newbobooks Chapter 418 You are beautiful, not a witch
Chapter 418 You are beautiful, not a witch
"I...Miss, could you wait for me? I'll go fill up the water tank."
Hua Luojia tightened her grip on the water bag; she needed to find a place to gather some firewood to burn. Should she take her mother with her?
As she was thinking, another thing appeared before her. She looked up in confusion, only to hear the girl in front of her say with a gentle smile, "There's some silver inside, enough for the old man's burial."
"It's already quite warm today, we can't let it drag on any longer."
"Keep this one, I have this one but I don't need it," she said, pointing to the water bag next to her.
Hua Luojia looked incredulous. Wen Luozhi stuffed the silver into her hand and said, "After you've finished everything, find a place to live a good life. You're beautiful, not a demoness."
Hua Luojia gripped the money pouch tightly and nodded emphatically at her, "This is the money I earned from selling myself, I have to..."
Seeing that someone was willing to spend money, the people around them started talking again, which interrupted Hua Luojia.
"Young lady, you have quite a bit of silver, don't give me too much!"
"Even if you bought it to be a maid, it wouldn't be worth this much."
A man standing nearby noticed the bulging money bag and couldn't help but speak up, whether out of envy or genuine kindness, it was hard to tell.
Wen Luozhi ignored him and instead instructed Hua Luojia, "Make sure you keep the money safe. Consider it a loan from me. If we meet again in the future, you can pay me back."
After she finished speaking, she turned and walked towards her carriage. There weren't as many people as before. She said loudly, "Excuse me, everyone, please make way. My horse has a bad temper and might kick you, I won't be responsible if it does."
She got back into the carriage, and the people actually made way for her, but they didn't hold back in gossiping that she was foolish and had too much money.
The carriage roared past, and Hua Luojia, who had already tidied up, suddenly realized that she didn't even know the name of her benefactor.
By the time she realized she needed to call for help, the carriage had already gone quite a distance.
She carefully dragged the body to the entrance of the coffin shop, but didn't go in; she just waited at the door for a while.
Seeing that someone had finally come out, she stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Please, sell me a coffin."
She was lucky that the old man who came out happened to be the owner of the coffin shop, and he knew Hua Luojia.
"Do you have any money?" Since he was in the business of dealing with the dead, he wasn't afraid of bad luck and asked directly.
Hua Luojia nodded. The shopkeeper glanced at the straw mats on the ground and said, "The cheapest one here costs five taels, and the most expensive one costs twenty. Which one do you want?"
"I want the expensive one," Hua Luojia blurted out without hesitation.
Although she hadn't had a chance to look inside, she knew from holding the money bag that there must be at least twenty taels of silver inside.
The boss thought that Butcher Wang was willing to spend a lot of money, so he went in and asked people to drag the coffin out.
Taking advantage of the break, Hua Luojia quickly went to the corner to get the silver. When she opened the money bag, her hand trembled.
Inside were not only silver coins, but also several silver notes folded into small pieces.
She took out twenty taels of silver and quickly closed the money bag to hide it.
She raised her hand to wipe her eyes; this was the first time in her life she had cried because of someone other than her mother.
A strange girl, a girl who gave her water and silver the moment they met, and she didn't even know her name.
Seeing someone pulling a coffin out, she composed herself and went over.
After she paid the money, no one cared about her anymore. It took her some effort to carry her mother into the coffin.
Fortunately, the coffin wasn't very heavy, and she managed to get to the outside of town by dragging her feet and resting occasionally.
When we arrived at the place we had found beforehand, the place my mother said she had found me, we arrived at the place we had been looking for.
She dug with her bare hands all night to create a deep pit large enough to fit the coffin.
Her fingernails were already torn apart by the mud, yet she tirelessly and painlessly pushed the coffin into the pit.
After the coffin was buried and the grave mound was erected, she burned a large amount of paper money in front of the grave, and then fell into a deep sleep leaning against the wooden memorial tablet.
Meanwhile, Wolf Overlord, who had been playing wildly with Little White until midnight and was now catching up on sleep, finally had enough. He caught a whiff of an unpleasant odor emanating from Wen Luozhi and asked in a cheeky tone:
"Are we that poor already? You went and dug up someone's grave while I was sleeping?"
Wen Luozhi looked up at the sky speechlessly, and even Da Bai and Xiao Hei wagged their tails at him.
"I helped a girl who was selling herself to bury her mother. Did she have a smell?"
She looked down and sniffed her clothes; there was no strange smell.
Wolf Overlord circled around her once, then said with a smile, "It's always you; you have so much money you don't know where to spend it."
Wen Luozhi was amused by his words and pointed to the back of the carriage, saying, "You can play by yourself behind the carriage tonight. Our Little Bai isn't coming out."
Wolf King let out a mournful howl. He loved playing the game of who runs the fastest with Little White. How could he not come out?
He resorted to his usual flattering tactics, but this time Wen Luozhi refused to release Xiaobai and the others no matter what.
Ha, it's just a male, of course he wouldn't understand what "girls help girls" means.
She looked at Wolf Overlord with disdain and shook her head.
Forget it, it's pointless to talk to them; it's like casting pearls before swine.
The situation for the Zhenguo Duke's family at the mine is not as good as before, because it is also very cold in the southern wilderness in winter. The vegetable seeds they left behind not only failed to grow, but also rotted in the ground.
Since supplies to the mine now require money to purchase, the guards, who were no longer able to make much money off the mine, naturally lost their previous friendly demeanor.
They would occasionally slip him silver, but there were too many wolves and not enough meat, and it would take Helian Yue time to find someone to send silver over from the military camp.
The shadowy figure and the iron-clad figure appeared before Helian Yu in disguise. They had set off on the first day of the month, long before Wen Luozhi.
"Why are you here? Didn't A-Yue tell you to stay with that girl?"
In the cramped mine shaft, Helian Yu asked in a low voice.
Seeing the silver notes they had placed on the stone, he whispered, "Didn't they say the national treasury is currently in deficit? Take these back to A-Yue."
"The battlefield is different from here; our soldiers need it even more."
The shadowy figure and the iron-clad man exchanged a glance but neither moved. Despite Helian Yu being the old Duke, they only obeyed Helian Yu's orders.
Helian Yu's eyes widened, and the dark figure quickly changed the subject, saying, "The young lady will be here in about half a month."
Helian Qiaosong, who was standing at the door, heard the commotion, but he couldn't come in; he had to stay and guard the entrance to prevent anyone from suddenly coming over.
"Nonsense!" Helian Yu suddenly slammed his hand on the stone. These days, the guards aren't getting much out of it and are always finding fault. It seems like only their family can get a decent amount of loot.
No matter how well you disguise yourself, you're still under their surveillance, so it's still dangerous.
Tieyi swallowed hard when he saw that the stone had developed a tiny crack.
Now that the old Duke has recovered, this light pat is much stronger than before... The General's wife's medicine is really effective!
The figure in black remained expressionless and continued, "The General's wife has brought the young lady with her; she has important business to attend to in the Southern Wilderness."
As for what the shadowy figure was doing, he didn't know, but he figured it definitely wasn't something simple.
Moreover, he believed that with Wen Luozhi's abilities and intelligence, she could move in and out of this place with ease.
Helian Yu was speechless. Their meeting in the village was too hasty, and he had no idea that they would have any connection in the future.
He wanted to see the girl his grandson had always praised again, but he was also afraid of the danger.
The shadowy figure wasn't good at sweet talk, so now it was Iron Armor's turn to step in.