Chapter 8: Cub, Quickly Check Your Merit Points And Open The Mall!
“General, what should we do with these women?”
Xie Chong found dealing with such matters troublesome, but he couldn’t abandon them.
Thinking of the single young men in the military camp, he said, “Find the military advisor to take a census. How many people in our army don’t disdain these young ladies and are willing to marry them?”
“There will be quite a few.”
Although in this era, many men cared about a woman’s chastity.
But this situation was generally more of a concern for wealthy and powerful families. Ordinary commoners, some men remained bachelors their entire lives and couldn’t even afford to marry a woman.
Not to mention places like the army, which were full of men.
Xie Chong had a hundred thousand warriors under his command, and tens of thousands of them were low-ranking soldiers without families. They had nowhere to find wives.
The border pass was a place with few women, and there weren’t even any widows.
Because widows also commanded a high price.
Although these women had lost their purity, they were still women. Setting aside their temperaments, each one was beautiful.
If these women were willing, it was uncertain if they could find their ideal husbands, but there would certainly be those willing to live a good life with them.
The deputy general quickly went to find the military advisor.
Xie Chong: “You will follow the army to the border pass first. Whether you stay or not will be up to you then.”
He didn’t know how to talk to this group of women; his stern face was more intimidating than a bandit’s.
A group of women huddled together, holding themselves, not daring to look at him.
Qin Wanwan shuffled her feet and tiptoed to her daddy’s side.
“Daddy, there are no more baozi.”
She had originally planned to save them for Daddy, but now they were all distributed to her.
Xie Chong took Qin Wanwan to get more baozi.
The little one asked her daddy to break it directly in half, and she took the smaller half.
The scene of one big and one small person sitting together gnawing on baozi was quite heartwarming.
Only one of them was stuffing it into her mouth little by little, her chubby cheeks bulging, like a little squirrel.
The other finished it in two bites, eating somewhat crudely.
Quite a few people’s gazes frequently swept towards them, then they whispered quietly.
“I wouldn’t have thought it, but our General can actually be gentle at times.”
“He still has that expressionless face. How can your two eyeballs see gentleness in him?”
“You don’t understand, it’s his aura. His aura doesn’t look as scary, look carefully.”
Qin Wanwan finished her baozi, holding up her small hands, which were greasy.
She looked like she was searching for something to wipe them with but couldn’t find anything.
Then her little gaze fell on Xie Chong beside her.
As soon as Xie Chong saw her sparkling eyes, he pulled the clothes beside her over.
“No.”
Qin Wanwan quibbled, “I wasn’t going to wipe my hands on your clothes.”
Xie Chong snorted, “I haven’t said anything yet.”
This was basically a confession.
After speaking, he threw her a handkerchief, “Use this. Remember to wash it clean for me after you use it.”
Qin Wanwan pouted and mumbled, “I don’t know how to wash.”
While they were talking, Keke, who had flown off somewhere, returned.
It had a fresh peach the size of a fist in its mouth and flew over crookedly, flapping its wings.
“Mmm mmm mmm…”
Unable to speak with its mouth full, Keke landed on Qin Wanwan’s shoulder and dropped the peach into her hand.
“So tired, bird.”
After descending to the mortal world, it couldn’t use any magic. This little bird body was too useless.
“Cub, eat your after-meal fruit quickly.”
Holding the peach, Qin Wanwan nuzzled her chubby little face against Keke.
“Keke, you’re the best! I like Keke the most.”
Keke was immediately satisfied, the fatigue of the moment vanishing.
Its cub was too easily satisfied, just a mortal peach.
Qin Wanwan handed the peach to her daddy.
“Daddy, peel it. Mao Mao doesn’t want to eat the fuzz.”
This peach had a layer of fuzz.
Xie Chong: “Spoiled.”
Although he said that, he still used his dagger to peel it for her.
Although the wild peach wasn’t very large, the peach flavor was very rich.
“Daddy, cut it into three portions: one for Daddy, one for Keke, and one for Wanwan.”
The little girl leaned almost her entire body on his lap, raising her tender, beautiful little face and speaking softly.
At her insistence, the small peach was divided into three portions.
The largest two-thirds went to Wanwan, and the remaining one-third was split equally between Xie Chong and Keke.
Keke, holding the peach, was immensely moved.
“Cub, you’re too good to me, I’m so touched.”
Qin Wanwan patted Keke’s head: “Keke, you’re so silly. Keke brought this peach.”
“Then I’m touched too.”
Xie Chong sat to the side without speaking. He ate the small piece of peach in one bite, and a sweet taste lingered in his mouth.
The discarded peach peel was also not wasted; Qin Wanwan fed it to Xie Chong’s horse.
She even put the final peach pit in her small bag.
Xie Chong had something to attend to and left. Keke immediately took Qin Wanwan to a secluded place.
“Quick, quick, cub, check your merit points and open the mall!”
Qin Wanwan said “Oh.”
In the blink of an eye, a transparent screen appeared in front of her, visible only to her and Keke.
It showed her merit points as 100, which was enough to open the mall.
Keke stood on her shoulder: “Cub, quickly open the mall. Let’s see what the Heavenly Dao has prepared for you.”
Qin Wanwan followed its instructions and tapped to open the mall. The next second, the panel’s display changed.
Pictures of quite a few items appeared.
There was food, drinks, and useful items. Only a small portion of them she had seen before; she hadn’t seen the others.
“Stingy, stingy! The Heavenly Dao is too stingy. Why are they all ordinary items, and now we can only purchase pasture grass!”
Among the pictures, only one was lit up, and it was pasture grass!
As Keke finished speaking, the sky suddenly darkened, and a bolt of lightning struck.
“Caw!”
This scene happened too suddenly; everyone was bewildered.
Xie Chong’s expression changed. He dropped what he was holding and ran towards Qin Wanwan’s direction.
Then, he saw Qin Wanwan standing dazed in place, unharmed, and… Keke, twitching its small legs on the ground, having turned into a black crow.
Qin Wanwan squatted down and picked up Keke, very worried, “Keke, are you okay?”
She wasn’t worried that Keke would die. The Heavenly Dao had a sense of proportion.
“Yes, I am.”
Keke: “I’m numb.”
Qin Wanwan pursed her little lips and mumbled softly, “The Heavenly Dao doesn’t like people who speak ill of It.”
Keke wanted to curse again, but didn’t dare.
The experience of being struck by lightning, only those who endured it would know.
“What’s going on?”
Xie Chong walked over, silently checked Qin Wanwan, and when he saw she was fine, the worry in his heart subsided.
After that, he was stunned, his brow furrowed tightly.
Why was he so nervous?
“I’m fine, Daddy. Keke is hurt.”
Xie Chong glanced at Keke and said, “Oh. Is it dead?”
“You’re the one…”
Keke, who had jumped up, wanted to say “You’re the one who’s dead,” but upon meeting his dark eyes, it dared not speak.
If one is about to die, no one can speak!
