The doctor came to treat his leg, of course.
Yang Hua said she wanted to talk to Song Zhenping.
Song Liyun knew that her elder brother had never let go of Yang Hua, so it was understandable that Yang Hua wanted to talk to him.
Just as the doctor was preparing the anesthetic powder to clean the cloth strips, Song Zhenping's conversation with Yang Hua ended.
Song Zhenping blushed and her eyes shone. She couldn't wait to tell Song Liyun that Yang Hua had agreed to the marriage and that everything would proceed as planned.
Song Liyun raised an eyebrow. Yang Hua had already told her before she came to Baolinju with her.
Although Song Lao Er's arrival in Suijin Town to cause this disturbance wasn't exactly a household name, it was still widely known.
Whether it's stealing family property or being tried for filial impiety in Qili County, these are earth-shattering events for ordinary people.
With so many people and so many opinions, the rumors in Suijin Town were just like those in Qili County Government Office—all sorts of things were said.
Some people sympathized with the plight of the Song siblings, while others lamented that the second son of the Song family could only watch as mountains of gold and silver stretched endlessly before he could reach them.
Many uninformed people naturally mocked and ridiculed the Song siblings.
They felt that the past was past and that the Song siblings shouldn't be petty or hold grudges against their elders.
However, they only dared to talk about it in private, and these words never reached the ears of the Song siblings.
Yang Hua also heard the news and came to town to inquire about it.
Chuntao didn't hide anything from her and told her everything that had happened in the Song family.
Anyway, we already said before that the families were not a good match and we should break off the engagement. Now that the Song family has made a fuss, let's just cancel the betrothal gifts!
Unexpectedly, Yang Hua said that her second uncle's family was heartless, cruel, and ungrateful, and that the Song family should sever ties with them.
She had once lived with her younger siblings and endured the same contempt and oppression from her neighbors and elders, so she could better understand Song Zhenping's experience.
She admired and felt sorry for Song Zhenping for being able to raise Xiao An in such an environment!
Feelings are complicated and hard to explain; two people who share the same plight want to be together.
Song Zhenping's resolute severance of ties with the Song family made Song Liyun realize that he was a grown man with the right to make his own decisions.
Since the marriage was to continue, Yunniangzi and Chuntao, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, were still helping to prepare for the wedding.
As expected of a renowned physician, Dr. Dai completed the bone setting in just two hours.
Unlike Song Liyun's impression of surgery, Dai Langzhong was a genuine traditional Chinese medicine practitioner.
While Song Zhenping was unconscious, his dislocated leg bone was twisted and realigned, and then a splint was applied.
Next, he will need to rest on the heated brick bed for a month to wait for his bones to heal.
Knowing that Brother Song was recovering from leg injuries, Xue Zhuang, Hu Qing, Boss Mu, and even Mu the carpenter at the cardboard box factory all sent gift boxes to express their concern and sympathy.
Lin Tao and Zhou Xiang's family members also arrived, and Baolinju was bustling with people, sweeping away the bad luck of the previous two days.
Uncle Han treated everyone to tea and dried fruit snacks, and Song Liyun also began to socialize.
Beside her was Yang Hua, the future mistress of Baolin Residence.
Although Yang Hua is a village girl, she has been used to being in charge since childhood and has even organized two weddings.
She was neither shy nor awkward at this time, and her speech and behavior were appropriate. She could greet both men and women with courtesy.
Although she wasn't as sophisticated and charming as a lady from a wealthy family, she was still quite graceful and poised, typical of the countryside.
In addition, everyone treated her with great courtesy, and her appearance this time left a very good impression on everyone, showing that she was very capable of holding her own.
The lively atmosphere at Baolinju was quickly broken by Luo Baihu. As soon as he arrived, everyone hurriedly said goodbye and ran away.
Luo Baihu rarely visited in person; whenever he did, it was either because something had happened at the garrison or the Song family.
Luo Baihu took a sip of the thick tea soup, which had been brewed with ginger and salt, and looked at Song Liyun with a smile, saying, "Miss Song, look, our acorn workshop is working overtime every night. Shouldn't we expand it?"
At the time, Song Liyun gave half of her shares in the acorn food workshop to Luo Baihu.
Firstly, he wanted to leverage the power of the garrison; secondly, once the garrison saw profits, he would naturally discuss what he wanted to do next.
At first, the garrison could only get one or two taels of silver from the food workshop, but now it is ten taels a month, which can be regarded as a small business with a fixed income.
Following the Qili County trade fair, acorn flour and acorn vermicelli received further promotion, and sales began to rise steadily.
Moreover, farmers in the surrounding villages and towns are now collecting acorns.
Besides producing some acorn flour for themselves, they sent most of it to Broken Gold Town to sell for silver.
The yard of the acorn food workshop, which served as a warehouse, was already full. Hu Qing could only urge the repairmen every day to build the warehouse as soon as possible, as there was nowhere to put the money.
Song Liyun also wanted to expand the scale, but she would have to wait another month, at least until the factory was repaired.
But this kind of thing is not something a centurion should have to worry about!
"Lord Centurion, what's your idea?" Song Liyun asked Centurion Luo instead of bringing up the matter directly.
Luo Baihu scratched his chin, widened his eyes, and said, "I think the garrison should also open its own acorn vermicelli workshop, and you can have someone come and teach them."
The acorn de-astringency technique is from Suijin Town. Ordinary families soak dozens of kilograms of acorns at home for their own consumption, and generally no one cares.
But if the garrison wants to open a food workshop, it would be competing with Broken Gold Town for profits, which is not an easy task.
Luo Baihu was also aware of the confidentiality agreement he had signed at the Broken Gold Club.
There was an agreement there that the technology must not be shared with outsiders.
Although Old Man Zhang was in charge of Broken Gold Town, everyone actually only listened to one person, so he went directly to Song Liyun.
If Song Liyun agrees, the people of Suijin Town will agree.
Song Liyun's relationship with the garrison is now extraordinary, and now that Commander Luo has personally made the request, she has no choice but to seriously consider it.
"How large is the scale that Lord Centurion intends to build?"
Luo Baihu thought for a moment: "One hundred people!"
Song Liyun almost spat out the tea she had just drunk.
Hu Qing's food workshop only has more than 20 people. How big must it be with 100 people?
Seeing her expression, Luo Baihu thought she was going to refuse, so he quickly said, "The garrison doesn't distribute money either. It's mainly those military households whose families are idle all day and want to find something to do."
When he mentioned military households, Song Liyun suddenly remembered that the population that was gradually increasing in the town consisted of the families of soldiers who had settled there.
Take Lin Tao as an example. Lin Tao's wife used to have to work in the fields at home. Although she has been allocated a few acres of land now, it is obviously impossible for her to take the children to work in the fields again.
Zhou Xiang's family also came; they will not stay permanently and will remain until spring.
It's only the beginning of winter now, and by March spring will have arrived, meaning half a year will have been wasted.
There are also other soldiers whose homes are mostly empty.
Song Liyun thought of the four hundred soldiers that Zhao Tingduo had borrowed.
If the people of Suijin Town could solve the problems of their military dependents, these people would be even more devoted to the Wuda tribe.
Of course, this credit cannot be given to Wei.
Thinking of this, Song Liyun said, "Lord Centurion, there has already been an agreement in the town, so I'm afraid it will be difficult for the garrison to set up an acorn food workshop."
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