Chapter 138 Sending Carp
After Li Rong boarded the ship, Cheng Guo and her maid welcomed her into her room to take a hot bath to warm her up.
She was completely numb, inside and out.
Let Chengguo undress her and soak her in hot water.
Tears involuntarily slid down my cheeks.
My heart aches and feels bitter.
My first crush began in Hezhou Prison and ended when my third sister said he was a master of martial arts.
My second crush began with that fake marriage certificate and ended when the lie was exposed.
This is my third time liking it...
It began with compromise and spending every day and night together.
She was penniless, narrow-minded, vulgar, and unintelligent.
He is the warmest and most handsome man I have ever met.
He showered her with sweet words and tried every possible way to make her laugh.
He, a high-ranking nobleman, bowed down to her, a commoner.
He would forget that she had asked him to buy crispy fish cakes, so he would buy a portion of all the pastries she liked instead.
When he was in a good mood, he truly cherished her.
She hated his bad side, yet couldn't help liking his good side.
She hated herself for not being shrewd enough and for having a muddled mind.
And there was nothing they could do.
Hot tears fell drop by drop into the hot water.
She closed her eyes, leaned back in the bathtub, and let her emotions run wild.
"Second Miss, it's okay to be sad for a while because of an unknown future, but you can't be sad for a lifetime."
Granny Xu heard that Li Rong was in a bad mood.
After quickly taking a bath and drinking two bowls of ginger soup, he sweated profusely and then helped Li Rong take a bath.
A towel soaked in hot water was used to wipe the woman's milky skin.
Li Rong kept her eyes closed: "If a liar can fool me once, he can fool me countless times."
"I just... I just wanted to cry."
She has a pout.
Granny Xu wrung out a towel and wiped her face.
"Even when a beautiful person cries, they still look beautiful."
“Young Master Xi looks handsome even when he cries.”
Li Rong's attention was instantly diverted.
Who does Third Sister's child look like?
"More like the lady."
Granny Xu chatted with Li Rong with a smile.
Li Rong's emotions gradually calmed down.
Li Qu remained standing at the bow of the boat.
Onshore guards provide defense.
Lin Xiaocong was beaten up and kidnapped by an enraged Lin Zhongtian.
In Lin Zhongtian's words:
"Just because a woman dumped you, you act like you've lost your parents, you're a disgrace to me! You deserve a beating!"
Lin Zhongtian led his men away, and Li Qu's boat retreated simultaneously.
The soldiers on both sides on the shore remained in a standoff.
Once both sides' masters have withdrawn out of the other's firing range.
Lin Zhongtian's men began to retreat with him.
Li Qu's men also began boarding small boats and gradually retreated towards the large ship.
The night was shrouded in mist and a chilling wind.
Li Qu remained extremely vigilant.
What is Xiao Cong's purpose in bringing her here?
Or perhaps he saw that she had brought a large entourage and dared not show himself?
Suddenly, shouts came from the river.
"Hey~ Slow down, boat!"
Li Qu's gaze shifted instantly.
The archers on the ship quickly drew their bows and nocked arrows.
A lone boat, its fishing lamp swaying, approaches through the fog.
A hunched old man wearing a straw hat and a raincoat appeared in the torchlight.
"Slow down, boat!"
The old man looked up at the large ship and saw arrows pointed at him. He was so frightened that he immediately dropped the oars and knelt down.
"Please spare my life, my sir!"
"I am a villager from Da Niu Village downstream."
"I come to the river to fish in my spare time to supplement my family's income."
"Today I had a chance encounter with a generous young nobleman."
"I received two taels of silver from you, sir, and was entrusted to deliver carp to you. I have no ill intentions."
Li Qu glanced in the direction from which the old man had emerged from the fog.
The night was dark and there was no sound.
Where is he?
"I caught a satisfactory fish half an hour ago and then left."
Half an hour ago.
He left before she arrived.
The old man called out, "Honorable sir, please lower down a rope and take back the gift your son entrusted to me!"
Li Qu: "If I don't accept it, will he make things difficult for you?"
“Your Excellency said that I am entrusted with this task and the money is being collected. If the task is not completed, the money will be lost and I will not cause any trouble.”
Li Qu then ordered his men to lower the rope.
The old man instantly became happy.
There's no need to worry about whether to take the silver home directly if things don't go as planned, or to throw it on the ground and then bend down to pick it up and pretend you found it yourself.
The old man tied the fish basket tightly.
The fish basket was then taken by the people on the large boat.
He called out, "Young master, sail to the middle of the river."
“Sitting from 11 am to 5 pm.”
"I only caught this one carp."
"The fish are in deep water this season, so you're very lucky to catch one."
Li Qu, standing at the bow of the ship, raised an eyebrow as he looked at the carp that Bingwei had fallen onto the deck and was now jumping around.
She thought it was a 'gift', but it turned out to be a 'carp'.
Her gaze then fell on the old man: "Thank you for your hard work."
The old man smiled happily: "It's no trouble at all, it's no trouble at all, it's my duty."
He wanted to bow to Li Qu and ask to resign.
Li Qu said, "You don't need to be so polite. The wind and waves are strong, you should go home early."
"Thank you for your concern, Your Excellency. I will return now."
"If I don't go back soon, my wife at home will worry."
The old man still bowed respectfully, took off his straw hat, and kowtowed three times to Li Qu: "Thank you for your kindness, sir."
Li Qu did not respond, but only instructed the guards: "Follow this old man carefully, do not let him see you, and escort him safely ashore."
Soldiers will handle the matter themselves.
The old man, his body hunched over, got up, put on his straw hat, picked up his oars again, and rowed away.
He seemed to be in a good mood, humming a song and swaying back and forth.
Two taels of silver could buy a hair ornament for my wife, a candied hawthorn for my grandson, and the rest could be used to buy coarse grains, enough to last a long time.
The old man's singing faded into the mist.
Li Qu gestured for someone to throw the golden carp back into the river.
He turned around and went to find Li Rong.
'I'd like to try a meal cooked by Aqu herself.'
"Why must one eat Yellow River carp when it comes to fish? Your Highness, if you were to catch a Yellow River carp for me today, I would gladly wash my hands and cook a soup for you."
'In the dead of winter, when the ice is three feet thick, even Aqu finds it difficult to bear.'
It's just making things difficult for each other.
It's all in the past now.
*
Before Li Qu entered Li Rong's room, Cheng Guo rushed over to report.
"Madam, the second young lady has gone into labor and is bleeding."
Li Qu was fully prepared: "Summon the doctor."
"Quickly bring the ship to shore."
Start running.
When Li Qu entered the room, Li Rong was taking out the purse that Qiu Chan had brought to her.
When Qiu Chan held up her purse and shouted, "Second Miss, you left your things behind," Li Qu respected Li Rong's opinion.
Have someone deliver the items to the ship.
What reached Li Rong's ears, Li Qu naturally heard as well.
Li Rong took something out of her purse.
One was the money exchange and seal that Li Rong hadn't taken with her.
It was the money he had saved for her.
There was also a bottle of what he called a highly effective pregnancy-preserving drug.
Li Rong firmly believed that the medicine Lin Xiaocong gave her was an extremely effective pregnancy-preserving drug.
Lin Xiaocong's anticipation and joy for this child were written all over his body, in the corners of his eyes and brows.
She uncorked the cork and poured out a pill.
There is only one.
Li Rong also felt that he didn't actually care that much about the child.
But it doesn't matter, as long as she cares.
Li Rong walked to the table, poured a glass of water, pinched the pill, and put it in her mouth.
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