Chapter 696 Return to Yunzhou
"Mom, do you want to take a rest?" Su Yunting caught up with Gu Nanxi on horseback.
After several days of running, their long and winding team finally arrived at Hezhong Prefecture.
The things Su Yunting brought back from overseas this time were too important. In the past few days, Gu Nanxi didn't dare to sleep well at night. She was very sleepy and looked extremely tired, which made Su Yunting feel very distressed.
Gu Nanxi waved her hand, sat up straight, and saw the capital of Hezhong Prefecture at the end of her sight. She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Hold on a little longer. We'll take a rest when we get to the capital."
Gu Nanxi looked back and saw the carriage swaying not far from her: "Is Shuyao okay? The north is not like the south of the Yangtze River. The air is dry and the climate is cold. Is she used to it?"
Su Yunting glanced at the quiet carriage and said softly, "I had a nosebleed last night. The military doctor checked it and prescribed Shengmai Drink. I feel much better today."
"That's good." Gu Nanxi asked his personal guards to find his fox fur cloak.
The fiery red fox fur looks like a flame on the vast land, shining brightly.
"Send it to Shuyao, don't let her get cold. When we get to Yunzhou, let Meitang give all the fur coats he has saved to Shuyao."
Su Yunting took the fur coat without hesitation and said with a smile, "Mom, you gave all the good things to my wife, aren't you afraid that my future sister-in-law will be angry?"
Gu Nanxi said unhappily, "Where did this sister-in-law come from? If your elder brother had been half as sweet-talking as you, he might have been married a long time ago."
Su Yunting was happy to see his elder brother having fun, and even added fuel to the fire: "It's the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. Mother, why don't you just find a wife for your elder brother? Otherwise, if he relies on himself, he will probably be single for the rest of his life."
Gu Nanxi lightly kicked the horse's belly and rolled his eyes: "My children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. I don't care about this matter."
Su Yunting bared his big white teeth and smiled, "Before, it was you who told us not to fall in love too early. Now it's you who's urging me to get married. If I really ask you to urge me, you won't do it. It's too difficult to be your son."
"Get lost, get out of here. Stop hanging around in front of me and go accompany Shuyao. She's a young girl, all alone, who came all the way to Yunzhou with you. You can't bully her."
Su Yunting pursed his lips, and said in a long tone, "Mother, this daughter-in-law is for you, right? If it weren't for you, Shuyao wouldn't be able to come to Yunzhou with me. You have good things, but you don't keep them for your son, and you only think about Shuyao. Alas, I shouldn't be here, I should be in the sea. You two are true love, and I am just a rope."
"Go away! What are you talking about? Why don't you go away?!"
Gu Nanxi drove Su Yunting away and inspected the team on horseback.
Thinking of Su Yunting's words, Gu Nanxi couldn't help laughing. This brat is really good at mediating conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law!
"You little heartless boy, am I such a petty person?"
My youngest son has grown up and is no longer sticking to me like a piece of taffy as he used to be.
He is about to become a woman's husband, a child's father, and a piece of sky for a small family.
Gu Nanxi felt an indescribable bitterness in her heart, but more of it was joy.
Raising a child is a process of constant separation.
From a child's first steps, to crawling and rolling around, to standing tall and proud.
This is inheritance, not only the inheritance of blood, but also the inheritance of will.
"Godmother! Godmother!"
The sound of horse hooves blew up snowflakes.
Li Mingde personally led hundreds of people out of the city to welcome them.
"Mingde, you did a great job." Gu Nanxi's eyes were calm and peaceful, like the mountains under the clear spring sky, gentle and unshakable.
Li Mingde, who was originally very excited and impatient after receiving the news, met Gu Nanxi's gaze, and his heart, which had been beating fast, gradually calmed down.
Li Mingde touched the back of his head embarrassedly: "Godmother, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."
"Hehe, that's understandable! After all, what I brought is enough to compete with the Yunzhou cannon. It's normal for you to lose your composure!" Su Yunting put his hand on Li Mingde and said in a gangster tone.
Li Mingde was stunned at first, then he smiled: "Good boy! You are amazing! This is much more valuable than any gem. You are really capable, you have accomplished such a big thing without any secrets!"
Su Yunting raised the corner of his mouth and said proudly: "You can't even imagine what I did. If I tell you, you will be scared to death!"
The two of them bickered for a while, and the strangeness caused by not seeing each other for a long time slowly melted away as they interacted with each other.
Gu Nanxi ignored the two men and sped up the team's progress. She couldn't feel at ease unless they entered the city!
Li Mingde had already ordered people to prepare a banquet at the governor's mansion.
There was no singing or dancing, only delicious dishes and jugs of fine wine.
There are charcoal stoves around the banquet hall, and once the door is closed, the hall is as warm as spring.
Cui Sanlun took off his outer robe, revealing his white cotton inner garment, and sat on the left side carelessly.
Wang Buxi, who arrived late, washed his hands in the copper basin brought by the servant, wiped his face several times, and sat down next to Cui Sanlun without even having time to change his clothes.
Li Mingde took advantage of his status as the landlord and arranged his seat next to Su Yunting.
Gu Nanxi went to change clothes and was not in the hall.
Everyone started to communicate casually.
Li Mingde: "Master Cui, are you wearing cotton clothes?"
Cui Sanlun raised his chin slightly, with a hint of pride: "Oh, that's right. The first batch of cotton cloth produced by the Textile Bureau was given to Nan Xi. Little Nan Xi insisted on giving it to me, saying that I was old and needed to wear comfortable and breathable underwear to avoid sleeping on the kang and sweating and catching a cold."
Cui Sanlun raised his sleeves and deliberately showed off: "How could I take advantage of her? Later, Xiao Nanxi said that this batch of cotton cloth had defects, so I accepted it. Oh, she is so filial! Whenever she has something good, she never forgets to give me a share!"
Cui Samron emphasized the word "filial piety" and the last sentence.
Wang Buxi's eyes sparkled, and he agreed, "This is also because Lord Cui set an example by only asking for one set of clothes and nothing more. That's why the father is kind and the daughter is filial."
Cui Sanlun's face darkened and his eyes shot towards Wang Buxi like knives.
Wang Buxi pretended not to see it and raised his wine glass to complain: "We in Yunzhou are in a miserable situation. The Yunzhou War has caused us great damage. We didn't have much arable land to begin with, and after the war, this year's harvest has been greatly affected. But the people of Yunzhou said that as long as the adults need it, they will tighten their belts and go hungry, and they will get through it."
Wang Buxi sighed, "However, as a parent official, how can I bear to let the people of Yunzhou bleed and starve?"
Su Yunting watched the two people singing, reciting, acting and fighting with great interest, and also exchanged witty remarks.
Shuyao was confused when she saw this. Wasn't it said that Duke Yun's subordinates were united?
Why did she seem to see the flashing of swords and sabers?
Li Mingde coughed twice, holding the wine glass, moved closer to Su Yunting, and said earnestly: "Yunting, we are sworn brothers, right?"
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