Chapter 1497: Northwest [3]
Chapter 1497: Chapter 1497: Northwest [3]
The people of Old Guzhuang, upon hearing this, all got up.
Sun Village Chief and his wife were particularly efficient, knowing everyone was busy, they didn’t sleep all night and led the people in the manor to make breakfast in the big kitchen.
The breakfast was lavish, with white flour buns, large pieces of meat, a bowl of cabbage soup, and millet porridge.
Flour, meat, and winter cabbage are all good things. Thousands of people eating like this would almost deplete the manor’s stored cabbage after one meal.
However, Sun Village Chief had already consulted with Gu Jinli and Qin San Lang, and the two masters said that this meal might be the last peaceful meal everyone would have on the road west, so they should eat well.
Sun Village Chief followed through.
After hearing the sound of the copper gong signaling the departure, Sun Village Chief called out to the servants in the manor: "Quick, deliver the allocated breakfasts to each courtyard, let everyone eat! Don’t forget to bring hot water!"
"Got it!" responded the servants from the manor, who used the manor’s ox carts, flatbed carts, and mule carts to deliver breakfast to each courtyard. Many Company Commanders and Chief Commanders came, each with their soldiers and family staying in a courtyard, and the places were quite spread out. If they relied only on their two legs to carry the breakfast over, the army would have set off before breakfast was fully delivered.
"Let’s go!" Sun Village Chief called to everyone, personally leading his wife to deliver breakfast to the soldiers, families of the Qin Family Camp, and Gu Jinli and her companions’ courtyard.
The soldiers under Qin San Lang and their families didn’t need to set up tents; all the soldiers had houses to stay in. Those with families lived in a house with their families, and those without shared a house with ten others, it was truly like a festive season.
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"Xiao Yu, wake up." Qin San Lang lifted the still drowsy Gu Jinli, who shot him a glare, recalling last night’s events, and in a fit, bit him on the neck.
The bastard, he clearly said they were traveling today and wouldn’t bother her, yet last night he broke his promise and exhausted her, causing her to not get enough sleep!
Qin San Lang, his blood rushing from being bitten, still had to suppress his impulse and coax her: "Don’t be mad, you can get back at me when we set up camp tonight, we really have to set off now."
Gu Jinli lay on top of him, softly saying, "Mark my words, I’ll definitely get my revenge."
"Alright, I’ll let Xiao Yu take revenge." Qin San Lang said, taking the clothes from beside the bed and dressing her.
After lazily resting on him for a while, Gu Jinli opened her eyes and pushed him away: "I’ll do it myself, go handle your own tasks."
She patted her face to wake up a bit and then started getting dressed.
Qin San Lang watched her for a while, only leaving after seeing she was fine, bringing back hot water and breakfast together: "Brush your teeth and wash your face here, after we leave, Sun Village Chief’s wife will come in to clean up."
Gu Jinli nodded, brushed her teeth and washed her face, then took out an awakening pill, just about to take it when Qin San Lang stopped her.
Qin San Lang frowned and said: "Can you take this? What if there is a child? Would it harm the baby? Doctor Wu said... it’s best not to take medicine."
Xiao Yu knew the journey to the Northwest was perilous, and once they reached the Northwest they’d have to confront the Rong people, who knew what would happen, so she hadn’t drunk the anti-fertility soup since getting married, planning to have the child if she got pregnant.
Last night they had only just... if she took the awakening pill and suddenly got pregnant, they wouldn’t know if they could keep the child.
Gu Jinli’s face flushed at his words, glaring at him, she said: "It’s fine, this awakening pill is different from what you take. The one I take has two ingredients removed, so even if a pregnant woman takes it, it’s alright, it’s just less effective."
Qin San Lang, upon hearing this, was finally reassured, handed her warm water, and smiled: "Take it."
Gu Jinli snorted, took the water cup, took the awakening pill, and the two began to eat breakfast.
"Not bad, it’s all filling stuff." Gu Jinli complimented and quickly finished the breakfast.
Qin San Lang felt a bit distressed, at home, she was the slowest eater, always eating and playing, but since following him to the Northwest, she ate hurriedly, afraid to waste his time.
"Have some millet porridge." Qin San Lang brought over the millet porridge, stirred it with a spoon, waited until it wasn’t too hot, and then handed it to her.
"I’m already full." Gu Jinli said, but still drank half a bowl of millet porridge. After all, it’s hard to make porridge on the road, so drink it when it’s available.
Qin San Lang drank the remaining half bowl of porridge himself and specially chose things like flour buns and large pieces of meat that were filling to eat.
After eating, Qin San Lang took out a beast skin cloak and put it on Gu Jinli: "This is warm to wear."
The beast skin cloak was different from a cape, it was thicker but also heavier, luckily Gu Jinli practiced martial arts, otherwise she couldn’t bear the weight of the thick cloak.
Gu Jinli put on the hood, tucked the smelly purse into her clothes, and then said: "Let’s go."
Qin San Lang nodded, and the two walked out together.
"Greetings to Master and Madam." Sun Village Chief and his wife immediately saluted upon seeing Qin San Lang and his wife.
Gu Jinli smiled and said: "Get up, no need for formalities."
She continued: "Sun Village Chief, the manor is managed well, keep up the good work, Gu Family and Qin family won’t disappoint you."
Upon hearing this, Sun Village Chief and his wife were overjoyed and finally relaxed, saying: "Thank you, Madam, rest assured, we servants will continue to work hard and not let Madam down!"
These days, Sun Village Chief and the servants in the manor were all on edge, not for any other reason, just because of Qin San Lang.
This young master was truly fierce and didn’t like to smile, always with a stern face whenever they saw him. Plus, he led troops, carrying a heavy aura and reputation, without even approaching him, his presence was oppressive enough to take one’s breath away.
Everyone in the manor feared that if they didn’t do well, this young master would get angry and chop off their heads... No, rumor was he liked to use the Thirty Punishments, anyone who made mistakes would be punished by the Thirty Punishments, tortured to the verge of death before being finished off, making it hard to die!
Whenever Sun Village Chief and the manor folks saw Qin San Lang, they’d think of the Thirty Punishments, and their legs would tremble, worried that if they did something wrong, they’d anger this King Yan and doom their whole family.
Now, hearing these words, they felt their lives were spared, almost crying tears of joy.
Gu Jinli was very puzzled, not knowing why they were afraid of Qin San Lang, as her Brother Qin was really good, gentle, and liked to smile, with a particularly sunny and handsome smile, what was there to be afraid of? Making her Brother Qin seem like King Yan was too much!
Nonetheless, she still had Nanny Tao give out reward money to the manor people: "A first-class seal, this is what you deserve."
"Thank you, Madam, thank you, Master!" Sun Village Chief and his wife said in unison, collected the red envelopes, and respectfully stood by, as they were still to see off the army out of the manor when they departed.
Clang clang clang!
"The soldiers in each courtyard, quickly assemble, we’re running late!"
It’s already halfway through the hour, and there’s no room for delay.