After being replaced, she changed from a miserable daughter-in-law to a lucky wife

Chapter 372 Beginning of Winter

beginning of winter.

Xu Li's transfer order had come down, and along with it, Banyan's transfer order had come down as well. Xu Li was the inspector of the Northwest March, and Banyan was in charge of the guard.

Yin Yuanxun took over Banyan's position, and the position of county magistrate was also held by Wu Xiao.

Now they have to wait for the new county magistrate to arrive, and after the handover is completed they will set off for the northwest.

Jiao moved into the Xiao family's house with her two sons and officially took over Chai Song's position.

Chai Song, Qiu He and Zhu Yao are going to leave with Xia Wanniang.

Although everyone was reluctant, they also knew that some things had to be separated.

After Shi Huai came to the Xiao family, he no longer cared about what was happening outside.

Xia Wanniang and the others didn't have anything to pack, so they just had to wait for the new county magistrate to arrive before they set off.

She came to the stable at the back and found Shi Huai: "Old Man Shi."

Shi Huai has now changed into a thin coat: "Madam Third Young Master."

Xia Wanniang brought him a jar of good wine: "I brought you a jar of good wine."

Shi Huai smiled and took the wine from her hand: "Thanks for still thinking about an old man like me."

Xia Wanniang sat on a low stool outside the stable: "Sit down!"

Shi Huai sat on the stool next to her: "You came here to tell me something, right?"

Xia Wanniang nodded and said, "Your second brother's scholar status was abolished, and your nephew owed money in the casino. They lost everything in the house but still couldn't raise enough money. Now it seems that they are looking for you everywhere."

Shi Huai's expression was very calm: "They all asked for it. Please help me cover it up, Madam Third Young Master."

Xia Wanniang looked at him and asked, "Are you not going to help them anymore?"

Shi Huai showed a relieved smile: "I won't help them. It's their road to choose. It has nothing to do with me."

Xia Wanniang: "It seems he also went to look for your other brothers and sisters, but no one was willing to help them."

Shi Huai just nodded: "Let them go." After saying this, he looked at Xia Wanniang: "Madam San Shao, when are you planning to leave?"

Xia Wanniang: "We have to wait for a while."

Shi Huai got up and went to his room. He took out a badly worn booklet and handed it to Xia Wanniang. "At my age, I'm afraid I won't be able to teach you three young masters all the way. This booklet contains some horse-raising knowledge I recorded, but my handwriting is a bit ugly, and I don't know if you three young masters can understand it."

Xia Wanniang took the booklet from his hand and saw that the cover was already frayed, so she knew that this booklet was often read.

She carefully opened it and looked at the contents. The handwriting was not neat and some of the words might take some time to understand.

"This should be the result of your life's hard work!"

Shi Huai laughed: "I originally wanted to find someone to inherit it, but unfortunately none of my family members are willing to learn it. They all think it is just raising livestock and not presentable."

He thought of the children of the Xiao family. No matter whether they were the young masters or the little servants, everyone studied very hard and even respected him as a teacher and an elder.

It suddenly made him feel that this job was not that bad and was worthy of respect.

Xia Wanniang flipped through the contents of the booklet. It seemed that he had put all his efforts into writing it. In the beginning, the strokes were pieced together one by one, but later on he was able to write more fluently.

It must have taken him a long time to do this.

"I copied it and sent it back to you. This is your hard work. I think you should have deep feelings for it."

Shi Huai looked at the booklet in her hand and said, "We had many children in our family before. My mother's health deteriorated after she gave birth to my younger brother. In order to reduce the burden on my family, I joined the army at the age of fifteen. At that time, I was too thin and much shorter than other children of the same age."

"The general said I was too thin, so he assigned me to raise horses. I didn't know how to raise horses at that time, and the veterans taught me, but they didn't know much, so I started to figure it out slowly. I was afraid of forgetting, so I wanted to write it down. I couldn't read, so I went to wash the smelly socks and clothes of the veterans who could read, and begged them to teach me how to write."

His face was full of smiles when he talked about this. That period was very hard, but I think he was still happy!

Xia Wanniang looked at him and said, "Your military pay should be enough for you to marry a wife, why don't you marry a wife?"