Village Chief Li led his men to find Ma and bring her back, exhausting the villagers.

The Meng and Chen families had already prepared ginger soup and medicine to dispel the cold at the ancestral hall. As soon as they returned from the mountain, they immediately gave each of them two bowls.

"Lu Lao Er, hurry up and take your wife back! We can talk about it tomorrow!" Village Chief Li gulped down two bowls of soup and immediately yelled impatiently at Lu Yancai.

Lu Yancai was also quite tired at this moment. Although he felt he had lost out, he didn't say much and took Ma Shi home.

Aping also returned to Jiang Qinyu's courtyard. Jiang Qinyu had gotten dressed and gotten up after hearing the commotion, and asked him what was going on when she saw him.

Aping said, "The person has been found, but I don't think Lu Lao Er will let this go so easily."

Logically speaking, since Lu Yancai is the general's younger brother, they should also address him as Second Master. However, the fact that Lu Yancai and his wife had been arbitrarily making them work made Aping immediately change his attitude towards that family after Jiang Qinyu severed ties with them.

Although he went up the mountain with others tonight, he only searched along with them and didn't contribute much. He didn't say much while drinking the ginger soup, and only observed Lu Yancai and Madam Ma.

Judging from the way Lu Yancai's eyes were darting around, he didn't seem like he would let this go easily.

“He can’t cause any trouble,” Jiang Qinyu said calmly, then nodded to Aping, “You’ve worked hard, go and rest.”

"This is nothing, Madam, please don't say that." A-Ping grinned.

Since nothing was wrong, Jiang Qinyu didn't care anymore and went back to sleep, sleeping soundly until dawn.

The next morning, Jiang Qinyu was woken up early by the noise from next door.

She quickly got dressed and bumped into Yunzhu as soon as she went out.

"Madam, you're awake? Oh dear, you must go and see! I've never seen such a shameless person before, really... I'm so angry for Aunt Qin!" Yunzhu said angrily.

Seeing how angry she was, Jiang Qinyu asked with amusement, "What's wrong?"

She had some suspicions in her mind, but she didn't know to what extent.

"Lu Yancai and his family of three are lying down at Aunt Qin's doorstep, insisting that Aunt Qin compensate them. They won't get up unless they get it." Yunzhu rolled her eyes. She had never seen such people before.

Jiang Qinyu raised an eyebrow, "Are Chen Shao and Chen Hong just going to let them make such a scene?"

"Don't even mention it. Lu Yancai and the other two each had a knife. If anyone got close to them, they would either chop them up or put the knife to their own necks," Yunzhu said through gritted teeth.

Jiang Qinyu was stunned. Was this even possible?

As they were talking, Jiang Qinyu had already started eating breakfast with Shufan and Pan'er.

"You cry so horribly," Shufan muttered, frowning slightly.

Jiang Qinyu looked at him amusedly, "What's wrong?"

"Auntie, my brother was talking about Lu Tianbao. He cried so horribly outside that I couldn't even eat properly," Pan'er pouted.

Jiang Qinyu chuckled and ruffled the little girl's hair. "I think you're not that you don't enjoy your food, but rather that you don't want to eat, right?"

Since the family no longer lacked food and drink, Pan'er has started to become a picky eater.

Aside from the meals she cooked herself, this girl would criticize anything cooked by anyone else.

Of course, she was very smart and never said it in front of others, but only complained to her in private that the food was not good and she could not eat it.

Jiang Qinyu was often busy and couldn't cook every meal, especially after Yunzhu and the others arrived, when Yunzhu and Amber took over the cooking duties.

Just like this morning, she slept in late, so naturally Yunzhu made breakfast.

"Auntie understands her best." Shu Fan smiled and glanced at Pan'er, then picked up a piece of scrambled eggs for her.

Scrambled eggs were Pan'er's least favorite food. When she saw the scrambled eggs in the bowl, her little face fell, and she looked at Shu Fan with a mournful expression, saying, "Brother, are you getting worse and worse?"

"Eggs are nutritious. If you don't eat them, you won't grow tall. Don't blame me for not waiting for you later," Shu Fan said seriously.

The two are twins, a boy and a girl, and they usually do almost everything in sync. However, recently Shufan's height is trending towards surpassing Pan'er's, which is why the little girl is nervous about her height.

Jiang Qinyu watched them bicker with a smile, neither taking sides nor urging Pan'er to finish the eggs in her bowl.

Because she knew that no matter how picky Pan'er was about food, she would not waste any.

The three aunt and niece finished breakfast in no time. The noise outside the courtyard grew louder and louder. Jiang Qinyu thought of Chen Shi and Old Man Lu, so she went out as well.

Shufan and Pan'er quickly followed, each holding one of her hands.

As they came out, they overheard Lu Yancai yelling at Old Man Lu and Madam Chen, "What kind of parents are you? Your own daughter-in-law is in trouble, and you keep siding with outsiders! Am I not your biological daughter?"

Old Man Lu and Madam Chen were stunned for a moment when they heard this. Old Man Lu quickly realized what was happening, grabbed a stick from outside the Chen family's courtyard wall, and struck Lu Yancai.

"I'll beat you to death, you bastard!" Old Lu was furious and kept repeating this sentence.

Lu Yancai acted recklessly and hysterically in front of Aunt Qin, but he didn't dare to do that when facing Old Man Lu, because Old Man Lu seemed to have lost his mind.

Chen wiped away her tears and slapped her thigh repeatedly, "They're so heartless! How hard did it take for Lao Lu and me to raise him? He's never been a good person. How much money has the family spent just cleaning up his messes? If he's not our biological son, then whose is?"

"Dad, Dad! Stop hitting me! I...I was wrong! I..." Lu Yancai begged for mercy after being hit a few times, howling and running around.

Upon seeing this, Madam Ma could no longer remain still. She grabbed Lu Tianbao and tried to take sides.

"My God! What kind of father beats his son like this? Tianbao's father, run!" Ma shouted as she chased after him, having already forgotten what she had promised God before she was found last night.

Aunt Qin's family was just getting ready to give Lu Yancai's family a hard time, but as soon as they came out, they saw Lu Yancai being chased and beaten by Old Man Lu, with Ma Shi and Lu Tianbao chasing after them.

The Chen family members looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Old Lu is such a good man!" Chen Shao's father exclaimed.

Chen Shao nodded in agreement, "Uncle Lu is indeed a good person, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to teach someone like Brother Zheng."

Jiang Qinyu glanced at the Chen family, her expression a mix of emotions.

This morning's farce also came to an end, and everyone quickly dispersed.

Half an hour later, Jiang Qinyu heard that Old Man Lu and Madam Chen had returned home, and only then did she get up and go to the next room.

With Lu Yanzheng away, she needed to pay more attention to the two elderly people. Since Lu Yanzheng had said those things to them before, she felt it was only right and proper for her to offer them some words of comfort.

The gate to the Lu family's courtyard was not closed, so Jiang Qinyu went straight into the main house.

As soon as she entered, she heard Chen sobbing, "Old man, I'm so sorry. If I hadn't been unable to have children, you wouldn't have had a child like our second son..."

Jiang Qinyu was stunned. Chen Shi couldn't have children?