As they were talking, He Jiuniang, being very tactful, poured water from her bamboo tube into her hand.
Ling Yue was surprised that this family was so grateful, but she wasn't one to take advantage of others. She handed the purse to He Jiu Niang, said thank you, and then turned and left in a hurry.
He Jiuniang didn't check how much money was in the purse; she handed it to Sun Shi and followed her.
Ling Yue was very displeased and stared at her warily: "Why are you following me?"
We are now some distance from the Lu family. We can see a beautiful woman sitting under a tree not far away. Although she is being served by maids, it is clear that she is not feeling well.
He Jiuniang lowered her voice and said, "I think your lady must have heatstroke. I happen to have some medicine to relieve the heat here, which may be of help."
Ling Yue thought she was even less of a good person. Before, when the madam had insomnia, she happened to have medicine for insomnia. Now that the madam has heatstroke, she happens to have medicine to relieve heatstroke. Isn't this an obvious trap?
"Who exactly are you? What are your intentions towards our lady?"
Ling Yue drew her long sword and held it to her neck. The Lu family members were horrified. What was going on?
He Jiuniang blinked innocently: "I'm just a country woman, I don't have any ulterior motives! It's just that your lady looks like she has heatstroke, and I thought you saved my family's life, so I wanted to help her out."
As she spoke, she took out a small porcelain bottle from her tattered bundle, which was exactly the same as the bottle that had contained the cinnabar calming pills last time.
He said, "The journey has been turbulent. These are things I picked up during the chaos. They are all good items. You'll know once you try them, young lady."
The bottle contained Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, which had a very strong smell. Ling Yue frowned as soon as she opened the bottle cap.
Why should I believe you?
Ling Yue remained vigilant. The journey was far from peaceful; she could encounter all sorts of strange and dangerous people. Moreover, since it concerned her mistress's safety, she could not act rashly.
He Jiuniang felt there was no point in saying more, so she took the small porcelain bottle, opened it, and took a sip herself: "Now you can believe me, right?"
She wiped her mouth and said unhappily, "If it weren't for the fact that you saved my family, I wouldn't bother with this!"
Ling Yue gave her a deep look, then frowned and headed towards the convoy.
Anyway, they're not far away. If anything happens to the lady, she'll kill these people on the spot.
Jiang Ruoya leaned against the tree trunk in a daze. Her body was already weak, and she felt that she might die on the road. She was not too bothered by anything else, but she had not found her daughter yet, and her husband's situation was not perfect. She had a lot of regrets in her heart.
Ling Yue knelt down beside her, first giving her some water to drink, then taking out the porcelain bottle and explaining its origin before saying, "That woman said it can relieve summer heat, would you like to try it, Madam?"
Ling Xue immediately disagreed: "No one here is knowledgeable in medicine. Don't harm the lady."
Ling Yue didn't want to, but thinking of He Jiu Niang's manner of speaking, she gritted her teeth and said, "That woman took a sip in front of me, and I didn't see anything happen to her."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ruoya glanced at He Jiuniang from afar and discovered that she had already returned home. The family had found a cool place to rest and had even started building a fire to cook a meal, suggesting that she was an open and honest person.
"Since it's her good intention, we shouldn't let her down."
She picked up the medicine bottle; the smell was pungent, but it was nothing to her, someone who took medicine regularly. She held her breath and drank it all in one gulp.
Although the medicine was bitter, I felt much better after drinking it, and my head wasn't as dizzy as before.
"It seems we really misunderstood them."
When He Jiuniang returned to the Lu family, Madam Sun was the first to anxiously pull her aside for a thorough examination before she couldn't help but mutter under her breath, "Those people are so ungrateful! They were clearly helping them, but they acted like we were the bad guys!"
She knew that He Jiuniang was carrying some medicine in her bundle, and that He Jiuniang had taken out the medicine when Old Man Lu suffered from heatstroke, so she didn't worry about it too much.
Seeing the old lady's protective attitude, He Jiuniang felt much better and nodded repeatedly in agreement: "That's right, they really don't know what's good for them! If it weren't for my loyalty and sense of justice, who would pay any attention to them!"
Sun was taken aback, not expecting her to be so shameless. She was caught off guard and, after realizing what had happened, angrily slapped her arm before turning away to do her own thing.
Tonight, Ms. Yu is making braised pork rice.
First, fry the fat from the cured pork to render the oil, then put the rice and cured pork in and simmer until cooked.
It sounds simple, but it requires precise timing and control; one wrong move and it'll burn.
Just then, a breeze blew by, and the surrounding area was immediately filled with a rich fragrance.
The other families kept swallowing their saliva. They had the same food as the Lu family, and they had everything the Lu family had, but they just couldn't make such delicious food. It was infuriating!
They still had food, but the convoy not far away was having a much harder time. They had no water and could only eat dry rations, which burned their throats, so they simply stopped eating them.
Jiang Ruoya could faintly smell the Lu family's braised pork rice and swallowed her saliva. Having lived most of her life, she had never experienced such hunger.
What's even more frustrating is that when you're starving, there's someone right next to you cooking a pot of braised pork rice!
So annoying!
Ling Xue also smelled the irresistible aroma and saw Jiang Ruoya swallowing her saliva, so she hurriedly said, "Madam, Cheng Ying and the others will be back soon."
The implication is that you should just be patient; once the water comes out, I'll cook for you.
Jiang Ruoya had never felt that life was so hard to endure, and she didn't know why she was so hungry today, even though she didn't usually have a very good appetite.
"Time to eat! Stop playing!"
The sound of Mrs. Sun calling the children could be heard from not far away, which meant that the braised pork rice was ready.
Jiang Ruoya felt extremely uncomfortable, but Ling Yue cleverly said, "This servant will go and buy them some food!"
Normally, Jiang Ruoya would never have asked her to do something so impolite, but today, she was practically urging her to hurry up, otherwise there wouldn't be any left!
As the Lu family ate their meals, they watched Ling Yue walk towards them. He Jiu Niang whispered to Sun Shi, "She must have been unable to resist the aroma of her sister-in-law's meat and came to buy some food!"
"You guessed it all along?"
Sun looked at her suspiciously. No wonder He Jiu Niang had asked Yu Shi to do more before; it turned out she had this in mind.
"Of course, they're obviously not short of money. Otherwise, why would they give thirty taels of silver for a bamboo tube of water? It would be foolish not to make money. We're almost at Ganzhou, and we can use the money we earn to buy more rice and flour!"
As she spoke, He Jiuniang swallowed, and Sun Shi moved away from her in disgust.
Why does she feel that her third son's wife is getting filthy more and more?
When Ling Yue arrived, she saw the entire Lu family staring intently at her, as if she were the delicious piece of cured meat.
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