Chapter 48: Rotten Wood Can Be Carved (Two Chapters and One Chapter)
Zheng Quqi's dog's eyes were dull and he was frightened.
What kind of family is this Liu family, to set such an inhumane rule for their children and grandchildren?
Isn't this that after marrying into their family, even after death, he has to be nailed to the coffin board with him, and he doesn't want to climb out alone to breathe?
She also never expected that innocence to guard himself like jade was not his personal habit, but the traditional code of their family since ancient times.
But what did she just do?
Is it an attempt to break this code that has been followed for an unknown number of generations, or is it an attempt to turn him into a widower who has lost his wife young?
No wonder Liu Fengmian has insisted on so many years and has always refused to get married, once married, he has to be permanently bound, who is not cautious, if he was not forced to pay the sky-high unmarried tax this time, he would not have been desperate to marry her......
Well?
That's not right.
She has no choice, so she picks up his conditions, but if he really wants to marry a wife, just report a formal occupation, and then don't be so poisonous, even if he suffers from eye disease, even if he is poor and white, there are definitely many little ladies who will be hooked away by his demonic face, and would rather live a well-off life, and be willing to accompany him to eat bran and dig wild vegetables.
Love brain is a disease, once you suffer from it, it is so irrational.
But how did he fall into her hands?
Just as Zheng Quqi was puzzled, he didn't notice that a dangerous shadow was swallowing the light above her head, and then enveloping her short body.
Yu Wensheng's hand was pressed towards her back, his lips were curved, and his bright red lips were like dried blood: "Which one do you want to choose?" β
She came back to her senses and looked up suddenly, how could she not know before, Liu Fengmian was so much taller than her, and when he fell down, she was almost out of space to breathe.
Yes...... There is a murderous aura.
She remembers the first time he was so angry that he wanted to kill someone, it was when he fell into the water and thought she was taking his artificial respiration lightly, when she was a man.
Now "lucky" to see him angry for the second time and want to kill.
In fact, if you think about it from another perspective, one has the mentality of saying that he wants to live his life with his wife who is bad, and the other is the mentality that he intends to run away at any time.
She shrunk her cold neck, her big eyes and bones turned quickly, and when she saw him stretch out her hand, she subconsciously squatted down with her head in her hands and got behind him.
As soon as this familiar action came out, Yu Wensheng and Zheng Quqi both had a sense of immediacy that seemed to have happened.
But I thought it was an illusion of my own.
Zheng Quchi was afraid that she would become the unlucky wife who was angrily slashed to death by her newlywed husband in the headlines of society tomorrow morning, so she admitted defeat and said: "Otherwise, you just don't say anything to me, and I don't have to choose, okay?" β
Yu Wensheng turned around and smiled so softly: "It's not good~"
On the wedding night, he received such a unique "gift", which can be regarded as the only one in the world.
She knew her acquaintance and kneaded the post-nuptial agreement, since she couldn't negotiate for mercy, let's tempt it: "Liu Fengmian, what animal do you like?" β
Her sudden question interrupted his movements, and although Yu Wensheng saw her crumpling the obtrusive piece of paper into a ball and throwing it away, he still didn't intend to let her go so easily: "What do you mean?" β
"You say it first, and I'll tell you later."
What animals do you like? His brow furrowed slightly, and a strange light flowed through his pupils: "Snake." β
Zheng Quqi didn't feel that there was anything wrong with liking snakes, she nodded: "Snakes, okay, you wait." β
She flipped through the cabinet and picked out a log, took out a set of tools for carving large and small, drew the size of the composition as she thought about it, and sat down on the desk to quickly cut out the size and outline shape.
"What are you doing?" He leaned over, looking down at the undulating lines of wood in her hands, across the distance of the fabric of each other's clothes.
The knife in Zheng Quqi's hand skillfully carved: "Didn't I just offend you, of course I prepared a gift to make you angry." β
Yu Wensheng's voice was faint: "Just a piece of broken wood? β
"Yes, I'll give you a piece of rotten wood and a delicate sculpture that satisfies you, do you want it?"
