After the hot water was ready, Lin Qiaoyun added a little ordinary tea from the house as a cover, saying she specially wanted to serve tea to Grandpa, Grandma, Father-in-law, and Mother-in-law.
The four elders saw how enthusiastic she was and all drank the tea she offered.
When she saw that everyone had finished the specially enhanced tea, Lin Qiaoyun happily hummed a tune while holding a cup of tea and walked into the room she shared with Zhao Tiezhu.
The Zhao family house was considered fairly large in Guyun Village.
There was one large main house. In the center front was an area for ancestral tablets. On both sides were rows of rooms—one side had four rooms and a kitchen, while the other had three rooms, a storage room, and a bathroom.
The Zhao family probably built the bathroom because there were many daughters in the family, and several brothers were away in the military. The bathroom was quite large too, with separate areas for using the toilet and bathing.
Lin Qiaoyun liked this bathroom the most. She felt that living with the Zhao family was great in every way.
Still humming to herself, Lin Qiaoyun walked into the room and saw Zhao Tiezhu carefully putting away the medals he had just taken off from his chest—there were several of them, large and small.
Curious, Lin Qiaoyun walked over.
“Zhao Tiezhu, how many military merits have you earned? What do these all represent?”
Her big eyes stared without blinking. Looking at these medals of honor, she didn’t even dare touch them, afraid she might damage them.
Seeing how curious she was, Zhao Tiezhu handed her the prettiest medal.
“Do you like it? If you do, I can give you this First-Class Merit medal.”
“What? Give it to me? No, I can’t take that. You should keep it yourself!”
Though her mouth said no, her hands were already touching it lovingly.
Her heart was racing with excitement.
“Oh my god! This is a First-Class Merit medal! Zhao Tiezhu, how are you so amazing? How did you earn this?”
Lin Qiaoyun was too excited and accidentally blurted out what she was thinking.
“I earned it during the war to aid C.”
Lin Qiaoyun was stunned. She had thought Zhao Tiezhu was just an ordinary soldier. She hadn’t expected him to be practically a national treasure!
Ah!…
She wanted to scream!…
Back in the apocalypse, she had once seen a video of an elderly veteran from the war to aid C. He was over a hundred years old, with white hair and missing teeth, but his eyes were still full of killing intent. He had such a powerful presence.
That was the strongest impression military men had left on her. She had always thought they were incredibly amazing and admired them endlessly.
Unable to hold back anymore, Lin Qiaoyun suddenly threw herself at Zhao Tiezhu and hugged him tightly.
“Zhao Tiezhu, you’re incredible! I’m so proud of you.”
Seeing the shining look in his wife’s eyes, full of admiration for him, Zhao Tiezhu couldn’t help saying proudly:
“I didn’t just participate in the war to aid C—I also fought in the Liberation War.
I joined the army at sixteen. I’m twenty-six now. I’ve been a soldier for ten years.”
Lin Qiaoyun quietly counted the years in her head.
It really checked out! It was 1955 now, and Zhao Tiezhu had joined at sixteen. He really was a true People’s Liberation Army soldier!
Holding Zhao Tiezhu, Lin Qiaoyun tried to restrain herself, but in the end, she couldn’t help planting a hard kiss on his cheek.
“Salute to Uncle PLA Soldier!…”
Zhao Tiezhu suddenly found himself surrounded by the sweet scent of a young girl.
After her natural fragrance faded, he thought he could even smell something like milk.
Why did she smell like milk?…
After kissing him, Lin Qiaoyun also felt a little embarrassed. She quickly used the excuse of putting away the medals to change the subject.
“These are all treasures of our family. We need to keep them safe.”
“Mhm. Do you really not want me to give you one?”
“Zhao Tiezhu, why give me one? What’s yours is mine. These are all mine anyway. How could one medal ever satisfy me?”
“Mhm, my wife is right. These are all yours. From now on, you’ll keep them.”
Zhao Tiezhu directly handed her the box of medals.
