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

Besides sending Lu Wuzheng and Wang Erniu to investigate how many of her subordinates had manufacturing expertise and to select them specifically for weapon development, Ji Yunshuang also selected soldiers to train in shooting based on her observations over the past few days.

Fu Ci and Xie Liang were naturally aware of Ji Yunshuang's actions; many of her actions did not conform to military regulations.

However, from the moment she entered the military camp to the time she won the battle and was promoted to the position of brigade commander, it was not in accordance with the rules.

At this point, of course, the two of them didn't talk to her about those old, trivial rules.

Not only did they delegate authority to her, allowing her to establish an independent weapons research and development bureau within the military, but they also did their utmost to cooperate with her in all aspects, ensuring the smooth operation of her weapons research and development bureau.

Of the three thousand men under Ji Yunshuang's command, apart from Lu Wuzheng and Wang Erniu, only four were ultimately selected who were barely usable.

Three of them, like Lu Wuzheng and his apprentices, were carpenters before serving in the military. The three of them followed Lu Wuzheng and did carpentry work.

The other two were blacksmiths who could do forging work.

However, none of them were experts in weapon manufacturing, which was clearly not enough.

However, after Fu Ci learned of Ji Yunshuang's predicament, he helped him find an old man.

This old man loves to drink; he always has a bottle in his hand. Sometimes he even talks nonsense, like a madman.

But this old man was a master blacksmith.

No matter how bizarre Ji Yunshuang's requests were, he could always fulfill them perfectly.

Ji Yunshuang didn't know who the old man was, but Lu Yinheng was shocked when he saw him.

Isn't this Qiu Guyou, who is known as a master forger?

However, Qiu Guyou had an eccentric temper, and no one could persuade him to stay.

When he was a general in his previous life, he finally found out where he lived and visited him several times, but he still couldn't persuade him to come out of retirement.

How come I've become so easily subservient to Ji Yunshuang in this lifetime?

Not to mention Lu Yinheng's surprise, Fu Ci was also quite surprised. When he went to invite Qiu Guyou, Qiu Guyou didn't give him any face at all.

He took the initiative to talk to him about Ji Yunshuang.

It is said that Ji Yunshuang, a woman, led only a hundred new soldiers and utterly defeated the Qi army...

After hearing this, Qiu Guyou did not agree to go to the weapons bureau. He only said that he was somewhat interested in the female foreign investor who led the troops, so he would go and take a look. He would leave after he had seen her.

He wasn't confident he could keep Qiu Guyou, so he didn't say much to Ji Yunshuang.

But to his surprise, Qiu Guyou didn't say he wanted to leave after meeting Ji Yunshuang.

And such an arrogant person, he actually listened to Ji Yunshuang's orders and did whatever she told him to do.

Fu Ci really didn't expect this.

They didn't understand how Ji Yunshuang had managed to subdue the old man.

In fact, Ji Yunshuang had no idea that the slovenly old man who looked like a lunatic was a master forger, nor did she use any means to subdue him.

She simply expressed her thoughts and then asked him if he could do it.

Qiu Guyou was attracted by her unusual ideas, but he also competed with her, feeling that there was nothing he couldn't do.

Before he knew it, he had settled into Ji Yunshuang's weapons bureau.

*

In Shuanghe Village, Lu Yuzhu stood at the gate of her courtyard, holding a bag of candy, gazing pitifully into the distance.

But this time, not a single carriage came to his doorstep, even as night fell.

When she finally realized that her mother wouldn't be coming back today, tears streamed down her face.

Lu Yanqi sighed like a little adult, went over and took his sister's hand, saying, "It's getting cold. You'll catch a cold if you stay outside in the cold wind all the time."

Lu Yuzhu choked up and said, "But I miss my mother. When will she come back?"

Lu Yanqi peeled a piece of candy and fed it to his younger sister, coaxing her, "Didn't Mother say that she would come back after you finish the candy in your hand?"

Lu Yuzhu's cheeks puffed out like a little hamster's. "But Zhuzhu wants her mother to come back now. Waiting until the candy is finished is too long."

After saying that, she tilted her head and looked at her brother, full of questions, and asked, "What did Mother go to do? Why did she take so long?"

Lu Yanqi thought to himself, who knows what that woman went to do, but he coaxed his sister, "Let's write a letter and have Tianrui deliver it to her, okay? If you want to know what Mother went to do, we'll ask her in the letter."

Lu Yuzhu asked hesitantly, "But I don't know how to write letters. Brother, do you know how?"

Lu Yanqi was the top scholar in the imperial examination in his previous life. How could a simple letter possibly stump him?

But he had seriously reflected on his actions before and realized that he had been too careless. He would pay attention to all aspects in the future so that no one would notice anything unusual about him.

He certainly couldn't have written this letter.

He thought for a moment and said, "Let's ask our third and fourth uncles for help and have them write it."

Lu Yuzhu nodded obediently and said, "Yes, I'll have my third and fourth uncles help me write it."

Lu Xumu and Lu Zilin originally worked at Sweet Fragrance Workshop.

But ever since Ji Yunshuang suggested at the restaurant that they open a shop selling braised food, the two of them have been very interested.

Later, Ji Yunshuang not only entrusted them with managing the shops in the inner city, but also taught them how to braise meat.

The two of them have been busy with the braised food shop these days.

Because of the two people's departure, Sweet Fragrance Shop was clearly overwhelmed. Lu Xumu went to the brokerage shop and bought two more people to send to Sweet Fragrance Shop.

However, the new buyer was not entirely at ease, especially since Tianxiangfang was now one of the top pastry shops in Hongdu and was being watched by many competitors who wanted to find out the recipes for Tianxiangfang's pastries. So, just like when the shop first opened, Gu Chunzhi would stay in the shop whenever she had free time.

With children to take care of at home and things to do at the shop, she was extremely busy, which somewhat lessened the disappointment of her son and daughter-in-law leaving.

But today is different from other days.

Today is Lunar New Year's Eve, a day for family reunions. But with her son and daughter-in-law not home, even with a table full of delicious food prepared, Gu Chunzhi couldn't help but feel a sense of emptiness.

Seeing their mother sigh, Lu Xumu and Lu Zilin knew that their mother was thinking about their brother and sister-in-law again.

The two of them couldn't help but sigh.

Lu Zilin said, "It's better when my sister-in-law is home. I wonder when she will come back."

Lu Xumu, however, thought of the shop and recipe that Ji Yunshuang had given them before she left. He said, "Sister-in-law entrusted the shop to us to help manage, which shows that she trusts us. We must run the shop well and not let her down."

Lu Zilin nodded in agreement and then said, "Speaking of which, Third Brother, where exactly did we go wrong? We followed Sister-in-law's recipe exactly, so why is our braised food not as delicious as hers?"

Lu Xumu scratched his head, unable to figure out the reason either.

As the two brothers were deep in thought, Lu Yanqi led Lu Yuzhu in.

Lu Yuzhu said, "Third Uncle, Fourth Uncle, we want to write a letter to Mother. Can you help us?"