Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside

San Lang's eyes lit up: "Indeed, that's a good plan."

As long as Zou Jiang isn't a fool, upon receiving the anonymous letter and seeing its content, he will surely start to suspect the tragedy that befell his family years ago and then start investigating County Magistrate Zou.

Zou Jiang has followed County Magistrate Zou for many years; many things they don't know or can't find out, Zou Jiang can.

San Lang looked at Jinli with a bright, hearty smile and sincerely said, "Xiao Yu, you are very clever."

Jinli raised a bright, radiant smile, slightly proud, "Naturally, how else could I be your elder brother."

San Lang shook his head with a smile; she really enjoyed her self-appointed role as the elder brother. But as long as she was happy, it was fine.

"I'll write the letter. After returning to the county tonight, I will sneak into the Zou family and deliver the letter to Zou Jiang." San Lang had learned the skills of a scout and could write in at least three different handwritings, making it very hard for others to find out who wrote the letter.

Jinli: "Mm, I'll leave it to you."

Jinli was very confident in San Lang's abilities.

"Second Sister, come back quickly for breakfast, after eating we need to move the stuff to the big workshop." Brother Cheng, having waited a long time for Jinli to return after sending off the roujiamo, came out to find her. Halfway there, he encountered her and San Lang, hurriedly running over and looking up at San Lang, "Brother San Lang, is the roujiamo tasty? Second Sister made it with our aunt's braised meat."

San Lang replied, "Haven't eaten it yet, but it smells excellent."

"It's really delicious! Brother San Lang, you should quickly go home and eat the roujiamo." Brother Cheng's lips were still greasy, as he recalled the taste of the roujiamo, urging San Lang.

San Lang had finished discussing the matter with Jinli and turned to head home upon hearing this.

Jinli held Brother Cheng's hand, walking home.

But after just a few steps, the little one yanked his hand back, saying, "I'm grown up now, Second Sister doesn't need to hold my hand anymore, only little kids need to be held."

Jinli looked at the little one who wasn't even as tall as her waist and said, "At four years old, you are still a child." Do you think you're that old?

Saying this, she grabbed his hand and carried him back home.

San Lang overheard and turned to look back, just in time to see Jinli carrying Brother Cheng home, and he couldn't help but laugh.

Er Lang always disliked San Lang having too much contact with Jinli, fearing that Jinli would bring trouble to San Lang, and he stood at their own courtyard gate watching.

Elder Qin was also there. When San Lang entered, he handed him a roujiamo: "It tastes good, these two are for you, try them."

Er Lang scoffed disdainfully, sneering at eating such greasy meat early in the morning; only those rural farmers with empty stomachs would eat it.

San Lang took the roujiamo, took a bite, chewed for a while, and after swallowing, nodded, "It tastes good, seems like something was added, it's not as greasy."

Elder Qin nodded with a smile, "Yes, an ingredient was added, Xiao Yu picked it from the mountains."

Er Lang looked at the smile on Elder Qin's face, his brow slightly furrowing. Grandfather seemed quite pleased with that country girl… Grandfather should know the importance of support from the wife's family for their kind of noble lineage; isn't he afraid that San Lang will lose the support of the wife's family because of that country girl?

"That Zhang Niu has been very honest lately; ever since the Lu family incident, he and his underlings have been hiding in Yushu Village and haven't gone to deliver messages to Zhang Hu. It seems that County Magistrate Zou still has other agents in the shadows, specifically to send messages to the river bandits for him."

"We have already thought of that," Qin San Lang entered the yard and mentioned Gu Jinli's idea to write an anonymous letter to Zou Jiang.

Elder Qin chuckled, "This girl is clever indeed."

Then, he glanced at Qin Er Lang.

Even if Xiao Yu has a humble background, she might still be of help to San Lang. Er Lang is just overthinking it.

After hearing this, Qin Er Lang's eyes narrowed and he asked Qin San Lang, "Is this method feasible?"

Qin San Lang replied, "Without any evidence proving County Magistrate Zou collaborates with river bandits, this is the best method."

Deception is not frowned upon in war, Xiao Yu's idea is aimed to trick Zou Jiang and use his suspicions against County Magistrate Zou.

This time, Qin Er Lang did not reject Gu Jinli's idea but instead said, "You are alone, if you need help, you can ask me."

Qin Er Lang knew the significance of solving this case and that cracking it would bring great merit. Since he is just a low-ranking soldier now, without significant merit, he could not hope for a promotion, so he didn't want to miss this opportunity.

Qin San Lang paused and eventually nodded, "Yes, if needed, I will ask Second Brother for help."

Elder Qin, upon hearing this, sighed in relief; ever since their family faced changes, Er Lang's temper became irritable. While San Lang grew increasingly composed, being born a noble young master from a Marquis Mansion, he too has his temperaments, and Elder Qin was genuinely afraid San Lang might not bear it and break ties with Er Lang.

Now that the relationship between the brothers has eased because of the County Magistrate Zou's case, he felt assured.

Qin San Lang sitting in the hall, finished two meat-stuffed buns, drank a bowl of warm water, and then stood up, "Let's go, we have a lot to move today, we need to get busy."

Today was the day they were moving the workshop to Lu Mansion, the families had agreed to move their things right after breakfast.

"Alright, let's go," Elder Qin responded, and the three generations took their family ropes and carrying poles to gather at the workshop.

Qin San Lang, being strong, along with Luo Wu and Qin Er Lang, dismantled the stone mill; the three of them rolled it towards Lu Mansion.

The millstone was large and heavy; Third Grandpa, afraid of accidents, had He Sanlai lead the way with a long stick, shouting at the villagers on the road, "Make way, hurry and clear the path! Don't get too damn close, you'll not be our responsibility if the mill crushes someone!"

Hearing this, the villagers hurriedly made way, fearing that the mill was not held steadily and might roll over and crush them.

A few months after the workshop opened, the number of large millstones increased from three to five. It took Qin San Lang and others two hours to safely deliver all five millstones to Lu Mansion, placing them in a large guesthaus in the front courtyard on the left.

This guesthouse, previously used by the Lu family to entertain noble guests, was large enough with three main rooms, four side rooms, and forward and rear small gardens, making it quite adequate for a tofu workshop.

Going forward, Old Guo and others would be grinding beans, filtering soy milk, cooking soy milk, and making tofu here.

The guesthouse on the right side of the front yard would be used for making fried tofu and dried tofu. The two separate courtyards, one on the left and one on the right, with distinct male and female labor divisions would prevent incidents like Ms. Xu Wang being mistakenly beaten up by Gu Yumei.

The spice workshop was situated in the second inner yard. Going forward, He Dazhuang's wife, He Tugou's wife, and Mo Qinzi would grind spices there.

They need not pass through the front yard but could enter directly through the corner gate on the right. This arrangement ensured that young ladies and daughters-in-law need not worry about encountering the men working with beans in the front yard.

Ms. Zhang was delighted; her Sister Qin was not yet married, and watching over interactions between men and women was still necessary.