books44 Chapter 45 The Future Path of the Two Sisters
Chapter 45 The Future Path of the Two Sisters
They temporarily housed the mules, chickens, and geese in the woodshed and then returned to their bedroom.
Lin Lanshan pounced on the bed, burying her head in the blankets. Then she took a deep breath and began to rub against them frantically.
"Sis, home is the best. I really miss this familiar smell. All I want to do right now is fall asleep."
"Don't sleep yet, we need to unpack all this stuff we bought. Then boil some water, take a hot bath, and eat something before we can sleep."
They stayed in the city for three days, gathering a lot of food and snacks to store in their space.
You can eat it directly in a little while.
"Okay~ I'll go boil some water now."
Lin Lanshan struggled to get out of bed, then put everything in the room on the table and headed to the kitchen.
"While you're in the kitchen, why don't you feed the peaches, the chickens, and the geese?"
"Good~"
I should take some time to think about giving names to the two chickens and two geese.
Lin Chunyi took everything out of her spatial storage. Since there wasn't enough room on the table, she put them on the floor.
Food, money, hidden arrows, medicine, eggs, duck eggs, etc...
First, put all the hot cooked food back into the space, otherwise it won't taste good when it cools down.
Then comes sorting out the money.
They stayed in the county town for three days.
I earned eighty-four taels from the beaded string and eighteen taels from the bandits, for a total of one hundred and two taels!
After deducting expenses for lodging, food, mules, carriages, weapons, etc., it cost approximately thirty-five taels.
They still have more than sixty taels of silver on them.
Lin Chunyi weighed the loose silver with a steelyard, counting the five-tael and ten-tael silver ingots over and over again.
His face was beaming with joy.
She enjoyed counting her money for a while by herself, then tidied up the rest of the things before going to the kitchen.
Let my sister be happy too, hahaha.
Lin Lanshan sat on a small stool in the kitchen, tending the stove and playing with two short knives in her hands.
Then I heard my sister laughing like a fool as she walked in.
Did she find some money? She's smiling so happily.
"Lin Lanshan, hehehe, let me tell you something that will definitely make you happy!"
……
"Huh? Really? We have that much money now? Hahaha."
It turns out they really did find money!
The two idiots laughed in the kitchen for a long time.
He only stopped laughing when his face was stiff from laughing.
Lin Lanshan took the silver from her sister and tossed it into her spatial storage, grinning foolishly.
"Sister, I really didn't expect this. Our trip to the county town yielded such a great harvest. We even managed to earn over ten taels of silver by catching a few bandits. That's fantastic!"
"Snapped!"
Lin Chunyi gently patted her younger sister's head, rolling her eyes:
"The bounty for the notorious bandit is still tens, hundreds, or even thousands of taels of silver. Do you want to go and catch him? I'd rather not earn that money than run into someone like that again."
Lin Lanshan scratched her head and said helplessly:
"Sister, it's not a matter of whether we want to or not. Unless we never leave this mountain again, do you really think we can avoid these things in the future?"
People of different identities have different circles, and they will revolve around these circles throughout their lives; they can't escape them no matter how hard they try.
Because the circle attracts them, as well as people like them, and then they encounter things that belong to this circle.
In the long course of life,
Farmers cannot live without growing vegetables and cultivating fields; chivalrous heroes always need to punish evil and promote good; the wealthy may encounter kidnapping and extortion; and royalty and nobility have always been caught in the struggle for power.
Perhaps many people will grow tired of their own circles and decide to give up everything to try to transcend them, to try to leave...
However, how many people can truly let go completely, and how many can succeed unscathed?
Squeezing upwards is like this, and squeezing downwards is also like this.
They've already stepped into this circle, unless they give up martial arts, abandon these two books, and their weapons...
From then on, they became two ordinary hunters who would forever keep company with this mountain and the vegetables in the fields.
But they had already learned martial arts, captured bandits, and obtained those two books.
All of this is the reason for them to move forward.
"Lanshan, you said if we don't open those two books, we can pretend we didn't see them..."
Lin Lanshan did not answer, but asked instead:
"Sis, what do you think?"
They knew very well that opening the book would reveal a world completely different from their previous lives.
Fighting, even killing... who knows what the future holds for them.
"Light as a Feather" and "Complete Weapon Guide"
But they still opened it...
Lin Chunyi looked at her younger sister, and they both saw in each other's eyes a thirst for martial arts, an expectation for the new world, and a little hesitation.
"Then let's move forward."
They can't go back, and they don't want to go back to being ordinary people!
"Sis, we'll definitely encounter many more things like this in the future. Are you scared?"
"You're afraid, but do you want to give up the opportunity to enter this new world?"
Lin Lanshan shook her head.
Learning light-footed skills and short swordsmanship is within reach.
She can't give up!
Lin Chunyi said solemnly:
"Since fate has brought us here, let's accept it. As for what lies ahead, we'll find out as we go along."
They accepted Magistrate Zhao's kind offer!
The two sisters looked at each other and smiled, seeing the determination in each other's eyes.
No one knows what the future holds. But as long as they stay together, they will have nothing to fear.
"Let's go, the water's hot."
The two took a good shower and went back to the bedroom to eat.
Lin Chunyi laid out the dishes she had packed from Shiweilou, while Lin Lanshan stingily poured two glasses of cola.
There was only about three sips in the cup. (I forgot to mention the Coke I promised to drink for Chinese New Year while I was writing this, so I'm adding it now! Sorry~)
Lin Lanshan took a small sip of her bubbly cola and let out a satisfied sigh.
"I'd almost forgotten what Coke tastes like. It's such a delicious drink, and we only have two bottles. Ugh, so sad."
Lin Chunyi reminded him, "No, there's only one and a half bottles left."
Lin Lanshan pouted and said, "You always have to ruin the mood, hmph."
"Haha, then I'll give you this cup as an apology. I still prefer effervescent tablets; I'll just savor the taste of this cola."
Lin Chunyi handed the cup she had taken a sip from to her younger sister.
"Hehe, then I won't be polite, thank you, sister~"
Lin Lanshan poured the cola from her sister's cup into her own, and then she had half a cup of cola!
Then she took another small sip, her eyes crinkling with happiness.
The two finished their meal with the flatbread they bought from the stall.
After eating and drinking my fill, I went straight to sleep... and slept until 9 AM the next day.
Lin Lanshan rubbed her eyes and said:
"Sis, I think I heard Peach chirping. Is it hungry? Let's get up."
Lin Chunyi stretched and said:
"Mmm, that was a really good night's sleep~ Come on, we still have a lot of work to do today."
They got up and poured feed for the peaches, chickens, and geese, then each ate a piece of bread and began their morning exercise.
They had already decided last night that they wouldn't rush to practice light-footed skills and weapons. After all, the books were in their hands and wouldn't run away.