After Uncle Hong came back to feed the sheep, Yang Haiyan and the others set out. They were accompanied by Aunt Hong, who brought the child with her. When they arrived at the county town, Aunt Hong accompanied Yang Haiyan for a stroll, and the child was handed over to Uncle Hong. Between Aunt Hong and Aunt Fan, both of them were efficient, but Aunt Hong was not as convenient as Aunt Fan to look after the shop with the child. Also, Aunt Hong was a local, so it was more appropriate for her to go to the county town. Although Qiguo used a common language, the language of each place was the same, but the accents were different. When going out, the local accent still has an advantage over the accent of other places.
The county town is much more prosperous than the town, and not only is it prosperous, but entering the county town is also quite strict. Because the county town is an important border area, if the military camp is the first line, then the defense of the county town is the second line, and there are special generals guarding the city. So the county town here is different from the county towns in other places. In other places, the county lord is a local emperor, a local snake, but here, the county lord is really not a big deal. Yonghehou Mansion is the local emperor of the county town, and there are also various military generals, each of whom is more domineering than the county lord.
At the gate of the county town, everyone must rely on identity documents to enter. In fact, there are many shortcomings in ancient identity documents, just like the introduction letters in China in the 1960s and 1970s before Yang Haiyan traveled through time. Even if the identity document is real, how can it be proved that the identity document corresponds to this person?
But this is unavoidable, there is no way.
Yang Dahua and Yang Haiyan are military dependents, so it is convenient for them to enter the county town. After entering the county town, Uncle Hong found a place to park the donkey cart. Yang Haiyan and others got off the donkey cart: "Sister Dahua, we will separate here, we will go around and come back at the beginning of the afternoon (1 pm). If you come back first, please wait for us in the donkey cart for a while." She was going to eat at a restaurant in the county town and try the dishes here.
Yang Dahua: "Okay."
Then, they separated, Yang Dahua went to set up the stall, and Yang Haiyan took Aunt Hong to go around. Speaking of which, it was Aunt Hong who led the way.
The first time Aunt Hong came to the county town was when she and Uncle Hong had just gotten married. At that time, Uncle Hong's leg had not been injured yet, and they had more money, so after the wedding, Uncle Hong brought her to the county town to broaden her horizons. In particular, Uncle Hong would send the game he hunted to restaurants and wine shops in the county town in order to sell it at a good price. Therefore, Aunt Hong was quite familiar with the county town.
Yang Haiyan: "Auntie Hong, let's go to the busiest street first."
Auntie Hong: "The busiest place in the morning is the vegetable market. Let's go to the vegetable market first?"
Yang Haiyan: "Okay, you lead the way."
Auntie Hong: "Yes." While leading the way, Auntie Hong hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "Madam, do we want to build a cellar in the backyard of our snack shop?"
Yang Haiyan: "Cellar?"
Auntie Hong: "Yes, it's already early October. By mid-November, the weather at the border will be very hot. The weather will get cold rapidly, and it will be dry. Sometimes there will be storms, sandstorms, hail, and snow. Once it snows, it will last for four or five days. This kind of weather will last for two months. During these two months, there will be no one in the vegetable market and the shops on the street will not open. So every November, people here will store food in the cellar, including vegetables and meat. "When
Aunt Hong said this, Yang Haiyan remembered that there was indeed such a plot in the novel. For the locals, such days are already accustomed to them, and they can get through it by just enduring it. But for the heroine Yang Dahua, it is quite difficult to endure. Although she worked as a maid in Yang Mansion, the capital was the richest and most prosperous place in the country, so Yang Dahua did not suffer in Yang Mansion. Instead, she suffered here because she was not well prepared in advance.
At the same time, she was pregnant at this time, and then her body could not keep up with the nutrition. For this reason, the male protagonist went into the mountains to hunt wild game to replenish her body, and the relationship between the two sublimated very quickly at this time. All in all, this is a sweet story. In fact,
after crossing into the book, Yang Haiyan rarely thought about the plot in the novel, because the plot of the male and female protagonists had nothing to do with Qin Fang, and the plot of Qin Fang had changed, and she had no intention of taking the opportunity of the female protagonist, so she didn't need to think about the novel all the time.
However, the cellar does need to be prepared.
Yang Haiyan: "Can Uncle Hong dig a cellar?"
