Li Yuexi grew up in Xihe County and was used to seeing life and death there. Because of this, she was terrified when her loved ones were in danger. She didn't want to see her family members, who she had been talking and eating with the day before, as cold corpses the next time she saw them. That feeling of complete loss made her very sad.
But Li Yuexi could only suppress her sadness at Xu Di's responsibility and told Bai Shao to help her pack. Not knowing how long they would be staying in Luzhou, Li Yuexi could only pack all of the three of them's clothes for all four seasons together, without bothering to sort them, and put them in several large bundles. When Bai Shao saw this, she quickly stopped her, saying, "Oh dear, Grandma, how can you do this? When we get to Luzhou, will these clothes still be wearable? They'll all be wrinkled."
Li Yuexi was no longer in the mood to think about whether she could continue wearing these clothes. She said to Bai Shao, "Bai Shao, go and pack your luggage. We don't know when we'll be back from this trip to Luzhou. It's almost the twelfth lunar month, and we might have to spend the New Year with our Ninth Aunt in Luzhou. Take your New Year clothes with you too."
Bai Shao was delighted to hear this. She had a good relationship with Bai Ying, who served Xu Zhi. The two of them didn't see each other often because they had to serve their masters. Now that they were going to Luzhou and would be staying with Bai Ying, she was overjoyed. She said to Li Yuexi, "Madam, please put these clothes aside for now. I'll go and put my luggage away and then come back to help you pack. Since we might be spending the New Year in Luzhou, shouldn't we bring some local specialties from Miaozhou for Ninth Aunt?"
Li Yuexi's somewhat flustered heart finally calmed down. Indeed, having traveled such a long way, how could she not bring a gift? After calming herself down, Li Yuexi realized that she had been a bit agitated earlier. She didn't know what was wrong with her these past few days; she was often restless and irritable, as if she had a pent-up anger inside. Whenever she encountered something that had upset her in the past, she felt an urge to shout and make a scene to vent her frustration.
Li Yuexi simply put down the clothes in her hands and went outside. She asked the steward to go to the street to buy some local specialties of Miaozhou. When she went to the front yard, she saw Xu Di teaching two children to recognize characters. She stood by the door frame for a while and watched for a long time before realizing that her temper had come out for no reason.
Xu Di looked up and saw Li Yuexi, and said with a smile, "What are you doing standing at the door? Come and sit down and rest. Have I been a bother to you?"
Li Yuexi knew that Xu Di was embarrassed because he had suddenly asked her to bring the child with him to Luzhou, so she quickly said, "No, no, husband, since we will be staying in Luzhou for quite a long time, I will ask the steward to go to the street to buy some things for us to take with us. It's just that Ninth Sister's courtyard is small, and it will be difficult to arrange accommodation for so many of us."
Xu Di thought of the small courtyard where Xu Zhi and Zheng Boyuan lived and shook his head, saying, "It's alright, we're not staying there for long. As long as we have a place to sleep, that's fine. Put away all the valuables in the house, and hide anything that's hard to carry. Yuexi, to be honest with you, there's been some unusual activity in the southwest, and Miaozhou is between the southwest and the capital. I don't know if they'll pass through Miaozhou on their way to the capital, but we've already left. What if someone sneaks into this courtyard?"
Li Yuexi turned pale with fright. Xu Di quickly put down the two children who were still sitting on his lap, walked over and helped Li Yuexi to sit down on a chair, saying, "Look at you, if I don't talk to you, you like to overthink things, but if I do, you get so scared. I'm here for you. You can stay at home with the children, Xiao Jiu and the nanny in Luzhou. I'm always worried if I don't keep you by my side."
Li Yuexi said slowly, "But what about the people of Miaozhou?"
Xu Di smiled and said, "The Southwest Army are also citizens of Daliang. Even if the throne changes hands, the people of Daliang will still have to support us. This is just a power struggle between actors during filming, and it has nothing to do with the common people. I have already instructed Lord Zhang to stay indoors during the event. The Southwest Army will eventually go to the capital and will not linger on the way."
Li Yuexi was finally relieved. Seeing that there were still many things to unpack in the study, she said to the two children, "We are going to Aunt Luzhou's house with Daddy. Why don't you two pack your luggage? Bai Shao doesn't quite understand which clothes and toys to take."
The two children agreed and walked hand in hand towards the backyard. Li Yuexi finished, rolled up her sleeves, and said, "Let me help you tidy up the things in the study."
Xu Di quickly pulled her aside, saying, "No need, no need. I've already packed most of the things here. The things that need to be taken have been put into the boxes. These don't need to be packed. Just leave them as they are."
Li Yuexi looked at the papers still on the table in surprise and said, "Husband, aren't you going to put these things away?"
Xu Di nodded nonchalantly, picked up a book from the side. The book was about water management, and Xu Di had already read it. Seeing Li Yuexi's puzzled look, he smiled and said, "Later, Lord Zhang will bring people over to organize the books here, and then we'll move them all to the backyard of the government office. There are still many young people studying here there. Putting them there will allow them to read them at any time."
Li Yuexi stopped talking. After a busy day, the family finally finished taking care of their affairs at home. Then they took a boat from Miaohe Wharf and went upstream to Luzhou.
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