"You have to go west. There aren't many cattle and sheep in the east. You might find them in the mountains and on the grasslands. In fact, the cattle and sheep on the grasslands are the ones truly raised for their milk; it's the better-tasting kind, but we can only settle for second best."
"I'll sew you a big backpack and put clothes and food in it, and put the knife inside. It'll be hard work for you, though, as you'll have to hunt and eat raw food yourself."
Jiang Yue touched his hand, feeling very powerful.
Jiang Nian smiled, "What's the big deal? I lived like this before I met you."
Jiang Yue knew that after spending so much time with her, it felt strange to go back to the way things were. She even felt that she was being a little unreasonable by asking him to go this far to look for cattle and sheep...
She just wanted Jiang Nian to do something for the child so that he could have a sense of "participation" in the child's world.
"I'll leave you some more silver. If you come across a cow on the way, maybe someone will sell it to you. It doesn't matter if it's not a cow. Bring it back to Yuan Zhuangtou and his men. It'll save them the effort of farming..."
Jiang Nian looked down at her chattering with a smile in his eyes, and agreed to whatever she said.
Three days later, when no one came to harass the farm again, Jiang Nian let Fan Bai live in the yard, then he packed his bags and went out to the west on a dark and windy night.
Jiang Yue watched Jiang Nian's receding figure from the window, her palm caressing her belly, "Baby, look how hard your daddy has worked, traveling so far for you. When you are born, you must love your daddy like your mommy does..."
She suddenly felt something strange in her stomach, as if the child was responding.
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