Chapter 103: Oh No
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Fan Zijin looked at her in disdain. “Why would we waste time doing that when we know you won’t betray us?”
“…How do you know I won’t?”
Fan Zijin said firmly, “Your entire family is in our hands.”
Mu Yangling turned around and left, not talking to them anymore.
Seeing that he had finally angered her, Fan Zijin immediately felt extremely comfortable. A joyful smile appeared on his face.
Qi Haoran glanced at him in disdain. “Childish.” He turned around and chased after Mu Yangling. “I’m saying this in front of you because I trust you. Really!”
Just as Mu Yangling was about to believe him, Qi Haoran asked, “Do you have time now? Come with me to the drill ground to fight.”
Mu Yangling continued walking even faster.
After spending half a month, Qi Xiuyuan finally divided up the territories of the five divisions.
Of the five divisions, four of them had commanders leading them. Only the 5th Division didn’t have one, for Qi Xiuyuan handed it over to Qi Haoran to manage.
The other four generals had no objections at all. This was because Qi Haoran’s 5th Division was made up of miscellaneous soldiers—the injured, the weak, the sneaky, and the old were all thrown into the 5th Division. The four generals even felt that the general was giving the young master a difficult problem.
When the soldiers of the 5th Division saw Qi Haoran, they all called him Little General. The four generals also called him ‘Little General’ loudly.
The 5th Division’s camp was in Mingshui County. Aside from the 5th Division, half of the 3rd Division’s camp was also in Mingshui County.
Poor Song Zhi. He had just become a county magistrate, but he was already facing a huge problem. Since more than half of Mingshui County had become a military district, he could now only manage the remaining half. It was less impressive being a county magistrate now compared to being a County Deputy back then.
The Mu family was assigned to Qi Haoran. After they were allocated land, their entire family moved out of the General’s Residence.
The other villagers of Nearhill Village were scattered into other camps. Among them, Liu Daqian and Liu Erqian’s family were in the 3rd camp, which was not far from them. However, Liu He’s family was asked to go to the 1st camp, which was currently in the West Camp’s territory.
The Mu family was allocated a total of 180 acres of land. Among them, 100 acres were military fields and 80 acres were freehold fields. Out of those 80 acres, 40 acres were Mu Shi’s, and Shu Wanniang and Mu Bowen were also each allocated 20 acres.
As the newborn Mu Bosi was not yet three years old, he was not allocated any land.
In ancient times, babies had a low survival rate. Only when they lived past three years old could their condition barely stabilize and be classified as underage. As for Mu Yangling, she was a girl and had never been considered a “underage” by the country. Poor Mu Yangling. Now, she could not even be considered a person.
The various villages in Mingshui County had been destroyed by the Hus, and very few were spared. With Qi Haoran taking care of them, they were lucky to be assigned a thatched hut in Chenggu Village not far from Mingshui County. Now, it had been renamed Chenggu Garrison because this area had become a military garrison. The 5th Division’s camp was at the foot of Luocong Mountain, which was not far away.
This area was a part of Luocong Village. In the county, it was very dignified to be the village chief of Luocong Village, and this position had always been held by a member of the He family. Shocked by the sudden change, the He family resigned from the position. Happy that there was no one restricting him, Song Zhi squeezed out a rare smile for Qi Haoran.
Qi Haoran admired his courage to defend the city alone and was even more polite to him. The two of them miraculously chatted happily, as if they were old friends.
This was how Mu Yangling felt, but Qi Haoran and Song Zhi didn’t think so.
Qi Haoran felt that he was already an adult and was on the same level as Song Zhi.
Song Zhi felt that he was only 27 years old and had yet to reach his prime, so he could call Qi Haoran his brother. Regarding this, Fan Zijin only bowed respectfully when he saw Song Zhi again and greeted him, “Uncle Song.”
Qi Haoran: “…” What a brother.
Song Zhi: “…” ‘I’d better not play with these brats in the future.’
“Hahahaha…” This was Mu Yangling’s laughter after hearing Qi Haoran describe the entire incident from his perspective.
Mu Yangling lay on the brick bed and couldn’t help but hammer the brick bed as she laughed. The rocks beside the brick bed fell with a rustling sound, stunning Mu Yangling.
Mu Bowen jumped up and shouted, “Sister, you broke our brick bed.”
“How is that possible?” Mu Yangling was stunned. “I controlled my strength.” Ever since she was five years old, Mu Yangling had gradually mastered control over her strength. These days, she would no longer accidentally break a stool with her arms or a brick bed with her legs.
Qi Haoran and Fan Zijin both stood stiffly and looked at the fallen rocks on the ground.
Mu Yangling smiled awkwardly as she touched the edge of the brick bed. “It must be because it’s not sturdy to begin with…”
Mu Yangling looked at the rock in her hand and was speechless. She swore that she had really only touched it lightly just now. She had not used any strength at all, and this rock had simply landed in her hand just like that.
Fan Zijin took two steps back. Only when he felt that he was safe did he say insincerely, “Perhaps.”
Mu Yangling looked up and glared at him.
Qi Haoran went forward and tried to break a rock off with all his might, but the brick bed remained as it was.
Mu Yangling’s expression froze completely. Qi Haoran scratched his head and asked in confusion, “Could it be that your strength has increased again? Bowen, has your sister’s appetite increased these past two days?”
Little Bowen pondered seriously. After a while, he shook his head and said, “No, she’s still eating three bowls of rice like before.”
Mouth agape, Fan Zijin turned around and went to the Mu family’s kitchen to take out a bowl. He asked, “This kind of bowl?”
Little Bowen nodded as usual. “Yes, this is my father and sister’s bowl.”
Fan Zijin and Qi Haoran looked at Mu Yangling’s stomach.
Mu Yangling held her stomach and shouted, “What are you looking at? I eat a lot and work a lot. Try it. Who can hunt more than me in the mountains?”
Qi Haoran and Fan Zijin looked away at the same time. After a while, Qi Haoran comforted her dryly. “You eat so well. Since you’re not picky about food, it’s easy to raise you.”
Mu Yangling became even angrier and glared at him.
Rubbing his head, Qi Haoran looked at Fan Zijin helplessly. “Why don’t I help you try to see if your brick bed is sturdy?” Without waiting for Mu Yangling to react, he raised his leg and kicked it. As soon as his heel touched the brick bed, the four of them saw cracks appear on the brick bed before it collapsed under their gazes.
Qi Haoran turned around stiffly and looked at the dumbfounded Mu Yangling. He chuckled and said, “This brick bed does seem a little unstable.”
“Ah—” Mu Yangling shouted, “My brick bed—”
Qi Haoran turned around and ran, not forgetting to grab Fan Zijin.
Mu Yangling chased after him and ran out of the village. Placing her hands on her waist, she shouted, “Qi Haoran, you’d better not appear in front of me again.”
Out of breath from being pulled by Qi Haoran, Fan Zijin shouted, “This is your fault. Why are you pulling me along? What has this got to do with me?”
“We’re on the same side. Are you still my brother?”
Fan Zijin said decisively, “One should take responsibility for their own actions.”
Qi Haoran pretended not to hear her.