"Shh... Keep your voice down!" Granny Wang looked around nervously and whispered sharply, "Don't talk nonsense! Ah Zheng and his wife are good people, how could your brother have been killed by them?"
Wang Jinhua stamped her foot, "Mother, why do you think so highly of their family now? Wasn't my eldest brother kidnapped by Lu Yanzheng? Isn't it normal for him to die at his hands?"
"It's not that I think highly of them, it's just that they are good people to begin with. Otherwise, how could you have lived such a good life with your family these past two years?" Granny Wang firmly refused to believe it. "Daughter, listen to your mother, don't cause any trouble, okay?"
In previous years, she caused too much trouble, which ruined the family's life. Now that the family has finally gotten back on track, we can't afford to cause any more problems.
Wang Jinhua was so anxious she wanted to slap her mother twice. Her eyes were red. "Oh, Mother, why don't you think about it? Our family and their family have a history of conflict. I think it's absolutely true that they killed my brother!"
Lu Yanzheng's family is powerful and influential now. If her family uses her older brother as an excuse to ask for benefits, wouldn't their family's life be able to improve even further?
But her mother is so stubborn, it's driving her crazy!
“No, he wouldn’t,” Granny Wang shook her head again, but her eyes were starting to waver. “A-Zheng wouldn’t do such a thing…”
Wang Jinhua continued, "Mother, I know my elder brother made a mistake in the army, but it wasn't a crime punishable by death, was it? But Lu Yanzheng killed my brother, shouldn't he give our family some compensation? I've heard that when someone dies in battle, they get compensation!"
Granny Wang's heart tightened. "I don't want anyone to pay me compensation, but I don't want your elder brother to have been murdered..."
She thought of her eldest son, Wang Bo, who was the most capable person in their Wang family, but now he was gone, and she hadn't even seen his remains.
Thinking of this, Granny Wang couldn't help but burst into tears.
Seeing her wavering, Wang Jinhua's eyes darted around, and she whispered, "Mother, how about this? Later, you can secretly go and ask Lu Yanzheng's wife. We don't care about anything else, we just want to find out how my brother died. What do you say?"
Upon hearing this, Granny Wang thought it made sense. She wasn't trying to pursue anything or being unreasonable, so asking shouldn't be a problem, right?
...
Jiang Qinyu was completely unaware of what Granny Wang and her daughter were thinking. She chatted with the village aunties, women, and girls all night long, feeling incredibly relaxed.
Shufan and Pan'er went wild with fun, and even Shufan, who usually seemed mature and steady, looked like a real eight-year-old child.
Grandpa Lu and Qin Ziyi were equally engrossed. They listened with great interest to Village Chief Li and Grandpa Jiang recounting Jiang Qinyu's great achievements.
Qin Ziyi patted Old Master Lu on the shoulder, "Old Lu, you have a good eye! This girl is amazing!"
“That’s right,” Old Master Lu said with a proud look, “Don’t you even know who she looks like?”
Qin Ziyi was speechless. "You don't resemble anyone else at all."
Village Chief Li was inviting the two to drink fruit wine again, and the cheerful voices of the old men at the table carried far away.
At Jiang Qinyu's table, Meng Tianze's wife, Yuan, pulled Jiang Qinyu aside and said with emotion, "Sister-in-law, our village's good life today is all thanks to you and Azheng. You are our great benefactors!"
"Sister-in-law, you're too kind. This is the result of everyone's hard work. We just did what we were supposed to do," Jiang Qinyu said modestly.
Madam Yuan deliberately glared at him, but her eyes were full of laughter. "You can't say that. Everyone knows perfectly well what's going on. Do you think you can just say it's not true just because you say so?"
Jiang Qinyu didn't want to argue with her about this, so she immediately started talking to her about other topics.
In the midst of the revelry, Village Chief Li stood on the platform in front of the ancestral hall and announced, "Now that A-Zheng's wife is back, let's move into the new house tomorrow!"
"Okay, okay, we'll move tomorrow!"
"I had someone calculate it, and tomorrow is an auspicious day for moving. Let's all move into our new home together!"
"..."
The villagers cheered and made the atmosphere even more lively that night.
Jiang Qinyu had no reason to object. Her family had already arranged for people to move into the new house tonight, so naturally they wanted to move in as soon as possible.
She went home that afternoon and saw that Chen Xiuer was really ruthless. She burned her house to the ground, and even though the villagers had rebuilt it, she could still see how terrible it was.
It's a pity that the water pipes she installed for her home are all gone now.
Fortunately, she had also designed the new house; otherwise, even if Chen Xiuer died, she would still go to her grave to curse her.
Moreover, the villagers managed to salvage all of her belongings. Apart from the house being burned down, everything else was still there, which offered her some comfort.
As the excitement subsided and everyone went home, Jiang Qinyu was pulled aside for a few more words, so she ended up at the very back.
She had just seen one of her aunties off when she saw Granny Wang hesitantly walking towards her.
The grudges between the Lu family and Granny Wang had been settled, and Granny Wang had taken the initiative to make amends. Moreover, she hadn't done anything detrimental to the village or the Lu family in recent days, so Jiang Qinyu no longer kept a stern face when she saw Granny Wang.
"Um... Ah Zheng's wife, I, I..." Granny Wang stammered, her eyes darting around, "I want to ask you something."
Seeing this, Jiang Qinyu assumed that something was wrong, so she smiled and said, "Auntie, just say what you need to say. There's nothing to be ashamed of."
Seeing that Jiang Qinyu's attitude was natural and didn't seem guilty at all about killing Wang Bo, Granny Wang started to back down. "Uh, actually, it wasn't..."
“Lu Yanzheng’s family,” Wang Jinhua suddenly jumped out from behind Granny Wang, looking at Jiang Qinyu with an unfriendly gaze, “My mother wants to ask you, how exactly did my eldest brother die?”
When Granny Wang heard her ask the question, she could only awkwardly look at Jiang Qinyu and say, "Yes, yes, Azheng's wife, I just wanted to ask how my Wang Bo died. Do you know about this?"
The wind was strong at night, and the weather was cold. Jiang Qinyu's hands were already tucked into her sleeves. When she heard the question from the Wang family mother and daughter, her hands tightened, and the string in her heart also tightened suddenly.
But she still wore a gentle smile, and neither the Wang mother nor daughter noticed that the smile froze for a moment. "Auntie, Wang Bo was taken to the border town to be disciplined by the military and eventually died on the battlefield. But since it was a military matter, I don't know the specifics."
Strange, why would the Wang family suddenly ask about Wang Bo's cause of death? Did they discover something?
Strictly speaking, Wang Bo was killed by her with a single shot, so he died at her hands, but he deserved it.
At that time, Wang Bo was captured by the fifth prince of the Western Qiang and helped the Western Qiang people to create rudimentary gunpowder weapons. Those gunpowder weapons almost helped the Western Qiang people conquer the border city. Wang Bo can be said to have truly become a traitor, and it would be fitting that she killed him.
"Are you trying to cover something up for your Lu Yanzheng? Did you two kill my older brother?" Wang Jinhua suddenly asked, her eyes fixed on Jiang Qinyu.
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