Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside

Chapter 1489: Chapter 1489: New Year (6)

Sun Village Chief wiped a cold sweat, this Mrs. Niu is even more formidable than Master Mu described, doing things directly and forcefully.

However, Sun Village Chief still smiled and said, "Young masters, please follow this old servant."

"What? Young masters? Hahaha, Da Jin, Er Jin, San Jin, all of you have become young masters." Han Sansong’s old mother and Qiaozi’s wife laughed out loud when they heard this.

Mrs. Kuang got angry, pointed at them, and scolded, "What are you laughing at, my husband is Lord Company Commander, so of course my sons are young masters, just that we don’t have servants. All of you shut up, if you laugh again, don’t expect to stay in a room tonight, you’ll be pitching tents outside, and don’t even think about having meat!"

Slap, slap, slap, Han Sansong’s mother and Qiaozi’s wife quickly slapped themselves a few times, smiling apologetically, "Madam, calm down, we know our mistake, please don’t deny us a room or meat."

Han Sansong’s mother said, "Especially in my house, Madam you took half of my pig’s head!"

Mrs. Kuang: "Don’t talk to me about that half pig’s head, it fell on the road a long time ago, you go find it yourself."

That’s being unreasonable.

Ji Zhenniang was extremely angry, complaining, "A bunch of shrews, being with them is embarrassing."

Then she asked Gu Jinli, "Can we ditch them? Not travel with them, let’s go with the Zhang family, Sister-in-law Zhang is the eldest daughter of the Capital Earl Mansion, we should associate with noble ladies like Sister-in-law Zhang."

Gu Jinli glanced at her, said, "You sure know how to choose, can you hide your preference for the rich over the poor?"

After Jiang Zhenniang found out Mrs. Han was the eldest daughter of the Capital Earl Mansion, she was extremely nice to Mrs. Han; even before setting off this morning, she was imitating the noble family’s etiquette, greeting Mrs. Han.

Greeting?

You two are on the same level, both Company Commanders’ wives, why are you greeting?

Besides, weren’t you very tough before? Where’s your toughness when facing Sister-in-law Zhang?

Ji Zhenniang got angry, said, "When did I prefer the rich over the poor? Sister-in-law Zhang is indeed better than those shrews of Mrs. Kuang."

Gu Jinli said, "Don’t look down on Aunt Niu and them, the Northwest is different from the South, when we arrive, we need to get along with the locals, there are plenty of fierce women in the Northwest. If we encounter unreasonable ones, we need Aunt Niu and them to confront. Or would you do it? Can you? You’re useless, only know how to cry, completely useless."

Ji Zhenniang almost fainted from being scolded, shouted, "Am I that bad?! Ow, it hurts~"

Shouted too loudly, pulled on the bitten tongue.

But she felt she wasn’t wrong, enduring the pain, "Mrs. Kuang and them weren’t originally better than Sister-in-law Zhang, nor better than me."

Ha, so you also praised yourself a bit.

Gu Jinli: "Aunt Niu and them do have a lot of faults, but everyone has their use; like I’m particularly capable and smart, Sister-in-law Zhang can help us reach the authorities, Aunt Niu and them are for arguing or fighting with other fierce women when needed."

Finally said, "No one is perfect, small faults can still have big uses."

Recently, Ji Zhenniang had been taught by Nanny Tao, became more sensible, hearing this felt Gu Jinli was quite right, so temporarily didn’t argue with Mrs. Kuang and them, asked again, "Then what about me?"

What?

Gu Jinli looked at her expectant face, almost laughed out loud, "You? You have developed tear glands, able to cry."

Ji Zhenniang didn’t understand what developed tear glands meant, but she knew what being able to cry meant, was extremely angry, "Gu Xiaoyu, you’re insulting me, I will..."

Knock knock knock!

The carriage was knocked, interrupting Ji Zhenniang’s words.

Xie Cheng said, "Zhenniang, get off the carriage, let’s go to the courtyard we’ve been assigned."

San Lang was considerate, gave their family a courtyard, the surrounding courtyard had four rows of houses, each row with ten rooms, every soldier with family could be assigned a room and have a proper New Year with family tonight.

Those without family could only stay outside in tents.

But Sun Village Chief had cleared the area for tents long before, laid stones on the ground, built three fire pits and six heaters, with hot water boiling on them, so soldiers wouldn’t have to worry about drinking hot water.

Inside the tent, long planks on both sides were set up as beds, everyone no longer had to sleep on wild grass on the ground, could sleep warmly.

Ji Zhenniang heard their family got a courtyard, was happy, didn’t argue with Gu Jinli, took Nanny Xie off the carriage, returned to her own carriage, and went to their assigned courtyard with Xie Cheng.

Mrs. Kuang had already sent her three sons to the courtyard their family was assigned, because the Niu Family had many people, they got a bigger courtyard, every soldier with family got a room for the new year.

Those soldiers without family, though envious, also understood they had too many people, even if Gu Family’s manor built thousands of rooms, it wouldn’t be enough for them to live, so they didn’t complain.

As soon as they arrived, they were attracted by several large pots of stewed meat, each had a palm-sized piece of meat, and drank a bowl of meat soup, feeling very comfortable.

"No wonder we smelled meat when entering the manor, turns out there was so much meat being stewed, we can finally eat to our fill!" The women from Niu Family Camp were very happy, telling their men and children to grab the meat, while they went to grab the rooms, afraid they would be taken if they were late.

Sun Village Chief seeing this chaotic situation at Niu Family Camp, told Niu Dabao, "Company Commander Niu, the military values discipline most, since the families are with the army, rules need to be established. Otherwise, once we reach the Northwest, soldiers make contributions, but the families cause trouble because of lack of rules, that wouldn’t be good."

Added, "Rooms are assigned by headcount, your side has more rooms than people."

Niu Dabao’s face flushed hearing this, he shouted, "Everyone line up, damn it! Whoever grabs rooms lives in the wild!"

This shout scared everyone, a few young children even cried out loud in fear, making it even more chaotic.

Niu Dabao got a headache, damn it, what kind of people are these that he brought!

However, the women were still afraid of Niu Dabao, quickly lining up after his shout.

Mrs. Kuang saw and scolded, "Serves you right, you bunch of shrews, without some discipline, you all would be fighting God in the heavens!"

Niu Dabao: "Pah, what face do you have to say that, you’re the most undisciplined! Quickly assign them rooms, those with more people in bigger rooms, fewer in smaller rooms, don’t arrange randomly."

Mrs. Kuang said, "Got it, why do you men talk so much nonsense, quickly go to the manor’s main kitchen, pick out a few loads of chicken, pork, fish, lamb, rice, wine, and vegetables, we’re making New Year’s Eve dinner!"

Sun Village Chief: "..."

Are they going to eat Old Guzhuang poor?

Once the army and families entered the manor, the entire Old Guzhuang was bustling, with people shouting and children’s laughter and running, suddenly the manor had a New Year atmosphere.

Gu Jinli was happy hearing these sounds, said to Qin San Lang, "It’s New Year."

Qin San Lang nodded with a smile, "Yes, it’s New Year, everything’s lively now."

Then he reached out his hand, said, "Get off the carriage, we’ve reached our courtyard."

They were staying in the main courtyard of the manor, which was quite large, with two houses and two gardens, large enough to race a horse.

"Let’s go." Qin San Lang held Gu Jinli’s hand, went to the main room of the second courtyard, opened the door, and led Gu Jinli inside.

Gu Jinli saw the room’s setup, was surprised: "Why does it look so much like our bridal chamber?"