Chapter 131: At this point, there is no difference between girls and girls

Before leaving, he asked Minister Dong to take good care of Huo Zong in the next few days.

Huo Zong quickly declined upon hearing this: "That's not necessary. Minister Dong, please prepare some food for me. I can take care of myself. Minister, please go to the military camp to see Lord Xie and make sure nothing happens."

At this moment, Ruan Qing actually stood up, looked at Ruan Mian timidly, and then took the initiative to propose.

"Sister, how about... I take care of General Huo for the next few days? I'm fine anyway, so I can just bring him some food on time every day and help him change his medicine and boil the herbs, right?"

Hearing this, Huo Zong was the first to object: "How can this be possible? The eldest girl is a girl, and I am a rough man, how can I let her..."

Before he could finish his words, Ruan Qing interrupted him with certainty.

"At this point, there's no need to distinguish between a girl and a girl. Besides, I'm just here to take care of you, and I haven't done anything inappropriate. What's more, the general is a hero who has dedicated himself to his country. In this critical moment, of course I have to contribute my part."

"It's a pity that I didn't have the chance to fight on the battlefield like the general did. I can only share his worries from behind. Come to think of it, if the general recovers well, then any future victories will definitely have my share of the credit!"

Hearing her say this, Ruan Mian couldn't help laughing.

Looking at Ruan Qing now, even she couldn't help but sigh.

They had been in exile for less than a year, and the young lady, who had never done housework, had become independent and devoted herself to her country.

Since it's voluntary, there's nothing wrong with it. Ruan Mian originally wanted to find other people to help.

With Ruan Qing's insistence, others no longer objected.

In addition to taking care of Huo Zong these days, Ruan Mian has to run to several places every day to collect the raw materials for making gunpowder with everyone.

The only thing she didn't let anyone get close to was the saltpeter garden, and few people knew what the real saltpeter raw materials looked like, and in what form they were "grown".

As long as Ruan Mian says he has collected it, then it exists.

She said it was being made in the saltpeter garden, but in fact she had already taken out the first batch of gunpowder from the space, and was just waiting to take it to the cave when the time came.

Minister Dong would bring an extra general trusted by Huo Zong to get gunpowder every day.

After a few days, they had almost obtained enough gunpowder, which was enough for them to deal with a battle.

Of course she didn't stop, and she continued until the day Huo Zong returned to the military camp.

"General, you can come here tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to get it. As long as the raw materials are available, I will make it every day if you need it."

Huo Zongyuan never expected that a woman could help them so much.

He was filled with gratitude and bowed deeply to her and Ruan Qing before leaving.

Ruan Mian and Ruan Qing walked him for a mile and sent him into the woods before the two sisters returned home.

However, at this moment, Ruan Mian found that Ruan Qing looked very worried and couldn't help but express his concern.

"What's wrong, big sister? Are you still reluctant to let General Huo go?"

Ruan Qing blushed: "Sister! It's not what you think."

"I feel that after the general leaves this time, we don't know what will happen next. His injuries are only temporarily better, but they are not completely healed. If the Lanqiang enemy army rises up now and he is forced to go to the battlefield to deal with it, then..."

"Then he'd be in trouble. What if the wound opened? What if he got tricked by someone else? Swords and knives are merciless on the battlefield. I'm afraid..."

"General Huo will take care of it. There's no point in us worrying about this."

"What my sister said is that going to the battlefield to kill the enemy is what a general should do. He must have had his own considerations when he chose this path."

"Didn't Ah Mei tell me before that every choice we make paves a path for ourselves? No matter what happens in the future, it's all the choices we've made along the way, and the path we have to take."

"Anyway, Ah Mei is right. We can't worry about things that may happen, nor can we sit back and enjoy the fruits of our labor. We should be peaceful and enjoy the present while also preparing for the future."

Then he suddenly remembered something: "Oh, sister! There's something I forgot to tell you."

She pointed to another road and said, "Let's go back this way. The last time I took this road, I found something unexpected. Guess what it was?"

"Oh? What's the unexpected surprise?" When Ruan Mian was curious, Ruan Qing had already pulled her hand and walked towards that road.

Ruan Qing did not tell her immediately, but took her carefully to a remote slope.

There was also a pile of bushes and dead branches blocking the road.

Just as she was about to ask, Ruan Qing explained, "Last time I came to deliver food to the general, I accidentally stepped on something and fell down, and then I saw these things. Look, sister!"

Following Ruan Qing's gaze, Ruan Mian actually saw something special in a pile of wasteland.

She quickly found a stick and dug through the soil. After clearing the waste soil, she was shocked to see that there were some copper coins, jade artifacts, and even a lot of pottery mixed in the soil.

And looking at the surroundings, it seems like someone is deliberately covering up this place.

She was slightly startled and continued to open it a little more.

He took a few of the copper coins in his hands and looked at them carefully. He found that although they were copper coins, the patterns on them were not the copper coins they usually used for transactions.

"Sister, do you know what country these copper coins are from? Oh, and these pottery pieces, we can take them back."

"I think if we dig a little deeper, there might be something else inside! Oh, and these broken jade pieces, could it be... that there's a treasure hidden here?!"

Ruan Qing's eyes lit up and he looked at Ruan Mian with excitement.

She also held some broken jade pieces in her hands.

Ruan Mian thought for a while, then suddenly stood up and covered the place he had just dug with soil.

Ruan Qing was puzzled: "Sister, what are you doing?"

After saying that, Ruan Mian threw the copper coins in his hand and the broken jade in Ruan Qing's hand into the ground.

"Don't be greedy for things of unknown origin, Ruan Qing. Be careful in everything and don't bring disaster upon yourself."

When Ruan Qing heard this, he quickly threw away the jade bracelet and other copper coins he had picked up here yesterday, and even refused to touch the pottery.

"My sister is right. I was also wondering how such things could be found in such a deep mountain. If it really is a treasure, if we find it, maybe others will find it too. Even if I hide it secretly, I'm panicking."

Ruan Qing has never been a greedy person. He has been raised in a mansion since he was a child and has no deep understanding of money.

So when Ruan Mian said this, she didn't even have time to dodge.

But in fact, Ruan Mian also became suspicious of this place.

This was done to prevent Ruan Qing from being involved in the chaos, at least when she was not sure what was going on.

So she took Ruan Qing back for the time being, and when it was late at night and everyone was asleep, she would come back to investigate in detail.

After they returned to the house, Cuizhu took Bai Lun to find Ruan Mian.

"Girl, Bai Lun is here to see you."