Chen Dashi finished six pieces of braised rabbit meat and large bowl of chicken soup, his stomach is full. Chicken soup is so fulfilling. Then he sat on a stool and wondered what to do with tomorrow's meals. Madam said that starting tomorrow, he would have to take care of his own meal. Although the kitchen has distribute food, he didn't cook. What should he do?
Chen Dashi was just feeling worried when Meng Ping arrived. " Brother Meng". Meng Ping was older than Chen Dashi. When Chen Dashi came to serve the army, he was only fifteen, but he would be twenty one this year.
Meng Ping chuckled and said: " Dashi, we're already so familiar with each other now. We've known each other for five years. I won't keep you in suspense any more. Just answer my question honestly."
Chen Dashi was startled. What happened? " Brother Meng , tell me".
Meng Ping: " Dashi, have you found a wife yet?"
Chen Dashi was quite depressed. " This time, my family did look for me, but they found nothing. When they heard i was still at the border, they thought i might become a widow at any time and they didn't want to follow me lol the way to the border".
This was the truth. Of course, her didn't say that he was with captain of seven rank. He only said that he found a job at the border and if they got married, she would have to go with him.
Someone Meng Ping, willing to leave his parents behind to come to the border, naturally had more than one son, so he could rest assured. Of course, it wasn't just Meng Ping; the other private guards had more than one son in their families, otherwise who would have the heart to abandoned their parents? Furthermore, it there was only one son, his parents wouldn't have the heart to send them to serve in the military, even if they had to borrow money to buy a place. A son is a lifeblood.
After hearing this,Meng Ping also said directly: " What do you think of my sister?"
Chen Dashi was stunned at first, but then he understood what Meng Ping meant. He and Meng Pjng were all personal soldiers and five of them had a good relationship. After all, before becoming his personal soldier, they were all soldiers in the barracks and in the same team. So after becoming personal soldiers, their relationship became even closer.
He had met Meng An when she came. She looked quite and virtuous and was a good wife. However,Chen Dashi treated Meng An as a younger sister, after all, she was Meng Ping's younger sister, so at that time, he didn't pay much attention to her.
Now that Meng Ping has asked him, he smiled and said: " it's fine". He understood what Meng Ping meant and his answer wasn't the way a brother looks at his sister, but rather the way a man looks to a man. Plus, everyone law has a wives, except home and he was old enough, so felt pretty good. With a wife, he wouldn't have to wash his clothes, his bed would be warm and he wouldn't have to cook his own meal.
Meng Ping was delighted when he heard this. Meng An was his sister and he was naturally happy to see someone like her. However, " I want to tell you about Neng An.." Then, Meng Ping talked about Meng An's previous marriage. As he spoke, he carefully observed Chen Dashi's expression. If he showed any sign of disdain, then there would be no need to talk about it.
However, after he finished speaking,Chen Dashi didn't show any disdain. Instead, he said, " This has nothing to do with Meng An. It's that person's fault." Chen Dashi really didn't think it was a big deal. After all, when he returned home in March, he had also been rejected by the other person. So he didn't think he had the right to disdain Meng A. Moreover,Meng Ping's family was faraway from his hometown, so it was unlikely that any news about Meng An would reach his hometown.
Besides, he felt a person's character was more important than a reputation. " Brother Meng, I don't care. I think Miss Meng An it's quite good." So, when will they get married? He was desperate to get married.
Meng Ping didn't know Chen Dashi's eagerness:
" Then I'll formally introduced you to each other and then you can take a look?"
Chen Dahu: " Okay".
Main Courtyard
Yang Haiyan wiped the slimed of her body with a wet towel. Ever since learning about her skill, Qin Fang has become a bit more playful, constantly grabbing her body for this and for that. For example, today, even though he hasn't drunk any deer penis wine, this man was still particularly excited.
After she wiped it clean, she held it out in front of Qin Fang and said, " Look, it's all red."
She felt like her skin was about to break.
Qin Fang grabbed her waist and rubbed it gently: " My fault".
Yang Haiyan didn't like him admitting his mistake. He was always very active in admitting his mistakes, but he would forget about it next moment.
Qin Fang ignored her murderous gaze, gently massage her body and said aggrievedly: " You have to have some mercy on me to". He was a normal man,a grown man of 21 and it was hard for him to hold it in every day .
Yang Haiyan snorted. She had to admit, she was very grateful f for Qin Fang'ss patience. Some men said nice things about you, but then turned around and tried every possible way to get you. " By the way,I ask Uncle Hong to go to the nearby village to buy land today. I brought ten acres of medium-sized land.
