Chapter 555: Did I eat your rice?
This scene left Cui Sanlun and the Song family stunned.
Madam Song couldn't help but ask, "It can actually understand words?!"
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "She's very clever. She's a regular customer here. I guess she wants to eat fried fruit today."
How strange!
Cui Sanlun and Song Da looked at each other, unable to suppress their curiosity, and followed him out.
The lynx was seen walking arrogantly on the street. No one stopped it, and no one dared to snatch what it was holding.
The Yunzhou soldiers patrolling the road would greet it enthusiastically: "Hey, Xiaohua, are you out shopping again? No training today?"
Xiaohua gently whipped the man's calf with his tail.
The man smiled and apologized: "I know, I know, you skipped work again."
Everyone around watched all this with a smile, not finding it strange at all.
The lynx called Xiaohua walked all the way to the fried fruit stall at the eastern end.
When the vendor saw Xiao Hua, he immediately took the noodles and said, "Master Hua, just give me the copper coins. Why did you go out of your way to exchange for the noodles?"
The stall owner next to him teased him, "It's all because you fooled it last time! I gave you four copper coins, but you insisted that you only received three. Now look what you can do with a bag full of noodles!"
The fried fruit stand owner smiled helplessly: "I didn't want to do that either. Miss Green Plum specifically told me not to feed Master Hua so many fried fruits. It's not good for his health."
Xiaohua seemed to understand, and she cried out a few times and kept urging him.
"Got it. Don't push me anymore, Master Hua."
Cui Sanlun was surprised. Lumei? This little lynx was actually raised by Gu Nanxi? So arrogant?
Cui Sanlun remained calm, pretending to be a stranger, and asked, "This lynx is quite wealthy. The owner must be very rich, right?"
The owner of the fried fruit stand glanced at Cui Sanlun and said calmly, "From out of town? Not bad."
Cui Sanlun deliberately said: "Alas, the world is really difficult nowadays. Ordinary people can't even get enough food, but this lynx can actually eat fried fruits."
Xiaohua turned her head to look at Cui Sanlun, narrowing her eyes, exuding a dangerous message.
A neatly dressed woman with several long scars on her face came over and said coldly, "Eating your rice?! I am happy to spend money on Xiaohua!"
The girl turned her head and said softly, as if she had changed her expression, "Xiaohua, come here, let me see if you have spent all your money."
Xiaohua walked over obediently and rubbed the girl's calf with his head.
The girl squatted down and pinched the small purse on Xiaohua's neck. Finding it was a little deflated, she took out about twenty copper coins and put them in.
It’s not that he was reluctant to give more, but he was worried that the copper coin would be too heavy and would strangle Xiaohua’s neck.
Cui Sanlun had never seen this girl before, and had no idea what her relationship with Gu Nanxi was. He couldn't help but speculate, was she trying to use the lynx to build connections?
"People are not as good as pets, people are not as good as pets!"
Cui Sanlun's sighing made Yuanniang particularly angry.
Yuanniang stood up, put her hands on her hips, and asked, "Have you ever been on the battlefield, killed Tartars, and made military achievements?"
"No."
"Then why are you talking so much! Xiaohua has been on the battlefield with Duke Yun! It has also passed on important intelligence and saved my life! If you can do these things, I will also give you money every day!"
Cui Sanlun choked. This lynx had actually accomplished so many merits?
Xiaohua raised her head proudly, looking majestic.
Song Da on the side looked at Cui Sanlun helplessly.
Lord Cui is good in every way except that he has a childish temper and always likes to go on incognito visits.
Look, everyone around has stopped and the patrolling soldiers are also looking over here. If we continue playing, we will get into trouble!
Cui Sanlun also felt the unfriendly gazes around him and turned around to leave.
Yuanniang called him and said, "Old man, where are you from? You don't look like a Shuozhou or Yunzhou person."
Yuanniang looked Cui Sanlun up and down suspiciously. Could this man be a spy sent from Kyoto?
Well……
Cui Sanlun touched the back of his head and wondered how to answer this question.
"Yuan Niang, have you given Xiao Hua money again?! Oh, it has been sleeping after eating and eating after sleeping recently, and it has gained a lot of weight. The master asked it to lose weight, but when I looked, I didn't see its shadow! It turned out to be out to buy food."
Lumei felt that she didn't know who was losing weight day by day! Xiaohua was getting fatter and fatter. She was walking with it every day, and her legs were almost thin.
Before we saw Lumei, just by hearing her voice, Xiaohua ran away with a few fried fruits in her mouth.
Yuanniang coughed twice, turned around and ran: "Madam Lumei, there is something going on over there with the women's army, I'll go over and take a look!"
Lumei turned around, and there was no human or lynx figure in the place, only an old man.
Huh? An old man?!
Lumei's eyes widened, and she said in disbelief, "Is it Master Cui? Master Cui, you are finally here! Master Li's letter arrived yesterday. The master also said that if you haven't arrived today, she will go to pick you up!"
Cui Sanlun and the Song family were dragged by Lumei to the Shuozhou Governor's Mansion.
Cui Sanlun asked intentionally or unintentionally: "Just now I heard that scarred girl say that she was a member of the Women's Army?"
Lumei was eager to go home: "You are talking about Yuanniang, right? Yuanniang is the daughter-in-law of the Ma family in Wuzhou. She almost died on the way to tell us the news. Later, Xiaohua did not give up and searched for her on the grassland for several days, dragging her back."
"After recovering from her injuries in Yunzhou, Yuanniang will join the Women's Army. She is not physically strong, so she does not meet the requirements, but she can read and write, and can do accounting, so she was admitted as an exception."
Cui Sanlun frowned tightly, he was becoming more and more confused about Gu Nanxi.
Yunzhou and Shuozhou have suffered a lot from war, and it is time for them to recuperate.
At this time, widows should be encouraged to remarry and women should be encouraged to have children to expand the population. Why are we still setting up an army of women?
If all the women join the army, who will give birth to children?
If we don’t have children, where will the people come from to farm, pay taxes, and serve in the military?
Cui Sanlun had too many questions and confusions that he wanted to ask Gu Nanxi, but when he saw Gu Nanxi, he put these questions behind him, and all that was left in his heart was heartache.
"Why have you lost weight? You've become darker, your skin has become rougher, and you even have a few strands of gray hair!"
Cui Sanlun rushed to Gu Nanxi with tears in his eyes.
He saw that there was a long scar on Gu Nanxi's hand, and his heart ached: "You have suffered!"
Gu Nanxi looked at Cui Sanlun stupidly and blurted out: "Godfather, why didn't you bring your babies?"
Ever since his adoptive father dug up his babies, he would always hold them in his arms while sleeping, even when he arrived at the Yongchang Marquis' Mansion.
Cui Sanlun's eyes sparkled, and he glared, "Your eldest son is the one who made me drunk with just one glass of wine, and I was packed into the carriage!"
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