Chapter 109 Departure, New Goal
As soon as Mu Nanzhao finished speaking, the girl who had been asking him questions seriously a moment ago suddenly fell on him.
She leaned limply, and the wine glass in her hand slipped and rolled onto the snow.
Mu Nanzhao was not surprised by this. He sighed and said, "I told you not to drink."
"You dare drink soju even though you can't drink much."
Although he complained, his actions did not slow down at all.
Mu Nanzhao picked up Gu Xixi and carried her back to the bedroom with brisk steps.
Maybe the brocade quilt was a little cold. As soon as Gu Xixi's back touched the bed, she suddenly opened her eyes.
"I never thought that you would still want to protect me even though you were almost dying."
As she spoke, she burped loudly into Mu Nanzhao's face.
Mu Nanzhao frowned, "Gu Xixi!"
Gu Xixi just started laughing.
She held onto Mu Nanzhao's arm with one hand and slapped his shoulder with the other.
"That's nice! You're much nicer than I thought!"
"I have nothing to repay you with, except..."
The drunk man burst out with strength he didn't normally have, and grabbed Mu Nanzhao and pulled him forward fiercely.
Mu Nanzhao was not standing properly and was not prepared, so his body suddenly leaned forward.
The two people were instantly face to face, less than a finger's distance apart, their breaths intertwined and they could hear each other.
Mu Nanzhao was forced to look at Gu Xixi's face.
From the full and white forehead, the drunken eyes, to the cherry red and moist lips...
Boom, boom, boom, Mu Nanzhao could actually hear the sound of his own heartbeat.
Gu Xixi looked at him with empty eyes, and suddenly stopped smiling. She reiterated seriously, "I have nothing to repay you with, but...only..."
Just when Mu Nanzhao was beginning to look forward to what she was going to say.
Gu Xixi suddenly bent down and said, "Ugh..."
The next morning, when Gu Xixi walked out of the bedroom, the snow had stopped and a thick layer of snow had accumulated in the yard.
The wine glasses and stove left in the yard last night are gone.
Gu Xixi tapped her temples with a headache.
When she woke up, she was lying in bed with a hot water bottle beside her.
Her memory stopped at the moment when Mu Nanzhao finished eating a steamed bun with some vegetables, and she asked him a question, and then nothing happened.
This time, Gu Xixi had experience and knew that she must have drunk too much and lost her memory again.
She was just about to go and say hello to Mu Nanzhao.
I saw Aunt Zhang looking at the frozen coat in the yard and wondering:
"You didn't hang the clothes out to dry last night, why did Xiao Chen get up in the middle of the night to wash clothes?"
Gu Xixi paused, as if Xiaohua was frightened, and immediately turned around and hurried towards her house.
"Aunt, I'm busy today, so I won't come out for dinner. You bring it to me in the room."
The end of the New Year also marks the gradual end of the villagers' wintering days.
The diligent people have already gone to the fields. Since there is not much work for the time being, they are tidying up the ridges.
The first day of the village school,
Gu Xixi harnessed the mule cart early and made a series of preparations for the long journey.
Mu Nanzhao stood at the door, with an expression of obvious disapproval.
Shitou was holding the wooden board for writing, and his face was also filled with worry.
Gu Xixi carried a bag of dry food into the car, and when she turned around, she took the time to say, "Can you two stop looking at me like that? It's as if I can't come back."
Shitou said, "Sister Xixi, I heard that those people from the Western Regions have yellow hair and big beards and they eat people!"
Gu Xixi was helpless, "Where did you hear that? I'm busy, stop talking nonsense."
Seven water bags were filled with clean water and all were placed on the car.
Aunt Zhang felt uneasy keeping the banknotes close to her body.
Last night she took apart the lining of Gu Xixi's small cloth bag and sewed the silver bills inside stitch by stitch, trying to catch her off guard.
There are also various miscellaneous emergency items in the bag.
Gu Xixi inspected the car again to make sure nothing was missing, and said with a smile, "According to the walking distance, I will be back tomorrow evening at the earliest. If I am delayed, I will only stay for another day or two at most."
"Just do what you need to do and don't worry about me."
Aunt Zhang asked, "Do we have to find someone from the Western Regions to buy the Pinellia fruit you mentioned?"
Gu Xixi nodded in confirmation, "I have to go this time."
Aunt Zhang was still nervous. "In my opinion, you should let Xiao Chen accompany you."
Gu Xixi said, "On the first day after the New Year, the village school opens, and the teacher must lead the students to worship the saint. This has been the rule for hundreds of years, and Chen Fang must be present."
Mu Nanzhao watched from the sidelines until this point, and finally spoke up, “The Northwest Army has strict governance, and has been very effective in suppressing bandits in recent years. The road the host is on has always been peaceful, so there is no need to worry about safety issues.”
I don't know since when, Mu Nanzhao also started to call Gu Xixi "Boss".
Neither distant nor overly intimate.
Aunt Zhang felt relieved when she heard what Mu Nanzhao said.
"Okay, Xixi, be careful on the road!"
Mu Nanzhao took the reins before Gu Xixi and said, "I'll take the boss out."
After they walked out of the door, Mu Nanzhao said, "Shi Tou, you should go to school."
This time Shitou was very obedient. He knew they had something to say, so he nodded and left first.
Gu Xixi smiled and said, "Thank you for helping me say those words in front of my aunt just now."
Mu Nanzhao exhaled from the depths of his chest, and said helplessly, as if giving up, "The people of the Western Regions are cunning and only care about profit."
"If you can achieve your goal, you must find a way to check and balance their performance of the contract."
"If you can't, don't argue with them. Don't show your wealth to others. Return quickly."
Gu Xixi looked at him, and her expression became serious, "I'll remember it, don't worry."
Mu Nanzhao suddenly took a big step forward.
Gu Xixi felt a round, small, hard object being stuffed into the palm of her hand.
Mu Nanzhao's whisper rang in his ears, "If you encounter difficulties that you can't handle yourself, you can go to the Yunling County Office and find Jiang Zhubu."
Gu Xixi looked at him in slight surprise, "You..."
She looked around hurriedly before continuing, "I don't want it. I know it's not easy for you to set up your business. Now you have finally made some progress in the northwest."
"You should keep your people for yourself. I will pretend that I heard nothing and know nothing today."
Mu Nanzhao blocked her hand and said, "Don't think too much, Boss. I won't let you use someone who is in a vital position."
"Besides, I just asked you to buy a sapling just in case. Do you really want to turn Yunling County upside down?"
Gu Xixi looked at the thing in her palm, a peace locket.
It's not a good jade material, just the cheapest white marble.
She hesitated for a moment, then put the token away, "Mu Nanzhao, thank you."
Mu Nanzhao was slightly stunned. This was the first time she formally called him by his real name in front of him.
He lowered his eyes slightly and said calmly, "Go."
Leaving Huachidu Village and heading west along the official road, the largest city adjacent to the westernmost border is Yunling County.
Yunling County was an important gateway connecting the Daye Dynasty with the Western Regions.
It is said that the local economy is very prosperous, and there is even a chamber of commerce established by people from the Western Regions, which is under the jurisdiction of the local government.
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