I just want to live a good life

Chapter 184 Someone is making trouble

Su Nuan took inventory of the Xia family's land outside the city. Some of the wasteland was indeed too desolate and nothing could be done with it, so they could only be left alone for the time being.

There are two plots of land with fertile soil and good terrain. Su Nuan specially invited fruit farmers to conduct on-site inspections and found that they are very suitable for growing fruit trees.

So under her planning, the Xia family had two more orchards.

Building an orchard is nothing in a big family, but it is a considerable expense for the Xia family. The whole family took out the three thousand taels that they had given to Su Nuan.

Fortunately, the Xia family had no shortage of manpower, and the mansion had many veterans who could no longer go to the battlefield. Su Nuan selected some of the strong ones to work in the orchard, and promised to give them a monthly salary.

These people hold the position of security guards in the General's Mansion, but with Xia Lian's reputation, no one dares to come to the General's Mansion to cause trouble. Security guards are just a sinecure in the mansion. To put it bluntly, the Xia family spends money to support these people.

These people were used to a comfortable life and no one wanted to work in the orchard. A few soldiers even took the lead in causing trouble.

There was no such thing as getting something for nothing in Su Nuan's dictionary, so in a fit of anger she laid off all the guards and prepared to use the money saved to hire workers to work in the orchard.

This stirred up a hornet's nest, and the security guard reported the matter to Xia Lian.

Xia Lian had to rush home from the military camp to deal with the matter.

In the Chongwu Hall, the guards were kneeling on the ground.

Xia Lian sat in the hall with an angry face.

As soon as Su Nuan stepped into Chongwu Hall, she felt a sense of pressure.

If it were someone else, they would have been scared to death, but Su Nuan was not afraid of this, because she was someone who could bargain with the emperor.

"What's going on? Why are you all kneeling here?"

As soon as these words came out of her mouth, they immediately attracted angry glares from all the men in the room.

"Xia Qingyan, why don't you stay in the Crown Prince's Mansion and be your concubine? Why do you come back to my General's Mansion to cause trouble?"

Xia Lian slapped the table, and the eight-immortals table made of fine sandalwood shook. Su Nuan felt distressed when she saw it.

"Daddy, what are you talking about? Even if I become the Crown Prince's concubine, am I no longer a member of the Xia family? Then Daddy has loved his daughter for so many years in vain."

Su Nuan walked to Xia Lian with a smile and pulled Xia Lian's sleeve and shook it.

In Xia Qingyan's memory, whenever she made a mistake, she would just use this trick and act like a spoiled child to her father, and her father would lose his temper. Although Su Nuan didn't think she was wrong, she didn't reject the idea that acting like a spoiled child could make Xia Lian calm down and talk to her nicely.

Sure enough, as soon as he shook his sleeves, his anger disappeared.

Xia Lian glared and said with a deliberately stern face: "You are so old and still acting like a spoiled child. How can you be so arrogant?"

Su Nuan blinked her big eyes and said innocently, "No matter how old you are, you are still daddy's daughter!"

These words touched Xia Lian's heart, and his brows relaxed immediately. However, his daughter was already the prince's concubine after all, and no matter how much he loved his baby, he had to be careful about his behavior. So he pulled back his sleeves, pointed to a chair beside him, and motioned Su Nuan to sit down first.

The people kneeling on the ground had been raised in the Xia family for many years, so they naturally knew that Xia Lian doted on this little daughter. However, they were unwilling to see their comfortable lives ruined by this spoiled second young lady.

"General, you have to make the decision for your subordinates!"

A man named Chen Zhong lost his patience and spoke first.

"You are no longer in the military camp, so don't call yourself a subordinate anymore. If you want to continue working for the Xia family, you must correct your status."

Su Nuan said lightly.

"What the Second Miss said is that we brothers who have been through thick and thin with the general are now injured and sick, and we are begging for food in the mansion out of the general's pity. We should call ourselves servants."

Xia Lian said, "Children are ignorant. I am the one who makes the decision today. No one can drive you away. You just stay in the mansion and don't have to go anywhere."

This was to stand up for these people, Su Nuan frowned.

"Alright, alright, stop kneeling here, go do what you need to do."

The guards were very happy to hear Xia Lian say this and got up from the ground and were about to leave.

Su Nuan said in a cold voice: "Wait a minute.

The reason you came here to cause trouble today is simply because you don't want to go to work in the orchard, and that's fine.

Even if you don't work, the Xia family can still support you, but you don't have to be the Xia family's guards anymore. From today on, you will all move to the Xia family's old house, and you can come and get one tael of silver every month."

"What does the Second Miss mean by that? Can we eat the General's food for free?"

It was Chen Zhong who spoke up again.

Su Nuan still looked nonchalant, "Is there any difference between you doing nothing and eating for free?"

"Does the General think so?"

Chen Zhong walked past Su Nuan and asked Xia Lian.

"You are all brothers who have been through thick and thin with me, how could I think this way? Yan'er is young and ignorant, don't bother with her."

After Xia Lian finished speaking, he turned to Su Nuan and said, "Go back to your Prince's Mansion and stop talking nonsense in my house."

"No, I'm here to help mother manage the business. The Xia family has nothing. We only rely on the salary of my father and two brothers to make a living. If we don't find a way to make some money, how can we support your old subordinates?"

"you......"

Su Nuan's words hit the nail on the head for Xia Lian, and he was speechless for a moment.

Seeing him like this, Su Nuan continued, "Mother and my two sisters-in-law used all their private money to build the orchard in order to reduce the burden on the family and make life easier.

Now, not to mention the servants in the entire Xia family, even my mother and two sisters-in-law are ready to be sent to work in the orchard at any time. Why can't we ask these people to contribute?

Just because they followed Dad to fight in the war? Then shouldn't they help the Xia family at this time when they have a life-and-death relationship?

But not only do they not want to help, they also jump out to cause trouble. Are they really the kind of people who have been through thick and thin with Daddy?"

After Su Nuan finished speaking, she stared at the guards. Everyone else lowered their heads in guilt, but Chen Zhong looked back at her fiercely and said, "I know that the Second Miss doesn't want to support us, the useless people who retired from the battlefield. In that case, let's not talk about going to the old house. Even though we are useless people, we can't be supported by the general like this. The Second Miss doesn't like us, so we'll just leave."

Once this person took the lead, others followed suit.

"If you want to go, just go by yourself. Why force others to go with you? I think most of the people who followed my father through thick and thin are good people who are willing to make money with the Xia family. There are only a few who are lazy and don't want to work but want to be supported by others. Such people are hateful. They hide their dirty thoughts under the guise of righteousness and instigate others to be scoundrels with them."

Su Nuan's eyes also became fierce, and her gaze swept across the faces of a group of people.

"I know that you followed Daddy to fight in the war and were injured. I respect you all, but there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world. Even my daddy had to spend the whole day in the military camp training. Aren't you guys ashamed to live your life hiding behind others?"

Everyone was stunned by what she said, and some were ready to give in.

Chen Zhong saw that something was not right and jumped out again, "The general is where he is today because of us who helped him achieve military merit time and time again. Now that he has achieved success and fame, he wants to kick us out."

This time Xia Lian spoke before Su Nuan, "Do you all think so?"

After asking this question, he looked at everyone one by one. A strong sense of oppression emanated from him, and everyone he looked at lowered their heads unconsciously.

Seeing that no one answered, Xia Lian pointed at Chen Zhong and said, "You can get out now. I, Xia Lian, don't associate with ungrateful people."

Chen Zhong glanced around viciously, and his resentful eyes finally stayed on Su Nuan for a moment, then he left without looking back.