Chapter 6: Bai Dalang's White Moonlight Wants to Break Off the Engagement
When the time to leave really came, everyone looked back silently at the mansion that had once been crowded with people, their eyes filled with reluctance.
Bai Li looked up and glanced at her family. Her father Bai Zongren was standing in the middle, and on the left were her grandmother Li, her mother Li Mingyue, her second aunt Mu, next to her was her eight-year-old daughter Bai Yu, and her third aunt Yang, next to her was her six-year-old son Bai Liulang.
Next came the visit of my aunt Mu and Bai Yue, mother and daughter.
To the right of Bai Zongren are his second brother Bai Zongrui and his third brother Bai Zongze.
Next up is Bai Zongren’s eldest son, eighteen-year-old Bai Dalang, Bai Zongrui’s sons Bai Sanlang and Bai Silang, and Bai Zongze’s son Bai Wulang.
Behind them stood their cousin Bai Zongshen and his son Bai Hu.
Behind these masters followed the old butler Bai Fu and his family of four.
At this moment, the Bai family members looked at each other with disdain, recalling that they were the masters of a wealthy family the day before, but now they have fallen into the hands of prisoners whose life and death are uncertain. They could not help but feel sad and burst into tears.
Bai Yue and her daughter burst into tears and refused to move despite repeated urging from the officers. They only became obedient after being whipped.
Bai Li and Li Mingyue supported Grandma Li on both sides, measuring the land beneath their feet step by step.
The escorting officials had a horse-drawn carriage, which was a flatbed cart without a carriage. On it were placed food for the exile, pots and pans for use, and clothes and quilts for the ten yamen runners.
One drove the carriage, four yamen runners sat in the carriage, and five were in the back to keep watch.
Bai Zongren followed the carriage with his head held high and his chest puffed out. His upright figure still gave people a full sense of security and was not affected by the prison uniform at all.
There were many people watching on both sides of the street, but they did not throw rotten eggs or vegetable leaves.
On the contrary, many people carried baskets in their hands, which were filled with fresh eggs, vegetables, fruits, as well as a lot of steamed buns, steamed bread, baked cakes and other food.
They came to deliver food, fearing that their respected General Bai would suffer from lack of food and clothing on the journey.
They didn't understand or care about the affairs of the court. They just believed that General Bai would not do anything to collaborate with the enemy and betray the country.
An old man went to ask the yamen runner leading the carriage for permission, and only after getting permission did he dare to squeeze forward and feed food to everyone in the Bai Mansion.
Bai Yue was stuffed with a greasy pancake, which was the best food for poor families, as it was oily and made of fine flour.
But she was a germaphobe and threw it away directly. Looking at the grease on her hand, she turned around and glared at the old woman who stuffed the thing into her hand.
The old woman was confused by her action. She felt sorry for her granddaughter, as she was almost the same age as her own granddaughter and had delicate skin and tender flesh. She thought that stuffing a few pancakes into her mouth might save her life.
She never expected that her good intentions would anger people.
The old woman stood there at a loss like a child who had done something wrong, looking at the dusty pancakes on the ground with eyes full of heartache. Bai Li got angry.
She came over to comfort the old woman, then said to Bai Yue in a stern voice, "You've treated her kindness so badly. When you run out of food, you'll realize how precious food is!"
"Why are you so mean to me? Look, my hands are dirty!"
Bai Yue looked at her cousin aggrievedly. She really didn't want to cause trouble on purpose, but she just couldn't stand it!
Bai Li couldn't communicate with such a confused person, so she patted the old woman's hand soothingly and took the opportunity to put a dime in her palm.
By the time the old woman reacted and opened her mouth to shout, she had already walked to the front.
Old Madam Li and Li Mingyue were being stuffed with things by the crowd and didn't pay any attention to what was happening behind them.
Bai Li's aunts and cousins all had their families come to send gifts. Li Mingyue's family was at the border, and the old lady Li's family was far away in the county town, so only the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had no family members to see them off.
In the bustling crowd, the yamen runners were afraid of something happening and hurriedly drove everyone away.
Suddenly a sharp voice attracted everyone's attention.
"Your family is now imprisoned. If you have any sense, don't drag my daughter down with you. Bring me the engagement letter. The marriage between our two families will be annulled. From now on, no matter how the man or woman gets married, we will have nothing to do with each other!"
Li Mingyue's lips trembled as she looked at her former best friend, Ma, the wife of the Minister of Rites. The look on her face when she was trying to hook up with her son Dalang was so different from what she looked like now.
"It's not that I don't want to give it, but you are going too far!
Why didn't you come to the mansion earlier and explain it clearly? Now you're stuck in traffic, clearly trying to ruin my Dalang's reputation!"
"That's right, it's so vicious to do this!"
The two aunts helped to speak, and Li Mingyue looked at the two sisters-in-law with gratitude.
Bai Li stared coldly at the girl hiding behind Hu. She was about 28 years old, with delicate features and a shy face. This was her elder brother Bai Dalang's fiancée, Hu Die.
She usually looks gentle and lovely, but at this moment she kept poking her mother in front of her with her hands, with impatience in her eyes.
Haha, this is the white moonlight of her cheap elder brother, let’s see how he responds!
Bai Dalang was wearing a pair of shackles, and his hands were imprisoned in front of him, and his finger bones were squeezed white.
He looked at his fiancée Hu Die, whom he had agreed to marry at the end of the year, with shame and heartache.
She said in a trembling voice, "Die'er, can you please lend me a hand and talk?"
Hu Die frowned and looked away, silently taking two steps back, as if she hated him as if he were a piece of shit.
Yipa covered his nose and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it here. After that, we can part ways in peace."
"Ha! What a good way to part ways amicably!"
Bai Dalang spat out a mouthful of blood and his body was shaking.
"Dalang!"
“Big Brother!”
The Bai family members rushed forward to help, but everyone was in shackles.
Bai Li quickly approached him and used his arm to support him so that he would not fall down.
"Is it worth it for you to do this for a powerful villain?"
"You... who are you calling a powerful villain? If it were you, you wouldn't marry an exiled prisoner, right?!"
People around were pointing and talking, and Hu Die couldn't hold back her anger, so she questioned Bai Li harshly.
If it were her, she would make the same choice as her. What right does she have to blame her!
"If I promise to be with someone for life, I will never leave them!"
Bai Li subconsciously spoke out his thoughts.
God knows, she has never even had a love relationship in the apocalypse, and what she says now is just her inner conviction.
"What a loyal girl! She is worthy of being my daughter, Mingyue. Give her the engagement letter. Someone like her is not worthy of entering my Bai family!"
The man had already spoken, and Li Mingyue couldn't insist any longer.
She looked at her handsome eldest son with tears in her eyes, and the latter gave her a firm look in return.
"Mother, give her the engagement letter. From now on, we'll go our separate ways!"
Bai Dalang said in a cold voice with a flash of determination in his eyes.
Li Mingyue wiped away her tears, took out Hu Die's engagement letter from her bag and handed it to Ma.
Ma took it quickly, but when she returned the engagement letter to Bai Dalang, her hand loosened and the engagement letter fell to the ground!
She walked forward anxiously, picked it up, and stepped on it!
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