“Mom, it’s not that we’re trying to laugh, it’s that we’re genuinely happy,” Qiao Yunni said.
"What's so happy about?" Old Mrs. Qiao looked at Qiao Lian'er again, her eyebrows also smiling, and couldn't help but wonder.
All three of them are acting strangely, even Lian'er, the smartest one—
"Grandpa, Grandma, let's talk inside." Qiao Lian'er handed the wound medicine to Qiao Yunni and went into the main room.
The two elderly people noticed that she was holding a box in her hands, which looked quite heavy.
They followed him inside, puzzled.
Qiao Lian'er closed the door to the main room, then placed the box on the tea table and opened it.
Golden gold, shimmering jewels, and a stack of silver notes.
This not-so-big box was crammed full.
The light it emitted almost blinded the two elderly people.
"This, this—" Old Man Qiao stammered, unable to utter a single word.
"Hey, sickle, what's this?"
"This is compensation from General Guan to our family," Qiao Lian'er said.
The two elderly people stared blankly at the box of wealth, as if they were dreaming.
This feeling is so unreal, my soul feels lightheaded, and my mind can't process it.
Old Man Qiao thought about it for a moment and then voiced his guess.
"Is this hush money from General Guan? He made us take so much money and promised not to say a word about it."
Qiao Lian'er laughed and said, "Master, if General Guan really wanted to keep quiet, he wouldn't do it this way. Besides, everyone in the village knows about this. Even if we keep quiet, it will still leak out from other people."
Then, she told the two elders the whole story.
Old Man Qiao and Old Woman Qiao stared wide-eyed, their faces filled with shock.
In the end, I felt completely relaxed and happy.
Song Laosan is finished; his career in government has come to an end.
Serves them right, this is what happens.
"Poor Miss Guan, she was a good person, but she was deceived by Song Laosan."
"Now that I have a son and a daughter, I can't let them watch their father die at the hands of their grandfather."
When Guan Yuqin was mentioned, Grandma Qiao sighed.
Song Laosan deceived one woman for ten years and made another woman wait for ten years.
He's a complete beast; he could die a thousand times, ten thousand times, and it wouldn't matter.
“It’s not General Guan’s or Miss Guan’s fault. It’s not right for us to accept so much from General Guan,” Old Man Qiao said hesitantly.
"Now that we've accepted it, and with several of my uncles and brothers having joined the army, let's do our best to serve General Guan in the future," Qiao Lian'er said.
"Alright, I will tell them to serve General Chu and General Guan well."
"With so much money, can't we hide it well?" Old Mrs. Qiao asked.
“Yes,” Qiao Lian’er said, “but we need to hide it better.”
For now, we can only use the old method: wait until the storage function is activated, and then put everything in.
As darkness fell, Da Yong and the other two returned, and the ten children followed them, making a lively scene.
"How is it going? Has the expropriation offended the people?" Old Mrs. Qiao asked quickly.
"Grandma, don't worry. We'll enforce it strictly and won't take a single copper coin or a grain of rice from the people. Under the supervision of these little devils, we did manage to catch a few soldiers who were trying to take advantage of the situation. We beat them up in front of the villagers, and they all said that the three of us brothers are thinking of the people."
"Something just happened, it was so sudden, it was so strange."
"What's up?"
"It seems that Song Laosan has been demoted to a minor officer, with only a hundred men under his command."
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