My balcony connects the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 43 On the Rewards for Deeds
The next day.

When the sky just dawned dimly, the women in Haojia Village got up and got busy.

The women were divided into two teams, one team went to clean up the traces of the battlefield last night, and the other team went to fetch water and cook.

The men worked harder. They hoisted the captured horses to the top of the mountain overnight, stripped off the clothes and shoes from the corpses, disinfected them with hot water, and moved the corpses to the Black Water Pool overnight to dispose of them.

Although Wei Cheng asked them to deal with it this morning, Hao Dadao knew that Wei Cheng liked to be clean, so he asked the men to act overnight so that Wei Cheng could see a clean village when he got up.

Although they didn't sleep all night, the men in Haojia Village are in good spirits.

The materials seized this time were more than the previous two combined.

Today's 'Horse Farm' really looks like a horse farm, with a total of 110 seven horses. It is estimated that all the horses of Hujiabao are here.

The mute seemed to like raising horses very much. Early in the morning, he took the little macaques down the mountain to fetch water, and went back and forth several times to feed the horses well, which finally calmed their restless emotions.

The children in the village were also ignorant. The blood and fire battle last night gave them nightmares, but after sleeping, they ran to the horse farm to play hide-and-seek as if nothing had happened.

Probably children of this age are more adaptable.

The older girls even dared to help deal with the blood on the battlefield. You must know that after the "molotovak" offensive last night, the traces on the battlefield were still very disgusting. The burnt flesh and clothes stuck to the stone, no matter how you button them If you can't buckle it off, you can only shovel it off with an iron tool.

Xiao'e is very sensible, and she knows that all of this is caused by her lazy father. For this reason, she is particularly diligent, for fear of slowing things down and being pointed out by the villagers.

But she was too worried, the villagers didn't blame her at all, and they didn't blame Hao Laoliu, they could only blame the Hujiabao people for their deaths.

When Wei Cheng got up, Hao Niang had already made steamed buns and noodle soup.

Cai Yan also got up early, although last night they were tossing around late, but they actually went to bed around eight or nine o'clock in the evening.

Wei Cheng rushed back from the restaurant at six o'clock, and it was only early seven o'clock when he arrived at the battlefield. It was less than an hour and a half until Hu Biao surrendered, so they went to bed relatively early, waking up at five or six o'clock in the morning up.

Hao Niang is even earlier, she usually wakes up at around four o'clock in Yinshi, and starts a busy day.

"Early to bed and early to rise is good for your health."

Wei Cheng was doing stretching exercises outside the yard. Looking back, he saw Aning coming out in a daze, and said with a smile, "Why, I haven't woken up yet."

Little Aning rubbed his eyes, and said with an aggrieved face: "Brother Wei, I dreamed that the village was on fire, the fire was so big, I, I..."

Wei Cheng looked at her distressedly, and wanted to comfort her a few words, but suddenly realized something was wrong.

"A-Ning, you, did you wet the bed?"

Ah Ning's pink face instantly turned red, and she ran into the yard with her hands covering her eyes, and threw herself into Hao Niang's arms, "Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolette."

Hao Niang was stunned, maybe she touched the little girl's wet skirt, and looked at Wei Cheng amusedly, Wei Cheng quickly put his hands together and made an apologetic gesture, expressing that he just blurted out the words unintentionally.

In the bedroom, Cai Yan came out with a clean little skirt, and when she heard Ah Ning crying, she gave Wei Cheng a reproachful look, patiently comforted little Ah Ning, and changed her into clean clothes.

I had breakfast in such a noisy atmosphere of crying and laughing.

While walking to digest food, Wei Cheng was thinking about how to deal with the matter of Hu Biao and his party.

When they came to the village, the smell of burning plant ash was still in the air. The women in the village distributed the cooked food to each family. When they saw Wei Cheng coming, they warmly invited Wei Cheng to eat some together.

Wei Cheng declined, and found Hao Dadao and Chengtou.

Wei Cheng expressed his two thoughts.

One is to let Chengtou go to the Wei family. It is better to let the Wei family handle the follow-up of the Hujiabao matter.

The second is to reward meritorious deeds. Many villagers were injured last night. Taking this opportunity, Wei Cheng wanted to reap a wave of hearts.

It may be a bit realistic to say so, but Wei Cheng really thinks so, if you want the horse to run fast, you need the horse to eat more grass.

Only in this way can we cultivate a force that is truly loyal to ourselves.

"Reward for meritorious deeds?" Hao Dadao and Chengtou looked confused.

