C44 (1/2)

The horse carriage slowly moved forward, and once the border area was cleared, it would never return.

A Jin held the jar in her hands and said softly in a voice that only she could hear, ”Daddy, let's take you home.”

The border pass wasn't too far from Peace Village, but it was a long distance from Xuan City.

Tens of thousands of soldiers returned to the capital at the same time, so it was inevitable that their movements would be somewhat slow.

It had only been half a month since he had arrived at An City.

Shortly before noon, the group stopped to prepare lunch.

Su Zhi sent someone to fish for some fish near the water source. She also caught some wild rabbits, which were also excellent with dry rations and nuts.

After leaving the military camp, there was no sign of Xiao Qian for several days.

When they were outside, they would easily be seen by the people they passed through. If there was nothing important, Xiao Qian wouldn't pass on his message to her.

But today, when they were preparing dinner, Great General Xiao, who hadn't shown his face for a few days, personally came to find her.

At that time, as Su Zhizhan was cooking the fish soup, she saw a disturbance behind her and thought that Liu Zhong and the others had brought back wild vegetables.

He didn't seem to care about it at the moment and said, ”Cut the vegetables beside you into half and hand it over to me.”

The man behind him was stunned for a moment, but he did not retort. He obediently cut the dish and handed it over.

”En, the taste is a little light. Bring me some salt.”

Without a word, he rummaged through the cabinet for salt.

Su Zhi could not wait to get what she wanted, so she sighed and impatiently said, ”I say, haven't I fed you guys too much in the past few days? All of you are so otherworldly.”

Xiao Qian did not say anything, and could not find any salt. He asked for help, ”Where did you put it?” I really didn't see it. ”

This sound is...

Su Zhi felt her head grow hot as she turned around stiffly. Indeed, she saw Xiao Qian standing behind her, bent over as he rummaged through the low cabinet.

”General, general!”

Xiao Qian nodded and continued, ”Where's the salt?” ”Where did you put it?”

”No, no, no. There is no need for the general to take action. This humble woman can do it herself.”

She must have eaten the heart of a bear to have the guts to command the empire's generals, and to speak in such a carefree manner with such peace of mind!

Su Zhi rushed forward to retrieve the salt before she got busy again.

”Is the general hungry?” The food is almost ready. ”

Xiao Qian shook his head. After seeing that no one was around, he took out a silver note and handed it to her.

”Take this and use it in the future.”

Su Zhi was in the middle of flipping the fish in the wok, glancing at the bill in his hand.

”One thousand taels!”

She wasn't mistaken; Xiao Qian was going to give her a total of a thousand taels of silver.

”That's right, a thousand liang for now. If that's not enough, you can come and find me in the capital again in the future.”

”No, no, no, there are so many. It's impossible to accept without hard work. I can't afford to have such a large amount of money.”

Xiao Qian folded the banknotes and put them into her hands, explaining, ”Xuan City is very prosperous, but it is also a place where every inch of land is worth a lot of money. If you want to live on, there's no way you can do it without money. ”

Su Zhi smiled gratefully at him. ”General, this humble woman appreciates your kindness, but if you give me this silver, you're undoubtedly betting your money on a wager that you won't win. You're not going to return it.”

”I didn't ask you to return it. Just treat it as a pension for the dead soldiers.”

She didn't have that much money on her, and the military was already giving her more of the pension she deserved. Why would she need so much money?

Xiao Qian insisted on giving it to her, not allowing her to reject it.

”Take it.” ”A few days ago, you said you didn't understand why I had to pay myself to make up for my lack of military pay. That is the principle.”

Su Zhi stared at the silver notes in her hands, feeling that they weighed over a thousand pounds. She was so conflicted that she didn't know what to say.

She now understood that most of the citizens who joined the army were born to poor families. Not to mention that some of the soldiers had even become disabled, or had even died in battle on the battlefield.