As if suddenly remembering something, Yun Niangzi quickly looked around and spotted Xiao An beside her, who was frowning, clenching his fists, and about to rush forward. She exclaimed "Oh dear!" and pulled him back, saying, "Xiao An, you're just a child, don't look."
Xiao An was pulled back and jumped up in distress: "Brother A Shi is bullying Second Sister, I have to protect her!"
Wu Dan and several other clansmen stepped forward with laughter, coaxing Xiao An: "Xiao An, the young master wouldn't dare to bully the young mistress!"
The group coaxed and carried the person away.
Just now, Zhao Tingduo and Song Liyun were arguing, which startled them both.
They were all worried that the young mistress might actually return to Broken Gold Town in a fit of anger, and then the young master's efforts would be in vain.
Song Liyun was kissed by Zhao Tingduo, and she felt increasingly short of breath, but her rationality slowly returned.
With a forceful push, he shoved Zhao Tingduo away, panting, "You bad guy... in broad daylight... you're being so rude and disrespectful."
Zhao Tingduo licked her lips, looked at Song Liyun's flushed cheeks, and said with a look of lingering satisfaction, "Isn't it normal for us to be husband and wife?"
His words were cheerful, showing no trace of the annoyance they had just felt during their argument.
Occasionally, he would see Xiaoyun crying for him and feeling jealous for him, and he would feel a sense of lightness in his bones.
Song Liyun is good in every way, except that she is too strong-willed and sometimes too sensible.
Just like her mother, she never speaks of her grievances. I must change her personality in the future.
No, I should be more careful and not follow in my father's footsteps.
Before Song Liyun could say anything, she was kissed. She stomped her foot in anger: "Elder Shan and the others are still here. How can I save face now!"
Although she did not share the feudalistic ideas of women in the Wu Dynasty, she also did not have a penchant for displaying intimacy in public.
Seeing her coquettish and embarrassed expression, Zhao Tingduo laughed so hard she trembled. She put her arm around her shoulder and made her look behind her: "Look, there's someone there!"
Song Liyun looked up and, sure enough, there was no one around...
There were only a few figures jogging away in different directions. Even Elder Shan, who was quite old, was running with a limp, which was quite comical!
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The small tents couldn't accommodate all these people, and Zhao Tingduo wouldn't let Song Liyun touch the "space" anymore: "Go back to the prefab house, it has everything there, and I still have something to show you!"
I worked hard for several days, only to be misunderstood, all for the sake of giving her a gift.
With Zhao Tingduo's unreasonable interruption, Song Liyun could no longer stay angry.
Soon, she was surrounded by people and led back to the prefab house where she had rested the night before.
What made Song Liyun a little embarrassed was that she had walked for most of the day, but the return trip only took half an hour.
It turns out that it wasn't just Xiao An and Yun Niangzi who were holding things back; I was slacking off too.
Before it even got dark, I could see the campsite with its campfire burning.
Upon seeing the young master return with his young mistress, a large group of people swarmed around them.
Among them were people Song Liyun knew, and they all bowed in greeting.
What surprised Song Liyun the most was that more than a dozen yurts had been set up on the river bend not far away, along with herds of cattle and sheep.
Zhao Tingduo pointed to the herdsmen who were still busy in the yurts and said with a smile, "This is the gift I want to give you, a tribe."
"I'll come see you after they've settled in."
"The delay was because you wanted to deliver it to my tribe?"
Song Liyun was both amused and exasperated.
"Yes, I hope you will have great wealth and many tribes in the future!"
In the hearts of the Di people, agate, jade, gold and silver jewelry do not represent wealth, at least not things that can sustain life.
Only with vast grasslands, a large number of cattle and sheep, and a large population can there be true stability.
"This is the shortest route from Broken Gold Town to Kara Mountain. I plan to set up settlements along the way so that you can find your tribe every time you travel."
Hot milk tea is always available, and warm tents are available for lodging. Secure security escorts provide transportation.
Zhao Tingduo's eyes lit up; this wasn't just something she talked about.
After all his efforts, he's already halfway to success.
On the way, at least five people had already settled down, and several others were making relocation preparations when he left.
As he spoke, he took out a map and handed it to Song Liyun as if presenting a treasure.
The map shows not only the course of several rivers, but also the distribution points of dozens of tribes.
It turns out that when Zhao Tingduo began to survey the area between Kara Mountain and Suijin Town in the autumn, he casually drew a simple map and also counted the tribes in the area.
These scattered tribes vary in size, from nearly a hundred people to just one family, all relying on their own cattle and sheep for a living.
Zhao Tingduo moved more than a dozen tribes to the route that Song Liyun would take, so that they could have yurts for resting along the way instead of setting up makeshift houses every time.
The reason they came to greet us these past two days was because of the tribes outside.
In order to find a place with a water source for this tribe, Zhao Tingduo drove her cattle through the desert for several days and managed to stay here for the winter.
Last night, I almost walked into a thunderstorm area, which scared the sheep so much that they scattered and searched the surrounding area for a long time.
When Elder Shan found him, he was still catching sheep all over the ground.
Seeing that everyone was safe, Elder Shan was so happy that he forgot to instruct someone to send a message back, which caused Song Liyun to worry and misunderstand.
"Thank you! It must have been very hard work to relocate so many tribes!"
Song Liyun felt a warm glow in her heart.
To make it easier for himself to walk, he went to such lengths.
Although in Song Liyun's mind, once the two of them got married, the tribe would be jointly owned, and Zhao Tingduo's actions were also his mission.
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