Fang was taken back by the second son Ding Youliang. He worked for two days at his father-in-law's house and was very hardworking and willing to do anything. His father-in-law and mother-in-law were always very satisfied with him and asked him to promise that after he returned, he and his wife would live well together after the separation of the family.

He nodded, and the old couple ordered Fang to come back with him.

Lu returned the same way she had gone. She had to bring her little daughter back with her. Her eldest brother-in-law was a butcher and had been having an affair with a widow in the village. Yesterday, her eldest sister had trapped the two of them in her room, and they had pinned her to the ground and beaten her. She returned weeping with her daughter.

Her mother was so angry that she beat her chest and howled that she could not live anymore. She married off two daughters, and each of them came back with a pair. She threatened to jump into the well.

As a last resort, Mrs. Lu had to bring the baby back.

When she came back and saw Lao Wu beaten into a pig's head, she burst into tears. In fact, she regretted it within two days of returning home. She kept counting the days until Lao Wu would be released from prison. She still had feelings for Lao Wu.

Although Lao Wu was upset, he couldn't help but be moved by his wife's concern for him. After all, they were husband and wife. Thinking of the debt he was carrying, for a moment, his conscience was touched and he felt a little pain.

He felt that he had let his wife and children down, so he reached out to embrace Lu and shed a few tears.

I don’t know if I’m crying for myself or for something else.

The setting sun hung on the top of the mountain like a red lantern. After dinner, the three brothers of the Ma family held their daughter Ma and walked towards the old house in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Ma Fuquan fed Ma Qianjin a lot of minced meat today. The little fellow, who was well fed, had two bright eyes. He lay in Ma Xiaomai's arms, looking around, and occasionally glancing at his three brothers. Any sound could attract his attention, and he was full of curiosity about everything in the world.

In the courtyard of the old house, Yuanbao and Zhaocai Jinbao were playing around Qiu Ge, while Guoguo was squatting on its throne calmly, staring at A Man and the others, who were cleaning the cooked meat brought back from the ancestral hall and removing the seasoning before feeding it to the fox cubs.

"Maoqiu, come and eat some meat."

As soon as Ah Man shouted, Maoqiu immediately ran out of Dabao's room, "Huh, you run faster than anyone else when I say you want to eat meat."

Yuanbao and Zhaocai Jinbao also ran over. Before the four little foxes could eat a few bites, Ma Qianjin arrived.

Perhaps it was the blood suppression, even though Ma Qianjin was as small as a kitten, the four little foxes were frightened and trembled, and quickly hid behind their respective masters.

Qiu Ge was squatting beside the chicken coop, indifferent.

After Ma Xiaomai put Ma Qianjin down, Guoguo jumped off the chair, lowered his body, and looked at Ma Qianjin vigilantly.

Ma Qianjin took two steps back, then stared at Guoguo as she slowly walked to the meat bowl, sniffed it, and was about to grab the meat in the bowl when Guoguo bared his teeth and pounced on her, and Erniu also raised her foot to kick Ma Qianjin.

"Don't kick it!"

Ma Xiaodou pushed Erniu in a hurry.

Erniu was suddenly pushed by him, and she lost her balance and fell to the ground, crying loudly.

Seeing this, Sanniu put down the ingot and slapped Ma Xiaodou to the chest, knocking him to the ground.

Ma Xiaodou kicked her legs and cried louder than Erniu.

"Hahaha~~" Ma Xiaomai and Ma Xiaomi pointed at their younger brother and laughed. Ma Xiaomi said, "You can't even beat a girl, and you still have the nerve to cry."

As soon as he started crying, Erniu stopped crying immediately. She stood up and looked at Ma Xiaodou with disdain, "Humph, I hate people who cry all the time!"

These were the words Ma Xiaodou had originally said to her, and she returned them to Ma Xiaodou, sticking out her tongue and making a face at him.

Ma Xiaodou was crying out of anger. He hadn't expected Sanniu to beat him up just to help Erniu. He got up, wiped his tears, and yelled at Sanniu, "Yaoyao, I don't like you anymore!"

"Then you will like Erniu in the future, haha~" Ma Xiaomai laughed out loud.

"I don't like any of them anymore. I still prefer Ma Qianjin." Ma Xiaodou ran over and hugged Ma Qianjin, "From now on, I will only like you."

Seeing the children in a state of confusion, Jian Ning called them into the house. She finished reading the last episode of Journey to the West and then continued with another episode of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Ma Xiaomai preferred Romance of the Three Kingdoms to Journey to the West, and especially admired Guan Yu.

"Brother, let's learn from them and become sworn brothers, okay?" Ma Xiaodou said.

"Are you stupid? We are brothers, real brothers." Ma Xiaomi said loudly.

Dabao and Dajun also shook their heads and laughed. After Dajun finished laughing, he asked Dabao, "How about we become sworn brothers?"

"No need, you have seven pounds, and you have your own brothers." Dabao said, glancing at Jian Ning's belly, "I will have one too."

"We are lifelong friends," he added.

Jian Ning was caught off guard by his glance and words, which made her heart skip a beat. She subconsciously glanced at Ding Youtian, but met his smiling eyes. She quickly lowered her head and walked towards the yard.

She went to see Sanniang. Lu Huaian had given his little son a nickname, Qijin. When she came in, the couple were looking at Qijin head to head.

When Sanniang saw her coming, she lifted the quilt and tried to get up. In the afternoon, she was able to bend over and get out of bed.

"Hold still." Jian Ning stopped her. "Try not to move around for the first three days. It's okay to move around a bit when you get back. I'll go to town to remove your stitches after seven days."

"Oh, this is really... I don't know what to say. This time, it's all thanks to Doctor Jian." Lu Huaian rubbed his hands, smiled, and said, "Qi Jin's mother and I have discussed it. We want to open a grocery store in your village. It's better for you to collect the rags for the dolls. In the future, you don't have to send them to the town specially. You can send them directly to the store. What do you think?"

Lu Huaian was a businessman, and he had heard that Dingjia Village was currently building a glazed roof and renovating the ancestral hall. The villagers were living a better life, so they could make money by opening a shop here. With several villages nearby, they had no problem selling their goods.

"I think it's a good idea. If the villagers in the nearby villages need anything, they won't have to run to town anymore. It's great."

Jian Ning chatted with them for a while, then stood up and went back. When he got back, he saw Li talking to Ding Youtian. Li had come to invite Ding Youtian to teach the children to read in the clan school. He had already discussed it with the clan leaders and elders, and everyone agreed that Ding Youtian should teach first until a teacher was hired.

"Girls who want to study can go." The money was gone and the people were happy. The headman no longer had any worries, and he felt that he had done a great thing for the village. He was in a good mood and laughed heartily.

"That's great. My three kids and Ah Man are all going. I might as well go and learn if I have nothing to do. It won't hurt to know more characters." Jian Ning didn't know many traditional Chinese characters, and wasn't very good at writing calligraphy. She thought it was a good opportunity to learn from them so that she wouldn't have to rely on Ding Youtian every time she wrote.

After the head of the village left, Ding Youtian looked at her with a smile and said, "Come, call me teacher first. If you call me that badly, I won't accept you as my student."