They haven't read the book, so they don't quite understand the meaning of these four words. They usually do things for the master, and it's their duty to do it well. ?

So when Wei Cheng finished explaining that he was going to distribute all kinds of good things to them, the two men gasped in disbelief.

"My lord, are you also rewarding us with the invulnerable clothes?" Cheng first thought of the stab-proof clothes he wore last night.

Wei Cheng looked at the two of them and said amusedly, "That's called a stab-proof suit. That's right. I will give a set of stab-proof suits as a reward to anyone who has merit, especially the title. You and Hu Biao last night. If you don’t fall behind, you must have a stab-proof suit.”

With his head grinning in overjoy, Halazi slipped out, and laughed foolishly beside him.

Hao Dadao asked: "Then how to reward meritorious deeds?"

Wei Cheng gave a rough explanation of the draft. In short, those who made outstanding contributions in the offensive and defensive battle last night, especially those who won the head, directly follow the army's practice, and a head counts as a credit.

Hearing this, it was incredible, he was not the one who killed the most, but Daniel who came to visit, and hurriedly said: "How can that be done, Daniel is not from our Haojia Village, so we can't give him a reward too Bar."

Wei Cheng was very interested in that big cow, and when he learned that it was Hao Sanzhu's son-in-law, he said with a smile: "Anyway, he is also the son-in-law of our Haojia Village, so he is not a villager, so he is worth the reward."

Weighing the head with a face full of taste.

Wei Cheng added: "Of course, because he doesn't often live in Haojia Village, he has no share in some special items, such as stab-proof clothing. At most, I can give him some good things as compensation."

It was only then that he regained his psychological balance. He knew that Wei Cheng's so-called good things were good objects. The word "things" was not widely used until after the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Now it is usually called "things" or "things".

"Okay, let's do it like this. Uncle Dao went to gather all the people in the village and gathered in front of the shabby courtyard, especially those meritorious people mentioned just now. They must be there. I'll go back and prepare Ready to welcome everyone!"

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Wei Cheng wanted to give the big guy a reward for his meritorious deeds, but was quickly publicized by Hao Dadao and Chengtou.

But all those who made meritorious deeds last night were notified over and over again, and other villagers who did not have any meritorious deeds also became curious.

About half an hour later, the hillside in front of the shabby house was full of people. There were more than 300 people in the village. Except for a few who were seriously injured last night, the rest were basically present.

Hao Dadao, who was standing at the front, and several older villagers looked impatient, because women kept asking them what reward for meritorious deeds was.They could only explain it over and over again, and finally just kept silent.

The women who really made contributions last night seemed a lot more reserved, such as Aunt Manhua, who had the loudest voice on weekdays, but when she learned that Wei Cheng was going to reward her with many good things, she seemed a little embarrassed.

It was the same with the women who formed the patrol team with her last night. They didn't expect that there would be benefits for the sudden action last night. They all secretly rejoiced at the decision at that time.

Not long after, Wei Cheng and Cai Yan came to the gate of the courtyard.

Behind them are Hao Niang and Hao Zhao, as well as Hutou and Gouzi, who came to help and discussed something with their faces red and lowered their heads.

Wei Cheng pressed his hands forward, and the scene fell silent instantly.

There is no nonsense, everyone knows that they were summoned because of last night's incident to reward the meritorious.

Wei Cheng looked at Cai Yan who was on the side, and saw that she was holding a piece of silk paper with words written all over it.

"Next, those who got their names came forward to receive the rewards, and those who didn't get their names watched quietly, listen, and think about it by the way, why others can get the rewards, but you don't, don't make trouble, otherwise... …Humph."

Wei Cheng glanced at the crowd, and the jumpy women in the crowd instantly looked like deflated balls.

Cai Yan pursed her lips and smiled. She thought Wei Cheng's form was quite interesting, so she actively participated in it.And took the initiative to undertake the work of recording and preaching.

"Madam, you can start now." After Wei Cheng finished speaking, he pulled a futon and sat down cross-legged.

Cai Yan nodded, her gentle expression instantly became serious.

"Next, the people whose names I read will come forward to receive the rewards, line up in an orderly manner, don't squeeze, otherwise all rewards will be cancelled, understand?"

"I know!" The villagers cooperated very much, staring at the silk cloth in her hand, their eyes full of curiosity and expectation.

