Village Chief Li was completely oblivious to Lu Yanzheng's expression and excitedly said to himself, "If it weren't for your wife making us stay, we might have already fled to escape the famine. Luckily we didn't. Look at this land, isn't it wonderful!"

Meng Tianze also said, "We really owe a lot to my sister-in-law. She was the one who led us into the mountains to find food and water, and she also led us on the hunt. Azheng, you weren't there at the time. If you had been there, you would definitely have been shocked by the scene."

"Yes, forty-nine sheep! And tigers, wild boars, hyenas and stuff. If it weren't for Sister-in-law Lu keeping us calm, we wouldn't have been able to get so much stuff," Chen Shao added.

The prey obtained from that hunt brought a large amount of supplies to Dingshui Village; otherwise, the villagers wouldn't have survived until the next harvest.

Lu Yanzheng could see that everyone in Dingshui Village spoke highly of Jiang Qinyu and could recount in detail every single thing she had done with them.

But it was precisely because of this that he was even more unsure whether that batch of military pay had anything to do with Jiang Qinyu.

He has other things to do right now, so this matter can only be put on hold for the time being.

Lu Yanzheng composed himself and said to Village Chief Li, "Uncle Village Chief, I'd like to borrow a few people from you to go into the mountains."

"Go into the mountains?" Village Chief Li was slightly taken aback. "Ah Zheng, you also want to take people hunting?"

He thought that Lu Yanzheng had heard how capable Jiang Qinyu was and was afraid of being outshone by his wife, so he wanted to bring people into the mountains to regain his face.

Lu Yanzheng shook his head and said, "We came from the Western Qiang region, crossing the Yunshan Mountains. There are about a hundred people behind us. They are injured and can't walk fast, so Qin Shen and I went ahead to scout the way before going to meet them."

Unexpectedly, when they reached Dingshui Village, they encountered bandits looting the village, and he took the opportunity to deal with Zhu Youcai.

"You came from the Western Qiang?" Village Chief Li looked at him in surprise.

If Lu Yanzheng and his group go to Xiqiang, it's undoubtedly to fight against the Xiqiang people. This is a major event to protect their homeland and country, and it deserves our respect.

Village Chief Li pondered for a moment, then seemed to have made a decision, "How about this, A-Zheng, I'll prepare some water and dry food, and you take Doctor Gu with you. Let's go to the mountains to pick up the people first, and we'll talk about the rest later."

Dr. Gu is the old doctor that Chen Shao brought back to seek refuge in Dingshui Village. Currently, his family is temporarily settled in the ancestral hall.

"Thank you, Uncle Village Chief." Lu Yanzheng clasped his hands in thanks. "But we don't need water and dry food. Judging by their pace, they should be less than a day's journey from Dingshui Village."

Dr. Gu can be brought along, just in case of emergencies.

"Alright, I'll send someone to fetch Doctor Gu right away." Village Chief Li hurried off.

Lu Yanzheng also walked back with Meng Tianze and Chen Shao.

“Ah Zheng, let me go with you. I’m quite familiar with Yunshan.” Meng Tianze offered.

Chen Shao quickly chimed in, "Me too, Brother Zheng. Before the irrigation canal was repaired, we had to carry water from the mountains for several days. We all know that area well."

"Qin Shen and I passed through a valley and saw that more than ten acres of wasteland had been reclaimed..." Lu Yanzheng suddenly remembered this and began to speak.

Chen Shao laughed and said, "Brother Zheng, we opened that too. Grandpa Jiang and the others said there was water there and the soil was quite fertile, so they couldn't bear to leave the land barren and led us to open up that area."

Lu Yanzheng nodded, "I see."

The people of Dingshui Village are indeed different from outsiders; even under these circumstances, they still yearn to farm.

Fifteen minutes later, Lu Yanzheng led a dozen or so people toward Yunshan.

Jiang Qinyu returned home with a heavy heart. Chen was cooking, and the two children were playing a word recognition game in the yard.

She went into the kitchen and said, "Mom, I'm home."

"Perfect timing, come help with the fire, the food in the pot will be ready soon," Chen said with a smile.

Jiang Qinyu walked over and asked casually, "Hasn't Brother Zheng come back yet?"

"No, he said he was going out for a walk with the village chief, but he just took Meng Tianze and the others into the mountains. He said he wouldn't be eating at home for lunch. I don't know what's going on," Chen sighed upon hearing this.

Jiang Qinyu raised an eyebrow. They couldn't possibly be going into the mountains at this time to look for the lost military pay, could they?

However, this matter is not relevant to her for the time being. She has nothing to do in the afternoon, so she can take this opportunity to study the unlocking problem of the second layer of the system.

After lunch, Jiang Qinyu took Shufan and Pan'er back to the neighboring courtyard.

The two children obediently washed their hands and feet and went to take a nap. Jiang Qinyu moved a rattan chair to the grass pavilion in the yard, lay down on it, covered herself with a thin blanket, and hid her face with a fan.

The days without children were leisurely, with sunlight dappling Jiang Qinyu and chasing away the chill of early spring.

It's easiest to feel sleepy at times like this, but Jiang Qinyu's consciousness had already entered the system.

When the entire first floor of the supermarket was unlocked last time, the system issued a new task, requiring the completion of one thousand transactions in the transaction system in order to qualify for unlocking the second floor of the supermarket.

Jiang Qinyu checked her online store backend these past two days and found that all the items she had previously listed had sold out, with a total of 185 transactions.

However, her task progress showed 285 transactions, which means that her purchase of items from the store also counted as a transaction.

Jiang Qinyu glanced at her points and immediately gave up the idea of ​​grinding for more tasks.

Even with the 5,000 points the system gave her, she only has less than 7,000 points in total. She doesn't know where she'll need to spend a lot of points in the future, so it's definitely better to save them for now.

However, these points were enough for her to unlock the slots for purchasing items in both online stores.

Jiang Qinyu spent two thousand points without hesitation, and two more items immediately appeared on the shop's purchase page.

"Huh?" Jiang Qinyu removed the fan from her face, looking at the new product in her mind with surprise. "I can understand the basic medicine, but what does this upgradeable weaponry mean?"

The system describes the basic medication as follows: 【It can treat all basic diseases.】

That's all.

The description of upgradeable military equipment is as follows: [The military equipment will be replaced based on the quantity of military supplies purchased by the host.]

This left Jiang Qinyu completely confused. The main question was, what kind of military equipment did she want?

Wait, the system wouldn't do this for no reason. Could it be... that war is about to break out?

Jiang Qinyu frowned, her face turning somewhat grim. She didn't want to flee the famine precisely to avoid the war, and now even the system was prompting her to prepare military supplies. Could it be that the situation outside was already extremely bad?

No, this is very important. When Lu Yanzheng comes back, she must ask him about it.

With Lu Yanzheng not home, Jiang Qinyu continued to study the system tasks. Since there were new products, she had to buy them and see what they were.

Jiang Qinyu tentatively bought one of each, and then looked at the medicine and a brand-new entrenching tool that had appeared in her hand after spending 100 points. Jiang Qinyu's lips twitched.

Military supplies are just entrenching tools? That's outrageous!