Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside Chapter 1677: Bearing a Son

Qin San Lang lowered his head, watching Xiao Yu tying the pouch for him... She was so small, standing right in front of him, talking him through all the things to remember. It made his heart feel warm and toasty, and he couldn’t help lifting his hand to her waist—his arm tightened, and he drew her into his arms, making her tilt her head up to glare at him, complaining, "What are you doing? I haven’t finished tying it yet."

As her words fell, the last knot was tied.

She patted the food pouch at his waist, then looked up and smiled at him. "All done. Remember to take it out and eat when you get hungry."

He looked at her, and when her smile was at its sweetest, he bent down and kissed her, feeling deeply delighted.

Alongside the delight came a tingling in his heart and a surge of impulse.

"Xiao Yu, I’m fond of you~"

He liked her—liked her very much. He wanted to keep her tied to him and take her along, never part for even a moment.

Gu Jinli’s lips curved in a smile as she kissed him back.

Her response made him lose control for a moment, pressing her down beneath him... but he heard footsteps drawing nearer and nearer, so he could only force down his impulse, lightly biting her neck once, then holding her tightly, not moving at all.

Gu Jinli wanted to laugh yet felt a bit pained for him. She raised her hand and gently patted his back, counting that as comfort.

A moment later, the soft, scattered footsteps entered the courtyard, but no one spoke. After another half a quarter-hour, Nanny Tao’s voice finally came: "My lord, Madam, it’s almost five quarters into the hour of Xu. My lord should be leaving."

"Mm, coming." Gu Jinli answered, pushing at Qin San Lang, who was still holding her. "Time to set out."

Qin San Lang was extremely reluctant, but could only let her go. He lowered his head to look at her and said, "You have to be well. Wait for me to come back."

Gu Jinli: "Don’t worry, I’ll definitely be safe and healthy and have put on ten pounds by the time you come back."

Her words made him burst out laughing. "Mm, Xiao Yu has to eat more, put back all the weight you’ve lost."

"You also need to eat more. Be careful when you’re fighting, try your best not to get wounded, and watch out for poisonous insects. Every day you must use the Insect Attractant once to lure and kill insects, so you don’t fall ill without knowing. Once that poisonous insect disease breaks out, it can be life-threatening."

As Gu Jinli spoke, she was also pressing on the acne patch. "Don’t worry about not having Insect Attractant—Uncle Mu Tong and the others are already waiting outside the city. They’ll haul the medicinal materials and go to Long’an Prefecture with you. When you run out of Insect Attractant, just go to him for more."

Some time ago, when Xing’an Prefecture was besieged, Uncle Mu Tong and the others were stopped outside the city and couldn’t get in.

The Rong soldiers were up to no good, constantly ravaging nearby villages and towns, so Uncle Mu Tong had no choice but to take people and flee into the mountains.

Thankfully, the Manors she bought along the way were remote and backed by Dashan, and they had dug cellars in the mountains. Those cellars could not only hide people, but also store quite a bit of medicinal herbs and grain. Uncle Mu Tong and his people, together with those on the Manor, survived thanks to these supplies.

After the Rong people were driven off, Gu Jinli had Daqing send people to inspect the Manor. Seeing that there was no one at the Manor and that the houses and granary had all been burned, Daqing’s men went into the mountains to search.

They stumbled into the traps Uncle Mu Tong and the others had set; after breaking the traps, they lured Uncle Mu Tong and his people out.

However, the Manor had suffered heavy losses, and Gu Jinli needed Insect Attractant, so she gave the formula to Uncle Mu Tong, telling him to stay on the Manor and make medicine. Once it was ready, she would send people to fetch it.

"Now Uncle Mu Tong has already made a batch of Insect Attractant, Knife injury medicine, Poison, and Detoxification Pills. Letting him go with you all puts my mind at ease." Gu Jinli opened a trunk, took out a smelly purse from the iron box, and tucked it into her own clothing. "You don’t have to worry I won’t have any doctors—there are Qing Pu, Qing Hui, Ye Jingzi, and Siqing and Wuqing, plus the doctors employed by the Lei Family’s Trading Team. I’ve got enough on this end."

