Cheng Muyou nodded, and said to Shi Jin behind him, "The number of people patrolling the city should also increase, and be sure to find them before the lunar eclipse."
After finishing speaking, he hesitated slightly, and then said to Shen Qing, "Shen Gongzi, do you really want to go to Qiao's house to borrow money?"
Before marrying someone's daughter, it seems that it is not etiquette to go to the father-in-law to get money, in case this incident affects your family affairs, it is a little more than worth the loss. ” Shen Qing sighed lowly, "Shen doesn't dare to hide it, in fact, Feng Yi's father and I just broke up a few days ago, if I go to Qiao's house to borrow money now, I won't be able to wipe it off anyway." ” "And what are you going to do?"
Shen Qing took a deep look at the study behind him, and when he turned his head, the reluctance on his face turned into an indifferent smile, "My father left some books, plus the books I bought over the years, there is also half a house, I think I will sell them at the market tomorrow, I should be able to make up the money for a coffin." ” Hearing Shen Qing's words, Jiao Xiaomei, who had been stopping to listen outside the door, sniffed, gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and walked towards the outside of the alley with light steps.
She staggered down the deserted street, and when she heard the footsteps of the night watchman, she found a corner and shrank up, because of her young age, and she couldn't eat enough all year round, she was much shorter than her peers, so she hid in the shadows, and the passing teams of officials didn't even notice her.
Seeing the servants gradually moving away, Jiao Xiaomei lay on the ground dejectedly, her mind was now full of her sister's appearance before she died, she knelt in front of the figures of the forest, kowtowing and begging over and over again, she said: "Let my sister go, you can let me do anything." ” Therefore, when they cut off her sister's arm alive, she just bit her lip and didn't scream, until the brilliance of life passed away from her face little by little, she just looked at Jiao Xiaomei, encouraged her to hold on a little longer, encouraged her to wait for the arrival of rescuers, and encouraged her to live well.
The sobbing sound could no longer be suppressed, overflowing intermittently from her throat, Jiao Xiaomei covered her face, and tears flowed from her fingers: my sister died to save herself, but now, she can't even prepare a coffin for her, so she can only let her be in the wilderness. and Shen Qing, although he resolutely wanted to buy a coffin for his sister, but she knew that this half of the room was almost his life, and their sisters had been favored by him for many years, and they couldn't embarrass him like this at this time.
On this cool summer night, this girl who had just turned ten years old even thought of death, the future was hopeless, she couldn't continue to live with such guilt, then, maybe death was the best choice, she could be relieved.
Jiao Xiaomei looked at a stone lion next to her, clenched her fists, and jumped forward with all her might, her small body crossed an arc in mid-air, and hit it straight over.
But after a few days of rice not entering, her legs were as soft as cotton, and she couldn't exert her strength at all, and she was still a few feet away from Shishi, and she planted it with a "plop".
She was not angry, and got up and walked forward again, but at this moment, there was a sudden rustling sound in the alley next to the lion.
A jet-black coffin slowly slid out of the alley, and under the illumination of the moonlight, it was covered in oily light, reflecting Jiao Xiaomei's bewildered figure on the coffin lid.
Jiao Xiaomei's mouth opened slightly, she looked at the coffin, and was stunned for a long time, before she knelt on the ground with a "tom", and the stone road smashed on her forehead "knocked".
"Save the suffering and save the Guanyin Bodhisattva, it must be that you have appeared, and you can't bear my sister's violent corpse in the wild, so you sent this coffin to save the suffering and save the Guanyin Bodhisattva" When Qiao Fengyi walked into the courtyard of the Shen family, she found that the fire in the stove room was flickering, white smoke was billowing out of the door, and there were several violent coughs mixed with it.
She was so frightened that she put down the basket and ran into the stove room, and when she got inside, she saw Shen Qing holding a spatula in one hand and covering her nose with the other, stirring something hard in an iron pot.
Qiao Fengyi pulled him out of the stove room, and Shen Qing in front of her found that his face was scorched black, and his hair was also scorched a few tufts, and he couldn't see his original appearance at all.
Qiao Fengyi shook her head, "Shen Qing, are you cooking or are you going to burn down your home?"
” Shen Qing knocked a few more times, tears coughed up, Qiao Fengyi patted him on the back a few times, and handed over a bowl of water, he drank it all in his stomach, and then gasped and explained: "Tonight is the first seven of the eldest sister of the Jiao family, I think this child has not eaten a few good meals before her death, so I thought about cooking a good meal for her and sending her on the road, but" He looked back at the blackened stove, "I only now realize that women are the smartest people in the world, and they can handle so many pots and pans, It was Shen who underestimated you before, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. ” Qiao Fengyi smiled when he said it, but a corner of her heart was poked hard by his words: This person usually looks like a fool, but he didn't expect that his essence is warm and soft, and he is so attentive to the children of the neighbors.
She took the spatula in Shen Qing's hand, "Although I haven't cooked a few times, I have also learned to cook a few side dishes, so I shouldn't embarrass a woman, you can follow up and steal a few tricks." ” The stove room was a completely different situation under Qiao Fengyi's hands, she first washed the spatulas that were burned by Shen Qing, and then it was like a trick, in less than an hour, she made five dishes, all the colors and flavors, Shen Qing was dumbfounded, and later, she couldn't help but applaud her.
"Feng Yi, you are really powerful, I thought you didn't touch the spring water with your ten fingers, I didn't think about it, but you did a good job of cooking."
Qiao Fengyi shoveled the last braised carp into the plate and glanced at him, "I haven't cooked before, but if I eat and take a look, I probably know how to do it," she paused and cleared her throat, "So, if you can't afford to hire a maid after marriage, you don't have to worry, the food I cook, at least I won't starve to death." ” Shen Qing said "yes, yes" on her lips, and in the end, she suddenly felt that something seemed wrong with her words, so she raised her head a little blankly, "You mean, even if I go to Mr.
Zhao, even if I will live a more depressed life in the future, you still want to marry me?"
” Qiao Fengyi looked back at him, with a rare tenderness in her eyes, "I have already married someone once, and whether the other party is worth marrying or not, I naturally know how to tell the difference." ”