Chapter 48: Taking Care

The old man and the young man were chatting with raptures and spittle, forgetting that Lu Hong, who was on the side, couldn’t hold on anymore, and snored, until the sound of chicken hooves, the two of them realized that it was already dawn, Lu Hong Hong also woke up suddenly and saw that the two were still in high spirits, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The sound of the rooster also woke Gao Yuan up, and he couldn't help but sigh. When he talked about making money, he forgot to lie on Ye Jing'er's windowsill, but the night was still very rewarding, and the restaurant's prospects were not yet clear. Said that Wu Kai's waiver of this thousand old debts is enough to make him ecstatic, which means that by the end of the year, he will be able to share dividends in a fair and honest way.

"Brother Wu, it's dawn, we should go too!" Lu Hong stood up.

Until this time, Gao Yuan suddenly remembered something, and suddenly woke up and returned to reality, "Master Wu, Uncle Lu, I almost forgot, there is an important thing to tell you two. It is about Donghu. human."

"What happened to the Donghu people?"

"I have a friend of the Xiongnu. According to him, there is now a tribe of Donghu people in the fifty-li buffer zone between us and the Donghu people outside the Curie Pass, and he also said that this Donghu tribe is likely to end in Come and loot us in Fufeng County!" Gao Yuandao, "We have to prepare in advance."

"Cough, what do I think it is, you are making a fuss!" Wu Kai waved his hand, "It's okay, this kind of thing has happened before, they want to rob, that is, rob the village outside Juliguan, and can't cross it. Curie Pass, this is a custom made by our Dayan and Donghu people, it's okay!"

"Then he robs the village outside our gate, and we just watch him rob?"

"They're all used to it!" Lu Hong sighed, "They are all cavalry, coming and going like the wind, we can't even fight them if we want to. Fortunately, the people outside the customs are also prepared. Once they come, they will Run away first, these Donghu people also want money, don’t want their lives, if they rob the property, they will naturally leave.”

"Then the common people were robbed, how can I spend this winter?"

"Every year when something like this happens, the county will subsidize a portion of it. Anyway, we can't let people starve to death, right?" Wu County Magistrate said: "The Donghu people are really abominable. This kind of incident every year makes me lose a lot of money."

"So that's how it is!" Gao Yuan nodded, "You can make more money if you don't have money, but you'll be in trouble if you don't have people."

"My nephew is right, don't worry too much about this, everyone is used to it, after you go back, don't forget to bring the recipe to me as soon as possible, my restaurant in the county has already begun to make preliminary preparations Now, ready to open a year ago, you can't miss the time."

"Master Wu, don't worry." Gao Yuan patted his chest.

After leaving the gate of Wu Mansion, Lu Hong looked at Gao Yuan, "Gao Yuan, are you going back to the military camp, or are you going home for a day?"

"I'd better go back to the barracks!" Gao Yuan looked at the sky and said, "Lest those bastards see that I'm not here, and they will be lawless."

"Well, Gao Yuan, you are very good, very good!" Lu Hong said slowly: "I am very surprised by your performance, so I am relieved, even if I am gone in the future, you and your eldest brother can survive. A day will come."

"Don't worry, uncle, I will do my best to support the eldest brother's great ambitions, and whoever dares to harm the eldest brother, I will speak to him with a knife!" Gao Yuan said solemnly.

"Okay, okay, with your words, I'm relieved!" Lu Hong laughed, "I was going to go to the county a few years ago, and by the way, I'll take you there to open your eyes!"

"Thank you, uncle!" Gao Yuan was overjoyed, he was about to go to Liaoxi County to have a look and gain a better understanding of the world.

When he returned to the barracks, the sky was not yet bright, and Gao Yuan was very pleased that he could see that the barracks were brightly lit, the routine morning class was going on, and the horns of the soldiers running, Clearly audible.

Horses' hoofs stepped on the ground and the gate, and in the darkness, Sun Xiao and Cao Tiancheng hurried out. Yesterday, a bunch of plum blossoms from Gao Yuan rushed to Wu County Magistrate's 50th birthday banquet, and they didn't come back overnight. These two people were greatly worried, for fear that Gao Yuan had already been captured by the angry magistrate of Wu, and if another soldier came, it would definitely mean that their happy life would come to an end. Follow Gao Yuan, although the bitterness was a little bitter. , But in terms of material, compared with their past, they are one in the sky and the other in the ground. They are completely different. Gao Yuan has not returned all night, and the two of them have hardly slept all night. Gao Yuan came into the house.

Although Gao Yuan was not at home, the kang in his room was still burning hot. Taking off his cloak, Gao Yuan lay down on the warm kang, "I'm exhausted!" He shouted, without sleeping for two consecutive nights , it was really difficult for him.

"Bing Cao, there is nothing wrong, the magistrate Wu didn't embarrass you, right?"

"Why are you embarrassing me, he is very happy!" Gao Yuan stretched out his hand and pulled over the quilt, covering his head and face, and after a while he stuck his head out again, "Oh, Tiancheng, by the way, I asked the magistrate Wu to borrow the one. I don't need to pay back the thousand guans. The magistrate of Wu was very interested in the gift I gave, and generously waived the thousand kans. In this case, we will have a sum of money in the account at the end of the year. Well, our life will be much more comfortable. Now, I've thought about it, you go to the market to buy a batch of cowhide, let's make leather armor for the brothers, it's pitiful, we have hundreds of people, we don't even have a single armor, we can't afford iron armor, leather armor It doesn’t take much money, but how much can still play a protective role? You calculate how much it will cost to buy cowhide, add sales and make armor, just make a chest and back armor, and then give it to Brothers, make a cowhide wristband, that's all, now I'm going to sleep. Don't bother me!"

