The path on the ridge was difficult to walk on. Yang Tianzhen twisted her ankle four or five times before finally pouting and walking up to Qin Xiaoxiao. Then she saw Su Lu standing next to Qin Xiaoxiao with a serious expression.

Yang Tianzhen blinked and exclaimed from the depths of her soul, "This man is more handsome than me, no, more handsome than a woman!"

Su Lu successfully turned pale, while Qin Xiaoxiao laughed so hard she couldn't straighten up, half-lying on Su Lu and refusing to get up.

Yang Tianzhen glanced at Su Lu reluctantly, then looked at Qin Xiaoxiao with concern, "Xiaoxiao, what's wrong? Why are you laughing like that? Is something funny? Tell me, let's be happy together."

Yang Tianzhen's adorably silly expression successfully made Su Lu's face darken once again.

Qin Xiaoxiao knew that if she kept laughing, she would be the one to get a beating when she got back. She might not even be able to get off the bed tomorrow. So she quickly straightened up and said with a stern face, "This is my husband, Su Lu. Husband, this is my second brother's fiancée, Yang Tianzhen."

Yang Tianzhen? More like Yang the Fool!

Su Lu inwardly complained, but outwardly he didn't show it. He nodded seriously to Yang Tianzhen without standing up or reaching out. Then he looked away from Yang Tianzhen, showing that avoiding suspicion was ingrained in his very being.

Yang Tianzhen glanced at Su Lu with a regretful expression, then happily sat down next to Qin Xiaoxiao.

"Su Lu, right? I'm Xiao Xiao's second sister-in-law."

Xiaoxiao, you're married at such a young age? Ah, I remember now, I heard your second brother say that you married the village secretary's son, the very handsome youngest son.

Yang Tianzhen clapped her hands and exclaimed in surprise.

Su Lu's face darkened even more, and he even moved to the side, as if afraid of being infected by Yang Tianzhen's stupidity.

Qin Xiaoxiao stepped aside, blocking Su Lu, and smiled at Yang Tianzhen, "Since you've heard my second brother's explanation, I won't introduce you anymore. Are you tired, sister-in-law? Why aren't you working with my second brother?"

Yang Tianzhen said with a worried look, "I thought working in the fields wouldn't be so hard, but I couldn't stand it after only a short while. Your second brother was a soldier and worked in the fields. How tiring must that be?"

From now on, I will definitely treat your second brother well, buy him lots of delicious food, and give him some good nutrition.

Yang Tianzhen was clearly telling the truth, and Qin Xiaoxiao couldn't help but look at Qin Wei working in the field with envy.

Even in the sweltering summer heat, Qin Wei didn't take off his shirt while working; it was long-sleeved, but the sleeves weren't very baggy—they were old clothes from a few years ago, so the sleeves clung tightly to his arms, tightly wrapping around Qin Wei's muscles.

Qin Xiaoxiao's lips twitched.

He needs supplements? There's probably no one in better health than him.

Seeing Yang Tianzhen looking at Qin Wei with a sympathetic expression, Qin Xiaoxiao couldn't help but rub her forehead.

She was truly naive; she was speechless.

Well, she thought it was best to make up for it after the two of them got married, otherwise... she was really afraid that her second brother would not be able to handle it and would do something wrong, and it would be bad if someone died.

After a while, Qin Sheng asked Xu Zhi to come back and rest. As soon as he arrived at the place, he saw the unfamiliar Su Lu. Just like Yang Tianzhen, he stared at Su Lu's face in a daze.

Su Lu's face darkened again. This time, he didn't linger and nodded to Xu Zhi before getting up and leaving.

Qin Xiaoxiao felt a little uncomfortable, but she still greeted Xu Zhi with a smile and introduced Su Lu, who had already left.

"Sister-in-law, that's my husband. I'm sorry, he doesn't like people looking at his face, that's why he was so rude and left first. He didn't mean it. If..."

Xu Zhi snapped out of his daze, waved generously at Qin Xiaoxiao, and then apologized to her.

"It's nothing, it was my fault. I shouldn't have stared at people's faces so rudely. You don't need to apologize, I was the one who was wrong."

But, little…

As Xu Zhi spoke, he moved closer to Qin Xiaoxiao and revealed a lewd smile. "Xiaoxiao, your boyfriend is too good-looking. This face, tsk tsk tsk, you have to keep a close eye on him. This is the face that attracts all sorts of attention. Aren't you worried about letting him out?"

