Chapter 96: Leaving Home. Love.
It was bitterly cold in the north, and this trip would take at least another month, so Qiu Xuan was actually reluctant to go.
But the reality is that there is a great opportunity to make money...
Qiu Xuan curled up in the quilt, her fingers turned red from being twisted by herself. She didn't know why she was still struggling with it even though she had agreed to it.
With the escort on this trip, she will definitely be safe. What is she hesitating about?
Qiu Xuan couldn't explain it clearly.
The door was pushed open from the outside, and Zong Xiao walked in with a hot water bottle in his hand.
He sat at the end of the bed, lifted the corner of the quilt, and stuffed the hot water bottle in.
The person under the quilt didn't move or say a word. He knew that Qiu Yun was unhappy again.
He blew out the candle and got into bed in the dark.
"you!"
Qiu Xuan heard the noise and knew that Zong Xiao had come in.
But she didn't expect Zong Xiao to be so reckless now, and actually crawled into her quilt!
She gritted her teeth and said angrily, "Are you afraid of being hungry before going out?"
"No." Zong Xiao hugged her from behind and rested his chin on her shoulder.
He nudged her and coaxed her, "I'll be back soon, and I'll definitely be back before the New Year."
"...You said the same thing two years ago." Qiu Xuan turned around and looked at him face to face.
There were tears in her eyes, and she looked like she had just cried.
"This time it's different. Brother Fushun is here, along with the escort. We're just accompanying them."
"It's almost New Year, and the escort agency is short-staffed, so we came down here to look for someone. The price we offered is reasonable."
Qiu Xuan had heard him say this once before, and she knew all of this.
But who can really feel at ease when my family is going on a long journey?
Zong Xiao pinched her earlobe and whispered, "I'll be back soon. I'll bring you some rare things from the north."
It's cold in the north, what good things can there be?
Qiu Xuan didn't care much about this. She pursed her lips and said, "As long as you're safe and sound, that's all I'm happy about."
"Well, I remember, nothing is more important than life." Zong Xiao lowered his head and pecked her twice on the corner of her mouth.
An old couple can know what each other wants to do with just one gesture and one look.
Qiu Xuan was kissed several times, and finally she reached out to meet him.
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The next day, before dawn, the grandmother went into the kitchen.
Zong Xiao will be leaving home tomorrow. Although he will be delivering goods with the escort company, who can guarantee that they will eat the same food as the people in the escort company?
The clan mother was considerate and worried that he would be hungry on the road, so she specially steamed a pot of dry food.
In winter, dry steamed buns can be kept for three to five days without going bad.
When the time comes, roast it over the fire and it will be delicious.
In addition to dry food, the grandmother also prepared a lot of pork jerky.
If you make this today, you can take it away tomorrow. If you make dried meat, it will be too late.
The clan mother brought Yuan Gu along and made all the pork in the house into jerky.
There was not enough space for both stoves, so we had to roast them in waves.
The aroma of meat soon wafted out, luring the greediest person in the family into the kitchen.
"Mom, what delicious food are you making so early in the morning? It smells so good." Zong Anji lifted the door curtain and walked in.
He sniffed through the lid and said with certainty, "Why did you think of making dried meat?"
As he said this, he reached out to open the lid.
The clan mother slapped his hand aside and said, "You only know how to eat. These are all prepared for your second brother. Let him take them tomorrow."
Zong Anji instantly wilted. He glanced outside and saw no one coming. Then he whispered, "Mom, did you really agree to let my second brother go out?"
"Can you stop it?"
The clan mother had long seen that no one could stop Erlang from doing what he wanted to do.
The last time I went into the mountains was when I was delivering goods.
Fortunately, there are many people accompanying us this time, and they are all very capable. The grandmother thought about it carefully last night and felt that everything should be fine.
Aunt Feng’s children have also been doing business, and it is true that they would take a long time every time they were away, after all, the place they went to was far away.
The world is peaceful now. Apart from the difficulty of traveling on the road, what else could happen?
After thinking about it, Zong's mother agreed to let Zong Xiao go out.
Seeing that the mother also agreed, what else could Zong Anji say? He sighed, turned around and went back to the house.
No one understood him, no one understood him! He could only tell Yueyang about his inner worries.
"You, you, I naturally understand why you are worried about my second brother. But my second brother and the others must have their considerations. This time my second brother wants to go out and make money, it's also for the family."
"I..." Zong Anji knew it in his heart, but he just felt uncomfortable.
The most uncomfortable thing happened before the New Year.
"Since Second Brother is definitely going out, there's no point in overthinking it now. It's better to prepare some things and let Second Brother take them."
This word awakened Zong Anji.
He stood up and rubbed Yueyang's face, "It has to be you. I'm going now. You don't have to wait for me for breakfast."
Zong Anji took his purse and hurried out of the house.
No one knows what he is going to do.
In the small courtyard next door, Qiu Xuan slept until dawn.
She opened her eyes drowsily, feeling tired and exhausted.
The two of them made a fuss until midnight last night, and when you think about it, they haven't slept very long up to now.
But Zong Xiao is going out tomorrow, and he will be gone for a month...
Qiu Xuan felt sad and couldn't help but snuggle into Zong Xiao's arms.
"Awake?" Zong Xiao used his hands and feet to wrap her up tightly.
"You woke up a long time ago?" Qiu Xuan woke up instantly. She raised her eyes to look at Zong Xiao and saw that he had a smile on his face and looked happy as if he had eaten and drunk enough.
Zong Xiao had indeed woken up a long time ago. He looked at Qiu Yu openly for a long time until she woke up.
He cherishes such a warm and beautiful day even more.
Although he told his family that it would be safe this time, he was actually not sure.
But he couldn't say these words, because if he did, he wouldn't be able to leave.
