If the landlords offered to pay, then there would be a source of funds, so the Yamen would naturally not object.

When Xiaobao heard this, he sighed: "Now you want to suppress the bandits again? Why did you go there so early?"

Chu Qing said: "In the past, there was no benefit if we did not suppress bandits; now that we can see where the benefits lie, we will naturally become active.

This is why my mother came here as the first stop this year instead of Jishun Mansion, which has better terrain. My mother wanted to destroy those bandits.

But just relying on the encouragement of a few local landowners is not enough. After all, the mountainous area of ​​​​Hushan is too vast and the troops of just one government are not enough, so today my mother did not agree to give up recruiting workers."

Xiaobao asked: "Mother, do you want to wait until people from the three prefectures come to suppress the bandits?"

Chu Qing: "Yes, interest is the best driving force, and it is easier to use than imperial decree."

Xiaobao: "But I thought the bandits would come tonight."

Chu Qing: "Why?"

Xiaobao: "Didn't Cai Haoxian say that the mountain would know if there was any movement in the trap? Then they probably know about us going up the mountain, and they will definitely come down the mountain at night to retaliate."

Chu Qing: "Then what are you going to do?"

Xiaobao: "Just now I ordered my brothers to dig several ditches near the work shed, and then I asked my brothers to ambush around them.

I am prepared to lure all the bandits into the ditch and kill them just like Duke Hong did to the Voss cavalry!"

Chu Qing nodded: "Well, it sounds good, what do your brothers say?"

Xiaobao: "They didn't seem to agree very much, but they didn't say anything."

Chu Qing tightened Xiaobao's collar: "Actually, I don't agree very much, but it's not easy to object."

Xiaobao's eyes widened: "Why? Mother, why can't you object?"

Xiaobao is really sensitive. What he noticed was not that his mother disapproved, but that his mother said "it's not okay to object".

Chu Qing was very pleased that this child always took her own feelings into consideration, and this was also the real content of what she wanted to talk to Xiaobao today.

Chu Qing said: "Xiaobao, we lost forty-eight relatives at once. Mother is as uncomfortable as you."

Xiaobao looked at the two strands of white hair on Chu Qing's temples, and his eye circles turned red: "I thought at that time, this was all a nightmare. When I woke up, everything would be fine, and nothing happened to my brothers. But when I woke up, it was still the same.

I just didn’t want to wake up…actually I woke up that night.”

Chu Qing knew. How could the mother not know? It was just that she didn't want Xiaobao to face such a cruel fact.

Chu Qing: "Well, I haven't mentioned this to you since then, just because I'm afraid that you'll be sad, afraid that you'll become cynical and not be able to see things correctly.

But Xiaobao, my mother still wants to have a good chat with you today. I also want to take revenge, but I don’t want my family to get hurt or die again.

For things like revenge, you can't rely on others. Especially to suppress bandits, you need the yamen to allocate money to ask the garrison to help, but which yamen is willing to pay? And which garrison is willing to work and work hard for you at its own expense?

Therefore, the method my mother used was to use the benefits of farming to mobilize the enthusiasm of the landlords and let them pay. Naturally, the money would be more than what the yamen could pay, and the garrison would be willing to come and suppress the bandits.

Although it is a detour, there is hope that we can achieve our goal, and it will not hinder our family's ability to make money, and our family will not need to go out to fight against the bandits. This is my mother's idea."

Xiaobao: "I just want revenge, mother. Originally, I didn't want you to be sad thinking about your dead brothers again, so I wanted to lead people to suppress the bandits.

We wanted to explore the terrain in the morning, but unexpectedly we bumped into their patrol team and started a fight. We were afraid of attracting more bandits, so we hurried home.

I thought they would come again at night, so I asked my brothers to ambush them, but I didn't ask them for their opinions.

What I do is not as safe as what my mother did, but there shouldn’t be many bandits on the mountain who have served as soldiers and know how to fight, right?"

Chu Qing said: "Well, I understand, your idea makes sense. However, none of us have been on the battlefield and have no large-scale combat experience. Shouldn't we listen more to your brothers' opinions?

I found that both of us seemed to only consider each other’s mood and not consider other people’s thoughts.”

Xiaobao felt a little ashamed: "But mother has considered not letting my brothers take risks anymore, but I only care about revenge. Mother, I'm going to ask my brothers for their opinions."

Chu Qing agreed: "Okay, let me guess what they will say first. They should say that the bandits may not come tonight. If they come, at most they will send a small team to the outside to spy on our numbers and combat capabilities. Do you want to bet?

A pack of bear biscuits!”

Xiaobao smiled: "Thank you, mother, I'm going to find my brothers."

Looking at Xiaobao's back, Chu Qing also smiled.

Mother and son were careful not to touch each other's spiritual wounds, but they almost created a estrangement.

For the memories of the sad past, it is better to face them than to avoid them.

It's great now.

Respect for a child is not just about supporting his actions, but establishing a mutually supportive relationship may be greater respect.

In the past, Meng Dao's education was based on Chu Qing's natural "arranging" element as a mother, doing everything for her children: peeling eggs, wearing clothes, choosing toys... and even choosing friends for Meng Dao - bringing him into contact.

It seems that children whose families have similar upbringings should not be allowed to come into contact with children of different levels.

But obviously, this is not respectful enough, and it also stifles the child's autonomy invisibly.

Chu knew that she still couldn't tie her shoes until she was twelve years old. She still didn't know how to get along with classmates who had a bad temper.

Before the children entered elementary school, everything was peaceful. However, after they entered school, mother and child turned against each other because of their grades: the mother believed that the grades symbolized the child's future and was overly anxious about the future; the child believed that the mother loved the scores more than herself.

For Xiaobao, because he was in a strange world, Chu Qing had the mentality of "crossing the river by feeling for the stones" and tried to educate him in the opposite way to Meng Ding.

Xiaobao himself is very independent and sensitive, so Chu Qing did not say harsh words to him, and Xiaobao never made his mother anxious because of his studies.

But this world is too cruel. There is no peace and tranquility in the past, and even things like making money to raise children have become life-threatening.

A child who has been deprived of love since childhood finally has a group of people who love him, but loses them early. He endures such a cruel experience at an age that he cannot bear. How should we educate the child so that he can grow up healthily?

Two completely different children, but both of them made Chu Qing feel difficult.

After knowing what he had for dinner, Xiaobao went to have dinner with his brothers.

When he came back, he smelled of alcohol and told Chu Qing: "Mom, it's a good thing I didn't make a bet with you, otherwise I wouldn't be able to keep my bear biscuits."

Chu Yuan and others had the same idea as Chu Qing, that the bandits would not come.

Because there are so many workers at the foot of the mountain, they come here for more than one or two days, and their wages are settled every day, and people keep joining in. There is a lot of money and food here.

If the bandits were strong enough, they would have arrived long ago.

More than half of the bandits have been lost now. It is impossible to go down the mountain to rob. It is enough to send some people to spy on them or steal some food.

Xiaobao also told his brothers what Chu Qing did. The boys were silent for a long time when they heard that Chu Qing was trying not to let them fight anymore.

Xiao Sining said: "We are not afraid of risking our lives, we are afraid that if something happens, no one will protect you two."

These words made the brothers nod silently.
Chapter completed!