Chapter 62 My poor daughter!

When Xu Yaner heard that the gift money would not be managed by her, she cried out, "Why? Aren't women the ones who manage the money in this family?"

Mrs. Cui covered her face and burst into tears: "Xue Zhuang, you are so cruel. You have ruined my daughter. She can't even have a decent meal.

Oh, my poor daughter!

You didn't get any betrothal gifts or three golds when you got married, and you're wearing someone else's old wedding dress. How could you be so blind to marry such a stingy man? If I had known earlier, I would have rather he died."

Hearing her mention that she had violated military discipline and was almost beheaded, Xue Zhuang's forehead veins throbbed. His future was ruined and he had to be scolded from time to time.

He raised his hand and flipped the table: "If you don't want to eat, then don't eat. You can forget about the gift money."

He understood that the mother and daughter in front of him wanted to threaten him with the issue of premarital infidelity.

Ordinary people might care about it, but Xue Zhuang doesn’t think so: doing that thing is not forced.

He admitted that he didn't control his crotch at the time, and it was not his own fault.

Xu Yan'er is a shameless girl. She takes off all her clothes and lies in bed to talk to a man. Who can tolerate it?

If she had been more reserved, colder towards men, and it hadn't been so easy for him to untie her belt himself, why would it have come to this?

He not only lost his job but was also forced to get married.

This mother and daughter didn't let go of the important event in their life, even though they were so hasty and careless.

Xue Zhuang was very indignant: he had picked up a cheap thing.

People are so strange. They like something so much when they don't have it, but once they get it, they throw it away like a rotten shoe.

The groom overturned the table, the bride cried and wailed, and with the addition of an old woman taking sides, Xue Zhuang's bridal chamber suddenly became a mess.

Elsewhere, Song Zhenping walked home angrily. Song Dekui advised him, "Daping, you're really angry today. Xue Zhuang is a military household, and so are you. You'll have to deal with him in the future. What if he deliberately makes things difficult for you?"

Song Zhenping clenched his fists: "You can hit me or scold me, but if anyone bullies Yun'er and Xiao'an, I will fight him to the death."

Song Dekui: “……!”

Think about it, this man once fainted from hunger and had his legs broken because he wanted to protect his younger brother. What does it matter if he loses face now? If he says he will fight to the death, he will probably really do it.

Xue Zhuang has no official position now, and is also a military household. To put it bluntly, it is not certain that he will be better than Xiaoyun and Daping in the future.

Okay, just pretend I didn’t say anything!

The two of them had nothing else to say and returned to Baolinju together.

In the yard, Hei Jin, who was playing twirl with Xiao An, suddenly stopped, jumped onto the top of the wall, looked outside, made a gesture, turned around and jumped towards the attic in the side yard.

Song Liyun was drying the freshly boiled acorns when she saw Hei Jin's movements. She suspected someone was coming and asked deliberately, "Xiao An, look who's coming?"

Xiao An didn't even need to look, he ran towards the gate and shouted, "Brother!"

The courtyard gate opened and Song Zhenping and Song Dekui came in.

Song Dekui hadn't seen Xiao An at noon, so when he saw her, he immediately picked up Xiao An who had opened the door and weighed him: "Xiao An seems to be a little heavier!"

Xiao An blushed, pushed him away awkwardly, and ran into the side yard to hide.

Song Zhenping asked curiously, "Yun'er, I didn't even knock on the door, how did you know we were back?"

Song Liyun chuckled: "Guess!"

Because Heijin is extremely ugly and is a "ferocious ghost", Song Liyun is worried that Song Zhenping will overreact and has been asking Heijin to stay away from him.

These days, whenever Song Zhenping is not at home, Heijin will play with Xiaoan, and when Song Zhenping comes back, Heijin will hide back in the attic.

Xiao An also listens to Song Liyun. Since his brother is at home, he will not go to look for Heijin.

So these days, Song Zhenping had no idea that there was such a monster in his family.

The corvee labor had stopped, and everyone was just waiting to return home.

Song Dekui no longer went back to the migrant workers' shed and stayed in Baolin.

