coobybook Chapter 182 Rewarding the Soldiers
Chapter 182 Rewarding the Soldiers
I had originally just guessed that something was added to the syrup, but now it is confirmed.
Sima Yue has always been spoiled and direct in her actions without hiding anything. Sima Yue was certain that she would drink it obediently and did not even bother to pretend.
Sima Yue threw away the sugar water and looked at Sima Luo fiercely, "Sima Luo! How dare you become the enemy of this princess! I wonder how long you can keep your complacency?"
Looking at Sima Yue's leaving figure, Sima Luo pursed her lips slightly. She was not afraid that Sima Yue would target her.
Now that she has her mother's protection, she is not afraid of Sima Yue.
Now she just wants to work hard to improve herself and not bring shame to her mother.
She also didn't want Su Yuan to think that she was useless.
In early December, Su Yuan cooked some food, made chicken soup, and went to the academy to find Gu Yu.
She also sent a copy to Sima Luo.
This is the braised pork ribs and chicken soup she made. The academy is having an assessment recently and the children have worked hard.
"Aunt Su! Why are you here?" Sima Luo happily stepped forward and reached out to hold Su Yuan's hand.
Su Yuan held her little hand tightly. Sima Luo's hands were a little rougher than the last time she saw her, probably from practicing archery.
"Why are your hands so cold? Did you just come back from the training ground?" Su Yuan looked at her with a little heartache.
Sima Luo was so diligent that people could not help but feel distressed for him. It was obvious that Sima Luo really loved reading and practicing riding and archery.
Sima Yao nodded. "Yes! The teacher said that I came late, so I won't be tested this year. But... I want to become proficient as soon as possible. I don't want to be the one who gets special treatment!"
What's more, A Yu's brother and cousin promised her that they would take her out of the city to ride horses after she had mastered her riding skills.
The last time she went out of town was when Su Yuan took her to the lake. She had never ridden a horse outside of town before.
"Come, drink some soup to warm yourself up first." Su Yuan poured a bowl of hot soup for Sima Luo and asked Sima Luo to drink it first.
Sima Luo was not polite. He took the chicken soup and lowered his head to drink it.
Su Yuan is a great cook, she likes it very much!
Even if Su Yuan's cooking skills were not that good, she would be happy to eat the dishes cooked by Su Yuan herself.
From childhood to adulthood, her mother had never cooked for her.
"Drink slowly, don't choke." Su Yuan looked at Sima Luo eating with relish, her face full of pride.
She also liked to watch Gu Yu eat, but not today because Sima Ziyue and Liu Xun were with Gu Yu. She put down the lunch box and left, letting the three of them eat by themselves.
Sima Luo drank a bowl, and Su Yuan poured her another. Suddenly, Sima Luo thought of something and looked at Su Yuan. "Aunt Su, have you prepared anything for Brother A Yu? Don't let me eat it all by myself."
Su Yuan placed the bowl in front of her, "Don't worry! I made a lot and left two boxes for A Yu and the others!"
She gave Gu Yu two full boxes, enough for Gu Yu and the other two to eat.
When Sima Luo heard that Su Yuan had delivered it to Gu Yu first, she felt completely relieved and continued to drink the soup with her head down.
Su Yuan also made two pairs of gloves for Sima Luo, with velvet inside and leather outside, so that Sima Luo could wear the gloves to tighten the reins without hurting his hands.
In the middle of winter, it would be a real pain if your hands got frozen.
After Sima Luo finished drinking, she took out gloves and hand ointment and gave them to Sima Luo.
"In the cold winter, wear gloves when riding a horse to prevent your hands from freezing. And this is hand protection. You can apply it every day when you have free time."
Looking at what Su Yuan held in his hand, Sima Luo felt a lump in his throat and almost couldn't hold back his tears.
Su Yuan...
So good to her!
It was so good that she could never repay him.
"Aunt Su, did you do all this?" Sima Luo touched the gloves lovingly.
Su Yuan shook her head: "Of course not! I asked the embroiderer to do it. Your Aunt Su is not that omnipotent."
You can't ask her to be good at medicine, cooking, and needlework, right?
This was done by the embroiderer she asked. She directed the work from the side while the embroiderer did the work.
"Aunt Su, why...why are you so nice to me?" Sima Luo couldn't help but ask.
Is there really such a thing as good things happening for no reason in this world?
She was a little bit hesitant to believe it.
Su Yuan smiled and said, "Wu'er is beautiful, gentle and kind. Aunt Su must like Wu'er, which is why she treats her so well! Or maybe, I just don't want to see someone so pretty looking so pitiful."
Perhaps it was because, in the original novel, Sima Luo and she shared the same fate, both being persecuted by Gu Huan, so she felt pity for him.
Hearing this, Sima Luo chuckled. In this case, she should be grateful to her mother for giving her a beautiful face, otherwise she would not be so lucky.
"The academy will be on vacation in a few days. Then I will go to the Zhennan Marquis Mansion and let Aunt Su see the results of my training, okay?" Sima Luo asked softly.
Although the teacher did not require her to take the assessment, she also wanted to show Su Yuan her results of this month.
"Okay! Aunt Su will make you something delicious then!" Su Yuan reached out and touched her head, coaxing her.
Sima Luo smiled like a flower and nodded with anticipation in her eyes.
Now that she has the token, she can leave the palace. She only needs to ask her mother for permission and she can go out. She no longer has to be trapped in the palace walls like before.
Su Yuan sat with Sima Luo for a while, then set off to return home.
She returned to the room and saw Cheng Lang sitting on the couch, holding his daughter and teasing her with a smile.
Su Yuan quietly approached and sat next to the father and daughter.
"It's the end of the year now, but Su Yan isn't busy at all!"
Cheng Lang would come to accompany his daughter every few days, and would stay with her for the entire day, as if he didn't need to do any real work.
Cheng Lang looked up at her with a hint of resentment in his eyes.
In his heart, Su Yuan and his daughter are the most important, but Su Yuan has many people in her heart, so she is naturally busier than him.
Some time ago, he sent people to deliver dozens of pigs to the soldiers in Dongying, so that the soldiers can have a good New Year this year.
Thanks to Su Yuan, he had the money to buy pigs to give to the soldiers.
Su Yuan made a lot of money from the five shops awarded to him by His Majesty.
He now has hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
Although he cannot compare with the Li family, he is still better off than the poor man he was before.
He now also wants to reward the soldiers who have fought alongside him through life and death.
When spring comes, he will make another batch of spring clothes for them.
The soldiers would have a hard time relying solely on the court's military pay.
He didn't know about the soldiers in other camps, but the soldiers in the East Camp had been training diligently in the past two years without slacking off for a moment.
They work so hard, so he naturally can't let them down.
The soldiers in the West Camp have the Duke Yu's Mansion, so their lives aren't too bad.
There is the Prince of Jin's Palace in the South Camp, and the soldiers in the Central Camp and the North Camp probably have the hardest lives.
Chen Jingzhong was only the Minister of War. How could his life be easy relying on the military pay from the Ministry of Revenue every month?
But these are not his concerns.
He is only responsible for training his Dongying soldiers, and he just needs to manage the Dongying soldiers well.
"I sent dozens of pigs to the soldiers some time ago, so they can have a good year. I am really free now.
"Thanks to Yuan'er, otherwise how would I have the money to buy more meat for the soldiers?" Cheng Lang said seriously.