Chapter 550. Bickering Couple (2/2)
“Lu Hao! I dare you to say that again!!” He Wanning raised the whip in her hands in a murderous manner. A beautiful lady had turned into an angry beast.
Lu Hao wasn’t afraid of her. He made a funny face at her and said, “Little Charcoal, Little Charcoal! Don’t think that you can get rid of your childhood nickname just because you have gotten whiter. Don’t forget that I still have your portrait!!”
He Wanning was even more angry when he mentioned the portrait. That guy Lu Hao deliberately splashed ink on the paper and insisted that it was a portrait of her. This caused her to be laughed at by her stupid friends for a long time. She couldn’t tolerate this any longer!! He Wanning forcefully squeezed the horse’s belly and charged fiercely towards Lu Hao. Without holding back, she snapped the whip in her hands at his fair, plump, and annoying-looking face.
Lu Hao, who had been trained by Zhu Junyang for so many years, had continued to fight despite setbacks, so how could he let a young girl hit him so easily? He controlled his mount and deliberately kept a distance of a horse between them. He wanted to let her think that she could hit him, but, in actuality, she wouldn’t be able to reach him. From time to time, he would also intentionally provoke her with words.
Looking at how the two interacted, the two words ‘bickering couple’ appeared within Yu Xiaocao’s mind. So Older Sister He liked this type of guy ah…
Seeing that they had ran far away during the chase, Yu Xiaocao said to the guests, who were either invited by her or came uninvited, “It’s getting late, so let’s quickly set off. Big brothers, please take care of us along the way. When we reach Tanggu Town, I’ll treat everyone to drink alcohol and eat seafood!”
A young man, who looked like a leader among the imperial guards, smiled brightly as he replied, “Miss Yu is being courteous! It’s not important whether we get to eat seafood, but on behalf of everyone, let me say this—it’s good as long as there’s enough alcohol!!”
In addition to fruit wine, the distillery in the outskirts of the capital had added a high-quality liquor called ‘Five Grains Liquid’, which had a mellow taste and wasn’t too strong. Even if one was dead drunk, one would still feel refreshed and energetic the next day. There wouldn’t be any symptoms of a splitting headache, and it wouldn’t cause one to delay their tasks on the next day. Therefore, it was very popular among soldiers.
However, due to the scale of the distillery, not a lot of Five Grains Liquid were produced every month. Moreover, it was very expensive and wasn’t affordable for ordinary soldiers like them. Now that the owner of the distillery was in front of them, it would be foolish of them to not try to get some advantages!
As soon as Yu Xiaocao heard this, she knew what these guys wanted. She wasn’t a petty person, so with a wave of her hand, she said, “Rest assured! When we get back from Tanggu, I’ll give each of you a jar of Five Grains Liquid. A ten catties jar!!”
The imperial bodyguards were immediately in a state of uproar, and they couldn’t believe the sudden arrival of happiness. One should know that, on the market, a small one catty jar cost forty-eight taels per each. Furthermore, it was sold out as soon as it was put on the market and had been out of stock for a long time. Wouldn’t a ten catties jar of Five Grains Liquid cost nearly five hundred taels? That was several years of salary for these soldiers who came from ordinary families, okay? Miss Yu was indeed the same as the rumors—generous!!
“Five Grains Liquid? Ten catties? Do I get one too?” Lu Hao just happened to hear his brothers discussing this topic enthusiastically when he returned from running a lap on his horse with He Wanning chasing after him. He leaned over to shamelessly ask as he avoided her whip.
It was hard to say whether it was due to being angered or she was tired from whipping, but He Wanning’s face was completely red. She still had a murderous look on her face as she shouted at Yu Xiaocao, “Younger Sister Xiaocao, if you give him the Five Grains Liquid, then you’re no longer my younger sister!!”
Yu Xiaocao suppressed her laughter and looked at Lu Hao with a helpless expression. Lu Hao yelled at He Wanning, “These are separate matters. Tomboy, you dared to threaten Younger Sister Xiaocao. Be careful that I’ll report it to the cold-faced death god!”
Tsk, in such a short period of time, ‘Little Black’ had turned into ‘Tomboy’! He Wanning roared at him with an arrogant and indifferent tone, “Go report it ah! So what if he’s a cold-faced death god? Isn’t he as docile as Little Black in front of Younger Sister Xiacoao? He appears like Little White in front of people but acts like Little Black in private. He’s a prime example of a double-faced man!!”
Lu Hao looked at her with a ‘you win’ expression, but he still needed to strive for a chance to get the Five Grains Liquid, “Little Lady, I’ll apologize to you, okay? Please be magnanimous and don’t lower yourself to my level. We’ve known each other for over a decade, so you should know how I am. I just have a rotten mouth. You shouldn’t take my words to heart!”
“Weren’t you very happy calling me ‘Tomboy’ earlier? Now that you need a favor from me, you changed it to ‘Little Lady’? Humph! Let me tell you, this little lady is in a bad mood. Let’s talk about the liquor when you make me happy again!” He Wanning thought that she had gotten a hold of Lu Hao’s weakness and had the same complacent expression on her face that Lu Hao had earlier.
Lu Hao couldn’t stand her smug expression. He sneered and said, “Forget it then! I’ll just ask Zhu Junyang for it later. I doubt you can interfere with Younger Sister Xiaocao sending alcohol to Prince Jing’s Estate.”
He Wanning had a stunned expression on her face and she was even more angry. She ran after the irritating fellow with the small whip in her hands. Along the way, these situations kept repeating. The group was amused by their banter, and thus didn’t feel that the journey was tiring.