Border Cook

Chapter 272 Repaying the favor
Xia Mingyue was sure that she had never seen this person before.

Guo Kanglai and others also realized that this person was not from the garden, and they were all very surprised about who this person was and why he was here.

"You are……"

Guo Kanglai asked subconsciously, but Xia Mingyue signaled him to be quiet and even gave him a look.

Regardless of this person's identity and why he is in the orchard, the fact that he has saved Chunhua means he is at least not hostile to the orchard.

At this time, we need to deal with Zhang Chunwang first, and then talk about other things, so as to avoid interrogating him at this time and making a fool of Zhang Chunwang.

Guo Kanglai understood what was going on and only asked Chunshan and two young men to look after Chunhua and take the man back into the house.

Zhang Chunwang was furious when he saw that most of the dogs he brought were dead, and the rest were seriously injured and lying on the ground.

"It seems that your vicious dog is no longer alive." Xia Mingyue said, "I see that you seem to like dogs very much. Why don't you take a look at the dog I have at home?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Jin jumped out and pounced towards Zhang Chunwang.

Zhang Chunwang raised a dog, so he knew how ferocious dogs could be and how painful it was when a dog bit someone. Now, seeing Wu Jin, who was ten times more ferocious than his own dog, rushing towards him, he was so frightened that he took several steps back, staggered, and finally sat down on the ground.

Without caring about his buttocks that were broken into pieces and in great pain, Zhang Chunwang hurriedly climbed up, rolling and crawling, screaming and running away in panic.

Seeing this, the servants brought by Zhang Chunwang didn't care about anything else and left in a hurry.

"If you dare to come again next time, it won't be so easy!" Xia Mingyue warned loudly.

I don’t know if Zhang Chunwang heard these words, but everyone saw that the group of people ran much faster.

"We should increase patrols in the orchard in the future." Xia Mingyue said, "In addition, there is a lot of work to be done in the orchard now, so we can add more manpower. If there are suitable young and strong laborers, we should buy a few more."

With more people, not only can work be done faster, but daily safety can also be improved.

"Don't worry, Madam Xia, I will get to it right away." Guo Kanglai agreed readily.

After driving away the foreign enemy Zhang Chunwang, the next step was to find out who this stranger was.

Chunsheng and others were accompanying Chunhua at this time.

Chunhua was so frightened by the dogs that she kept crying. Although she knew that all the vicious dogs had been beaten to death or driven away, she was still sobbing and trembling all over.

The stranger stood aside, watching Chunhua crying, looking a little uneasy.

Xia Mingyue came up and took a look.

He was between her and Guo Kanglai in height, thin, ragged, unkempt, like a beggar. His face could not be seen clearly, and it was even impossible to tell whether he was a man or a woman.

"Thank you for saving Chunhua just now." Xia Mingyue said, "But you suddenly appeared in Chunhua's house and you don't belong to the orchard. We need to find out your identity."

"My name is Zhuang Cui."

Zhuang Cui answered in a low voice, her voice was hoarse, but one could tell that she was not very old.

Xia Mingyue was slightly stunned as she didn't expect the other person to be a young woman.

Zhuang Cui continued to answer, "My family was hit by the Yunchuan flood. The fields and houses were all destroyed, and my mother was also washed away. My father was exhausted from trying to save others, and his high fever wouldn't go away. There was no medicine or cure, so I followed the others to flee the famine and make a living everywhere."

"I was passing by here, I was so hungry that I saw a river and wanted to drink some water. I ran into Chunhua who was washing clothes by the river. She felt sorry for me and gave me a piece of cake. Seeing that I was wearing thin clothes, she took me home to keep warm when no one was around." "It was Chunhua who saved me, so I want to repay her for saving my life."

She had heard about the flood in Yunchuan. The flood affected a large area and submerged many people's homes. This flood occurred at the turn of autumn and winter.

Logically speaking, the weather was getting colder and it was the dry season, so there should not have been a flood, but the Yunchuan dam burst.

Many people said that it was because when the Great Zhou Kingdom was at war with the Great Yu Kingdom in the north, the Great Yu Kingdom ordered its people to blow up the Yunchuan river embankment in order to win the war.

The river water gushed out and overflowed in all directions.

It flooded the fields that had just been planted, as well as the farmers who had stored all the autumn harvest grain back home.

Moreover, in autumn and winter, everyone wears heavy clothes. Once submerged and washed away by water, it is extremely difficult to escape. After soaking in water for a long time, one will quickly lose strength due to the cold.

In short, the disaster brought by the Yunchuan flood was more serious than any flood ever heard of before.

Xia Mingyue pursed her lips, "I just saw that you are quite skilled, have you been practicing martial arts since you were a child?"

"My father is a bodyguard. I have been strong since I was young. People said I was born as a man. My father taught me a lot of martial arts. I also went on two escort missions with my father." Zhuang Cui replied.

"I see." Xia Mingyue nodded slightly. "Although you said you did it to repay Chunhua, I still want to thank you."

If Zhuang Cui had not acted so steadily, accurately and ruthlessly, it would have taken a lot of effort to completely subdue those vicious dogs, and the results would have been different.

Xia Mingyue bowed, but Zhuang Cui bowed as usual, "Madam Xia, you are too polite."

After a moment, he continued, "Chunhua hid me at home out of kindness and wanted to save me. Please don't blame her, Madam Xia."

Chunhua is a house-born child and a servant of Xia Mingyue. She should only consider Xia Mingyue, her master.

Even if they had good intentions, taking in a stranger was obviously against the rules for the orchard and was also somewhat dangerous.

Xia Mingyue shook her head, "I can only promise not to punish her."

It's time to blame.

After all, such behavior does have certain risks.

As with everything, there is no order without rules.

If anyone could adopt and hide people in the orchard's houses at will, the orchard would really be in chaos.

Fortunately, Chunhua adopted a person who knew how to repay her kindness. If she had adopted someone with bad intentions, the consequences would have been disastrous.

Therefore, blame must be placed and proper education is required.

Zhuang Cui had followed her father since she was a child and had seen many worldly affairs. She understood Xia Mingyue's thoughts and intentions, and knew that Xia Mingyue's not punishing her was already a special favor. She just bit her lip and sighed.

In the end, it was she who implicated Chunhua.

Xia Mingyue called Guo Kanglai over and gave him the task of educating Chunhua.

Guo Kanglai already had a guilty look on his face, so he readily agreed, "Madam Xia, don't worry, I will definitely teach Chunhua well, and such things will never happen again in the orchard in the future."

"I am very confident in what Manager Guo is doing. Rules must be established. Chunhua is young and does not have her own judgment on some things. Manager Guo can suggest some ways and methods." Xia Mingyue added.