Chapter 777 Booklet
Bai Youran had a quilt covering her legs and a soft pillow behind her back, with her hair loosely draped over her shoulders.
Seeing Lin Yuesha board the carriage, she quickly bowed slightly, pointed to her leg, and said with a wry smile, "Even the doctor said that if my leg doesn't receive blood circulation, it might be ruined, and I'll probably need acupuncture for a few days."
"Silver needle acupuncture is a medical technique passed down from the Lian family, and it is no worse than Sister Yan's."
Lin Yuesha boarded the carriage because of the 100,000 taels of silver that Bai Youran had promised her.
"I'm still luckier."
As Bai Youran spoke, she took out a token from Wantong Money Shop from her purse, which contained exactly 100,000 taels of silver, to be donated to the soldiers in the Northwest for military supplies. "There are also some silver notes, which I collected in the capital, but I haven't had time to purchase them yet."
After Bai Youran finished speaking, she pushed the silver note to Lin Yuesha and told her to keep it safe.
"You need someone to serve you, right? If you need to pee, just call me and I'll have Bai Cha come and help you."
Lin Yuesha looked at the environment of the carriage. The walls of the carriage were not thick enough, and it would be cold to spend the night in the wilderness.
“Sister Yue Sha, I don’t need to be served. I am no longer a young lady of the Bai family.”
Bai Youran waved her hand dismissively. She had long recognized her own position and made this choice without regret.
Her parents weren't her parents, her older brother wasn't her older brother. As a useless pawn, Bai Youran had no choice but to find her own way out. She just wanted to survive. If fate was kind to her, she wanted to marry a good man and live a peaceful life.
"From the capital to Qincheng Prison, I have received a lot of care from you along the way. It is only right that I repay you. You don't need to worry about it."
After Lin Yuesha finished speaking, she looked at the scarce items on the carriage and sent over some white tea.
Over here, Xiao Qi rode his horse, and the group was all ready to set off.
"Get on the carriage. The situation in the Northwest is bad. We need to get there as soon as possible."
Xiao Qi nodded to Lin Yuesha, a ripple of emotion stirring within him. Once they arrived at the camp, the Prince of Luo would preside over their marriage. That scoundrel had always been a troublemaker; finally, he'd done something worthwhile.
His desire to establish a formal status as soon as possible was not solely due to his own ulterior motives.
When it came to proposing marriage, his adoptive father, Xiao Chenggui, didn't make things difficult for him and even said a lot of good things about him. Xiao Qi wasn't bewitched; instead, it made him even more clear-headed. Once the identities of the father and son were exposed, his adoptive father would definitely use him as a sacrifice to divert Chen's anger.
First, establish the official status, and then the father and son will each rely on their own abilities to persuade Chen and Lin Yuesha; neither of them should try to put the other down.
"Is Young Master Luo still here?"
Before getting into the carriage, Lin Yuesha asked a question quietly.
"It's still there."
After Xiao Qi finished speaking, he saw that his younger sister seemed a little disappointed, and he felt extremely bad. Lin Yuesha was such a kind person, and just because she didn't want to marry him, she actually hoped that something would happen to the Prince of Luo. Was he really that bad?
Thinking this, Xiao Qi unconsciously asked the question.
That's not what I meant.
Lin Yuesha quickly explained that she had thought about it all night but still couldn't figure out what the pockmarked man saw in her.
Blue-eyed man wants to marry her as the city lord's wife, and his reasons are justified. She is interesting, can grill meat, and is not afraid of him. She doesn't think Blue-eyed man is an oddball. But what about pockmarked face?
The person who saved her multiple times was the pockmarked man. Logically, she should have been the one to relentlessly pursue him and offer herself to him. However, after she became disappointed, the situation took a turn for the worse, and the pockmarked man took the initiative to propose marriage to her, without any apparent reason.
“Miss, didn’t you say that Young Master Qi took a liking to you because of your personal charm?”
Bai Cha was very certain, even though she didn't understand what those words meant.
Lin Yuesha: ...This kind of talk can only fool her loyal fan Bai Cha; no one else would believe it.
Rather than her personal charm, it's more accurate to say that her pockmarked face meant she had never been harassed before, which is why people were so interested in her groping hands.
After traveling northwest from Qincheng for a day, the group encountered a sandstorm and had to find shelter on a mountainside to make a fire and sleep there.
With the mountain walls blocking the way and the wind blowing in from three sides, carrying sand, Lin Yuesha had no choice but to cook porridge on a small red clay stove in the carriage, along with some dried biscuits and meat sauce side dishes she had brought from Qincheng.
The carriage windows were left slightly ajar for ventilation, and in a short while, the wind that blew in extinguished the candles, leaving only a dim oil lamp inside.
"Bai Cha, hang the oil lamp on the side of the carriage to light it up."
With the stove lit, you need to open the car windows for ventilation, but as soon as you open the windows, the curtains fly wildly, and the cold air inside the car blasts in.
This was the first time Lin Yuesha had encountered such weather; even getting a hot meal was difficult.
Having barely filled her stomach, Lin Yuesha, fully armed, disembarked from the carriage and discovered that the pockmarked man had built a makeshift shed on the mountainside and was warming himself by a fire.
"The sand carried by the wind stung my cheeks."
Approaching the pockmarked man, Lin Yuesha made conversation.
Xiao Qi was focused on roasting potatoes when he saw his little sister arrive. He stood up, first placing a straw mat on the ground, then adding a soft cotton mat.
Does your face hurt?
Lin Yuesha sat on the soft cotton cushion, somewhat satisfied with the thoughtfulness of the pockmarked man.
"It doesn't hurt."
Xiao Qi added firewood and replied casually.
"Yeah, you're definitely not in pain. You have another face under that one."
Lin Yuesha rested her chin on her hand and looked at the pockmarked face by the firelight. It was still the same pockmarked face, even the pockmarks were so precise and symmetrical.
It would be a lie to say she wasn't curious; she was curious about what her fiancé would look like.
Xiao Qi remained silent and did not respond. Only when he sat in that position could he be Qi Heng, and now was not the time.
Lin Yuesha waited a moment, but when the pockmarked man didn't respond, she asked, "You once told me that you would only marry me and wouldn't take concubines or have mistresses. You weren't lying to me, were you?"
"no."
Xiao Qi picked up a potato, blew on it, carefully peeled off the skin, and handed it to Lin Yuesha, saying, "I will do everything I promised you."
"You don't need to be so formal, I'm just curious."
These days, it's considered a skill for a man to have three wives and four concubines, but it's strange that a man with pockmarked face wants to remain faithful to one woman.
"What's so strange about that? My father only married my mother back then."
I wish to find a soulmate, to grow old together and never part. It always feels awkward to have someone else in the marriage, especially since he doesn't like being with women.
"That's different."
Lin Yuesha touched her face and said seriously, "Your mother is the most beautiful woman in the Great Qi, but I am not. Although I am somewhat attractive, I am not as beautiful as the most beautiful woman."
Lin Yuesha was quite satisfied with her face; it would be even better if she didn't resemble the scoundrel Lin Shusheng.
"You may not be as beautiful as my mother, but you're definitely a better cook."
Xiao Qi laughed out loud. The little girl spoke with such seriousness, but she just wanted to hear praise.
His mother's cooking was so bad it would burn down the kitchen; every time she cooked, it was a disaster.
As Xiao Qi spoke, he took out a small booklet and handed it to Lin Yuesha, saying, "This is what my father wrote, the only thing he left behind. Everything in it is about the little things he did with my mother."
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