Chapter 375 Extra Chapter: Song Erniang (Seventeen)
With Song Erniang's permission, Long Hanshi immediately began making arrangements for the escort mission.
He applied for five taels of silver from Song Erniang and began preparing for his escort mission: handy self-defense tools, some wound medicine, etc.
Song Erniang was also preparing things for Long Hanshi to take on his escort mission.
I made two new sets of durable clothes and added protective coating to the areas that get rubbed frequently.
In addition, she prepared some foods that keep well, such as dried meat, jerky, and roasted peanuts. As for other dry rations...
Song Erniang was unprepared.
The Ye family's caravan will make the arrangements. The Ye family's caravan members are always generous to their escorts, so they will definitely arrange everything properly.
As for what I prepared myself...
Long Hanshi has a big appetite. What if he gets hungry again after eating with everyone?
And so, Long Hanshi went out to escort goods amidst everyone's eager gaze.
Song Erniang runs a wonton shop and takes care of her child at home by herself. Long Hanshi's sister comes over every day to help take care of the child, so Song Erniang doesn't feel too tired.
Even though the wonton shop has hired someone, nothing seems to have changed.
Oh, there have been some changes.
Suddenly, everyone in the Ye family started going to Song Erniang's wonton shop to eat a bowl of wontons.
In addition, Song Erniang's wonton shop was close to the city gate, and this was also Long Hanshi's brother-in-law's territory. Everyone knew Song Erniang and would come to eat a bowl of wontons from time to time.
Song Erniang's wonton shop seems to be doing a little better.
The land outside Suzhou had all been leased to others for cultivation. During the time that Long Hanshi was away from home, Song Erniang lived with her child in a side room behind the wonton shop.
This was rented with the help of Long Hanshi's older sister. She was worried about the mother and her two daughters living outside the city and insisted that they live in the city.
Every day, Song Erniang sold wontons while raising her daughter, and she also had to worry about how Long Hanshi was doing outside.
Have you eaten enough? Are you dressed warmly enough? Did you encounter any danger on the way?
In short, whenever Song Erniang has a dream, it's definitely related to Long Hanshi.
Days passed by like this.
A month later, Song Erniang was already counting down the days until Long Hanshi returned.
The Ye family sent someone that day to say that the goods were being delivered to Shijie City in Biao Kingdom. There was a slight delay on the way, but fortunately everything went smoothly and they have all returned now.
The man even said some things to Song Erniang that made her heart pound.
"Your Master Long is quite a character! It's him! If it weren't for Master Long being here this time, our Third Master would probably have had to go to the Southwest Army to ask for reinforcements!"
After saying that, the man gave Song Erniang a thumbs up.
Song Erniang was terrified.
Does this mean they encountered something terrible on the road?
They're even mobilizing the Southwest Army; they must have encountered bandits, and not just any ordinary bandits...
Song Erniang was even more worried.
Long Hanshi shouldn't be in any trouble, right? What that person from the Ye family just said means he's alright. Long Hanshi is a simpleton with good luck, he'll definitely be fine.
As Song Erniang had been waiting, Long Hanshi finally returned with the Ye family.
...
That day, Song Erniang was cooking wontons for someone in her shop when she suddenly heard a lively sound at the city gate.
She hurried over to take a look.
This sight thrilled Song Erniang. It turned out that the Ye family's caravan and their guards had returned.
Previously, Long Hanshi had been at the very back of the caravan, but this time he was riding a large horse at the very front.
When they arrived at the entrance of their wonton shop, the people there all greeted Song Erniang warmly.
"May Song Erniang's business prosper! Let's come and have wontons another day."
"Is Song Erniang waiting for Lord Long?"
"Master Long won't be getting any sleep tonight!"
...
While the crowd was making a ruckus, they also respectfully said goodbye to Long Hanshi.
"Hey Boss Long, let's get together for drinks in a couple of days, it's a promise!"
"Uncle Long, come to my house for dinner in a couple of days. My mother's cooking is excellent."
"Master Long, the Ye family has already booked Songhelou Restaurant the day after tomorrow. You can't miss it!"
"Talk to your wife properly!"
...
The way everyone treated Long Hanshi was completely different from the day he first left the city. On that day, when Long Hanshi joined for the first time, no one took him seriously.
Back then, everyone still called Long Hanshi "Hanshi" or "Long Family Boy"...
After returning from this escort mission, everyone started calling him Master Long.
Song Erniang knew that a lot must have happened along the way. Those people were all people who had traveled all over the country, otherwise they would not have made such a big change in their attitude towards Long Hanshi.
Thinking of this, Song Erniang's heart clenched even more.
Long Hanshi, carrying his bundle, entered the wonton shop with a smile. After handing the bundle to Song Erniang, Long Hanshi quickly stood in front of his two daughters and teased them without touching them.
He was filthy and dared not hold his daughter.
Long Hanshi's sister also came, and she was overjoyed to see Long Hanshi like this.
"Second Aunt, go and talk to Hanshi. I'll watch over the nieces!"
Song Erniang did not refuse, and directly grabbed Long Hanshi by the collar and went into the back room.
Before Long Hanshi could react, Song Erniang dragged him into the side room.
As soon as she entered the room, Song Erniang went to take off Long Hanshi's clothes...
Long Hanshi was startled at first, then overjoyed. His wife missed him, which meant he held a high position in her heart.
but……
"Wife, this isn't right! How about we wait until tonight? You haven't showered yet, and you smell terrible. I was worried about both of our daughters getting smelly."
"If you really want to, it's not impossible..." Long Hanshi's face actually turned red.
"Hurry up and take off all your clothes." Song Erniang didn't have time to chat with Long Hanshi.
Long Hanshi quickly took off all his clothes, leaving him only wearing a pair of shorts.
Song Erniang carefully examined Long Hanshi's body...
Thankfully, there were no injuries to his chest or back, and he probably didn't have any head injuries either...
After letting out a long sigh of relief, Song Erniang was finally at ease. She was all right, with no missing limbs or anything!
Long Hanshi realized at this moment that his wife was checking him because she was afraid he would get hurt.
"Alright, get dressed! You wait here, I'll go boil some water for you to bathe!" Song Erniang said, turning to go to the wonton shop in front to boil more water.
Long Hanshi quickly grabbed Song Erniang.
"My wife, you only checked the top just now, shouldn't you check the bottom too?"
Song Erniang...
Sure enough, even the most honest man will go astray once he goes out into the world!
...
Long Hanshi felt refreshed after taking a bath.
At this time, the wonton shop also closed, and the family of four squeezed into this small side room.
Long Hanshi lingered for a while, admiring his two daughters. Once they were both asleep, he moved closer to Song Erniang.
"My lady, I earned three hundred taels of silver on this trip!" Long Hanshi held up three fingers to Song Erniang.
Song Erniang was just about to take the clothes that Long Hanshi had brought back to wash...
"Did you encounter danger on the way?" Song Erniang's voice was trembling.
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