Just as Lu Yanzheng was about to reply, the gate to the Lu family courtyard opened, and Shufan and Pan'er ran out.
The two rushed to Jiang Qinyu, each grabbing one of her arms, and shouted in unison, "Auntie!"
"Good boy/girl," Jiang Qinyu said with a smile, patting their heads. "It's too hot. You two should go back now."
The two children had only been out for a short while, and they were already sweating profusely, soaking their foreheads with sweat.
The two of them ignored her, rubbed their little heads against her, and ran to Lu Yanzheng.
"Uncle, you must be tired from your journey. Come in and have some water," Shu Fan said, taking Lu Yanzheng's hand.
Pan'er also took Lu Yanzheng's other hand, "Uncle, it's been so long, have you missed Pan'er?"
Lu Yanzheng smiled and squeezed the two children's hands, saying, "If I said I didn't want to, would you believe me?"
"I don't believe it!" the two answered crisply.
Lu Yanzheng laughed out loud, "Alright, I know you two miss your little white horse. It didn't come back with me this time, but next time you go to the border town, I'll definitely let you ride it around the horse farm a few times."
When Jiang Qinyu saw this scene, she initially thought that the two children had become closer to Lu Yanzheng than to her, but it turned out that it was because of a horse.
That makes sense. The children had wanted Lu Yanzheng to take them horseback riding before. Last time she left alone, Lu Yanzheng must have taken some time to go to the horse farm with the children.
"Oh dear, niece, why don't you come inside when you get back?" Village Chief Li rushed over and greeted Jiang Qinyu and Lu Yanzheng, "Come inside and cool off."
Jiang Qinyu greeted Village Chief Li and the others before being led home by the children.
The various inquiries from Village Chief Li and others were left unanswered.
Chen pulled Jiang Qinyu into the kitchen and asked cautiously, "Eldest daughter-in-law, why did you all come back together? Isn't A-Zheng not allowed to come back so easily?"
“Mother, those people outside the pass withdrew their troops a few days ago. I didn’t have anything to do there, so I thought I’d come back. Brother Zheng also happened to be in Yongshan County on some business, so he came back with me on the way.” Jiang Qinyu said the words she had discussed with Lu Yanzheng.
Given the current situation, Lu Yanzheng could leave at any time, so he naturally couldn't tell the Chen family the truth, otherwise the two elders would worry themselves to death.
Sure enough, upon hearing this, Madam Chen breathed a sigh of relief. "So you're here on business. I'm relieved."
After saying that, she urged Jiang Qinyu to go and rest, while she stayed to cook.
Jiang Qinyu hadn't been tired along the way, and since she was already in the kitchen, how could she let Chen Shi do all the work alone? So she stayed to help as well.
After that, Yunzhu and Hu Po came in, and the women quickly prepared a large table of food, which was just enough for Village Chief Li and Meng Tianze to eat.
After dinner, Yunzhu and Amber went to clean up, while Jiang Qinyu was pulled aside by Chen to talk.
"Eldest daughter-in-law, you and A-Zheng need to hurry up!" Chen said expectantly, holding Jiang Qinyu's hand.
Jiang Qinyu didn't react for a moment, and asked in confusion, "Hold on to what?"
Is it because they're trying to make money quickly?
"You silly child," Chen scolded playfully, "of course you should hurry up and have a child!"
Look how much Madam Ma is obsessed with him. Just because the eldest son doesn't have his own child yet, Madam Ma keeps instigating Lu Tianbao to cause trouble.
According to the laws of the imperial court, regardless of whether the eldest son's family and the second son's family have severed ties, if the eldest son's family has no descendants, then after their deaths, everything belonging to the eldest son's family will indeed belong to Lu Tianbao.
Jiang Qinyu was so embarrassed that she didn't know what to say. She and Lu Yanzheng hadn't consummated their marriage, so how could she possibly have a child?
But she certainly couldn't tell Chen that, so she gave a vague reply and quickly changed the subject, "Mother, did we plant cucumbers? Are there any left?"
Although she also has cucumbers in her system, those are grown in greenhouses and are a product of technology. In reality, they don't taste as good as the cucumbers grown here.
“I don’t have any offspring, so the Wang family sent them to me.” Chen sighed as she spoke of this. “I really didn’t want to take them from them, but Granny Wang kept dropping them off and running away. I returned them to her several times, but she always brought them back…”
They all live in the same village, and besides, the Wang family is different now than before. Even Wang the Cripple has become more diligent. If Chen keeps rejecting the Wang family's advances, the villagers will inevitably think she is heartless.
While it's true that Granny Wang and their family had a feud, the two families never truly reached the point of never speaking to each other again.
In addition, given the changes in the Wang family, and the fact that people in the village were now visiting them, Chen couldn't refuse Granny Wang's kindness.
Jiang Qinyu fell silent upon hearing this.
She heard it from Xiao Wu; that Wang Bo was among those killed when she fired her rocket launcher that day.
Although swords and spears are indiscriminate on the battlefield, and given the circumstances at the time, Wang Bo did indeed die at her hands.
She didn't have any particular feelings, after all, Lu Yanzheng was on the verge of death at the time, and this situation was caused by Wang Bo, so it was understandable that he died at her hands.
Hearing Chen talk about the changes in the Wang family and the changes in Granny Wang still touched Jiang Qinyu's heart.
"Mother, could you please send some things to the Wang family later? They're all things that Zheng and I brought back from the border town," Jiang Qinyu said.
Chen thought she was returning the gift to the Wang family, so she shook her head and said, "You don't need to spend money. I haven't taken anything from them for nothing these days. We don't owe them anything."
"It's alright, I'm not just delivering to her family, everyone in our village is getting some," Jiang Qinyu said with a smile.
She had originally brought some local specialties from the border town to each household in the village, but she hadn't prepared any for Wang Pozi and Lu Yancai's families. Now she was just bringing out a little more.
When it got cooler in the evening, Jiang Qinyu and Chen went from house to house delivering gifts, chatting with each family for a few minutes. Before they knew it, it was already 9 PM.
When Jiang Qinyu returned home, Amber and Aping had already coaxed Pan'er and Shufan to sleep. Yunzhu slept at Chen's place.
"You're back?" Lu Yanzheng came out of the bathroom, his long hair half-dry and draped over his shoulders. He looked at her while drying his hair.
Jiang Qinyu stood there, her gaze fixed on Lu Yanzheng's open chest.
Water droplets from her long hair dripped down her chest, following the muscle lines. As the droplets sank, Jiang Qinyu counted six abs, but it was clear there were more below. It was confirmed that Lu Yanzheng had eight abs.
She unconsciously swallowed, struggled to look away, and ran quickly into the house, shouting, "I'm going to wash up too!"
Jiang Qinyu quickly packed her change of clothes and rushed to the bathroom, not daring to look at Lu Yanzheng once more.
Lu Yanzheng looked down at himself, then looked up and smiled.
So she likes this?
Jiang Qinyu first washed her face with cold water in the bathroom, and after she finished, she suddenly realized something important.
Tonight, she's going to sleep alone in the same bed with Lu Yanzheng?
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