"A hundred things will do."
"Your magic weapon is your opportunity, and even more so your fate. It cannot be exposed, otherwise our Cheng family, Li family, and even the Zhao family may be wiped out."
Cheng Qiao and Li Huan were both frightened by Cheng Liguo's words. Is it so horrifying to wipe out an entire family? But Cheng Qiao thought of something and nodded heavily.
Li Huan's heart was beating wildly. It was the first time in his twenty-plus years of life that he felt afraid. The fear rose from the bottom of his heart. At the same time, he secretly vowed to become stronger so that he could protect the Cheng and Li families.
"Qiao, go ahead and do whatever you want over there. I will practice the martial arts that Uncle Ye taught me. When you come back, I may become a martial arts master."
Cheng Liguo burst out laughing, then realized that this was very rude, and quickly apologized to Li Huan. He didn't mean to laugh at him, but the reputation of a martial arts master was accumulated over several generations, and it couldn't be achieved by just a few years of hard work.
Everyone knew that Cheng Liguo had given in, and Li Huan also agreed to let Cheng Qiao take little Cheng Li to the Hexi Corridor. Li's mother was reluctant to let go, especially her little grandson, who was the first youngest in the Li family.
"Mom, I'm going to go over there and find my eldest brother. I'll ask him to get married quickly and give you a bunch of kids."
"You kid..."
Mother Li burst into laughter and took down her apron from the wall and put it on herself: "Mom will make some food for you on the way. Make some egg pancakes, pancakes, dumplings, and buy some egg cakes for little Chengli to eat on the way."
"Hey, Mom, my dad is leaving the day after tomorrow. We're going to the county town early tomorrow morning to buy some snacks and pastries from the supply and marketing cooperative. And Mom, if you have anything to bring back for Big Brother, prepare it too. I'll take it all away tomorrow."
Li's mother nodded repeatedly. She knitted a set of woolen trousers for Li Bing. Of course, the wool was provided by Cheng Qiao. Li's mother knitted whenever she had time. She also taught Li Le. So when everyone in the family had sweaters and trousers, Li's mother started knitting for Li Bing.
"Second sister-in-law, this is the composition I wrote praising our People's Liberation Army. You can also show it to my eldest brother."
Li Le also took out her composition book and handed it to Cheng Qiao. Cheng Qiao agreed and put the composition book on the kang, waiting to clean up together in the evening.
Cheng Qiao spent the entire afternoon discussing medicinal materials with Ye Jun. It was true that many of the medicinal materials used in the ancient prescriptions had become extinct as time went by.
They wanted to see if there were any precious herbs such as Fritillaria and Cistanche deserticola in the Qilian Mountains, so Ye Jun had to tell Cheng Qiao everything he knew.
"Master, these are some commonly used medicines. My mother-in-law and the others are in your care. I will write you a letter. Oh, and please keep these cigarettes, alcohol, candies, and nutritional supplements."
Ye Jun accepted everything that Cheng Qiao gave him with a smile. It was only natural for a master to teach his apprentice unique skills and for the apprentice to support his master.
Before going to bed at night, Cheng Qiao put several bags of rice and flour in his room, and also took out some common daily necessities such as pork, beef, sausage, eggs, milk powder, white sugar, brown sugar, etc.
"Mom, come here and get whatever you need in the future. Keep these money and tickets so you won't panic if anything happens."
"No, mother. I have a few hundred dollars here. You are going out. You are poor and rich. Take it with you."
Li's mother refused to accept it no matter what. In Xiangyang Village, as long as they had food and drink, they wouldn't have to spend any money at all. Even if she got sick, Ye Jun was always at home.
Cheng Qiao had no choice but to nod and agree, but she still secretly gave Li Le and Xuhui five yuan each in pocket money, in case the school collected money or they needed to buy some paper and pens, they wouldn't necessarily have to ask Li's mother for it.
Both the aunt and the niece hid the money with smiles on their faces. This was the first huge sum of money in their lives and they had to save it well.
"Li Huan, I will give Qin Guoqing some supplies tomorrow. You should keep the money he gives you. Your business will only grow bigger in the future, so the capital cannot be reduced."
"Coincidentally, the ten thousand yuan you gave me last time has now grown to twelve thousand yuan, so it's better for you to keep the money. Aren't you afraid that your man will become bad if he has money?"
"Try to change yourself into someone else. I want to see how bad you can become. By the way, while I'm away, you are not allowed to go up the mountain or get close to the river. Can you do that?"
Cheng Qiao suddenly frowned and looked at Li Huan seriously. Li Huan originally wanted to say that he was not a child, so why couldn't he go up the mountain. Besides, the river had been frozen for a long time, didn't he see that everyone was playing there.
But thinking of what Cheng Qiao had said before, he quickly nodded seriously. Only when he saw Li Huan nod did Cheng Qiao feel relieved. Li Huan was a real man who kept his word.
"Please keep these medicines safe. I have marked their uses on them. And this medicine, although it cannot bring the dead back to life, it can still save lives. Please keep it carefully and do not use it unless it is absolutely necessary, because there is no more refined medicinal materials."
When Li Huan opened the jar, he smelled a scent of life and knew that it was the Soul-Calming Pill prepared by Cheng Qiao. He quickly stuffed it into Cheng Qiao's hand. She had been sleeping in the open air all the way and needed the Soul-Calming Pill the most.
Cheng Qiao thought about it and decided to put the Soul-Settling Pill into the space. The people in the Hexi Corridor were tough and the Qilian Mountains were also full of dangers. She really had to be prepared for both situations.
Early in the morning, Uncle Niu drove a ox cart to the door of the Li family. Of course, he had a hot, hearty and delicious breakfast. Then, he watched Li Huan throwing large and small bags onto the ox cart and couldn't help feeling envious.
The little gangster found a good wife. Cheng Qiao's family is powerful and Cheng Qiao is well-behaved and sensible. I don't know how many lifetimes he has accumulated this blessing. He must have been a bad person in his previous life and the life before that.
When the ox cart arrived at the county town house, Qin Guoqing was already sitting at the gate. He had run this road several times and was very familiar with it, so his speed increased significantly.
"Brother Huan, you're here. I've been waiting for you for an hour."
"Hey, didn't you say you'd arrive tomorrow? Why are you here so early? Have you had breakfast?"
"Not yet."
"Uncle Niu, take these notes. Please take this kid to have breakfast. When you go back later, please bring some things back to Zhao Guoliang and the others for me."
Uncle Niu nodded, and after all the packages on the ox cart were taken away, he took Qin Guoqing to have breakfast. Cheng Qiao quickly entered the second room and took out the supplies in the space.
Cheng Liguo looked at the room full of supplies and couldn't help but put her hands together and bowed several times towards the place where the sun rose. She believed that her daughter was a reincarnated god who came to save them, the suffering people.