They've all separated, so what does it matter to me if they get poorer and poorer?

Chapter 366 How could his skills be overlooked?
Unable to stop him, Xu Zhichun could only hurriedly say from behind, "I'll watch from below. Don't force yourself. If you really can't, come down quickly."

Liang Minglang waved to her.

Xu Zhichun was on tenterhooks, her eyes fixed on him.

The man was tall and slender, and with long strides, he quickly reached the bottom of the cliff. He barely paused to think, then raised his hand to grab a protruding rock and gently lifted his leg to brace against the cliff face. With coordinated hand and foot movements, he climbed a considerable distance in almost every blink of an eye.

Xu Zhichun was distracted for a few seconds, marveling at his amazing speed. When she came back to her senses, he was already heading back down.

"Ok?"

Xu Zhichun was stunned for a moment, then quickly looked up at the Ganoderma lucidum.

The two large Ganoderma lucidum mushrooms on the cliff halfway up the mountain have disappeared, so he really did pick them?
So fast? She didn't even see it.

It was only a moment's distraction.

While amazed, Xu Zhichun couldn't help but wonder: with his abilities, and he wasn't stupid or foolish, how could he not have gotten a rank in the army? Isn't the army supposed to be a place that values ​​strength and where everything is decided by merit?
Even if he didn't have a good background, with his skills, it's unlikely that he would remain a lowly soldier without any promotion.

I don't understand, it's hard to hold back.
Xu Zhichun was curious and wanted to ask, but then changed his mind.

Well, there are rivalries and power struggles everywhere. Besides, these kinds of things depend on luck as well as ability. Maybe he was just one of the unlucky ones.

If I were to ask that question rashly, wouldn't that be like reopening someone's wounds?
No, no, this is not good!
Xu Zhichun then abandoned the idea.

Upon closer inspection, wow, he had already come down from the cliff.

"clear!"

Xu Zhichun immediately ran towards him happily, leaving the other questions behind.

"You are so awesome!"

Liang Minglang smiled and handed her the two large Ganoderma lucidum mushrooms he had been holding close to his chest: "I said it's okay, are you relieved now?"

"Ah."

Xu Zhichun smiled, carefully took the two large Ganoderma lucidum mushrooms, wrapped them in a large leaf, and put them in his basket. "Let's use half of them to make chicken soup tonight, and dry the rest tomorrow when the sun is shining. We can use them to make chicken soup, duck soup, and pork rib soup every month when Mingxuan comes back. Mingxuan works hard studying, so he should eat something good to nourish himself."

Liang Minglang smiled good-naturedly and said, "Okay, whatever you say."

Listening to her cheerful chatter, Liang Minglang felt a warm glow in his heart and suddenly felt like he had a home.

The two returned home laden with their spoils, much to the delight of Granny Qin and the others.

Muxiang and Chunfen, two children with fiery tempers, were overjoyed to see the wild pheasant with its long, beautiful tail feathers. They excitedly plucked them to use as decorations and even picked several bright and shiny pheasant feathers to make shuttlecocks. Xu Zhichun watched with a smile and helped them choose the best ones.

With a smile, Granny Qin went to boil water so she could pluck the feathers from the pheasant and rabbit later.

She wondered if it was just her imagination, but she felt that the master and mistress's trip to the mountains today seemed to have strengthened their relationship. The atmosphere between them was different from yesterday. It made sense; there was no one else to disturb them in the mountains, just the two of them. The mountain paths were difficult, and the master inevitably had to help the mistress. With all that going on, wouldn't their relationship have improved?
Granny Qin Qing was overjoyed.

With so much game hunted and the weather so hot, they couldn't finish it all. After getting Liang Minglang's approval, Xu Zhichun instructed Muxiang, "Send a pheasant and a rabbit to the village head's family, a pheasant to Aunt Zhu'er's family, and a pheasant to Aunt Xiaojuan's family as well. Go, quietly put them in a basket, cover it, and don't attract attention."

Muxiang agreed and skipped off.

Granny Qin Qing, with an expression that suggested she had more gossip to share, said to Xu Zhichun, "Madam, do you know that Steward Yang Ming's ex-wife is back today? Luckily, she has Madam Xiao Yan backing her up, otherwise, someone as honest as Madam Xiao Juan might have been bullied."

Xu Zhichun: "Uncle Yang Ming's ex-wife? Coming back?"

"Oh no, please forgive my slip of the tongue. I didn't come back. I don't know why they suddenly came to my door."

Before Yang Ming married Zeng Xiaojuan, he asked Liang Lizheng to write a divorce agreement and personally delivered it to his ex-wife Bai Shuilian's family. The two were now officially divorced.

The Yang family home is no longer her home, so of course she can't say "come back".

However, Yang Xiaoan was her son after all, and Uncle Yang Ming was a kind-hearted person. Xiao Juan was also kind-hearted. Xu Zhichun felt very troubled for them.

"What a terrible thing."

"No!"

"Granny, please tell me about it."

"Yes, madam."

This afternoon, not long after lunch, Bai Shuilian, who had been gone for so many years, suddenly appeared.

The entire Liangjia Village has changed dramatically. Before the Spring Festival this year, nearly half of the families rebuilt their houses into impressive brick and tile houses, and those who did not rebuild their houses also carried out some repairs. The village head also organized the villagers to repair the roads. In the spring, Xu Zhichun bought a lot of fruit trees such as peaches, persimmons, dates, pears, plums, apricots, walnuts, and loquats in the vacant corners along the roads for everyone to plant. The whole village is full of vitality and has a brand-new look.

When Bai Shuilian stepped into Liangjia Village, she almost didn't recognize it. If she wasn't absolutely certain that this was Liangjia Village, she would have suspected that she had gone to the wrong place.

Yang Ming's family also renovated their house last year, building a spacious and tall courtyard. Bai Shuilian stood at the door for a long time, not daring to go in.

Especially when he saw Zeng Xiaojuan and Qiao'er through the closed door, he thought that Yang Ming and his son had sold the house, and he didn't know what to feel.

Although she has been gone for many years, the appearance of an adult doesn't change drastically, so some people in the village still recognize her.

Aunt You, her former neighbor, stared at her for a long time before tentatively greeting her—and it really was her.

Bai Shuilian hurriedly asked Aunt You for details, and was immediately dumbfounded.
This is Yang Ming's house? That woman is actually his wife whom he married later? And that girl isn't even his biological daughter?
He actually raised someone else's child?
Then think back to what I just saw: Zeng Xiaojuan and her daughter, dressed in clean, brightly colored cotton clothes. The girl was fair-skinned and giggling, clearly well-cared for. The vixen, on the other hand, seemed to have a silver hairpin in her hair and was dressed in a seductive manner; she was obviously a fox spirit!

Bai Shuilian was immediately filled with bitterness and anger. She felt that Yang Ming had wronged her. She also imagined countless scenes of her son being tormented by Zeng Xiaojuan and being provoked and abused by Zeng Xiaojuan in front of Yang Ming. She was so angry and anxious that she rushed in and cursed at Zeng Xiaojuan without saying a word.

Zeng Xiaojuan was completely dumbfounded, not knowing where this madman came from!