Chapter 327 'Hard Work'
Although the Jia family's rear quarters were not very stable, Rong Xi Tang was peaceful.
When Jia Zheng woke up in the morning and heard that his son, nephew and his wife were all out of danger, he was immediately relieved. He pulled Sun Shaozong to hold the pot and drink a few cups of wine - of course, this time it was tea instead of wine.
But after three rounds of tea, the two were talking about Baoyu's illness and the recent political situation in the court, when Lin Zhixiao came in to report that everything had been prepared and they were just waiting for Sun Shaozong to set off.
Sun Shaozong immediately stood up and bowed, saying, "Uncle, please stay. Steward Lin will take me there."
"Hey~"
Jia Zheng also stood up and pretended to be dissatisfied, saying: "If it weren't for my nephew, how could Baoyu have survived this disaster? Not to mention sending him a few steps, even if I were to drive my nephew home myself, it would be reasonable!"
The two exchanged a few more polite words before walking out of Rong Xi Tang shoulder to shoulder.
When they arrived in front, they saw a carriage that was already ready, and sitting in the carriage were Jia Yingchun and her servants.
At the beginning, the master and servant came under the pretext of visiting the sick. Now that Jia Baoyu and Wang Xifeng have recovered, it would not be appropriate for them to stay at their parents' home for long, so they packed their luggage and prepared to return to the Sun family with Sun Shaozong.
Seeing someone leading out Sun Shaozong's mount from the side in front of the carriage, Sun Shaozong prepared to mount the horse and say goodbye and leave.
"Teach!"
Just at this moment, a childish voice suddenly reached everyone's ears, and then Jia Lan was seen running towards them, and the two maids were unable to catch up with him.
When he saw Jia Zheng was there, the little fellow quickly stopped walking, bowed like a little adult, and said in a crisp voice, "Lan'er greets grandfather."
In those days, people believed that "a gentleman would rather hold his grandchildren than his own sons." In addition, Jia Lan lost his father at a young age, so Jia Zheng loved him even more.
Seeing that he was sweating profusely while running, Jia Zheng quickly picked him up, bit his rosy cheek, and said distressedly, "Why is this child running so fast? Why didn't you two stop him?"
The two maids hesitated, not knowing how to explain, but Jia Lan rushed to say, "Don't blame them. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to make it in time to send the teacher off, so I ran a few steps."
As he spoke, he scratched his head and said rather embarrassedly, "It's not that Lan'er was late on purpose. It was really because I saw Uncle Huan crying on the road, so I stopped to comfort him and said a few words, so I was a little late."
Li Wan would never tell her son, who was only a few years old, about the dirty things Aunt Zhao had done, but the two maids around Jia Lan knew it very well, so they were unable to say anything just now.
When Jia Zheng heard that Jia Huan was crying, he looked a little embarrassed, but he didn't want to be laughed at by others, so he laughed and put Jia Lan in front of Sun Shaozong, saying, "Since you are here to see the teacher off, I wonder what you want to say to the teacher?"
Sun Shaozong didn't want to get involved in these messes, so he acted as if nothing had happened, lowered his body, and listened attentively.
Jia Lan blinked his eyes and stared at Sun Shaozong awkwardly for a while. Suddenly, he took out a bag of snacks from his sleeve and said, "This is the snack made by mother. It's Lan's favorite. Master, please take it with you on the road."
This child is as lovable as his mother!
No conversation along the way.
But when he arrived at his own residence, he saw Jia Yingchun timidly get off the car. Although she didn't dare to look at him straight in the eye, her face clearly showed some anticipation of meeting him again after a short separation.
Although the two of them were living in the villa these days, they didn't even see each other's shadow - Sun Shaozong was fine, he didn't have much time to think about random things, but Jia Yingchun was sighing in despair all day long.
but……
Although Sun Shaozong saw through her intentions, he still bowed and said seriously: "I have been a little tired these days. If there is nothing important, I will not go to talk to my brother today. Please tell my sister-in-law."
This was explicitly referring to his cheap elder brother, but implicitly meant that he would not spend the night in Jia Yingchun's room - after all, he had not seen Ruan Rong and his son for several days.
This habit of getting bored with the old and loving the new is absolutely unacceptable!
Jia Yingchun's expression suddenly grew much darker, but she did not show it and only responded timidly. Then the two of them returned to their respective quarters.
But when Sun Shaozong returned home, he first had a good time with his son until the little guy started crying loudly Then he went to Ruan Rong's room with satisfaction.
After just a few words, he heard someone from the yard coming and saying that his cheap elder brother wanted him to go to the study to talk.
Could it be something big?
Sun Shaozong was curious and naturally did not dare to delay, so he hurried to the study.
"Ji Lang!"
As soon as I entered the room, I heard Sun Shaozu ask solemnly, "What about Megatron?"
Sun Shaozong was stunned for a long while before he realized that he was not talking about the one in Transformers, but the new type of musket.
But why is Brother Cheap asking this?
He is the lieutenant general of the patrol battalion, not of the Shenji Battalion. What does the new musket have to do with him?
"Oh!"
Sun Shaozu sighed and said helplessly, "It's all because of the word 'alternate'. Yesterday, Prince Zhongshun called me over and said that the position of commander of the Patrol Battalion is not available for the time being, but there is a vacancy in the Shenji Battalion, and asked me if I would like to transfer to the Shenji Battalion to serve."
Is there such a good thing?!
Sun Shaozong was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly advised: "Go, go, of course you should go! Brother, even though the Shenji Camp is not doing well now, in a few years, I'm afraid even the Huben Camp will be behind it!"
As he spoke, he told Brother Cheap about the benefits and uses of the musket one by one.
Brother Cheap had been in the army for many years, so he naturally had some experience. After listening to Sun Shaozong's praise for a long time, he said bluntly: "Compared with the crossbow, this thing has its own advantages and disadvantages, but just the two advantages of being easy to train and durable in combat are enough to replace the crossbowmen."
“More than that!”
Sun Shaozong added: "We have only just started to imitate it, so the cost is a bit high. When it is mass-produced in the future, the price will be much cheaper than the longbows commonly used in the army!"
"Then this business will be even easier!"
Sun Shaozu waved his fist excitedly: "Tomorrow I will tell the prince that I am willing to go to the Shenji Camp to fill the vacancy!"
As he spoke, he suddenly patted Sun Shaozong on the shoulder again, and said with a stern look in his eyes: "But if this happens, I'm afraid you will have to work hard recently."
Make yourself hard?
Sun Shaozong was confused by what he said. What did this have to do with him?
"Why is it irrelevant?"
Sun Shaozu glared and scolded, "If I go to the Shenji Camp, it will take at most two or three months, and I will have to go to Jinmen Prefecture to lead the team for training. If you don't make her pregnant as soon as possible, who knows how long it will take when I leave?"
Sun Shaozong: “…”