Qin San Lang didn’t object. He nodded in agreement, then said, "You An and You Xi will still follow you—you mustn’t refuse. Only with them protecting you can I fight with an easy heart."

He walked over, lifting his hand to gently smooth her hair. "Xiao Yu, don’t worry I’ll have no men to use. I have You Ping, and there are people from the Eagle Food Gang helping—more than enough. But if you don’t have capable hands guarding your side, I’ll have no peace day or night."

Gu Jinli saw the worry he couldn’t hide in his eyes and smiled. "All right, I’ll listen to you."

Only then did Qin San Lang smile. "Good~"

Gu Jinli’s cheeks flushed. Every time he said these slightly tender, lingering words, her face would uncontrollably grow hot.

Looking at her slightly reddened face, Qin San Lang thought of the Begonia flowers at home in the Capital, and along with the warmth surging in his heart, a soft tenderness spread. "Xiao Yu, wait for me to come back."

He lightly kissed her hair, as if kissing a half-open begonia blossom, then took her hand and led her out of the room. Into the darkness he called, "You Ping, pick up the things."

"Yes." You Ping came out with his men and carried away the trunks stacked beside Nanny Tao and the others.

Gu Jinli instructed, "Those antidotes and Poison that are needed in emergency—you must tie them on your body, otherwise if you suddenly need them, it’ll be too late."

"All right." To put her at ease, Qin San Lang called You Ping back, then tucked a purse containing Detoxification Pills and Poison into the inner pocket of his sleeve. Holding her hand, he left the courtyard.

Along the way they ran into Mrs. Han’s family and the Ji Zhenniang couple.

Ji Zhenniang had cried until her eyes were swollen, and Xie Cheng was coaxing her as they walked. She was still angry. "Stop coaxing me, it’s useless! If you really don’t want me to cry, then stay and guard the city."

Listening to this, Gu Jinli was at a loss for words. She said to Qin San Lang, "My hands are itching. I want to hit her."

Qin San Lang laughed. "Wait until Xie Cheng leaves, then you can hit her. Right now, just scolding her is enough."

Gu Jinli didn’t hold back and really scolded, "Ji Zhenniang, are you looking to die again? If Company Commander Xie doesn’t go to Long’an Prefecture to provide support, that’s disobeying the military order, and his whole family will die. That ’whole family’ includes you too."

Ji Zhenniang choked, then retorted, "I’m not stupid, of course I know he has to go. But I can’t bear to let Xie Cheng go—am I not allowed to cry?!"

Gu Jinli: "Company Commander Xie is going to war. If you send him off with all that wailing and sobbing, how can he set out with an easy heart? At a time like this, you should be making a bit of commotion and laughing, so your husband can leave feeling reassured."

Then she turned her head and asked Qin San Lang, "Right?"

Qin San Lang laughed. "Mm, my wife is absolutely right."

After hearing this, Ji Zhenniang looked at Xie Cheng’s face full of worry, with a faint furrow of sorrow between his brows, and froze. She hurriedly said, "Husband, I’ve done wrong again. I’m sorry."

After that great battle, Ji Zhenniang was no longer afraid of Xie Cheng killing people. On the contrary, she felt the more enemies he killed, the better.

So the two of them had discussed it and agreed that she would change her temper and keep her mouth in check, so they could live their days well from now on... She hadn’t expected that in a moment of anxiety she’d start making a fuss again.

Xie Cheng wiped away her tears and smiled. "No, Zhenniang is already doing very well. Don’t cry. Once we beat back the Rong people, I’ll come back to fetch you."

"But the Rong people are so formidable, can you all..." Ji Zhenniang hurriedly shut her mouth and didn’t speak the unlucky words. "In any case, you must return safely. We still have to have a son."

They didn’t have a son yet; they needed to hurry up and have one, or her natal family would laugh her to death, and there was even the danger of being divorced.

Gu Jinli was stunned. Heaven above, Ji Zhenniang, you’re too fierce. You say that kind of thing in public? Are you really a person of ancient times?

Mrs. Han was much steadier. She pretended not to have heard, greeted them, and then said, "It’s getting late. Let’s be on our way, so we don’t delay their departure."