Aunt Hong: "Yes, yes. He dug the cellars in our house before, but now... we have no home. His foot was injured and I suffered giving birth, so we sold our house. Later, he couldn't make any money, so he sold himself."
Yang Haiyan was shocked. She didn't know this, and Uncle Hong didn't explain it in detail: "Then where did you and the children live after he sold himself?"
Aunt Hong: "I live in a haunted house in the village. No one lives in the haunted house, so I live there and no one will chase me away." Thinking about it, although she had a miserable life and her parents were unkind, and would rather her husband sell himself than help her, now she can be said to have finally gotten her wish and met such a good wife.
Yang Haiyan didn't know what to say except sighing.
The market in the county town is indeed busier than the market in the town, and there are more varieties. In the town, there are only vegetables and meat, and occasionally fish. But it's different in the county town. Vegetables and meat are all the same, but seafood and river fish are different. There are quite a few stalls selling river fish here.
Yongzhou has no sea, only rivers, very long rivers. There are fishermen living by the river, who specialize in fishing for a living, so there are quite a few river fish in this market.
Yang Haiyan was from southern China before she traveled through the book. She grew up in an island city in the south, so her favorite is seafood. She likes fresh, braised, or pickled.
Seeing a lot of river fish at this moment, Yang Haiyan's eyes lit up. There are so many small river shrimps on that stall and yellow croakers here.
Yang Haiyan: "Auntie Hong, why are there so many river fish?"
Auntie Hong: "Because it's winter, the fishermen need to exchange a lot of money for vegetables and meat. Fishermen don't have fields, and they buy their food and vegetables."
Yang Haiyan: "Is that so."
They walked to the stall selling small river shrimps, and Yang Haiyan asked: "Boss, how much are these small river shrimps?"
The small river shrimp boss said: "4 cents per catty, 7 cents for two catties."
Yang Haiyan was shocked. Isn't this too cheap? Although it is more expensive than vegetables, it is much cheaper than meat. In fact, Yang Haiyan didn't know that people here don't like to eat small river shrimps, because they are too small, not to mention that there is not much meat, and one pound can't fill their stomachs. For ordinary people, it is better to buy two meat buns than to spend 4 cents to buy one pound of small river shrimps that are troublesome to eat. Therefore, small river shrimps are not worth the money.
Yang Haiyan: "How many pounds is this bucket of yours, how much do you sell it for?"
The small river shrimp owner was stunned: "You want a bucket?"
Yang Haiyan: "If the price is right, I will order more." Small river shrimps can be dried, dried shrimp kernels can be made into drunken shrimps, and can be made into wine-brewed shrimps. She felt a little hungry just thinking about it.
The shrimp owner was overjoyed and said, "This bucket of shrimps has 30 jins. If you want all of them, I'll give you 90 wen. This is the lowest price I can offer. It can't be any lower."
Yang Haiyan thought the price was cheap, and it was hard work for the fishermen to go out to the river. It was within her financial range, so she didn't bargain. "Then I'll take it, but you have to lend me this wooden barrel to store the shrimps. I live in the town, and I don't have a wooden barrel to store the shrimps with me right now."
The owner of the small river shrimp shop said, "Okay, do you see the shop over there? The river fresh shop is our shop in the fishing village. You just need to return the wooden barrel there when the time comes."
Yang Haiyan said, "Okay, thank you." Then she turned to Aunt Hong and said, "You carry the shrimps to the donkey cart, I'll wait for you in the vegetable market."
Aunt Hong said, "Okay, okay." Aunt Hong is the daughter of a poor family. When she was a girl, she did a lot of work, so she was very strong. Now she works with Yang Haiyan, and she can drink goat milk and eat pickled mustard greens every day, so her body has recovered well, and there is no problem carrying these 30 kilograms of small river shrimps. "Then I'll go, please be careful, ma'am."
Yang Haiyan nodded.
The small river shrimp stalls sold river fish. After buying the small river shrimp, Yang Haiyan went to look at the yellow croaker. This yellow croaker is different from the yellow croaker that everyone thinks of. This is the yellow croaker from the river, also called yellow croaker, which is different from the large and small yellow croakers from the sea. Whether the yellow croaker is braised or put in tofu soup, it is very delicious.
Yang Haiyan: "How much do you sell these yellow croakers?"
