Chapter 99 Don’t Reward
The second young master's worries were right, so no one dared to be careless. They all tensed up again and maintained their previous state until they heard the sound of the second young master's horse hooves returning.
"They're gone!"
Lu Xingluo jumped off his horse and excitedly clasped his fists to everyone. "Thank you all for your help. Those bandits must have been frightened and fled when they heard that General Minyuan was coming. I will go back and report to mother."
"Very good!"
"We didn't have to spend a single soldier. It's all thanks to the Second Young Master."
"No."
Amidst the crowd's praise, Lu Xingluo looked at Ding Gui and his daughter with admiration. "It was Uncle Ding Gui's strategy and Xiaodie's courage that inspired me. If it weren't for them, Yangliu Town would have been in great trouble today. Uncle Ding Gui, Xiaodie, on behalf of the Lu family, thank you."
Ding Gui was surprised for a moment. How could he have such a plan? But then he realized that his beloved daughter must have been promoting his personality. So he quickly clasped his fists and said seriously, "Second Young Master, you are too polite. If it weren't for your Lu family giving us a place to stay, we in Aozigou would have no roof over our heads. So it's only right that we help out when encountering such a situation."
Ding Xiaodie said sideways, "I don't have the courage. If my mother and aunts hadn't brought me along, I wouldn't have dared to sweep the floor at the city gate. My legs are still weak now!"
This remark made everyone laugh.
In short, the father and daughter of the Ding family made great contributions in rescuing them.
That evening, Lu Xingluo brought some gifts to the Lu family to give as rewards.
However, the team he led was stopped by a small figure when they reached the lotus pond.
"Hey, Xiaodie?" He quickly dismounted: "Why are you here?"
"Waiting for you."
Ding Xiaodie rolled her eyes. Oh boy, it was just as she thought. Something happened during the day, and then he went to reward at night. This idea was not broad enough!
Lu Xingluo pointed at himself: "Wait for me?"
"Yes, judging from the Second Young Master's attitude, is he going to give a reward again?"
"Yes!" This was Lu Xingluo's private reward. He just hoped that Ding Xiaodie could have enough food and warm clothes.
But Ding Xiaodie continued to ask: "Are you going to give it to our family as a reward?"
Seeing that the little girl had guessed it right again, Lu Xingluo felt a little embarrassed: "Xiaodie, you are so smart."
"Alas!" Ding Xiaodie shook her head and sighed, "Second Young Master, you're thinking too simply. You shouldn't reward my family every time something in town is resolved. Last time, my mother and I captured the Desert Soldiers, and the reward was fine! This time, it took everyone's combined efforts to drive them away, yet you're only rewarding my family. Aren't you trying to make us, the Ding family, look like rats crossing the street?"
Lu Xingluo was also a very wise man. Ding Xiaodie's words made him understand instantly: "Doing this does seem unfair to others."
"It's not just unfair. If you continue like this, you'll shake people's hearts. Okay, go back first, Second Young Master, and discuss it with Madam. If you can give rewards, give some to the villagers. If not, forget it. But you absolutely cannot just give rewards to my family."
Lu Xingluo suddenly felt very guilty. He had imagined things to be too simple.
In fact, the villagers had prepared a reward, but it was just some food that was still being prepared. He couldn't wait to see Xiaodie, so he went ahead.
Seeing the little girl's righteous expression, he didn't continue to argue with her. He just smiled and said, "Yes, yes, I'll go back and prepare again."
But when he was about to leave, Ding Xiaodie stopped him again: "Second Young Master, it was dangerous when you went out of town on patrol, but you were also very brave."
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This girl, at such a young age, already knows how to give a handful of candy.
That clever little look is quite adorable.
After Lu Xingluo returned home, he told his mother every word of his conversation with Ding Xiaodie.
Mrs. Lu was very surprised: "I didn't expect that Xiaodie is so young, but she has such a broad mind. If this little girl can read more books and learn a few more words, she will have a great future!"
"Yes, I will find a suitable book and send it to her tomorrow." Lu Xingluo also felt that Xiaodie was really knowledgeable and did not look like a little girl who ran out of the mountains at all.
In his imagination, a little girl like that was timid and cowardly, and her voice was like a mosquito's.
But Xiaodie is not like that. She is generous, decent, courageous, and calm.
When she gets serious, it's hard to tell that she's only twelve years old.
At this time, Mrs. Lu suddenly had an idea. She wanted to adopt Ding Xiaodie as her goddaughter. However, she decided to wait until the master came back to discuss this matter.
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Ding family.
"Hey, Xiaodie, where have you been?"
Ding Gui found that his daughter was missing. It was late at night, so he was worried and went to every house to look for her. However, he didn't find her and she ran back on her own.
Ding Xiaodie curled the corners of her lips and said, "I'm going to stop the Second Young Master on the road."
ah?!
My parents and grandma looked at each other, wondering what this meant.
Ding Xiaodie then told them her thoughts. The second young master sometimes did things just for the sake of momentary happiness. If he rewarded their family alone this time, what would the villagers think?
The last time they gave a reward, they heard some rumors. The current situation is unstable and the entire village must unite.
If we give a personal reward again, it will probably arouse greater resentment, and then it will become a factor that destabilizes unity, so we should not be greedy for this small advantage.
Because if you take advantage of this small opportunity, it will harm everyone.
After hearing what their daughter said, Ding Gui and Zhang Xiu felt that she was very thoughtful and fortunately she was able to stop the second young master in time.
Wang Dafeng stared with her triangular eyes. No... could this little girl in front of her, whose brain was so bright that even adults like her admired her, really be her granddaughter Ding Xiaodie?
But the next second she was happy again, good, very good.
Only a Ding Xiaodie like this is worthy of the young master of the Lu family. It seems that she is one step closer to enjoying the days of happiness.
Because of this incident, we were worried about meeting those desert soldiers on the road, so the trip to Wo County had to be put on hold temporarily.
The village chief Lai Fu stopped the men from going to the street to discuss matters.
The number of people guarding the city gate has increased, and the stove above the gate must be lit day and night. This idea was given by the second young master Lu Xingluo because he was worried that the desert soldiers who took a detour would come back.
Lighting a bonfire at least gives them the illusion of liveliness.
In addition, there must be a lot of people guarding the water, for fear that someone will steal water during the chaos.
As a result, almost all the men in the village went out, leaving only the elderly, the weak, women and children in the houses.
That night, Ding Xiaodie sat in front of the window looking at the moon and stars in the night sky. She had long since gotten over the excitement of traveling through time, and the danger of tonight told her.
This kind of thing will not stop here, but will happen a second time and a third time!
Perhaps in the future, they will encounter even more dangerous things.
(End of this chapter)
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