Chapter 590. The Wounded (1/2)
Seeing that Su Ran’s expression was about to break, Zhu Junyang hastily interjected for fear that he would get angry after being ‘offended’ by his little lass, “Didn’t you say that the kitten discovered something? If it’s another ginseng or reishi mushroom that’s over a century old, then we have quite a good harvest today ah!”
‘More than a century old ginseng? Humph! Humph! Hold onto your jaw lest you’re so shocked later that it drops on your feet.’ Yu Xiaocao wrinkled her nose and had a ‘just wait and see’ expression on her face.
The little divine stone jumped out of Xiaocao’s arms and quickly shuttled through the knee-deep grass. Su Ran was obviously interested in its abilities, but after being interrupted by Little Black, his desire to explore had extinguished quite a lot. He quickly followed behind the golden kitten to see what kind of new surprise it would bring them.
The small golden kitten ran very fast, but with Zhu Junyang and Su Ran’s skills, they were still more than capable of keeping up with it. It was apparent that it had slowed down to accommodate these ‘weak humans’. As for Yu Xiaocao, who was an even weaker human in its eyes, she was held by Zhu Junyang, experiencing the feeling of flying without touching the grass.
After a few turns in the mountain forest, they suddenly saw light in front of them. The dense forest disappeared, and a steep cliff appeared in front of them. The golden kitten stopped in its tracks and sniffed its nose. Then it turned towards a direction and galloped down the cliff towards the rocky valley.
Yu Xiaocao, who was being held in a strong arm like a light cloth-bag, didn’t feel good at all. She only felt a surge in her stomach, and the feeling of motion sickness that she hadn’t felt in a long time came back to her. ‘Why haven’t we arrived yet? If this goes on, I’m about to vomit!’
Zhu Junyang sensed Xiaocao’s discomfort, so he quickly changed his posture to carry her princess-style, letting her head gently rest on his strong chest. Yu Xiaocao subconsciously hugged his neck and smiled pitifully at Zhu Junyang, who had lowered his head to look at her.
The lass was so light that she was barely heavier than a bag of rice. When Zhu Junyang looked at the lass’s nearly transparent, pale face and the weak smile on her face, he felt a pain in his heart. When they returned to the capital, he had to find two capable assistants for the lass to help her with the matters of her business and breeding.
As a young girl who had just reached the age of fifteen, the noble maidens in the capital would only stay in the inner courtyard to embroider, raise flora, recite poems, and play the qin. They were still at an age of acting spoiled in front of their parents. His lass, on the other hand, had too many burdens on her shoulders!
It was so irresponsible of the emperor to put the burden of solving the problem of the people’s livelihood on a young girl! The lass must be so stressed ah. She was so skinny that she barely had any meat on her body, and her waist was so thin that he could almost hug her fully with just one arm.
When the matter of horse breeding at the stable was solved, he must present a memorial to the emperor to request him to not put so much pressure on his little lass! Right now, they were familiar with the cultivation method of winter wheat and corn. The little lass was also freed from the laborious field work and able to do what she liked to do!
Zhu Junyang was multitasking. He was thinking about how to help shoulder his lass’s burden, while holding the delicate young girl and jumping on the rocks in the valley.
In the silent valley, the fist-sized golden kitten leaped nimbly through the rocks. It was followed by two handsome men in black and white. In the arms of the man dressed in black was a clever-looking young maiden in a light-yellow dress. As for Xiaoliang and the two maidservants, Chunhua and Qiushi, they had long lost track of them.
Suddenly, the golden kitten stopped in front of a steep cliff. It seemed to have sensed something when it slowly arched its body and quietly approached the disorderly gravel and grass. It looked like it would attack at any time.
Zhu Junyang and Su Ran also noticed that something was off, so they stopped a short distance away. Zhu Junyang put Xiaocao down and softly told her to stay behind him and never be more than three steps away from him. Su Ran moved forward slowly with silent footsteps and an expression full of vigilance.
A sudden groan came from the dense grass in front of the golden kitten. The little divine stone stopped briefly, and then continued to slowly approach the injured human who was two steps away. Zhu Junyang and Su Ran looked at each other when they heard the sound. They didn’t slow down and gradually got closer to the messy grass area.
As they got closer, the scene in the grass appeared in front of them: an old man with gray hair and disheveled beard was lying in the rubble, as if he had just awoken from a coma, with a painful expression on his face. His face and arms were covered with wounds, the corner of his mouth was stained with blood, and one of his legs was bent in an unnatural angle. In conclusion, the injury was quite serious ah!