Listen to my sister-in-law's advice and quickly tie a thick rope around yourself, otherwise those shameless girls will come up to you, pretending not to understand what I'm saying, and acting like I didn't do anything, I was just saying hello to my brother, it's disgusting.

Sister-in-law, let me tell you, there's someone like that in our unit, in our company..."

Next, Qin Xiaoxiao was bombarded with tips on how to avoid being labeled a "white lotus" (a manipulative, seemingly innocent woman), and how to distinguish between a "white lotus" and a "green tea bitch" (a manipulative, seemingly innocent woman). Qin Xiaoxiao felt dizzy listening to all of this.

She must have traveled through time, right? Otherwise, how could she be so good at identifying innocent, naive girls?

"Sister-in-law, I've remembered. I've seen the kind of person you're talking about. She looks so pitiful, but she's actually wicked. She calls everyone she sees 'brother,' and tears well up in her eyes before she even speaks. I don't know where she gets so many tears!"

Xu Zhi seemed to have found a kindred spirit, her eyes wide with excitement as she nodded wildly, "Yes, yes, that's exactly it. As soon as you meet her, she says some ambiguous things that seem harmless, but after she finishes speaking, she throws you into a pit, and you're guaranteed to be the one who's wrong in the end."

Qin Xiaoxiao got excited too, sat up and half-knelt on the ground, "Sister-in-law, let me tell you, people like this are actually easy to deal with. When you encounter them, just slap them. What do you mean by pitiful, what do you mean by foreshadowing, what do you mean by being pitiful? Bah! Under a slap, they are all little sisters, and they all have to kneel down and sing 'Conquer' for me."

Xu Zhi roughly understood, but the meaning of the last two sentences still made her eyes water.

"What is 'conquer'? Is there such a song? What does 'All the girls under my palm' mean? What does that have to do with girls?"

Xu Zhi, upholding his studious nature of asking questions when he didn't understand, was the first to raise a question.

Qin Xiaoxiao secretly cursed, wishing she could slap herself to death first.

Qin Xiaoxiao waved her hand quickly, "That's not important. What's important is how to defeat this kind of woman. If all else fails, we'll use magic to defeat magic."

Xu Zhi was even more confused, her face full of question marks.

Yang Tianzhen, standing to the side, was completely bewildered and had no idea what the two were talking about. Taking advantage of Xu Zhi's confusion, she quickly asked Qin Xiaoxiao.

"Xiaoxiao, what are you saying? I can't understand it. It's clearly Mandarin, but I just can't understand it when it's put together."

Qin Xiaoxiao smiled and comforted Yang Tianzhen, "It's normal not to understand. Many people don't understand either. Go home and ask my second brother. He will explain it to you slowly."

Qin Xiaoxiao sold Qin Wei without hesitation. After all, he was her wife, so he was the one to solve any questions.

Xu Zhi blinked, looked at Yang Tianzhen, and then at Qin Xiaoxiao. "I think Xiaoxiao, you're right. It's normal not to understand. Even I didn't understand."

When Yang Tianzhen heard that Xu Zhi had thought about it for a long time but still couldn't figure it out, she was immediately happy. She clapped her hands and laughed, "Haha, even someone as smart as Xu Zhi doesn't understand, then it proves that it's not my problem, it's that Xiao Xiao didn't explain it clearly."

Xu Zhi and Qin Xiaoxiao looked at Yang Tianzhen with complicated expressions.

Sometimes I really envy her; innocence is a kind of happiness!

It's late again today, let me explain. This isn't an excuse. This morning, my mother-in-law went to the morning market to buy groceries. She stepped on ice and fell, hitting her lower back on the curb. I took her to the hospital and spent over two hours trying to persuade her to go. But when we got there, the doctor wanted to take X-rays and do a CT scan. In the end, she only agreed to take the X-rays. When the X-rays came out, the doctor said there was a fracture and wanted to do an MRI. She absolutely refused and insisted on going home, even though she was in so much pain that she was sweating profusely.

After I finished taking care of her, my son developed a fever. When I got home at noon, I was busy taking care of him again. I was exhausted. I didn't get a moment's rest all day. Taking a day off was more tiring than working a day.

The next chapter is in an hour, and I still have to watch the washing machine and wait for the clothes to hang up. Sigh!