Su Qingyu was stared at by Lu Bocheng with burning eyes. She saw that his eyes were hungry and thirsty like a sponge waiting to absorb energy. She thought that his life or death might be uncertain in the future, and she also thought that he would have a chance to survive. Then she began to explain…

“This military strategy is divided into thirteen sections in total. Summarizing it, the main topics include strategic planning, tactical command, battlefield dynamics, military geography, and special tactics. The first section, ‘Initial Calculations,’ discusses temple calculations, emphasizing the need to compare various conditions between the enemy and us before deploying troops, estimate the likelihood of victory or defeat in battle, and formulate a battle plan in advance. It mainly focuses on strategic planning before the battle…” 

“…Don’t underestimate this military geography chapter. It mainly says that different combat terrains require different tactics. We must formulate corresponding tactics based on the situation of both the enemy and ourselves and the depth of penetration into the other side, combined with the combat environment… “

“For example, this sentence ‘When in a dangerous position, I must be the first to occupy it, and I must occupy a high and sunny position to await the enemy; if the enemy occupies it first, I must lead them away and not follow.’ This means that in a strategically important and dangerous terrain if our side occupies it before the enemy, we must take a high and sunny position to await the enemy’s attack. If the enemy occupies it first, we should lead our troops away and not engage them, avoiding the futile attempt to attack them head-on…”

Su Qingyu said it with her mouth drying up, but when she saw the guy’s eyes getting brighter, she suddenly stopped talking.

“Well, this art of war would actually be more useful in the hands of a seasoned general. As a new recruit, with this military strategy, would others listen to your battle plans, or would they formulate their strategies based on your suggestions?”

Lü Bocheng listened and hesitated for a moment, wanting to refute but hesitating, then opened his mouth to speak.

After a while, he finally said, “Well, that’s not entirely true. And how do you know I’ll always be a new recruit in the future? Besides, isn’t it good to have more skills? The battlefield is ever-changing; I might just need it someday. Don’t you want me to survive? In the future, glory, and honor, isn’t it said that a wife relies on her husband’s success?”

Hmph, relying on a husband’s success! The saying ‘regret teaching my husband to seek nobility’ is not wrong. When men have money and power, they often turn bad. The ancients didn’t speak wrongly.

Su Qingyu didn’t want to say anything further, but looking at the eager look in his eyes, she couldn’t bear it. After all, they had been sleeping together for a few days, and she didn’t want him to end up dead on the battlefield at such a young age.

After some thought, she decided to finish explaining this Art of War to him first and then teach him some other things. What was the use of a new recruit learning military strategy? It was better to teach him some survival skills for new recruits to stay alive.

 On this day, the young couple barely left the house. They just stayed in the house talking about how to save lives on the battlefield.

Su Qingyu had no actual combat experience, so she was just talking on paper. Fortunately, she had rich knowledge and could remember all the books she had read, so she could tell Lu Bocheng enough.

In the middle, Su Qingyu squinted and fell asleep, while Lu Bocheng took the paper and pondered it alone. After dinner, he ran away without telling her anything. He didn’t come back until Su Qingyu fell asleep at night.

The next day, Su Qingyu woke up and was startled when she saw his big head on the pillow.

Lu Bocheng was also startled and woken up by Su Qingnao. After washing himself, he went to Su Qingyu repeatedly to ask for the gold ingot.

That gold ingot, Su Qingyu hid it, and before it could warm up, this guy wanted to go.

Su Qingyu stared at him. He also said he would leave it to his son as a family heirloom!

“I, I will earn you a lot of gold ingots in the future! I will keep all the good things I got on the battlefield and bring them back to you! I, I will be useful this time…”

It was originally given to her as banknotes, which gave her some confidence, and now that he was about to take it away, Lu Bocheng suddenly felt a little sorry for her.

Su Qingyu gave him the gold ingot without asking him what he was doing with it.

