Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside

Brother Yi heard the sound, his small body shivered, then jumped up and ran towards Zhang Yan: "Father, Father is back!"

After running a few steps, he stopped, turned back to the nanny and said: "Nanny, quickly tell Mother and Sister that Father is back, bringing many soldiers and supplies. He’s so impressive!"

Having said that, he resumed running towards Zhang Yan: "Father!"

Zhang Yan quickly pulled back the reins and shouted to Brother Yi: "Brother Yi, stop quickly, don’t run, be careful not to get hit by the horse!"

However, his heart was full of joy. Brother Yi used to be too well-behaved, but now his lively manner is more like a boy.

"Alright." Brother Yi listened well, obediently stopped, but the small iron sword in his hand waved around, clearly showing his excitement.

Zhang Yan dismounted, walked towards him in big strides, picked him up, tossed him into the air, then caught him steadily.

Brother Yi laughed excitedly: "Father is so strong, I’m so heavy now, yet you can still throw me up."

Zhang Yan asked: "Was it fun?"

Brother Yi nodded vigorously: "Yes, it was fun!"

"Brother Yi, you’re not scared anymore?" Zhang Yan found it strange. Brother Yi used to be timid, crying when thrown up high, and now after not seeing him for a while, he had become so bold, with a small iron sword, albeit without a sharp edge, so it wouldn’t hurt people: "Who gave you this sword?"

"This is a knife, a slender knife, like Uncle Qin’s." After correcting him, Brother Yi continued: "Brother Wujin gave it to me. The Rong people came, and I want to use the long knife to protect Mother and Sister."

Hearing this, Zhang Yan almost shed tears of a proud father, but then glanced at the long knife... forgive his poor sight, he couldn’t tell it was a knife, it was just a long iron lump, calling it a sword was already an embellishment.

Seeing Mrs. Han’s figure, Zhang Yan rejoiced inwardly, holding Brother Yi and walking towards her: "Sese, don’t cry, I’m alright."

He also comforted Sister Yu beside them, smiling: "Sister Yu, don’t be afraid, the Rong people have been chased away, we’re safe."

Sister Yu nodded, looking up with admiration: "Yes, Father is the most powerful!"

Zhang Yan smiled, put Brother Yi down, shook Mrs. Han’s hand, and asked: "Are you all well? Did anyone get the poisonous insect disease?"

Mrs. Han shook her head and smiled: "No, Sister-in-law Qin is amazing, she protected us womenfolk well, only a few got the poisonous insect disease, but everyone recovered."

Then she asked him: "You should come in quickly, I’ve prepared insect repellent for you, you should drive off the bugs first."

Zhang Yan laughed: "We’ve already driven off the bugs outside the city, I’m fine, don’t worry."

But Mrs. Han was still worried, Zhang Yan had no choice but to leave the task of unloading medicinal herbs to Qin San Lang and went with Mrs. Han to their residence to drive off the bugs again.

Qin San Lang greeted the soldiers: "Pull the medicinal herbs to the pharmacy courtyard."

"Yes." The soldiers pulled their horses and directly brought the cart into the pharmacy courtyard. Seeing the busy scene in the pharmacy courtyard made his heart much more at ease.

With so many people making medicine, they don’t have to worry about a shortage of supplies.

"Here are some wound medicine, detoxification medicine, insect attractant, load them up and take them back for use." Qin San Lang gave the soldiers a cart full of made medicine and let them take it away.

"Thank you, Company Commander Qin." The soldiers were very grateful, thanked Qin San Lang, and took the medicine back.

Vice General Ma was very happy upon hearing this, and said to General Zhou: "That lad is on our side too, it’s worth the protection we gave him."

General Zhou laughed: "Now all the Northwest Armies are under Great General Xu’s command. As long as he’s not foolish, he won’t reject our wooing."

Vice General Ma shook his head and reminded General Zhou: "You shouldn’t say that anymore, Great General Xu is also under the Emperor’s orders."

Saying all Northwest Armies are under Great General Xu’s command, if someone with ulterior motives hears that, it could bring deadly trouble to Great General Xu.

"I misspoke." Though General Zhou said this, internally he didn’t agree... Great Chu is almost rotten through, relying entirely on Great General Xu to support the Northwest. If the Emperor goes mad again, uprisings might happen everywhere.

And Great General Xu holds hundreds of thousands of troops, if he wanted, ha, he could split Great Chu in half.

By then, they, the confidants, could become founding nobles!

But this can’t be said.

Vice General Ma asked: "Did you investigate that lad’s background? If it’s not clear, we can’t dare bring him before Great General Xu."

General Zhou: "I only investigated roughly. I know his family used to be a Northwest military household, his father and uncles all died in battle, with their service removing the family’s military household name, becoming farmers, then fled south to He’an Prefecture due to drought. Now with the war, we have to wait until Long’an Prefecture is secure to investigate deeply."

Vice General Ma frowned: "A refugee fleeing from famine?"

This investigation might be difficult.

But Great General Xu keeps some capable people, sending them to investigate will surely yield results.

"He’s a capable one; with the Northwest needing to fight, use him first, and once fully investigated, we’ll arrange further." Vice General Ma decided.

...

Qin San Lang knew they would surely investigate his background, but his identity could withstand scrutiny.

"Xiao Yu, I’m back." After sending off the soldiers, Qin San Lang didn’t immediately leave but went to see Gu Jinli.

Gu Jinli knew he was back, and she had someone bring the lunch up. Seeing him enter, she asked: "Have you had lunch? Eat some more."

The food given by the government office to soldiers certainly can’t be as good as home.

"Alright." Qin San Lang smiled, took off his armor, washed his face, and walked over to hug her: "Did it tire you out?"

Gu Jinli blushed, replying stubbornly: "No, my stamina is quite good."

Qin San Lang heard this, chuckled, and nodded seriously: "Yes, my Xiao Yu’s stamina is indeed great."

And her body is particularly soft; holding her, thinking of the morning, his body warmed up again, leaning down with greedy kisses.

Gu Jinli was kissed breathlessly, her clothing all messed up, she hurriedly said: "Stop it, quickly eat... mm~"

Qin San Lang didn’t care, at this moment, he just wanted to kiss her. After a long while, he paused, holding her, sounding aggrieved: "Xiao Yu, I’m suffering."

Gu Jinli’s face reddened even more, she pushed him away: "Serves you right, who told you to kiss me."

But looking at his aggrieved expression, she felt distressed again, beckoning him over: "Quickly come eat, rest for a while after eating before leaving."

Qin San Lang: "..."

I thought you would say, quickly come eat, other things can be discussed tonight.

Gu Jinli, seeing his slightly disappointed look, knew he was thinking of improper things. She snorted, ignored him, and just served him dishes.

Qin San Lang was hungry and ate a lot, noticing she only ate a little, frowned, and asked: "Why eat so little? Are you feeling unwell?"

Gu Jinli shook her head: "No, I just ate with Sister-in-law Zhang not long ago, and I’m still full, you go ahead and eat."

Upon hearing this, Qin San Lang relaxed, eating while asking: "Are the gifts for our cousin and nephew prepared? Brother Luo will leave early, and the gifts must be sent in advance."

Duan Changling, Qi Vice Magistrate, including General Zhou are all keeping an eye on Luo Ying, Luo Ying won’t wait until tomorrow night to leave, it’s likely he’ll leave tonight at midnight.

Gu Jinli nodded: "They’re prepared, I’ll deliver them when picking up Granny Lei in the evening."