Best friends transmigrate into a book! They marry a high-ranking official! If you run, I run too!

Luo Tian had some reservations about her, but these words made her put those reservations aside.

She thought that Luo Qiao might really be new here and not quite used to it yet.

So she smiled and replied, "Well, I've gotten used to it to some extent since I came here."

Luo Qiao continued to flatter, "That's great, Tian Tian. Luckily, I have you. Otherwise, I really wouldn't know what to do."

Speaking of this, Luo Tian remembered that Luo Qiao only came to the countryside because of her; otherwise, she should have found a leisurely job in the city and lived a carefree life.

There's absolutely no need to suffer like that.

Thinking of this, Luo Tian's face showed apology. "To be honest, it's my fault. If you hadn't come here to suffer, you wouldn't have had to."

Luo Qiao: Just remember it in your heart.

Otherwise, all her efforts would have been in vain.

So Luo Qiao said, "We're a family, right? I'm worried about leaving you here all alone. My parents are worried too, and my brothers are worried too."

"It's okay, just wait, we'll be fine once we get home."

In my mind, I was thinking: Wait, it'll be fine once the male and female leads get together.

When the female lead goes to join the army, they can take her with them.

Because of Luo Qiao's words about "family," Luo Tian took care of all the work afterwards, including preparing dinner.

Luo Tian was the one washing the dishes next.

Luo Qiao felt incredibly tired.

Luo Qiao and Luo Tian had already started eating, and the Gu family had started eating even earlier.

The Gu family made sweet potato porridge and scallion and egg pancakes for dinner.

There was also leftover braised pork from lunch, and the fish was heated up. The whole family gathered around and ate happily.

Wen Tang also praised Zhong Meixian, saying, "No wonder Jiaojiao said you're the best at making this pancake. Mom, this pancake you made is really delicious."

Chi Yue nodded, "It's delicious!"

Gu Jinfeng said from the side, "I can make it too, Xiaoyue. If you like it, I'll make it for you when I have time."

Zhong Meixian glanced at her daughter with dissatisfaction. Tsk, she even has to compete over this little thing. She always says that her daughter is competitive. I wonder who is competitive!

Upon hearing her mother-in-law's words, Chi Yue immediately smiled and said, "Okay, I'll try your and Grandma's cooking and see whose is better."

The Gu family had started eating, and the Xu family's meal was also ready.

Gu Jin was still not home.

The three daughters-in-law of the Xu family saw that it was already dark, and the men who had gone to the fields had all returned, but their mother-in-law still hadn't come back...

The eldest sister-in-law of the Xu family spoke first, "Is our mother not coming home for dinner tonight either?"

Second Sister-in-law Xu nodded, "It looks like it!"

Xu's eldest sister-in-law, Wang Ying, couldn't help but ask, "Which of you two knows what happened to cause this?"

Xu Ancheng's wife, Zhang Fen, was the first to shake her head. "I don't know. Everything was fine last night. My mother even helped me hold the baby!"

Xu Ersao and Li Juan nodded in agreement, "Yes, she doesn't seem angry!"

"Could it be related to our father?" the eldest brother, Wang Ying, guessed.

This sentence silenced the other two.

Who could possibly know?

Who would dare to say anything reckless?

It's okay to guess about others, but guessing about your own in-laws...

They all shut up; no one spoke.

They didn't say anything, and with dinner time approaching and their mother still not back, Xu Ancheng couldn't help but ask, "Why isn't Mother back yet?"

As he spoke, he turned to look at his father, Xu Huaishan, and asked, "Dad, didn't you go to my uncle's house at noon?"

Who exactly came from my uncle's family?

"Why isn't Mother back yet, even though it's already so late?"

After being bombarded with questions by his son, and recalling his experience at the Gu family's house at noon, Xu Huaishan said irritably, "Can't you eat if she's not back?"

Xu Ancheng couldn't help but retort, "What does this have to do with whether or not you can eat?"

"Mother suddenly stopped coming back, and I can't even ask her a few questions?"

