"Hello ma'am!" Mu Hongshang hurriedly jumped off the horse and saluted Mrs. Zhang in a proper manner.

But what people didn't expect was that Mrs. Zhang jumped to the side in a panic and waved her hand at Mu Hongsheng again and again: "Miss, don't you dare to do this." What kind of lady am I! I can't afford to be you. ”

Mu Hongshang was startled by Mrs. Zhang's movements, and looked up at her brother a little overwhelmed. Mu Tieyi and Mu Qingyi looked like they were used to seeing each other, and said to Mu Hongsheng with a smile: "You can just follow your brother and call her aunt." ”

"Hello auntie." Mu Hongsheng obediently greeted her brother according to her brother's instructions, and wanted to salute Mrs. Zhang, but Mrs. Zhang hurriedly came up and took Mu Hongsheng's hand, and said with a cheerful smile: "Miss, don't salute me, I really don't understand these rules." Don't call me any lady in the future, I can't afford it. We used to be in charge of the goods bank to resist the bag, and later joined the army, under the command of General Mu, I have saved some military merits, and today in Shuozhou City, I can be regarded as having a head and a face, but in the final analysis, I am still a rough person who does not know a big word, which is different from your big family. ”

Although Aunt Zhang is fast and very enthusiastic, Mu Hongsheng has really never been in contact with a woman like her since she was a child, so she didn't know how to answer the conversation, so she had to smile at Aunt Zhang.

Her smile attracted a series of fuss and praise from Aunt Zhang, saying that after living for so many years, she had never seen a girl who smiled better than the eldest lady.

This exaggerated expression made Mu Hongshang a little uncomfortable, but Aunt Zhang didn't notice this, she had already happily turned around and turned to Zhang Luo: "General Mu, quickly find out the dried wild berries and give them to me, you can take care of them, and keep them so that the eldest lady can eat the sweet and fragrant wild berry soup." ”

"Good!" Mu Tieyi nodded with a smile, and then instructed Mu Qingyi: "You arrange a place for the little sister first, and then I will boil water to bathe the little sister." ”

"Don't Zhang Luo, don't Zhang Luo, there is me!" Aunt Zhang immediately volunteered to pat her chest: "Where is the man's job to boil the bath water." General Mu, and Mr. Mu, you all go and get busy, and the eldest lady will leave it to me, and take good care of it. ”

Just at this time, a sergeant ran over to spread the word, saying that General Shuobei had summoned the Shuozhou guards, and although Mu Tieyi and Mu Qingyi were reluctant to leave their sister, they were down to business. The two brothers instructed Mu Hongshang: "Hongshang, you follow your aunt to take a bath first, and my brother will come back later to get you something to eat." ”

"Me too......" Mu Hongsheng just wanted to say that she was also an officer, and she should be in the list when the general called her, but Mu Tieyi and Mu Qingyi ignored her and pushed her into Aunt Zhang's arms.

"Miss, come with me." Aunt Zhang dragged Mu Hongshang with excessive enthusiasm, chattering happily, and walked towards General Shuobei's mansion: "This road is dusty, are you tired?" Come on, go with your aunt, take a shower first, and change your clothes. Sleepy or not, take a bath and sleep up, keep delicious food. ”

"Auntie, don't call me Miss." Mu Hongsheng opened his mouth and said: "My name is Mu Hongsheng, and I am a lieutenant under the command of General Zhenguo. I didn't come to the north to visit my uncles and brothers, I was an officer. ”

"The young lady of your big family is just different from us uninformed rough people," Aunt Zhang replied with a smile, but her actions were still very consistent, and she continued to drag Mu Hongsheng to the general's mansion: "Girls can still be soldiers!" We don't have that here. Fighting in the army is a man's business, and it has nothing to do with us women. It's not a good thing to carry your head to the battlefield and exchange your life for money and food! There is military service, that is no way. ”

"No one volunteered to join the army?" Mu Hongshang asked.

"Yes, too!" Aunt Zhang replied: "The one who is in charge of our family took the initiative to join the army. The people here are different from your young masters and ladies from Beijing, and most of them go to serve as soldiers to eat. For example, if he doesn't join the army, our family will not starve to death. ”

"That's ......," Mu Hongsheng muttered.

"Not really!" Aunt Zhang looked back at her with a smile: "Miss, you are from Beijing, I don't know how difficult it is to make a living with us." We are two children, six children, two boys and four girls, and we have to pay four dowries. The girls from your big families in Beijing are all expensive, and in our place, the girls are really money-losers, and there is no adulteration at all. The eldest of my family got married a long time ago, and the second child came out of the cabinet last year, if it weren't for her father who still had a decent job in the army, how could he save her six satin horses for dowry. ”

"Hmm!" Mu Hongshang replied softly. She sounded a little harsh at the words of losing money, but she didn't argue anything, just quietly continued to listen to Aunt Zhang's chatter. Aunt Zhang is a cheerful person, and her words are dense, so she doesn't need Mu Hongshang to ask, she will shake off her own little things cleanly.

She dragged Mu Hongshang all the way inside, and just passed by the main hall of the General's Mansion, and the two suddenly heard a commotion. It was the woman who was screaming and screaming, mixed with the man's indistinct scolding.

Mu Hongshang immediately stopped, and before she could ask any questions, the door of the small side room next to the main hall was pushed open, and a woman fell to the door with her hair scattered, and then a man appeared, smashing his fist at the woman's face.

The woman covered her face and shrunk on the ground, crying inarticulately, as if she was begging for mercy. Mu Hongsheng immediately turned around and wanted to go over to stop the man, but Aunt Zhang reacted quickly and stopped in front of her, pushing her to continue walking backwards.

"It's not a big deal, Miss, you don't have to worry about such idle things." When Aunt Zhang said this, she even had a smile on her face.

Mu Hongshang looked at her face in surprise and asked, "Could it be that you watched that woman being beaten to death?" ”

"The eldest lady must have never seen it, and it scared you." Aunt Zhang hurriedly coaxed: "Don't worry!" No one would be so ignorant of the severity that they really beat their own women to death. If you go up to pull the rack, what will you do if you hurt yourself? ”

"That's her father-in-law?" Mu Hongshang pointed in shock in the direction of the two of them: "How can you beat your wife like this." ”

"Hey! Not to mention that the eldest lady and General Mu are brother and sister," Aunt Zhang seemed to be surprised: "General Mu and Mr. Mu can't see this, and they have to take care of it every time they see it." But it is not common for the father-in-law to beat his mother-in-law. Where can such idle things be managed? ”