activa-t Chapter 204 Reprimand
Chapter 204 Reprimand
Zhou Bo asked coldly, "What are you reporting for?"
Chu Xiaomu turned around, held the order that had been in his hand in front of Zhou Bo, and said, "Reporting to the Central Army, Deputy Central Army Xiao sent the two of us to report here." He thought to himself, weren't you urging us to come here? Why are you asking this even though you already know the answer?
Zhou Bo did not accept the order. He glanced at the order and read the contents written on it. He said coldly: "It is already past the chen hour. Don't you know that you need to come to my central army tent at the mao hour?"
Yingdan was about to explain when Chu Xiaomu secretly pulled him aside and said with his head down, "I admit my crime and am willing to be punished to work under the horse officer to chop hay and sweep horse manure." He thought that it would be better if you were angry, and it would be better if you punished us and sent us away. We don't want to face you, a cold-faced evil spirit, every day.
Zhou Bo snorted, stared at Chu Xiaomu and said, "You saved my daughter's life, how could I not know that? I will repay you in the future. However, if you want to use this as an excuse to stop my Nanding Army from being disregardful of military discipline and acting lazily, that will never work!"
Chu Xiaomu was shocked and said hurriedly: "Soldier... Soldier didn't mean that. How dare we disregard military discipline and act lazily..."
"Then what do you mean?"
Chu Xiaomu was afraid that Zhou Bo would beat the two of them with dozens of military sticks in anger. Although he didn't care, it would be much more painful if he hurt Yingdan than being beaten. He didn't dare to look at Zhou Bo, but he could feel his gaze like a cold and sharp knife, stabbing and stabbing at his body, as if it could peel off all his thoughts and thoughts and read them.
So he plucked up his courage and said, "I think the Central Army hates us, so they won't let us come to the Central Army's tent again."
Zhou Bo said nothing.
Chu Xiaomu lowered his head and couldn't see his expression. His heart was pounding as he waited for him to yell at him.
But Zhou Bo said calmly: "Tell us what you have learned."
Chu Xiaomu and Yingdan had no choice but to tell the truth.
Chu Xiaomu was talking about fun things like fishing and shrimping, digging for clams and collecting salt, and even raising bees and catching birds.
Yingdan talked about seven or eight things, including identifying jade, singing songs, arithmetic, writing, stirring and cooking.
Chu Xiaomu couldn't believe that Yingdan actually had so many abilities, and he admired him even more. He thought to himself that compared with the people from the East Continent, there is really a huge gap between me, a kid from a foreign and wild island, and he must never look down on others in the future.
Zhou Bo nodded, turned around and walked into the tent, saying, "Follow me in!"
Chu Xiaomu and Yingdan entered the tent and saw a small charcoal fire on one side of the tent. There was a table and two chairs next to it. One of the chairs was covered with a furry reddish-brown fox fur felt. A gentle and beautiful girl was sitting inside. She was Zhou Jinglan, the daughter of Zhou Bo.
Chu Xiaomu thought: "Golden Bird's Nest is indeed magical. Miss Jinglan almost died yesterday, but today she is fine."
When Jinglan saw Chu Xiaomu and Yingdan coming in, two blushes immediately appeared on her fair face and she lowered her head in shame.
Chu Xiaomu was an introverted person, but he didn't expect that this Jinglan girl was even more shy than him.
Zhou Bo sat on another chair and said, "There is not much to do in the Nanding army right now, so there is not much to do in my central army tent, and I don't need you two to be my guards." After a pause, he continued, "But it's not completely useless for Zhenrong to send you here. Some chores in the tent must be handled by someone..." Turning to look at Jinglan, he continued, "Lanlan has been staying in the tent all the time, not only is she suffocated, but it is also not good for her leg disease. Someone must take her out for a walk often..."
The two listened attentively, not looking away. They thought that taking Miss Jinglan out for a walk would be a great job, and they wondered who he would give it to.
Zhou Bo's eyes rolled over Chu and Ying several times. He first looked at Yingdan and said, "Judging from your appearance, you must be a meticulous person. You will be in charge of the miscellaneous chores in my account recently." Yingdan obeyed the order.
Zhou Bo's gaze fell on Chu Xiaomu again and said, "Lanlan always says that she feels a little bored staying in the camp. I heard that you are good at horse riding. I would like to trouble you to take her to the grassland in the future." Chu Xiaomu bowed and accepted the order, secretly delighted.
Jinglan, however, kept her head down, playing with the ends of her hair which had been braided into small braids, and it was impossible to see her expression.
Zhou Bo also roughly explained the things that should be paid attention to when handling chores in the tent, which things can be seen and touched, and which cannot be touched; the cold iron spear in the tent needs to be wiped twice a day with a clean silk cloth, and must not be forgotten; Jinglan is not used to eating mutton and dry biscuits cooked in the big pot in the army, and likes to eat carefully prepared side dishes, and needs to change her taste from time to time; the weather is already cold for Jinglan, and a few pieces of charcoal should be added to the charcoal stove in the meeting tent, and a few more pieces of charcoal should be added to Jinglan's tent - yesterday's accident still makes him feel scared; Jinglan cannot ride a horse, and when going out, he needs to carefully harness the carriage to avoid accidents... Seven or eight of the ten sentences he explained were related to Jinglan, which shows how much he loves his daughter.
Chu and Ying remembered them one by one.
Chu Xiaomu thought to himself, the general was right when he said that Zhou Zhongjun was the most prudent person in doing things. He actually thought of so many details.
Not long after, a soldier came running over and reported outside the tent: "In the central army, a group of soldiers from the Nanxun and Nangen camps had a dispute and had already used swords and guns..."
Zhou Bo's face changed color slightly, and without saying hello to Chu Xiaomu and Yingdan, he followed the soldier in a hurry.
As soon as he left, the atmosphere in the big tent suddenly became awkward.
Yingdan is as gentle as water and usually doesn't take the initiative to find topics to talk about; Chu Xiaomu is dull and quiet and doesn't like to talk much; Jinglan is even more introverted and shy. In front of strangers, she not only doesn't speak, but is also a little scared and nervous.
The big tent was unusually quiet for a moment; one could almost hear the heartbeats of the three people.
Finally, Chu Xiaomu broke the silence and took Yingdan to clean the tent, but left Jinglan aside, not knowing how to get along with her.
At lunch time in the afternoon, Yingdan used her cooking skills to cook three side dishes for Jinglan: one was stir-fried yellow mutton, one was vegetarian lotus root, and one was steamed mushrooms. They were all delicious and tasty.
However, Jinglan had a small appetite. She only took two or three bites of each dish with her chopsticks, and was full.
Chu Xiaomu went to the fire officer to get two meals and ate with Yingdan. The three of them ate their own food, and no one said a word.
The sky gradually darkened. They finally waited until Zhou Bo returned to the central military tent. The two men could not wait to hand over his orders before returning to their own tents.