Chapter 247: Internal Strife In The Wu Family
“Yo, Commander Wu, who beat you up? Tsk tsk tsk, poor thing.”
While saying words of sympathy, the tone sounded like schadenfreude.
Wu Hao’s face was ugly; he suspected Xie Chong had sent people to beat him.
Xie Chong walked over and patted his shoulder: “When you get better, we’ll spar.”
Wu Hao’s face turned even uglier: “General Xie, it’s not good to bully people like this.”
Xie Chong shot him a cold glance: “Yesterday your wife and daughter cursed my daughter and almost hit her. I don’t fight with women, but you, if you’re a man, don’t think you can escape.”
After speaking, he didn’t care how ugly Wu Hao’s face was and left with his men.
“General Xie!”
Wu Anyu wanted to step forward to stop him but was blocked by the big man from before.
“What are you doing? My general doesn’t know you, so don’t think about scamming us.”
“And don’t touch me, I have a wife at home.”
Wu Anyu hated him to death; who would want to touch him!
Watching them leave without looking back, Wu Anyu stomped her feet in anger.
Meanwhile, Wu Hao and Commandery Princess Ning had started fighting again.
“How many times have I told you to behave yourself? Xie Chong already dislikes me and wants to weaken my power. Why did you provoke his daughter? Ever since I married you, my Wu family has been in chaos. We’ve had eight lifetimes of bad luck.”
Commandery Princess Ning pointed at him incredulously: “You blame me? Don’t forget that your current position is thanks to my family. Without my mother, the Princess’s identity protecting you, could you have reached this position?”
Wu Hao hated it the most when people said he only reached his current position by relying on women. The accumulated anger instantly erupted, and he slapped Commandery Princess Ning.
“If you all hadn’t been causing trouble everywhere, I wouldn’t have been beaten like this yesterday!”
Now he was almost certain that Xie Chong had beaten him, but he had no evidence.
My goodness, after Wu Hao’s slap, Commandery Princess Ning also completely lost it, her nails directly scratching towards his face.
“You’re crazy!”
Wu Anyu returned and looked at her fighting family, impatience flashing in her eyes.
Xie Chong was the highest authority here, and he was young and good-looking, the most capable person Wu Anyu could currently approach.
The Princess’s mansion had fallen into decline. Her mother, despite holding the identity of a Commandery Princess, acted arrogantly outside. In reality, her family knew best that she had nothing left but that Commandery Princess title.
If they returned to Shangjing, their family wouldn’t even compare to a fifth-rank noble family with some real power.
So, even if she returned to Shangjing, she wouldn’t find anyone more excellent who was willing to marry her.
Xie Chong was still young and commanded hundreds of thousands of troops. Even though his grassroots background made the true noble families and royal nobles look down on him, he held real power, and those people had to be subservient to him.
Furthermore, Xie Chong’s household was clean, except for a little bastard who appeared from who knows where. If she could truly marry him, she would become the matriarch.
Therefore, Xie Chong was her best choice.
But after these two interactions, Xie Chong had no interest in her at all.
No, she had to think of a way.
On the other side, Xie Chong, who was being thought of, told his subordinate to return to the military camp first, while he went home.
Unusually, there were guests at home.
“Daddy~”
Qin Wanwan, who was drinking milk tea with her new little friends under the grapevine, saw her daddy return and immediately put down her bowl and ran over.
Xie Chong skillfully picked up the milk ball that rushed towards him.
“Daddy, why did you come back?”
Qin Wanwan kissed his face and asked happily.
Xie Chong pinched her chubby little face: “Came back to see you.”
“Daddy, look, my friends have come to see me.”
Several little girls also stepped forward and bowed respectfully: “General Xie.”
Xie Chong nodded: “Thank you for playing with Wanwan.”
“You’re welcome, we like Wanwan too, she’s so well-behaved.”
These were all daughters of military generals. Their education was more casual and free compared to the young ladies of noble families in Shangjing. Even those who appeared gentle externally had fought with other children when they were young.
But they all liked Wanwan, such a beautiful, well-behaved, and soft little sister, who was super cute.
Seeing that Wanwan was fine, Xie Chong didn’t stay long and left again.
Qin Wanwan continued to play with her new friends. These children were quite bold and weren’t afraid of the animals at home at all.
Some even particularly liked Xiao Hei, the large snake.
The one who liked Xiao Hei was the girl Lin Nan: “What a beautiful large snake, what breed is it? I’d also love to raise one, it would be so majestic to take out.”
Being liked and praised by someone other than Wanwan for the first time, Xiao Hei wagged the tip of its tail happily, thinking this little girl had good taste.
Qin Wanwan: “I don’t think there are any snakes of Xiao Hei’s breed. When it has babies in the future, I’ll see if it’s willing to let you raise one.”
Lin Nan asked curiously: “Is this snake male or female?”
Saying this, she lifted Xiao Hei’s tail, trying to distinguish.
Xiao Hei: “???”
“How do you tell? There’s no little ** here.”
Qin Wanwan: …………
“Lin Nan, you’ll get scolded again when you go back like this!”
Lin Nan stuck out her tongue: “Hehe.”
Xiao Hei quickly ran to Qin Wanwan’s side, its eyes filled with a hint of fear.
“Hiss…”
Big Treasure encountered a pervert!
Qin Wanwan patted Xiao Hei’s head: “Xiao Hei is a male snake.”
Lin Nan was disappointed: “Then how can it have babies?”
Qin Wanwan: “It can have a wife.”
Lin Nan’s eyes lit up: “Oh, right, then be sure to notify me when Xiao Hei has babies.”
They played at the General’s Mansion until it was almost time for dinner.
When they left, Qin Wanwan gave each of them a pot of flowers.
Some liked flowers, and others liked the easier-to-care-for succulents.
“Goodbye, Wanwan, remember to come play at my house. You can bring Xiao Hei and the others too, my dad and older brother will definitely like them very much.”
Qin Wanwan happily agreed.
In the evening, she went to the study to write letters, happily writing about making friends, and then sent letters to the three daddies who weren’t around.
The letters were delivered by carrier pigeons, of course.
She could understand animal languages, so she had a natural advantage in training carrier pigeons.
In the following days, she took the animals at home to visit various households and became thoroughly familiar with her companions.
Every time she returned from someone else’s house, she brought back a pile of gifts.
There were delicious pastries and some beautiful hairpins and jewelry.
The older sisters and aunts were so enthusiastic.
But her little face and small hands also suffered, being pinched many times.
With companions, Qin Wanwan wasn’t bored when her daddy wasn’t home.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was almost time for the crops to mature.
The closer it got to crop maturity, the more vigilant the border army became.
“General, the locusts we’ve discovered are increasing these days.”
Xie Chong looked at the heavy rows of wheat with a solemn expression.
“Starting today, drive the tens of thousands of chickens, ducks, and geese kept in the military camp over here.”