This was a pun, and after Yu Wensheng listened to it, there was a subtle and quiet state between the two, and no one spoke again for a while, only the sound of wood being peeled.
At this time, a light snow fell outside the window, and the snowflakes were blown by the wind and floated onto the red plums on the windowsill, because they drank a little wine, and they didn't seem to be too cold.
The wind blew a strand of hair with the dark fragrance of cold plum drifting across his nose, which was the fragrance that accompanied him to sleep all night, and it had long since changed from strange to familiar.
It's also strange to say that he and Zheng Quqi haven't known each other for a long time, but they don't seem to have anything to do with time, even if it's close to now, this distance that seems to be able to hug a little closer still hasn't caused him a sense of physical disgust.
"It's snowing." He said suddenly.
Zheng Quqi glanced out the window: "This is the first snow of the year, I like snow, it's cold, it's cold, but Ruixue is a good year, I hope that our Fuxian County will no longer continue to be dry in the coming year." β
The evil fire before seemed to be silently extinguished by her interrupted words, although there was no deep conversation between them, but such a quiet room was not cold and boring.
When he saw that she was concentrating on carving, and that she was trying to dry her soul for him, he took off her coat and lay down on the bed.
After watching her for a while, he picked up the carving knife and gestured at him, as if he was studying something.
The faint light of the fire swayed between the two, floating slightly dry, it was smoky with wine, and it was also hot at night.
He looked at her, his eyes filled with smoke and dust, but unfortunately he couldn't get a glimpse of the dark color behind his veil.
She was looking at him, too, but not like she was just looking at him.
"Liu Fengmian, are your eyes healed?"
"You dislike it?"
She rolled her eyes: "You did it on purpose, I asked you to say, if there is still salvation, when I make money in the future, I will find a miracle doctor to treat you." β
"Don't worry about the money?" He teased her.
"It's distressing, but ......" She opened her mouth, but didn't say it after all, only scratched her face, and praised sincerely: "Liu Fengmian, your body proportions are really good, you are a perfect nine-headed body." β
I heard that sincerity is always nirvana.
Changing the topic again, is she afraid to say it, or is she unwilling to say it?
At this time, I suddenly heard her ask.
"Are your feet cold or not, do you want to soak your feet?"
Yu Wensheng's emotions that had just fallen silent were stirred up again, he smiled, did not speak, but sat up honestly.
Zheng Quqi stopped carving and went to get a basin of hot water and came back, but this time Yu Wensheng avoided her help and took off his shoes and socks by himself.
But when she got up, he grabbed her with his hands.
"Why do you want to draw up such a contract?"
Coming and coming, sure enough, the questioning will be late, but it will never be forgotten.
She considered her words for a moment before she said slowly, "Just ...... Suddenly two strangers got married, and I was worried that you would mind, and I didn't quite adapt to it myself...... I'm not sure if I'll be able to handle my married life, and I'm not sure if you and I can get along in case someone regrets it later...... Just because I thought about too many things, I drafted an agreement like that. β
No, in fact, the more real reason is that she just wants to find someone to fake marry.
First, she can avoid paying unmarried taxes, second, she can avoid being urged to marry by her parents, and thirdly, she can get rid of this temporary marriage and restore her status as a single nobleman.
But she didn't dare to say it, she was afraid that she would be hacked to death by Liu Fengmian.
After listening to her words, Yu Wensheng suddenly put a cold object on her wrist.
"Put it away, don't sell it."
Zheng Quqi was so angry that her cheeks hurt, no matter how much she loves money, she won't casually sell her bottom, okay?
"What is this?"
She shook the gold and jade bracelet on her wrist, the green bamboo and jade body were blue and the pool, and the dripping dew was exquisitely translucent, she touched it, it was not cold, but there was a kind of warmth of porcelain skin.
Zheng Quqi is not unseen in good things, she is poor in this life, but in her last life, she was also a person with a seven-figure deposit.
In short, just look at it and feel it...... It's expensive!
No wonder he deliberately reminded her that if she really sold it, she would be able to lie in the pile of money for the rest of her life, this kind of temptation is difficult for anyone to resist.
