The long night was about to pass in the blink of an eye. After the first rooster crow in the morning, people began to prepare their luggage a few days ago. The Lou family's caravan, which had stored water and food, was scheduled to gather in front of the Lou Mansion.
The horse fluttered its furry tail and made some small rustling noises. Its long nose took a deep breath of air from time to time, and then made a louder blowing sound, as if it knew that it was about to embark on an expedition and other small animals.
They are all gearing up.
As for the newly recruited long-term and short-term workers, some have worked in similar professions before, and some are refugees or even bandits, but they have never killed anyone and do not dare to kill anyone.
They led the horses and luggage and looked eagerly at the entrance of the Lou Mansion. Several young ladies came out one after another and got on the horses and carriages. In the end, only Lou Jinghua was left reluctant to say goodbye to her father.
Lou Yixian still seems to be completely unaware, maybe he still thinks that his daughter is really going here to get married, and will bring back a lot of gold and silver treasures, and maybe even a fat grandson, and the grudges between him and the Zhao family will disappear.
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Faced with Lou Jinghua's strange behavior, Lou Yixian only thought that the other party was just recovering from an illness, so he was a little frail and would shed tears easily, so he exchanged casual greetings with her and wanted to signal Lou Jinghua to hurry up and leave early.
Return early.
Who could have imagined that this farewell would be the last time the Lou family's daughter fulfilled her daughter's duty?
Lou Jinghua always has this premonition in her heart: her father will leave her at any time, just like her mother passed away. At that time, whether it is food, clothing, housing, transportation, or the affairs in the mansion, she will have to take care of it by herself. Therefore, she
It's as if you are destined to be stronger and more courageous than you imagine. Only by trying your best and accepting it all with dignity can you be worthy of your once glorious family background.
After about ten days of running around and preparing, Zhao Kuo and the Lou family's father and daughter finally formed a decent team, which was enough to guarantee their travel requirements.
The size of the caravan is not large, with only thirty people, most of whom are from Qunma Town; fifteen horses, most of which are ponies suitable for trekking through mountains and rivers, transporting goods; there are also five long bows, a number of arrows, and
Everyone carries a sword to guard against possible dangers on the road.
There were four horses each pulling two carriages. One carriage carried Bai Feng, Murong Yan, Zhao Xiaomei and Ajuan. The other carriage was bought by Lou Jinghua for herself.
Obviously, the daughter of the Lou family does not want to be condescending. After all, in the eyes of other uninformed people, she is still here to get married. Even if it is difficult to achieve it in the end, she will never want to lose her dignity in front of everyone.
Losing prestige and losing face.
For this reason, Lou Jinghua deliberately kept a distance from everyone along the way. Except when facing Zhao Kuo, she would be as polite as ever. She would avoid contact with other people most of the time. Even if she was summoned for urgent matters, she would only invite herself.
He brought his personal maid to deliver messages and run errands.
Caravans often encounter situations where it is difficult to move forward. For example, the soil in some areas is soft and has been washed away by mud and rocks, making it difficult for carriages to move and horses to move.
Zhao Kuo, who was really leading the entire caravan, would stand up at this time and show his extraordinary leadership wisdom - he would direct people to help behind the carriage and spread hay and wooden boards on the ground to help the caravan survive.
It's been a rough ride.
Sometimes Zhao Kuo would take the lead and fight with his servants. Such scenes were incredible to many people.
Due to the peculiar topography of Qunma Mountain, every time they walked through a rugged road, they would encounter a vast grassland. People could often see many horses of all kinds galloping and eating grass on it. Then when they turned over the grassland in front of them, they would
I saw another higher hillside, and there was another fertile land.
They passed several horse farms, among which the Lou family's horse farm was supposed to be the largest, but now it has been divided up by several other major horse dealers. The remaining part could not raise many horses, so it was used as pasture by Lou Yixian.
It was rented out. Today's Lou family caravan is stepping on the land that once belonged to them.
Although not everyone in the caravan had any deep feelings for this land, as long as they heard about its deeds, they all felt sorry and lamented, and they felt sad for Miss Lou in the carriage.
Maybe they are not used to being with those poor, secular boys. During their breaks, they often get together to drink, gamble, and play dice and pairs games. The Lou family's daughter hides away.
Far away, I was drinking and watching tea by myself. I was really angry and had nothing to do, so I borrowed some books from my little sister to read.
The thing that surprised Lou Jinghua the most was definitely the little girl from the Zhao family. In the past, the little girl had always been timid and timid, and she couldn't even hold her tongue straight when meeting strangers. But now, she is better than anyone else.
She loves to play, although she is still very shy.
She thought she could walk safely to Beizhen with such a noble gesture, but what the Lou family's daughter never expected was that she couldn't survive even the first night.
She cried, wishing to cover herself in the quilt. She couldn't stop crying when she thought that if things didn't work out, and her father died of a serious illness, she couldn't stop crying. In the end, she chose to find her only support now.
Lou Jinghua took advantage of the darkness and quietly went outside the tent where Zhao Kuo lived, and then called him out.
The two old acquaintances have always gotten along very naturally, but they have never been so different as tonight.
"Master Zhao, if I die now, no one will feel sorry for me..."
After saying that, Zhao Kuo frowned and stared at the other party, unable to say a word for a long time.
"What should I do if I abandon my father and cannot bring back good news..." After speaking for a while, Lou Jinghua couldn't help but shed tears. She sobbed sadly, and even couldn't stand and fell on the lawn.
I couldn't stop crying anymore, crying like a child hurt by a fall.
"Hahaha." Zhao Kuo said with a sudden smile, then he went over and helped her to the side, found a higher vantage point and sat down, and said: "Don't worry, you will never betray Uncle Lou. Also, if you
If I die, I will feel guilty for the rest of my life!"
Then, Zhao Kuo pointed to the starry moon above his head, counted today's days, and began to mutter stories about what happened in the past two months. Those were the two months when he had the most adventures in his life.
, and all of this is due to the young swordsman named Bai Feng and the mysterious Xianbei witch.
After that night, Zhao Kuo would come out to Lou Jinghua for heart-to-heart talks almost every night, which made her extremely pessimistic mood much better. She also began to learn to let go of herself, get in touch with, and discover those who seemed humble and humble.