1970s: My childhood sweetheart ran away, and I turned around and married the wildest chief.

In the courtyard, some children were playing. When Lu Mingzhou came in, he distributed candy to the children, which he had brought specially.

The children were of varying ages. Qiao Wanqing counted seven or eight of them. The older ones might recognize Lu Mingzhou, but the younger ones didn't know him at all.

The terms of address are also varied; some call him "brother," some "uncle," and some even "grandpa."

Lu Mingzhou paused in distributing the candy. "What did you call me?"

The little boy smiled and said, "Fourth Grandpa! I know you. You're the Fourth Grandpa who just came back. My mother specifically told me to."

He turned to look at Qiao Wanqing, "Hello, Fourth Grandmother!"

Qiao Wanqing: "..."

Her eyes widened in surprise. She's a grandmother now?

She thought about it carefully. When she was at the Xu family's house, there seemed to be people who called her "aunt" or something similar. Those people were much older than her. As for whether there was anyone who should call her "grandmother," she thought there probably was, but she had never met them, or perhaps she had met them but didn't remember them at all.

Lu Mingzhou felt awkward for a moment, then said helplessly to Qiao Wanqing, "They might be children from other households. My grandfather's brothers also had quite a few children."

Lu Mingzhou was still thinking to himself, it must be his great-grandfather's child. His grandfather's lineage should not have any children who call him grandfather yet. How old is his eldest cousin from his uncle's family?

Thinking of this, Lu Mingzhou's face suddenly stiffened, because he realized that Lu Mingqian was already thirty-seven years old, and her father was still the third child in his family. Wouldn't the eldest child in his uncle's family be over forty years old?

Lu Mingzhou stared intently at the little boy in front of him. Could it be? Could it be? This isn't his cousin's grandson, is it?

grandson……

"puff……"

Qiao Wanqing couldn't help but burst out laughing.

At this moment, a woman in her thirties came out of the main house. She was wearing a woolen coat, black trousers, and leather shoes. Her hair was neatly tied up, and she had narrow eyes with slightly upturned corners. Her face looked very serious and somewhat mean.

"You came in and didn't you hurry up and come in to see your grandparents? You made the elderly wait for so long. You're so old and still have no manners."

After saying that, he turned and went into the house.

Lu Mingzhou: "..."

Qiao Wanqing: "..."

Lu Mingzhou was angry, while Qiao Wanqing raised an eyebrow; she hadn't met someone so pretentious in a long time.

Haha!

Lu Mingzhou looked unwell. He squeezed his wife's hand and said, "Don't be angry or scared. I'll handle it. Just stand behind me. We'll meet Grandpa and come out in a bit."

As he spoke, he looked up at his wife, only to find that she wasn't as nervous as he had imagined; instead, she was full of excitement.

Yes, at this moment, Qiao Wanqing didn't feel any of the fear or apprehension a new bride might have when meeting her husband's harsh elders; on the contrary, she was very excited.

Having played the role of a pampered young lady in the Qiao and Xu families for so many years, she hadn't had the chance to throw a tantrum in a long time.

Awoo!

In her previous life, she was a post-90s generation born in a rural area. When she was a child, she saw far too many fights between village wives. There were also fights between two villages over water for rice planting. When her village fought with the neighboring village, they even brought out guns and almost achieved a great victory like the Xinghua Village victory.

Unfortunately, the other party lacked sportsmanship. Seeing that they couldn't win, they actually called the police. In the end, a lot of Uncle Hats arrived, and they were suppressed just like that.

She not only witnessed it, she participated in it!

While the adults were fighting, she beat up a little brat from another village who had come to visit relatives and had bullied her before. She even went to the village chief to claim credit, and the village chief rewarded her with two pieces of candy!

Good heavens, this was the first time she had ever tasted candy, the first time she had ever been praised in front of so many people. She kept those two candy wrappers for a very, very long time.

Those are her military medals!

When I was a teenager, I went out to work to earn tuition fees. I saw those so-called gangs that were actually just a bunch of hotheads fighting each other. That was in the early 2000s. I heard people outside say that back then, the world was won through fighting.

It was a real fight!

Unfortunately, when she grew up and started to make her own way in the world, she had to pay compensation for hitting people!

Sigh, I missed out on a good era!

Now, does she finally have the chance to throw a tantrum?

Grandpa Lu and Grandma Lu lived in the east room of the main house. Qiao Wanqing and Lu Mingzhou only realized after entering that the house was much wider than the average rural house. The interior space was very large, with cement floors, white walls, and nice furniture. The conditions looked very good.

Upon entering the east room, one finds a room full of people.

As soon as Qiao Wanqing entered, all eyes fell on her, and everyone's eyes lit up.

That girl is so pretty!

When a beautiful person enters the room, the whole room seems to brighten up considerably.

Of course, this was only the opinion of some people. Old Mrs. Lu sat on the kang in the main seat, looking at Qiao Wanqing with her old eyes. She disliked her from the first time she saw her face.

Those who followed her naturally didn't like it either, such as the woman who had called them from the door earlier.

The room was large, with a north-facing layout. Along the north side was a long kang (a heated brick bed), where Grandpa Lu and Grandma Lu sat. Chairs were placed in front of them, and several elders sat on either side. Behind them stood some younger people and some women.

The woman sitting closest to Old Madam Lu was the one who had called out earlier. She was Lu Mingzhou's aunt, the old lady's youngest daughter, and her favorite.

As for Lu Mingqian, she stood next to Lu Xiaogu.

As soon as Qiao Wanqing entered, her eyes fell on Old Madam Lu, who was sitting at the head of the table.

Although the old lady was sitting, Qiao Wanqing could still tell that she wasn't one of the shorter people common in this era. She was at least 1.65 meters tall and was wearing a brand-new dark red thin jacket and black pants.

She was quite old, but her skin was very fair. Although she had wrinkles, you could still see that her skin was somewhat supple and moist, not the kind of completely wrinkled old lady.

She was slightly overweight, with half black and half white hair that was neatly styled.

His face was serious, showing no trace of kindness. His eyes, while not exactly harsh, were not sinister either; they simply conveyed a sense of profound experience and complexity.

Qiao Wanqing glanced at it, got a general idea, and then went to look at others.

Lu Mingzhou entered and greeted the elders.

"Hello, Grandpa, Grandma, uncles and aunts."

As he spoke, he ignored the serious atmosphere and acted as if nothing was wrong, handing the things to his grandfather and saying, "Grandpa, I brought you something. I got married this year, and this is a gift from my wife and me to you."

Having not been home for many years, I will definitely bring gifts when I come back to visit my elders.

The net bag contained a can of malted milk powder, two packets of milk powder, two cans of food, a bottle of wine, and several packets of pastries.