FH Chapter 33:
Chapter 33: 下山
[Go down the Mountain]
There are only two kinds of people who can receive life and death darts. The first kind, very bold and skillful, the second kind, need money to save lives, but ordinary people will not have the qualification to be ‘life and death’ guards at all.
These things, Li Haitang’s mother Ruan mentioned this when she was alive, and it didn’t occur to me that the savage would go and pick up the life and death guard job.
He was alone, couldn’t spend that much silver anyway, didn’t care about the money, so why did he take the job?
Often walking by the river, there is no such thing as not wetting your shoes, it is not possible to say that there will be a time when the horse loses its hooves. [The horse stumbles. —make an accidental mistake; suffer chance setback]
Li Haitang’s pupils dilated, grabbed Xiao Ling Chuan’s hand and didn’t let it go, holding it very close, “No, you must not joke with your own life in the future!”
“In the future, I won’t take it.”
In addition to Shi Fu and escort brothers, for the first time someone cared about him so much, Xiao Ling Chuan’s heart was very warm, he assured, “In the future, when I get married, I’ll do some miscellaneous work, and I can also feed you and Jin Hu. What you like, you just buy it, you don’t have to save the silver.”
“So much money, it’s enough to spend it in a lifetime!”
Li Haitang is more independent, not willing to freeload and become a burden to men, however she doesn’t have too much wild ambition either, a small fortune is good enough for a peaceful life.
Too much money, no backing, the bird which takes the lead gets shot first—the person in the limelight bears the brunt of attack,very likely to suffer unexpected calamity.
“Good.”
Most likely because both people knew each other’s secrets, getting along was easier than before, Xiao Ling Chuan didn’t have the constraints himself like before and tried his best to express his behaviors.
He paused every few words, and Li Haitang waited patiently without interrupting.
Two people get married, at least a few friends and relatives must be invited. Since he has no relatives, he intends to call a few brothers, come to the house for a simple meal. It is considered to have someone to be a witness.
“I’ll go down the mountain with you to buy something, won’t we be discovered?”
Li Haitang was eager to sneak down the mountain, she hadn’t been out of the Li Jia Village since she transmigrated over, and very much wanted to see the world at the small town.
“We’ll walk through the back of the mountain, take a carriage, and go to the town to pick things up.”
There were inevitably acquaintances in the town and country, but the border town was about half a day’s journey from Li Jia Village, so it would be impossible to make it back at night, so they had to find an inn to stay in, and return on the second day.
“This arrangement is good.”
Li Haitang’s tone was light, the family lacked a lot of things, she didn’t know how to make cotton-padded quilts, so she had to buy ready-made ones.
In less than a month, at the beginning of the tenth lunar month, it will snow in the small border town, after the snow it will be colder one day than the other, the coats will have to be prepared in advance.
Li Haitang did a surgical operation before but with an embroidery needle, she would be driven nuts. It’s good that the original owner’s embroidery skill is already good, so there is a good base. She started somehow rusty, hands stuck with several needle eyes, now mending clothes, doing embroidery work, she was able to cope with it completely and comfortably.
Early the next morning, just after dawn, Li Haitang brought her little brother Li Jin Hu, and followed Xiao Ling Chuan down the mountain.
The carriage was parked at the bottom of the mountain, and the siblings comfortably entered the carriage.
To the city, they had to sit for half a day, the carriage was already prepared with thick soft cushions, small thin quilts to cover their legs, and various colors of dried fruits and preserves were set up in the carriage.
“We won’t be able to eat breakfast in time, we’ll go into town to buy it later.”
Xiao LingChuan used his plaited bamboo hat to cover half of his face, turned his head in the direction of the carriage and said, “There’s a big meat’s sour soup with boiled dumplings in town. It tastes good.”
“Xiao Da Ge, then let’s go!”
Li Jin Hu smacked his lips. The weather was cold, drinking some hot and sour soup and eating a few dumplings with pork was a real treat, he hadn’t been this happy since his father and mother passed away. Li Jin Hu always looks serious, telling himself to grow up quickly so that he could set up his own family and snatch back what belonged to them.
