Chapter 235

"How can you say that... Well, that's not right. Do you know what's in this box?" Li Zhi realized belatedly that when he opened the box facing his daughter, her daughter didn't show any worry at all.

"I'm not hiding this from you on purpose, Mom. Think about it carefully. I've hinted at it countless times." Li Huaiyu put his weapon against the wall. "I tried it once the day before yesterday, but you didn't take it to heart!"

"Then just say it straight out!"

"And then let you lie in bed for half a month out of anger, just like last time?" How can I do that without laying the groundwork first!

"I...Okay, Mom was wrong. I shouldn't blame you." Li Zhi sighed, then cheered up and rolled up her sleeves: "Then you have to get back the recommendation letter I gave to your cousin!" It's outrageous that he could cheat such a big favor with a box of broken jade!

"It's okay, I changed the letter. The boy is crying in the military camp now." Li Huaiyu leaned into Li Zhi's arms with a proud expression: Praise me!

"Oh, you did a great job! They should be punished. They never tell the truth and never do their job!" Li Zhi touched Li Huaiyu's head: "Come, see what good things mother bought you!"

"Okay, let me see... This is, an iron shovel?" Li Huaiyu had never questioned her mother's love for her, but now that she had the shovel, she was deeply skeptical of her mother's judgment: How could an iron shovel be more valuable than jade? Trading a farm tool for a box of jade and a bag of silver melon seeds—no matter how you look at it, she's making a killing!

"This isn't just a hoe!" Li Zhi looked around, then leaned close to his daughter's ear and whispered, "This is a hoe that can inspire the military spirit!"

"Soul of the Army?" Li Huaiyu looked down at the iron hoe in his hand and spoke slowly, "I haven't heard of any soldiers using iron hoes as weapons becoming famous recently?" Seriously? That's it? While it's quite handy for hitting people, who would use an iron hoe to kill the enemy? If such a situation really happened, the quartermaster would definitely be the first to be held accountable. Soldiers fighting in battle were like hanging their heads on their belts. Not providing them with decent weapons was a serious crime!

"Hey, not a soldier." Li Zhi raised his eyebrows mysteriously: "You recognize him, but I can't say who he is."

"Mom, did you...did you see the Military Spirit with your own eyes?" Li Huaiyu wanted to ask his mother if she'd been tricked, but then he realized she wasn't that foolish, so he quickly changed his mind. As for the rain of pear blossom needles, that was another matter. His mother always trusted her family more. It wasn't her fault she'd been tricked; it was Second Uncle's family who were being inhumane!

"That's right! I saw it with my own eyes! He's very handsome!" Li Zhi's eyes lit up when talking about that stunning glimpse: "He is worthy of being the military soul! He looks very impressive and powerful. He beat up those bastards, hehe... Oh, by the way, this matter must be kept secret, don't tell anyone else!" Seeing the old lady's secretive look, she was probably unwilling to let others know about the military soul.

"You don't have to tell me, but you have to tell me where you saw it, right?" Li Huaiyu, who was skeptical, planned to go and see for himself whether the so-called military spirit really existed.

When Li Zhi handed the iron shovel to her eldest daughter, Bei Qiao was sitting in the carriage, tinkering with things in the group. Just now, Shopkeeper Mei sent an extra big red envelope to the task group, and the group cheered and thanked.

Upon learning that everyone was planning to create a group to play together, Shopkeeper Mei said he wanted to join, and even asked his grandmother to join as well. After a heated argument and the inspiring spirit of the military, everyone was excited, and some people who had only met once before had already started making plans to meet up next time.

Bei Qiao flipped through the information, thought about it, and decided to issue a simple task before leaving Sijin County, and then use broken jade as a reward: Since Shopkeeper Mei has already sent out red envelopes, let's change the approach.

It was already noon, and Bei Qiao was too lazy to go back to the inn. She told Hui Hui to look after the carriage while she went offline to have lunch. Qiao Lin happened to be home for something, and seeing his daughter fooling around with lunch again, he quickly made a bowl of noodles, mixed it with the extra food he had made that morning, and brought it to his daughter: "Don't fool around all the time."

"Okay." Bei Qiao picked up the chopsticks and started eating.

"Have any relatives come to you to gossip these days?" Qiao Lin just came back temporarily. After putting down the bowl, he went to pack up his things.

"No, what's wrong?" Bei Qiao raised his head: the relatives who are closer in the family are all good people and don't like to meddle in other people's business. As for those who are farther away, they are not familiar with each other and can't recognize each other during the New Year. They have to wait for the familiar elders to remind them before they know what to call each other.

"It's okay. I just ran into someone with a problem in their thinking who was belittling you in front of me, and I fought back." Qiao Lin sneered: "Aren't you just jealous that my daughter has never had to worry about me since she was a child? Who told my daughter to follow me?"

"Oh, who's that? Is he still out and about during the New Year?"

