Yu Hanyan has disappeared.

Since receiving the news that day, Lu Yanzheng searched all night but couldn't find her. The people near the house he rented for her also said they hadn't heard any noise coming from her yard.

Lu Yanzheng posted missing person notices in the city, but ten days passed and there was still no news. It was as if Yu Hanyan and her servant had vanished into thin air.

Xiao Wu had searched the general's mansion for ten days without success, and now he returned home listless.

"You brat, who are you trying to impress with this act?" Uncle Chen couldn't stand him like this and glared at him with disdain. "That woman did all those things, and you're still siding with her. Be careful the general finds out and kicks you out too!"

Xiao Wu seemed to have grown up overnight, and with a wry smile, he said, "Uncle Chen, I don't have anything against them. I just want to make sure they are safe, since we've known each other for a while."

Although there is no danger in the city with a general, who can say for sure what will happen? If Yu Hanyan and her servant are injured by villains, he is willing to help if he can.

Uncle Chen punched him in the back in annoyance, "You think you can forget about all the friendships you've built up over the years, but don't you even know if they care about you? Here you go."

As he spoke, he shoved a set of clothes into Xiao Wu's hands.

"This is..." Xiao Wu was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up with joy, "Isn't this the cotton-padded coat that Uncle Chen and you all have?"

He had seen Uncle Chen and the others' cotton-padded coats before, saying that the madam had them made. Everyone else had them, but he and Yu Hanyan, the mistress and servant, did not. At the time, he had even thought that the madam was stingy.

“It was all made for us by the madam, you should cherish your blessings! Where else can you find a mistress who treats us as well as the madam? That woman is just an outsider after all, you should wake up!” Uncle Chen shook his head.

Sometimes he wondered if Xiao Wu was bewitched by someone, why was he so stubborn?

Upon hearing that Jiang Qinyu had done it, Xiao Wu immediately showed a look of shame on his face. "Thank you for remembering me, Madam. I know it was my fault. I will definitely do my job well in the future and never bring shame to the General's Mansion!"

"Oh, it's good that you remember. Go back and rest, you still have work to do later!" Uncle Chen patted his shoulder and said.

...

Jiang Qinyu had no say in this matter, nor did she want to; she simply focused on doing her own thing well.

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Qinyu had been in the border town for over a month.

Now, the sweet potato breeding grounds by the river have been directly converted into planting bases.

Drain the water from the breeding ditch, remove the hydroponic breeding rack, bury the sweet potatoes with roots in the ground, and a large area of ​​sweet potatoes is planted.

In addition, the sweet potato seedlings that sprouted from each sweet potato were carefully transplanted to other fields.

It can be said that the 10,000 jin of sweet potatoes brought by Jiang Qinyu and her group were used very effectively.

For the past two weeks, the enemy forces outside the city have made no move. It's unclear whether they are harboring some malicious intentions or have been intimidated by the explosives that the border troops have been testing on the city walls from time to time.

That's right. Jiang Qinyu's suggestion to Lu Yanzheng was that since the Ordnance Bureau was going to conduct explosion experiments anyway when developing gunpowder, why not move the experiments to the city wall and throw bombs out every day to give the enemy scouts a little shock?

Lu Yanzheng has been very busy lately, and he even took Jiang Qinyu to the Ordnance Bureau twice at night for guidance.

Jiang Qinyu is quite familiar with directional blasting and has her own insights into the amount of gunpowder used. She was unwilling to tell the people of Dingshui Village before because she was afraid that they would not know their limits and cause some accidents. Now she does not have this concern about the people from the Ordnance Supervision Bureau.

With her help, the ordnance bureau quickly produced stable and qualified gunpowder weapons.

Of course, there are some things that will not be shown to the enemy in advance.

That morning, when Jiang Qinyu got up, she saw that Lu Yanzheng was still in the house and asked in surprise, "Why haven't you left yet?"

Lu Yanzheng was leaning against the window reading a book when he heard this. He couldn't help but smile and look over, "Does Madam want me to go out that much?"

Jiang Qinyu was dazzled by his smile, and after a moment of absentmindedness, she replied awkwardly, "I've just gotten used to not seeing you..."

"Oh?" Lu Yanzheng raised an eyebrow. "Then from now on, shall I wait until Madam is up before going out?"

Hearing this, Jiang Qinyu felt her cheeks burning. She immediately threw off the covers and got out of bed, changing the subject as she went, "Is the weather getting warmer? I'll go check on the fields in a bit..."

Lu Yanzheng looked at her amusedly, but didn't say anything. He simply called Yunzhu in to tidy up the house.

“I’ll have Uncle Chen pick two more maids for you; Yunzhu alone is still too few,” Lu Yanzheng said to Jiang Qinyu.

Jiang Qinyu neatly tied her hair up and quickly refused, saying, "No need. I've been out for so long. Once I'm sure the sweet potatoes in the field are all grown well, I'll go back."

She couldn't possibly bring her maid back with her, could she? No villager uses a maid; she'd become the village's laughingstock.

"Go back?" Lu Yanzheng was taken aback. "Why go back?"

His question left Jiang Qinyu completely bewildered. "Shouldn't I go back? That's my home!"

Lu Yanzheng: "..."

Seeing that the two were getting increasingly agitated, Yunzhu quickly finished tidying up and immediately took her leave. "This servant takes her leave. General and Madam, please hurry to the main hall for breakfast, it won't taste good if it gets cold."

After saying that, she quickly retreated.

Lu Yanzheng walked up behind Jiang Qinyu and saw that she had tidied her clothes and hair before slowly speaking, "Qinqin, we are husband and wife."

"Uh, I know." Jiang Qinyu's heart suddenly raced. She lowered her eyes, not even having the courage to look Lu Yanzheng in the bronze mirror.

She didn't know what she was afraid of; she just felt helpless.

Seeing that she was already twisting her hair with her fingers, Lu Yanzheng sighed helplessly after a long while and said, "Since we are husband and wife, we should naturally live together."

“But we…” Jiang Qinyu didn’t say these words aloud.

Lu Yanzheng suddenly put his hand on her shoulder, turned her body around so that she was facing him.

Jiang Qinyu was forced to meet his gaze, and looking into his serious eyes, she felt very guilty.

"Qinqin, although I have no memories of the past, I want to tell you something, putting everything aside." Lu Yanzheng stared into her eyes, speaking with utmost solemnity, word by word, "I love you."

I love you.

The sudden confession, those simple four words, struck Jiang Qinyu's heart with a heavy blow.

She never thought she would find a partner in this era, and at first she even thought it was great not to have a husband.

However, Lu Yanzheng's appearance later disrupted her original plan. Fortunately, Lu Yanzheng was not an unacceptable person, so she came to the border town.

Now, this person tells her that he loves her.

People in ancient times were reserved; they wouldn't express their liking or love verbally, but would instead use the phrase "heartfelt joy" to express it.

"Don't go back, okay?" Lu Yanzheng suddenly hugged her and whispered his plea in her ear.