Captain Qiao has recovered and been discharged from the hospital, returning to his post to continue guarding the country and ensuring peace in the region.

Yu Yin didn't pay any more attention. They weren't from the same social class and had little interaction. As for the promise, Yu Yin didn't take it lightly. In life, who can guarantee they'll never need to ask for help? If something happens someday, they might really need someone's assistance. So, Yu Yin carefully put away the piece of paper with her contact information.

"Xiaoyu, do you know?"

As soon as she entered the office, Sister Wang mysteriously pulled Yu Yin aside and whispered in her ear.

Yu Yin thought to herself, "Sister, you don't need to be like this. It's just the two of us in the office. Why make things so tense?"

Although she was inwardly complaining, Yu Yin outwardly showed interest, waiting for Sister Wang to share: This is the adult world.

"Our county revolutionary committee director is going to be replaced!"

"What? Who's been replaced?"

Yu Yin had never heard of this before and was quite surprised.

As for their former Revolutionary Committee director, well, if you say he was a bad person, he hadn't done anything particularly heinous; at most, he'd confiscate their property and take some bribes, but he wouldn't take anyone's life. If you say he was a good person, he and his group of young revolutionaries had done many despicable things, so it's hard to categorize him.

But now that this mediocre one has left, will a more radical one come along?

In later films, television dramas, and legends, the Revolutionary Committee was portrayed as anything but benevolent; instead, they were depicted as ruthless monsters who devoured people without spitting out the bones. They committed countless evil deeds. For someone's family heirloom, they could frame them for treason; for a woman they fancied, they could bully men and women under various pretexts; to demonstrate their status, they could arbitrarily cut off people's hands and feet... In short, the things they did were too numerous to recount.

"Sister Wang, do you know who this newly transferred director is?"

"I don't know. It seems they came from Kyoto. Some say they are quite capable, while others say they came from the military. There are conflicting accounts, and none of them are convincing."

"Sigh, let's just wait and see. We don't have any say in the matter; we're just worrying unnecessarily."

"Exactly, worrying about things that don't concern you, haha..."

The two exchanged a smile and got busy with their business.

"What are you doing making all that banging around next door?"

When I got home from get off work, I saw many people coming and going from the stilted house next door that hadn't been lived in for a long time.

"It seems like new neighbors are moving in. They're tidying up the house, reinforcing the brick wall on the lower level, and building a fence. I heard they've been busy all day."

Lu Shurui was just passing by on his way home from get off work when he overheard a bit, but he didn't know the specifics.

"We've lived here for so long, and now we're finally going to have neighbors. I hope we can get along well."

The county is sparsely populated. To the west of Yu Yin’s house is a government office, and the stilted house to the east has always been empty. So, her family has no neighbors and it is very quiet.

The residential compound where Sister Wang and her colleagues lived was on the other side of the office, separated from Yu Yin's home by the entire government compound. That area was full of residential compounds belonging to various government units, and it was very lively, making Yu Yin's home seem very quiet.

"Mommy, I want to eat fruit."

"Dad, I want a book."

Alright, no time to think about that now. Those two little rascals are constantly seeking attention, never stopping for a moment. If they're quiet, be prepared—they're definitely up to something mischievous.

Just a few days ago, Yu Yin was doing laundry and Lu Shurui was grading homework. The two little ones were playing and then suddenly stopped making a fuss. By the time Yu Yin realized that the children had stopped making a fuss, it was already too late.

An'an dragged her brother to the vegetable garden, pulling a large basket along with them. The two of them were struggling to pick vegetables into the basket. Green beans, eggplants, cucumbers, tomatoes... big and small, they had picked half a basket already.

When Yu Yin went to find them, the two little ones were sweating profusely as they moved through the vegetable garden.

"Mom, cook dinner."

"Mom, time to get to work."

The two little ones stared at Yu Yin with bright eyes, begging for praise.

"Hmm, Ping An An is really capable. She has picked so many vegetables, enough to eat. She doesn't need to pick any more."

"Is that enough?"

"Aren't you going to pick them?"

"Okay, that's enough, I won't pick any more."

After playing enough and receiving praise from their mother, the two little ones held hands and ran off to find their father.

Yu Yin looked at the vegetables in the basket with a helpless expression. She would pick out the smaller ones and throw them into the kimchi jar, and stir-fry the larger ones for dinner. In short, she couldn't waste them.

These little surprises happened from time to time, leaving Yu Yin and Lu Shurui both amused and exasperated.

The banging and knocking next door lasted for several days, but it was finally finished. The stilted house, after all the hammering, looked brand new.

Sister Wang also kept bringing different rumors. Even before this director of the Revolutionary Committee took office, there were already many legends about him.

On another day off, Yu Yin was woken up by noise from next door. When she got up, she found that a new neighbor had moved in.

Looking east from the second-floor staircase, I saw quite a few people unloading things from a large truck. There were a lot of things too; had they brought all their belongings? It takes some serious effort to move a house in such a large truck. I hope my neighbors aren't too difficult to get along with.

After looking at it, Yu Yin stopped paying attention and went about her business. She even planned to go up the mountain today. The place where she picked termite mushrooms last year should be picking them again this year. She had to go and check it out before she got too old.

After dinner, leaving Lu Shurui, the super dad, behind, Yu Yin hummed a song and went into the mountains.

Following the route in my mind, I easily found the land. From a distance, it was a pale yellow color that caught my eye.

Fortunately, this place is relatively remote and has some weeds to cover it up; otherwise, this patch of termite mushrooms would have been gone long ago.

Without saying a word, Yu Yin started picking.

We need to get back now; any later and the mushroom caps will have opened. After picking all the termite mushrooms, Yu Yin felt hungry and could head home.

After emptying four baskets into the space, Yu Yin still had more than one basket of matsutake mushrooms left, which she planned to use to make matsutake oil.

After descending the mountain, the two younger children ran wildly in the yard, with An'an running the most while Pingping followed slowly behind, as if taking a leisurely stroll. On the clothesline in the yard, the family's clothes, washed clean, fluttered in the breeze.

"I'm back."

"Mom, eat."

"Mom, I've thought about it."

The two twins, a boy and a girl, with different personalities, often express themselves differently.

"Okay, Mom picked the fruit, let's wash it before we eat it."

"Go take a shower, I'll clean up."

Lu Shurui came out of the kitchen, took the basket from Yu Yin's back and hands, and told her to wash it quickly so she could eat. There was so much food, she must be exhausted.

Lu Shurui couldn't stop Yu Yin from enjoying going up the mountain; all he could do was take care of the logistics so that she wouldn't have to worry about it anymore.

After washing up and changing her clothes, Yu Yin subconsciously looked to the east. The car was gone, and children were running around in the yard. It seemed the owner had arrived.

"The neighbors have moved in next door. Did you see who it is?"

Curiosity is human nature, and no one can escape it.

"I didn't see clearly, but it seemed to be a family of four. I can't stare at people, but I vaguely saw two children, who were not very old, a little older than Ping An and An An."

"We'll run into each other sooner or later, whatever, let's eat, I'm starving. After eating, I still need to make fried chicken with mushrooms, and then send it to my second sister and my brother."

Yu Yin stopped being curious about her neighbors and was busy preparing the termite mushrooms. It wasn't until evening that the enticing aroma of oily termite mushrooms wafted from her house and even reached her neighbors' homes.