu Lin wouldn’t dare to make any big moves. After all, he had offended the public initially. Although the businessmen might not speak out due to Liu Chengfeng, there would be many secret stumbling blocks.

Just thinking of Liu Lin in his restaurant, he didn’t want to talk anymore, turned around, and went out again.

He walked so fast that he didn’t notice someone standing by the window of the private room upstairs, with a sinister look in their eyes, hungering for flesh and blood.

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Wen Yan had been extremely happy every day since he started teaching at the school. He was busy preparing lessons, making Jiang Zhou felt sore just looking at him. His wife was also occupied, leaving little time for conversation.

Fortunately, Wen Yan found out in time, preventing Jiang Zhou from becoming jealous.

“Oh, this smells so strongly of vinegar,” Wen Yan deliberately pinched his nose. “Don’t worry, I’m going to teach, consider this preparation in advance. Anyway, I’ll be teaching primary school students how to read in the future.”

Jiang Zhou said helplessly, “Okay.”

Wen Yan asked again, “By the way, what’s going on upstairs?”

Liu Erlang had come to the house a few days ago, bringing craftsmen to unload the floor for renovations. They had moved from upstairs to live downstairs.

“Half of it has been demolished, but those walls are a bit difficult to take down.”

Wen Yan was confused: “Is it necessary to install floor heating? Why do we need to demolish the walls?”

Jiang Zhou couldn’t help but laugh: “Of course, we have to demolish not only the walls upstairs but also the wall downstairs to create a mezzanine. We’ll lay pipes inside, which is better than just having the ground floor.”

The empty wall of the mezzanine was connected to the fire channel, and the end of the fire channel was equipped with ventilation holes to remove the smoke produced by charcoal burning.

To make it more convenient, Jiang Zhou even dismantled the fire pit and laid a fire tunnel underneath to ensure that all the rooms upstairs were warm.

The entrance to the fire tunnel was just outside the fire chamber on the first floor, near the firewood warehouse for easy access.

Because the house wasn’t particularly big, the fire chamber at the entrance wasn’t deep, only one meter. It was usually covered with a stone slab and surrounded by iron railings, with a small door for entry and exit.

When it was cold, he put charcoal into the fire chamber and burned it. The heat flew along the fire channel to the mezzanine wall. Compared with traditional floor heating, he added movable partitioning masonry at each corner. If they only wanted heat in one room, just pushed the bricks from other rooms into the partition.

Wen Yan listened and was a little worried: “Will it consume too much charcoal?” With such a large fire chamber, lighting it all at once could be quite costly.

He knew the reason for Jiang Zhou’s floor heating. Wasn’t it because he was so cold that day that he heated up the fire and made his skin burned? Jiang Zhou actually came up with such a method.

He thought about it and knew that if the floor heating was really completed, the room would indeed be very warm.

Jiang Zhou touched his head: “It’s okay, we can afford it. Besides, it won’t cost much. We don’t light it all year round. It’s best if everything is comfortable for you.”

What would he do without spending so much money? Wasn’t making money just for spending? He would happily give all to his wife.

He also had a bunch of ways to spend money, just to give Wen Yan a better life experience!

Wen Yan didn’t know what he was thinking, but he was very moved.

As he had thought before, he did not feel bitter about the sufferings he had endured before because that insignificant bitterness was all melted into the sweetness Jiang Zhou gave him. After tasting the bitterness, he could appreciate the rich sweetness within.

His life had been too smooth, with his parents loving him, no one bullying him, and his lover caring for him. Maybe if he was be like this, safe and happy until old age. He might not have grown into what he was now, and he might not feel it so clearly – he loved Jiang Zhou.

Likewise, Jiang Zhou also loved him very much.

Jiang Zhou was suddenly hugged and was a little at a loss: “What’s wrong?”

Wen Yan shook his head and pressed himself closer: “It’s okay.”

He just suddenly felt that Jiang Zhou would always be there to accompany him in the future. Holding him and loving him was the happiest thing in his life.