The fishmonger knew Yang Haiyan was an expert as soon as he heard her: "No weight required, 3 cents a piece, you can choose the size yourself." The fishmonger and the small river shrimp owner are from the same place. In fact, they are in the same team, but they set up the stalls to sell things according to type. He just saw that Yang Haiyan had contracted all the small river shrimps, so he said, "Madam, if you sell them all, I will give you a discount."
Yang Haiyan shook her head. The dried yellow croakers were not very delicious. If they were dried large yellow croakers, they would taste good. Therefore, she only wanted to put the yellow croakers in soup. However, yellow croakers are freshwater fish, so it would be fine to keep them for a few more days. So Yang Haiyan said, "I want to buy 10 fish. Can you provide a wooden barrel to hold the fish? I'll return it tomorrow. If you can, help me catch 10 big ones."
The fishmonger said, "Okay, I'll put them in the river seafood shop over there when you return it." He caught 10 big ones and put them in the small wooden barrel, and then covered it with the barrel lid.
When Aunt Hong came back, she had to carry the 10 fish back.
Then, Yang Haiyan bought river clams and yellow mullets. Compared with yellow mullets, yellow mullets were dead, so she could cook them at night. The yellow-browed fish is smaller than the small yellow croaker, and looks very similar. It is about the width of two Yang Haiyan fish. This kind of fish is delicious when steamed and can be dried. If it is braised for a long time, the meat will fall apart because its bones are very soft. Some people will swallow the bones when eating this.
In addition to seafood, Yang Haiyan didn't buy anything else, because vegetables and meat are also available in the town. After walking through the market, Yang Haiyan didn't see any fruits, which was a pity. Then they went to shop and came to a fur shop. Yang Haiyan heard from Aunt Hong that the winter here would be cold and the climate would not be very good for two consecutive months, so she thought about cotton-padded jackets, down jackets, and furs.
Down jackets are not practical, but furs are okay. But after seeing the furs in the shop, she lost interest. The furs in ancient times were processed too roughly, and she felt it was unhygienic to wear.
However, this fur is very good for making boots. Moreover, it can also be made into an outer coat for Qin Fang. He can wear it on the way from home to the barracks, which will definitely keep him warm.
After thinking it over, she bought some wool furs that were processed well and easy to take care of. The wool furs were brought from grassland merchants outside the Great Wall. Grassland merchants have special methods to process furs. Not only does a piece of fur look shiny, but it is also very complete. Yang Haiyan counted and bought two furs.
After that, there was nothing else she liked. But after shopping for a whole morning, she was almost tired, so she found a restaurant and had lunch with Aunt Hong in the restaurant. While waiting for the restaurant to serve the food, Yang Haiyan asked Aunt Hong to bring a bowl of noodles to Uncle Hong.
After the meal, Yang Haiyan took Aunt Hong to a jewelry store for the purpose of digestion.
The jewelry store was called Zhenbao Pavilion, and it was the best jewelry store in the county. When the shopkeeper saw a customer coming, he came forward enthusiastically: "Hello, ma'am, what do you want to buy?"
Yang Haiyan looked around: "Do you have jade jewelry? I like jade bracelets, better ones." Better ones, resell them on the platform, can make a fortune. Wow, Yang Haiyan suddenly found another way to make money.
When the shopkeeper heard this, his eyes lit up: "Yes, yes, yes, please come this way. All the jade ornaments in our Treasure Pavilion are here. Your wrist is relatively thin and the circumference is small. There are five models that fit your circumference. Take a look and see which one you like." Of course, if the cheap ones are included, there are more than these five models, but the customer just said that she wants a better one.
Yang Haiyan knows a little about jade. In her previous life, she was a young girl who could make money. With more money, she has also set requirements for her taste in life. Others buy famous brands, Cartier watches, Chanel bags, etc., but she likes jade bracelets. She once picked up a glass bracelet and spent 790,000 yuan. Once when she went out with friends and was visiting a jade store, a customer who was also visiting the jade store wanted to buy it for one million yuan. It has to be said that it is very rare to buy jade bracelets with the right ring size and the quality you like.
The shopkeeper saw Yang Haiyan's eyes resting on two of them, and said: "Both of these are suitable for Madam. Madam has a quiet and elegant temperament. Wearing this one will make you look quiet and reserved, and wearing this one will make you look gorgeous and rich." The shopkeeper also knows how to judge people. Although the material of Yang Haiyan's clothes is not fine, that is, fine cotton, but the temperament of people is the first. Even if she doesn't wear jewelry, this temperament is perfect.
