Chapter 15: Koi Birthmarks
Wu Shuang stuck out her tongue weakly, "You found out, these are the jars of apricot blossom brew you brought, and I used half of it." ”
It's the best wine you can buy in town.
"Anyway, what you bring is for you to eat, and you won't lose anything. Is it delicious? ”
Song Qingyuan nodded, if he wanted to say that Wu Shuang's craftsmanship he really admired.
Wu Shuang sighed: "It's a pity that you won't be blessed to eat such delicious things in the future, you can save some food in these two jars, I specially made a little salty, and I can put it for a while." ”
Song Qingyuan suddenly said, "What if I stay?" ”
Wu Shuang's eyes lit up, and the stars and moon in the sky seemed to fall into her eyes, "Really? ”
Song Qingyuan already knew the answer when he saw her reaction, "Do you want me to stay?" ”
As soon as Wu Shuang heard this, she thought that Song Qingyuan was teasing her, and she withered again, "Can this be what I say?" ”
Song Qingyuan said seriously: "If you don't want me to go, then I won't go." ”
"But your family is still waiting for you, how can you not go back, what right do I have to leave you behind......" Wu Shuang's voice became smaller and smaller, and the end note gradually became inaudible.
Song Qingyuan saw her appearance and couldn't bear to tease her anymore, "Have you forgotten why I came to Anhai Village in the first place?" I had an accident before I could do anything in my business, and now that everything is back to normal, I naturally have to do what I should have done before. ”
"So you're really not leaving?" Wu Shuang jumped off the swing at once, hugged two jars of pickles and cheered, and rushed into the house almost immediately to announce the news.
Song Qingyuan looked at her back and shook his head helplessly.
The capital, the palace of the king of Yan.
At night, King Yan rushed back from the palace, and after entering the door, he walked hurriedly and went straight to the study.
Generally, when encountering this situation, the subordinates in the palace will cheer up and be more careful, because this look is that the prince is angry with the emperor again.
If the short-sighted one gets up at this time, he may even lose his life.
Sure enough, after a while, there was a sound in the study, and I don't know what object the prince fell today.
Song Qirui scolded angrily in the room: "He Song Qingyuan is his younger brother, and this king is not his younger brother?" In his eyes, everything this king does is wrong! ”
Everyone in the room retreated, leaving only one subordinate.
"The prince is angry, Your Majesty has been in a bad mood recently because of His Royal Highness King Qi, so he spoke more seriously."
Song Qirui sneered: "Since he values Song Qingyuan's life so much, then the king can't let him come back, how is the personnel sent to do it?" ”
He took a sip of the tea that the maid had just handed in, and the subordinate wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and whispered, "I haven't found a clue yet." ”
The next moment the teacup flew out of front of him, and the man fell to his knees as soon as his legs went limp, and the teacup flew over his head.
"The prince forgives his sins, and his subordinates are incompetent."
Song Qirui pointed at him and scolded angrily: "It's not a day or two that you've been incompetent, how big can that place be, how can you not even find someone?" ”
"Yes, yes, yes." The subordinates nodded like pounding rice, and did not dare to say much about their hardships.
The place where King Qi disappeared is indeed in a sea area near there, which seems to be sparsely populated, but there are hundreds of miles before and after, and many villages and towns gather along the way.
Song Qirui lowered his head and pinched his eyebrows, and remembered another thing, "Did you find that woman?" ”
Even if he can't get rid of Song Qingyuan's thorn in his eye for the time being, what is he afraid of if he can find that woman with koi luck?
The subordinates didn't panic at this time, and hurriedly called people in to show the results of their efforts in recent days.
The group came in, led by a man of forty or fifty years old, with a lewd face and cowering, with three or four young women behind him, the youngest of whom was only thirteen or fourteen years old, and who had obviously freshened up and dressed up before coming.
As soon as a few people stood still, there was a smell of fat powder wafting in the air.
Song Qirui covered his mouth and nose and asked, "Why are there so many?" ”
The subordinate introduced, "These people are all found by Zhang Laohan, and they all have marks on their bodies, and they can't be decided at the next time, so they will all be brought for the prince to see." ”
Some of the women were shy and timid, some were reluctant, Song Qirui walked in front of a person, and the person was about to raise his head, but he stopped him in time, "Just look at the birthmark, and the face is not needed." ”
The woman stretched out her arm, revealing a vaguely shaped red birthmark on her forearm, and Song Qirui couldn't tell where the head and tail of the birthmark were even after asking her to change her posture a few times.
He pointed at the thing and asked his subordinates angrily, "Look at what these things are, you can't decide yet?" If you don't want these eyes, the king will gouge them out for you! ”
Zhang Laohan looked flattering, stepped forward and pointed to the slightly pointed end of the birthmark and said, "Lord Wang, you see this is a fish head." Then he pointed to the loosely shaped end and said, "This is the fishtail." ”
Song Qirui was furious and kicked Zhang Laohan in the heart, "Fart!" ”
Zhang Laohan endured the severe pain, and he didn't dare to rub it, and immediately turned over and knelt down, he felt that things were a little bad now.
A while ago, someone found him here, and asked if he could find a girl with a red birthmark on his body, preferably in the shape of a fish, and he found a heavy reward, he was a person in this area, and the girls he saw were all the girls who had birthmarks on his body, but it was really hard to find such a specific one.
