Because they had to wait for Xue Qianyu's men to arrive, they didn't continue north. Instead, they looked for a water source near the salt lake and set up tents.
When Xue Qianyu's men arrived, Xue Qianyu instructed them to immediately extract fine salt from the salt rocks. Once the salt was extracted, it was sent back overnight. He then sent men hunting and promised the soldiers a good meal the next morning.
After all these arrangements, it wasn't long before it got dark.
Just like yesterday, the group built a fire, cooked some food, and chatted while they ate.
Lu Zheng and Meng Meng hunted some wild animals in the mountains. Gu Nian prepared beggar's chicken, roasted rabbit, roasted two wild boar legs, and boiled corn.
Gu Xin skewered two ears of corn herself and was intently roasting them by the fire.
She felt a little sad thinking that they would be going back tomorrow morning.
Sigh, I thought that coming to Kuncheng would allow me to see Brother Yuanyuan more often, but it turns out, it's still not possible!
However, she is much more sensible than before. Although they can't see each other often, she is happy to see that Brother Yuanyuan has made great contributions and is about to become a general.
Sometimes she would wonder if Yuan Yuan's father would regret it after he became a general and returned to the capital.
Gu Xin had only met the Duke of Zhenguo once, at the palace banquet for Xingnan Kingdom. Without any introduction, she recognized him at a glance because Yuanyuan looked very much like his father.
However, when she saw the Duke of Zhenguo showing concern and care for Madam Lin, serving her food, and when she saw the Duke of Zhenguo doting on Madam Lin's children, she felt sorry for Yuanyuan.
She remembered that when she complained to her uncle in a low voice, her uncle immediately planned to call on Uncle Kang and Uncle Xue to beat up the Duke of Zhenguo and avenge his little sister Jia!
When her uncle came back from outside, she went to ask if he had been beaten. Her uncle said no, Xue Ge and Kang Ge said that he would feel pain for a while after being beaten, and that he should feel pain for a long time.
Gu Xin asked, "How can I make him keep in pain?"
Uncle Gu secretly told Gu Xin, "Doesn't the Duke of Zhenguo care about Madam Lin and her children, but not about Sister Jia and her children? Why don't they just let the people he cares about get into trouble?"
The three grown men couldn't directly confront the Lin mother and daughter, so they set their sights on Lu Ming, Lin's son and Lu Zheng's stepson.
The Duke of Zhenguo wanted someone to inherit his title, so they helped him cultivate an heir who only knew how to eat, drink, and have fun, and incidentally taught him how to squander the family fortune.
Gu Xin went to ask Princess Jinghe, but Princess Jinghe told her that the three old men didn't need to bother with it, because Lu Ming was just a good-for-nothing who only knew how to eat, drink, have fun, and squander money.
Uncle Gu and his two companions added fuel to the fire, making him even more extravagant.
Gu Xin wanted to laugh when she thought about all this. She wondered if her brother Yuanyuan knew about it.
She rarely talked to him about these things, afraid that he would be unhappy if she brought them up.
"Little glutton, what are you laughing at? Do you like roasted corn that much?" Lu Zheng sat down next to Gu Xin and asked.
"Yes! I like to eat anything that tastes good!" Gu Xin tilted her head.
"You like to eat so much, how about I grow a plot of land for you to eat in the future?" Lu Zheng pinched Gu Xin's nose.
"No way! If I eat too much, I won't have room for anything else. I want to eat all the good food." Gu Xin shook her head.
“Okay, then I’ll set aside a plot of land and personally plant all the fruits you like to eat,” Lu Zheng said with a smile.
"Okay!" Gu Xin's eyes crinkled with laughter.
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