Li Ruo had already decided to spend the night in the mountains.
Since Chief Xie hadn't invited them, she didn't dare bother him. She took out three thick, military-green tents: one for Master Liao and Li Yi, one for the three women, and one for washing up.
Since it was already late autumn and the nights were cold, she also took out thick mattresses and quilts.
She secretly placed these items in the bushes about a hundred meters away from them under the pretense of relieving herself, and then asked Master Liao to help transport them up on a wooden cart.
Ugh, it's such a hassle.
"Wow, sister, where did these come from? I've never seen such nice tents before." Li Yi rolled around on the mat.
The eldest sister-in-law and Old Lady Li were like two country bumpkins visiting the Grand View Garden, both surprised and delighted.
Master Liao found that everything became mysterious after he went up the mountain. "Yes, I remember I didn't bring it when I went up the mountain."
Li Ruo revealed a mysterious smile, "Guess?"
Master Liao thought for a moment, then exclaimed "Oh!" with sudden realization. "I understand now. It was given by Chief Xie. I didn't expect the people of Black Wind Stronghold to be so easy to get along with. It's clear that people have many misunderstandings about them."
Li Ruo: You see, even Laozi's disciples, outstanding representatives of the metaphysical world, didn't think of her as someone who could conjure things. Isn't her explanation rather redundant?
She doesn't have the energy to deal with all these questions right now. If you have any complaints about her, please leave the mountain. Goodbye, I might be more comfortable living my life.
Otherwise, we'll have to trouble Boss Xie again, making him the scapegoat once more...
Compared to this, Grandma Li was actually more concerned about another issue.
She pulled her granddaughter aside. "Ruo'er, Grandma is asking you, how did you and Xie Xiao get together—oops, I mean, how did you meet?"
She'd been holding this question in all day, and it finally got to her; she finally asked it.
"Uh...it's a long story."
"Then let's get to the point."
Li Ruo: "Grandma, do you remember the night I woke up when the Song family's house was burgled? I ran right into them."
Grandma Li glared at him. "And then you let him go?" She slapped her thigh. "No wonder. He remembered your kindness, so he didn't make things difficult for us and even gave us things."
Li Ruo... "Grandma, you're being a bit one-sided. Isn't the prestige of our General's Mansion enough to intimidate them?"
Li Ruoyi said seriously, "Especially since General Li's highly respected mother personally took charge."
Old Lady Li immediately raised her head and puffed out her chest, "You're right. Your father and brother defended the southern border, spending their lives on the battlefield protecting our Great Yin. Many outlaws were in awe of them but also respected them. Even now, people still secretly send food and supplies to the General's Mansion from time to time. On the Double Ninth Festival, someone even secretly sent a bunch of chrysanthemums."
So, I say...
With her doubts resolved, Grandma Li happily went to wash the vegetables.
Everyone divided the work and cooperated.
I started a fire, chopped meat, stir-fried vegetables... and dinner was ready in no time.
The family ate dinner under the moonlight.
Logically speaking, today should be the sixteenth, and the moon should be very round and bright, but unfortunately, some clouds came into the sky, and only a shadow could be seen.
Grandma Li sighed as she looked at the moon, "Do you think we'll ever see the full moon again if a great flood really comes?"
"It's tough," Li Ruo thought to herself. Anyway, the hundred-plus chapters she had read were all about overcast skies or rainy days, and this winter would be very cold.
"Sister, are we going to drown?" Li Yi asked, a little scared, grabbing her sister's arm.
Li Ruo thought of the few descriptions of them in the book:
Old Mrs. Li wanted to curse Song Zhijing as a beast, but water got into her mouth as soon as she opened it, and she slid down after a couple of gulps.
The older sister-in-law, heavily pregnant, sank into the water without much struggle, probably because of her weight.
Li Yi called out to her sister, but after waving her little hands a few times, there was no response...
The original owner died the most comfortably, because she was already unconscious and was lying on the surface of the water.
Li Ruo patted her little brother's head. "No."
Li Yi's eyes lit up.
"But you can't be so timid anymore. You need to be stronger too. Starting tomorrow, you have to run ten laps around this land every morning!"
"Huh?" Li Yi's sunflower-like face instantly turned into a bitter gourd face.
Grandma Li and Lian Lizhi both laughed.
Grandma Li looked at Li Ruo with kind eyes, "That's good. Our family is united, and we will definitely get through this."
“We need to stock up on more food,” Lian Lizhi said. “Food will definitely be scarce when the flood comes, and there will be famine after the flood.”
It's alright for her to be a little hungry, but the child can't go hungry.
Li Ruo said, "Sister-in-law is right. I've already bought the house, and I'll move in as soon as it's built."
"Okay." Lian Lizhi felt that this nun had really changed a lot, and she thought it was very good.
Master Liao, having finished a bowl of rice with gusto, looked up contentedly. "Eating outdoors has a unique flavor. By the way, what were you talking about earlier, a great flood?"
The Li family: ...
After listening, the Taoist priest was somewhat surprised. "No wonder you want to build houses here, but you completely believe in dreams?"
Lianlizhi said, "Even if we only believe half of it, we should start preparing." She didn't want to go down the mountain; she wanted to live next to the cenotaph.
"That's true." Master Liao's gaze drifted into the distance. "Should I tell them..."
"Who are they?" Li Ruo looked at Liao Fusheng with some surprise. "Is my cousin married?"
Liao Fusheng smiled shyly, "I swore an oath before Laozi that I would devote my life to Taoism and would not marry. I was referring to my former family."
"before?"
The elder sister-in-law whispered in her ear, "My cousin doesn't live with his family. His father always felt that he wasn't his biological son. After my aunt, who is my cousin's mother, passed away, she kicked him out. Later, my cousin became a Taoist priest's apprentice and lived in a Taoist temple. That's why he vowed to follow Taoism and never marry."
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