"Brother Chen, where did you get this little pony? Why didn't you get any wind before?"
In the military tent, after Chang Ji asked about Ke'er's situation, he immediately couldn't wait to ask about the colt's situation. The greedy expression on his face was really unstoppable.
An Zichen smiled mysteriously and shook his head, "No comment!"
Changji jumped: "Just tell me! I didn't want to steal your pony, why are you so stingy? I'll buy another one myself later!"
He is just like that, he won't take anything serious to heart. The relationship between two people is a relationship that can be exchanged on the battlefield. There is nothing disrespectful in normal times.
"No comment!" An Zichen repeated.
Changji was anxious, "Brother Chen, I regard you as a good brother but you treat me like this. Are you worthy of me?"
An Zichen shook his head, "You don't have to!"
Changji was confused, "No need?"
"No need to pretend to be affectionate! It doesn't matter if I tell you! However, this horse is a gift from my wife, the Major General! There is only one of it in the world! You can't buy it anymore!"
What he said was not a lie. This was indeed a gift from his wife, and it was indeed a unique thing in the world.
As for Pei Heng and Chu Yunche's, he couldn't afford it anyway at this price. Telling him about it made him deify his Swift Wind.
"I'll go find my sister-in-law later..." Changji muttered.
"Okay, let's get serious!" An Zichen changed the topic.
The two of them were extremely serious when talking about business, with meticulous expressions on their faces.
Before the two of them finished speaking, Zheng Ying came over.
The two stood up to salute, but were stopped by Zheng Ying, "Stop being so polite! Let's get down to business!"
"General, how are the preparations for the food and grass? Who will escort it this time?" When An Zichen heard this, he didn't be polite to him and went straight to the point.
Zheng Ying frowned, "The imperial court only provided one-third of the grain and grass sowing, and the remaining two-thirds of the money was given, saying that there was not much food left in the national treasury for disaster relief!"
After saying that, he rubbed his eyebrows with a headache on his face, "The general has already sent someone to buy it!"
"Who?" Changji answered.
"General Wang Mang!" Zheng Ying replied.
An Zichen and the other two people in the factory looked a little strange.
"General Wang? He is blocking the Third Prince! He blatantly supports the Third Prince, how could the General send him..."
Someone has gone to great lengths to install the grain and grass officer, I would like to see how he handles such a predicament."
"We have to prepare too, right?" An Zichen said.
"I leave this matter to you two. Wanbian City can no longer be defended and must be found. Changji, you escort the grain and grass on the road first. Zichen, you stay and use the general's money to buy
Food, as for Wang Mang, keep a close eye on it, if he makes any move, take action directly!"
With everything arranged in this way, Changji was ready to set off, taking the few grains and grass given by the court with him.
An Zichen was arranged to stay, but he put on some disguises and pretended to follow Zheng Ying to the front line. He pretended to be a businessman and returned to the capital.
This side of Baijia Village.
Lao An's family was implicated in Liu Mei's affairs and was expelled from the village. They were never allowed to go back.
After hearing the news, Mrs. An and Ge Mingyu cried and fussed all day and refused to leave.
"Old man, go and talk to Qi Qi, there is no way for us to survive if we leave the village!"
Mrs. Lao An finally compromised, softened her tone, and lowered her attitude to seek help from Mr. Lao An.
Let her take her son and grandson to wander, wouldn't this cost lives?
That's right, the messenger from above said to let Mr. Lao An stay alone.
Boss Lao An is worried, but will it really work if he goes there?
"This is not an order from the fourth family. She is just a peasant woman, and her words don't count!" Leader Lao An pointed out the key issue.
Mrs. An, however, refused to give in. "This incident happened because of her. It will definitely help if she begs for mercy. Old man, just for the sake of our eldest grandsons, look at it, we are going to say goodbye tomorrow."
If he is kicked out like this, he will be finished!"
Leader Lao An sighed and lowered his head without speaking.
On the side, Liu Mei was beaten badly and was kneeling. Ge Mingyu looked at her with venomous eyes, and pinched the trembling Ling'er next to her from time to time.
Ling'er didn't dare to cry even after being pinched. She gritted her teeth and shivered with fear.
"Dad, please save us. We don't want to be kicked out. Dad, if we are kicked out like this, we will be completely ruined!"
An Zicheng cried, knelt down and crawled towards his father.
In fact, the most innocent ones here are the second-in-commands. They have always abided by their duties and adhered to the principle of not offending others unless they offend me.
It was Yang Qiuju who had always controlled An Zihang and taught her son well, so they were really innocent of the misfortune that happened because of Liu Mei.
The family was gone, the land was gone, that is, the food was gone, and there was not much money in hand, so they were kicked out. This was no worse than when they were fleeing famine.
And what the boss meant was that you couldn’t stay within the confines of the capital city.
Where can they make a living?
"Yes, Dad, for the sake of your grandchildren, please go and beg your four younger siblings!" An Zikang also knelt down.
"Dad, if you can't help it, let Liu Mei vent her anger on the fourth brother and sister! It's okay to kill her! Just tell her not to drive us away!" An Zicheng's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had thought of a good idea.
Liu Mei raised her head in disbelief, tears streaming down her face. She had become extremely thin in just two days.
"Master, I gave you children after all, how could you do this to me? What happened to that little bitch I sold to you? She deserves to die, who asked Xia Qiyue to beat us! Besides, the money from selling the children is all
I was snatched away by my mother, so now I am just running errands for my mother!"
"Bitch, you're talking shit! When did I steal your money?" When Mrs. An heard this, she exploded and jumped up to deny that she had stolen your money.
When Lao An heard this, he felt a little embarrassed and said, "Take out the money!" He stretched out his hand to the old woman and asked for the money.
"Old man..." Mrs. An refused and held her hand tightly.
"If you still want to stay at home, take out all the money. I'll send it to the fourth family to see if I can beg for mercy!"
When An Zicheng heard this, he quickly urged his mother to get the money. Anyway, they didn't get any money from the big house, so it was just right to take it out now to save lives.
Mrs. Lao An reluctantly took out the silver, and then gave Lao An ten taels.
Boss Lao An didn't know how much it was sold for, so he thought it was sold for ten taels, which was also the normal price, but Liu Mei screamed that there were still ten taels left.
Mrs. An finally gritted her teeth and took out all the twenty taels.
Leader Lao An walked towards Xia Qiyue's house step by step with his back stooped and his hands behind his back.
At the same time, Yang Qiuju also secretly went out.
Xia Qiyue was told that when Mr. Lao An was at the door of the house, he was assigning maids to the children.
She bought a total of eight this time, four for each of her two children.
The status of the four of them is equal, and there is no such thing as the first maid and the second maid.
The main task of the eight people is to take good care of the two children carefully, but they cannot open their mouths and hands to serve the children.