The wicked mother-in-law doesn't try to whitewash herself; she only abuses her awful children.

Chapter 599 Where in life do we not meet each other

The whole family ran around in Tong Huaqiong's melon field.

Gu Taohua was very satisfied with everyone's reaction and continued reading the letter: "The mighty general is a very kind person. He warmly called me nephew, inquired about my mother's condition in detail, and asked me to give my regards to my mother."

Tsk tsk tsk, Gu Taohua looked up at Tong Huaqiong and couldn't help but feel sorry for herself.

So she almost became the general's daughter.

It's all her maternal grandfather's and uncle's fault; they dragged her down from the start.

Hong became excited and said to Tong Huaqiong, "Sister Tong, did you hear that? Brother Han Niu is actually a mighty general."

Tong Huaqiong thought to herself, Min Hanniu's childhood sweetheart wasn't her, it was Tong Dajiao.

However, Gu Dashu was lucky enough to meet Tong Dajiao's childhood sweetheart at the border, and he is sure to achieve great things.

After all, the power of a "white moonlight" is terrifying. As Min Han Niu's white moonlight, everything around Tong Da Jiao will be illuminated in Min Han Niu's eyes.

Tong Huaqiong roughly understood that Su Chengmin was Min Han Niu's nephew.

No wonder he was so familiar with the border, no wonder he was able to join the army on the spot when he arrived at the border.

After hearing the news, everyone was relieved to hear that Gu Dashu and others were safe at the border. What interested everyone the most was the identity of the mighty general.

After all, in the Great Sheng Dynasty, everyone from top to bottom knew the mighty General.

In teahouses, storytellers would recount tales of the mighty general's rise from cowherd to general, and during festivals, opera troupes would perform the legendary tale of how the mighty general, then a mere captain, single-handedly took the head of an enemy commander.
But what people don't know is that the cowherd who escaped from Black Dragon Pool back then was none other than the mighty General.

This news is absolutely explosive.

What shocked the Gu family even more was that this mighty general and Tong Dajiao were childhood sweethearts.

It's true what they say, life is full of unexpected encounters.

"Did your second brother say in his letter when he would be coming back?" Liu Yue'e asked.

Gu Taohua refocused her attention on the letter she hadn't finished reading.

Leaving aside the matter of the mighty general, Gu Dashu mentioned in his letter that the border war was extremely fierce, and it was unclear when the war would end. Therefore, he and He Chao would not be able to return to Ningcheng for the time being.

Liu Yue'e was filled with worry and disappointment.

Gu Dashu mentioned at the end that Nie Xiaofeng met Tian Chunwang in the military camp.

Tian Chunwang was quite capable. He was not old enough to join the army, but he used money to impersonate someone else in Ningcheng and successfully joined the army.

It wasn't until he reached the border that he truly witnessed the cruelty of war.

During a battle, when his superiors were exhausted after defeating the enemy, he attempted to slash them from behind to claim all the credit for himself. However, his comrades saw through his plan and cut off one of his arms. He was later punished by military law.

"How can this kid be so wicked? He's so young and he keeps harming people. What grudge does his superior have against him that he would try to kill someone from behind?" Chen Sufeng cursed through gritted teeth.

"That was a good move. If Chunwang hadn't been dealt with, he might have betrayed the country. That kid really has some ability," Liu Yue'e said.

When Tong Huaqiong suddenly learned of Chunwang's news, she couldn't help but sigh, "This child is indeed quite courageous. He really dared to go to the battlefield at such a young age."

However, he was raised to be corrupted from a young age, which led him to commit the act of killing his superiors to steal military merits.

Liu Yue'e is right; someone like Chunwang might betray the country.

Such a person deserves to be punished by military law, and Tong Huaqiong has no sympathy for him whatsoever.

I wonder what Granny Luo will think when she finds out that her eldest grandson has been dealt with by military law.

Although the return of Gu Dashu and He Chao is still far off, the news that they are safe and sound has brought some comfort to the whole family.

Master Su, who had been silent until now, spoke up: "We will definitely win this battle against the Northern Desert, and we will be back in less than two years."

Although Master Su was just a village private school teacher, everyone believed him. But haven't these two years been a bit too long?

Tong Huaqiong hopes the war will end soon so that Dashu and He Chao can return sooner, and her border business can proceed smoothly.

Since the war between the two countries began, the people around Ningcheng have been living in fear. If the border city falls, the northern barbarians will advance unimpeded and kill their way into Ningcheng. In that case, only the unarmed civilians will suffer.

Such tragedies have occurred before in history.

Master Su's conclusion made everyone's New Year's Eve dinner more enjoyable.

Plates of dumplings were served, and Tong Huaqiong invited her maids and servants to sit down and eat and drink as well.

The room was warm and cozy, while the wind outside was biting cold.

That winter was indeed the coldest winter Tong Huaqiong had ever experienced in both her previous and current lives.

But it will be over soon.

Snowflakes began to fall outside again, instantly turning from salt particles into a heavy, fluffy snowfall.

Gu Dahan stared at the snow outside and murmured, "I wonder how long this cold weather will last? I heard it's going to last until May."

The family member most worried about the weather was Gu Dahan.

Gu Dahan was in charge of the family's land, and farmers couldn't stand abnormal weather.

These days, Gu Dahan is worried every day that if the weather continues to be cold and delays spring plowing, the whole year's harvest will be wasted.

Tong Huaqiong said, "The claim that the cold weather will last until May is false information spread by the Zheng family in order to sell charcoal at high prices."

Magistrate Liu has apprehended and punished the person who spread the rumor.

Unfortunately, the news that the extreme cold weather would continue into summer remains deeply ingrained in people's minds.

It's true that it takes only a mouth to spread rumors, but running around trying to refute them is exhausting.

In Tong Dajiao's memory, this wave of extreme cold weather came and went quickly.

After spring arrives, heavy snow will fall again, and the weather shows no signs of warming up.

While everyone was gripped by panic, the weather gradually warmed up.

It was precisely because the weather suddenly warmed up that the bodies of those who had frozen to death and been buried by the snow in the extreme cold were exposed. After being blown by the spring wind, they rotted, and soon the entire Ningcheng was plunged into a plague.

The disasters brought by plagues are even more terrible.

More people died in this plague than from the freezing cold.

Every day, each village carried out corpses, and many people fled despite the obstruction. Some villages were soon deserted, with the dead and the fleeing the villagers all gone.

Panic gripped the entire city of Ningcheng. The plague disrupted spring planting, causing food prices to soar and hunger to begin.

This extreme cold weather was resolved by Tong Huaqiong in conjunction with the Lu and Huang families.

There will be no more plagues after the spring, nor will there be the tragic scene of no one to help with spring plowing.

After swallowing the dumpling in his mouth, Tong Pandi, the reborn person, said to Gu Dahan, "Brother Dahan, don't worry, the weather will warm up soon after spring."

Tong Pandi witnessed firsthand Tong Huaqiong's measures to cope with the extreme cold weather and couldn't help but admire them.

My aunt isn't some kind of reincarnated person; the charcoal she stockpiled in the summer inadvertently saved so many people.

As a reborn person, the most she could do was influence those around her to stock up on charcoal and wear more cotton-padded clothes; beyond that, she had no other options.

It can neither change the rapid rise in coal prices nor the plague that followed the start of spring.

All of these problems were resolved by the charcoal that my aunt had stockpiled.