The Humble Family's Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket! novel Chapter 233

Chapter 233: Chapter 215: No One Should Despise Anyone – Part 1

Zhongzhou Province, bordering Fenxi Province to the north, was bustling with activity when Commander Shen escorted the grain seeds over, and a troop of soldiers immediately welcomed them.

Recognizing the leader as Guo Qiang, Governor Guo’s trusted aide, Commander Shen breathed a sigh of relief.

Because the last batch of grain seeds had been hijacked, he had been on edge throughout the journey, taking every precaution.

“Brother Lu Shuo.”

“Brother Shen.”

The two greeted each other with a formal exchange.

Lu Shuo clenched his fists and said with a grateful face, “Brother Shen, you have had a hard journey.”

Commander Shen smiled and waved his hand, “There’s no need to mention it, Brother Lu Shuo—we’re all working for the Governor.” He was once a soldier under Guo Mao, the current Duke Dingguo, who was Governor Guo’s father; naturally, he was devoted to the affairs of his former lord.

Lu Shuo, looking at the row upon row of carts laden with grain seeds, showed a delighted expression, “You’ve managed to collect this many grain seeds?”

Commander Shen replied with a smile, “This was largely thanks to the Little Prince, who went through Zhou Xuan to arrange for the delivery of these more than twenty thousand stones of grain seeds from the Yan Family.”

Seeing that the grain seeds brought with them could make up for the ones that were lost before, Lu Shuo’s heart felt lighter, and he pulled Commander Shen along, saying, “Let’s go—the Governor has been waiting for a long time already. Come with me to see him.”

Soon, the group met with Governor Guo in the nearest fortified city.

“Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!”

Upon seeing the over twenty thousand stones of grain seeds his nephew had helped to collect, Governor Guo repeated his praises three times before turning to Commander Shen, “Lifu, we owe this one to you.”

Commander Shen quickly shook his head, “Governor, you’re too kind. If it weren’t for the Duke’s support back in the day, Lifu wouldn’t have the honor he does today.”

Governor Guo patted Shen’s shoulder and cut the pleasantries, “I have to get busy distributing these grain seeds. I may not be able to entertain you this time, but when you return to Zhongzhou, I’ll treat you to opera and drinks.”

Commander Shen gracefully accepted, understanding that Governor Guo was busy and then he took his men to rest and regroup.

No sooner had he left than an adjutant came in, “Governor, the magistrates from the nearby prefectures have all arrived.”

Governor Guo nodded his head; it was nearly November now, so they had to quickly distribute the newly collected grain seeds to let the people plant them.

“After the seeds are distributed, to prevent any fearless bandits from robbing us again, I want you to assign more men to escort them, and if anyone tries to stop us, kill them.”

Governor Guo’s voice was filled with murderous intent as he made this statement and walked outside.

Stepping out of the room, he saw his trusted aide, Guo Qiang, running up with excitement on his face, “Governor, in addition to the grain seeds, the Little Prince has also sent a large cart filled with vegetables and fruits to honor you.”

The Governor, who was on his way out, stopped in his tracks, surprised, “What are you talking about? What else did Yangyang send me?”

Guo Qiang said excitedly, “Vegetables and fruits.” He continued, looking a bit regretful, “Unfortunately, a basket of leafy greens spoiled, but no matter, there are plenty of fresh cucumbers and beans, and also big baskets of persimmons, apples, dates, and pears.”

Hearing this, Governor Guo’s mouth spread into a wide grin, and he laughed loudly before saying with appreciation, “It has not been in vain, the hardships I went through teaching him, and to be closer to him, I even took on this tough job of bandit suppression.”

He sighed as he spoke.

“Yangyang will be fifteen next year, a grown man. Now he’s also sensible, knowing that we can only have pickles with meat here, he even went to the trouble of sending a cart full of greens to honor me, good!”

“Go, tell the kitchen to stir-fry some greens today. We’ll have some greens in our meal tonight. My stomach hasn’t felt right from only eating meat these days.”

“Yes!” Guo Qiang had been waiting for these words, and he responded enthusiastically.

Normally, there aren’t many vegetables in winter, and Fenxi has been disaster-stricken and plagued by bandits, leaving the people barely able to fill their bellies, let alone grow vegetables.

Since arriving here, they could only have a small amount of pickled vegetables.

He had been longing for some fresh and crisp greens for a long time.

The Little Prince was truly a good person.

…

Meanwhile, in Zhongzhou Province, at Wangyue Academy.

Xiao Yeyang, who had just been branded a good person, was looking at the only plate of green vegetables on the table with displeasure, and with furrowed brows, he turned to Defu, “What exactly happened?”

“In the past, every time Daohua delivered vegetables and fruits, they were more than enough to last me until the Academy’s end-of-month holiday, with some to spare.”

Miss Yan was generous and got along with the master so well; it was just a cartload of vegetables and fruits, why couldn’t he simply ask for it in a letter? _{ƒгeewebnovёl.com}