The next morning, when Xiaoyue woke up, Li Qianqian and Lu Xiaomei were already up. The two of them had packed four large bundles on the kang (heated brick bed) in the west room, two of which contained bedding.
Another item is the clothes and shoes for everyone, including Xiaodouding. Xiaoyue had already discussed it with Shuiyue yesterday. Shuiyue still prefers to stay with Chunyue, and Chunyue is also very sensible.
Thinking that Li Lei had left, and that Li Qianqian and Lu Xiaomei had also left, Chunyue insisted on staying, and Shuiyue also stayed.
The remaining large bundle contained the needles and thread left over from sewing clothes by Li Qianqian, as well as other things that Li Qianqian used casually.
Xu Fanyuan quickly arrived at the courtyard and hitched up the donkey cart. Xiaoyue and Chunyue carried the bundles onto the cart. Seeing that the cart was full of people and things, Xu Fanyuan told Chunyue to stay and that he would return it later.
After Xiaoyue and Chunyue saw Xu Fanyuan and his group off, Chunyue stayed home to watch the house while Xiaoyue headed towards Grandma Ge's house.
From afar, Xiaoyue spotted a man with a straight posture. Although he was only wearing a dark brown jacket and a simple dark coarse cloth belt around his waist,
The rest of her clothes were completely undecorated, and Xiaoyue suddenly felt a pang of sadness. She had made so many clothes and pants, and bought all kinds of silk fabrics, so why hadn't she thought of making a purse for Liang Qi?
Is it that she can't remember, or that she simply doesn't care about Liang Qi? Every time something happens, she goes to Liang Qi, and she often gets angry with him.
Did Liang Qi really owe her something? Xiaoyue walked slower and slower, and Liang Qi's image gradually blurred in her eyes. She had never stood on the same level as Liang Qi.
When faced with Uncle Liang's attitude, he would only tell Liang Qi to break up, and he never stood by Liang Qi's side. Although he said he would solve the problem together, most of the time he would just watch Liang Qi's miserable state, resent him, and be angry with him, but he never thought about the problem from his perspective.
Xiaoyue wiped her blurry eyes and saw Liang Qi standing right in front of her. He was a man of refined elegance, giving Xiaoyue a feeling of timelessness at first glance.
Xiaoyue's words caught in her throat, and in a sudden moment she wanted to throw herself into Liang Qi's arms. To hell with the gossip and the decline of morality, all she wanted was to be with Liang Qi.
Suddenly, a calloused, bony hand appeared before Xiaoyue, snapped its fingers in front of her, and a pure, unadulterated voice laughed, "You're back to your senses."
Xiaoyue suddenly blushed and tugged at Liang Qi's sleeve, asking, "What's the situation with the people inside?"
Liang Qiren pulled on Xiaoyue's sleeve, glanced at Xiaoyue, and noticed that Xiaoyue was a little different today, but he didn't know how she was different. He looked down at Xiaoyue's face carefully and smiled maliciously.
Xiaoyue glanced at Liang Qi secretly and saw him laughing so freely. She smiled slowly too and then ran into the courtyard of Old Madam Ge's house.
The courtyard looked somewhat dilapidated. The kitchen was locked, the main house was locked, the cow was gone, and the last thing I saw was the door to the west wing.
Liang Qi nailed many wooden boards to the outside of the door, sealing it off. Looking at the window, it was also sealed off.
Xiaoyue stood in front of the door, turned to look at Liang Qi, and Liang Qi took a few quick steps to stand in front of Xiaoyue and said, "Guess, will they?"
Xiaoyue quickly said, "No, Ge Erlin and Ge Sanlin also saw the red box, and they were both fine."
"How did all those soldiers die?"
Xiaoyue said with lingering fear, "Have you forgotten that they couldn't unlock the box and they bled when they tried to cut the corner of it?"
Liang Qi said meaningfully, "If we don't touch the red box, the people inside will be fine. Opening the red box will only scare them. If we cause the box to bleed, then they will lose their lives."
Xiaoyue nodded seriously and said, "I think that's roughly how it is."
Liang Qi picked up a shovel and said to Xiaoyue, "Stay away from here, I'm going to pry the door open."
Xiaoyue took five steps back. Liang Qi pried open the nailed board, turned back to Xiaoyue and said, "You wait here, I'll go inside and take a look."
Xiaoyue nodded. She had only heard that the side room was haunted, but had never actually seen it.
Liang Qi opened the kitchen door. The bedroom was pitch black. Liang Qi took out a tinderbox from his pocket, lit a piece of firewood that was in the kitchen, and went into the bedroom.
The first thing that caught Liang Qi's eye was Li Shuanshu, lying hunched over on the ground. Liang Qi dared not go any further. Shining the torch again, he discovered three servants...
One was lying in the corner with blood streaming from his head, another was straddling the slightly overweight shopkeeper, and the third was glaring menacingly at Liang Qi as he opened the door.
Liang Qi hurriedly left the room, closed the door, and nailed it shut.
He said to Xiaoyue, "I'll stand guard outside the door. You quickly inform Village Chief Xu that a murder has occurred in the village. Tell the village chief to send someone to the town government office to find the culprit."
Seeing Liang Qi's anxious expression, Xiaoyue quickly ran to the village chief's house.
The village chief then called Hu San to inform the town government.
After informing the village chief, Xiaoyue returned to Grandma Ge's house and went to Liang Qi. She insisted on opening the kitchen door and, from under the window of the west wing, retrieved a bundle of firewood.
Then they called Liang Qi to the kitchen, boiled a pot of water, and the kitchen gradually warmed up.
While tending the fire, Xiaoyue stole glances at Liang Qi. Seeing that he hadn't said a word and was simply facing the west wing, she couldn't help but ask, "How is Uncle Liang now?"
When Liang Qi heard Xiao Yue ask about Liang Bo's condition, he slowly turned his head, the corners of his lips unconsciously curving upwards, and said lightly, "Ever since returning from Seven Star Mountain, his health has been poor."
I've been taking medicine from Dr. Hu for a month, and we're almost finished with it, but I still haven't gotten better.
"Oh." Xiaoyue didn't know what to say.
Liang Qi moved the small stool closer to Xiao Yue and said softly, "It's not the time to propose marriage yet. The last time I mentioned it to my father, he was so angry that he vomited blood. That's when I realized how serious things are."
Xiaoyue straightened up in front of the stove and slowly walked towards Liang Qi, then slowly squatted down in front of him, reaching out to take his hand in hers.
She looked up, her eyes already brimming with tears, and softly choked out to Liang Qi, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" before leaning on Liang Qi's raised legs.
Liang Qi patted Xiaoyue's head and said to her with heartache, "I'm sorry, I didn't give you what you wanted, and I couldn't even keep my promise to propose marriage."
Xiaoyue raised her head and looked directly at Liang Qi. Her eyes, which had been filled with tears, were clear and bright. She mustered her courage and said to Liang Qi, "As long as you don't marry me, I'll wait for you."
Liang Qi patted Xiaoyue's head and said, "Alright, I, Liang Qi, will not marry anyone but Xiaoyue."
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