Border Cook

Chapter 28 Confrontation
"My head is also in the military camp. I know that life in the army is hard. It's hard to earn a salary. Brother Lu, listen to what my sister-in-law says. You should take care of your wife. You really can't let her continue to squander the family wealth like this..."

"Mrs. Zhang."

Lu Qiyan interrupted Zhang and said, "I heard someone mention it in the army these past two days. It is said that someone in the government office of Song'an Prefecture is celebrating his mother's birthday. Ten tables of banquets were set up, and the gifts given by the people who came to celebrate the birthday were no less than one hundred coins."

Zhang was confused by these words. "What a mess."

"Song'an Prefecture is more than a hundred miles away from here. If someone there celebrates the birthday of their elderly family, what does it have to do with me?"

The important thing is to talk about the fact that Xia Mingyue spends money recklessly, is not virtuous, and needs to be disciplined.

"Yeah, what's it got to do with you?" Lu Qiyan repeated.

Whether to spend money or not, and how to spend money, is Xia Mingyue’s own business.

Even though Zhang was a little slow-witted, she understood what Lu Qiyan meant. She felt a little embarrassed and her face turned red.

Mostly out of anger.

"I'm just reminding you with good intentions..." Zhang was unwilling to give up, "Brother Lu, don't take my kindness for granted!"

Having been rejected twice in a row by Xia Mingyue, she didn't believe that she would fail in front of Lu Qiyan this time?
Lu Qiyan's face darkened.

Now she is making a fuss in front of him and saying so many things deliberately, which shows that she often finds fault with Xia Mingyue.

"Madam Zhang." Lu Qiyan's words were a little cold. "To be honest, the army has been reorganized. Your Zheng Sanfu is now the squadron leader under me. Although the deployment of troops is ordered by the commander, I, as the battalion leader, have the final say on how to use the people under me."

Upon hearing this, Zhang's face turned visibly pale.

What Lu Qiyan said was right.

In the same charge, the one standing in the front is more likely to lose his life, and as the leader of the team, Lu Qiyan has the final say on who to send to the front.

If Lu Qiyan did something bad on purpose, what he would get when he came back next time would be the compensation money and ashes of Zheng Sanfu from her family!

"Are you planning to make things difficult for my family on purpose?" Zhang was still a little dissatisfied.

"Captain Zheng usually boasts of his loyalty and his bravery, and that he can scare off the enemy. I am also making the best use of my talents, so why should I make things difficult for you?"

Lu Qiyan narrowed his eyes, "It's true that Madam Zhang is a little too idle these days. If there is really nothing to do, the military toilets are often not cleaned or emptied, and there is a shortage of people. It's better for Madam Zhang to do some work, so that she doesn't have so much free time to meddle in other people's affairs."

"Mrs. Zhang, do you remember this?"

If the previous ones were threats, then the last few sentences were actually warnings.

Especially since Lu Qiyan clearly had a handsome and gentle face, and he spoke slowly and unhurriedly, but he was full of majesty, which made people feel afraid.

Zhang shuddered involuntarily, and didn't even dare to look at Lu Qiyan again. She just nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

Seeing that he had been beaten enough, Lu Qiyan said no more. He just held the stack of cakes given to him by Xia Mingyue and walked into Xinghua Lane.

When Zhang saw the man walking away, she also ran away.

run away.

When they reached the gate of the yard, Lu Qiyan reached out to push the fence door.

"Wang!"

Wu Jin, who was lying in front of the nest, ran to the door at lightning speed after noticing the noise and shouted several warnings to Lu Qiyan.

Lu Qiyan did not expect such a big black dog to suddenly appear. He subconsciously grasped the sword at his waist and pulled it out of the sheath a little.

The blade shone with a cold light under the sunlight, which frightened Wu Jin so much that all the hair on his body stood up.

A tough guy coming?

Going desperately!

Wu Jin lowered his body, glaring at Lu Qiyan fiercely, his teeth bared and a low humming sound came from his mouth.

Lu Qiyan looked at the big dog in front of him, then glanced at the shack for dogs to live in at the foot of the wall in the yard. Realizing that this was the dog raised by Xia Mingyue, he put the knife back.

Huh?
Wu Jin was startled, and most of the hair on his body fell off, and even his teeth were slightly retracted.

Seeing this, Lu Qiyan pushed the door open and walked in. Woof?
If you don't draw your sword, are you a good person?
Wu Jin became furious again, his eyes became more ferocious, his teeth bared even wider, and he barked "woof woof woof" at Lu Qiyan for a long time, even opening his mouth to bite Lu Qiyan's leg as he had already stepped into the yard.

Lu Qiyan had no choice but to retract his legs.

"Wang Wang Wang!"

That's pretty much it!
Wu Jin used his head to prop up the fence door and closed it again. Then he sat down at the door and looked at Lu Qi Yan with a fierce look.

Lu Qiyan, "..."

It's a dog that knows how to guard the house and protect people.

But it didn't seem a good idea for him to just stay at the door.

"Um..." Lu Qiyan explained to Wu Jin in a low voice, "I am from this family."

"Wang Wang Wang!"

"I really belong to this family, but I don't come here often on weekdays."

"Wang Wang Wang!"

"If you think about it, in the eyes of outsiders, I am Xia Mingyue's husband, and it was Xia Mingyue who asked me to come back first."

"Wang Wang Wang!"

"Why don't you let me in first?"

"Wang!"

"..."

"Wow wow wow wow!"

When Xia Mingyue came back after buying a bunch of things, she saw Lu Qiyan standing outside the courtyard gate from a distance.

"Why is Brother Lu standing here?"

Lu Qiyan, "..."

you guess?

When they walked to the door and saw Wu Jin in the gate glaring at Lu Qiyan fiercely, Xia Mingyue burst into laughter and hurriedly explained, "This is a stray dog ​​we adopted a few days ago. It is loyal and humane. It once caught a thief who tried to steal. I guess it has never seen Brother Lu and is a little shy."

After Xia Mingyue explained to Lu Qiyan, she touched Wu Jin's big head and said, "This is Brother Lu, a family member. Please recognize him carefully. Don't refuse to let anyone in from now on."

But she didn't say it was her husband.

Lu Qiyan raised his eyebrows.

Wu Jin, who received the order, woofed to indicate that he understood.

But after glancing at Lu Qiyan, he slowly left through the fence gate.

Even when Lu Qiyan walked in, he intentionally kept a certain distance from him.

With a cool attitude.

But his eyes kept looking at Lu Qiyan.

Is this because he had just confronted him, and it is not easy to change his attitude directly at this time, so he is a little tense?

Xia Mingyue burst out laughing.

Lu Qiyan touched his nose, glanced at Wu Jin, and said nothing more.

After boiling a pot of tea for Lu Qiyan and asking him to have a good rest, Xia Mingyue went into the kitchen and started to get busy.

She had just bought two chickens on the street, both were young roosters about a year old, at the right size, with tender meat that was not tough.

Slaughter, bleed, boil water, scald chicken feathers, wash, chop...

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