"Let's go, honey."
Jian Dan stood up smoothly, paused for two seconds, and...
"Okay, let's go home first. I also have something to tell you."
Qin Qinghuai's heart skipped a beat, and his hands unconsciously clenched. Had he already prepared an excuse to deal with him?
Seeing his hand suddenly clenched tightly, Jian Dan was puzzled and assumed he was thinking about something and was in a bad mood, so he didn't say anything.
After leaving the office, Qin Qinghuai was filled with anxiety, wondering how his wife would respond. Both of them were preoccupied with their own thoughts, and the journey was quiet.
Once inside the house, Qin Qinghuai added fuel to the fire and sat down in front of Jian Dan. Jian Dan hadn't figured out what to say or how much to reveal.
"Honey, how about I go back to my office first, and we can talk about it tonight after you've thought it through?"
She simply looked up and stared at him for a few seconds, then sighed.
"No need for that. I just haven't figured out how to tell you yet,"
Qin Qinghuai quickly sat up straight, looking directly at him.
"You speak, I'm listening,"
After thinking for a moment, I added another sentence.
"Now that we're husband and wife, we can discuss any issues that are difficult to resolve."
He simply opened his mouth, as if it wasn't a problem that was difficult to solve, but rather difficult to explain.
Looking at his serious expression, I couldn't think of any tactful words.
"I...I have food,"
Qin Qinghuai nodded.
"I know, it weighs several hundred kilograms."
"Wife, I'm worried the brothers will go hungry, but I can't take the fruits of your hard work to pretend to be a good person. Besides, even if we give it all away, it'll only be one meal."
To be fair, Qin Qinghuai is quite capable of distinguishing between these things.
"Honey, there are quite a few people here. Let's think of another way."
"no,"
A simple, wistful sigh.
“I mean, I have food,”
"I know you have..."
Qin Qinghuai wasn't stupid. Connecting the dots with the earlier phone call, he quickly realized something was wrong, tensed up, and leaned closer.
"Wife, wife, what you're saying isn't what I think it means, is it?"
Jian Dan's gaze was somewhat unfocused, avoiding his direct eye contact.
"I think so, right?"
Qin Qinghuai stood up abruptly, spun around twice, and then knelt down in front of Jian Dan.
"But, but there are so many people, wife, how many are there?"
How much do you need?
this?
Qin Qinghuai's breathing became rapid.
"Honey, you can't joke like that!"
"Is three catties a day enough for one person?"
Qin Qinghuai felt like he was hallucinating, and gave a wooden reply.
"The rations for an ordinary soldier here are 45 jin of coarse grains per month, averaging 1.5 jin per day."
"So, how many people are there?"
Seeing his simple attitude, Qin Qinghuai shook his head and became serious as well.
“Wife, don’t be fooled by the fact that the troops here and the garrison are only regiments. In reality, the border is long and there are quite a few people stationed here. The camp is only a small part. If you count the whole thing, there are five armies. However, the four armies on the other sides of the border belong to the Northeast Military Region, and all supplies are allocated from there.”
Only in this northernmost corner of the border are our own people, and we only need to manage these 20,000 people.”
She had never known about these things before; she had always assumed that the northeastern border was under the jurisdiction of the garrison, but she didn't know there was such a distinction. However, this was for the best; she only needed to be responsible for her own people.
"Twenty thousand people,"
Qin Qinghuai felt uneasy. He knew that even if each person ate half a catty of grain a day, that would still be 10,000 catties a day. How much could his wife possibly have?
He listened as his wife slowly and deliberately did the accounting.
"Twenty thousand people, each person one day, um, three jin, that's sixty thousand jin a day. How many days' worth of grain reserves would you need before you feel at ease?"
To be honest, Qin Qinghuai was also a little confused at this moment. What did this mean?
"Well, judging from the current snowfall, it will take at least three to five days. Even if we need to buy food, it won't be able to get it in until the snow stops and the roads are clear."
He knew very well that if they didn't compromise on this matter, it would be tantamount to a complete falling out, and the supply of military supplies would likely be cut off. Moreover, they might face pressure and obstacles from all sides. Judging from the current situation, even if they had enough money, procuring these supplies would not be an easy task.
They are likely to face a period of pressure from both above and below.
"Then, why don't you find me a safe place first?"
"What?"
She simply pinched her fingers together, raised her chin, and gestured for the man to turn around.
Qin Qinghuai was half-believing and half-doubting. He slowly turned around and immediately widened his eyes. When did several bags full of stuff appear in the room?
He stepped forward and squeezed it. This is... rice?
When I turned back again, my eyes were filled with shock.
He was inside the house, and there was nothing there when he turned around. In just a few minutes, the grain appeared out of nowhere.
The only possibility is that,
"Wife, is this the grain you mentioned?"
Simple is not good at lying; if it's an outsider, they can easily fool them.
She'd be spending a lot of time with this person from now on, and one lie would require several more to cover it up. He was also a wary person, and she didn't want to use this to test him. She figured it was better to be direct and see his attitude.
"hold head high!"
Despite appearing calm, Jian Dan was actually quite unsure. She hadn't been completely honest with Cheng Chao about this space, as it contained elements of supernatural and fantastical elements, which not everyone could accept.
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