Chapter 22: Emerald Flowers
She was still holding the fruit that Wen Sheng had just thrown at her, and as soon as she saw her, she threw it into Wen Sheng's arms, and said angrily: "You also sat here yesterday and eavesdropped, right?" β
Wen Sheng was lying on the branches, his hands pillowing behind his head, looking very leisurely. was thrown away by Wen Qing with fruit, his body didn't shake, and he smiled very calmly, "I'm not eavesdropping, I'm listening openly." β
Wen Qing kicked his foot, "Empty position, let me sit down." β
"Okay." He slid off his feet and leaned on the branch next door, which shook and rubbed against each other and made a rustling sound, and gradually fell silent.
Wen Qing sat on the thick branch, hanging in the air under her feet, she was not afraid, and sat firmly with one hand holding the trunk.
"Dad, what are you calling me up for?"
She asked.
Wen Sheng smiled slightly and said, "Wen Qing, are you willing to stay here all the time?" β
Wen Qing showed a strange look, glanced at him and said, "Haven't I been here all along?" β
Wen Sheng shook his head, "That's not what I meant. I want to ask you, would you like to live here with me and Wenyun forever? We don't go to the city, we don't go anywhere else, stay here and guard the tomb of your mother, do you think? β
Wen Qing was stunned, "My mother is buried here?" β
She hadn't seen her mother since she came here six years ago. She was not on anything else at that time, and when she went back, she desperately suppressed herself from thinking about this, because she had never noticed the problem of the original owner's mother.
Wen Sheng was still smiling, but his smile was full of bitterness and nostalgia, he lowered his eyelashes slightly, and between the dense branches and leaves, the moonlight fell on his body, casting a layer of soft light on his emaciated body, and Wen Qing's heart sank.
She said a little dryly, "Dad, I won't ask this question anymoreβ"
"She is buried under this old tree, and after so many years, I am afraid that her body will be long gone."
Wen Qing's eyelids trembled, and somehow she became depressed in her heart.
"Daddy," she said with some difficulty, "I'll talk about these things laterβ"
"No, Wen Qing, you promise me to stay here with me and don't go anywhere."
He was not at all like the timid and generous person in her impression, Wen Qing didn't know why he was so stubborn, but she thought about it, for now, she would not leave this village. When she is about to leave in the future, she will plan well, persuade Wen Sheng, and take him and Wen Yun with her.
Wen Qing knew very well in her heart that if she wanted a rich life and a certain social status, she couldn't stay here all the time. In her previous life, she could control her temperament for Jiang Zhengsi, but now, for the sake of Wenyun's future, she has to plan well.
Life has to be lived, not to say prosperous, but at least there must be leeway. Poor like her family, she has seen it for the first time in her life.
"Wenqingβ"
Wen Sheng called her again, Wen Qing bowed slightly, and said hello.
"But you're going to tell me, why can't we go?"
Wen Sheng looked at Wen Qing steadily, her stubborn and cold temperament really followed him, he closed his eyes, his body floated in the green sea, and he remembered the scene of the first year he came here.
At that time, she was still there, and a slight smile was earth-shattering beauty, and the moment her eyes were slightly bent, it was like flowers blooming all over the mountain.
"Ah Sheng, can we stay here for the rest of our lives?"
"Okay."
He has kept this promise for twenty-three years, and now, he wants to deliver this promise to Wen Qing, because she is her daughter, and she should fulfill this responsibility.
When he opened his eyes again, Wen Sheng said lightly: "Your mother is still here for a day, and I won't leave for a day." Wen Qing, if you plan for Wen Yun, you can also take him away, but I won't leave. β
Wen Qing's heart tightened, and he said that Wen Sheng was stupid? Such a transparent mind can't be described as smart, right?
She bit her lower lip, but smiled, "Okay, Dad, we will always be here in the future, and we will spend the rest of our lives with our mother." β
As for Wenyun, who said that the golden phoenix can't fly out of the chicken nest? If Wen Yun has the ability to go outside to get a job, she will let him go, at least her responsibility to raise him is completed, and in the future, as long as she accompanies Wen Sheng to spend the second half of her life, it will already be considered a great consummation.
Thinking like this, she calmed down, her smile gradually spread, and Wen Sheng's gaze softened much softer because of the beauty of the moonlight tonight.
