Reborn as a Happy Wife in a Rural Family
Chapter 127: Li’er is so fierce

Chapter 127: Chapter 127: Li’er is so fierce

"Ah! Ouch, ouch, ouch! Li’er, show some mercy! Your husband was wrong," Xiao Yunjing quickly admitted his mistake and begged for mercy.

Li’er is so fierce.

"Hmph! Let’s see if you dare to tease me again. I’m so small, and you let me carry you? Aren’t you worried I’ll get hurt?" Gu Qingli once again grabbed Xiao Yunjing’s ear.

"I’m sorry, I’m sorry, my good Li’er, your husband will never do it again. I just wanted to test your strength and was thinking of letting you learn martial arts," Xiao Yunjing quickly explained. He couldn’t bear to see Li’er suffer even a little bit. However, given their current situation, he had no choice but to let her endure hardships.

He hadn’t let her practice martial arts in the past precisely because he didn’t want her to suffer this kind of hardship. Only those who practice martial arts truly understand the suffering involved.

Gu Qingli’s eyes brightened when she heard this. She let go of his ear and asked, "Really?"

"Really. How could your husband deceive you, Li’er? I used to be reluctant to let you suffer, but now, I must be willing even if I’m reluctant. Practicing martial arts is not as easy as you think. Are you afraid of hardship, Li’er?" Xiao Yunjing asked seriously.

"I’m not afraid. Suffering is better than being captured by others at any moment," Gu Qingli said very seriously, propping her chin up and staring at Xiao Yunjing. In this world, there are people with incredibly high martial arts skills, and they always catch me off guard. And just like that, I fell for it again. I was knocked unconscious before I even realized what was happening. No matter how skilled I am in medicine and poison, I can’t compete with their speed. Even a modern handgun couldn’t match that kind of speed. I’ve seen it with my own eyes. He carried me for nearly two thousand miles in half a day and a night. Is that even human? It’s like those legendary immortals. To be honest, that lightness skill makes me so envious, jealous, and full of hate. Flying over eaves and walking on walls, moving like the wind, traveling a thousand miles a day... tsk, tsk, tsk... If I had known this skill in my previous life, think of how much gas money I would have saved!

"Hahaha... Good! My Li’er is truly different from the rest," Xiao Yunjing laughed.

Gu Qingli snapped back to reality. Seeing his smug expression, she covered her face. I can’t bear to look. He’s praising me so much I’m blushing to my ears.

"Quick, get up and eat," Gu Qingli said, pulling him up.

"Alright." Xiao Yunjing was very obliging and let her pull him up.

The two of them sat down to eat.

Xiao Yunjing was truly famished and ate like a whirlwind. After Gu Qingli finished eating, he polished off all the leftovers.

Gu Qingli was speechless.

How many days and nights has it been since he last ate?

Watching the man’s appetite, Gu Qingli felt a pang in her heart; she ached for him.

However, I’ll hold this grudge against that Qingchen for now. If I get the chance, I’ll definitely empty out everything he owns, not leaving him even a single strand of hair! He made my man suffer so much, so I’ll make his heart ache. When his heart aches because his loved ones are still there but all his money is gone, let’s see what other tricks he can pull. What will he use then to compete with my man?

Afterward, while Gu Qingli washed the dishes, Xiao Yunjing looked around the Space. When he saw the pile of gold, silver, and treasures, as well as tables, chairs, and benches, the corner of his mouth twitched.

Li’er is quite the little miser. Good thing she didn’t take the pots, pans, bowls, and plates.

After looking around for a while, Xiao Yunjing went to sleep. There were still many things to deal with later. He wanted to spend more time with Li’er, but circumstances didn’t allow it.

After Xiao Yunjing fell asleep, Gu Qingli made another backpack for him, preparing more medicinal pills, food, and drinks.

This way, he won’t go without eating. Now that he knew everything, I’ll fill a larger plastic bottle with Spiritual Spring Water. There wasn’t enough time; otherwise, I would have personally made him a few sets of clothes, the kind suitable for the battlefield. Fortunately, there’s ready-made short combat gear here.

