Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife-Chapter 191: Grief!
The couple found a clean spot on the mountain, sat on the ground, and ate something.
The lunch box was filled with little treats made by Long Yue herself, with small steamed buns remaining the staple. After all, Long Yue’s favorite food was small steamed buns, with thin skin, lots of filling, and thick juice. When lightly bitten, the juice would instantly flood the mouth, making it incredibly tasty.
Additionally, there were mung bean cakes, hazelnut crisps, egg rolls, and a large plate of sweet and sour ribs with a sweet and sour flavor that was hard to resist.
Li Qingmu looked at these dishes but was in a dilemma, as he didn’t really like sweet food.
He casually ate a few small steamed buns, found an excuse, and said that seeing Chang Lexi spoiled his appetite and that he didn’t want to eat, thus brushing it off.
He felt a bit sad, wondering if his little wife didn’t know he loved salty food.
"Salty dishes come with broth, which is hard to carry. Here, have a few more steamed buns, they’re salty too."
A small steamed bun was stuffed into Li Qingmu’s mouth, and he was ashamed. It turned out his little wife not only understood him but also seemed to read his mind! She knew whatever he was thinking!
"Alright, let’s eat and drink our fill and get on with serious business!"
Long Yue glanced around. There weren’t many people there, and the two of them swiftly took a shortcut to Bai E Mountain.
Soon, they arrived in front of a river.
The river wasn’t shallow, and judging by the water surface, it was about half a meter deep. Crossing like this would definitely wet their clothes, and it was still cold today, so that wouldn’t do.
Li Qingmu walked along the river for a while and saw several large stones lying across the river.
"Go that way!"
Some stones were submerged, others above the water. Even those submerged were not deep, at most three or four centimeters.
The two took off their shoes and walked across the stones.
"Shh, be careful. If by any chance we are discovered, we say we came from Bai Chong Mountain and strayed off the path."
Long Yue instructed, and Li Qingmu naturally understood.
A wasteland appeared ahead, and as they walked to one place, they saw a solitary grave standing in the messy grass, about half a person’s height, with a nearly rotten wooden plaque in front, showing some years.
It was very quiet here, overgrown with weeds but without much vegetation. In the distant rubble, the skeletal remains could be seen.
If it were any ordinary young lady, she would have been frightened out of her wits and cried out, but Long Yue and Li Qingmu were no ordinary people, having witnessed the blood and gore of the battlefield, they wouldn’t care about such things.
The two of them walked by calmly.
However, as Long Yue walked halfway, she suddenly stopped.
Li Qingmu curiously turned back, "Yue’er, what’s wrong, Yue’er?"
Li Qingmu saw Long Yue squatting in front of a skeleton, and as she looked at it, large round tears fell like mad.
"Yue... Yue’er?"
Li Qingmu felt a jolt in his heart, realizing something was wrong. He saw Long Yue leap at it in a frenzy, and quickly held her back.
"Yue’er, what’s wrong, what’s happened?"
"Mother, mother! That’s my mother! Ahh—that’s my mother!"
Li Qingmu looked at her in astonishment, "Yue’er, could you be mistaken? How could your mother be here? This is a graveyard!"
"No, it’s her! My mother’s thumb on her left hand was injured, and that bone is indented. Look at it...that bone is also indented, and this is the skeleton of a middle-aged woman. She is my mother. She must be my mother!"
Long Yue pounded against Li Qingmu’s chest, trying to vent her inner grief.
"Mother... Wuwuwu, ah! Pang Wenzheng, that beast, he actually threw my mother into a mass grave, that utter beast! I will kill him, I will kill him with my own hands!"
"Yue’er! Fine, we will kill him, but before that, shall we first bury your mother-in-law?"
Long Yue’s emotions were almost out of control. Li Qingmu knew that ordinary comfort was useless, and the only belief that could support her now was revenge!
But before that, her emotions must be stabilized, and setting up a grave for her mother could give her peace of mind.
Sure enough, after listening to Li Qingmu, Long Yue gradually calmed down. Although her tears kept flowing, she no longer acted crazily.
She looked at the skeleton and wiped away tears.
"Husband, do you have a dagger?"
"Yes!"
"Let us first make a small grave for my mother and later... Call my grandfather to move her. This place is too quiet, I don’t want her to stay here. I know if grandfather knew that mother was thrown into a mass grave by him, he would storm the Minister Mansion and feed him to the dogs, but I still have to say it!"
"Alright!"
This is Long Yue’s own mother, so whatever she does is right.
Long Yue herself also had a dagger, and the two dredged up a section and quickly dug out a small hole where they laid the remaining skeleton.
Li Qingmu found a piece of wood nearby and erected a tombstone.
He simply wrote "Tomb of a Loving Mother," afraid that writing too explicitly might cause unnecessary trouble.
However, just as he was about to place the tombstone, he suddenly said, "No, this monument cannot be set up!"
"Why?"
Long Yue looked at him somewhat unsatisfied.
"The bones here, left alone, could be taken by wild animals, but setting up a stele indicates someone has been here, and it would be detrimental to what comes next."
"But she is my mother!"
"Yue’er, listen to me. Your mother’s bones we will take away, the inscription doesn’t matter, but if someone sees a new grave here and decides to dig it up, what then?"
"This..."
Long Yue, distracted by grief, realized after Li Qingmu’s analysis that not setting it was better.
"I understand!"
Long Yue, having endured hardships in two lifetimes, her determination grew stronger, and she soon calmed down.
She and Li Qingmu made a mark here and after paying their respects three times, they left.
After this incident, the atmosphere was a bit heavy as they traveled until a cave appeared in front of them.
The cave was still quite a distance away from them but could be seen, with four people standing at its entrance, two on either side. They wore armor and carried long knives, occasionally walking to the side to look around.
"A cave, guarded by people. Surely something unspeakable is inside!"
Li Qingmu and Long Yue hid behind a bush, watching the cave.
After watching for a while, two laborers came out of the cave, carrying two boxes on their shoulders.
"The contents of those boxes must be secrets. Yue’er, let us leave and return tomorrow night!"
Since they had discovered that indeed a hideout existed, with hidden items inside, it was wise to retreat before being discovered.
"Tomorrow night? But my mother..."
"Moving her grave requires choosing an auspicious day, and these days aren’t any good."
Li Qingmu’s words instantly made Long Yue settle down.
Yes, moving a grave also requires picking a good day!