Yang Haiyan smiled and said: "Hetian jade is in line with cultural inheritance, and this glass jade is transparent and clear. Both are really good. Let me try them on?" In fact, Yang Haiyan likes both of them, but the Hetian jade is a concubine bracelet... Concubine bracelets have lost value in the modern market.
The shopkeeper: "Please."
Yang Haiyan stretched out her hand and took the Hetian jade one first. After putting it on, she looked different. Her temperament became gentle and she looked more reserved. Then, she changed to the glass one. Suddenly, she looked noble and had a strong aura, which was completely different from before.
The shopkeeper: "Both are suitable for you."
Yang Haiyan: "How do you sell them if you want both?"
The shopkeeper heard it and realized that this was a big customer: "The Hetian jade one is 800 taels of silver, and this one is a little more expensive, 1,200 taels of silver."
Aunt Hong, who was listening to it, didn't dare to breathe. This price was really killing her.
Yang Haiyan looked around again. She walked to the hairpins and picked out a golden hairpin for women and a black hair crown for men. The style of the women's hairpin is very simple, just a hairpin with a hollow golden ball on it, and a white pearl inside the golden ball. The men's hair crown is similar, with a black jade ring and a black jade hairpin.
Qin Fang is tall, with cold and tough features. Compared with the white that suits a bandit gentleman, the calm black is more suitable for him.
Yang Haiyan: "I won't bargain. With these two things, it's two thousand taels of silver."
The shopkeeper calculated and said: "OK." They don't bargain when doing business in the Treasure Pavilion, but even though they don't bargain, they still rely on flexibility to do business, so it's okay to give something as a gift. But this lady also has a sharp eye. The two bracelets she chose are made of excellent materials. They are all embryos sent from outside the Great Wall and then polished inside the Great Wall. If they are sent to the capital, the price can be increased.
Yang Haiyan: "I don't have that much money on me. Can you send someone to go with me to your house to get it?"
The shopkeeper: "But I don't know where your house is?"
Yang Haiyan: "In the family quarters of the military camp."
The shopkeeper: "No problem." There is only one military camp family housing in the whole Yongzhou.
After buying these two items, Yang Haiyan went back. She spent two thousand taels and was in a very good mood. Because she knew that she could make more money by putting these things on the platform.
Two thousand taels of silver = 500,000 Taiwan coins = about 30 taels of gold, and the price of the two bracelets on the platform is definitely more than 1 million, so it is a sure profit.
Yang Haiyan put on the Hetian jade bracelet in the Treasure Pavilion, and asked the shopkeeper to pack the rest, and then took the people from the Treasure Pavilion away.
Yang Dahua was already on the donkey cart. Seeing Yang Haiyan coming back, she said happily, "Haiyan, you bought a lot of things." She felt a little inferior in her heart. She was still working hard for a few coins, but Yang Haiyan spent several taels of silver in a blink of an eye. The wool and fur on the donkey cart also cost several taels of silver.
Yang Haiyan smiled and said, "I'm back. You must be waiting anxiously, right? I'm going back now."
Yang Dahua: "No hurry, no hurry. Haiyan, I want some small cakes and small biscuits tomorrow, okay?" Today's business is good. Two catties of small cakes and two catties of small biscuits are sold. I made a total of 20 coins, which is more money than selling handkerchiefs. If they order more and come every two or three days, then one or two taels of silver a month is not a problem.
Yang Haiyan: "Of course it's no problem."
The river fish was placed outside, and the ladies sat inside. Uncle Hong drove the donkey cart in front, and the people from the Treasure Pavilion drove the horse carriage in the back. Therefore, Yang Dahua didn't know that the people from the Treasure Pavilion were following behind.