He was fascinated by his mind for a while, and he was greedy, and who would have thought that he wanted to find someone was a big man.
His subordinates also panicked, knowing that this old man was unreliable, but he still had a chance and asked Song Qirui to continue to look down.
The birthmarks on those girls were strangely shaped, none of them met the requirements, at a glance, let alone koi, not even the shape of a fish, only the last one, the youngest girl, a lifelike little fish appeared on the back of her neck.
Song Qirui's eyes lit up, and he pulled her over to take a closer look, but after a while, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he poured the newly changed tea on the top.
The hot tea made the girl jump and writhe in pain around her neck.
Song Qirui pulled away the girl's hand covering the wound and looked at it again, the fish-shaped birthmark that was still vivid in that place had already been spent.
He flicked his finger and sneered, "It was actually painted with impatiens juice, are you playing tricks on this king as a fool?" Drag it down, and you cane it to death. ”
A moment later, only one of his men was left in the room, and he was on one knee, shaking like chaff.
Song Qingyuan turned the white jade wrench in his hand, looked down at him condescendingly, looked down at him like an ant and said: "You have always been the most trusted by this king, how can you do something that disappoints this king so much, this king will give you one last chance, I hope you let this king hear a little pleasant news." ”
His subordinates hurriedly received the order to thank him.
Wu Guitian's house is not big, there are three adobe houses, Wu Shuang is given a single room, one is a utility room and a small kitchen, and the other main house is a little larger, and the four masters are crowded together, and they can't turn over when they sleep at night.
Song Qingyuan wanted to stay, and he could have rented a courtyard to live in, but he didn't want to, so he had to mobilize the people to build a house for the Wu family.
As long as the materials are bought, the neighbors will help to build the handles, erect beams and tiles, and it can be built in a few days.
Because of the Wu family's repair of the house, the village became lively, everyone took turns to come over to help, Wu Shuang gave them tea during the lunch break, and several village men were talking about the strange things that happened recently, saying that the daughter of the He family was kidnapped and was knocked out of a lot of money.
Although He Xue was rescued, she seemed to be scared stupid, she shrunk in the house all day and didn't dare to come out, she fell seriously ill, and she is still recuperating.
Wu Shuang thought to herself that it was really evil and evil retribution, no wonder she hadn't seen her wandering around in front of her recently.
After a busy afternoon, the sun set, everyone went home, Wu Shuang sent everyone away, and then he had time to cook for his family.
Song Qingyuan suddenly appeared in the kitchen and handed water and food next to her, looking very attentive.
Wu Shuang was puzzled: "What are you doing?" ”
Song Qingyuan mysteriously pulled her aside and handed her a burden.
"Sending something again?" Wu Shuangle took it, "It's different if you have money." ”
Inside are a few delicate colors, simple style dresses, the fabric is not the best, but it feels comfortable to touch.
Wu Shuang shook off a skirt and measured it on her body, feeling that the size was appropriate, "Why did you remember to give me clothes, how do you know my size." ”
Song Qingyuan touched his nose and said vaguely: "Girls of your size are about the same size, I will know it as soon as I describe it to the owner of the ready-to-wear store." ”
Wu Shuang didn't poke him.
"How? Do you like it? ”
Wu Shuang touched the clothes and took a look, and suddenly stared at the collar of the clothes, "It's very good-looking, but why is the collar of this dress so high?" It's weird to wear, waiting for me to let the osmanthus sister-in-law next door change it for me. ”
Song Qingyuan hurriedly stopped Wu Shuang and explained: "It's going to be cold soon, and the high point of the collar of your clothes is just right to keep out the cold, what do you do with it." ”
"But it's too tall, it's not good-looking, and it's not comfortable to wear." Wu Shuang was inexplicable, but since it was a gift from others, it was inconvenient for her to pick and choose, so she accepted it after thinking for a while.
Song Qingyuan breathed a sigh of relief.
On the last day of the construction of the new house, Wu Guitian specially went to the town to buy a hanging whip and came back, and put it at the door, which means that it is prosperous, and everyone will eat at home at noon.
It's lively here, but I don't know that the Shen family in Liuhe Village next door is upside down.
The daughter-in-law of the Shen family, Liu Jizhu, is Wu Shuang's aunt, Wu Shuang's mother-in-law married to a neighboring village in the early years, and Liu Jizhu married a wealthy family in this village.
The two sisters have not dealt with each other since they were children, Liu Jizhu has always relied on her own appearance, looking down on the down-to-earth and hard-working Wu Shuangniang, and Wu Shuang's mother has a gentle temperament and is humble to her sister everywhere, which further fuels Liu Jizhu's arrogance.
This Shen family's family affair was originally meant to be told to Wu Shuang's mother, but the boss of the Shen family fell in love with Liu Jizhu at a glance, and went back to beg the family to change relatives.
Although they are all girls who marry a family, but after all, there is a difference between the young and the old, and now the eldest has been withdrawn, and has become the second child who wants to marry him, which makes Wu Shuangniang unable to raise her head in the village, and the people who come to propose marriage are far less than before, either some bachelors who can't marry a wife, or they are blind and lame and physically disabled.
Seeing that Wu Shuangniang was getting older and older, the family could only force her to marry her to a poor fisherman in another village, and the bride price was only two baskets of fresh fish.
Since then, the circumstances of the two daughters have been very different.