Qin Fang messaged her expression and asked, " Buy so many?"
Yang Haiyan expo lanes, " Well, I'm planning to grow some vegetables and raised some pigs, chicken and ducks. I'm all least working here and i need to subsidized our own food and the family has expenses. In the long run, it's more cost-effective to buy my own land and grow crops. Plus, if the family members come over and can't find work, it'll be a burden on me. While it won't affect us, it will still affect me. For,i figured if i but land , I'd have to hire people anyway, so i might as well put my family members on the land." She'd come up with the idea when she'd asked Uncle Hong to arrange the land purchase. That afternoon, after hearing the family members say all worked in the fields, she thought the arrangement was a good one.
Ten mu of land was given to the private guards and their families to farm and usually the private guards' families would go to the fields to guard the to road. Of course,a yard was also built in the fields for convenient living. Especially for the female family members, raising pigs, chicken and ducks would make more money. Although at the end of the year, including food and monthly allowance, the three families would need at least six taels of silver. But at the same time, each private guards could save on the two hundred wen of food subsidy per month and the extra vegetable. In short, it was still a stable profit at the end of the year.
Of course, these were just her plan and she hadn't disclosed them to the family members.
She wanted to observe the character of these people first. Although they were just farmers, their character wasn't that important and she didn't want to hire someone with bad character.
Qin Fang listened to Yang Haiyan's detailed arrangements, listened…and then fell asleep.
When Yang Haiyan heard his snoring, she wanted to pinch his muscle. But she couldn't bear to do so. After all, he and his guards had been hunting in the mountain all day and were very tired.
The next day
The next morning, Aunt Fan and Aunt Yun came to buy groceries. A little later, KunShi and five other guards went to the kitchen to collect April's ration.
Aunt Fan said: " Forty kilograms of food per person is collected one time and the remaining vegetables are collected on the first, eight, fifteen and twenty second day each month. If you collect it this time, you have to wait until the eight day."
Kun Shi and others: " I understand".
Aunt Fan continued, " The 40 catties of grain consists of 5 catties of rice,15 catties of brown rice,10 catties of sweet potatoes and 10 catties of potatoes. The 10 catties of vegetables including green vegetables, lettuce, wild rice stem and cabbage. The 1 catty meat is pork ribs ands there are also 10 eggs every month. In addition, the mistress said that for the remaining days of the month,a subsidy of 50 wen will be given. Please check and sign here of there is no problem."
The private guards checked it, took out fifty coins and left the yard with their own food.
At the gate of the courtyard, three family members were waiting to see what could could get today. When they saw the private guards coming, the family members all came forward.
Meng Ping's wife machine gun voice was the first to blare: " What did you get?"
Meng Ping said: " There is rice and eggs".
Meng Oing's wife: " Oh, then let's make some soup with ribs first and then we can picked the two pounds of meat we got last night".
Meng Ping: " I'll listen to you".
Chen Dashi, hearing what Meng Ping's wife had told him, realized he had no one to cook for him, so he shifted his gaze until it landed on Meng An. Meng An was also secretly looking at Chen Dashi. Last night, her brother had mentioned Chen Dashi's opinion, so she was secretly looking at him. As a result, they eyes met.
Meng An blushed and quickly looked away. Chen Dashi,a rough man, also blushed, feeling a little embarrassed. However, her boldly walked over to Meng An and asked: " Do you like eggs?"
Meng An was a but subtle and said that she didn't like it. Who doesn't like eggs? She nodded: "Yeah".
Chen Dashi blushed and said: " I have eggs too. I'll give them to you to nourish your body".
Meng An shook her head: "You can nourish your body yourself. I don't needs any. My eldest brother at home also has eggs".
Chen Dashi: " I don't cook. If i leave it out, the eggs might go bad".
Meng An laughed: " There's nothing wrong with the eggs. Just boiled them in water and they'll be fine. There was to cook".
Chen Dashi took the opportunity to say, " I'm really sorry. Then, can you help me to cook it? I have so much here. If no one cooks if, it will definitely go bad".
Meng An's face turned redder: " Then I'll go over and help you make lunch later".
Chn Dashi grinned: " Okay".
After Yang Haiyan finished her breakfast, she and Qin Fang took Qin Siya and Qin Shoucheng to Lu's house. The private school Qin Shoucheng was going to was the same one Lu Dawei was attending, so Yang Haiyan asked them to get familiar with first.