When Jiang Qinyu arrived home, she found that Old Man Lu and Madam Chen were both there.
"Father, Mother, why aren't you resting yet?" Jiang Qinyu looked at the two of them curiously, then glanced around. "Are Shufan and Pan'er asleep?"
Ms. Chen replied, "I've already put them both to sleep."
Jiang Qinyu looked at her in confusion. Since the child had been put to sleep, why hadn't they gone back yet?
Chen patted her hand and said, "We're going back now. Your father and I just wanted to help you clean up Shufan and Pan'er's room so that Azheng won't have nowhere to sleep when he comes back."
Jiang Qinyu: "..." How was she supposed to explain this?
Chen and Old Man Lu went back, and Jiang Qinyu returned to her room, but did not see Shufan and Pan'er.
It's obvious without even thinking that they were relegated to the next room.
Jiang Qinyu went to the next room with no choice but to enter. She saw Shufan and Pan'er lying on a small bed. The two of them opened their eyes when they heard the door open.
Upon seeing her, the two little ones immediately scrambled to their feet and ran to her.
"Auntie, Grandpa and Grandma said Uncle is back. Will he not like us?" Pan'er's eyes were red, and it was clear that she felt extremely insecure after learning that Lu Yanzheng had returned.
Shu Fan calmed down considerably. "Pan'er, Auntie said she wouldn't separate from us. If Uncle doesn't like us, we should just stay away from him."
“Don’t talk nonsense,” Jiang Qinyu looked at the two of them with a wry smile. “It’s his problem if he doesn’t like you. We can just break up with him. There’s no need to make us unhappy.”
Compared to Lu Yanzheng, she is definitely closer to the two children. If he can't tolerate the children, she will ask for a divorce.
As for the life-saving grace that Brother Jiang owed her, what she had done for the Lu family and Dingshui Village during this period was enough to repay that kindness.
Hearing her words, the two children felt relieved, but Pan'er still asked, "Auntie, will my brother and I sleep here from now on?"
"Can you sleep by yourselves?" Jiang Qinyu asked back.
Pan'er's small body trembled slightly, and she bit her lip, saying, "I...I'm scared..."
She saw dead bodies and lots of blood when she came back from the ancestral hall. There were also many injured uncles and elders. It was terrifying...
“If you’re scared, you can sleep with your aunt tonight,” Jiang Qinyu patted her head and led the two of them back to her room. “But you’re both grown up now, so after the Lantern Festival, you and Shufan will have to sleep on your own.”
After the New Year, my two children will be seven years old. Boys and girls shouldn't sit together at seven, so it's time for them to sleep separately.
Of course, this is on the condition that Lu Yanzheng doesn't try to take their spot.
...
Because they had been on edge for most of the night before, and then had to treat the wounded, they hadn't had time to deal with the captured bandits.
In the afternoon, Village Chief Li led Chen Shao and Liu Erleng to send the bandits, who were tied up in a string, to the county government office.
Last night, before Lu Yanzheng left, he told them to send all these people to the county government.
"Stop! Don't you dare leave! Let my Xiaobo go!"
Wang Pozi and her family stumbled over, with Wang the Cripple and Wang's youngest son blocking Li Village Chief's way, while Wang Pozi and her daughter held onto Wang Bo, preventing him from leaving.
Village Chief Li frowned and glared at Wang the Cripple, saying, "What are you doing? Don't waste everyone's time!"
“You arrest bandits if you want, but my Xiaobo hasn’t done anything wrong, why are you arresting him?” Granny Wang shouted at the crowd.
Chen Shao rolled his eyes. "He still says he hasn't done anything wrong? Didn't you hear what Brother Zheng and Brother Qin said last night? Wang Bo is a deserter! Deserters always lose their heads!"
He felt that Brother Zheng must have refrained from killing Wang Bo immediately because they were from the same village. If it were him, he would not tolerate someone who abandoned his companions and ran away, and would have slashed him every time he saw him.
"So what? Xiao Bo must have his reasons!" Granny Wang said unreasonably, hands on her hips. "Besides, he's back now. We're all from the same village. Can't you just pretend you didn't see him?"
Everyone was stunned by her words.
Aunt Qin clicked her tongue and said, "Old Wang, you really don't learn your lesson! Last night, your Wang Bo didn't care about you and ran away to save his own life. Now you're pleading for him? He can't even care about his own mother. Are we keeping him in the village just so he can stab us in the back later?"
"You old hag, don't talk nonsense! What's wrong with Xiao Bo running away to save his own life? If he doesn't let himself live, do you expect me, an old woman with one foot in the coffin, to live? Besides, no matter what he did, he's still my son. I'm happy, what's it to you?" Granny Wang glared at Aunt Qin, finding a reason for Wang Bo.
She was indeed heartbroken when Wang Bo abandoned her and ran away last night, but later she realized that in that situation, it was the right thing for her son to run away. Why should she argue with her son?
It has to be said that Granny Wang's rhetoric once again stunned the people of Dingshui Village.
Jiang Qinyu shook her head as she watched this scene, marveling once again at the diversity of life. There really are all kinds of people in this world!
"Auntie, isn't someone who doesn't even care about his own mother worse than an animal?" Pan'er tilted her head and asked curiously, "Why is Grandma Wang helping him?"
Everyone was awakened by Pan'er's words and started pointing at Wang Bo, discussing the matter.
However, even a child could understand this, but Granny Wang disregarded it all. She glared at Pan'er with disgust and blurted out, "What do you know, you wild brat? You're born of a mother but have no mother to protect you, what do you know! He's my son, even if he kills someone, I will protect him!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Qinyu's expression changed immediately. She stepped forward with a gloomy face and stared coldly at Granny Wang. "Say it again, who is the wild child? And what kind of thing have you protected this time?"
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