Xiao Zhu was puzzled and asked, "Comrade Du Juan, how can you say you changed your mind? I don't think... we didn't say anything."

Du Juan was anxious, "You fell in love with me at that time, but you turned around and got together with Wang Caiyan. Does this make sense?"

No matter how good-tempered Xiao Zhu was, he couldn't help but get angry at Du Juan's logic.

"Comrade Du Juan! First of all, I have only met you once, and we have not developed any further relationship. We are strangers to each other. Who I date has nothing to do with you!"

Du Juan was stunned, "You actually yelled at me..."

"If you keep saying these inexplicable things, I will go talk to Minister Yang!"

Xiao Zhu usually has a smile on his face, but at this moment he had a cold face. If someone who is familiar with him saw him, they would definitely feel strange.

"I hope you take good care of yourself." Before Xiao Zhu left, he only left these words to Du Juan.

Du Juan didn't come to her senses until Xiao Zhu had left for a long time, and then she ran home crying.

She felt extremely ashamed. She had never experienced such an embarrassing moment as today.

Minister Yang's wife was bumped by Du Juan who rushed in. She said, "Why are you in such a hurry? You are already a relative, why don't you learn to be more steady?"

Minister Yang's wife just complained, but when Du Juan heard this, she turned around and yelled at her: "I just touched you lightly, what's the big deal! You have never liked me for so many times, you just can't stand seeing me do well!"

Minister Yang's wife groaned in disbelief, "Girl, did you take the wrong medicine? You yelled at me? And what do you mean I can't stand seeing you doing well? Whatever you do has nothing to do with me!"

"Alright, alright, alright. As an elder, I don't want to argue with you. I know you are blaming me for your marriage, blaming me for not finding you the person you want. So, I'll just stop caring about this matter. You can find the person you want yourself, or ask your uncle to help you find one. Just don't bother me!"

Minister Yang's wife was really hurt by Du Juan. She knew that she had a bad temper, but she basically never got angry with Du Juan. These women had never treated Du Juan badly in terms of food, clothing and daily expenses, but the ending was still not a good one.

Minister Yang's wife said coldly, "I don't care about your marriage, but I have to inform you of one thing. Your mother wrote to me and said that your grandmother is ill in bed and she can't handle it alone. She wants you to go and help her. You must go next month at the latest."

Du Juan was stunned. Hometown?

Her mother didn't want her to marry into the city. She felt that the distance was too far and she wouldn't be able to help the family. It just sounded nice.

What they said about asking her to go back to her hometown to take care of her grandmother must be to ask her to get married.

This had been mentioned more than once before, but was blocked by her uncle every time.

Thinking of her uncle, Du Juan felt more at ease. With her uncle around, she had nothing to fear.

Minister Yang's wife saw through what she was thinking at a glance, and thought to herself, your uncle really does care about you, but he can't stop you from seizing the opportunity and being picky and refusing to finalize the marriage. How many times can your uncle withstand your mother's pressure?

Minister Yang's wife walked out leisurely. She would not explain all these things to Du Juan.

You ungrateful person, you deserve to be in the city but your fate cannot be changed!

Xiao Zhu wanted to take Cai Yan back to his hometown. Xiao Zheng approved 40 days of leave for Xiao Zhu, and An Hua also gave Cai Yan a long vacation.

Caiyan was worried about her family, "Aunt, there's no one to do the housework. I can't be away for that long."

An Hua said, "It's okay. It's only been a few days. I got through this before you were gone."

Having said that, Caiyan still decided to come earlier and cleaned the house inside and out before leaving.

In the twelfth lunar month, Xiao Zhu and Cai Yan boarded the train of the Zhu family.

Within two days, An Hua felt unwell all over.

This family would be incomplete without Caiyan.

It seems like there are endless dirty clothes to wash and bathrooms to clean at home. Just cooking meals for the whole family and washing so many dishes every day takes several hours.

An Hua and Qiu Shushen were busy together and both felt very tired.

An Hua felt strange. When she first came to join the army, Qiu Shushen was not even here yet. Why didn't she feel tired? Is it because I’m old?

Xiao Zheng said: "There were not many people at home at that time, just the three of us. Dongdong was well behaved and never threw things around. But you see Yuanyuan, she would clean up the house one second and mess up the house the next. I wanted to clean up after her."

An Hua thought it made sense. "Besides, you were there to help me then. Now you are a busy man, and the Xi family is just a hands-off boss. You can't rely on them."

Xiao Zheng touched his nose guiltily, "Isn't it that Caiyan is here..."

An Hua sighed and said, "It seems that Caiyan won't stay in our house for long. You should ask your family to find another one who will follow Caiyan's example."

Xiao Zheng nodded, "Okay."

This year is destined to be a busy one.

Fortunately, Xiao Fangfang knew that Caiyan had left, so she moved in a few days before the new year and helped Anhua with all the housework.

The wheel of time rolled forward again, and on the first day of the first lunar month, Xiao Xiaocui gave birth to another girl.

When the news came out of the delivery room, Gao Zhe, who was anxiously waiting outside the delivery room, collapsed on the ground, then grabbed his hair in frustration and said, "I am so useless..."