At that time, Ji Zichen, in his thirties, was mature, steady, and successful in his career. Yu Mingxiang, unaware of the truth, was quite satisfied with him, but in the end...

No matter how much Qin Yuzhu pestered him, Ji Zichen remained unmoved.

His reason for refusing Qin Yuzhu was that he still missed his deceased wife.

so……

Ji Zichen's deceased wife was Xuancao!

Her biological daughter!

Her biological daughter, who was murdered in the countryside by Qin Yuzhu on the eve of her wedding!

Yu Mingxiang clenched her fists in anger.

That bitch Qin Yuzhu ruined her daughter's marriage, killed her daughter, and then turned around and seduced her daughter's man!

How vicious and shameless!

Then I thought of what Qin Yuzhu had said in her previous life.

She transmigrated into a book, married an injured military officer, and was pampered to the extreme...

if.

If the world she lives in is truly a book, then according to Qin Yuzhu's words, her daughter was originally the female protagonist of that book.

If it weren't for the malicious interference of Qin Yuzhu, her daughter wouldn't have died young, and she would be happily together with Ji Zichen...

Yu Mingxiang brainstormed, and many ideas flashed through her mind in an instant. When the children wanted to ask Old Liu about their daughter again, she stopped them with a look.

If her analysis is correct, then her daughter and Ji Zichen are a match made in heaven!

Now that their daughter has escaped the fire and gone to join the army, it's the perfect time for her and Ji Zichen to cultivate their relationship.

At times like these, any unexpected event could trigger a chain reaction.

Therefore, she should not only not rush to acknowledge her daughter, but she should also pretend not to know about her daughter's background.

Let my daughter and Ji Zichen continue their relationship as it naturally unfolds, anyway...

My daughter will always come back.

The accident involving my daughter also happened in the countryside.

They waited in the countryside, waiting for their daughter to return.

With her around in this life, no one, whether it's Qin Yuzhu or some random cat or dog, can ever hurt her daughter or ruin her daughter's marriage.

She will definitely protect her daughter!

Yu Mingxiang secretly made up her mind.

Qin Weiguo and Qin Xiangdong, who were following the oxcart, received a look from their mother. Although they didn't know why their mother didn't want them to continue asking about their sister, they always respected their mother's opinion, so they didn't ask any more questions. Instead, they chatted with Old Man Liu about other things.

Besides Yu Mingxiang's family of four, there were two other educated youths who went to the countryside in the same batch.

The middle-aged female educated youth who rode in the oxcart with Yu Mingxiang and her mother-in-law was named Wu Xiangju.

She was afraid her son would suffer in the countryside, so she transferred her job to him and went to the countryside herself in his place.

Another male educated youth in his twenties, named Wang He, was sent to the countryside as part of a normal program.

The group chatted for a while and soon arrived at Hedao Village.

Old Liu led them to the brigade headquarters. After completing the registration, Wu Xiangju and Wang He glanced at Yu Mingxiang's family and then went to the educated youth settlement.

Yu Mingxiang stayed behind with her child and proposed to the old village chief that she wanted to rent a courtyard or build one.

“Your household registration has been transferred to the village. According to the policy, families like yours that come to the countryside together are eligible to be allocated a homestead to build a yard.”

The old village chief thought for a moment and said, "But you have families to support, including a pregnant woman. Even if you are willing to spend money to build a courtyard, it will still take time, won't it? It will delay your settlement."

Upon hearing this, Yu Mingxiang obediently asked, "So, what does the village chief mean?"

There are two vacant courtyards in the village.

The old village chief pondered for a moment and said, "These were all built by the villagers themselves. Something happened to happen to their families, and now the yards are vacant and no one lives there. If you're willing, you can buy them and save yourself the trouble of building them again."

"Yes, yes! I'm willing!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Mingxiang hurriedly said, "Please trouble the village chief to take us to see."

Without a word, the old village chief locked the door of the brigade headquarters and took his family to see the yard.

Hedao Village is located at the foot of Baishan Mountain, beside a river that meanders down the mountain.

There are two courtyards. One is located halfway up the village, with neighbors in front and behind. The other is located at the top of the village, about a hundred meters away from the nearest house, upstream of the river.

Yu Mingxiang immediately took a liking to the courtyard located at the entrance of the village.