Nie Zhenbang was not feeling too discouraged at this moment. All his life, he had taken unconventional paths, and it seemed that if he were not taking risks, he would not be Nie Zhenbang. He did not care about that.
However, he still put on a bitter smile and said, "It looks like this time, instead of being the mother-in-law, I still have to be the daughter-in-law. I need to listen more, observe more, and talk less."
After a pause, Nie Zhenbang deliberately asked, "Could I trouble the two elder brothers to explain something to me? This concept of 'fortified household,' what does it entail?"
As a member of the Nie family, who had a tradition of learning passed down through generations, Nie Zhenbang naturally knew what the term meant. However, because the topic had turned to the issues of the Hongjiang, and the atmosphere had become a bit heavy, he deliberately asked anyway.
