Qian Dahua didn't think she had done anything wrong, but blamed all the mistakes on Zhang Xiaojun. She felt that if Zhang Xiaojun hadn't been so persistent, Qian Mancang wouldn't have had to empty his pockets to fill this hole.

Her brother Mancang is broke, where would he get the money to support the child in her belly? How is she supposed to survive?

She used to throw tantrums like this, and Zhang Xiaojun always gave in to her, which gave her the wrong impression that she could still be so willful towards him now. But she didn't know that in other people's eyes, she was a joke.

Zhang Xiaojun's face was ugly. "Whether I'm a man or not is none of your business. Just remember that you're no good and have no right to yell at me."

"Zhang Xiaojun, don't go too far. No matter what, we are still husband and wife."

Zhang Xiaojun scoffed, "Then please return the money quickly. We'll go to the village committee and get a certificate. From now on, we'll go our separate ways."

"You'll regret this!"

Zhang Xiaojun slightly curled the corners of his lips. It was at times like this that he felt his judgment in the past was terrible, terribly terrible. He hadn't even seen through this woman's true colors.

Therefore, he deserved to suffer this calamity.

"Stop talking nonsense, give me the money and we'll go get the paperwork done. If you keep dawdling, I'll go to the county town right now."

Qian Dahua knew the man in front of her had changed. Although she was furious, she could only cooperate, saying, "Dad~"

Knowing how powerful that family was, Qian Daguai had no choice but to hand over the money, no matter how unwilling he was.

After receiving the money, Zhang Xiaojun counted it carefully, making sure there were no discrepancies in the coins, before handing it over to his father to put away.

"Old Zhang, here's the other two hundred yuan, take it too."

Qian Mancang didn't want to come himself, but he was also worried about the Qian family father and daughter, so he gave the money to Village Chief Qian and asked him to personally deliver it to the Zhang family.

"Let's go! Let's get the formalities done."

Upon arriving at the village committee, they found that someone had already prepared everything. The two were shown the contents clearly, and three copies were made. They signed each other and kept their own copies.

"Alright, from today onwards you two are no longer related. Just live your own lives."

After receiving the certificate, Zhang Xiaojun carefully folded it and put it in his inner bag. Without even glancing at Qian Dahua, he left with his family.

After finishing their business, Gu An'an and her group didn't linger. They drove back to Xiaowang Village and stayed there for the night.

Since she rarely gets to come back, Gu An'an visited several families with whom she had good relationships, thus concluding her New Year's greetings trip.

There was no other way; the Wang family had many relatives, while the Xiao family was far away in the capital, which made things much easier.

Night falls.

Gu An'an lay in Xiao Yuheng's arms. Whether it was the festive mood of the New Year reunion or the original owner's memories, she really wanted to see the original owner's maternal grandfather and mother.

“Aheng, let’s take the kids home to visit sometime. They don’t know I’m married yet. Let them see me, and it will put their minds at ease.”

Xiao Yuheng knew who she was talking about, of course, and didn't need to reject the idea.

"Okay, I'll find time to go back with you."

Work is indeed very busy, but it's possible to find the time if he really wants. If it weren't for the two children, he would get up early to take her back. But the two children are too attached to their mother. If they disappear for several days, the family probably can't handle them. Taking them along is also a bit far, and the weather is too bad, so it's not suitable.

"It's my fault. We should have gone to see them when we got married."

Gu An'an certainly wouldn't blame him. A soldier's duty is to protect the country. She knew that the day she decided to marry him, so what was there to be coy about?

With the holiday still on and no need for New Year's visits, Gu An'an's life was incredibly comfortable. Sleeping, coaxing the children, translating, and eating—her life was something that would make anyone, let alone the educated youth sent to the countryside, envious.

"An'an, my cousin and I are going into the mountains tomorrow, do you want to come?"

Sure enough, Gu An'an's eyes lit up when she heard this. "I can go? Mom won't agree, will she?"

Her mother-in-law is good in every way, except that she is too cautious. For her health, she always says this and that is not allowed, which makes her feel a kind of pain and pleasure at the same time.

"I'll talk to Mom."

I don't know what Xiao Yuheng said, but when they went out, Xiao's mother only told them to be careful. In order to let them go out smoothly, she even asked Xiao's father to take the two children to another room to play, just in case the two children bothered her.

The temperature outside was very low, but Gu An'an felt that the air outside was unusually fresh, and she was not afraid of the low temperature.

"Let's go quickly."

When we arrived at Xiaowang Village, Dashan and Dahai were already waiting for us, along with Zhao Hu, Chen Jianguo, and two other young men from the village.

"The traps we set a few days ago are ahead; let's go check if there's any prey."

When they got there, they found that the five traps had caught one chicken and two rabbits. As long as it wasn't the air force, everything was fine.

After putting the prey into their baskets, the group continued walking into the mountains.

Going up the mountain in the dead of winter requires great caution, because you never know whether there is solid ground or a deep pit under the thick snow. Fortunately, the group were all experienced veterans, and they didn't encounter any major dangers along the way.

“There are quite a lot of white Ganoderma lucidum here, let’s get them for him.”

Since things in the mountains could be exchanged for money, they would bring home whatever they came across when they went into the mountains.

By the time they had searched the entire birch forest, their bags were full, a whole large bag.

The fact that several people carried it on their backs didn't hinder their actions at all.

"There are pheasants ahead."

Gu An'an, with her sharp eyes, spotted two silly chickens not far away, their heads buried in the snow and their rear ends sticking up high. When she approached them quietly, the two chickens didn't even realize what was happening until Gu An'an grabbed their wings and pulled them out, at which point they began to cluck and struggle.

"Aheng, pheasant, pick pheasants in the snow."

When Gu An'an came to Xiaowang Village, winter was almost over. Later, she didn't go up the mountain many times when it snowed. She didn't expect to be so lucky today and found two pheasants without lifting a finger.

"My wife is amazing."

Xiao Yuheng tied the pheasant's wings and feet with a rope and put it in his basket. He then took Gu An'an's hand again, unaware that his actions made the other married and unmarried women incredibly jealous.

"Ah Heng used to be such a cool guy, but now he's obsessed with his wife."