Chapter 101: Night Talk
Because there was no one, Shi Qingqian scolded Min Niang again, and then was arranged to do some physical work, until late at night, she struggled to hold on to the courtyard wall, and stumbled to the dining room.
Looking at it from a distance, the lights in the dining room had already been turned off, and it was pitch black, which made Shi Qingqian's heart desperate at the moment.
When she came yesterday, at least there was a candle left in the dining room. But today's lights have been completely turned off, and perhaps even the leftovers have been poured out.
"Is it Miss Qingqi?" As soon as he reached the door of the dining room, a manservant approached with a basket and asked.
Shi Qingqian felt as if he had seen him, but he couldn't remember it at the moment, so he nodded suspiciously.
"Ah, you can take these foods." The manservant stuffed the heavy basket in his hand into Shi Qingqian's hand, as if he was afraid that she would ask too much, and after stuffing it over, he hurriedly turned around and ran away.
Only then did she recall that this manservant was the one who helped Sister Liu bring her ointment and a bowl of water on the first night?
"Sister Liu'er......" Shi Qing lost his mind, and opened the lid of the food box in a panic, and what caught his eye was three dishes with aroma, meat and vegetables were matched, and it was delicious to look at. She took down the first layer again, and saw a bowl of steaming millet porridge and four or five white-flour steamed buns in the second layer.
Looking at the box of things, the mist unconsciously blindfolded her.
Without bothering to wash her stained hands, she picked up the food inside.
Almost swallowed, Shi Qingqian stuffed two full steamed buns into it, and only ate half of each dish. In fact, she was so hungry that her chest was close to her back, but thinking of Jing'an, who was locked up in the deserted pavilion, she still didn't let herself sweep away these things.
With only such a meal every day, no one can hold it, not to mention that Jing'an still has such a serious injury on her body.
Shi Qingqian just sat on the threshold of the dining room covered with mud, and hurriedly finished the only meal of the day. Because she was afraid that the food box would be opened for too long, causing the food to become cold, she panicked, and had to close the lid for every bite she ate, and then open it when eating.
As soon as he stuffed the last bite of steamed buns into his mouth, Shi Qingqian picked up the food box and ran towards the attic where Jing'an was being held.
"Jing'an, Jing'an!" Shi Qingqian ran to the attic window and called Jing'an softly.
Jing'an, who was originally sleepy by the window, woke up suddenly when she heard this familiar voice, and hurriedly got up and poked her head out of the window, "Sister! ”
Shi Qingqian saw that Jing'an was fine, so he nodded reassuringly, turned his head and put down the rope he was carrying, found a stone over, and tied it to one end of the rope, "Jing'an, you wait to catch the rope, and I'll hand the food box to you with a rope!" ”
"Hmm." Hearing this, Jing'an hurriedly took a step back.
Shi Qingqian took the stone and aimed at the window, threw it suddenly, and threw it into the window.
"Sister, I caught it!"
"Okay." Shi Qingqian hurriedly tied the other end to the handle of the food box, protected the food box, and let Jing'an pull it up slowly.
"So much?" Jing'an opened the food box and asked in surprise. She knew that the meals for the past two days were all saved by Shi Qingqian for her, and her heart was a little sour, especially when she saw that she had only eaten half of the dishes intimately, and the other end was still intact and untouched.
Shi Qingqian smiled lightly and sat down against the dilapidated wall of the attic, which already had many cracks, "Jing'an, you eat first, and then talk after eating." ”
Jing'an is not as hard as Shi Qingqian, she has been lying on the dirty floor of the attic all day to rest, hungry to hungry, but she has finally allowed her energy to recuperate. She finished eating one steamed bun and picked up the second one, when she suddenly stopped her movements.
"Sister...... In the future, you should eat more, I don't do anything all day, just a bowl of porridge to drink. When Jing'an spoke, she was already crying.
It's funny to say, she has grown so big, and the only person who loves her is her father, who has been fighting outside all the year round. Shi Qingqian is really the only one who treats himself with all his heart......
"It's okay, Jing'an," Shi Qingqian looked at the little bird standing in the treetops in the distance, "Do you know that these meals are ...... It was my sister who brought us medicine that night, and she left it for me. ”
Hearing this, the steamed bun that Jing'an brought to her mouth paused, but she only thought for a moment, and then continued to bite down, and said with a self-deprecating smile, "Oh...... Then, my sister also wants to thank her for me. ”
"Poof......" Shi Qingqian really didn't expect that Jing'an would say this. But she heard the embarrassment in Jing'an's words, so she didn't say anything more.
"By the way, sister," Jing'an swallowed the steamed buns in her mouth, leaned against the wall by the window, turned her back to the person outside the window, and whispered, "That day, I couldn't stand you, I was too reckless......"
Shi Qing was stunned, she also didn't get up to look at Jing'an, but raised her head to look at the full moon in the sky, "Don't say that, I'm also at fault, I'm too bent on going my own way......"
"Not really!" Jing'an shouted softly, "Sister, I was locked up here for two days, and I had nothing to do, so I went to think about the events of that day." It's all my fault that I didn't consider my sister's strategy, and I quarreled with you in a hurry, sister, I hope you don't blame me......"
"Jing'an, if you say so, our experience of sharing weal and woe this time is not worth it." Shi Qingqian quipped, "Besides, I was also at fault that day, it was indeed I who blindly avoided it, which made us suffer a lot." ”
Jing An, who was trapped in the attic, didn't speak, but the corners of her mouth raised an arc. She looked at the heavy iron rope locked on her feet at this time, and recalled that day, there was a circle of blackened blood on Shi Qingqian's ankle.
She didn't care at the time, but now she had to drag the clumsy subway cable to move, and she hadn't moved much yet, and her ankle had been covered with a black blue, and the skin had even been scratched in the heavy places.
However, in just one night, Shi Qingqian's ankle had already bled a whole circle, so you can imagine how much she paid that night. I even lost my temper with her, which really hurt her heart.
"Sister...... If only we could go back alive......"
"Absolutely!" Shi Qingqian interrupted.
What they need most now is hope, and they must not say these discouraged words.
Jing'an couldn't hold back and laughed out loud, "Well, it must be possible!" ”
The night is thick, the moon is like a hook, and the birds and insects are chirping. There were only a few stars on the dark sky to accompany the cold moon. The night breeze blew by, and the jumping lights in the front yard shone on Shi Qingqian's somewhat haggard cheeks.
Shi Qingqian and Jing'an did not speak anymore very tacitly, listening to the chirping of birds at night, and gradually fell asleep.