He waited for Song Liyun to make something strange to eat at every meal, and spent the rest of the time helping Song Zhenping clean the yard.

In addition to the house, Ji's house also has a large yard. It may have been planted with flowers and plants in the past, but now there is only grass.

First, dig up the grass roots in the yard, clean them up, then dig out the ashes in the backyard and pile them together to make fertilizer. When the land can be plowed in the spring, they will be transported out to fertilize the fields.

After weeding, I started grinding acorn powder and was very busy.

Song Dekui had a place to stay, food to eat and something to do, so it was easy for him to kill time and three days passed in a flash.

The other laborers waited in the shed, waiting for the military camp to settle their wages and send them home.

Who knew that something would happen in Suijin Town while they were waiting?

Captain Luo didn't dare leave the military camp these days. He had no money and no money to pay the migrant workers.

The captured migrant workers worked for more than 20 days, and the Suijin Pass, 20 miles away from the town, was barely repaired in half a year.

This pass is about one or two zhang high, made entirely of stone, and spans the Huangsha River.

Embankments were built on both sides of the river, blocking the river channel tightly, with stone channels and stone gates in the middle.

In the dry season, the stone gate can be lowered to store water, and when the stone gate is raised from above, a wave of ten feet will appear on the flat ground.

It would be impossible for the Di Lu people to pass through here again.

The repair was completed, but the cost was exorbitant. Captain Luo went to the higher-level garrison several times to ask for money, but they were unable to provide the funds.

There is no other reason.

This year, the Ministry of Revenue of the imperial court said that Princess Yuhua spent 800,000 taels of silver on repairing the Jingsheng Temple, and money was tight.

The Zhenbei Army’s pay was in arrears again, so let them overcome the problem on their own.

Captain Luo wanted to curse whenever he thought about it: the money the court spends on supporting a princess is almost as much as the money it spends on supporting the army.

Next time the Di Lu invade, don't send the soldiers to the battlefield, just hang the eldest princess on the city wall and take her for a walk.

Even though he complained, he only dared to criticize in his heart.

The eldest princess is the emperor's biological sister and the greatest contributor to the current emperor's ascension to the throne. No one dares to offend her.

The current tasks still need to be done.

Now the accounts of the quartermaster of Suijinwei are empty. Not only are the soldiers' food and wages in arrears, but there is also not enough money to pay the wages of the civilian workers.

In fact, it was not much, just two hundred taels of silver. Just these two hundred taels of silver were enough to keep Captain Luo depressed.

The garrison really couldn't afford it.

Captain Luo can hide, but the migrant workers can't afford to waste time.

Winter is approaching and it is getting colder day by day. The thin coats on our bodies are no longer enough to support us. We all want to take the money and go home to spend the winter.

The crowd gradually gathered at the barracks gate!

Captain Luo suddenly felt overwhelmed. He would not default on his debt. When the Third Young Master left, he said that he would inform Captain Lei to have the military pay delivered as soon as possible.

He just wants to delay for a few days and wait for the money to be allocated from above.

Outside the barracks, the migrant workers waited and waited but received no payment. There were rumors that the military camp was deliberately refusing to pay, and everyone was immediately in a panic.

The angry workers surrounded the barracks and shouted that they would go to the government to file a complaint.

Upon hearing the news, Captain Luo flew into a rage: "That bastard! It's just a salary of one or two taels of silver, and he dares to complain to the authorities. Tie him up to the gate and see who dares to cause trouble again."

No matter how reckless and impulsive he was, the people below would not really tie him up, but would only drive him away.

When Song Zhenping brought back the news, Song Liyun was trying to make dumplings with acorn bread, but naturally it didn't work.

Acorns are high in starch and very sticky, so the easiest way to eat them is to make them into frozen skin.

To make noodles or other pasta, powders of other grains must be added.

This is undoubtedly putting the cart before the horse for people who are already short of food.

Since there are whole grains, why bother eating bitter acorn flour?

"Yun'er, Uncle Kui, there's a commotion at the garrison!"

Before anyone entered the yard, Song Zhenping shouted in panic.

(End of this chapter)