Chapter 23 The Drunkard's Intentions Are Not About Drinking
However, Su Nuan did not ask any further questions as Su Zhen expected, but just passed by her calmly.
Su Zhen became anxious instead. She turned around and looked at Su Nuan and shouted, "Hey, why did you leave?"
Su Nuan turned around, looked at her and said, "It's raining. I don't want water to get into my head and make me look like a fool."
After that, she stopped paying attention to Su Zhen and returned to the carriage. She said, "Aunt, let's all squeeze into the carriage today. I think it will rain heavily in the second half of the night."
The rain now can only be considered moderate rain. If it is heavy rain, even the tarpaulin will not be able to block the rain.
Xue said in the carriage, "Come in quickly, it will be cold when it gets dark."
Su Nuan entered the carriage and took out the things in the sack.
"Mom, let's make some ginger soup to get rid of the cold."
Xue thought these things were given by Dong'er, so she didn't ask any more questions.
"Okay, but the car is too small. I'll go outside and see if anyone has built a shed and borrow some space."
Su Nuan shook her head, "Mom, I'll take care of the shed problem, you guys get everything ready first."
After saying that, she got out of the car, and saw Su Zhen as soon as she got off.
She said angrily, "Why are you haunting me? Do you really need me to beat you up?"
Su Zhen was startled by Su Nuan's words and asked hesitantly, "Why are you so rude?"
Su Nuan didn't have the patience to chat with her, so she turned around and looked at the side of the carriage, then looked around.
There are only a few sparse small trees on both sides of the road, which can be used as poles to support the awning.
She took out an iron pot from the back of the carriage and weighed it, thinking it should be usable as a hatchet.
Su Zhen didn't understand what she was going to do and asked, "Are you using the pot to cook? Rainwater is water, but it needs to be boiled before it can be drunk."
Su Nuan was too lazy to pay attention to this person, so she just carried the pot down the official road and slid down the slope to the meadow. The trees in such places did not grow tall.
Su Zhen shouted, "What are you going to do? Let me help you."
Su Nuan was extremely annoyed, so she picked up the iron pot and used the edge of the pot as a machete to chop at the small tree.
The small tree was only one and a half fingers thick, and was very flexible because it had absorbed enough water, but Su Nuan was so strong that he pulled the small tree out with its roots.
She was speechless and simply used brute force to pull up a few more small trees and carry them back.
Su Zhen came closer and said, "Look, you have a carriage. Let your parents take shelter from the rain. They gave birth to you anyway."
Su Nuan slowly raised the pot and said, "Do you believe I will blow your head off right now?"
Su Zhen took two steps back in fright, but she didn't leave.
Su Nuan was puzzled. What exactly was the person who had taken over Su Zhen's body trying to do? First, they came to test her, and then used family ties to kidnap her. Had she taken over Su Zhen's body but not her memories?
I don’t know if the people I beat up in the town went to the capital to cause trouble. Looking at Su Zhen’s current appearance, I can’t tell anything.
At this time, Su Zhen continued, "Someone in the capital destroyed my reputation, causing me to be broken off from my engagement, and later my property was confiscated and I was exiled. It was already very miserable. Can't you forgive me?"
Su Nuan glanced sideways, "What does what you said have to do with me? It's tragic that you were broken off from the engagement, but you deserve it. Is it so easy to take something you stole?"
"Is it because of me that your property was confiscated and you were exiled? So get out of here while I'm busy, or I'll definitely beat you up when I'm free."
Su Zhen took a few steps back, biting her lip and saying, "There's a saying that goes, 'When you meet an old friend in a foreign land, it's easy to be friendly.' Now we're all exiles, but we're still a family. Why can't we get along?"
Su Nuan felt that this person had some problems with his brain. How could she be so careless as to let bygones be bygones?
She also knew that nothing she said would be of any use, so she put down the small tree and walked over to the officers and soldiers nearby.
