Listen to this, and look at Zhang Gugua’s obviously showing off expression, why is he so embarrassed?
The villagers looked at each other, and Huang Caihua couldn't help but came over from the next door, "Hey! How did Brother Pumpkin make a fortune! I heard that your family has a bad reputation in the town and is being criticized.
You even packed up your things and ran away overnight, and we were still worried about you coming! I never thought that we hadn’t seen each other for a month, but Brother Pumpkin looked so different! Why are you the only one back today?
Where are my siblings and two children?"
Look at the money in that bag, this pumpkin, don’t sell your children!
Zhang Gugua: I know the villagers might be laughing at them behind their backs.
snort.
With a smile on his face, he said: "I'm sorry for worrying the villagers. Thank you very much for your concern. Our whole family is fine! Didn't I just buy a house in the county and leave it alone? I just moved to the town."
Oh, why did you run away overnight? This is pure nonsense."
Huang Caihua hehehe, "It turns out that I live in the county! It's a lively place to live in, and the expenses are higher than in the town, right? Looking at the style of Brother Pumpkin, I guess they have made a fortune. I don't know what to do for a living."
What? Are you used to living together as a family?"
Zhang Gugua knew that Huang Caihua just wanted to see a joke, but he was eager for someone to praise him so that he could show off himself.
"The county is really lively. When we first went there, we were a little bit unaccustomed to it! But now it's better and everything is on track.
As I got older, I didn’t want to take the college entrance examination anymore, so I found a job as a cashier in a restaurant to earn a little money. My family bought a dozen servants to work for me. Your younger siblings bring plum blossoms with them every day when they have nothing to do.
You are shopping for shopping. As for your nephew Asong, he was admitted to Tanshan Academy, which is famous in Jingzhou Prefecture, a few months ago and is now studying there!
Oh, don’t you know about Tanshan Academy? It’s harder to get into than the county schools, and the dean is the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs who retired from retirement and returned to his hometown! Nine out of ten students from this academy have become officials!”
Zhang Pumpkin brags without changing his face, and his words are half true and half false.
But he is very confident!
When he goes to the capital next year, huh, by then, these mud-legged people will only look up to and envy him!
Huang Caihua's face turned green when she heard that. So Feng, is life really so good now? Is it better than in the town?
I don’t know if this pumpkin is just a boast or if it’s true!
But the villagers looked at his style, carriage, and money bag. Even if he was bragging, the price of bragging would be quite high, right?
There's no way they can put on such an outfit to brag about this.
Could it be that it’s true?
For a moment, the villagers all had complicated expressions.
It's not that you can't look down on others.
But how can someone like Zhang Gugua be good?
How could Zhang Song still go to such a good academy and continue studying after doing such a shameful thing?
Does a person like this deserve to study?
The village chiefs felt a little bored thinking about it. They knew that Zhang Gugua was showing off specifically, but they didn't want to stick up to him and make him look bad, so they all went their separate ways because they had other things to do.
Zhang Gugua has shown off everything he needs to show off. I believe the whole village knows what he is capable of now.
It was rare for me to chat with these mud-legged people. I paid back the money from Butcher Wang, and then went to other houses to pay off the remaining three taels of silver. I didn't stay long, got on the carriage, and drove away with great dignity.
When I passed Chenjiazhuang, I turned in and went to my uncle's house to show off my self.
He teased several old cousins and nephews until they were so warm and complimentary, then he lightly dropped twenty taels of silver and left with his head held high like a proud peacock, letting everyone behind him catch up to please him and try to persuade him to stay.
Dismissive.
This trip cost a few dozen taels of silver, but Zhang Guanggu felt very happy and didn't feel bad at all.
What does this little money count for?
When I returned to the town, I stayed at my brother-in-law's house for a night, and was entertained with delicious food and drinks. I left the next day and got a lot of money to spend. I felt even better.
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News of the war in the southernmost region came one after another every day. Song Qiu asked Du Chuanfu to go to town to buy and inquire about it every day, so that he would have a good idea.
The 300,000-strong army of Changle Kingdom was approaching with great ferocity and was unstoppable. Although the 100,000-strong defenders of Mayangguan had experienced major battles, they were so disparate between us and the enemy that they could only hold on to the city gate and prevent the enemy from breaking through too quickly.
But there are people stabbing me in the back.
General Changming under the command of King Hou assembled a total of 80,000 defenders from three states to attack from behind. The Mayangguan defenders were attacked from both sides and faced enemies from both sides and were exhausted from dealing with them.
However, after three consecutive days of continuous attacks, the Changle Kingdom broke through the city gate and successfully entered Mayang Pass.
The Mayang Pass guard resisted tenaciously and refused to surrender, but was beheaded by the enemy general in demonstration.
While the other defenders suffered casualties and injuries, only some of them escaped from Mayang Pass and assembled at Lingnan Pass to resist the enemy's continued march north.
The Changle Kingdom army and Hou Wang's rebel army successfully merged, captured Mayang Pass, occupied the three states, and then approached the Lingnan Pass with an unstoppable force.
If the Lingnan Pass is broken, the entire Dali calendar will be in danger!
Fortunately, Lingnan Pass is a dangerous place. General Yu Chiru and the 200,000 Nanfu troops under his command are stationed here. No matter the wind, sun, frost or rain, they remain as majestic and motionless as mountains.
At this time, Yu Chiru, who had received the secret order and rushed back from the capital, was on the Lingnan Pass city wall, looking south in the distance, waiting for the enemy to attack.
There was King Hou's army behind Mayang Pass, and they went to support them, but they were obviously passive.
It is better to wait for the rabbit to hit Lingnan Pass, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The three states in the south are gone, and the only one, Mayang Pass, is temporarily lost, which is not important.
Sooner or later it will be taken back.
However, the army of Changle Kingdom and King Hou's army attacked for five consecutive days, but they did not capture even a brick of Lingnan Pass.
Seeing that New Year's Eve was approaching, a heavy snow fell, which made the attack more difficult. The enemy, who had been unable to attack for a long time, had to temporarily stop the attack and wait until the new year to resume the war.
When the news came, the people here couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief, and then they all praised General Yu Chiru.
Although the heavy snow covered the ground and roofs with a thick layer and was still falling continuously, and the weather was so cold that people's hands were shaking, the enemy army could not attack Lingnan Pass, which was worthy of their cheers and celebrations.
As long as Lingnan Pass is not lost, they will be safe.
Song Qiu breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the news.
Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, so let them relax and enjoy the new year.
As for the non-stop snowflakes, they look beautiful.
The vegetables in the vegetable garden were covered with snow and difficult to clean, so Song Qiu ignored them. The cabbage tasted even sweeter when wrapped in snow.
I just took a shovel and cleared the rest of the yard to make way for walking around.
The inn was closed yesterday and will be reopened after the New Year. There is no room for the family. Song Qiu directly waved his hand and asked Du Chuanfu and others to go to Zhuangzi. Rice, flour, food, oil and meat were all ready, and we would wait until after the New Year.
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The weather was so cold that Song Qiu felt her hands stiff after a while. Inside the room, Mrs. Yuan was busy calling her to come in and warm herself by the fire.
Song Qiu responded and raised his head to look up the mountain.
It's snowing well today, and Aling, this girl, went up to the mountain early in the morning, saying that it's better to practice in the snow. It's almost noon now, and she hasn't come back yet, so she doesn't know what to practice.