Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 742: Chapter 742: Change of Destiny (Three more updates today)
 

Liu Sisi still clenched her teeth and shook her head: “Now that the civil strife has begun, don’t you care about not only yourself but also YingEr’s life?”

“No! Mom, please let me stay, I promise I won’t cause you any trouble, Mom, Xuan’er begs you!”

Di Xuan knelt on the ground, pleading bitterly, tears streaming down his face.

“Get up! A man’s knees are made of gold, and they shouldn’t kneel easily. Silly child, your mother is doing this for your own good, that’s why you have to leave me.”

Liu Sisi reached out to help him up: “By staying with me, you won’t learn any skills, but on the contrary, you will be implicated because of me! An eagle spreads its wings, its territory is the sky, not this inner courtyard! If I kept you, that would be harming you! Do you understand?”

“But…” Di Xuan still wanted to speak.

“No more ‘buts,’ listen to your mother, and let me tell you…”

Liu Sisi whispered into Di Xuan’s ear: “You must remember what I just told you, do not ever forget your mother’s instructions. And don’t mention them to outsiders! When you go out later, follow Prefecture Princess Luo, head north to the capital city because your Dad and I will also be going to the capital. Do you understand?”

Di Xuan wiped his tears vigorously and nodded forcefully: “Mom, Xuan’er remembers! Xuan’er will definitely send the Prefecture Princess Luo and YingEr safely to the capital city! I will!”

Liu Sisi was genuinely happy: “Good! You two are my good children…”

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Shopkeeper Gu stood in the middle of the wolf pack, his eyes full of bloodshot, wishing he could tear Di Yelei apart!

He led his men in pursuit all the way, naturally finding the path his subordinates mentioned earlier that wasn’t much of a path. They pursued with great joy.

Unexpectedly, they first encountered a den of leopards, causing the deaths and injuries of most of his men. Weren’t these damned leopards supposed to act alone? Why were there so many gathered together? Shopkeeper Gu couldn’t understand.

Actually, Shopkeeper Gu was right. Usually, leopards do act alone, but these leopards were led by a mother leopard living with her five cubs, who were more than one year old. Di Yelei, being a hunter for many years, knew that this mother leopard was pregnant and could estimate the cubs’ sizes. He managed to avoid casualties by passing quickly.

But Shopkeeper Gu and his men had no precautions, having a large number of people who directly intruded into the leopards’ territory. Besides, the accidental death of one cub yesterday further provoked the mother leopard’s ferocity. The men rushed up, just in time to collide with the leopards…

They finally managed to get past the leopards after much difficulty, but most of the men were injured. The smell of fresh blood immediately attracted the nearby pack of wolves.

The wolves were frightened by Di Yelei’s thunderbolt bomb yesterday and initially only followed them cautiously. When they realized these men were no match for them, they started attacking them.

They barely escaped to the bridge where Di Yelei had killed the wolves with explosives, only to find that the small bridge had been artificially destroyed and was impassable…

Shopkeeper Gu was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood, barely suppressing his rage.

With the wolves behind them and no way ahead, were his men going to die, not at the hands of the enemy, but with the ignominy of being buried in the wolves’ bellies? Would they perish here?

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Di Yelei had no idea how frustrated Shopkeeper Gu was; even if he knew, he would laugh out loud three times.

At the moment, he was busy cleaning his big blade weapon. He could not remember how many wolves he had killed with this blade, but judging from the completely curled blade edge, the number was not small.

“It seems that your blade is wasted. Why not use mine instead?”

From the side, Zhao Yuanlang casually handed over a big blade.

Di Yelei didn’t hesitate, grabbing the blade directly. The heavy feeling of it in his hand made him happy, and he immediately became interested in this blade.

He happily swung it a few times, and the more Di Yelei used it, the happier he became: “What a good blade! It’s so much better than the one I had!”

His own big blade was personally forged by Old Tang, and the best one was the big blade he had brought with him.

However, when compared with the one brought by Zhao Yuanlang, it was like a small witch meeting a big witch.

Thinking of Old Tang, Di Yelei’s smile couldn’t help but freeze on his face.

“What’s the matter? Is this blade still not to your liking? Over there, there are two more big blades, so why don’t you go and choose one for yourself?”

Zhao Yuanlang naturally would not be stingy with Di Yelei when it came to weapons and the like.

Good steel should be used on a blade’s edge, and a fierce warrior like Di Yelei should naturally be equipped with good weapons to unleash his full strength.

“No need, I’ll just use this one!”

Di Yelei turned down his kindness, and for him, the most suitable weapon was naturally a longbow, but sadly, the longbow was good for ranged attacks, so he chose to equip himself with a big blade instead.

Di Yelei did not say anything more and stood up from the ground, looking up at the sky.

“Now that time is not early, we should get moving. Otherwise, there may be unforeseen changes.”

“That’s for the best!”

Zhao Yuanlang naturally would not refuse and immediately nodded.

Di Yelei quickly got up and called to everyone, “Have you all eaten enough and drunk well? It’s time for us to depart!”

Naturally, this had been discussed in the morning, and the known face of the local Di Yelei was the better choice for all this maneuvering.

He walked over and greeted the elder Daoist with a raised fist, “Our actions today have caused an inconvenience, it has been truly bothersome for the Daoist. This small token of gratitude is offered to you, please don’t refuse it.”

As he spoke, Di Yelei took out some small pieces of silver from his arms and handed them over.

At the moment he was pretending to be a hunter, so he naturally couldn’t hand over large silver ingots.

The elder Daoist casually accepted the silver, laughing heartily, “Being convenient for others is being convenient for oneself; generous donors, do as you please! Immeasurable Life Venerable!”

After finishing his words, the elder Daoist bowed and then turned around to continue meditating.

Di Yelei raised an eyebrow in surprise, this old Daoist seemed to be becoming more and more unreasonable.

Everyone else didn’t care, quickly packing up their own belongings and covering their tracks before hurriedly leaving the Taoist temple.

Only after everyone had left did the elder Daoist open his eyes, staring blankly in the direction they had departed.

“What a strange thing! According to my calculations, it shouldn’t be like this! How could these people come and leave so easily? What’s the trick in all this?”

The elder Daoist was puzzled.

It should be known that their lineage has always been known for their ability to peer into the Heavenly Secrets and observe the Natural Law.@@novelbin@@

He inherited this from his master and has been hiding in this desolate and dilapidated Taoist temple for thirty years, just for today.

But in the end, this was the result, how could he swallow this frustration?

“It’s a pity that I was injured by the Dragon Energy before. I need at least three days before I can use the Daoist techniques again and calculate the Heavenly Secrets. I can only watch with wide eyes as the great opportunity just slipped away right in front of me. How hateful! How infuriating!”