When they arrived at the family house, Yang Dahua got off the donkey cart first, because her family and Yang Haiyan's family were not in the same place. It was only after she got off the donkey cart that she saw the horse carriage stopped behind, but she didn't think much about it. When the donkey cart arrived at Yang Haiyan's door, Uncle Hong and Aunt Hong began to unload the goods. Yang Haiyan entered the study and started trading on the platform. She sold 30 taels of gold in exchange for 510,000 Taiwan dollars, and then used 500,000 Taiwan dollars to buy 2,000 taels of silver. There were about 19,000 Taiwan dollars left on the platform, plus 468 taels of gold. After
buying the silver, Yang Haiyan asked the people from the Treasure Pavilion to move it. After the people from the Treasure Pavilion took away the silver and took the river fish barrels to the river fish shop, she put the glass bracelet that she didn't bring on the platform and checked the selling price. It was actually worth 1.09 million Taiwan dollars. Yang Haiyan did not sell them, but offered a high price and kept them inside. After all, these were things she liked, and she did not want to sell them unless it was absolutely necessary.
Aunt Hong: "Madam, the things have been moved down, do you want to deal with them?"
Yang Haiyan came out of the study: "Leave them to Aunt Fan to deal with them, you and Uncle Hong can go back to the shop and take over from Aunt Fan, and wait for Uncle Hong to come and dig the cellar tomorrow."
Aunt Hong: "Okay."
As soon as Uncle Hong and Aunt Hong left, Sister Lu came over: "Haiyan, what did you buy in the county?" This was not an inquiry, but a casual conversation between neighbors.
Yang Haiyan: "I bought some river shrimps and fish. These river shrimps are very fresh. They are especially delicious when mixed with shredded radish. Sister-
in-law, come and get a bowl." Sister-in-law Lu: "No, no."
Yang Haiyan knew what Sister-in-law Lu was thinking, and explained with a smile: "These river shrimps are cheap, only two cents a pound, not some expensive shrimps. If you feel bad, just come and visit my snack shop more often." As she said that, she went into the house to get a bowl and grabbed a bowl of river shrimps for Sister-in-law Lu. It was indeed a cheap product, not something rare. If it was an expensive shrimp, even if she was willing to give it away, she would not give it away, lest others think she was extravagant.
Seeing Yang Haiyan being so polite, Mrs. Lu did not refuse and made up her mind to go to the shop to buy more snacks tomorrow. Mrs. Lu had just received the shrimps when Zhang's mother came over and said, "Qin Fang's family, you bought a lot of things." She had been listening next door, listening to Yang Haiyan giving Mrs. Lu small river shrimps, so she came over and wanted to take advantage of it.
Yang Haiyan would not rush to give gifts to such a person who likes to take advantage. She said, "It's not a rare thing. By the way, auntie, I heard from Auntie Fan that you bought snacks yesterday and found that you forgot to bring money. You were going to take it, but Auntie Fan asked you to take it first and give it to me later?" She asked softly and in a very good manner, which also gave face to Zhang's mother.
But who is Sister Lu? She had seen through Zhang's mother a long time ago, and she knew that Zhang's mother wanted to take advantage of her and didn't give the money. If she said it, Haiyan was giving her too much face. If it was her, she would have directly exposed it. If you know that the 65 cents for my wild boar meat, she asked for it three times a day.
When Zhang's mother heard her talk about this, and saw that Sister Lu was there, she also said with great face: "That's right, I didn't bring any money, so I didn't want to buy it, but your servant was so polite, so I had to buy it. Wait a minute, I'll go get the money." Then she ran back to her yard.
Zhang's mother loved her face, but she didn't know that her face had long been gone among the neighbors.
Sister Lu: "I just don't know how long she will take the money."
Yang Haiyan: "Just mention it every time you see her in the future."
Sister Lu thought to herself, Haiyan seems very soft, but in fact she is very opinionated. But it's also true, coming from a wealthy family, how can she be soft and easy to be manipulated? "Oh, I forgot to tell you something. Winter is coming, and the environment here is very bad... So I want to ask you, do you want to stock up on food? Several of us who are familiar with each other will go to the old farmers in the countryside to order cabbage and radishes. We have been doing this for several years and are very familiar with them. The price is cheaper than outside."
Yang Haiyan: "Yes, the servants at home mentioned this to me today. I will have someone dig a cellar tomorrow. How many kilograms of cabbage and radishes do we need to order in a winter?"
Mrs. Lu: "It will take about two months. , you decide."
Yang Haiyan calculated that they had a large family, so they needed 4 catties of cabbage and 4 catties of radish a day. Eating radishes in winter was also nutritious, so in two months, that would be 60 days: "I want 240 catties of cabbage and 240 catties of radish."
