Chapter 128 Rewards
Song Liyun didn't understand what Yunniang meant by "dirty", she just guessed it was because of her dead husband and her relationship with Jin Sanchong.
The laws of the Wu Dynasty required women to be faithful to their husbands and also encouraged widows to remarry.
Moreover, this kind of thing is nothing to Song Liyun, who comes from the end of the world where the family and marriage system has collapsed and whose "interactions" with the opposite sex are more about sex than love.
But she couldn't tell people that "new women change husbands like changing clothes."
She couldn't accept such a thing, let alone these feudal people.
Song Liyun held Yunniang's hand and said calmly, "Aunt Yun, you don't steal or rob, you just choose this kind of life out of helplessness.
We can only blame the bandits and the Dilu people.
If they hadn't harmed Suijin Town, you and your husband and children would still be a happy family, and you would be looking for a daughter-in-law now.
You are an innocent victim, you are innocent!"
Yunniang's body trembled, and her eyes instantly turned red...
Song Liyun didn't have a good breakfast.
At daybreak, someone from the garrison came and told us to pick vegetables, and to pick as many as we could, especially cucumbers, eggplants, beans, and peppers, whatever was expensive.
Anyway, the amount of vegetables to be picked each time is determined by the garrison, so this time, Song Liyun just did as she was told.
After picking all the vegetables that could be picked in the backyard, Song Liyun, Song Zhenping and Han Ming all got to work. It took them an hour to fill three baskets, load them onto a cart, and take them directly to the garrison.
At this time, Song Liyun was already very tired. She had been running around and worried all night. Her stomach was empty and her spirit was weak, but she still forced herself to go to the guard post.
She wanted to ask, what was the matter with the copper whistle and the fire in the guard post last night?
If it's just some military exercise, can I give it a break so that I don't have to worry if it happens again in the future?
Today's garrison is different from before, there are suddenly fewer people.
Although the soldiers coming and going were in disheveled clothes, they looked energetic, as if they had won a great victory.
The most special thing was that the garrison suddenly started killing horses.
A large pile of horse meat was already placed in the open space in the back kitchen, and several more horses were being skinned.
In the army, horses are the main fighting force and are almost equivalent to a soldier.
Unless there are special circumstances, war horses will not be used as military rations, but looking at the busy cooks, there is no sadness on their faces.
Today, Wang Junxu still had dark circles under his eyes, but he was in high spirits.
After handing over the three baskets of vegetables to him, Song Liyun couldn't help but ask, "Wang Junxu, were the garrisons holding military exercises last night? The flames shot up into the sky, and it scared the whole town into a fire?"
Wang Junxu was in a good mood at this time and scolded with a smile: "Miss Song is such a scoundrel, she is lying to my face!
There were clearly some bad guys causing trouble last night, but you are blaming the garrison.
Are your three little rabbits not eating, and you blame the guard for blowing the whistle? "
While chatting and laughing, he avoided Song Liyun's question.
Song Liyun rubbed his forehead: "Why did you say what I was saying first?
To be honest, we were so frightened yesterday that no one in my family slept all night, and we're still feeling dizzy."
Wang Junxu stopped laughing and said, "I heard that you saved Xue Zhuang and his wife last night?"
Song Liyun smiled slightly and was thinking about how to explain the situation at that time.
Wang Junxun added, "Xue Zhuang came to apologize this morning. It was his negligence that allowed the bandits to invade the town. Fortunately, you came to the rescue in time, saving not only him and his wife, but also the lives of the other five people."
The army always rewards people based on their merits. When Captain Luo finishes his work, he will definitely reward you.
I never thought that a girl like you could be so vigilant, that's really good!"
Song Liyun pursed her lips. She wanted to say that she was just saving herself and couldn't just sit and wait for the guards to come and collect the bodies.
After handing over the fresh vegetables, General Wang recorded the accounts, and then a soldier asked Song Liyun to go to Captain Luo's office.
Song Liyun was naturally happy to receive the award.
Following the soldier to the office, people were coming and going, and Song Liyun could only wait outside.
The winter sun is like an ice lantern, hanging high in the sky, but without a trace of warmth.
Song Liyun shrank her neck and rubbed her face against her rabbit fur scarf. After experiencing the life-and-death thrill of last night, the peace at this moment was precious.
She leaned against the pillar, completely relaxed, and looked a little listless.
The soldier next to him stared at the person who answered with wide eyes: These are for counting the battlefield.
The Dilu prisoners had been imprisoned in the garrison, their heads being boxed up against the wall. I wondered how many arrows and horses had been recovered from outside the wall, and how much of the reward I would get.
In the inner room of the office, Zhao Tingduo was not interested in the spoils of the Broken Gold Guards. He sat on the warm couch and could see outside through the window.
At this time, in the corridor not far away, a woman wearing a green headscarf and a royal blue cotton robe with a waist and piping was waiting to be received.
It was morning and the sun was glaring, but the woman seemed very lazy, with her arms folded in her arms, leaning against the porch pillar and taking a nap.
With his eyes closed and half of his face buried in the rabbit fur, only his ink-thin eyebrows and small nose could be seen.
That rabbit skin... Zhao Tingduo suddenly wanted to laugh.
The woman was wearing an ordinary rabbit skin, with uneven gray fur. There was a tuft of black hair right at the tip of her nose, which looked like a black spot on her face.
Seeing Zhao Tingduo's raised lip, Abu, who was serving beside him, asked curiously, "Young Master, what are you laughing at? Captain Luo is busy right now, why don't we go and see what dishes are being served?"
"Why rush? Lauren has already sent it over. Just pack it up and take a look at it later."
Zhao Tingduo glared at him. This was the Wu Dynasty garrison, and they had to change their clothes to enter, so it was not convenient for them to move around randomly.
Abu walked away angrily, but he couldn't suppress his temper, so he lay down beside the screen in the compartment and watched.
When entering Suijinwei last night, Captain Luo first asked the military doctor to re-treat Zhao Tingduo's wounds, and then asked someone to bring him food.
I didn’t expect that there would be tender green vegetables to cook noodles in the middle of winter.
The Wuda tribe has been neighbors with the Zhenbei Army for twenty years, and the new generation of young people have developed many habits of the Wu Dynasty since childhood, such as the language is basically universal between the two, and the food is rice, flour and vegetables.
But since returning to the grassland in early winter, our staple food every day has been milk tea, barley noodles, beef and mutton, and we no longer eat vegetables.
In addition, Zhao Tingduo had been running around on the battlefield all day and had only dry food to fill his stomach. Now that he had a hot meal again, his appetite was whetted. After eating, he asked about the origins of these dishes.
Captain Luo knew what Zhao Tingduo was thinking, so he wanted to prepare some dishes for him to take back to Madam Wuya.
When Captain Luo was free, Song Liyun was called in.
"Miss Song, you rescued me last night..."
Captain Luo repeated what Wang Junxu had said, and concluded, "You two are the only two families in this town who are military households. Military households should act like military households. You have brought honor to the garrison, and the garrison cannot just leave you alone. So, I'll give you a set of equipment as a reward."
At this time, Song Liyun discovered that there was a set of leather armor and long sword next to Captain Luo.
(End of this chapter)
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