Human potential is endless. When you get through the most difficult times, you will find that you can endure more.
The snow has piled up very thickly, but there is still no sign of stopping. Today, the wind has blown, whistling in the snow and making people feel cold from the inside out.
In such freezing weather, the group had no choice but to move forward.
Hua Zhi also did not allow herself to retreat.
Gu Yanxi led the horse to her side and said, "I am going to offend you today."
Shaoyao chimed in, "Huahua, the weather is too bad. I'm not a good rider, I'm afraid I can't keep the horse."
Hua Zhi nodded without any pretense and got on the horse first.
Gu Yanxi followed and spread out his thick cloak to protect Hua Zhi. The two of them blended their temperatures, and even in this snowy environment, Hua Zhi could feel the heat coming from behind her.
"drive!"
The horse gradually started to run, faster and faster.
The saddle was so small that even if the two people sat on it and were not close together, there was not much space left, and they would touch each other from time to time. Hua Zhi could sit upright at first, but after a long time, she couldn't do that anymore. Thinking that the other party didn't have a family anyway, she simply let him go. She was the one who suffered the loss anyway, so it would be fine as long as she didn't care.
This allowed the two of them to almost stick together, and the benefits were obvious. Hua Zhi felt much more relaxed with someone to rely on.
Gu Yanxi moved imperceptibly to make Hua Zhi more comfortable, and then did not make any other movements. He regarded this as a kind of practice, and he also knew that his every move at this time would determine his image in Hua Zhi's heart. If he wanted to gain Hua Zhi's trust, his performance along the way was crucial.
The two of them had their own thoughts in their minds, but their cooperation became more and more tacit. Hua Zhi would take over the reins halfway through the journey so that Gu Yanxi could rest and recover. They took turns like this, which made the day much easier.
Today's journey was the part that could not catch up with the post station. Gu Yanxi led the group to a small village.
The sound of horse hooves startled the people in the village. After a burst of dog and chicken crowing, people came out of the houses one after another, holding carrying poles or axe in their hands, with alert eyes.
Hua Zhi remembered what Gu Yanxi had said before. Only after seeing it with her own eyes did she truly believe that the people in the north were tough.
"Don't dismount. I'll go."
Hua Zhi subconsciously held down his hand holding the reins and looked back at him.
Gu Yanxi felt warm in her heart and comforted him gently, "Don't worry, I know someone."
Hua Zhi glanced over there and said, "I'll ask Dongzi to bring two people to go with you."
Gu Yanxi did not refuse her kindness. After getting off the horse, he looked at Shaoyao.
Shaoyao nodded slightly, and Gu Yanxi felt relieved. Medicine and poison have always been inseparable. To be honest, Shaoyao's poison skills are even better than her medical skills.
After watching them enter the village, Shaoyao approached Huahua and stood shoulder to shoulder with her, "Brother Yan is very powerful. I would only sympathize with anyone who wants to take advantage of him... Linying, you treat them too differently!"
Shaoyao hurriedly rode away. Seeing Linying obeying Huahua's orders after she patted him on the head, she felt very upset. Was it not allowed for other horses to get close to her? Too overbearing!
Thinking about Shaoyao, she felt a little sad. Why did even Ma want to snatch flowers from her
"Naughty." Hua Zhi stroked the horse's fur. It was obvious that Lin Ying was playing with Shaoyao because she liked her, but she played it as if it were real and always scared Shaoyao.
Hearing some noise in front, Hua Zhi looked up quickly, and met Gu Yanxi's gaze. They looked at each other for a moment, and a smile appeared in Gu Yanxi's eyes, and she nodded slightly.
Hua Zhi's heart dropped.
"This is Chen Tu, someone I've known for many years. You can just call her Miss Chen Tu."
"Miss." Chen Tu called out very clearly. Just based on the attitude of the prince towards her, she had no hesitation in asking him to call her the prince's consort.
Hua Zhi dismounted and knelt before him, "Excuse me."
Chen Tu quickly dodged and said, "What are you doing, young lady? Everyone has troubles when they go out. It's snowing heavily, let's go inside."
Chen Tu's house was right at the entrance of the village, just a few steps away. Hua Zhi looked around and found that all the people who had shown up before had retreated and each house had closed its doors.
There were two different worlds inside and outside the house. After drinking a cup of hot water and with the cloak burning on the stove, Hua Zhi soon became too big to wear. She went to the inner room to take off her cloak and washed her hands and face with hot water. When she came out, there were baked pancakes on the table. The fragrance made the stomachs of the people who had eaten dry food at noon rumble.
Chen Tu strode in carrying a large clay pot and greeted everyone warmly, "Come and have something hot to warm yourself up. It's really cold today."
Gu Yanxi unskillfully took the bowl to fill the soup. Chen Tu didn't dare to let the prince do anything, so he quickly reached out to take it. Gu Yanxi put the soup spoon in his hand and put the half-filled bowl of soup in front of Hua Zhi, "The cake is hard, eat it with the soup."
"Thank you very much."
The taste of the egg soup is not that good, but after drinking a hot bowl of it, my whole body feels warm, so it doesn’t matter whether it tastes good or not.
Hua Zhi was sweating after eating and moved her stool away from the fire.
Gu Yanxi put the last bite of the biscuit into her mouth and reminded, "Sit closer. It's good for you to sweat."
Hua Zhi had no choice but to move closer, looking a little lazy as she relaxed.
It was the first time that Gu Yanxi saw Hua Zhi like this. He couldn't help but look at her a few more times. When he sat next to her, he found a particularly grand reason, "Take out the map and let me see it."
Shaoyao was particularly tactful and went to the inner room to get the map and handed it to the prince.
Gu Yanxi spread it out on her legs, looked at it, and said, "We still have to run for two more days."
Hua Zhi leaned over to look, and Gu Yanxi moved the stool towards her naturally.
"Will it arrive the day after tomorrow or the day after tomorrow?"
"The day after tomorrow, the closer we get to the north, the colder it gets. We can't rush for the sake of the horses." Gu Yanxi folded the map and said, "We'll arrive at noon the day after tomorrow."
Two and a half days, Hua Zhi watched the sparks jump. Maybe it was because she was too warm and too full, her brain worked slower than usual.
"How long do you plan to stay there, big girl?"
"Two or three days, I need to rest for two days before I have the courage to return." Hua Zhi held her chin, feeling lazy in her bones, "I'm afraid the way back will be even harder."
Gu Yanxi didn't say anything more demoralizing, but just said: "Maybe we'll be lucky and the snow will have stopped by the time we return."
"I hope so." Hua Zhi smiled, pretending not to know that it would be even colder when the snow melted. "I want to sleep by the fire tonight."
Chen Tu said hurriedly, "I have heated up the kang in the room. It is even warmer than this. If you are tired, you can go inside and rest."
"There is no reason to steal the host's bed..."
"I dare not. I usually live in the west room, which is very messy, so I won't invite the eldest lady in."
Hua Zhi understood immediately and stopped shirking responsibility. She pulled Shaoyao up and said, "Then I won't be polite."
"You don't have to be polite. Please make yourself at ease, young lady."
PS: I've slept for a whole day and my brain is not working well. I will probably only update once in the next few days. Kong Kong needs to write the script outline and character settings. I should be able to update twice a day after I'm busy in these few days.