Chapter 54 Wang Xifeng's Envy
"Because the army wants to report back to the court quickly, the general ordered his subordinates to come with him, so that the elders in the mansion can rest assured! These are the letters that the general ordered his subordinates to bring back. One of them is for the old lord in the mansion, and the other one is said to be for the second young lady in the mansion!"
"Originally, the general also prepared some New Year gifts for the mansion. However, we were traveling fast and changed horses but not people, so we couldn't carry heavy things. We had to send someone else to deliver them back. Therefore, the general asked me to apologize to the elders in the mansion first!"
"My grandson has suffered so much!" After listening to the soldier's story, the old lady was not happy but burst into tears. Jia Zheng, Jia Lian and Baoyu, who were accompanying her in the hall, showed expressions of shock and disgust.
As for the sisters behind the screen, they were already in tears!
Although the soldier only said it in passing, it is not easy to defeat the enemy with a small number of troops, kill thousands of people in battle, and directly kill through the enemy's center.
This is a credit that I earned with my life at stake!
"Is my grandson injured?" asked Grandmother Jia anxiously.
"This..." The soldier hesitated, and Grandmother Jia urged him, "Just tell me. My grandson is fighting hard outside. How can I, as a grandmother, not know his situation?"
"My Lord, the general was hit by several arrows, but none of them hit his vital parts! Before I came back, the general had recovered and was able to lead his troops into battle!"
"Ah..." Grandmother Jia exclaimed, and then burst into tears!
Jia Zheng, who was standing by, burst into tears. "Why is it so? Why is it so?"
Grandmother Jia cried for a while, and finally stopped crying. Then she said , "The warrior has come all the way back, and I think he must have been tired. He will rest for two days at home..."
"Please excuse me, Lord Feng. Military affairs are urgent. I must reunite with my comrades immediately and then return to the Lanzhou camp!"
"That's... well, it's my family that's been neglectful!"
"Feng girl, go to the kitchen immediately and pack some ready-made food for the warrior to take away, and also take out 20 taels of silver to reward the warrior."
The soldier hurriedly said, "I am here on orders, how dare I accept it!"
"It's okay. Since Cong-ge'er sent you here, you must be his confidant, which means you are one of his family. Moreover, you and Cong-ge'er are comrades-in-arms, so you should support each other! Just a few dozen taels of silver will be useful for you on your journey."
Upon hearing this, the soldier had no choice but to agree.
After a while, Wang Xifeng had someone bring the packed food and silver!
The soldier took it, bowed, and left.
After the soldiers left, Jia's mother continued to cry. Wang Xifeng stepped forward to comfort her, "Grandfather, our Cong brother has killed the general and seized the flag, and has been promoted. How impressive! You should be happy. Who knows, after he comes back in a year or two, he can earn a title of nobility for our family."
"How could that lordship be easy to obtain? It cost so many lives! Killing thousands of enemies and being shot by arrows, it only sounds like one sentence to us, but my grandson must have suffered so much! Just listening to it, my heart breaks!"
"Among all my children and grandchildren, he is the only one who is capable. Now the whole family can only rely on him. Without his father and brothers to help him, how can I, an old woman, feel at ease?"
Jia Zheng kneeled down in shame, "Mother, please calm down. It's your son's fault!"
"Humph, how could I not know that you and the eldest brother are incompetent? If you could hold up the two mansions, would my good grandson have to risk his life for you?"
"Forget it. I can't control you anyway. I'll just pray to Buddha every day and pray for my grandson to come back soon!"
Grandmother Jia stroked the two boxes in front of her and opened one of them. There were three letters in it. In addition to the one addressed to Grandmother Jia, there were also letters to Jia Zheng and Jia She.
"Take these two letters and show them to your brother. It's a pity that my grandson still misses you, his father and uncle!"
As he said this, he asked Yuanyang to take the letter, unfolded it and began to read it.
Soon, she closed the letter, wiped the tears from her eyes and said, "This monkey is still thinking about me, his grandmother, but he only talked about interesting things, not the suffering, hardship and pain he endured!"
"Feng girl, now do you know how our two mansions got their wealth? It was the same way for the two generations of dukes back then, and that's how we women earned all this wealth. The dignity of the women in our backyard was bought with the lives of the men in the front yard."
"What are mountains of gold and seas of silver? When you go out again, you have a brother who is the bravest among the three armies and has killed thousands of enemies to support you. Who in the capital would not look up to you?"
Wang Xifeng nodded vigorously. She liked power the most, but the most she could do was to manage some maids and servants in the mansion. And that Cong brother, leading thousands of men and generals to kill the enemy, how majestic was that? Thinking about that scene made her tremble all over! It was a pity that her man was useless. If he could catch up with Cong brother, she would not be bullied by those maids.
"Those girls are coming here too!"
"He came early and has been crying behind me!"
"Ah, they are lucky to have such a brother! You go and give this box to them. I won't go and cause them any more sorrow !"
Wang Xifeng nodded, picked up the other box, and walked towards the side hall.
Sure enough, everyone in the side hall had already started crying, except Xiangyun and Tanchun, who also had tears on their faces, but their eyes were filled with longing and admiration.
"Our Third Master is thinking about you girls and brought you a letter!" Wang Xifeng handed the box to Yingchun.
Yingchun couldn't wait to open it, but she saw a stack of letters inside! There was a name written on each letter.
"Oh, my third brother also wrote to me!" Tanchun said in surprise.
"There are mine too!"
"This belongs to Sister Lin!"
"Are there any for me?"
After a quick check, it turned out that everyone had one, even Baochai who was not here and the three maids in the yard were not left out.
All the girls couldn't wait to open their own letters, but Daiyu rolled her eyes and hid the letter in her sleeve!
In fact, the contents of most of the women's letters were similar, with only slight differences! Moreover, none of them mentioned the war, but mostly some border scenery and interesting stories in the military camp.
"Oh, third brother said that among the gifts he will send later, he has prepared a small dagger for me!" Xiangyun said in surprise.
"Second sister, third sister, fourth sister, did third brother mention any gifts he prepared for you in his letter to you?"
"Mine is a string of jade beads!" Yingchun carefully folded the letter and put it away.
"Mine too!" Tanchun laughed.
"Third brother said he sent me some excellent paint!" Xichun was very satisfied. It was the first time that someone paid so much attention to her.
"What about yours, girl Lin?"
Daiyu, who was standing aside, was thinking about what Jia Cong would give her, while pricking up her ears to listen to what her sisters were talking about!
