Not long after, Meng Tianze and Chen Shao arrived. Under Lu Yanzheng's deliberate guidance, they recounted in great detail what had happened that night on Qinggang Mountain.

“At that time, we were surrounded by those bandits. It was my younger brother and sister-in-law who used explosives to blow them away, which gave us the ability to fight back.”

Meng Tianze didn't know what a Molotov cocktail was, but he had seen the explosives Jiang Qinyu had made, so when she talked about the explosion that night, he assumed it was explosives.

“Yes, Brother Zheng, Sister-in-law Lu not only knows how to make explosives, but her skills are also not much worse than ours. The three of us worked together and none of us got hurt!” Chen Shao added.

Lu Yanzheng asked calmly, "Where did you find the grain back then, and who found it?"

“This…” Meng Tianze scratched his head, “I don’t remember very clearly, but the person who found the most grain was also my sister-in-law. If it weren’t for her, we wouldn’t have been able to find the bandits’ secret room and the cellar under the stables.”

Chen Shao suddenly interjected, "When Uncle Village Chief and the others went up the mountain, Sister-in-law Lu was searching for grain in the village. She took longer than I did. I guess that's how she found so much."

Hearing this, Lu Yanzheng roughly understood what had happened that night when the people of Dingshui Village went to Qinggang Mountain to steal grain.

In the kitchen, Chen asked Ma to wash the dishes, while she and Jiang Qinyu tidied up the kitchen, including organizing the woodpile.

"Mother, you're so biased! You make me do the dishes, so my sister-in-law doesn't have to soak her hands in the water," Ma said indignantly.

Chen didn't even look at her. "If you don't want to work here, take Tianbao back now and don't come here again, and don't go looking for Azheng or the eldest son's family."

There's no real difference between washing dishes and cleaning the kitchen; Ma insists on arguing about which is more tiring, which is just making trouble out of nothing.

And don't think she can't see it; Madam Ma has definitely set her sights on Ah Zheng's current status and might even want to get some benefits out of the eldest son and his wife.

Upon hearing this, Ma choked and glared at Jiang Qinyu with resentment.

They're both women, so why is it that Jiang can marry a good man like Lu Yanzheng, while she can only live with that good-for-nothing Lu Yancai?

At this moment, Madam Ma completely forgot that she herself had chosen Lu Yancai and even orchestrated the marriage into the Lu family.

Jiang Qinyu ignored Ma Shi. She had heard Shu Fan being sent to call for help, and she was feeling uncertain at the moment.

What does Lu Yanzheng want to know? Why did he specifically call someone to his house for questioning?

"Eldest daughter-in-law," Madam Chen said to Jiang Qinyu in a low voice as she appeared beside her, "Have you prepared A-Zheng's clothes and everything else?"

"Huh?" Jiang Qinyu was taken aback. "What clothes?"

Madam Chen gave her a reproachful look. "You silly girl, your man is coming back and you're not even going to prepare a change of clothes for him? I noticed that A-Zheng doesn't have any luggage or anything, so he'll naturally have to wear his old clothes while he's staying at home these days. Didn't I give them all to you?"

When the family divided their property, Lu Yanzheng naturally gave all his belongings to Jiang Qinyu.

Hearing this, Jiang Qinyu finally understood what Chen meant, and immediately forced a smile, feeling a little guilty, "Mother, don't worry, everything is prepared."

What is she preparing for? Lu Yanzheng is not even in her life plan, okay? But she can't say this to Madam Chen.

However, she has a habit of taking out all the bedding and clothes in the house to air them out when the sun is shining. Of course, she also aired out Lu Yanzheng's old clothes, which can now be worn directly and still have the smell of sunshine.

"That's good," Madam Chen smiled. "You two haven't seen each other for so many years, so you must cherish the opportunity to meet. Especially now that A-Zheng is serving in the military, he will definitely have to go back. You should make the most of the time you spend with him and try to have a son or daughter as soon as possible, so that you will have someone to rely on in the future."

These words left Jiang Qinyu dumbfounded. So now she doesn't have to face pressure to get married, but instead she's being pressured to have children?

This matter was destined to disappoint the Chen family, so Jiang Qinyu didn't reply and pretended to be shy, lowering her head.

Anyway, there's no way she could have anything with Lu Yanzheng.

Thinking that Jiang Qinyu had taken it to heart, Chen quickly tidied up the kitchen and finished in no time.

But when she looked up, she saw that Ma hadn't finished washing the dishes yet, and immediately frowned and shouted at Ma, "Second son's wife, what are you doing? You haven't finished washing these dishes yet?"

Madam Ma had been listening intently to Chen and Jiang Qinyu's conversation and had forgotten that she was still washing dishes. Now, being scolded by Chen, she quickly sped up her work and said to Chen with a fawning smile, "I'm done washing them now, Mother, please don't be angry."

Chen snorted irritably and pulled Jiang Qinyu out.

At this moment, many people from the village came to Old Lu's house and were talking to Lu Yanzheng in the main room.

As Jiang Qinyu approached, she vaguely heard them talking about the night they robbed grain at Qinggang Mountain, and her heart skipped a beat.

What's going on? Why are they talking about what happened that day?

"Hey, sister-in-law, I was just talking about you. Come here, tell A-Zheng, how come your brain works like this? How do you come up with so many ideas?" Meng Tianze said to Jiang Qinyu with a smile.

Jiang Qinyu was completely numb. She was already feeling guilty, and now she dared not say anything. She greeted everyone in the room and then said, "Brother Meng, it's getting late. I have to take Shufan and Pan'er back to sleep."

“That’s true, the children need to sleep well to grow well. You should go now.” Meng Tianze didn’t think much of it.

Jiang Qinyu turned her gaze and met Lu Yanzheng's eyes. She nodded to him somewhat awkwardly, then called Shufan and Pan'er, who were playing in the yard, to go home.

While everyone in the main room was still talking about what had happened in Dingshui Village over the past few months, Lu Yanzheng's mind was no longer on them.

From these people, Lu Yanzheng came to a rather ominous conclusion: the missing batch of grain and salary might be related to Jiang Qinyu.

Old Lu yawned, and Meng Tianze and the others realized that time had passed, so they all got up to say goodbye.

“Ah Zheng, let’s go to the mountains and have a competition again sometime. Your brother Meng hasn’t lost his hunting skills these past few years!” Meng Tianze patted Lu Yanzheng on the shoulder.

Lu Yanzheng already knew about his relationship with Meng Tianze, so he humbly said, "Brother Meng, you're joking. You taught me all my hunting skills, so naturally I can't compare to you."

"Haha, what are you being modest about? Alright, we're heading back now. We'll talk again another day." Meng Tianze laughed as he left.

Old Lu yawned and got up. "Ah Zheng, you should go and rest too. We can talk about it tomorrow."

Lu Yanzheng nodded and casually asked, "Where is my room?"

“Of course it’s the neighbor’s yard!” Old Lu said matter-of-factly. “Our family has split up. You and your wife go back to sleep here. Your mother and I don’t have a room for you.”

Lu Yanzheng: "..."

After a fierce internal struggle, Lu Yanzheng still went to the neighboring courtyard.