Chapter 189: Chapter 189: Sharing the Load
Gu Baijiang said to the Gu Kaiping brothers what they wanted to hear, "Gu Kaiyuan is now wholeheartedly devoted to Ms. Bai. I think the Bai Family will arrange everything for him, so we don’t have to worry too much.
However, you two brothers, I hope you put aside your selfish thoughts. Now our family needs to face together how to remove this identity.
Don’t think about being lazy all the time, we are all brothers. What’s wrong with lending a hand more often?"
As he said this, he glanced at everyone, "You’d better stick to your duties, otherwise don’t blame me for being unkind."
Gu Baijiang looked at everyone sternly, coupled with his twisted scarred face, making everyone dare not look directly, and they all lowered their heads.
Seeing their attitude, Gu Baijiang nodded in satisfaction, "Since that’s the case, the two households will take turns leading the cattle, Anliang and the others are also of the age to work, all should accompany your fathers."
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When Gu Kaiyuan arrived at Bai Suihe’s side, everything had already been packed, waiting for him.
Gu Kaiyuan helped Bai Suihe back to the carriage, and the vehicle slowly moved forward.
It snowed heavily last night, making the road extremely difficult to traverse.
The snow was already past the ankles and hadn’t stopped yet. If it continued like this, it would reach the knees in a few more hours.
Bai Suihe occasionally lifted the curtain to look at the snowy scenery outside, but Gu Kaiyuan was concerned for her eyes, so he frequently closed the curtain.
"Do you like the snow so much?"
Bai Suihe thought for a moment and replied, "I don’t like it that much, just think its falling is beautiful and light, it adds a different color to life.
But it also brings us cold, freezing, and inconvenience like we face during this journey.
If I were a wealthy leisure person, of course, I would have the interest to appreciate the scenery.
But given our current status and what we are experiencing now, I actually prefer sunny weather, even cold cloudy weather is fine."
Gu Kaiyuan adjusted the quilt that had slipped halfway back onto her knees, "Just this once, I’ll trouble you and your daughter, but in the future, you can view the snow as scenery to admire."
Gu Kaiyuan actually didn’t like snow either, as it brought him many bad memories.
Now he could sit in the carriage with a thick quilt, comfortably accompanying his wife to watch the snowy scenery outside, but on this day in his past life, he was leading a bullock cart at the front, enduring hunger with injuries.
Without him at the Gu Family, without him being the old ox, the two elder brothers should also understand his past days.
No, that’s not right, they shouldn’t have to withstand hunger or forced endurance.
Well, although they didn’t have to endure hunger, Gu Kaiping was indeed working with injuries.
Bai Suihe laughed with arched eyebrows, "I’ll take your word for it."
"Absolutely, I always keep my word."
Bai Suihe recalled the previous day when some people died, but she didn’t hear any noise, so she was curious and asked, "Didn’t those families bury their lost relatives?"
Gu Kaiyuan replied, "The ground is frozen hard now, it’s not easy to dig pits. They probably have their own proper arrangements."
Gu Kaiyuan was already aware of these people’s arrangements from yesterday but was afraid of scaring Bai Suihe by saying it.
On both sides were cliffs, so these people chose to resolve it on the spot.
In his past life there were no escort agencies, the death toll was higher, and to escape, many people couldn’t even attend to the bodies. Even those seriously injured eventually met their end at these cliffs.
"Why is the snow getting heavier?" At this time, a voice came from outside, it was the escorts chatting, albeit loudly.
"What’s this? It’s this year’s first snow, if we travel a bit faster, we might reach Lingnan before the real heavy snow arrives, where the climate is much better."
"Indeed, if we had set off a few days earlier, we might have avoided this snow entirely.
Speaking of which, in this icy world, things should be peaceful after this."
"Who knows? Sometimes it’s because of the weather that people take risks."
"Hey, why don’t the officials come over to manage this?
Once I earn enough money, I’ll move to Shangjing; this ghost place is intolerable."
"Shh, keep it down, don’t forget, we’re following behind government officers."
"I didn’t think of that for a moment," the voice indeed lowered, but Bai Suihe could still hear, "Luckily the host added more hands, otherwise the escort service would have been a loss."
"Who says? We’ve traveled this route before, the previous group was wiped out by new mountain thieves; it’s a constant change.
Luckily, the host had other preparations, those heroes are all skilled, even if they are criminals, we common folk can’t easily offend them."
Hearing this, many people started agreeing, lamenting the unfairness of fate, even though they were criminals, their backgrounds were evident, and it was known that noble families loved intermarriage; who didn’t have a few noble relatives?
Hearing the speculations from outside, Gu Kaiyuan laughed, "My lady, I’ll rely on you to feed me in the future."
Bai Suihe snorted coldly, "Please don’t, I also count on your protection in the future.
But I’ve always been curious, where did you find these people? They seemed quite skilled before."
Gu Kaiyuan glanced at Dongmei and Chunxiang, then leaned closer to Bai Suihe’s ear, the scent drifting over made Gu Kaiyuan’s eyes deepen, but his face didn’t show it, "They were specially invited for a high price based on previous experiences."
For these people, he almost spent all his private savings, but from yesterday’s fight, he knew the expenditure was worth it.
Bai Suihe said, "If the silver isn’t enough, let me know."
Although she didn’t know how much silver Gu Kaiyuan had used, it was obviously substantial.
"For now, it’s enough. But I still need to maintain relations with Liu Pingkang and the others, as we rely on them along the way."
Bai Suihe handed him a few silver notes, but Gu Kaiyuan pushed them back, "I still have silver notes on me; these items are not suitable for them right now. I plan to take people into the mountains to hunt at night."
Bai Suihe disagreed, "If money can solve the problem, don’t take risks.
Now the mountains are snowed in, wild animals aren’t easy to catch."
"Don’t worry, I’m confident, we won’t go far, and you forget, I’m very familiar with this route."
Gu Kaiyuan winked at Bai Suihe, letting her know that he had experience and would manage.
"Since you know what you’re doing, go ahead, but be safe," Bai Suihe wasn’t too worried knowing he would take people into the mountains, but she still reminded him.
