My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

The place where everyone stopped to wait for Lu Yinheng and Ji Yunshuang wasn't too far away. The two of them didn't walk for long before they met up with everyone at the underground river.

Upon seeing Ji Yunshuang, Lu Yuzhu rushed over like a bird returning to its nest and immediately embraced Ji Yunshuang.

Ji Yunshuang also pulled her into her arms.

Even though she had only been here for a short time, she had started to miss and worry about her during the time they were apart, feeling as if they were real family.

Upon seeing Ji Yunshuang return, the villagers were excited. One of them spoke first: "Big Brother's wife, did you see clearly? Wasn't that really Qi Jun in the mountains just now?"

Ji Yunshuang said, "I don't think they are Qi soldiers. They should be guards from some wealthy family."

Upon hearing that it wasn't the Qi army, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Wu was filled with remorse. "It's all my fault for panicking when I saw the man with the big knife at his waist. I rushed back to report the news without looking clearly, causing everyone to have a false alarm."

As he spoke, he apologized to Ji Yunshuang with deep remorse, "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry! It's all my fault for not being careful in my work."

When everyone heard that the Qi army might be chasing them, they all hurriedly ran away.

But now that he's calmed down, he feels something is very wrong.

With so many of them, why was it only Ji Yunshuang, a woman, who was tasked with gathering information?

The key question is, how could his own brother let his wife go check on the situation alone?

I've always felt that my older brother has been acting a bit strange since he got sick this time.

"It's nothing, I just went to check the situation, it didn't take me any effort," Ji Yunshuang said nonchalantly. "Let's get going, we can talk when we get to a bright place."

Speaking of going out, Lu Bingchun became extremely anxious. "Since there are no Qi troops outside, why don't we just turn back?"

Ma also said, "That's right, it's pitch black inside this cave, and we can't see the way out. What if we can't get out even after walking in for a whole day?"

“If you’re worried, Uncle, you can go back. I want to try going a little further.” After saying that, Lu Yinheng ignored Lu Bingchun’s family and handed the torches to his family before leading the way.

The remaining villagers followed.

Seeing that no one paid any attention to them and not daring to take his family back, Lu Bingchun had no choice but to follow them.

Every now and then, he would mutter a few words behind him, such as, "It seems like we just passed through here, maybe we've encountered a ghost wall," or "Of course Lu Yinheng isn't in a hurry, his family has plenty of stuff, they won't starve even if they wander around in the cave for three days, but they can't," and so on.

No one had time to eat lunch before they rushed on their way. Now, traveling through the dark cave, no one was in a good mood.

Lu Bingchun kept nagging, which was really annoying. Ji Yunshuang was about to scold him when she heard someone speak first.

"Shut up!" Although Zhou Dalin was injured in the fight with the bandits, he still cursed with great force. "If you're afraid you won't be able to get out of the cave, then take your family and get out now. Nobody's begging you to come with them."

Zhou Dalin spoke up, and the remaining villagers followed suit, all essentially telling him to break up the partnership and leave with his people.

Seeing that someone was helping her to criticize Lu Bingchun's family, Ji Yunshuang decided not to waste her breath.

She took out two pieces of brown sugar from her spatial storage and put them into the mouths of the two children.

The adults could travel hungry, but the two children couldn't.

Especially since the two children's illnesses had only just begun to improve.

Thinking that her two children had gone with her to the mountains to collect wild produce that morning, she felt a pang of regret.

If she had known the Huang family would find them so quickly, she wouldn't have taken them to the mountains. She would have let them eat something and rest in the mountains instead.

Thinking this way, she kept an eye on the two children the whole way. Every now and then, when she guessed that the two children had finished the candy in their mouths, she would put another piece in their mouths.

When Lu Yuzhu tried to put candy in the child's mouth again, she refused to eat it and instead used Ji Yunshuang's hand to feed the candy into her mouth.

She leaned close to Ji Yunshuang's ear and whispered, "Mother, please take care of yourself too."

Ji Yunshuang felt a warmth in her heart and leaned close to her ear to whisper, "Don't worry, Mother has plenty more. You're sick, so you need to pay more attention to your nutrition, otherwise your illness will get worse and your parents will worry."

As she spoke, she popped another piece of candy into Xiaoyuzhu's mouth.

Hearing that her mother had many more, Lu Yuzhu did not refuse again.

Thinking only of her father who was scouting ahead, she asked Ji Yunshuang in a low voice, "Then can Mother give Father one too? Father's injury hasn't healed yet."

Ji Yunshuang dared not feed Lu Yinheng candy.

He's not as easily fooled as a child.

Moreover, she clearly sensed that Lu Yinheng's attitude towards her was very contradictory.

She guessed that with his intelligence, he must have known that the original owner of this body had cheated on him. Was he just enduring it for the sake of the two children?

Ji Yunshuang patted her head and whispered, "He's an adult now, he knows how to take care of himself, so let's not worry about him for now, okay?"

Lu Yuzhu was a little disappointed and said dejectedly, "But Father's wound has reopened... He hasn't eaten... and he still has to scout ahead..."

Hearing the little girl's pitiful and dejected voice, Ji Yunshuang's heart softened immediately.

She hesitated for a moment, then compromised, "Okay, I'll feed him one when I find a chance, alright?"

Hearing her mother say this, the little girl cheered up again.

The group walked for another hour or so before reaching another hidden current. Lu Yinheng signaled for everyone to stop and rest.

Lu Yuzhu quickly tugged at Ji Yunshuang, "Mother..."

Ji Yunshuang sighed and tapped her nose, saying, "I know, you clever little thing."

Lu Yuzhu hugged Ji Yunshuang and said sweetly, "Mother is the best!"

Helpless, Ji Yunshuang could only lead her towards where Lu Yinheng was resting. Lu Yanqi followed without saying a word, just as before.

After taking only two steps, Lu Wuzheng handed a bundle to Ji Yunshuang, saying, "Sister-in-law, this is the bamboo rice you asked us to make. We brought it all with us."

Generally, the eldest member of the family serves the meals.

Previously, in the Lu family, Gu Shi was responsible for distributing the meals at each meal.

However, this time, not only the Lu brothers, but also the Gu family tacitly agreed that Ji Yunshuang should handle the food.

Not only because the rice was brought back by Ji Yunshuang, but also because Ji Yunshuang had been considerate of Lu Yinheng and had taken the initiative to go out and face the danger.

Although it was eventually confirmed that those people were not Qi Jun, and she returned safely, if she had accidentally encountered Qi Jun, she could very well have lost her life.

Because of this incident, Gu Shi and his sons have all changed their opinion of Ji Yunshuang.

Therefore, with Gu Chunzhi's tacit approval, the greatest right of farmers to share food was handed over to Ji Yunshuang.

"We've traveled for so long, everyone must be hungry! Let's eat first, and then continue our journey."

At this moment, Ji Yunshuang felt a little fortunate. She had cut bamboo tubes yesterday and had just told Gu Shi how to make bamboo tube rice today.

Mrs. Gu was also relieved that she had listened to her daughter-in-law's advice.

She was initially reluctant to cook rice.

She originally planned to cook a big pot of porridge, just like yesterday.

Ji Yunshuang said that dry rice is more nutritious than porridge and is more conducive to Lu Yinheng's recovery.

She gritted her teeth and cooked rice for her son's health.

Looking back now, I'm glad I listened to my daughter-in-law.

If I hadn't listened to my daughter-in-law and mixed rice with chestnuts in a bamboo tube to make bamboo rice, I wouldn't have been able to carry the porridge with me in my haste to leave.