Traveling through time and space to become a lady of a noble family, but she only wants to escape

Chapter 180 2 Difficulties

Night falls.

In the only clinic still open in Wu County, Bai Zhi and a few others gathered around the bed in the inner room, not saying a word.

The doll on the bed was lifeless.

The elderly doctor said in a businesslike manner, "The deceased had been ill for a long time, and her qi and blood attacked her heart. The medicine I have here cannot save her life. I hope you will accept my condolences."

Lin Chuqi bit her lips tightly, tears streaming down her eyes, and finally she couldn't help sobbing softly: "I've saved them all..."

This was the first time Qiaoqiao had seen Lin Chuqi like this since they met in the Marquis' Mansion, but she understood why he was like this.

Things harm their own kind.

The two children and Cheng Mao were still grieving. Bai Zhi sighed and pulled herself out of the situation. She paid the old doctor the consultation fee and asked how to get to the charity cemetery in the city. She walked out of the inner room and called Qiao Banxian who was waiting at the door of the clinic: "Second Brother Qiao, please hire a carriage."

For several days, they had been running day and night, and finally on the official road to Wu County, the horse collapsed from exhaustion. Bai Zhi could only leave the horse there and drag Qiao Banxian all the way into the city, now without even a vehicle to get around.

Qiao Banxian: "Where can I hire one?"

Bai Zhi: "..."

That's right, judging from the begging look he had before, maybe he had to walk all the way from his hometown. Bai Zhi resigned herself to her fate and said, "...I'll go hire someone."

The carriage shop was not far away. Bai Zhi was tired from traveling these days and had not slept well. Today, she encountered this mess. She was too exhausted to bargain. She directly chose the largest carriage, drove back to the clinic, and loaded everyone and the two corpses.

After explaining the location of the charity cemetery to Cheng Mao, Bai Zhi let him drive and sat in the car to rest.

After being tense for several days, I can finally relax.

"Once we have settled the grandparents, we will leave the city overnight." Bai Zhi rubbed her eyelids and yawned. "Let Brother Cheng take you directly back to Weizhou. I have some things to do in Ningzhou, so I won't accompany you. Listen to Brother Cheng on the way and never leave his sight. Qiaoqiao, is the money enough? Do you want some more?"

After the conversation, no one in the carriage responded, and the only sound was the creaking of the wheels disturbing the darkness. Qiaoqiao leaned against the carriage with her arms folded, her eyes wandering and no one knew where she was looking.

Bai Zhi patted her: "Qiaoqiao?"

Qiaoqiao woke up as if from a dream: "Ah?"

"Sleepy?"

"Um...no..."

“Is there enough money?”

"No……"

"What do you mean?" Bai Zhi playfully stretched out her hands to prop up Qiaoqiao's eyelids, rubbing them up and down. "You said you're not sleepy, but your mind is all muddled. I'm asking you if you have enough money to spend?"

"Ah, money." Qiaoqiao absentmindedly moved her foot and tapped Lin Chuqi, "Is the money enough?"

Lin Chuqi said nothing, but nodded imperceptibly, looking exactly like Qiaoqiao, with a dazed look.

After all, it takes time to digest such a tragic event. Bai Zhi did not try to comfort him, but said, "That's good. You two should bear with it tonight and sleep in the carriage. After two days, when you have walked a little further, you can find an inn to rest properly."

The two children still didn't respond.

Qiao Banxian, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes: "They don't want to leave."

Qiaoqiao trembled.

Bai Zhi: "Ah?" She looked at the two children doubtfully, "Don't want to leave? Why?"

Lin Chuqi still didn't respond, and Qiaoqiao suddenly hung up the window curtains as if she was afraid of the heat. As the carriage moved forward, the small window let in waves of cool night breeze, refreshing the lungs and giving people enough time to catch their breath.

Bai Zhi did not rush, but just waited quietly.

After an incense stick of time, Qiaoqiao asked, "Will the situation in the city get worse after a few more battles?"

Bai Zhi nodded: "You have learned in history books that during wars, not only will there be bad guys trying to kill people, but even cannibalism is not uncommon."

"Then...the person who looks like this doll..."

Lin Chuqi suddenly said, "Her name is Lanlan, the old lady called her Lanlan."

"People like Lanlan, can only wait for death?"

Bai Zhi vaguely knew what Qiaoqiao wanted to say, but she continued, "It's not just this kid. During the war, there was a lack of money and food, and many people were waiting to die."

"If everyone has food and clothes, then no one has to die, right?"

This sentence already has a tearful tone.

Bai Zhi sighed: "Qiaoqiao, we can't save so many people. In the war, it is not easy to save your own life."

“I know… I know…” Qiaoqiao covered her face with her hands and burst into tears. In her intermittent sobs, she explained the reason for her depression, “Sister, I want to save people. I want everyone to have a house to live in and food to eat. I don’t want to see anyone die anymore. I…”

The following words were all drowned in tears.

"It's already difficult to save your own life." Lin Chuqi also spoke hoarsely, "The world is always like this, Qiaoqiao, even if you saved a person, can you protect them forever? You try your best to save them, and the evildoers try their best to kill them. The evildoers can't be killed, so how can the sick and weak survive?"

These words sounded like they were trying to persuade Qiaoqiao, but - Bai Zhi looked at Lin Chuqi's tearful face - why was he as sad as Qiaoqiao?

On a cool summer night, this small carriage suddenly became too damp and stuffy.

"Qiaoqiao, the seventh day."

Bai Zhi put her hands on the shoulders of the two children. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't smile. She could only let out a trace of inexplicable fatigue and made a rather ugly bitter smile: "A few days ago, I was still with your elder brother Yun. At that time, the whistle blower given to him by the Tower of Babel was that the barbarians would arrive in half a month. But now the barbarians have accelerated their pace and invaded ahead of time, obviously with the intention of a quick victory. Now that the White Tiger Army has been defeated, they will definitely take this opportunity to tear at the Ningzhou defense line like mad dogs. By then, things like today will probably become commonplace. What will happen in the future, whether the people live or die, none of them have anything to do with me. The world is so big, but I care about very few things. Qiaoqiao, Chuqi, I don't want you to be in danger, nor do I want you to see those sad and tragic life and death separations. Promise me to go back to Weizhou. After we win the battle and drive away the barbarians, you can come back to help rebuild in any way you want, and I will agree to it."

The two children were silent for a long time.

Just when Bai Zhi thought she had convinced the two of them and was finally relieved, Qiao Qiao suddenly grabbed her sleeves and rubbed her face hard, and the rough clothes used by bricklayers rubbed the corners of her eyes red. She looked at Bai Zhi with swollen eyes, her eyes were extremely determined: "Sister, we happen to be lucky, we can learn skills and live a good life, but in the final analysis, we are all Lanlan, insignificant mortals who cannot control their own destiny. There are hundreds of Lanlans like this in Wu County, and tens of thousands in Ningzhou. I have the ability to help them, and I can't bear to leave like this."