Sister Lu: "Then I'll sign it up for you."
Yang Haiyan: "Okay, how much do these cost?"
Sister Lu: "The vegetables here are a little more expensive in winter, cabbage and radish are two cents a catty each, and you have 480 catties in total, so it would cost 960 cents." If it were normal times, they wouldn't charge a penny a catty.
Yang Haiyan: "I'll go get the money."
Sister-in-law Lu: "No need. I'll pay you when the things are delivered. These cabbages and radishes will be in great demand, so we have to report the number early."
Yang Haiyan said gratefully: "Thank you so much, sister-in-law. I don't know anything about these. I am grateful for your reminder."
Sister-in-law Lu: "What are you talking about?"
While they were talking, Aunt Fan came. Seeing this, Sister-in-law Lu went back. Aunt Fan was tidying up the house. Yang Haiyan gave a few suggestions and then went to find Yang Dahua.
Yang Dahua was washing things and was a little surprised to see Yang Haiyan coming, after all, they had just separated: "Haiyan, why are you here?"
Yang Haiyan told her about the winter situation here: "...I ordered 240 kilograms of Chinese cabbage and radish from Sister Lu, a total of 480 kilograms. If you want it, you have to let Sister Lu know."
Yang Dahua: "I really didn't know about this. I'll tell Sister Lu now."
Yang Haiyan nodded, thinking of the novel where she would get pregnant in winter, and then said, "It's better to prepare some meat, otherwise we will have to eat cabbage and radish for two months. Even if we women don't do anything at home and don't need to replenish our bodies, men are very tired in the barracks and need to replenish their bodies."
If Yang Dahua prepared some meat for her, she might be reluctant, but if Yang Dahua prepared some meat for Han Zhen, she would be willing to do so. This is a common problem among women in ancient times. Except for those who would consider themselves, 90% of women would regard their husbands as the heaven in their hearts.
But it's okay this way. When they say they prepare meat for Han Zhen, don't they also give some to Yang Dahua when they give it to Han Zhen?
While they were chatting, Yang Haiyan came home, and Yang Dahua went to ask Mrs. Lu about ordering cabbage and radish.
Military camp
"Report... the imperial order and the military department's documents have arrived."
The prince of Yonghe Marquis was handling military affairs in the commander-in-chief's tent. When he heard the report, he said, "Come in." He didn't need to see the imperial order to know that this was a promotion order for Ao Qianfu. From today on, Ao Qianfu is a fifth-rank guerrilla general.
The prince of Yonghe said, "Ask General Ao to come to my tent."
"Yes."
After a while, General Ao came: "Prince."
The prince of Yonghe said, "The imperial court's order has arrived. The emperor has personally ordered me to call you General Ao from today on."
General Ao was delighted and knelt on one knee: "It's all thanks to the prince's cultivation."
The prince of Yonghe said, "No need to be polite. Get up. The selection of the captains can also begin. When Qin Fang becomes a captain, bring him to see me."
General Ao said, "Yes."
After hearing General Ao's promotion order, Qin Fang and others were particularly happy. There were two reasons for their happiness. First, their team no longer had a captain, so they would definitely have to select another one, so all ten of them would have a chance. Second, the captain of ten thousand men was their former captain of a thousand men, and he would definitely take extra care of their team. Everyone knew this. So how could they not be happy?
General Ao looked at his subordinates who congratulated him one by one, and he was also happy in his heart: "Okay, everyone, please be quiet. I have another thing to say, which is about the selection of the captain of a thousand men."
Everyone was quiet when they heard this. In the past, the selection of the captain of a thousand men was promoted by the previous captain of a thousand men, or the captain of a thousand men promoted several candidates and asked the higher authorities to decide. I don't know who General Ao will choose this time.
Qin Fang was particularly excited. He didn't expect that General Ao would be promoted and his opportunity would come so quickly. But he was also nervous, he didn't know who among the ten of them General Ao would choose. In fact, Qin Fang had a feeling, General Ao usually cared for him and promoted him, he felt that he had a chance. But this was just a little thought in his heart, he didn't have full confidence.
General Ao continued: "The candidates for the centurion will be selected from the ten of you. As for the selection method, it is also very simple. In the past, it was directly designated by the superiors, but this time it is different. A competition will be held. Among the ten of you, whoever ranks first in the competition will be the centurion. The selection will be held in three days."
