Chapter 326 Zhao Lingmeng's Life Experience in the Military Equipment Camp
Although Zhao Lingmeng wanted to see the current situation of Zhao Houyang and the others, she still had to do things. So chatting was secondary, and working hard was the main thing.
Time flies when people get busy. By the time Zhao Lingmeng and the others had barely finished their morning workload, it was already time for lunch. The main reason was that a few less skilled people were lagging behind, so the progress was a bit slow.
Then when the time came, Zhao Lingmeng saw that many people in the room had disappeared, even Zhao Houyang and Yang Chengchen were gone.
Zhao Lingmeng was greatly shocked. She had never seen this in her two lifetimes.
Fan Yong looked at the prince's shocked expression, but he didn't doubt anything. This was completely consistent with Zhao Lingmeng's identity as the daughter of a marquis. The pampered daughter of a marquis had never seen such a scene before.
"Your Highness, let's go! It's time for us to get our meal."
"So they went to eat? Is there any special meaning behind the first one to go?"
Fan Yong, along with the others, put the assembled weapons away. It wasn't that they were worried about getting lost, as there were people patrolling here at noon. It was just Fan Yong's obsessive-compulsive disorder. After putting all the weapons in place, he brushed his sleeves with satisfaction before answering Zhao Lingmeng's question:
"It's nothing special, it's just that if you go late, the dishes you like might be out of stock."
"Ah? Then we should go quickly too." Zhao Lingmeng felt that she could still make an effort to satisfy her love for food.
Fan Yong watched the princess transform into a foodie in a split second, and for the first time, he realized he didn't really understand her. He didn't say anything about how late it was, but instead, the group hurried off to the food counter.
When Zhao Lingmeng arrived, she saw that although there were many people, everyone was queuing in an orderly manner. Zhao Lingmeng also led the others to line up at the back of the line, with no intention of taking the back door.
Seeing this, Fan Yong didn't say anything. Since His Highness wanted to experience it, he could just accompany him.
Zhao Lingmeng was now standing in line, so she finally had the time to look around at the people around her. She was quite surprised to see that many of them had visible disabilities, but even more were missing legs or had injured legs.
Fan Yong followed the prince's gaze and saw that the prince was staring at the people in the distance in a trance, or to be more precise, staring at their legs or bodies.
"These are veterans who were injured and retired from the battlefield. The court will do its best to find them a place to make a living. Those who can come to the military camp are lucky."
As for what happened to the unlucky ones, Fan Yong didn't say, but Zhao Lingmeng could imagine it.
Although she knew what war would bring, Zhao Lingmeng still felt sad when she saw these people. Especially since many of them looked much younger than her and had to live their lives like this. "Yeah, they are all very powerful."
Fan Yong also looked at the people around him and agreed with what His Highness said. They were very powerful. "Your Highness, do you feel sorry for them?"
"Everything!" Zhao Lingmeng felt that those who started the war were hateful. Especially when she saw the satisfied smiles on the faces of these people as they were holding their meals. In fact, these ordinary people didn't ask for much, they just wanted to have enough food and clothes.
Fan Yong was surprised by His Highness's frankness and sincerity. He was silent for a moment before replying calmly, "Everything will be fine."
After that, Zhao Lingmeng and Fan Yong were no longer in the mood to talk about anything else, so they just kept waiting in line.
The line for food looked long, but it didn't take long before it was their turn. Zhao Lingmeng looked at the available dishes: one meat dish, two vegetable dishes, and three large steamed buns per person.
Zhao Lingmeng couldn't eat that much, so she only asked for a vegetable and a steamed bun. Fan Yong and the others, on the other hand, each ordered three large buns. Even Qiuyue, who seemed to be the least able to eat, asked for two large buns. It was obvious that they had consumed a lot of energy in the morning and were really hungry.
Zhao Lingmeng and his group followed the example of most people, took their dishes, sat casually on the ground, and started eating.
The secret guards who came with Fan Yong saw Princess Funing and the people around her sitting comfortably on the ground, eating steamed buns. They were also sincerely impressed.
Zhao Lingmeng had only taken a few bites when she felt two people standing in front of her. She raised her head from biting her steamed bun and saw Zhao Houyang and Yang Chengchen looking at her with distressed eyes.
Zhao Lingmeng knew without being told that the two men must have recognized her. She smiled and greeted them, "What can I do for you, young gentlemen?"
After Zhao Lingmeng finished speaking, she looked around. Seeing that no one was paying attention to them, she felt a little relieved. She simply wanted to come and see the two children and didn't want to make it known to everyone.
Seeing that their mother/aunt had no intention of recognizing them, Zhao Houyang and Yang Chengchen knew Zhao Lingmeng had simply come to see how they were doing. Zhao Houyang was the first to place the bowl in front of Zhao Lingmeng. "We see you eat so little, so here's one! Eat more so you'll have the energy to work in the afternoon."
Zhao Lingmeng did not refuse. She smiled and picked up a piece of meat to eat. She also took a big bite of the steamed bun. After swallowing it, she reached out from her pocket and took out two silver coins of one tael each and gave them two. "Consider it what I bought from you."
Zhao Houyang and Yang Chengchen immediately took one each and put it away. One tael of silver was a lot of money for them now. They worked very hard for a month and only earned five taels of silver.
They were all very happy to get a few taels of silver from their mother today, and they all thanked her in unison: "Thank you very much!"
Zhao Houyang and Yang Chengchen took the money and simply didn't go back. They took their steamed buns and sat next to Zhao Lingmeng to eat them.
Zhao Houyang and Yang Chengchen were both delighted. It turned out their mother/aunt still missed them so much that she'd even found an opportunity like this to visit. They didn't know if their mother/aunt had come before. Anyway, they sat next to Zhao Lingmeng, their faces beaming with joy.
Zhao Lingmeng felt a pang of pity when she saw them like this, so she asked, "Are you two going to go back?"
"Back where?" Yang Chengchen asked casually.
Zhao Lingmeng said truthfully, "Just come back to me. You can't go home for a while."
When Yang Chengchen saw that they were not going back to Yuanjing, he shook his head in rejection.
Zhao Houyang also shook his head. "Then we two still want to stay here and contribute to the front line! You have so many capable people around you, and we two can't really help much!"
Zhao Houyang and Yang Chengchen are very self-aware, and they find this kind of life quite refreshing.
Everyone was busy, and after finishing their meal, they went back to their respective duties. However, when Zhao Houyang and his teammate returned to their group, the team leader asked what they had been doing. Zhao Houyang and his teammate, in perfect sync, pulled out a tael of silver from their pockets and showed it to their team leader, "We went to sell vegetables."
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