When it was time to go, the old village head and the herdsmen threw a grand farewell celebration for them. Everybody in the village attended and they all gathered around the fire and sang and danced. Even Feng Zeyu and Shu Yan were urged to urged to dance for a little while.

The next morning, they got up, packed up, and Lin Dazhi brought them back to the city in the tractor.

“Lao Fang, there’s a phone in the troop now. Call me if you need anything. Do keep in touch.” Lin Dazhi had already learned about what had happened. He punched Feng Zeyu on his shoulder, leaned into him and said in a low voice, “Sister-in-law is quite nice. Be good to her.”

“What’s the matter?” asked Feng Zeyu when he saw Shu Yan pondering over something after he was done talking to the village head.

“I am thinking about my donation from before. I thought 50,000 yuan was a lot already but now it looked like my assumption was wrong. I need to touch base with Third Brother. It was my idea and I can’t let him spend that much money.”

Feng Zeyu only new that Shu Yan had made a donation but didn’t know the details. Now it looked like the road to pave was quite long.

Luckily Shu Yan had been working out recently so nothing was aching after her ride.

“I’ll give you a massage in a little while. That way you won’t be sore tomorrow.” Feng Zeyu worried that Shu Yan would feel comfortable when she woke up tomorrow.

“I should be fine. I have been practicing yoga lately.”

The club that was referred to her by Hu Ruixue has a yoga instructor. In addition to some body-molding exercises, Shu Yan would practice yoga as well. She planned to continue on with yoga after her body-molding regime was done.

She had seen others who practiced yoga. They had good temperaments and shapely bodies. She hoped that she could maintain in reasonable shape after 40 years old too.

“These are kept by the locals here. You probably never had them before. The old village head knows that Lao Fang is coming and slaughtered one. You will be able to try it tonight.” Lin Dazhi came back over after he had returned the tractor. He ran into Shu Yan first on his way to look for Lao Fang.

“You slaughtered a sheep?” Cows and sheep were extremely important to herdsman in this day and age. She would ask Feng Zeyu the cost of one later on and they must pay the village head back.

When Shu Yan returned, Feng Zeyu was already hanging up the clothes, including hers and the kids.

“How come you did them already?” With their current relationship, it was quite embarrassing to have Feng Zeyu did her laundry.