"You definitely don't have that impression...it depends on the situation. They're more likely to be kind during the New Year."

Bei Qiao quickly ate offline. In another world, Li Huaiyu, having received the address, used his Qinggong skills to rush all the way to Jinshan Mountain, where he saw a group of people repairing the ground outside the pavilion. The sun was a bit strong at noon, and some people worked for a while before going to rest under the trees. With nothing else to do, they began discussing what had just happened, each of them talking as if they had witnessed it firsthand.

Li Huaiyu listened from the side and found that no one mentioned the military spirit, but the traces of damage on the ground did not look like they were caused by a sharp weapon. The military spirit mentioned by Li Zhi was very likely real.

"Looking at it this way, the girl really did lose out..." Even if it was an iron hoe that had inspired the military spirit, it couldn't be priced that way.

"Ayu!"

On the way home from Jinshan, Li Huaiyu met a blind date that her relatives had introduced her to. She was not interested in this person, but this person thought that strong women were afraid of clinging to men, so he would pester Li Huaiyu relentlessly.

"What bad luck..." Li Huaiyu didn't want to pay any attention to the other person at all. He walked around him and continued to move forward.

"Ayu, why are you embarrassed again? I know you like me..." The other person came closer with a pouting octopus mouth. His smile seemed very warm and bright in the eyes of those who didn't know the truth, but in Li Huaiyu's eyes, it was disgusting.

"It seems you don't understand what I'm saying." Li Huaiyu stopped, avoiding the man's octopus mouth, and walked around to the back. He grabbed the man's collar and dragged him to the nearby patrol officer: "Excuse me, let me be your witness. He was the one who started it."

The patrolling detectives were all locals and were familiar with Li Huaiyu. They thought there was no problem with him being a witness. "Okay, do you need any help?"

"No, thank you." Li Huaiyu smiled, then in front of everyone, she lifted the octopus-mouthed man with one hand and strangled him with the other hand: "I repeat one last time, I'm not interested in you. Even if you are liked by all the elders and all the other girls, I won't change my mind. I don't like you! Others are others, I am me!"

Seeing that the other party wanted to talk, Li Huaiyu continued, "You don't need to say that you will change your mind after understanding me. Who the hell are you? You still want me to change my mind for you? Don't say that you are ordinary now. Even if you are famous, I still have the right to refuse you! I don't like you, I don't like you. If you want to take advantage of me, it's indecent. No matter what you look like, indecent is indecent!"

The man with the octopus mouth wanted to speak, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Li Huaiyu would tighten the hand that was pinching his throat. After a few times, he didn't dare to speak anymore.

Li Huaiyu had no intention of listening to his excuses. After finishing what he wanted to say in one breath, he gently pushed the octopus-mouthed man to the ground: "This is the last warning. If you do this again next time... Ha!"

Rolling up his sleeves, Li Huaiyu showed off his arms that he had trained hard for many years: "With your bamboo-thin body, I can beat ten of you!" I'll beat you to death!

Oh my... Bei Qiao, who was driving by after dinner, gave the other person a thumbs up in his heart: Handsome!

"Hey, aren't you going too far? What if this handsome guy didn't hear what you said before?" Just as others were applauding Li Huaiyu's behavior, an old man suddenly rushed out of the crowd and pointed at Li Huaiyu: "If he didn't hear it, wouldn't you be wrongly accusing a good person?"

Which good guy forced a kiss on a girl in the street, and a handsome guy at that... Bei Qiao, whose way was blocked, looked at the old man and then at the man with the octopus mouth: Oh, because he is your biological child, you just forced praise on him, right?

Li Huaiyu ignored the old man and pushed him to the ground. He thanked the detectives and left. The other onlookers ignored the old man and dispersed, not even interested in his gossip.

"What do you mean? Isn't that right?" The old man turned around angrily, waving his hands and feet, almost hitting the nose of the gray man who was pulling the carriage around behind him. "You people, you people...can't others be allowed not to hear it? Ignorance is not a crime!"

"The girl is probably afraid of inheriting deafness." Bei Qiao subconsciously retorted after trying to take a detour but was blocked again.

Others who hadn't left far: "Hahaha!"

The people of Sijin County were generous and would laugh at anything they wanted, without giving the old man any face. The old man glared at the children who dared to laugh at him, but when he saw that they were not afraid at all and were even making faces at him, he became even angrier.

"Ah! Huh!" Huihui, who was passing by the old man, angrily snorted at him: "You almost hit my face just now, did you know? My master has never hit me before!"

The donkey blew a puff of air in his face, and the old man was so angry that he almost couldn't breathe. If he wasn't fast enough to catch up with the carriage, he would probably chase after it and curse loudly, demonstrating the meaning of breaking defense in public.

What an interesting person... Li Huaiyu, who had not yet walked far, looked back at the carriage and said: If there is a chance in the future, we can make friends, our personalities will definitely match.