Chapter 22: Uncle
Bai Yi suddenly felt a little dry in his throat.
Although he had known that Bai Ling had been preparing to leave this place, he had never imagined that this matter was so close.
"Let's go." Bai Ling took a step first, "Let's talk as we go. β
The two of them stepped on the fresh snow in the field, making a creaking sound.
"The first leg of the road out of Pyeongyo...... What do you mean? β
"Literally," Bai Ling said softly, "it's our family, get out of here." β
ββ¦β¦ When? β
"On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, on the night of the new year." Bai Ling looked ahead, "I've arranged everything." β
Bai Yi looked at Bai Ling in a daze.
Bai Ling continued, "I have already booked a cruise for that night, and our family will go to see the night on the lake for dinner, but unfortunately, the oil lamp will be overturned on the way, so the whole boat will be burned. β
ββ¦β¦ And then we golden cicadas shed their shells? Bai Yi asked.
"Yes." Bai Ling nodded, "There will be a small boat to take us ashore first, and the one that will burn on the lake will be an empty boat."
"Then, we'll go down the river and straight out of town. At that time, there will be someone here in Hezhuang who will take us from the junction of Chuzhou and Huizhou to Lingjiang, the capital of Luzhou. β
"But how are we going to get throughβ"
"I have borrowed the Yuzhang ticket numbers from all over the country in the past few years," Bai Ling said softly, "I have the detailed arrangements for the caravan of their firm at the turn of winter and spring, where is it, who can respond, and then listen to me." β
"But who we areβ"
"Don't worry about identity, the procedures and documents for the makeover have already been prepared, and we will send them over when we first arrive in Huizhou." Bai Ling quickly replied, "But in that identity you are a twenty-six or seventeen man, so I need you to grow a beard at that time to make yourself look bigger." β
"Send it ......?" The more Bai Yi listened, the more incredible he felt, "Who sent it?" β
Seeing Bai Ling smile slightly, Bai Yi took a deep breath, "It's 'you'll know when the time comes'?" β
Bai Ling nodded.
Bai Yi hugged his arms and walked slowly with Bai Ling.
He quickly went through the route that Bai Ling had just mentioned, "...... Do you want to go to Chansang? β
Bai Ling shook his head.
"Where is that going?" Bai Yi asked, "This direction is basically all the way to the west, and the west of Luzhou is Shuzhou." β
"My plan was arranged until Luzhou ended." Bai Ling said softly, "I'm worried that things will still go wrong, in case the emperor notices the strangeness here on the way, then this direction can just be used as a trick to make the pursuers think that we are going back to Qiansang."
"But as for where we go next after arriving in Luzhou, we will wait until we arrive in Luzhou to make a decision." "If we set the whole course now, no matter how much we keep it a secret, we will show tendencies...... So let's talk about it then.
"If it is really discovered, it is actually beneficial for us to have a little more randomness and more variables......"
Halfway through Bai Ling's words, she suddenly noticed that Bai Yi was standing on the ridge, and she turned her head, "What's the matter, looking at me like this?" β
Bai Yi smiled dumbly.
"When did you do this? Why didn't I ...... at all."
Bai Ling chuckled softly, and she tilted her head slightly, looking at the smoke that went straight up to the sky.
"It's been three and a half years." She sighed, "Not to mention that you've been out for seven months in between...... It's normal not to be aware of it. Now there is still more than a month, and I thought about it and felt that it was most appropriate to tell you today. β
Every winter, Bai Shijun basically goes to He Zhuang in person, but this year is different, some time ago Bai Nong'an entered the city, and the two of them didn't know why, so they quarreled fiercely.
Although Bai Shijun is gentle, he is very stubborn at times, and he lacks some skills to obey softness.
So this year's visit was personally attended by Bai Yi and Bai Ling, who carried some lamb snacks and unique gadgets from the city to the countryside, and the children of the uncle's family probably liked this the most.
Bai Yi shook the bamboo basket on his shoulder, slowly digesting Bai Ling's words.
"Do you have to go this way?" Bai Yi said softly, "...... They're all going to be sad. β
"Yes." "But no matter who is gone, life here will go on." β
Bai Yi looked at Bai Ling, "I think that if we can say goodbye well, it will be for everyone."
"What better way to say goodbye than to 'end without a hitch,'" Bai Ling said softly, "I think last night's cruise was good, and I will always miss it." β
"No," Bai Yi said, "I mean, if we offer to leave, maybe...... Won't they stop it? β
"What if it's blocked?"
"It's useless for them to stop them, as long as the emperor agrees," Bai Yi thought for a while, "The emperor is a person who convinces people with reason." β
Bai Ling looked at him deeply, and this look made Bai Yi feel a chill down his spine.
"I ...... Is it wrong to say something? β
Bai Ling seemed to want to say something, but he was silent for a long time, and only shook his head.
Somehow, the snow-covered fields in front of her suddenly reminded her of the fiery gaze of the teenager last night.
There may not be much time left for her.
"You don't know Chen Yicong." Bai Ling said.
β¦β¦
Bai Nong'an ran to the entrance of the village two or three times in the morning, and each time he waited for a few bags of cigarettes, and the time for lunch had passed, but the nephew and niece who had arrived this morning had not appeared a few days ago.
Just as he was about to turn back, two figures, one tall and one short, appeared in the snow, seemingly trying to walk briskly this way.
"Is it Bai Yi and Bai Ling?" He shouted from afar.
When the two men heard this, their steps changed from brisk walking to trotting, and Bai Nongan laughed, "Don't worry! No hurry! β
He was a man of great stature, and though his hair was graying and his face was covered with furrows like all peasants who often worked in the fields, he felt that he was no different from a young man, both in terms of the strength of his feet and the mid-air in which he spoke.
His shoulders were almost twice as wide as Bai Shijun'sβif the two of them stood together, it was almost as exaggerated as a bamboo pole and a big hug tree together.
Although they already knew in advance that Bai Nong'an's family lived in the easternmost part of Hezhuang, after actually walking down this part of the road, Bai Ling and Bai Yi were still a little surprised - this was almost already a move out of Hezhuang, with only fields on all sides, and no other people's homes.
"Why does Uncle live so remotely." Bai Yi asked.
"Hey, it was more than ten years ago, no one planted this land, it's a pity that it's wild." Bonon replied.
"No one planted?"
Both of them felt strange - they had only heard of the four miles and eight towns breaking their heads for land, and they had never heard of any fields where no one wanted.
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