Seeing him running out with his wallet in his pocket, she suddenly wanted to run out and grab it back! The gold ingot was so big and she had not even seen enough of it.

Su Qingyu was sitting in the room, counting the money in her hand. The twenty taels of silver packed in the box, plus what Lu Bocheng gave him before, and after deducting what he spent, plus the ten taels that he got from his father, she still had seventeen taels of silver in her hand.

Seventeen taels.

She originally wanted to break open the gold ingot and give it to Lu Bocheng to exchange for silver notes so that he could take it with him. She thought of keeping a little amount from it for herself.

What did it look like for a daughter-in-law to reach out for money from her father-in-law? It was not a problem to take it from your mother-in-law, that was right. This mother-in-law was not close to her, so it was hard to reach out.

Besides, the rent money for Lu Bocheng’s grandfather’s farmland would not come in until after the autumn harvest.

There were fifteen acres of land, some of which were medium and some of which were good. According to the current yield per mu, the rent collected was only one or two taels of silver per mu per year. The income from fifteen acres of land did not exceed thirty taels of silver a year. 

 The monthly payment was only one or two taels of silver.

In other words, Su Qingyu’s monthly expenses must be limited to one or two taels of silver, and for anything excess, she had to ask her parents-in-law.

Ah!

How could this work! One or two taels of silver should be enough for one person. But what if she has children? Was she also not allowed to spend money on favors? And she couldn’t get sick. If she got sick, she couldn’t even afford to go to the hospital.

After thinking about all this, Su Qingyu went crazy.

Lu Bocheng thought that he had explained everything and could follow the army in peace. He felt if he had a child in the future, fifteen acres of land would be enough for his wife and children.

But this was obviously not enough. She couldn’t just focus on reducing expenditures, She must also increase revenue! Opening a new earning stream was the only way to go!

Su Qingyu fell on the bed, thinking about what she could do and how she could get money.

If Lu Bocheng spends the whole gold ingots, seventeen taels would not be enough for him to take away.

All her ideas must be rejected because she had no capital.

Crazy! If anyone dared to say “Money is like dirt” to Su Qingyu, she would definitely give them a piece of her mind.

Su Qingyu thought about several ways to make money that she wanted to do next, and all of them required money to open the way.

Thinking about her future, when she, looking like a young daughter-in-law, asks her stepfather and stepmother for money, and seeing their expressions, asking for one tael but getting two hundred copper coins, or asking for two hundred copper coins but only getting ten, sent a shiver down her spine.

She got out of bed, ate something, took care of herself, and then went out.

She kept my head down and walked towards South Street.

She quietly hid in a shadow and looked into Lu Ji’s grocery store.

Seeing that there was only one boy busy in the shop, she breathed a sigh of relief. Father Lu hasn’t returned from purchasing the goods yet, so Wu Shi won’t be in charge of the shop at this point. The situation was just right for her.

Su Qingyu quickly ducked into the pastry shop diagonally opposite Lu Ji.

The fat female shopkeeper was still there, just in time. There was no one in the store right now, so it was just right.

“Hello, shopkeeper.”

Su Qingyu greeted the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper turned around, recognized her after a long time, and then said: “Ah, aren’t you the girl who brought the twin brothers and sisters that day?”

“The shopkeeper has a really good memory, she still remembers me.”

“Remember, remember, my memory is good.” After saying that, she looked at her. Had she changed her appearance? Her clothes were no longer patched, and she had a married woman’s hair.

Seeing her looking at her, Su Qingyu pursed her lips diagonally and said, “Do you know the eldest son of his family across from you? I just got married to him.”

The chubby shopkeeper was momentarily stunned but quickly realized, slapping her thigh, “Bocheng married you, right? They said you were a poor girl from the countryside… but looking at you now, you don’t seem like it at all.”

Su Qingyu smiled. Yes, she didn’t look like a girl from the countryside. Well, one’s demeanor could change.

 (End of chapter)