Chapter 296: Drinking Ginseng Soup Together and Reminiscing About the Past
"It's good to be back, look at you've lost weight lately, come and drink a bowl of ginseng soup." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info" Ma Xiuying poured out a bowl of ginseng soup from the sand pot with a smile and handed it over, everything was so calm and natural, as if there had never been a conflict between the two, and they were still as close as before.
Zhu Yuanzhang took the porcelain bowl and took a sip, in this cold season, the hot ginseng soup flowed into the stomach and was warm, very comfortable. He noticed that the sand pot was set on the small stove, and couldn't help but say, "How can you make ginseng soup by yourself, you have to drink it and let the kitchen boil it well." ā
"I'm here for you. Ma Xiuying fiddled with the charcoal in the stove to make the fire burn more vigorously, "The weather has become cooler these days, Xun Ying has made me a small stove to keep warm, and I am idle, so I took some tonic herbs and boiled them slowly on the stove, so that you can drink the hot soup while you come back." ā
Ma Xiuying said it lightly, but Zhu Yuanzhang knew that it was very time-consuming to boil ginseng soup, especially to make a bowl of clear and delicious ginseng soup, it would definitely not be as simple as boiling water, and Ma Xiuying's friendship with him could be seen from a bowl of ginseng soup. His face was pale, and he handed the bowl over, "You can take a sip too." ā
Ma Xiuying glanced at him in surprise, smiled and pushed back a little, Zhu Yuanzhang took a sip and pushed it over...... Rotate until the bowl is empty.
With the change of Zhu Yuanzhang's status, the two have long stopped drinking a bowl of water and eating a mouthful of rice together, and at this moment they saw a bowl of ginseng soup being drunk unconsciously, looking at each other and smiling, as if they had returned to the time when Zhu Yuanzhang left Haozhou and only took twenty-four people to fight the world.
At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang lacked everything, lack of money, lack of people, lack of food and grass. It is often said that money is not everything, but in life it is impossible to live without money. It costs money to recruit troops and horses, to pay for grain and fodder, and to buy weapons and equipment when there are soldiers and horses, which also requires money.
Ma Xiuying was in charge of the logistics of the troops, and in order to let Zhu Yuanzhang and the soldiers have enough to eat, she often tightened her belly and saved her own food as much as possible. For a long time, she has been silently enduring the torment of hunger, and quietly dialed the food in her bowl to Zhu Yuanzhang's bowl......
Until one day Zhu Yuanzhang found that her bowl was full of soup and rice grains were missing, and her bowl was always full, she knew that she was hungry all the time in order to feed herself.
I still remember that Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry at that time, just like today, he had to exchange rice bowls, Ma Xiuying insisted on refusing, so he picked a chopstick meal and stuffed it into Ma Xiuying's mouth, Ma Xiuying was afraid that he would be hungry, so he hurriedly stuffed him with a mouthful, he picked another chopstick and went over, and Ma Xiuying stuffed another mouthful back...... Unknowingly, a bowl of rice was pushed and eaten by the two of you, in fact, neither of them had eaten enough that day, but that warm feeling made Zhu Yuanzhang full of strength. At that moment, he secretly swore that Ma Xiuying would rather feel uncomfortable than let him starve, and he would definitely not let down this good woman when he developed in the future......
Thinking of these past events, Zhu Yuanzhang stroked Ma Xiuying's hands, his face full of shame, "In the past, you were wronged for me to starve, but now that life is better, I still let you be wronged, I'm really sorry for you." ā
Ma Xiuying secretly wondered which tendon was wrong for Zhu Yuanzhang, and suddenly changed his attitude. However, this attitude is what she likes to see, and she said with a smile: "Why do the couple say this? You have fought bloody outside to have my current life, where have you wronged me?"
"You, always tolerate me like this......" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed infinitely and hugged her tightly, he was not used to saying sweet words, so he expressed his feelings in this way.
"As long as you come back safe and sound every time you go out, I'll be satisfied. Ma Xiuying pressed against his chest, listening to the powerful heartbeat, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, how long had they not been so close? Once she thought that her feelings for Zhu Yuanzhang had become numb, it didn't matter if he was by her side or not, but when she was hugged by Zhu Yuanzhang, her body would still tremble slightly, and her heart would beat with joy as before.
Zhu Yuanzhang kissed her cheek, and a trace of assurance overflowed between his lips and teeth, "Well, I will, for you, for the children." Madame, I miss you so much......"
"Ah, this is daytime ......" Ma Xiuying's exclamation was quickly replaced by a gasp.
Xun Ying blushed and quietly closed the door, her originally worried look turned into a smile, fortunately she didn't rush in, but waited at the door for a while, otherwise how could she disturb the good things of the two.
The clouds dispersed and the rain stopped, Zhu Yuanzhang was lying on the bed and refused to move, Ma Xiuying was afraid that it would be bad for other wives and concubines to come to visit and bump into him, so she hurriedly urged him to get up.
It's not impossible, every time Zhu Yuanzhang returns home, the wives and concubines who can't wait will come to the main house under the guise of visiting Ma Xiuying, trying to show their faces in front of Zhu Yuanzhang. If someone bumps into them like this, I don't know how it will be arranged.
Zhu Yuanzhang got dressed helplessly and lay back on the bed, "I'm dressed now, they won't talk nonsense." ā
Ma Xiuying was funny and angry, coaxing this tired man, "Go and see Di'er, he was just born, you went on the expedition, and it will be half a year to leave, and if you don't come back, Di'er won't know your father anymore." This kid looks like you. ā
Speaking of Zhu Di, Ma Xiuying smiled, this child is really strange, sometimes Li Qi'er hugged him, he still cried, Ma Xiuying hugged him, he immediately stopped crying. Everyone said that he was the closest to Ma Xiuying, and even Ma Xiuying herself felt that this child was very close to her.
"What about Biao'er?" Zhu Yuanzhang still likes his eldest son Zhu Biao the most, I haven't seen him for a few months, and I don't know if Biao'er has grown taller and whether his knowledge has improved.
"I dismissed the enlightened master in the house, and I sent him to the nursery to go to school with the other children. ā
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he suddenly sat up, "How can it be done, he is my Zhu Yuanzhang's son, how can he go to school with the children of other ordinary people." I will ask him a famous teacher to teach him, and the same will be true for Zhang'er, Li'er, and Di'er in the future. ā
Ma Xiuying disagreed, "You, don't get used to children, what's wrong with them studying with ordinary children, do you have to be specialized? I hope that children can treat people and things with a normal heart." If you let them distance themselves from the children of ordinary people, they will have a different view of things in the future, and I don't want to raise a few children. ā
Zhu Yuanzhang said stubbornly: "My children are different, why should we live like ordinary children? Since we have the ability, we should create the best and most favorable environment for our children." Don't worry, I promise that the children will not become children in the future, so you don't care about this matter. ā
Ma Xiuying twisted her head and stopped talking. Hmph, the sky-high sponsorship fees collected by those schools in the previous life were raised by people with the mentality of Zhu Yuanzhang.