Scumbag Chapter 158 The Reformed White-Eyed Wolf General (24)

Meanwhile, Jin Yuping searched every corner of the mine pit where Shi Jing was before finally finding the prayer bead, which is now covered

Meanwhile, Jin Yuping searched every corner of the mine pit where Shi Jing was before finally finding the prayer bead, which is now covered

Meanwhile, Jin Yuping searched every corner of the mine pit where Shi Jing was before finally finding the prayer bead, which is now covered in coal dust.

Finally holding what she wanted, she clutched the bead and wept with joy, completely ignoring her surroundings.

‘The Spiritual Spring Space… it’s mine again!’

Jin Yuping wiped her tears, rubbed her fingers on her clothes to tear open the newly formed scab, and squeezed out blood to drip onto the prayer bead.

‘Hurry up and start binding, hurry up and start binding…’ Jin Yuping silently chanted in her heart.

She waited eagerly for a long time, but the bead showed no reaction. The cave abode, spiritual spring, mansion, and fertile fields from her past life… none of them appeared.

"No, this can't be!" Jin Yuping squeezed out more, but the result was the same.

‘This bead wasn’t the one either? Why?!’

Jin Yuping was on the verge of going crazy.

When people discovered Shi Jing unconscious in the mine pit and Jin Yuping acting like a lunatic beside him, they worked together to haul them up.

After waking up Shi Jing, the person who had previously examined his leg checked his injured leg again and shook his head.

"Unless you can get a physician to reset the bone and prescribe medicine and ointments, you’ll be a cripple for the rest of your life."

Hearing this, Shi Jing was stunned.

He was mining honestly, how had he ended up crippled?

Thinking that it was Jin Yuping who caused him to be like this, Shi Jing roared in fury and started grabbing her hair and beating her.

But today, for some reason, Jin Yuping didn’t cry or resist. She just sat there in a daze. In the end, it was Shi Jing who exhausted himself, collapsing onto the bed, panting heavily.

"Xiao Huan! Xiao Huan, get your ass in here!"

Shi Jing had nowhere else to vent his anger and just wanted to hit someone, but no matter how hard he looked, he couldn’t find Xiao Huan.

Someone told him Xiao Huan had left during the day. Only then did the dazed Jin Yuping snap back to reality and hurriedly checked the drawer for the deed of sale.

The drawer where the deed of sale was placed was empty. Xiao Huan had taken the deed and run away!

"That wretched slave! She must have switched my prayer bead! She must have!"

Jin Yuping, who now had a swollen face, kept cursing.

His wife had ruined his life, yet she was still obsessing over the beads. Lying on the bed, Shi Jing felt his future was pitch black.

As for the affairs of the Female Lead and her husband, Mingting had no time to concern himself. He had more important matters to attend to.

Opening a kindergarten is an idea he came up with after arriving in Yaozhou.

Many of the soldiers who had followed him had children, some even have several.

If he could establish a kindergarten to care for these children, the soldiers’ wives would have free time to do other things.

As a Count, Mingting had a salary, rewards, and other means of income.

But for ordinary soldiers, unless they rose to a certain rank, their pay wasn’t much, and supporting their families could sometimes be a struggle.

Therefore, Mingting wanted to give the military wives opportunities to work, earn income, and even become the ‘breadwinners’ of their households.

One of the money-making ventures Mingting had discussed with Liu Cheng was opening a ‘Show-Off’ restaurant.

Some of the more bold, meticulous, and child-friendly military wives could work at the kindergarten for wages.

Others could work at the restaurant, also earning wages.

The kindergarten would be a welfare project, and Mingting will subsidize the costs for now, and then think about profitability in the future.

For the restaurant, Mingting could provide some recipes and even supply vegetables and fruits from his spatial garden to make medicinal cuisine.

Once the restaurant took off and its reputation grew, they could open branches.

By then, the experienced military wives from the original location could become managers or team leaders at the new branches.

In short, everyone needed to prosper.

This way, the soldiers would fight harder on the battlefield, and their wives, with their own incomes, would stand taller.

Liu Cheng was very enthusiastic about the restaurant idea. He already loved good food, so when Mingting proposed it, he agreed immediately.

As for hiring military wives, he had no objections either. It meant the restaurant would have powerful backing… At that time, who would dare cause trouble or skip out on the bill?

But Liu Yongshan saw further than Liu Cheng. He believed his son-in-law was helping his son build connections.

Among so many soldiers, who knew who might rise to high rank in the future? Establishing good relations with their wives now would only bring benefits later.

While Mingting was still at home, Liu Yongshan and Liu Cheng had already selected a location.

They had some money saved up, but Mingting insisted on covering the initial costs from his own funds. Anyway, he and Huiniang didn’t have many expenses, and investing in this venture was more important.

Mingting also approached Qi Ming and rented a spacious residence next to the Wei Family’s estate. He drew up blueprints and handed them to Qi Ming, asking him to hire carpenters to make child-sized desks, chairs, and beds.

Qi Ming was very curious about Mingting’s kindergarten plan. And after listening to his reasoning, Qi Ming repeatedly praised the idea.

Gathering the soldiers’ children together, providing dedicated care, playtime, and even literacy lessons, which would also free the military wives from household chores, was indeed a wonderful initiative.

While soldiers fighting hard against the pirates on the front lines, it was also important to stabilize the rear.

In this way, the military wives would have incomes, the children would be well cared for, and the soldiers could focus on battle without worry.

The only downside was that Mingting would have to pour a lot of money into it.

This was purely a charitable endeavor!

Qi Ming considered Mingting a truly great man. It is very rare to find such a boss who can care about his subordinates so much.

In Mingting’s kindergarten proposal, he also mentioned hiring soldiers who had been disabled in battle as security personnel.

After all, the soldiers were fighting pirates, and having their children gathered in one place made them more vulnerable to retaliation.

In the original timeline, the Eastern Sea pirates could arrogantly break into Qi Ming's house in the state capital and kill his family, which shows that they had no regard for law or order.

If Mingting angered them, these pirates might very well target the kindergarten children.

Therefore, the security work of the kindergarten is very important, and it is the top priority.

Mingting’s meticulousness, considering every angle, made Qi Ming feel ashamed of his own shortcomings. He then vowed to handle this matter flawlessly.

He would personally select reliable candidates and ensure that the children wouldn’t encounter danger.