Wen Sheng laughed twice, then revealed his true form, and almost fell under the tree.
"Xiao Qingqing, do you think that your father and I are very majestic, very chic and handsome?"
Wen Qing nodded, and compared the numbers five, one, and one successively.
Wen Sheng was a little confused, so he heard her speak again: "Dad, do we have any vegetable and fruit seeds in our family?" β
"Seeds? Do you want to fry it? β
Wen Qing kicked him down with an expressionless face, but fortunately the tree was not high, and Wen Sheng climbed the branch with one hand and landed smoothly.
Wen Qing looked at him and said, "Go to sleep, don't let me see you." β
How can there be such a person? Seeds planted in the soil can grow food! He actually fried the seeds, so what else to eat?
But the matter was already decided, Wen Qing rubbed her chest, and the cold wind blew away the depression in her heart, making her calm down quickly. Since she didn't have these things at home, she would go to her neighbors tomorrow to ask for some, because everyone was from the same village, so she wouldn't even give a little seed. If it doesn't work, she will buy it and do it herself.
Speaking of food, she remembered that she had promised Wen Yun to make him a rock sugar gourd. Such a simple thing, she has also made before, but she needs a raw material such as hawthorn. Okay, let Wen Sheng find it tomorrow.
Wen Qing got out of the tree, returned the wooden ladder to its place, and closed the door after entering the house. Wen Sheng slept near the door, and he looked sideways as soon as there was movement at the door.
"Wen Qing, are you going to sleep?"
Wen Qing nodded, lifted the quilt and squeezed together with Wen Yun.
Wen Yun was not afraid of the cold, Xu was calm and held her hand.
She looked to his side, and the puppet that Wang Zhuangyuan gave him was still placed by him at the head of the bed, which was the same status as his copper coin tree. She pursed her lips and smiled, remembering Wang Zhuangyuan's rescue at night, and a little warmth surged up her limbs.
Wen Qing relied on Wen Yun and gradually fell asleep.
The next morning, it was the earliest of Wen Sheng. Anyone who ordered pork today would come to him to get it, and he set up a stall outside the house early, and also took advantage of the dark to grind some soy milk and warm it in the pot.
Gradually, there was a sound of people getting up in the village.
"Wensheng's family, have you gotten up?"
The first to come was the woman of the stone family in front of her, and their family had a son whose nickname was Shishi, so he got the title of Shijia.
Wen Sheng smiled and opened the wooden door in front of them to welcome them in.
"Damn you, be quiet, my family hasn't gotten up yet."
The stone's mother's name is Cuihua, and she has long forgotten Wen Qing and her mustard a few days ago, of course, even if she still remembers that conflict, no one knows.
Cuihua nodded, and only asked, "Do you have the front leg pork I asked you to bring?" β
"Yes!"
Wen Sheng spread out the whole piece of pork, raised the sharp ******, and asked her softly, "How much?" β
"Eight taels, don't be too much, Xiao Tian went to her second aunt's house, and I can't eat too much with Shishi."
Wen Sheng's movements stopped slightly, and then he raised his knife to cut it casually, and chatted with Cuihua about family life: "Xiao Tian didn't know that I would bring pork back yesterday?" It's a rare day to be able to replenish her body, why isn't she there? β
Cuihua smiled when she heard this, with obvious embarrassment on her face, "Isn't that what she doesn't know?" Besides, she misses her second aunt's little sister, who clamored to go over yesterday. β
"Didn't you remind her that she could have a good meal today?"
Cuihua smiled casually, "She's still young, it's okay to eat less, Shi needs to supplement his nutrition at this time, and he will go to private school next year!" How about not eating more and replenishing your brain? β
Wen Sheng didn't speak again, and according to the amount of Cuihua wanted, he just cut half a catty of meat.
"Huh? Your meat isn't very fresh anymore, isn't the weather stuffy? It's suffocating the meat. β
Cuihua got the meat and began to pick and choose, which was her custom, and then asked for a price reduction.
Wen Sheng didn't say anything, Cuihua talked for a long time, her throat was dry, and when she saw his calm and relaxed expression, she also asked a little uncomfortable: "Wen Sheng, did you buy meat at the dead pork market?" β
The words were full of sour jealousy.