Hearing about the competition, eight of the ten centurions present were discouraged. They all knew that they had no hope, and the most hopeful ones were Qin Fang and Han Zhen. As for who of the two will get first place, no one is sure. After all, they have never really fought each other, and judging from their usual performance, they are both ruthless people.
In fact, after hearing what General Ao said, Qin Fang and Han Zhen also had a clue in their hearts. They all knew that among the ten of them, only each other was their opponent. Han Zhen and Qin Fang looked at each other, with determination in their eyes not to admit defeat. However, although it was a battle for the captain of a thousand men, no matter who wins or loses, it will not affect their friendship. After all, they came out of that small village together, and as long as they are still in the barracks, they should take care of each other.
After work, Qin Fang returned home, still thinking about the competition.
Seeing that he was absent-minded, Yang Haiyan asked with concern: "Husband, what are you thinking about? I see you are happy one moment and frowning the next. Are you worried about something?"
Qin Fang did not hide it and said frankly: "Today, the court received the appointment document of General Ao... General Ao. He was promoted from a thousand-man commander to a fifth-rank guerrilla general by the emperor."
Yang Haiyan paused: "Then what about the position he vacated? Who was promoted to it?" In the novel, the selection was through a martial arts competition.
Qin Fang: "In the martial arts selection, ten centurions of our team will compete, but I am not afraid of others. My biggest opponent is Han Zhen." Qin Fang's tone was full of confidence, "Yan Yan, I will work hard and strive to make you the wife of a centurion."
Yang Haiyan listened and looked at Qin Fang with admiration: "My husband is the best."
Looking at his wife's shining eyes, Qin Fang's determination became stronger. He hoped that she would always look at him like this, and that she would always have only him in her eyes. Thinking of this, he was stunned. Since when did he hope that she would always have only him in her eyes?
Probably from the first day she brought him food. She stood so delicately at the back door of the barracks and looked at him. At that time, he felt that she was extremely weak, as if she would get sick if she was not careful.
Or maybe it started from when she brought him meals again and again. She was the only sunshine in his five years of military service. She was his only motivation besides his family.
Or maybe it started from when she spoke softly about them and their children.
In short, Qin Fang didn't know. But he was sure that he was willing to fight for this woman.
Qin Fang's eyes softened when he looked at her. That possessive look was a little different from before. In the past, he looked at her with respect, admiration, and pride, but not with the predatory look a man gave a woman. But at this moment, he looked at her with aggression.
Yang Haiyan's heart beat faster, and she couldn't help but glare at him: "Husband, why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?"
Qin Fang's heart softened, and her coquettish voice softened his bones. He couldn't help swallowing his saliva: "No."
Yang Haiyan chuckled: "Husband, if you win first place and become a thousand-man captain, I will give you a gift."
Qin Fang's eyes lit up: "Really? What gift?"
Yang Haiyan said proudly: "I can't tell you, you won't be surprised if I tell you."
Qin Fang looked at her little look, his heart itched, but he didn't force her. Compared to forcing her to tell him now, he was more satisfied with himself winning first place and she was giving it to him: "Then I'll wait."
Yang Haiyan hummed, then stretched out her left hand: "Husband, I bought a bracelet today, do you think it looks good?"
Qin Fang looked at her slender wrist with a colorful jade bracelet. He didn't know whether it was good or bad, but he felt that his wife would look good in anything, so he couldn't help but say: "It looks good."
Yang Haiyan: "I bought two bracelets like this, and they cost two thousand taels."
Qin Fang was so frightened when he heard this that he almost couldn't swallow his food: "So expensive?... They must be very good." But this is his wife's money, so of course she can buy whatever she likes. For this reason, Qin Fang thought that one day, he would use his own money to buy a gift she likes and put it on her.
Yang Haiyan: "When I was in Yang's house, I saw a bracelet of this material. This bracelet is very valuable, which means that even if you are short of money in the future, you won't lose money if you throw it away. Moreover, even if you are not short of money, it can be passed down from generation to generation in the future."
Qin Fang: "You decide." Shame on him, he has never bought anything for his wife. Thinking about the wallet on his body, there is only 300 coins in it, which can't buy good things for his wife. However... Qin Fang's eyes flashed, and he had an idea in his mind.
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