0p0 Chapter 201 Silver
Chapter 201 Silver
Everyone looked in the direction of Li Mutou.
"Ah! There really is a fish!"
"He looks quite big."
Su Chengnan was surprised and couldn't help but chuckle, "I'm really lucky today."
The soldier who came back to get the net bag heard it and grinned, "Yes! Miss Su, you are really a lucky star."
Su Chengnan shook his head slightly and followed him towards the ice.
At Li Mutou's feet, there was a fish about the length of a shoe flapping its feet frantically. It seemed that it wanted to leave here and return to the water by shaking its head and tail.
Unfortunately, no one gave it this opportunity.
Li Mutou, who had been stunned just now, had come to his senses and quickly bent down to pounce on it, "Quick, help me get the basket!"
"Here it comes, here!"
The person behind him helped him pass the backpack to his eyes.
Plop.
The fish was thrown in and the basket shook a few times.
Soon there was no movement.
"Mu Tou, you're amazing! Not only did you take first place in breaking the ice, you even took the lead in catching fish."
"Old Chen, I don't agree with what you said!" someone interrupted from three meters away.
"What are you dissatisfied with? Speak!" The man named Lao Chen turned around and pointed at him and asked.
Snapped--
The man raised his shovel and swung it vigorously.
A circular hole appeared on the ice beneath his feet.
"How about it?! I can do it too!"
"Okay, okay, you can do it too. Hurry up and see if there are any fish here!"
Lao Chen and the others stretched their necks to look at him.
But unfortunately, his ice cave was not so lucky. After waiting for a long time, no fish showed up.
Su Chengnan raised his eyebrows slightly, thinking that this situation was normal! How could there be so many lucky things?
Bingsan clapped his hands and shouted, "Alright, breaking through the ice is a good start! Come on, everyone, work harder! Let's get all the holes opened soon, and then we can have another try!"
"Good good!"
"I grew up by the river, and I don't believe I can't catch any fish!"
"Tsk, you haven't been back for so many years, do you still remember how to swim and fish?! Hahaha."
"Don't talk nonsense! I don't need to go swimming in such a cold day. Am I stupid? Don't I know how to use a scoop net?"
These people were talking to each other, and the scene was noisy.
Su Chengnan pretended not to hear and walked to the other end alone.
Qingshan saw it and hurried over, "Miss, although the river is frozen thick, you still have to be careful. It hurts a lot if you fall here."
"It's okay, I just came over to take a look."
She said this with a smile, then turned around and walked back to Li Mutou.
Su Chengnan lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then suddenly he had an idea and came up with a good idea.
"Li Mutou, you're very strong, why don't you go over there and try opening a few more?"
"I..." Li Mutou's knuckles were a little white as he held the shovel, and it looked like he was using a lot of strength.
Qingshan frowned, stepped in front of Su Chengnan, and protected her behind him, with a strong warning tone: "What do you want to do?!"
"I...I want to ask if I can get silver for digging more."
Li Mutou's old face turned red and he felt embarrassed, but his eyes were full of anticipation.
Su Chengnan looked at him carefully.
Aside from his uniform, there wasn't anything unusual about this man. Ten taels of silver was a lot, by definition. Was he being too greedy?
Everyone else stopped and looked in Su Chengnan's direction again.
The man who had covered Li Mutou's mouth and dragged him away before was back again. He angrily scolded him, "What are you doing? The eldest lady is willing to reward us with silver because she thinks highly of us and cares about us. Why are you even more greedy? Are you confused? Apologize now."
"That's right! What are you thinking, you piece of shit?!"
"Come on, come on, come here with me."
Many people seemed to be scolding him, but in fact they were waking him up and giving him a way out.
Su Chengnan glanced at the crowd. She felt that Li Mutou was a good person. She could see that there were few people who wanted to take advantage of him. Most people were willing to help him.
She pushed Qingshan away and asked Li Mutou softly, "Can you give me a reason?"
"I..." His face flushed the color of liver. After hesitating for a moment, he raised his head and said loudly, "My brother's mother just helped him get married at the beginning of the year. Now she's pregnant. The father died before the child was born. I'm afraid their lives will be very difficult in the future. I...I want to send this money to them."
Su Chengnan never thought it would be this reason.
She frowned slightly, "Didn't the Beiling Army provide any pensions?"
"No."
"impossible."
Li Mutou's face became even uglier. He lowered his voice and said intermittently: "The superiors said that he died because he was ambitious and disobeyed orders, so... so..." His eyes suddenly turned red and tears welled up in his eyes.
Everyone was silent.
Qingshan's voice echoed behind him, "General Li has always been fair and impartial in leading his troops, and he enforces strict military discipline. We have no right to interfere in the internal affairs of the Beiling Army. Since you know his situation, you should not have been rude to Miss Su before, and now you continue to speak so shamelessly!"
"I..." He suddenly squatted down, punched the ice, and then burst into tears with his hands in his hands.
The man who had persuaded her twice before came over silently, sighed, and explained in a very low voice: "Miss, Mu Tou is just too upset. The wife that Dunzi's mother helped him marry..."
"She...she is Mu Mu's sister. He has lost his brother and he will not be able to face his sister again in the future. Alas."
After Su Chengnan understood it completely, he felt very uncomfortable.
It would be great if there was no war. What a pity, what a pity.
However, every country has its own laws and every family has its own rules. It is not her turn to say anything about the Beiling Army, which has strict military discipline.
and so……
"I understand your feelings, but I can't give you any extra money. This isn't our fault. Everyone has to pay the price for their choices. He bears his fate, and you have yours."
Li Mutou raised his head blankly.
Then Su Chengnan smiled, opened his purse, and gave him the ten taels of silver reward for breaking the ice.
"You earned it yourself, you can do whatever you want with it."
Li Mutou wiped his face vigorously, took the silver with both hands, and said, "Thank you, Miss Su." Then he held it tightly in his hands, as if it was the only thing he could hold on to at the moment.
Just as he was about to stand up,
Suddenly there was a crunching sound under your feet?
Pah, pah, pah, pah—
The ice cracked.
Su Chengnan was about to fall down...