Cai Yan nodded slightly in satisfaction, then looked at the silk cloth, and read: "The first group, headed by Wang Manhua, consists of a patrol team of 21 women. The rewards are as follows: five pieces of brocade, five catties of cotton, five stones of polished rice, Five jars of salt, one box of various seasonings, and one pair of mille-soled cloth shoes for each person."

"Oh my God, five pieces of brocade, how many winter clothes can you make?"

"Mian, his eldest sister, what is cotton?"

"What is polished rice? There are five jars of salt. It's a lot of money. It's great that I don't have to worry about running out of salt for several years."

"What are mille-soled cloth shoes?"

The villagers on the slope talked a lot, and they were unfamiliar with many of these things. Except for Jin and Yan, none of them had heard of them or seen them, so they had no concept at all.

Fortunately, Wei Cheng was well prepared.

He clapped his hands, and Hao Zhao and his party, who had been prepared for a long time, began to move things outside.

First of all, brocade, this big guy is no stranger to it. Cai Yan distributed it to the elderly in the village before, but the amount is only a few feet per person, and at most they can make a little winter clothes. Such a whole bolt of brocade, they are still the first See you once.

Then there was the cotton. Wei Cheng bought a few cotton jackets as samples, and Aunt Manhua, the leader, took the cotton jackets and touched them, and was instantly stunned.

Cai Yan said: "These clothes are only warm in winter. These clothes are stuffed with cotton. Later, you can make one yourself with brocade and cotton according to its style. If you don't understand, you can ask me. "

Aunt Manhua nodded repeatedly, touching the warm cotton jacket, she knew that this winter must be much easier.

Then, Hao Zhao and the others brought out five big sacks.

Cai Yan picked up the prepared scissors, cut a small opening, and grabbed a handful of hulled rice from the inside.

"This is polished rice!" Someone asked curiously.

"That's right, this is rice that has been shelled. My dear, it's all shelled." A knowledgeable person shouted, "In the past, the young masters and ladies in the village only ate rice like this. We peeled them off one by one with our hands."

"One tael of such peeled rice in the county can be exchanged for three catties of mutton." Someone popularized the market price of polished rice.

A woman next to her said with gusto, "Those five bags are full of polished rice. Wouldn't that mean you can eat mutton for a whole year?"

At this moment, Hao Zhao and others brought up another box.

Cai Yan smiled slightly, opened the lid of the box, and took out a pair of old Beijing cloth shoes, even her eyes flashed with longing.

Man Hua was even more stunned. She looked at the straw sandals on her feet, her dirty big toes, and then at the cloth shoes. She hid her feet in her skirt in shame.

"Auntie Manhua, this pair is for you. You can try to see if it fits, and the other aunts will also try it. If it doesn't fit, you can change it now."

"You want to give us such good shoes?" Aunt Manhua couldn't believe that such a good thing would happen to her.

Cai Yan said with a smile: "If you don't believe me, there's nothing you can do about it. Could it be that you don't want it?"

As soon as the words fell, someone immediately shouted: "Don't give it to me, Man Hua, your feet are so big, you probably won't be able to wear them, give them to me."

Aunt Manhua replied angrily: "I can't wear it, but I can wear it for my pillar. Who said I don't want it, I'm so rare."

As she spoke, she took the cloth shoes and looked left and right. Not to mention, she was really reluctant to wear them. Looking at her dirty feet, she always felt that such good shoes were buried.

It was Hao Niang who was sensible, brought a basin of water and a rag, and said, "Aunts, wash your feet and try again."

Seeing this, the women didn't hesitate anymore, washed their feet in front of everyone, and put on new shoes. Some of the shoes were too small, so they changed to a bigger size on the spot, put them on and left. Take a few steps, tiptoeing, for fear of getting your shoes dirty.

Aunt Manhua's feet are relatively large. Fortunately, Wei Cheng bought a full size and gave her a pair of size 43. Although the upper is a bit deformed, it still fits well, and it is easy to fall off no matter how big it is.

Seeing how they put on the new shoes, other women in the village ate and became annoyed.They regretted why they didn't take the initiative to join the patrol last night, why they hid behind the man.Otherwise, wouldn't I be able to wear new shoes now!
At this time, the men in the village quit.

Especially the men who saw their mother-in-law wearing new shoes all asked Chengtou and Hao Dadao if there were any shoes for the men's rewards.

How did Chengtou and Hao Dadao know, they also like those shoes, but Wei Cheng has the final say on what to reward, they can only look at Wei Cheng helplessly, thinking in their hearts, they would rather not have stab-proof clothing, but come Such a pair of shoes, what a face to wear out!
(End of this chapter)