The brother and sister returned to the camp, where lunch had already been prepared.
Lin Yinan took the bowl Qianxia gave her, picked it up and started eating heartily. Perhaps it was because the weather was getting cooler, but she was getting hungry very quickly lately.
Lin Yiheng picked up the bowl and ate in small bites, but what he was thinking about was Yunzhi's deep affection for her younger sister. However, the problem standing between them was Aunt Su.
Li Shulan noticed that he was silent and seemed to have something on his mind.
"Heng'er, what's wrong?"
Lin Yiheng came to his senses and said, "Mother, I'm fine."
Lin Yinan knew what he was thinking, so she brought the bowl over and thought for a moment that she should let them know in advance.
"I may not marry Su Yunzhi in the future."
Li Shulan stared at her with wide eyes, "What nonsense are you talking about? Once things settle down, Mother and Aunt Su will choose a date for you two to get married."
Lin Yiheng remained silent for a while, and when he thought about how his younger sister would have to serve under Zhu Shi in the future, his heart softened.
"Mother, whatever choice my sister makes in the future, I will support her!"
"What did Yunzhi say?" Li Shulan thought it was just the two young people having a quarrel.
"Mother, no, don't overthink it."
Li Shulan was completely confused and couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Her children were grown up and had their own ideas.
In the afternoon, when Lin Yiheng and his sister arrived at the agreed location, each carrying a basket on their backs, Su Kunliang and his son were already waiting there.
When Su Yunzhi saw Lin Yinan, a bright smile immediately appeared on her face.
"Brother Yiheng, Anan, you've arrived."
After everyone greeted each other, Su Yunzhi called Lin Yinan aside.
The man before her was handsome and refined, so striking that one couldn't look away. Lin Yinan lowered her eyes and said calmly, "What do you want from me?"
"Anan, don't take what my mother said this morning to heart." Su Yunzhi's eyes were open, and a hint of guilt appeared on his handsome face.
Upon hearing this, Lin Yinan's lips curled slightly. "We're not even married yet, and you expect me to be tolerant and suffer injustice?"
“That’s my mother…”
That was his mother. A son shouldn't speak ill of his mother, so he was caught in the middle and felt somewhat awkward.
Lin Yinan interrupted him, "If she finds fault with everything and picks on things every day in the future, I will have no choice but to put up with it."
Su Yunzhi sensed something was wrong with her tone and quickly said, "Anan, I will protect you."
Yu Xiaojia once said that men are best at using tenderness to move women, so that women will give up their own selves. In the end, the little bit of affection between the two is worn away by the daily trivialities, and the two become strangers.
"What if I said I didn't want to live like this?" She smiled and pouted.
Su Yunzhi looked stunned and somewhat incredulous. Ever since he could remember, he had known that Anan was the wife he would marry when he grew up, and he had never imagined that Anan would refuse.
Anan was hurt by her mother's repeated words.
He was a little flustered, and his eyes were pleading as he looked at her, "Trust me, I'll handle it."
Lin Yinan's heart suddenly softened for no reason, and she readily agreed, "Okay."
These complex emotions don't seem to belong to her. Could it be the lingering consciousness of the original owner at work?
At this moment, people heading to the county town arrived one after another. Yun Mo sat in the Yun family's simple carriage, his gaze sweeping over the two people standing together chatting, and his face instantly darkened.
Yun Yi, standing next to him, inexplicably felt a chill. He rubbed his arms, wondering if the temperature had dropped. Then, seeing the two people standing there, he understood.
The Yun family drove out in two horse-drawn carriages, and the village chief, representing Linjia Village, also drove one.
With Yun Yi's deliberate arrangement, Lin Yiheng and his sister finally boarded the Yun family's carriage.
After the carriage had traveled for about half an hour, Yun Yi told everyone to get out and walk. He handed each person a signpost, while the carriage was driven by three of Yun's secret guards to the Luo family's estate.
After walking for nearly fifteen minutes, the dilapidated county town gate came into view.
Having fled the country, Lin Yinan's feet were already calloused, and she didn't feel tired at all.
There were two soldiers guarding the side gate of the city. Before they even got close, the soldiers stopped them and shouted sternly, "Halt! What are you doing?"
Yun Yi led everyone forward, put on an honest and unassuming face, and put on a flattering smile. "Sir, we are from Luo Family Village and want to go into the city to buy some things."
"No one is allowed to enter the city without a travel permit."
"Yes, yes, we have a travel permit."
As Yun Yi spoke, he handed over his travel permit along with a bag of silver.
The officer took the purse, squeezed it firmly, and felt that there was a considerable amount of silver inside. He then nodded slightly in satisfaction to another officer beside him. After glancing at the travel permit, he handed it back to Yun Yi.
He said to Lin Yinan and the others behind him, "Take out your travel permits and open them."
Everyone obediently did as instructed, and the two soldiers glanced at the stamp on the travel permit before letting them into the city.
The county town was not as bustling as Lin Yinan had imagined; instead, it exuded a desolate atmosphere, with few pedestrians on the road.
Gudao County is small, with only four main streets and a dozen or so alleys winding through them. Only the main streets are paved with bluestone slabs; the alleys are dirt roads, and sewage flows everywhere. Most houses are brick and wood structures; only a few can afford bluestone bricks, and most use mud bricks. The roofs are slightly better, using tiles, with only the county government office and a few wealthy families using glazed tiles.
Once inside the city, everyone went their separate ways; some went to buy things, while the Yunmo brothers went to gather information.
Having arranged to meet everyone at the city gate at 5 PM, Lin Yinan and his sister turned into a small alleyway specializing in meat and vegetable stalls.
There were two butcher stalls in the alley. When the brother and sister came, the stall owners started shouting enthusiastically.
"Young master, buy some meat. It's fresh pork that was just slaughtered today."
Seeing his younger sister staring intently at the meat, Lin Yiheng assumed she wanted some and asked, "How much is the meat?"
The stall owner smiled ingratiatingly and said, "120 coins per pound, how many pounds would you like, sir?"
"So expensive?" Lin Yiheng gasped.
"It's not expensive anymore. There's a shortage of food right now, and it's very difficult to raise pigs. Today, if you buy meat, I'll give you a big bone for free," the stall owner said ingratiatingly.
The original owner of this body had only focused on martial arts training and had never worried about daily necessities, so she knew nothing about prices.
These days, apart from eating dried meat, everyone has not eaten fresh meat for a long time. Lin Yinan has a lot of gold and silver jewelry in her space. She secretly took out a piece of silver from her sleeve and stuffed it into Lin Yiheng's hand.
"Brother, buy some to take back for Grandma and Mother to nourish them."
Lin Yiheng looked at the ten taels of silver ingot in his hand and said to the stall owner, "Give me five catties."
Okay.
The stall owner deftly cut out a piece of meat, weighed it, and found it to be exactly five jin (2.5 kg). He tied it up with straw rope and then took out two large bones that had been cleaned.
Lin Yiheng was about to put the basket into his own when Lin Yinan took it from him, saying, "Brother, I'm strong, let me carry it."
She concealed it with the dry grass in the basket and put it into the space.
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