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Chapter 146 Personal grievances and righteousness
Dong Ping took a sip of tea in silence, and then said, "Sister, can I send the food I brought at home to the barracks to distribute to ordinary soldiers? I will be more frugal in the future, their life is really hard..."

Dong Rong smiled and knocked on her younger brother's note, and said angrily, "It's just some food, why is it worth your hesitation? Although our family is not rich and powerful, it is not short of these things. But if you want to If you want to prepare thank-you gifts for ordinary soldiers, those things are a bit inappropriate, it is better to send some food, they will not attract people's attention after they get benefits."

"Okay, just listen to my sister. It's better to send some meat. They can't even eat enough pancakes all day long. It's really pitiful." Dong Ping remembered that he now has meat to eat when he comes out, but those men sleeping in a tent don't know When will I have a full meal, and my face darkens again for a while.

Dong Rong didn't try to persuade her any more. Some experiences always had to be pondered and settled by herself afterward, and outsiders couldn't help at all.

She called Wen Niang outside the door to invite Steward Zhang, and then asked the omnipotent steward, "Uncle Zhang, Brother Ping is going to send some food to the barracks to the ordinary soldiers. I don't know what to send, so Uncle Zhang can help you think about it." .It’s better not to make a fuss at home. The few baskets of steamed stuffed buns almost exhausted Wenniang and Zizhu a few days ago. If I can save some energy this time, even if I spend a few taels of silver, it will be enough.”

Guanshi Zhang glanced at Dong Ping calmly, but in his heart he admired this young master as worthy of being siblings with his wife, with a heart and spirit that surpassed that of ordinary people.He must have endured a lot of hardships in the military camp before, but now that he is out of trouble, he doesn't want to take revenge, but he still wants to send gifts in.

Dong Ping blushed when Zhang Guanshi saw it, and thought he was blaming himself for asking his sister to bother and trouble his sister by talking about things casually, which was really ignorant.So he hurriedly said, "The money for food preparation is transferred from my account book, just to trouble Uncle Zhang to help Zhang Luo."

Guanshi Zhang dared to ask for it, so he got up quickly to answer, and finally thought for a long time before saying, "I have been walking around the city for the past few days, and I found that this place is probably close to the northern barbarians. The local people don't like to eat japonica rice. The few small shops I opened sell steamed buns and steamed buns. There are less than 7000 people staying in the camps of the border guards. If you invite several shops to rush together, it is estimated that you can get enough staple food in two days. As for the dishes, the deputy general and The general wants to book two tables in the restaurant alone, and the soldiers below... just send the meat in and ask the gang leader to cook the broth."

Dong Rong's siblings nodded when they heard this. Dong Rong was just about to settle the matter, but Xu Mao rushed in from the door with a group of classmates, shouting loudly, "How can Juncheng get such a good thing alone? My family Although there is no money, but a few taels of silver can still be taken out. Count me in for this matter!"

"And me, and me!"

The scholars originally came in to thank Dong's sister for their hospitality, but they happened to hear them discussing with Steward Zhang about sending food to the barracks, so they hurriedly asked to participate regardless of the etiquette.

The Dong Rong siblings naturally wouldn't reject them, even if they rejected them, they might make other preparations, it's better to act together.

In this way, Guanshi Zhang was also pushed aside.A group of scholars discussed with each other for a long time, and soon they pooled 50 taels of silver. Dong Rong directly added a bank note for his younger brother, which happened to be 100 taels.

After the work was divided, the scholars ran back to wash and change their clothes. Finally, they went out together to order a banquet in a restaurant, buy steamed buns and pancakes in a small shop, and bargain in a butcher shop.

The military city is not small in the first place, and many businesses are inextricably linked to the military camp. Even the steamed bun shops are opened by the family members of several school lieutenants or generals in the military camp.Waiting to hear that these handsome young men in green shirts and jade pendants were buying food for the soldiers in the camp as a thank you gift, almost everyone was shocked from ear to ear, and finally patted their chests vigorously to promise to make it as soon as possible , and even only charged the cost price, not even wages.

A group of scholars walked around and returned to the other courtyard, all of them were in extremely complicated moods.Mr. Yang soon found out about this, and he immediately sent Uncle Mo to give Dong Ping 20 taels of silver. That night, he set up a banquet in the study for Mr. Meng to drink.When he was very drunk, the old gentleman of the academy, known for his strictness, sang a little song proudly, congratulating himself that his hard work was not in vain, and that all his disciples were gentlemen with sense, benevolence and righteousness.

Three days later, Dong Ping took all his classmates to personally escort dozens of carriages full of food and left the East City Gate.This time, the gates of the frontier army's barracks were wide open, and all the lieutenants and generals under General Wu stood at the gate to welcome them.

Dong Ping came forward to salute and wanted to say a few polite words, but the lieutenant in charge raised his palm and slapped him on the shoulder, "Don't say polite words, we are all vulgar. When you are angry, you don't torment you less. Not only do you not hold grudges, but you also want to treat your brothers to a good meal. This kind of friendship, brothers will remember.

