Chapter 5: Overnight stays
Yao Jingning was disgusted, she really couldn't do anything kind and generous, she raised her foot and kicked the dowry grandmother to the ground, regardless of the mess in her mother's house, and strode out.
She was impatient to sit in the car, so she simply took off the hairpin ring on her head and stuffed it into her arms, and ordered the guards: "You come down!" ”
The guard was inexplicable, but he obediently dismounted.
Yao Jingning scooped up the complicated silk skirt, tied a knot, snatched the reins and the whip, neatly turned over on the horse, whipped it down, and walked away.
Behind him exclaimed: "Send someone to follow!" ”
Mrs. Yao cried as if the sky had fallen, as if she was about to seek death.
She is still so young, how can she be willing to die? A bunch of idiots!
Yao Jingning hooked the corners of her lips, and the more she didn't want to deal with the group of stupid people behind her, she raised her whip to drive the horse, and ran faster and faster.
She was afraid of startling passers-by, and she didn't want to be found, so she simply picked up those remote alleys and walked around to the city gate unconsciously.
Beyond the doorway, there is the twilight field on the outskirts of Beijing in late autumn.
Golden and splendid, she squinted her eyes and rushed out.
It will be evening, there are few pedestrians on the official road, smoke rises in the distance, and the twilight is vast.
Yao Jingning rushed to a nearby hill in one breath, stood with his horse in his arms, looked into the distance, and only felt relaxed and happy.
These days, she lives cautiously, guessing Qiu Yuan's thoughts, fighting wits and courage with her subordinates, and pleasing everyone, just like a quail, which is really not the life she wants to live.
She let out a cloudy breath and made a decision.
That is, she must not be a poor worm who uses her children to tie up her husband and maintain her status!
What Lu Huanting is good, Zhang Huanting is good, love is as good as it is, the so-called virtuous and virtuous virtue, that is for outsiders, for the clansmen, not for the concubine, phew!
Yao Jingning stretched unscrupulously, leaned on the horse, and watched the sunset sink little by little.
It was about to get dark, but she was in no hurry to go back.
When I looked down the hill and saw a family, I might as well go there and spend the night, as for what happened after tomorrow, I really didn't bother to care.
turned around and was about to go down the mountain, but saw a man and a horse standing not far away, Qiu Yuan, who was wearing a cyan official uniform, standing there quietly, looking at her and smiling.
When did he come? Still laughing?
Yao Jingning thought she had seen a ghost, shouldn't she have a gloomy face and thunderous anger?
She hesitated and didn't want to step forward: "Why are you here?" ”
"I went to pick you up, and I saw you running away on horseback in the middle of the road, and told you that you didn't hear it, so I came out with you." Qiu Hao couldn't ask her more naturally, "Where are you going?" ”
Anyway, it's come to this point, Yao Jingning doesn't plan to pretend anymore, she pointed at the people under the hillside with a horsewhip: "There." ”
Qiu Yuan rode down with her as a matter of course: "I want to eat cooked rice." ”
The topic changed too quickly, Yao Jingning didn't understand: "What? ”
Qiu Qian said: "In the past, I wandered with my sister, picking up ears of rice in other people's rice fields, I couldn't pick up much, and I couldn't remove the husk, so I burned a bonfire, put it on the fire, and rubbed off the chaff to eat rice after cooking, the taste was very special." ”
Yao Jingning pursed her lips and smiled: "I won't do it." ”
"I'll make it for you." Qiu Hao rode away on a horse, and after a while ran back, with many ears of rice in his pocket, and his eyes were bright: "Find a sheltered place to find firewood and make a fire." ”
This kind of autumn jacket is annoying, Yao Jingning hooked the corners of his lips and found a place to make a fire with him.
Before the fire was lit, a big dog quietly touched it, and "Ha'er" rushed towards Yao Jingning, and at the same time, a man picked up a stick and smashed it on Qiu Yuan's body: "Kill you thief!" ”
"Be careful!" Yao Jingning screamed, picked up the stone casually and beckoned to the big dog's mouth, the big dog was more sensitive than she imagined, and jumped away at once.
She was going to help Qiu Yuan, but she saw that Qiu Yuan easily grabbed the stick in the man's hand, and at the same time, her foot kicked out without warning, kicking the big dog that was waiting for the opportunity to move away.
The man was furious and was about to take revenge, but Qiu Yuan had already neatly stuffed a handful of copper coins over: "It's rude not to ask for yourself, but because there is no one to guard, you may lose the money you left, so you didn't leave the money." ”
When the man received the money, and saw that they were dressed and looked unusual, he took the stick and cursed in a low voice: "Sophistry! "Left with the dog.
Yao Jingning's heart was beating loudly, Qiu Yuan just said it soundly, and his movements were fast enough, but he was really stealing.
Qiu Hao didn't feel it at all, and roasted the ears of rice with great interest, beckoning her to come over and eat: "Try it." ”
Yao Jingning stuffed her mouth and spit it out with a "poof", her mouth was full of the smell of fireworks, rough and prickly, it was really not delicious.
"It's not a deliberate waste," she said. ”
Qiu Yuan smiled: "I know." ”
He sat on the ground, and the firelight illuminated his face flickering: "Actually, my behavior just now was stealing, and you have to endure it all the time to not blame me, right?" ”
Yao Jingning touched the back of his head: "It's good to play once in a while." ”
Qiu Hao smiled and added a stick of firewood to the fire: "I just want you to be happy, but unfortunately, I have been sick since I was a child, I haven't played many games, and I don't have much fun, you may not like it if you are interested, but I will do my best." Also, I'm not as weak as you think. ”
Yao Jingning touched her nose, but he guessed her mind thoroughly.
It was dark, the stars were shining in the sky, Yao Jingning was a little cold, stroked his arm, Qiu Yuan got up and said, "Let's go." Find a place to stay. ”
She silently followed him forward, knocked on a house that looked good, and when she opened the door, she heard the dog barking, and the man who had attacked them with a stick before was standing at the door, without a good face: "What are you doing?" ”
Yao Jingning suddenly wanted to laugh, this world is so small.
Qiu Yuan is serious: "Spend the night." ”
The man refused: "Don't think that you are an official in an official uniform, a petty official like you is everywhere in the capital!" Look at you as adulterers and women who eloped! Get lost! Otherwise, I'll report to the police! ”
The big dog barked on the side, and his voice was full of pride.
Yao Jingning pulled Qiu's sleeve: "Forget it, let's go to other homes." ”
Qiu Yuan shook his head: "You take care of the horse, wait for me to talk to him." ”
He squeezed in the door, closed it, and after a while, there was a "ping-pong" noise in the room, the door opened, and he smiled kindly: "Let's talk, come in." ”
The corners of the man's mouth were swollen, and he hated: "I want to sue you, robber!" Adulterer n woman"
Qiu Yuan smiled and slapped a silver ingot on the table.
The world is quiet, and so are the dogs.
The man fumbled for the silver, took a bite, and without looking back, said, "You can do whatever you like, including me." ”