“Sure. I’m already holding your family’s money box anyway. One more box doesn’t matter.”
Zhao Tiezhu gently flicked her little nose and got up to take out a bankbook and a paper package from a drawer.
“This is my savings, along with my ration coupons. From now on, this family is in your hands.”
Looking at the extra money, coupons, and bankbook now in her hands, Lin Qiaoyun was honestly speechless.
One after another—what was with this family?
“Zhao Tiezhu, your whole family handed me everything. Aren’t you afraid I’ll run off with the money?”
“You won’t. The Zhao family is good at judging people. Grandpa, Grandma, Father, Mother, and all my younger brothers and sisters really like you.”
Lin Qiaoyun: “…”
This family really was interesting.
“Oh right, Zhao Tiezhu, are you thirsty?”
“A little.”
“Then drink this tea.”
Zhao Tiezhu: “…”
“Hurry and drink it. I specially made it for you. It tastes really good.”
The cup was already being pushed right up to Zhao Tiezhu’s mouth. Whether he wanted to or not, he had to drink it.
Not long after drinking the tea, Zhao Tiezhu suddenly stood up and rushed outside.
His stomach was churning violently.
“Strange. I didn’t even eat much today. Why am I suddenly having stomach problems?”
“Hey! Hey! Zhao Tiezhu, what’s wrong?”
Lin Qiaoyun hurried after him toward the family bathroom.
Just as they reached the bathroom entrance, she saw her father-in-law walking out.
“Boss, Boss, are you having stomach trouble too? Your mother, grandfather, and grandmother all had stomach problems just now too.”
Could the meat from lunch have gone bad? That had to be why the whole family had upset stomachs. Thankfully, their bathroom was large enough for two people at once—otherwise today would have been embarrassing.
“Dad, I need the toilet first…”
When Lin Qiaoyun heard her father-in-law’s words and thought of the three younger sisters-in-law, the three older sisters-in-law, and the three younger brothers-in-law, she decided to handle them all at once.
There was still tea left anyway, so she might as well “take care” of the younger ones too.
So Lin Qiaoyun carried the teapot and cups, saying it was her first time serving tea as the eldest sister-in-law. Naturally, the younger brothers and sisters had to drink it.
Once all the tea had been poured and the younger ones had finished drinking, Lin Qiaoyun suddenly thought:
Oh no…
“This… 1, 2, 3, 4, 5…”
She didn’t dare imagine what was about to happen.
The image was too beautiful…
Too horrifying to picture!…
Lin Qiaoyun wondered if her craziness was acting up again.
Surely they wouldn’t suspect she had drugged them, right?
After all, Jinhua had boiled the water, the tea leaves were from the house, and she had only brewed some tea.
Right! The lunch meat.
The lunch meat had gone bad.
But she had eaten it too. Should she give herself some laxative too?
But there already weren’t enough toilets. What if she also needed to go?…
Just as Lin Qiaoyun was struggling over whether to drug herself too—
The Zhao household had already fallen into chaos.
Zhao Tiezhu and the three younger “Zhus” were kicked out of the bathroom by the sisters and told to go deal with things outside.
Half an hour later…
All thirteen members of the Zhao family had been taken down by Lin Qiaoyun.
Why thirteen?
Because Zhao Tiezhu was still squatting in the toilet.
At first, Zhao Tiezhu had gone outside, but once the younger ones calmed down, he was still suffering from stomach trouble. And since farm fertilizer was valuable, it couldn’t be wasted casually.
Lin Qiaoyun had only added two drops of essence liquid to the whole pot of tea for the family to share.
But for Zhao Tiezhu’s personal cup, she had added three drops.
He was her priority target for special care.
What she hadn’t expected, though, was such a huge reaction after drinking the enhanced water.
The first time she drank it herself, nothing much had happened…
Even this body’s first time drinking it hadn’t caused such a big reaction either. She had only spent a slightly longer time in the bathroom once.