FH Chapter 35: 占了便宜
[Taking Advantage]
In late autumn, the grass and trees are yellow, the village is full of small wild chrysanthemums that can withstand the cold, Li Haitang lies on the car window, looking at half a day to see a view, she yawns and drifts off to sleep.
Xiao LingChuan drove the carriage very steadily, it didn’t take long for the group to reach the town.
“Big Brother Xiao, it’s cold, have a cup of hot tea to warm your body.”
Li JinHun gave her big sister a wink and took the initiative to pour a cup of hot tea and send it over. The woman who was afraid of the cold, wore a thin jacket in advance, while Xiao LingChuan, only wore a summer shirt, they came out too early, and had already been dampened by the mist.
“Sour soup dumplings are good, no wonder the business is so good.”
Li Haitang blinked, completely failing to understand what her family’s little brother meant.
Li Jin Hun was speechless, and didn’t know what to say to his own big sister, not enlightened at all. In the future, when she and Big Brother Xiao get married, they will be a family and should care for each other.
When he was in a hurry and gesticulated as he talked, Li Haitang patted her head and came to a realization, “Oh, Jin Hun, you drank too much water, do you want to go to the toilet?”
Li Jin Hun rolled his eyes and directly covered his head with the quilt, he didn’t want to talk to his sister, stupid to death!
The corner of Li Haitang’s mouth hangs a smug smile, little brother is only nine years old,in the age of playfulness. Misfortune or accident happened in the family, so he is very precocious (early to mature), loves to worry and lives like a little old man.
She always felt that marrying a savage was a bit of a forced marriage, although she was beautiful, in the end, she had a bad reputation. If it was not a coincidence, both of them would not be bound together.
All said and done, it was Li Haitang who took advantage.
The carriage sped on the green stone road, all the way from the town to the county, the county is more lively than the town, the merchants coming and going are especially many.
The Li family village where they were, belonged to the border city of Da Qi, fifty miles outside the city gates, was the territory of the barbarians (the tribes in Southern China), twenty years ago, the two countries fought a great war, and each other’s vitality was greatly injured, so that for many years, there were constant small frictions, but there was no large-scale war.
The barbarians mainly produce fur, medicinal herbs, horses and local woolen blankets, sharp daggers, and many other things that are deeply loved by the people of Da Qi.
Barbarians’ climate is even colder than the Da Qi frontier, all year round, ice and snow cover, the people of the two countries often barter, exchanging each other’s daily application of things.
Merchants precisely see the huge profits in the middle, traveling north and south; travel widely to traffic goods, earning a difference in the price of hard work money.
“Big Brother Xiao, there should be no more acquaintances outside the county, can I come out for some air?”
The carriage was stuffy, Li Haitang almost fell asleep several times, opening the window to look out, really inside not as good as the view outside.
“Good.”
Xiao LingChuan put a thick cushion on the other side, Li Haitang came out of the carriage and instantly wanted to cheer.
On both sides of the official road, full of fiery red maple leaves, just like the pink clouds in the sky, there is a small lotus in the maple forest, running water gurgling, she immediately thought of an ancient poem [a form of pre-Tang poetry, usu. having five or seven characters to each line, without strict tonal patterns or rhyme schemes] that is always misinterpreted by modern people, “I stop my coach at maple woods to gaze at my fill; frost-bitten leaves look redder than early spring flowers.”
Xiao LingChuan glanced at Li Haitang in surprise, she still knew poetry, and was nothing like those women he had seen.
“You want to see the evening pass by here, then we are going to set out tomorrow after dinner.”
Xiao LingChuan couldn’t understand her poetry, this scenery had been seen at least a hundred times, it wasn’t different.
“That way we will have to arrive home in the middle of the night.”
Li Haitang shook her head, there would be opportunities later anyway. She was now loaded with a lot of silver, ready to decorate her home properly, that would be her home from now on, it had to be cosy.