The amount of silver was a lot...so much that he had to go even if he knew there was danger.
Sometimes, all we have to fight for is luck.
Zong Xiao moved his hand to her waist and squeezed it gently.
"I'm leaving tomorrow. Don't forget to use the hot water bottle at night."
Zong Xiao always took care of these little things, and Qiu Yun rarely did anything.
Anyway, every time I get into bed, it’s warm.
"Why are you suddenly so fussy?"
"The weather is getting colder." Zong Xiao was worried that she would be cold at home alone.
Qiu Xuan couldn't bear to hear such caring words. She hummed and hawed, afraid that if Zong Xiao continued talking, she would burst into tears.
"Okay, okay, I remember everything. When you come back, you will definitely see me as full of energy." Qiu Xuan escaped from his arms, picked up her clothes and put them on.
By the time the two of them had washed up and came to the hall, the meal was already ready.
Although the rice porridge was still steaming, it had been on the table for a while.
Qiu Xuan felt a little embarrassed, because she and her husband were late.
"Come and try mother's cooking. This is what I cooked today." The grandmother asked everyone to sit down and served each of them a bowl of porridge.
Qiu Xuan was halfway through her meal when she realized that Zong Anji was not at the table.
She asked, "Where's my third brother? Why haven't I seen him this morning?"
Yueyang fed Shuyun a spoonful of rice porridge and said, "Sister-in-law, don't worry about him. He went out early in the morning. Who knows what he went to do."
After finishing breakfast, Zong Xiao left the house.
Now that the decision has been made, he should go to Fushun and inform him.
Zong Xiao didn't go empty-handed, he brought a rabbit with him.
We raise them at home, they are big, fat and have thick meat.
Datun Village remains the same as before, without any change.
Zong Xiao quickly found Fushun's house. He knocked on the door and soon a woman came out.
The woman's hair was gray and she looked noticeably older than she was two years ago.
"Aunt." Zong Xiao recognized her. This was Fushun's mother. "Aunt, I'm here to look for Brother Fushun."
The woman forced a smile and welcomed him in.
"Fu Shun, Fu Shun." The woman shouted twice into the house.
Soon, a man carrying a bowl of medicine came out with a gloomy look on his face. "Who is it?"
When he saw the person coming, his eyes lit up instantly.
"Brother."
Perhaps Fu Shun was surprised that Zong Xiao would come to him.
He brought the man into the house and poured water on him.
It was a small room with only a quilt on the bed.
The room was filled with the smell of medicine, and bursts of coughing could be heard from next door.
Zong Xiao couldn't help but frown. He remembered that Fushun had lost his father a long time ago. So who was in the next room?
"My little brother."
"Why didn't you mention it?"
Fu Shun paused and gave a wry smile, "It won't change anything even if I say it."
Zong Xiao finally understood why Fushun was willing to make this trip, for his family and for his younger brother.
"How long have you been sick?" Zong Xiao asked.
"It's been a few months. I took medicine after the plague and it saved my life, but I have to keep taking it."
Although the medicine is cheaper now, it still costs four or five taels a month, which means dozens of taels a year.
How could an ordinary family in the mountains make so much money?
The money Fushun had saved up in the past is now almost gone, and delivering goods is the only way to make money quickly.
Zong Xiao was in a hurry to go out and didn't bring much money with him from the mountain, so he put the only five taels of silver he had on the table.
"What are you doing?" Fu Shun tried to stop him.
"We'll be gone for at least a month this time. Take this money and buy some medicine for my younger brother."
Fushun choked up, "Thank you, Brother Zong."
The little incident passed quickly, and the two of them agreed on a time and made an appointment to meet the next day.
After leaving Fushun's house, walk two alleys further and you will reach Qiu's house.
Zong Xiao didn't know what he was thinking, but he actually walked towards that direction.
All the people in the Qiu family died last year, and the yard is now empty.
Looking at the weeds in front of the door, Zong Xiao felt that time passed so quickly. It was almost four years ago.
If he could come back safely this time, he could spend the remaining decades with Qiu Xuan.
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That night, Zong Anji quietly slipped into Zong Xiao's yard carrying the things he had bought.
He stood at the door like an eavesdropping thief.
It was Zong Xiao who saw him and led him into the house.
"What are you thinking about, standing in front of the door at night and not coming in?"
"Second brother, this is for you." Zong Anji stuffed the thing in his hand into Zong Xiao's hand.
Qiu Xuan took a look and saw Guanhe Hall written on it.
It was a newly opened clinic in town. The medicine was expensive and they only provided pills, with the main feature being that they were easy to carry.
Zong Anji instructed, "Second brother, keep this safe. Although I don't expect to need it, it's better to carry it with you just to be safe."
Zong Xiao glanced down, and seeing Zong Anji's conflicted look, he nodded and said, "Okay."
They are brothers, connected by blood.
Zong Anji was worried about him going out alone, but this was all he could do at the moment.
Before dawn the next day, Zong Xiao had already packed his bags.
He had a new rabbit fur scarf wrapped around his neck, and a layer of rabbit fur was added inside his clothes.
It is cold in the north, and ordinary cotton clothes are not warm enough. Only clothes made of fur are windproof.
Qiu Xuan tied a red rope around his waist, which symbolized peace.
"You don't have to send me off. I can go out by myself." Zong Xiao said.
"I'm already down." Qiu Xuan was only wearing a layer of underwear. She picked up a thick coat from the rack and put it on. "I'll walk you to the door."
"good."
Qiu Xuan watched him leave the house. It was pitch black outside and soon she could no longer see Zong Xiao.
Qiu Xuan stood in front of the door for a long time until she heard a sound behind her.
"Ah's wife, is Erlang gone?"
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