Chapter 244 Is the Warhorse Pregnant?
"Master, what are you thinking about?" Xiao Er saw the old man staring blankly in the direction Jiang Nuanzhi had left, and couldn't help but reach out and shake him. When the old man still didn't react, he tugged at his clothes and shook him repeatedly: "Master, Master, wake up! You're not already thinking about what to cook, are you?"
Ever since Ah Nuan left, Master had been standing there in a daze. Xiao Er was quite frightened when he saw that Master was not speaking.
"Alright, alright, you'll tear my clothes if you keep pulling them." The old man awkwardly looked away. He had never been this close to anyone before, and he felt strange. This was definitely a sweet-talking girl's way of getting him to do chores for her, take care of her children, and cook for her. She was doing this on purpose, and he couldn't fall into her trap!
"Hey kid, have you memorized the booklet I gave you?"
The waiter was taken aback: "Not yet. I'll check later when I have time."
"What's the point of doing it later? Let's go now."
"But Ah Nuan said I should keep an eye on you."
"Bullshit! Don't you know how amazing your master is? I'll cook, you just wait to eat."
"But."
"No buts, hurry up and memorize your booklet."
Having said that, he noticed Nineteen peeking at him from the doorway and immediately narrowed his eyes: "You! Come here!"
Nineteen paused for a moment, then pointed at himself: "Me?"
The old man said impatiently, "It's you, hurry up."
Nineteen stepped forward with a look of confusion and wariness, and cautiously asked, "What are your orders, Grand Preceptor?"
"Go and lay out all these medicinal herbs one by one, so they can be turned over and dried in the sun. Also, go and fetch some water first." The old man said, then crossed his legs and lay down.
Nineteen was completely stunned: "Grand Preceptor, I still need to look after His Highness and Lord An."
"Are you going or not? If you don't go, I'll just throw your so-called Lord An out."
How can you be so unreasonable?
"Should we go or not?"
"Okay, I'll go, alright?"
With that, Nineteen, looking frustrated, picked up the bucket and prepared to go out.
I don't know where to get the water.
The old man rolled his eyes: "What are you pretending to be? How long have you been wandering around here? Don't you know? Hurry up, we're waiting for water to cook."
Nineteen frowned, strained his neck, and, clinging to his last hope, shouted into the house, "Master, the Grand Preceptor has asked me to fetch water!"
"Oh, hurry back." Xuan Ting's voice came from inside the house.
Nineteen gritted his teeth in anger, but when he met the old man's clearly unfriendly gaze, he didn't dare to say anything more and slunk off to fetch water.
The old man curled his lip: "You brat, if it weren't for that kid Li Rong stopping me from doing it, I would have tied him up and traded him for food with A Nuan long ago."
He slumped in his chair, closed his eyes to rest, but his fingers unconsciously began to calculate.
After a long while, he suddenly opened his eyes and looked in the direction Jiang Nuanzhi had left. He frowned, his expression remaining furrowed for a long time. He muttered to himself.
"Great misfortune. Great fortune"
How could this be?
"Girl, you're on your own now."
Canglin City, military camp, Ma Peng.
The soldiers watching the horses wished they could bury their heads in the ground.
General Wan was furious, and his roar shook the tent three times.
"What did you say!"
"I'm pregnant!"
"My Ta Xue is already over twenty years old, and you're telling me it's pregnant!"
"Laozi's Snow-Treading Horse is a warhorse, do you understand? Huh? It died young, how did it get pregnant? Tell me!"
The military veterinarian standing in front of General Wan sheepishly wiped the drool off his face and said with a forced smile, "General, it is indeed so. At first, we didn't believe it either, but the foal in Ta Xue's belly is already quite large. You can ask him if you don't believe me."
As he spoke, he pushed the veterinarian next to him out as well.
The tall veterinarian, upon hearing this, widened his eyes, wanting nothing more than to beat up this ungrateful fellow. However, seeing General Wan's gaze, he swallowed hard and said, "Well, General, that's true. Thinking back, it's possible that the bone wasn't completely severed back then."
General Wan, however, was so angry that his fists clenched so tightly they cracked. Staring at Taxue's belly, his large eyes, Tongling, said without blinking, "Absurd, utterly absurd! My Taxue has always lived alone in a roc. How could any stallion get close to it! Besides, this is a camp. All the stallions here have been exterminated! It's simply impossible. You two quacks, hurry up and examine me carefully again."
The veterinarian, both amused and exasperated, examined her and returned with a pained expression, saying, "General, there's no mistake. She's definitely pregnant, at least three months along. In another four months, you'll see the foal."
General Wan stared wide-eyed at Taxue's belly, then suddenly roared, "Don't let me find out which beast ruined my Taxue! When I find it, I'll stew it and drink the soup!!!"
Upon hearing this, the people around lowered their heads even further, afraid of being implicated. The only sound in the silence was the snorting of Ta Xue.
"General, you're here! I've been looking for you for ages."
Shen Tingwen rushed over and, upon seeing General Wan, quickly approached him: "That Duke is here again, General. Will you see him or not?"
"It's so annoying! Even if the Heavenly King himself came, he wouldn't see me!" General Wan was furious.
Shen Tingwen raised an eyebrow: "What's wrong?"
The nearby veterinarians, observing this, immediately whispered, "Strategist, Ta Xue is pregnant."
Shen Tingwen was taken aback: "Huh?"
Another veterinarian added, "It's been three months."
Shen Tingwen: "."
"Ta Xue is still able to reproduce at her age? Wait, that's not right. Didn't we remove all of our warhorses except those kept for breeding?"
"If I find that beast, I'll definitely stew it!" General Wan suddenly felt both angry and heartbroken. Looking at Ta Xue rubbing against his hand, he stroked his teeth and said, "My dear Ta Xue, she's so old. I thought she could stay with me for a few more years after recovering from her illness, but she has to suffer like this. What if something happened when she gave birth to the foal? She's not healthy herself."
As she spoke, she tenderly patted Ta Xue's back again and again.
Shen Tingwen: "General, you are right. But, General, this is a Duke, after all. Is he really gone? He's waiting outside. He didn't come alone."
"None of them are here!" General Wan frowned deeply, then glared at Shen Wenshu: "You're not going to just say I wasn't here, that I was out busy?"
Shen Tingwen nodded: "Yes, then I will send someone to deliver the message."
"Wait, put it more tactfully. You personally arrange for this Duke to settle in comfortably in the city and not to neglect him."
"Yes." Shen Tingwen sighed again: "General, this Duke won't leave easily until he sees you."
General Wan waved his hand: "Then let's drag it out, for as many days as we can."
Outside the camp, Li Rong tied Xiao Li to a tree to eat grass, found a clean spot to sit down, and took a pancake to eat.
Upon seeing this, Chi Heng frowned and said, "We're about to see Wan Yu. Why are you eating pancakes? Let him arrange for us to have a good meal later!"
Li Rong took a bite of the pancake: "I have a feeling that your influence probably won't be very useful."
Chi Heng's eyes widened, and she seemed to want to say something but ultimately gave up: "That seems to make sense."
She picked up a pancake, but found it hard to swallow and hesitated to put it in her mouth. After a while, she looked at Li Rong pitifully and said, "Rong, is there any meat sauce left? Give me some to eat."
“That’s all,” Li Rong said calmly.
"And the jam, your wife brought you several jars."
Li Rong: "That's all too. Last night you ate four big steamed buns with jam, and you were so full you couldn't sleep. Have you forgotten?"
Goodnight, my darlings, sweet dreams.
(End of this chapter)
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