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Chapter 72 How to vent your anger

Aunt Fang and Wei Zhaoniang led all the women in the village to fry, stir-fry, and deep-fry. They put all the half-can of meat oil hidden in the deepest part of the cupboard into the pot.

Sizzle! The aroma spread instantly, and the children gathered in front of the kitchen, desperately inhaling it.

"Get out of here, all of you, get out of here!"

"Aunt Wei, let's just smell it."

"Smell your ass! Your drool is all over the floor," Wei Zhaoniang raised her wooden spatula as if to hit him. "If your saliva splashes into the pot and contaminates the meat, I'll wash you clean and cook!"

Da Mao shrank his shoulders, took his younger brothers and sisters out of the kitchen, and stood at the door to continue smelling.

He hasn't smelled meat for more than a month. If he misses this time, he will have to wait until the Chinese New Year to smell meat again.

Tang Zhao was awakened by the noise in the yard. He stayed in bed holding the quilt for a long time before getting up.

Aunt Fang had been keeping an eye on him. When she saw Tang Zhao leave the room, she hurried over to greet him. "Everyone knew the general and his wife were coming, and they were so happy it was like New Year's Eve. They were laughing and talking a little loudly. Did they disturb the lady?"

The women in Changshou Village are all country girls. They are used to yelling at their men, so their voices are extremely loud. Their voices are usually louder than the screams and curses of the women from wealthy families.

Seeing Aunt Fang's uneasy look, Tang Zhao smiled and said, "No, I slept enough and woke up on my own."

She rolled her neck and said, "I feel stiff all over after sleeping so long. I'm going to go out for a walk and stretch my legs."

Aunt Fang took off the apron around her waist and said, "I will go with Madam."

"No need," Tang Zhao stopped her, "I'm just taking a walk, you just go ahead and do your work."

Seeing Tang Zhao's light and nimble movements, and walking out of the yard in the blink of an eye, Aunt Fang estimated her own flexibility and had to tie her apron again and return to the kitchen.

Tang Zhao followed the sound of flowing water to the riverside. A long winding river flowed downstream, and a thin layer of frost covered both sides.

Tang Zhao exhaled a breath of hot air. The past few years have been very strange. Last year, there was heavy snow and the weather was freezing cold. This year, there has been no snow yet. It is already November, and the lowest temperature is still around five or six degrees above zero.

Was it the Little Ice Age? Tang Zhao recalled historical records, which dynasty was overthrown by peasant uprisings due to natural disasters during the Little Ice Age?

Tang Zhao thought for a long time but couldn't remember anything. The only sentence left in his mind was: You only regret not having read enough books when you need them.

Tang*Meiwenhua*Zhao walked slowly down the river, and it took him a whole incense stick of time to finally leave Changshou Village.

This scale can be considered a large village, with a population estimated to be over a thousand.

There were only a few dozen women, and the rest were all soldiers who were forced to retire due to illness or disability.

With so many people and so many mouths to feed, the amount of food and firewood consumed every day is a considerable number.

The longevity village is just one of the many villages where soldiers live and retire after retiring.

No wonder Prince Xuan's Mansion has to hold a warm winter banquet every year to raise funds. The economic pressure is too great.

Tang Zhao was estimating the amount of money and food that Prince Xuan's Palace would need to spend every year to help retired soldiers when he heard a thud.

She looked up instantly and saw a huge splash of water in the middle of the river.

Oh my god! Tang Zhao ran over, but the figure had disappeared, leaving only a string of bubbles rising from the river.

Tang Zhao couldn't swim, so he had to look around. He picked up a long stick and poked it into the river, while shouting for help.

"Help!"

As soon as Gu Ci arrived in Changshou Village, he heard that Tang Zhao was out for a walk alone, so he followed the trail to find him.

He heard shouting from afar, and he quickly followed the sound while carefully distinguishing it.

The distance was rapidly shortening, and the cries for help became clearer and more familiar. Words like "help" and "fall into the water" came into his ears intermittently. Gu Ci's heart tightened and he ran faster.

Tang Zhao shouted for a long time before finally seeing someone. He excitedly shouted to the person in the river, "Hold on tight, hold on, people are coming soon."

The man in the river grabbed the stick with one hand and nodded vigorously.

Seeing Tang Zhao standing on the shore, Gu Ci felt relieved. He rushed to her side without stopping, took the stick, and pulled hard, bringing the man in the river to the shore. Gu Ci reached out and grabbed the man's wet clothes and pulled him out of the river.

The man sat on the ground, panting heavily. His eyes were blurry and his ears were ringing from the cold river water. It took him a long time to recover.

Gu Ci recognized him at a glance, "Mr. Jiang."

When the man was called, he looked up subconsciously, and Gu Ci's face fell clearly into his eyes.

Jiang Sheng opened and closed his mouth for a long time before he uttered a word, "General."

"Are you looking for death?" Gu Ci asked. With Jiang Sheng's skills, even if he lost an arm or had a lame leg, he would not fall into the river.

Jiang Sheng supported himself on the ground with his left hand and staggered to his knees. "I know I was wrong. Please punish me, General."

Gu Ci's face was stern. "What did you do wrong?"

"I am ashamed of your teachings, General. I am lucky to have emerged from the battlefield alive. Even if only my body remains, I should not have trampled on my own life like this."

Gu Ci's tense face relaxed a little, "Why did you commit suicide?"

"I got married this summer and was planning to live a good life, but who knew," Jiang Sheng choked up, "I and my brothers were cutting firewood when we encountered a pack of wolves, and my other good leg was also bitten and crippled."

Tang Zhao sympathized, this was really bad luck.

Gu Ci frowned, "Even so, you shouldn't commit suicide. If you don't think about yourself, you should think about your new wife."

Mr. Jiang said nothing.

Tang Zhao took over as his mouthpiece, "This brother Jiang probably jumped into the river because he was worried about his newlywed wife."

Jiang Sheng was struck by this, "Hui Niang is simple and honest. As long as I am here, she will never remarry."

There is nothing special about Changshou Village except that there are many bachelors. Once Jiang Sheng dies, as long as Hui Niang agrees to remarry, there will be many men who want to marry her.

Gu Ci frowned, "Have you asked your wife if she is willing?"

Jiang Sheng was speechless. He didn't know whether Hui Niang was willing or not, but he was definitely unwilling. Although they had been married for less than half a year, they had a very good relationship.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have regretted grabbing the long stick so desperately.

Jiang Sheng kowtowed deeply and said, "I am guilty."

Gu Ci's voice was indifferent. He turned his head to look at the figure stumbling towards him, "You should tell your wife this."

"Brother Sheng!"

Jiang Sheng suddenly looked up, "Hui Niang!"

Hui Niang was extremely worried when she saw her husband kneeling in front of the general and his wife. She ran over and found that he was soaked. She listened to the sound of the rushing river and thought about how unhappy he had been during this period. She immediately reacted, threw herself on him, and burst into tears.

"What did you tell me when you got married? You swore to treat me well for the rest of your life. What are you doing now? What are you doing now?"

Jiang Sheng held her with one hand and said, "I was wrong. I was wrong. I shouldn't have left you."

Hui Niang hugged the man tightly with her arms and cried uncontrollably.

"Hui Niang, please send your husband home to change his clothes. It's so cold, he will freeze to death if he doesn't drown."

Hui Niang nodded repeatedly, helped the man up and said, "Thank you, Madam, for your reminder."

Tang Zhao kindly said, "When he's better, you can beat him however you want, using sticks, clubs, or frying pans. You can do whatever you want to vent your anger."

Zhao Zhao: Women are weak by nature, but they become strong after getting married.

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