"Brother, can you lend me your knife?"
The man was shocked. Exiled criminal borrowing a knife? How dare he eat a bear's heart and a leopard's courage?
Su Zhen quickly said, "Brother, I'm sorry, my sister is stupid, please don't pay attention to what she says."
Su Nuan turned around and slapped him, "Who is your sister? What right do you have to talk here? You are as annoying as a fly."
Su Zhen was beaten and fell to the ground. She covered her face with her hands and asked with red eyes: "Sister, you hit me?"
Su Nuan took a deep breath and shouted angrily, "Get lost and don't bother me."
As she spoke, she pulled out the soldier's knife and slashed it between Su Zhen's legs, leaving a gap in her skirt.
Su Zhen screamed in fright, got up and ran away. There was a large wet spot on her buttocks. She didn't know if it was soaked by the rain on the ground or by urine.
The officer was frightened by Su Nuan's momentum. He wanted to snatch back the sword, but he was afraid that Su Nuan would go crazy and chop him too.
Su Nuan took a knife and trimmed the small tree, using the knife handle as a hammer to fix the branches on both sides of the carriage.
The branches stretched out and covered with oilcloth can make a good awning, so you can squat on the side of the carriage and cook with the stove.
The team also walked on the right side of the official road, so Su Nuan set up the tent on the right side so that it would not get in the way.
She returned the knife to the officer, "Thank you, brother."
The soldier numbly took the knife and put it away. He glanced at the branch Su Nuan had chopped. The cut was so smooth, he couldn't even do that. How did a little girl like her do it? Was she a master?
After Su Nuan prepared dinner, she gave the soldier who had borrowed the knife a bowl of ginger soup. "Thank you for borrowing the knife, big brother. This bowl of ginger soup will warm you up."
The officers and soldiers took the ginger soup and drank it all, and the coldness in their bodies dissipated instantly.
He smiled and said, "Thank you. Just tell me what you want to do next time. I'll help you chop. If they see you with a knife, they'll kill you on the spot."
Su Nuan nodded, "I understand. I'll have to trouble you in the future, but it won't be in vain. It will be beneficial."
The soldier was only a teenager of sixteen or seventeen years old. He savored the sweet ginger soup with a silly smile on his face.
"good."
Su Nuan took the bowl and turned back.
Dong'er came and took away a big bowl of wild vegetable noodle soup. She was still so cheerful, like a carefree bird.
Su Nuan looked at Dong'er's back. Her world was complete as long as she was there, so she had to protect her happiness in this life.
After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, they rested in the carriage. Some people saw that there was no one under the awning and came over to take shelter from the rain.
Su Nuan didn't drive him away, as long as he didn't provoke her.
The next few days were spent traveling as normal. The rain was neither heavy nor light, and many people started coughing.
Cheng Feng rode his horse to Su Nuan and asked, "Do you have any medicine? More and more people in the team are coughing, and I'm worried they won't be able to continue on their journey."
Su Nuan knew that coughing was highly contagious but difficult to treat, and once it developed into tuberculosis, countless people would die.
She nodded. "There is medicine, but I suggest you brew it and distribute it uniformly. Everyone must drink it. It can cure diseases if there are any, and prevent diseases if there are none."
Cheng Feng breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, give me the herbs."
Su Nuan got out of the carriage and took out a bag from the box at the back of the carriage. Inside was the medicinal herbs she had just replaced.
"These can provide the team with drinking water for three days, twice a day. I will also see if there are any medicinal herbs along the way. Fresh ones can also be used to treat illnesses."
Cheng Feng came to Su Nuan because he had no other choice. Seeing that she really had the medicinal herbs, he took them with a smile.
Then he whispered, "Hold on for three more days. After three days, there will be many caves in the Black Col, and we can rest then."
Su Nuan nodded and frowned as she looked at Cheng Feng's back. This guy seemed to have ulterior motives.
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