Before Qin Junyao could speak, Grandma Qin slapped her thigh. "I forgot about that Doctor Mo. I can't stand that old fellow either, let's take care of him too."
"Haven't you been practicing daggers? How is it? Can you kill people?"
Qin Junyao's momentary worry for Zhao Liangcai leading troops to Xibei City instantly turned into worry for Grandma Qin. Grandma Qin's thoughts were wrong.
She asked in surprise, "Grandma, they haven't done anything that angers heaven and men, why must we take their lives?"
"It will be too late when she does. She'll give you a sterility potion, an abortion potion, a slow-acting poison, and if you have a child, she'll give it a..."
Qin Junyao grabbed Grandma Qin's hand as she gestured on her body. "Grandma, that won't happen."
Grandma Qin pulled her hand back. "How do you know it won't?"
"Because Zhao Liangcai will bring Qian Duo and Doctor Mo to Xibei City. Grandma, where are you going?"
Before Qin Junyao finished speaking, she saw Grandma Qin about to walk out without even wearing her shoes. She quickly reached out to stop her.
"Let go of me. This is outrageous. A new bride married for less than half a year, and you're bringing a second woman in? You should at least wait until you have a son. Don't hold me back."
"And why *her* of all people? Qian Duo? She's the kind of woman who can drain a man dry."
Grandma Qin couldn't break free from Qin Junyao's grasp and turned to scold her. "Look at you. Your two maids, whether in looks or in speech and demeanor, are none of them inferior to Qian Duo?"
"You knew that Zhao Hammer had other intentions, yet you didn't even suggest one of them as a concubine. I really taught you for nothing."
Grandma Qin started to feel dejected as she spoke and sat on the edge of the kang, sighing. "Even an old hunter can make mistakes. I never thought he, Zhao Hammer, was such a person."
"Oh my, Grandma, let me say something. It's not what you think. It's just that the information Qian Duo knows is useful to Zhao Liangcai, so he brought her along."
Although Qin Junyao didn't tell Grandma Qin about Qian Duo's precognitive abilities, she did say that Qian Duo looked like Madam Qian, and Madam Qian's actions made Zhao Liangcai hate her deeply. Zhao Liangcai would not give Qian Duo any opportunity.
After Qin Junyao's explanation, Grandma Qin continuously pointed at her silently.
"You're upsetting me during the New Year. If it weren't the second day of the Lunar New Year, I'd give you a good beating."
Grandma Qin wiped the dirt off her socks and sat back on the kang. "Since that's not the case, you said your grandson-in-law is going to Xibei City. Why the expression as if his father died?"
Qin Junyao held her forehead, feeling a headache. "Isn't war dangerous?"
"Dangerous? He'll only be in danger when his subordinates are almost wiped out. You'd be better off worrying about your second brother. He'll be clamoring to go along."
"Besides, if something really happens, you'll just be a wealthy widow. Grandma will find you someone even better."
Qin Junyao was utterly exhausted, but after talking with Grandma Qin, she felt much clearer in her mind.
However.
"Hiss~~" Qin Junyao gasped.
Grandma Qin couldn't help but pinch Qin Junyao. "You speak so slowly, what else is there to say? And give me another hundred taels for my peace of mind."
Qin Junyao was both amused and helpless as she took a hundred tael silver note from her sleeve and gave it to Grandma Qin.
Grandma Qin didn't ask why Qin Junyao brought so much money out with her.
With the money given, Qin Junyao had to ask her last question. "Grandma, what is a burlap sack?"
Grandma Qin's hands itched again. "A burlap sack is a bag made of burlap. I teach you about the fabrics rich families use, and you forget about the fabrics poor families use."
"Our family was poor before, so why did we always wear cotton clothes?"
"I wanted to. What business is it of yours? Even if your grandma was begging with your third uncle, she'd still wear cotton clothes, and they'd have floral patterns."