"Yes, that's what I think. I believe that as long as they trust me, they will definitely make some discoveries."
"Ha..." Mrs. Su smiled bitterly as she looked at her innocent daughter.
"Child, you are too naive. Let's not talk about whether you have the opportunity to enter the government office. Even if you can, what do you say?"
"Tell them that an unknown infectious disease has occurred in an unknown place in Jiaocheng, and also tell them that you know about it because of your dream. Do you think anyone will believe it? It's good that they don't treat you as a lunatic and drive you out. It's even more impossible that the government will mobilize a large number of troops to investigate just because of your dream. The government cares about evidence. Can you have it?"
"Even if you are lucky, the government would rather believe it than not believe it. What if the things in your dream are not true, and there is no epidemic? Have you ever thought about the consequences? Being regarded as a madman is the best outcome. The worst thing is that the government will accuse you of spreading rumors and misleading the public. What will you do then?"
Mrs. Su's series of questions left Su Qiaoxiu speechless, and she sat on the wooden bench in shock. It's not that she hadn't thought about these questions, but she had been comforting herself that her dream really wouldn't have these problems. After all, except for not finding the prince, the places she passed by and the forest she was looking for in her previous dreams all existed and had come true. Subconsciously, she felt that it would definitely come true this time too.
I didn't expect to be so nakedly torn apart by my mother and face her directly. Thinking of the ifs her mother said and the fact that she had not found the prince before, Su Qiaoxiu couldn't help but feel cold all over and shivered. She had to admit that what her mother said was really possible.
"Mom, but I really had this dream, for so many days in a row. I wasn't lying." After all, she was only a teenager, and her mother's words really scared her.
"Mother believes that you are not lying, but what about others? Xiu'er, you can't use yourself as an experiment just because of this dream."
"But what if it really exists?" Su Qiaoxiu couldn't help but hold on to a glimmer of hope.
"No ifs. Mother won't let you put yourself in danger."
"Mom..." Although Su Qiaoxiu was also afraid, she still felt a little unwilling.
"Don't scream. Mother won't agree. There are more ways to verify it than this. Didn't you say that the outbreak is only a few days away? Wait, if the epidemic really breaks out by then, it can also verify the authenticity of your dream. This is the safest way. And you have verified it once, although some parts are correct, but the final result is failure, which shows that your dream is not entirely true. Xiu'er mother does not want you to fall into it and believe in an illusory dream. You must know that dreams are dreams after all. Maybe it's just that you are too obsessed with something. You think about it during the day and dream about it at night. You can't take it seriously. "
Mrs. Su controlled her temper and analyzed the situation carefully to her daughter, hoping that the child would listen and not act on her own. Otherwise, she would be really cruel to her daughter.
"Mom, is this really the case?" Su Qiaoxiu was confused at this moment.
Her mother was right. She had bravely tried her best to go to the place in her dream, but found nothing. She had already fallen into self-doubt, and after her mother said this, Su Qiaoxiu herself was no longer sure. Is it true that whatever you think about during the day you dream about at night, and that all of these are made up by yourself?
"Whether it is true or not, you will know in a few days. Isn't your ultimate goal to know whether the dream is true or not? Why do you have to keep going until you hit the wall? Why choose the difficult and dangerous way when there is a safe way? Xiu'er, listen to your mother and don't go into a dead end." Mrs. Su persuaded her daughter softly.
The child is used to being willful and won't listen if you force her. If the daughter could tell the details, maybe she could ask her son to verify it in advance. If she herself couldn't explain it clearly, how could she let others believe it?
Her mother's words really stunned her, and the courage she had mustered up before also dissipated little by little, and she also realized that her mother would never let her go. The most important point is that the disappointment in her mother's eyes when she spoke the wrong thing before was too clear, and she was really scared. She didn't know whether the dream was true or not. If her mother really didn't care about her anymore, Su Qiaoxiu couldn't imagine what her future life would be like.
Finally she nodded. As her mother said, all she wanted was verification. There was no need to dwell on it. Waiting was the safest way.
Seeing that her daughter listened to her, Mrs. Su finally breathed a sigh of relief. Regardless of whether her daughter's dream was true or not, she hoped that it would never happen and put an end to the child's unrealistic ideas.
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"Is there still no news about Xiang Yunjin?" A man in white brocade clothes stood under a tree in the woods outside Yunzhou City, looking at the person opposite him with a sinister expression.
"Sir, no." Qin Ming answered tremblingly.
"You useless bastard, didn't you say he were poisoned and injured? Didn't you say the poison is hard to cure? If you can't even find the injured and poisoned person, what use do I have for you?"
The cold and temperatureless words pierced into the other person's heart like a knife. Qin Ming was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, not daring to look at the man's cruel eyes.
"I'll give you some more time. If you can't bring back his body, watch your heads and ask Yixiantang to send more experts. If the task is successful, the commission will be increased by 20%."
"Yes"
"There is no flaw in the matter of Yixiantang, right?" The man frowned slightly and looked at Qin Ming worriedly.
"Don't worry, sir. I left in disguise and masked my face. I deliberately went to another place when I left. I didn't return home until a day or two later. I didn't reveal any flaws."
The man nodded, "This matter must be kept secret, even if..." At this point the man glared at Qin Ming unhappily, "...even if it fails, you can't let the fire burn me, understand?"
"I understand."
"Go ahead."
"I'll take my leave." Qin Ming bowed to the man and quickly left with the people scattered around him.
He looked at the disappearing man in black for a moment, his eyes dark and gloomy.
"Go back home," the man slowly turned around and said to his followers, and walked towards the horse beside him.
Then a carriage quickly left the forest.
…
Meanwhile, Gulan returned to her resting place with a rich catch just as the sun was setting. As the contents of the willow basket were poured out, the harvest was accompanied by the son's exclamations.
This guy is very respectful, which makes people feel a sense of accomplishment for some reason.
Gulan kept smiling because of his exaggerated little appearance.
The next step is to clean up. In the evening, Gulan will braise some of the food and pickle the rest. She was so busy that she didn't notice the dark glance that Xiang Yunjin gave her.
Not only Gulan, but everyone in the entire Lijia Village was busy as well, and the air was filled with a strong smell of bustling life. In order to prevent accidents when traveling, people usually prepare extra food, enough to last for three to five days at a time. This is no small amount of work, and for a family with a large population like the Li family, it will take even longer.
Therefore, not long after Gulan went up the mountain, the Li family became completely busy. Aunt Li and her daughters-in-law were constantly making vegetable pancakes. Old man Li, along with his son and some people in the village who knew how to weave baskets, used local materials and tried to weave a few more baskets to put on the horses' backs when they left tomorrow so that they could hold more things.