If Zhao Xiaohua and the others hadn't seen that their children had to go to school, they wouldn't have come here so early in the morning.

They thought of coming earlier in the morning, staying a little longer, and going back in the afternoon.

This way they would avoid coming home late and worrying about the children who are the only ones at home.

"You guys are all at work, so what do the kids eat for lunch?" When Lu Qingyan heard what her second sister-in-law said, she suddenly remembered that the kids were in school and couldn't possibly have time to come.

"Let's get up in the morning and make more food. When the children come back from school at noon, they can just heat it up and eat it themselves." Zhao Xiaohua said nonchalantly.

Because all the rural people have gone through this, and young men like Gangzi, who are in their teens, are capable of doing anything.

It's just a simple hot meal, and it's still simple for them.

"Yes, in the blink of an eye, the child has grown up and can do any job." Lu Qingyan said with emotion.

"Yes, life is really hard these days. It's been half a year since we came here." Zhao Xiaohua couldn't help but sigh when she heard her sister-in-law's sigh.

In this way, several people chatted enthusiastically in the yard. When it was noon, Zhao Xiaohua and Liu Fang took the initiative to cook.

Gu Mingze came back from get off work at noon and heard a noisy sound coming from his home from afar. He knew someone was coming.

He quickened his pace and entered the yard, greeting Lu Qingshan and the others: "Big brother, second brother, big sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, when did you come? Come on, sit down and eat, no need to wait for me."

"It doesn't take too long. Go wash up and we'll eat together." Lu Qingshan and the others were waiting for Gu Mingze to get off work at noon so they could eat together. Otherwise, they would have eaten long ago.

"Okay then. I'll be right back." Hearing this, Gu Mingze quickly went to wash his hands and came over, inviting everyone to start eating.

After the group finished their meal, Gu Mingze sat there and chatted with Lu Qingshan and the others for a while before getting up and preparing to go back to work.

"Mingze, my brother and his men came here on foot this morning. They will be leaving soon. Can you borrow my car to take them part of the way?" Lu Qingyan knew that it was not good to always use the official car, but this unit was too far from the city.

She didn't know how long it would take for her elder brother and second brother to go back, so she asked Gu Mingze to think of a way to see if he could borrow a car to take her elder brother and others.

"No, no, Mingze, you should go back to work and don't worry about us. It's just a short distance, we can go back and chat while walking, and we will be in the city in a while." After hearing what his younger sister said, Lu Qinglin waved his hand at Gu Mingze, telling him not to worry about them.

Besides, government cars are for public use, so how can they always be used for personal purposes?

If this is used all the time, it would be bad if others saw it and it would affect Gu Mingze.

"It's okay, second brother, you just wait here. I'll get to the camp and ask Zhang Maolin to drive over to take you back." Gu Mingze thought it was okay, so he asked his eldest and second uncles to wait here, and he would send someone to take them back in a while.

After saying this, he felt it was getting late, so he quickly said hello and turned to leave.

"Little sister, forget it this time, but don't bother Mingze again next time. It's okay once or twice, but if you always use a public car, people will say something weird if they see you." Lu Qinglin waited until Gu Mingze left before taking the opportunity to speak to Lu Qingyan.

"I just felt sorry for you because it took you so long to get home. I won't do it again next time. Please don't blame me." Lu Qingyan knew that her second brother was doing this for their own good, but she didn't want to listen to him lecturing her, so she pretended to be impatient and said

"Mom, look at my little sister. She's obviously been spoiled by you guys." Seeing his little sister's behavior, Lu Qinglin said to his mother.

"I'm the only one who spoiled him, so what? What's your opinion?" Mother Lu said unhappily after hearing what her second son said.

"How dare I object to this?" Lu Qinglin couldn't afford to offend his mother, so he shut up and said nothing.

To avoid being criticized for whatever you say, it’s better not to say anything at all.

Seeing his own embarrassing look, Lu Qingshan smiled and changed the subject, talking about something else with his parents.

After they chatted for a while, a car horn was heard at the door.

Several people hurriedly stood up and said goodbye to Lu's father, Lu's mother and Lu Qingyan, saying that they would come to see them again when they have time, and then got in the car and left.

"It's better to have a lively family here. Now that we're the only ones left, it looks quite deserted." Mother Lu looked at the car going away, feeling very upset, and said aloud

"It's still close, you can see it if you want. If you stay in the countryside like before, you can only see it once or twice a year. You can see what it feels like." Father Lu felt that his wife was just being pretentious, otherwise he wouldn't have said this.

Like before, when they lived with their daughter and their two sons were in their hometown in the countryside and they could not see them once a year, they never saw the old woman like this.

Now that everyone is right in front of her, she still complains about being lonely from time to time. Really, she should not be able to see her sons.

It saves you from worrying about useless things all day long.

"You damn old man, can't I say a few words to you? Is it really necessary for you to be on duty here?" Mother Lu felt that the old man's words were unpleasant to the ear, so she cursed him and turned around to go out and chat with Qian Xiaomei's mother-in-law.

Lu Qingyan took the two children back to the house for a nap and went out to play after they woke up.

But just as he was about to fall asleep in bed, he was woken up by Gu Mingze who came back in a hurry.

"What's wrong? Didn't you just leave? Why are you back again?" Lu Qingyan woke up in a daze, yawned, looked at the man in front of her and asked

"Wife, I received a notice and will go on a mission immediately. Remember my words. If I still don't send you a message in half a month, take your parents back to my hometown and wait for me." After saying this, Gu Mingze pointed upwards and whispered:

"Deputy Commander Lin has already passed the news back to Kyoto. I am also out on a secret mission, but the fight between the two factions has already begun. I may be implicated. But don't worry, I will protect myself. You just need to take good care of your parents and the two children."

"Okay, I'll wait for you to come back." Lu Qingyan also knew that now was not the time to ask more questions, so she nodded solemnly and agreed.

"Be good, I will come back safe and sound." Seeing his wife's lovely appearance, Gu Mingze reached out and touched her head, then turned away reluctantly.

He was not actually on a mission, he just wanted to disguise himself and sneak into Kyoto to keep an eye on the actions of certain people.

If he succeeds this time, even if he doesn't get promoted, he will be transferred to Kyoto to take up the post.

So he wanted to give this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity a try.

If they succeed, they will have a better life.

If he fails, he won't implicate his wife and children.

It will be hard for my wife to take care of the elderly and children.