Chapter 197: Whose
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Please continue reading on ΒOXΝVEL.ϹΟM .Qi Haoran looked at her suspiciously. “Don’t tell me you made it up?”
Mu Yangling grabbed his arm and said, “If you don’t believe me, then put on makeup and come down with me to listen. They’re so very generous with those kind words.” Speaking of this, Mu Yangling was also curious. “Why does it sound like the relationship between the military and the civilians isn’t very harmonious? Otherwise, why would everyone be so grateful simply because of this one good act by the army?”
The smile on Qi Haoran’s face froze. Smiling, Fan Zijin said, “Other than the Yuan Family’s army, which is well-loved by the commoners, the other soldiers are indeed not very popular with the commoners.”
Although the soldiers defended their people against the Hus, there were also cases of soldiers snatching the wealth of the civilians and forcefully enlisting strong men. In Great Zhou, ordinary civilians did not like to interact with the soldiers.
Because the Great Zhou Emperor valued literary talent over martial arts, the local government controlled the rations and supply lifeline of the army. There had always been conflicts between the two sides, so their relationship was not very harmonious.
Qi Xiuyuan could be considered to have restrained himself. His relationship with Wu Shancai was not good either. Because he rarely appeared locally, the citizens of Xingzhou Prefecture were not familiar with him. Although they did not hate him, they did not have a good impression of him either. Instead, they felt some fear and aversion towards him because he had taken over the military households previously.
Qi Haoran did not know that he had helped Qi Xiuyuan win the favor of the civilians of Mingshui County by releasing the water to them this time. However, what really made everyone feel grateful towards Qi Xiuyuan and Qi Haoran was that the latter had asked the soldiers to help the old, weak, women, and children fetch water.
Looking at the dense crowd below, Qi Haoran felt a sense of accomplishment. “I’ve saved a lot of people today, right?”
Mu Yangling and Fan Zijin nodded as they suppressed their laughter.
“Haven’t you watered your fields? Why are you still fetching water?”
“The vegetables in my vegetable fields are about to die from the scorching sun. I had no choice but to come fetch two buckets of water. Anyway, since you’ve already walked so far, why don’t you go eat at my house?”
Qi Haoran asked as he walked, “What delicious food do you have at home?”
“I’ve been so busy these past few days that I haven’t had time to enter the mountains. How can there be anything delicious?” Mu Yangling carried two buckets of water as she walked to Qi Haoran’s left. Coincidentally, she saw the corn standing tall in her field. Her eyes lit up and she said, “Let’s go take a look at the corn. It might be edible already.”
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