Chapter 105 - Another Dispute (1/2)

Mo Shujun’s word “but” made everyone nervous.

She said unhurriedly, “But Baozhao is from our family anyway. If he is a low-rank official at the start, others would laugh at us.”

Shi Junhe wanted to say that it was to toughen himself, but he didn’t speak.

Mo Shujun continued forcefully, “Although it is to toughen himself when he is at the bottom, the starting point could decide something.

Back then, your father took you to the military camp. He let you work as a batman for two years, but he promoted you soon. Am I right?”

Shi Lei promoted Shi Junhe so soon at that time because he was partial to his son, but more importantly, Shi Junhe had the ability indeed.

Shi Junhe couldn’t explain that, so he had to say, “We can only judge after Baozhao gets some training for two years. Moreover, His Majesty made six ministries in order to let the officials do their own jobs. I can’t interfere in the business of the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs.”

Mo Shujun seemed to have expected Shi Junhe’s words and smiled. “I know you have your own difficulties, and I don’t insist that you contact the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs, but… The Shi Army is our family’s business, right? When Chi joined the army, it was because of your words.”

She beat around the bush and got Wenren Chi involved just to tell Shi Junhe to let Shi Baozhao join the Shi Army.

After all… The successor of the Shi Family would get nothing if he had never been to the military camp.

Shi Junhe looked at Mo Shujun and then at Wenren Chi who lowered his head silently. He said helplessly, “Mother, Baozhao has never been to the military camp. I am afraid…”

“What are you afraid of? Chi didn’t know anything when he started working in the military camp. You take Baozhao with you and teach him more, so he will know everything.” Mo Shujun disagreed and waved her hand.

She mentioned Wenren Chi from time to time and raised her brows, seeming to say, “If you don’t agree, you are partial.”

Shi Junhe had no choice but to sigh. “It’s not that I don’t hope that Baozhao would have a bright future, but the military camp isn’t suitable for him. I am sorry, Mother.”

Mo Shujun’s face darkened. “Why could Chi join the army but Baozhao can’t? Isn’t Baozhao your brother’s child? He is a member of our Shi Family.”

She even talked about the bloodline. Wenren Chi got stiffened but concealed his emotions, keeping silent.

It was a deadlock for a while.

Shi Qingxue said in a sweet voice, “Father made this arrangement not because he is partial.”

She exposed her grandma’s allusion, and Mo Shujun didn’t hide it anymore but said coldly, “He isn’t partial? So why? Is Baozhao inferior to Chi?”

Shi Qingxue responded reasonably, “Of course not. When Chi started working in the military camp, he could use the gun skillfully and Grandpa taught him in person, so Grandpa and Father agreed to let him join the army. Baozhao studied the humanities from childhood, and it’s reasonable to give him a job as a civil official.”

Shi Junhe’s eyes lit up. “Qingxue is right. It’s not that I don’t want Baozhao to work in the military camp, but he is not fit for the job, and he can’t endure the hardship.”

“I heard that the new soldiers of the Shi Army would train for nearly 16 hours every day from morning to night, no matter it rains or what, and if they fall behind with one project, they have to catch up even if they don’t eat anything. Is it true, Chi?”

Qingxue pretended to look at Wenren Chi curiously. Although the man didn’t want to get involved in the Shi Family’s debate, he couldn’t bear to ignore Shi Qingxue’s question, especially when she did it for his good. He had to answer frankly, “Yes. When I first joined the army, I stayed hungry and didn’t eat anything for one day because of one mistake. In the Shi Army, we have to keep practicing as long as we are alive. Only the high-intensity training could make the Shi Army undefeated forever.”

Mo Shujun was annoyed by their echoing each other, but she could say nothing, especially when Shi Qingxue talked about Shi Lei again. She would never deny her husband’s deed, so she had to keep quiet.

But she was not reconciled. The sons of other families had high positions and got high salaries, but her grandson had to be a low-rank official with grievance.

“They are right, but the Shi Army was created by your father, and somebody would be in charge of it at last. Now none of the younger generation in our family works in the military camp. Would you give the result of your father’s effort to somebody else?”

She didn’t explain who “somebody else” was, but all people present knew the answer.

Wenren Chi knew that he was just an outsider in this family from childhood. No matter how nice First Master’s Family was to him, he didn’t have the family name of Shi, even if Qingxue called him “big brother”, which made him over the moon. And…

He clenched his fists hidden under the table and tried to calm down. After a while, he finally said peacefully, “Father, I have something to do in the camp. I am leaving now.”

“Eh…”

When Shi Junhe started to speak, Wenren Chi stood up and walked outside.

Shi Baoning, who stayed quiet all the time, looked embarrassed. She glanced at Mo Shujun and then at Shi Junhe. Then under his approving eyes, she also got up and walked out.

Mo Shujun saw that and felt angrier, saying with sarcasm, “It’s said that the daughter is a member of another family after marriage. This girl helps an outsider even before she gets married. Dong, you have raised a good daughter!”