Chapter 115: Beating Xue Zhuang
The atmosphere in the hall was a bit strange, only Captain Luo laughed out loud: "Xue Zhuang, you can only come to the guard post to get what you want, and you can't go to the Song family to urge the goods privately.
Moreover, each batch of Caiwang military supplies must be personally inspected before it can be taken away.
Xue Zhuang, don't forget, once you leave the barracks and become a soldier, I will punish you if you make a mistake."
Captain Luo was in charge of only a hundred or so men, and he was also a veteran with more than ten years of experience. He was an expert at judging people, and he knew what Xue Zhuang was thinking just by listening.
In the military, when doing anything, it is important to have clear relationships between superiors and subordinates.
Soldiers follow their generals, and their words must be carried out.
Now there are two military households, and growing vegetables is the same thing.
Xue Zhuang's joke was undoubtedly intended to show Captain Luo that he could command the Song family and that he was the manager.
This is treating yourself as a superior and managing your subordinates.
Except for Song Zhenping, almost everyone present understood what he meant.
If Captain Luo agreed with what he said, the Song family would naturally be inferior to Xue Zhuang in the future.
Although Captain Luo had been in the camp the entire time, he was aware of the previous quarrels between Xue Zhuang and the Song family.
Xue Zhuang's wife and mother-in-law were always mischievous, and when he heard them deliberately slandering Miss Song, he felt even more disgusted.
It’s just that men are used to keeping public and private affairs separate. If they want to use the work of both families, they won’t interfere in family affairs, and they can’t distinguish between high and low status.
They are military households, not soldiers under your command. If you complain about injustice, you will never be recruited as a military household in Suijin Town again.
Captain Luo’s solution was very simple. After all, they were not from the same family, so they would just not see each other in the future.
Luo Baihu's method completely eliminated the idea of who was suppressing whom.
We are all members of the Suijin Guard and are under the jurisdiction of the Guard.
Everyone has to calculate their own accounts, and even colluding to steal vegetables is not allowed.
Xue Zhuang also heard Captain Luo's partiality towards the Song family at this time. His face suddenly turned ugly. He stood up straight and saluted as usual: "Yes, Captain! I will remember it!"
Next, Wang Junxu left the Song siblings and Xue Zhuang alone and explained the specific process of selling vegetables.
When will the Song family deliver the food, when will Xue Zhuang take it away, etc.
After a lot of discussion, both families were given a hard time, just to get them to put aside their past grudges and get rich together.
After returning to Baolin Residence, Song Liyun told Song Zhenping what Xue Zhuang had just said in detail, and finally said: "Brother, from now on when you go to the garrison to deliver food, don't listen to anyone except Captain Luo and General Wang.
Just take good care of the greenhouse. Remember, these magical techniques of pollination and grafting must not be known to others.
We'd better build another gate so that no one can enter the backyard casually."
Song Zhenping's face was solemn.
Only then did he realize that Xue Zhuang was not joking, but wanted to control him. He felt very uncomfortable, but he didn't know what to say.
Fortunately, he has the support of the garrison in the future, so he doesn't have to worry about being cheated again.
Now there are more and more vegetables planted in the backyard, especially cucumbers, eggplants and peppers, which are all blooming and bearing fruit. Many planting techniques that he has never heard of are required, and no one can enter or leave casually.
As the brother and sister were talking, Xue Zhuang ran back to his home excitedly.
At this time, the people playing cards and drinking in his yard were making a lot of noise, and Xu Yan'er was huddled in the kitchen, waiting for him to come back.
As soon as she saw Xue Zhuang, Xu Yaner rushed over and hugged him: "Brother Zhuang, take me with you wherever you go from now on. Those drunk people are so scary!"
Xue Zhuang's heart skipped a beat. It felt a bit bad to leave his young wife alone with these drunkards.
He thought for a moment and said, “How about you visit the Song family more often in the future?
Today, the captain said that our two families should get closer. The Song family will grow vegetables and my family will help sell them, so that everyone will have money to use.
When I have enough money, I will buy the yard next door and give you maids and servants to guard the gate. You don’t have to walk when you go out, and there will be someone to lead the horse. I will also buy a cook to cook for you.
You are my wife, you only need to dress up beautifully every day and do nothing else."
Xu Yan'er was overjoyed when she heard this. She forgot about the sobbing she had just experienced at the hands of the drunkard. She just pulled Xue Zhuang's arm and pouted coquettishly, saying, "I don't want to go to the Song family. That bitch wants to beat people up."
"Okay, okay, it's up to you. If you don't want to go, then don't go. Just make a few more clothes at home.
Hey! My shoes are wet, hurry up and bring me some hot water to wash my feet... What, no water? You said you stayed in the kitchen and just cried?... What's the point of raising you, idiot... Get out of here!
Xue Zhuang pushed Xu Yan'er away and walked into the room next door where they were playing cards in his slippers.
"Hey! Master Xue, where have you been? We're waiting for you to come to the table!"
"Come on, try it a couple of times and see how lucky I am today!"
"Master Xue, ask your young wife to bring everyone a pot of wine! She hasn't been seen for a long time."
Hearing the teasing about his wife, Xue Zhuang frowned, then relaxed his brows: "Hey! Everyone, stop playing cards and listen to me. I have a business deal to do now.
It's a simple job, no effort or worry, you can make money just by taking a trip.
If anyone of you is willing to work with me, please tell me. You may not be able to live comfortably in the future, but at least you can have enough to eat and wear warmly, and if you work longer, you can even get married.”
"Master Xue, you have deceived us. There is no business to be done here in Suijin Town."
"Master Xue, if I say there is, then there is. Didn't you see the charcoal and grain I brought back from the garrison? You will have them in the future!" Xue Zhuang knocked on the table with a smile on his face.
"Really? Master Xue, I'm going to do it with you!"
Because they had agreed to deliver vegetables to the garrison, Song Liyun and Song Zhenping were sorting vegetables in the backyard and sending them to the garrison at dawn the next day.
Xiao An stood on a low stool to make breakfast for everyone.
Millet porridge, white flour buns, boiled eggs, freshly picked green vegetables boiled in water, add sesame oil and mashed garlic and mix well.
Heijin no longer dared to cook potatoes to eat. He squatted in front of the stove, staring at the flames and picking his toes.
Xiao An peeled a hot steamed potato and stuffed it into Heijin's claws: "Eat!"
Heijin grinned with joy, turned up his lips and kissed Xiaoan on the face, then quickly squatted on the pile of firewood and started eating.
For fear of wasting time, Song Zhenping packed two baskets of vegetables and sent Han Ming away without even having breakfast.
When he came back and told Song Liyun, Xue Zhuang and his men had been waiting at the gate of the guard post early, waiting for him to deliver the food, and he complained that it was too late.
Song Liyun agreed: Life will be hard from now on, and I'm afraid I won't have time to sleep in.
After breakfast, Song Liyun packed cotton and new cloth and went to town. She wanted to buy new clothes for everyone in her family. She didn't know how to make them, so she had to trouble Aunt Ma, who did needlework.
The Song brothers and sisters had to go into town every day. After the snow stopped, Han Ming cleaned the road spotlessly.
Snow piled up on both sides of the road, leaving only a dirt road in the middle that could be used to pull carts, like a thin line stretching out.
The town was very quiet. Although the Chinese New Year was still ten days away, there was still no festive atmosphere in Suijin Town.
Song Liyun found Aunt Ma's house and when she entered the yard, she saw several women in her house.
(End of this chapter)
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