Come, let's go to camp!General Wu specially ordered that at noon today, except for the brothers on duty, everyone else should rest for two hours and eat and drink as much as they want. "

Dong Ping was almost taken aback by his shooting, and he finally responded quickly, "The general is right, no matter what happened before, it has been exposed. These days, we eat and sleep with our brothers. It’s like a family. We will go back to the academy in a few days, and today’s meal will be practiced by brothers for us! Brothers don’t eat and eat to their heart’s content, but they don’t treat us as brothers!”

"Haha, well said!" All the generals burst into laughter, stepping forward to lead them in.The hundred or ten gang leaders in the back immediately received all kinds of pancakes, steamed buns and pork trippers on the carriage. The big iron pot in the rear camp had already been set up, and the large pieces of pork were thrown in, and only a little salt was added. The aroma soon filled the entire camp.

When the soldiers who were familiar with the scholars saw that the generals had dispersed, they rushed forward and pulled them back to their tents.Those who didn't know each other sat at the root of the tent, basking in the sun while swallowing their saliva, looking forward to eating steamed buns and drinking broth.

Dong Ping was surrounded by seven or eight soldiers in the same tent at the moment, and an elderly veteran asked vaguely while nibbling on the dried meat donated by Xizi, "Dong Xiucai, when you first came in, brothers But I bullied you a lot, aren't you angry? Why are you still thinking of giving us food?"

Another small soldier also said, "That's right, I kicked you back then."

Xu Mao was going to grab the jerky again, but when he heard this, he said, "You kicked him, but the shoe prints are all on my ass!"

Everyone laughed, and the older soldier nodded and said, "That's a good statement. I thought that scholars were full of gossip, but I didn't expect you to be very friendly."

"That's right, I'm the famous Yi Bo Yuntian Young Lord!" Xu Mao boasted while raising his chin, while snatching the jerky from Dong Ping's hand and chewing.

Dong Ping pushed him aside amusedly, and asked the soldiers seriously, "If one day wars broke out, would you allow foreigners to kill us just because we laughed at you?"

"Of course not." The soldiers all stared and said angrily, "Our border guards are here to protect the country and the people. How can we disregard righteousness because of selfish hatred?"

"That's it." Dong Ping smiled and replied, "Although we have suffered here, we didn't hurt our lives after all. The most important thing is that we have learned a lot of truths that are not in books. I admire you from the bottom of my heart. Loyalty. That's why we donate money to buy food today to thank all brothers!"

"I understand a lot of truths? What kind of reasoning?" The soldiers looked at each other in confusion.However, rough people have a rough temper, so if they can't figure it out, they don't think about it. It's good that these scholars don't hold grudges.

"You scholars, you have a lot of twists and turns in your mind. Let's not talk about this, you will come to the military city for a walk if you have nothing to do in the future. It would be great if you can bring us some wine and meat. Of course, if someone doesn't have eyes to bully you , you just send a letter, and the brothers will kill you immediately to support you!"

Both Dong Ping and Xu Mao were enthusiastic about what they heard, but they both knew the temper of the soldiers, so they were not polite to thank them. Instead, they talked about the fun and delicious places in Qingxian County, especially the various braised vegetables in the Four Seasons Garden, which are the best wines .Several soldiers drooled greedily, and finally shouted that they must go to Qing County if they had the chance.

Dong Ping heard the sound of drums for dinner outside, and quickly motioned for Xizi to hand over the other basket.

"Brothers, after dinner, we are leaving. I don't know when we will meet again. We don't have any good things, but my sister prepared a lot of medicines for me. I don't need them now, so I just gave them to my brothers. us."

After saying this, he took out a lot of small wooden bottles, carefully distributed them to several soldiers, and said, "The red bottle is medicine for knife wounds. The medicine is very effective. Use sparingly. The blue bottle is for treating wind and cold." The pills in the white bottle are for dysentery, if you feel uncomfortable, take a pill quickly. Remember it?"

A few soldiers stared at the medicine bottle in their hands for a long time without responding. There are nearly [-] soldiers in the barracks but there are only three military doctors. If they are not dying of illness or many people are sick, they will never see the shadow of military doctors.Although these small medicine bottles are light, they are their life-saving things at critical moments.

The old soldier was the first to salute, and said in a deep voice, "Brother Dong, your brotherhood will be remembered."

The rest of the soldiers then also saluted and nodded vigorously.

Dong Ping hurriedly waved his hands and said with a smile, "It's just a few pills, don't be polite."

The old soldier wanted to say something, but in the end he swallowed it back and joked, "How many small bottles of pills do you carry in such a big basket? Brother Dong is really stingy!"

Dong Ping laughed, and tore off all the cloth towels on the basket, and whispered, "There are some novelties here. The oily paper wraps a kind of snack called biscuit, which is not afraid of spoilage. The mud eggs at the bottom only need You can eat it after peeling off the shell, and it tastes good. Hide it first, and you can share it at night."

"Oh, that's great." The two young soldiers cheered in a low voice, carried the basket and hid it in the bed. At this moment, someone was shouting for dinner outside, and everyone walked out talking and laughing.

There are already large baskets of steamed buns and pancakes piled up on the school grounds, as well as large barrels of broth.The soldiers took turns to serve soup and get steamed buns, and if they were lucky, they could even get meat buns.

(End of this chapter)