After saying this, he covered his head and face, and after a while, snoring began. The rest of Sun Xiao and Cao Tiancheng looked at each other.

"I don't need to pay one thousand guans?" Sun Xiao looked at Cao Tiancheng and asked in disbelief. To him, one thousand guans was an astronomical sum. With his current military salary, he would not be able to eat it. Drink, it will take nearly a hundred years to pay off.

"Bing Cao is really a god!" Cao Tiancheng also shook his head again and again, "It doesn't matter, it's fine to follow Bing Cao anyway, Sun Xiao, I have to do what Bing Cao ordered, or I will inevitably have to wait for him to wake up and see that I have nothing to do. Angry, you take care of it at home, don't bother Bing Cao!"

"I know, don't worry, the one who dares to bark, see that I won't kill him!"

While talking, the two left the room.

Gao Yuan slept so sweetly this night that he didn't even get up to eat lunch. Sun Xiao also followed Gao Yuan's instructions and let him wake up naturally after a sleep. It was only when it was getting late that Gao Yuan stretched out contentedly. Waist, he got up on the warm kang, and when he saw the sky, he was startled.

Sleeping until you wake up naturally, counting money until your hand cramps, this is the highest state of life, but unfortunately, the days of sleeping until you wake up naturally are not many for me, as for counting money and counting the hand cramps, this is completely It is unimaginable that even if he has money, Gao Yuan will go in with his left hand and go out with his right hand, and he will not be able to drop much at all.

After the noodles are ready for dinner, the door slammed softly. Cao Tiancheng was carrying a tray, which contained two miscellaneous noodles, and another bowl of mutton soup. The difference was that Cao Tiancheng also brought a small plate of pickled noodles. Pickles came. Sun Xiao also followed.

"Bing Cao, it's time to eat!" Cao Tiancheng put the tray on the table and said.

"Hmm, have you all eaten?"

"I've eaten, I've eaten!" The two said in unison.

"Sit down, I have something to tell you, let's talk while eating!" Gao Yuan pointed to the stool and said.

While nibbling on the miscellaneous noodles, I drank the mutton soup, I hadn't eaten for a whole day, and I was really hungry.

"By the way, Lao Cao has a lot of things to do now, and he has fewer troops. I'm going to raise a new one and share it with Sun Xiao. What do you think?" After taking a sip of the soup, Gao Yuan said vaguely.

"It's all up to the soldiers." The two said.

"Then, who do you think is suitable?" Gao Yuan asked seriously, putting down the soup bowl and looking at the two of them.

"I think Yan Haibo is suitable!" Cao Tiancheng immediately said, these days, he can also see that Gao Yuan treats Yan Haibo differently, and Yan Haibo is also struggling. Although he is only sixteen years old, his current military qualities such as strength, speed, etc. It's not as good as Sun Xiao.

"I think he's a good fit too!"

"That's him!" Gao Yuan said succinctly." After Sun Xiao went down, tell him that from tomorrow onwards, let him do what he should do, and you should teach him more."

"Yes, soldier!"

"By the way, Lao Cao, Sun Xiao is a bachelor. One has enough to eat and the whole family is not hungry. Last time I heard from Sun Xiao, do you still have a wife and baby?"

"Yes, I live in Xiawa Village, a daughter is sixteen years old, and a son is just twelve years old!" Cao Tiancheng laughed.

"Sixteen-year-old daughter, are you married?" Gao Yuan asked casually.

"Not yet. In the past, my family was terribly poor, and I basically couldn't afford the money to support my family. My daughter had to help her mother at home. Our family was too poor. Who would marry me? Isn't this causing trouble for myself?" Cao Tiancheng shook his head and said. : "Delayed, delayed!"

"You're only sixteen years old, don't worry, Lao Cao, that's what I think, these Donghu people come to visit again and again, although Xiawa Village is within the pass, but it's not beyond the Curie Pass, I think it's a little dangerous, you just put Your wife and children have all taken over to live in the army, so you don't have to worry about it."

"This, this is illegal!"

"What are the rules and regulations, your wife is here, but you can't just eat or work, we don't even have a clerk, your wife is here, let her do it first, and I will still pay, how? Come on, the brothers below don't have to take turns to cook. To be honest, what our brother made is really unpalatable. Look at this wowtou, it's as hard as a stone, thanks to my good teeth, and this mutton Soup, good mutton, it's a mess. This pickle is trying to kill people. Salt is precious! Bring your wife here. Sun Xiao doesn't have a wife. If you can take care of it, why not take care of it, right?" Gao Yuan said casually.

Cao Tiancheng was stunned for a moment, but when Sun Xiao looked over, he found that tears were flashing in his eyes. He quickly touched him, "Old Cao, don't thank Bing Cao!"

Cao Tiancheng stood up and bowed deeply towards Gao Yuan to the ground.

"After finishing the work at hand, hurry up, take two brothers, go on horseback, hurry up and hurry back, I found that this team is away from me, and if it is away from you, it will be messed up!" Gao Yuan laughed.