Xiao Yunjing woke up after sleeping for three shichen (six hours), looking refreshed and full of energy, even more comfortable than after cultivating outside.

"Li’er, what are you doing?"

"Preparing some things for you."

"There was so much from before that I didn’t even use. Li’er, you don’t have to work so hard," Xiao Yunjing said, his heart aching as he pulled her into an embrace and fiercely kissed her small mouth a few times.

Gu Qingli glared at him. "I can only be at ease if you are safe out there. What are you rambling on about like an old man? Just take what I give you."

"Alright, alright, I’ll take everything my wife gives me. Come here. Since you’re not sleeping now, your husband will teach you martial arts." Saying this, Xiao Yunjing led her to the edge of the medicinal herb field.

"Watch, and squat down like me."

Gu Qingli nodded and followed his lead, squatting down into a horse stance.

The horse stance is a fundamental basic in martial arts training, but it’s not a low-level skill. It offers many benefits; in short, the longer and more stably one can hold the horse stance, the firmer their foundation will be.

I knew this principle from my modern life.

However, while the horse stance is simple to describe, it’s difficult to execute.

After just a short while, Gu Qingli’s legs began to tremble. In contrast, Xiao Yunjing was like an old monk in deep meditation, as steady as Mount Tai, utterly motionless.

Gu Qingli gritted her teeth and persevered.

Half an incense stick’s worth of time passed.

She gritted her teeth and held on, her legs trembling even more fiercely.

An entire incense stick’s worth of time passed.

She continued to grit her teeth and persist, her legs trembling more and more violently.

Half a shichen (an hour) passed.

THUMP!

Gu Qingli plopped onto the ground, feeling as if her legs no longer belonged to her.

Xiao Yunjing opened his eyes and smiled, then picked her up and placed her on the bed.

"Half a shichen for your first time in a horse stance is not bad at all," Xiao Yunjing praised.

Gu Qingli patted her legs, a pained expression on her face. I’ve already lost all confidence in learning martial arts. Just holding the horse stance nearly made me collapse.

"Lost confidence already?" Xiao Yunjing pinched her cheek, then lay down and cradled her in his arms, comforting her. "Every martial artist, after their first time holding a horse stance, doesn’t want to do it a second time. After the second, they don’t want a third... But over time, they themselves can’t believe how far they’ve come, built upon all those moments of reluctance..."

Listening to Xiao Yunjing’s soothing, eloquent voice, it wasn’t long before Gu Qingli’s soft snores could be heard.

"Hehe..."

Xiao Yunjing smiled indulgently. He held her quietly, closed his eyes, and began to strategize.

Qingchen’s purpose in abducting Li’er this time... The most likely reason I can think of is that he wants to use Li’er to blackmail me into handing over Beijiang, which I’ve already secured. This makes me look down on Qingchen somewhat. Using a woman as a bargaining chip on a man’s battlefield is truly contemptible. Another possibility is that he wants to exploit Li’er’s medical and poison skills. A person who would resort to any means necessary wouldn’t care what methods they use to gain benefits, nor would they care about the lives of innocent commoners. Although I attacked Beijiang, I always employed policies of pacification and amnesty towards its people, never indiscriminately killing the innocent. Leaving such a person alive is definitely a grave threat. I really want to take this chance to infiltrate Red Leaf Villa and annihilate them, but I know that with my current strength, I can’t topple him yet. The power of Red Leaf Villa is far greater than I imagined. I can’t even get past the formations surrounding the outer perimeter of Red Leaf Villa, let alone launch an attack. My only opportunity will be when he ventures out of that ’turtle shell’ of his with his troops. So, the first priority now is to train my soldiers well. The second is to strengthen my own power. The current manpower of the Secret Sect is insufficient. After dispatching personnel to assist at Qiongshan Pass and in Beijiang, the Secret Sect is already stretched thin with deployments. My only hope now is to see if some people from Blue Clouds Mountain and Tiger Head Mountain can be reassigned to form a special forces unit.