Xu Ancheng truly lives up to his reputation as someone who can get along well with Gu Yanli; he speaks with a sharp edge.

After he finished rinsing, he got up unhappily, "Fine, if you won't let me ask, I'll go to my uncle's house myself."

"Go if you want, don't go if you don't," Xu Huaishan said, sitting there silently and starting to eat his steamed bun.

The Gu family and the Xu family were both in the same brigade, so it wouldn't take Xu Ancheng long to walk to the Gu family's house in the dark.

When he arrived at the Gu family's house, they had already finished their dinner, with only some leftovers on the table. The food hadn't been cleared away yet, and everyone was still sitting together talking.

Just then, Xu Ancheng arrived.

In the countryside in 72, there were hardly any streetlights, let alone electric lights, so the courtyard was pitch black at night.

As soon as Xu Ancheng arrived at the Gu family's house and pushed open the partially covered courtyard gate, he began calling out, "Uncle, Yan Li..."

He didn't shout, afraid of being mistaken for a thief and beaten.

Hearing the noise, Gu Juyuan and Lin Liansheng stood up. "Who is it?"

Gu Yanli also stood up.

He was younger than them and had longer legs, so he got into the yard first.

He had good eyesight, so he recognized who it was as soon as he entered the courtyard.

So he called out to Gu Juyuan, who had come out of the main room, "It's Xu Ancheng."

Xu Ancheng "..."

"You, at least call me 'brother'."

However, Xu Ancheng didn't hold it against him.

Gu Yanli would only call him Third Brother when he was a child. As he got a little older, he stopped calling him that and would just call him "Xu Ancheng, Xu Ancheng" along with others.

In Xu Ancheng's words, it was all because of those kids who hung out naked that they were corrupted.

He asked Gu Yanli, "Is your mother at your house?"

Gu Juyuan approached as well. "Ancheng, have you eaten?"

"Your mother is here. Come in and sit down."

Inside the room, the people who were originally sitting around the table immediately pulled out chairs and dispersed, then let Xu Ancheng sit down at the table as well.

Xu Ancheng followed Gu Juyuan into the house and first asked Gu Jin, "Mother, why didn't you go home?" Then he said, "I noticed that you didn't go home last night either, so I thought something might have happened and came to check on you."

“It’s nothing, your mother is just staying here for a couple of days,” Gu Juyuan answered for Gu Jin.

Then, glancing at the remaining scallion and egg pancakes on the table, she quickly grabbed one and stuffed it into her nephew's hand, saying, "Your aunt made these; they have eggs in them. Have a piece and try it."

Seeing that it was leftover, Xu Ancheng didn't stand on ceremony and took it to eat heartily.

Upon taking the first bite, Xu Ancheng praised Zhong Meixian's excellent cooking skills.

Zhong Meixian smiled happily and said, "If I had known you were coming, I would have made more."

“This isn’t enough for you,” she said after thinking for a moment. “Jin Feng, go and get your brother another bowl of porridge.”

She then pointed to the leftover food on the table, "Ancheng, if you don't mind, you can eat the food on this table too."

Xu Ancheng shook his head, "This has both meat and fish, what's there to complain about?"

He then asked, "Auntie, did you have guests over for lunch? You made so many delicious dishes."

Zhong Meixian smiled and said, "Yes, your mother is coming back to her parents' home, so of course we have to prepare some good dishes."

Hearing Zhong Meixian say this, Xu Ancheng couldn't help but ask Gu Jin, "Mother, are you angry with my father?"

Xu Ancheng isn't stupid. If nothing's wrong, and Gu Jin is doing well, there's no way she would go back to her parents' home.

But none of them angered Gu Jin, unless Gu Jin and Xu Huaishan got angry behind closed doors.

It would have been better if her son hadn't asked; once he did, Gu Jin turned her face away and wiped her eyes.

Xu Ancheng opened his eyes in confusion, "What's going on?"

Gu Jin said irritably, "Nothing, I'm not going to stay with him anymore."

Xu Ancheng "..."