Lin Yanyu frowned and looked in the direction of the voice, only to see a richly dressed young woman in her twenties and a beautiful girl of fifteen or sixteen standing on the stairs.

The young woman curled her lips with disdain, and looked at Lin Yanyu from head to toe with an unfriendly gaze.

She sneered, "I thought there was nothing new about Yunlong Town's most beautiful woman. She's nothing more than the others."

The young girl at the side seemed a little scared, and pulled her sleeve, repeatedly persuading her: "Aunt, stop talking, let's go back quickly, our stepmother is still in the inner room!"

Lin Yanyu looked at the young woman carefully. She had thin eyebrows, slightly high cheekbones, a high nose bridge, a cherry-like mouth, her hair was tied up in a high bun, and she had several gilded hairpins on her head. The material of her clothes was 70% new Hangzhou silk, and she had an old silver bracelet on her hand.

She has a tall figure and is quite pretty.

Lin Yanyu lowered her eyebrows, flattened her pink lips, and said lightly: "Yes, I really don't have anything more than others, but Madam Dong Er has something more than others."

Mrs. Dong was stunned for a moment when her identity was exposed. Then she became angry and said, "What do you mean? What did I say?"

"You..."

Lin Yanyu simply turned around and faced her calmly, saying slowly, "You have a few more tongues than others, didn't you notice?"

Lin Yanyu spread her hands, looked around the hall, then looked at Mrs. Dong Er with her grape eyes, and said innocently, "If you don't believe me, open your mouth and let us help you check how many extra hairs there are."

"You! You! You! You little slut!"

Mrs. Dong seemed to be extremely angry. Her face flushed red as she shouted, "I am so happy with you!"

The girl next to them seemed frightened by the scene, her face turned pale, and she pulled Mrs. Dong Er to go upstairs.

"Aunt, stop talking! Go back quickly!"

Mrs. Dong was furious and had lost all her rationality. The girl's attempt to stop her was just adding fuel to the fire. She pushed the girl, and she sat down on the stairs.

She even wanted to rush down the stairs and hit Lin Yanyu.

Shopkeeper Wang didn't dare to offend either side and was wiping his sweat anxiously. Upon seeing this, he immediately rushed forward and blocked the stairs with his fat body.

"Mrs. Dong, no, no, we can talk it over."

Madam Dong wanted to hit him but couldn't, so she was furious and said all kinds of bad things: "Li Yanqi is really generous, to tolerate a little whore like you! In fact, he should thank my husband. If it weren't for the militia, you, a little whore, would have to go to the relief hall again and flirt with men in public! Do you think Li Yanqi should thank my husband?"

"Sister-in-law, is she scolding you? I want to beat her up."

Chen Ermu had a brain injury when he was a child, so he vaguely understood Mrs. Dong Er’s curses, but only realized that she wanted to hit him.

Lin Yanyu shook her head at him. No matter how fierce Madam Dong was, she was still a woman. Chen Ermu was so strong that he could lift a tripod. How could he be harmed if he touched her?

Under the fierce gaze of Madam Dong Er, she took two steps forward and smiled sweetly: "No matter how generous my husband is, he is not as generous as you, Madam Dong Er? I heard that Master Dong Er stays in Chunfeng Garden every day. A few days ago, he got two new concubines, whores from Chunfeng Garden. Madam Dong Er keeps calling them little whores. Is it because Master Dong Er would rather stay with whores than in your room? You..."

Lin Yanyu walked forward slowly until she came to Madam Dong Er, and said with a smile, "Do you want to ask your husband who stayed with that prostitute to go home?"

Mrs. Dong Er seemed to be struck by lightning. She took a step back, tripped over the stairs, and sat down on them.

With tears in her eyes and trembling lips, she stood up and went upstairs without saying a word.

Before leaving, she glanced at the red-gold lotus hairpin on Lin Yanyu's head, her eyes full of resentment and hatred.

*

The soldier with the black mole and the round-faced soldier, wearing the rags they wore when they came to the patrol camp, returned their uniforms to Zhuang Xingbai reluctantly.

But when I saw a pile of uniforms nearby, I thought: Look! We are not the only ones who chose to leave. There will be better uniforms in the militia.

The two looked at each other, and walked hand in hand towards the gate of the patrol camp with the vision of a better future.

Suddenly, the round-faced soldier sniffed: "What's going on in the kitchen? It smells so good!"

The soldier with the black mole swallowed and said, "It smells like... meat?"

The round-faced soldier's eyes lit up and he quickly walked to the kitchen.

They saw the square-faced soldier from the same village taking a big bowl of plump white dumplings from the cook. He didn't mind the heat and just grabbed one and put it in his mouth.

"Sha! Xiang! Pork dumplings are so delicious!"

While eating, he carried the bowl to the open space and sat down next to a group of soldiers carrying bowls.

As soon as he sat down, a soldier brought a bowl of wine to the square-faced soldier and said, "This is the yellow wine that the county lieutenant's wife bought at the Yingkeju. It tastes pretty good. Try it."

An old woman with gray hair who was making dumplings looked at the soldiers squatting in the open space to eat with their bowls, frowned and shouted, "Eat as much as you can. The county lieutenant's wife bought a lot of pork today. I guarantee you will have enough to eat!"

The soldiers jumped for joy and responded in unison.

"Oh! Thank you, Madam County Lieutenant!"

“Pork dumplings are so delicious! My favorite is the ones with cabbage and pork filling!”

"Thank you for your hard work! The dumplings are so delicious!"

……

The soldier with the black mole stared at the plump white dumplings, swallowed his saliva and asked: "How about we eat the dumplings first before leaving?"

Round-faced soldier: "But we have been expelled from the patrol camp and are no longer members of the patrol camp."

Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. It's too late to regret now.

The square-faced soldier was eating his dumplings happily, one bite at a time. He felt someone was watching him. He turned around and saw two men in tattered clothes standing next to the kitchen.

He grinned and waved to the two of them, "I want to stay in the patrol camp and eat dumplings, so I won't hinder my brothers from going to the militia to make a fortune."

The round-faced soldier's face turned red with embarrassment. He pulled the soldier with the black mole and ran away as if there was a ghost chasing them.

The meal did not end until 15:30 p.m.

There was a thin layer of red on Zhuang Xingbai's face, but he was sober. Nearly a hundred soldiers had left today, and he went back to make a list after eating.

Hu Ruiqi was a man who got drunk after drinking one glass of wine, and had to be helped back home by his younger brother. Ma Xigui had to guard the barracks at night, so he didn't drink much and only ate two large bowls of dumplings.

Chen Ermu ate five full bowls, and Lin Yanyu felt her stomach aching just seeing this.

"Ermu, aren't you full?"

Chen Ermu looked eagerly at the remaining dumplings in Lin Yanyu's bowl, "No, I'm not full, sister-in-law, do you want to eat more?"

Lin Yanyu rolled her throat in shock and said speechlessly: "I don't want to eat it."

Chen Ermu's face lit up with joy and he reached out to take it.

"Snapped!"

"Brother, you are bullying me again! I will tell my sister-in-law!" Chen Ermu touched the red marks on his hands, feeling extremely aggrieved.

Li Yanqi pushed the remaining half bowl of dumplings in front of him to Chen Ermu: "Come on, come on, eat it. I'll eat it. You'll die from it."

Chen Ermu suddenly became happy again. He took the dumplings and started eating them with relish.

He didn't even notice that Li Yanqi brought Lin Yanyu's bowl to him and started eating with his chopsticks.

Ma Xigui laughed twice.

Lin Yanyu's pale face slowly turned red.

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