Interstellar boss dressed as a peasant girl and became rich

Chapter 253 Back to Two

The eldest sister-in-law glared at her husband and said coquettishly, "I am a mother, how can I not worry about my own children? And I also have to worry about whether there is anyone to feed the chickens, ducks and pigs at home!"

The second sister-in-law also quickly echoed: "Yes, even if we women have to go far away, we always worry about the children we gave birth to and whether the trivial housework at home has been taken care of."

Gu Jianping had a smile on his face and cheerfully took over the conversation: "You don't have to worry about these things. Hongying and her two siblings are all grown up and know what to do and what not to do."

The four old men, Gu Wu, listened to the arguments between their son and daughter-in-law, and nephew and niece's wife, smiled at each other, and gazed at the familiar mountains and rivers.

Gu Songzi silently listened to the elders' bickering and joking, but his heart was filled with mixed emotions. On the one hand, he was full of anticipation, as he had finally returned to the hometown his father had always talked about; on the other hand, he was afraid, as his father, second uncle, brothers and sisters had all passed away, and he was the only one returning alone.

He was afraid that when he burned incense for his grandfather, his grandfather would blame him for not being able to protect his family.

Gu Yu listened to his family's light-hearted jokes and had no idea what kind of ups and downs Gu Songzi was going through in his heart.

As the boat slowly approached the shore, Gu Yu noticed that there was already a group of soldiers ready for battle at the dock.

The leader was Mu Qianxue, who personally led a team of mighty soldiers to surround the entire dock.

Gu Yu turned around and shouted to Qiu Shi, "Qiu Shi, I'm going to go down and talk to Lord Mu about the supplies first. You escort my parents back to the village first."

It was not only necessary to deliver the supplies safely to Mu Qianxue and let Mu Qianxue distribute them to the refugees stranded in the area; it was also necessary to arrange personnel to move Han Yili's full boat of generous dowry and properly place it in the villa.

The reason why they chose to place it at the villa first was because the Gu family had not yet built a new house, and the old house was too narrow to accommodate such a large amount of dowry.

Gu Yu quickly arranged her family's itinerary and walked off the boat side by side with Han Yili before she had time to speak.

The moment Mu Qianxue saw Gu Yu and Han Yili, tears of excitement flashed in her eyes, and she said in a slightly trembling voice: "If you two come back any later, I'm afraid my old bones really can't stand it!"

Seeing Mu Qianxue, who had no sense of distance and was about to cry when they met, Gu Yu twitched his lips and said, "Look at you. It's been such a long time since we last met, but you have a head full of white hair like an old woman. How much suffering and hardship have you endured!"

Mu Qianxue's heart was filled with pain!
Since the war broke out on the border, countless refugees have flooded into Linfeng County, causing endless troubles in the city.

Later, the prince ordered the arrest of able-bodied men and sent them to the army, causing panic among the people in the city. Many capable and well-connected gentry and landlords fled with their families to seek a way out in other places.

However, misfortunes never come singly, riots broke out in Beijing, and more and more refugees continued to flee here.

Mu Qianxue couldn't eat or sleep well all day, and she was worried about the troubles that kept coming up. Her hair turned gray. "I've endured too much! You can't imagine the chaos in the county town in the past few months... Hey! Let's not talk about this now. I'll host a welcoming party for you and Mr. Han some other day, and then we can talk about it. Now I'll introduce you to General Cheng Dacheng, the garrison commander of Linfeng County."

Gu Yu looked at the tall and imposing man in front of him, and couldn't help feeling awe in his heart.

Although she had never met General Cheng, from the majestic aura he exuded and the well-trained soldiers around him, she could infer that this general must have been a veteran with many outstanding military achievements.

Gu Yu inadvertently glanced at the soldiers surrounding the dock. They were all upright and disciplined. They were obviously elite troops who had undergone rigorous training. Gu Yu thought to himself: It seems that Mu Qianxue was worried that something might happen to this batch of supplies, so she specially invited the garrison troops to help look after it.

So he hurriedly stepped forward, saluted respectfully to General Cheng and said, "I pay my respects to General Cheng!"

Half a month ago, General Cheng received a letter from Mu Qianxue asking for help, and learned that a batch of important supplies would arrive in Linfeng County in half a month.

As the government was short of staff and unable to properly look after the supplies, they hoped that he could lead the army to assist.

It happened that the food and grass sent by the court failed to arrive on time, causing the food and grass in the military camp to be exhausted. General Cheng, who was worried about the food and grass problem, did not hesitate to lead 2,000 soldiers to support him after receiving Mu Qianxue's request for help.

The man who had been guarding the border for many years and had a generous and upright personality was now looking at the three ships docked with a sharp gaze, secretly thinking in his mind how he could successfully take away half of the supplies from Mu Qianxue and Gu Yu.

General Cheng looked at the ship, his lips slightly raised, and he said, "Madam Gu, you are too polite. We can just treat each other as equals, no need to be polite."

Then, he clasped his fists and bowed to Han Yili, saying, "It's been many years since we last met. I hope the little Han is doing well."

Han Yili had met General Cheng several times before. Seeing this general who had made great contributions to Da Qi again, she couldn't help feeling excited.

He quickly saluted and said, "Yili greets the old general. Yili is doing well now."

Although the Cheng and Han families took different official paths, General Cheng once met Han Yili, a talented but slightly frail man, when he returned to Beijing to report on his work.

When they met again at this moment, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: I never expected that we would meet again, and the other party would marry a peasant girl with no achievements at all.

However, in the eyes of Old Cheng, achievements and fame are nothing. What he values ​​is a person's character.

As long as that person is upright, he is willing to entrust his son and daughter to him.

The old man thought he had a unique vision and could tell whether a person was good or bad at a glance. Although he had just met Gu Yu for the first time, there was no trace of turbidity in Gu Yu's eyes.

Prove that Gu Yu is not a wicked person.

After everyone greeted each other and exchanged a few pleasantries, Gu Yu took out another list of supplies and handed it to Mu Qianxue, "The things on this ship are all Yili's belongings. The supplies brought back this time are on the other two ships. Sir, take people over to count them!"

Mu Qianxue took the list and read it quickly. She was not only moved that Gu Yu was able to bring back so many supplies, but also grateful that Gu Yu had the courage to donate so many supplies.

As he said, "I'll take people over to count, and then have them start unloading the cargo." He hurriedly walked towards the two ships.

General Cheng looked at Mu Qianxue's hurried steps and relaxed back, and after hesitating for a while, he finally called out to him, "Mu boy, wait a minute!"

"What's wrong?" Mu Qianxue stopped when she heard the voice, turned around and looked at General Cheng with a puzzled look, and asked, "Old General, do you have anything else to say?"