vrcanaries Chapter 131 Farewell
Chapter 131 Farewell
Wang Cuihua did not immediately give Luo Xiaoran a positive answer, but instead quickened the pace of boiling the medicine in her hands, and after a long while she replied in a muffled voice:
"The doctor said that your injuries are very serious. You have to rest in bed and not get tired, let alone walk on the mountain road."
Seeing that Wang Cuihua's concern was genuine, Luo Xiaoran felt a warm current in her heart and her voice became much gentler:
"Don't worry, I know my physical condition well, and I won't do anything that would cost me my life.
As for why you are leaving right away?"
Luo Xiaoran pondered for a moment and said slowly:
“I was very naive a long time ago, but after going through many things, I changed.
Now, I always look at things in the worst-case scenario, so that I can prepare for the worst and bear the least loss. "
Seeing Wang Cuihua looking at her blankly, Luo Xiaoran smiled self-deprecatingly: "I don't know if you can understand what I'm saying, but one should always be cautious in life."
"I understand this. Don't worry, I will do as you say." Wang Cuihua nodded.
Only after seeing Wang Cuihua bury the ashes in the brazier with her own eyes did Luo Xiaoran feel at ease and walked into the mountain with the three prescriptions of medicine she had prepared.
On the night when he planned to kill Lin Qianqian, Luo Xiaoran studied the retreat route after killing people on the official road.
There is only one official road from Changzhou to Kyoto. Less than half a day after leaving Changzhou, you will pass through a forest. That is the burial place chosen by Luo Xiaoran for Lin Qianqian.
It is necessary to say that this piece of forest is not the small forest where Lin Qianqian was destroyed by Ge Da and named "Dense Forest" by Luo Xiaoran.
The dense forest is very close to the Changzhou city gate and there are few trees, so it is not suitable for group fights. Most importantly, the Lin family’s carriages do not go there.
The woods that Luo Xiaoran was talking about were the woods behind the first post station after leaving Changzhou - Tongdu Post Station.
Luo Xiaoran thought that when they arrived at Tongdu Station, Lin Qianqian and others would most likely take a break and have lunch.
When they came out of the post station and entered the woods, she was in a lazy state after having eaten, so it was convenient for her to take action.
Luo Xiaoran hid a horse in the woods in advance. After killing Lin Qianqian and getting rid of the guards, she rode straight to the northern border, Yizhou, Fuyuan, and Hexi Village.
As a result, the Lin family's sedan chair turned into a mountain path in an ingenious way before it reached Tongdu Post Station, disrupting all Luo Xiaoran's plans.
Luo Xiaoran had seen this mountain path on the map. There was a small dilapidated temple on the mountain, named Zhulin Temple.
Zhulin Temple provided free accommodation to candidates coming from the south to take the imperial examinations in Beijing, so the hill was named after the temple and was called Zhushan.
The place where Luo Xiaoran jumped off the cliff was halfway up Zhushan Mountain.
Walking into the mountains along the path leading from Wang Cuihua's house is completely opposite to the direction of leaving the village.
However, from a terrain perspective, this mountain road goes around the Bamboo Mountain and is in a sloping terrain, and finally connects with the forest where she hid her horse.
It would take half a day to climb up the bamboo mountain. If she was lucky, Luo Xiaoran would be able to find her horse.
Not long after Luo Xiaoran walked out, Wang Cuihua suddenly slapped her thighs with both hands and cried out "Ouch".
"This Miss Luo only took medicine but no dry food. How can this be acceptable?"
At this time, Niu Dan pulled the corner of his mother's clothes and whispered, "Mom, my sister secretly looked at our flour bags and rice jars."
After hearing what her son said, Wang Cuihua smiled bitterly and understood everything.
She and her son came here as refugees fleeing famine. The government gave them a piece of wasteland. Logically, she should be grateful.
But after buying wheat seeds, she didn't have much money left.
She and her son had to eat, but they couldn't afford much food, so they could only dig wild vegetables to eat.
The white porridge she served to Luo Xiaoran at noon was specially bought by her in order to nourish Luo Xiaoran's body.
Her family's rice, flour, oil and grain had long been exhausted, and at most it was only enough for the mother and daughter to have a full meal.
No wonder Luo Xiaoran gave me ten taels of silver and didn't ask me to prepare dry food for her. She was considerate of them, mother and son.
Thinking of this, Wang Cuihua was suddenly overwhelmed with emotions.
This Luo Xiaoran looks distant and like she wants to keep people at a distance, but she is actually thoughtful and kind-hearted. She is a rare good person!
Wang Cuihua turned around and ran to the nearest neighbor's house. Soon she came back with a few steamed buns, wrapped them up, and gave them to Niu Dan:
"I'll take you along the way up the mountain. Run faster and catch up with your sister. Give her the dry food. I have something else to do."
After Niudan took the steamed bun, his small bamboo-like body quickly ran into the mountains like a rabbit.
Wang Cuihua kept thinking about Luo Xiaoran's words and wanted to check at home to see if there were any traces that had not been cleaned up.
Wang Cuihua had a bad feeling, as if the people Luo Xiaoran mentioned were about to come over. She sent Niu Dan away to prevent him from letting the cat out of the bag.
Niu Dan is a quiet person, but he is very active. After living here for a few months, he has become familiar with all the roads in the mountains.
Soon, Niu Dan caught up with Luo Xiaoran, who was moving slowly due to her injury: "Sister!"
Luo Xiaoran turned around and saw a small bag on Niu Dan's skinny chest. She laughed out loud: "Are you going to carry the bag and come with me?"
Niu Dan smiled shyly and took off the small bag on his body: "My mother asked me to bring you some food, but you forgot to take it."
"Hasn't your family run out of food?" Luo Xiaoran asked.
"My mother borrowed it from a neighbor." Niu Dan answered truthfully.
Luo Xiaoran smiled knowingly, and without any hesitation, she took it with her hand, leaned over and touched Niu Dan's head, and said softly:
"Thank your mother for me, and thank you for bringing it to me. Go back quickly, and remember not to tell anyone that you have seen me. Remember that!"
"Yeah!" Niu Dan nodded heavily. He was so happy because of Luo Xiaoran's praise that he skipped away.
Luo Xiaoran watched Niu Dan go away, and smiled enviously at him as carefree as a little rabbit.
"oops!"
Before Niu Dan ran out of Luo Xiaoran's sight, he got carried away and fell to the ground. Luo Xiaoran hurried over to help him up.
"I slipped on a rock and twisted my ankle." Luo Xiaoran checked Niu Dan and found that it was probably just soft tissue injury and no bone damage.
"See if you'll be so careless when you walk next time!" Luo Xiaoran glared at Niu Dan, and the child shrank his neck in fear.
"Okay! Get up quickly, I'll take you back!" Luo Xiaoran pulled Niu Dan up and found a slightly thicker dry branch for him to use as a crutch.
After Niu Dan took it, he limped behind Luo Xiao's butt, looking dejected.
As they were walking, Niu Dan bumped into Luo Xiaoran's back. Just as he was about to ask "Sister, why don't you leave?", Luo Xiaoran quickly covered his mouth.