Yu Wensheng let go of her and kindly reminded: "Don't carve anymore?" Let's go to bed. β
If you don't say it, you don't say it.
"Eagle."
Zheng Quqi knew exactly what to do on the wedding night, but she was not mentally prepared to be a real couple with him at all.
Originally, she thought that it would be better to be a plastic couple with Liu Fengmian, but you must know that Liu Fengmian is a person who works under Yu Wensheng, and her future is limitless, and she, a village woman, according to the trend of various TV series, a shameless position like her will be lost sooner or later.
But now that she learned about Liu Fengmian's family rules, she broke all her plans at once.
For a while, she couldn't think of any other way, so she could only carve a night of apology for him.
In the early morning, the bright sunlight crept into the room, and Yu Wensheng sensed that the light became stronger, and woke up quietly.
Zheng Quqi fell asleep on the desk last night, and when he got up, he accidentally caught a glimpse of a wood carving placed at her elbow.
His eyes were slightly choked.
A fierce Yaqi snake meekly surrounded a man, the man was thin but tall, like ink draped over his shoulders, without the wind and self-raised, he wore a complex and exquisite wide-sleeved robe, half-closed eyes, the eyes were covered with a narrow veil, the posture of a god and man was about to fly, like a god and a demon, both good and evil.
That face is none other than Yu Wensheng.
He picked up the wooden plastic and looked at it carefully.
She was able to carve his appearance so meticulously and perfectly, eyebrows, eyes, nose and lips, snakes, hair, clothes, eye veils and people, into a scene, and become a scene of its own, the hollow parts are broken and inlaid together by various overlapping parts, this kind of Lingxiu carving process is simply amazing.
At least, Yu Wensheng had never seen anyone who could reach this level of craftsmanship.
His eyes sparkled thoughtfully.
Cuckoo~
Yu Wensheng turned his eyes and glanced at the gray pigeon by the window, only to see Zheng Quqi frowning in his sleep, he was about to be woken up, and he popped out a breath that made it fly away.
The carrier pigeon was sent by Wei Yao, because Yu Wensheng never told them who the new lady was, they did not dare to go behind the general's back to check privately, and usually wanted to contact the general who "went home", so they could only rely on the specially trained flying pigeon to communicate.
It is precisely because of this that they still don't know that their general is "eating soft rice" at the Sang family.
This sleep went straight to noon, and Zheng Quqi, who woke up with back pain, found himself lying on the bed, and the work he had worked hard for all night last night was gone.
She guessed that Liu Fengmian must have taken it, which means that what happened last night should be turned over.
Thinking that Zheng Quqi was going to sleep until the afternoon, Brother Sang boiled a pot of vegetable porridge at noon, and their family usually eats like this.
When Zheng Quqi passed, he happened to see Yu Wensheng eating like picking up rice grains in a bowl, and he had to put it down before he ate two bites: "You eat so little?" β
"It's not that the food is unpleasant, it's just that I always have." Yu Wensheng explained "kindly".
Brother Sang's eyelids jumped when he heard this.
"The temperature has plummeted in the past few days, you are already cold, and you have low blood sugar, and now you can't eat well, what if you get a cold?"
Their family can't afford to hire a doctor, let alone Chinese medicine, she used to treat his eye disease with a pair of Chinese medicine, the price is more expensive than buying a dozen roast chickens, and she might as well eat some good things to replenish her body with that money.
Thinking so, she said, "You wait. β
After a while, there was a sound of chopping vegetables from the stove room, and Brother Sang frowned when he heard it, he glanced at Yu Wensheng, who was sitting next to him, and didn't eat it, and simply got up.
He went to the stove room.
"It's not a big deal if it's not a holiday, you actually chop pork? Why, the vegetable porridge that I usually eat can't be eaten today? β
"Brother, there's not much meat to use, I'll keep the rest for you and your sister."
"You also bought wheat flour? What are you going to do? With such a precious grain, you are going to be like this? β
"No matter how expensive it is, it's for people to eat, brother, don't you rest assured that I can earn money, and I won't starve you, brother, can you eat?"
"Iβforget the math, whatever you want."
After Brother Sang walked out of the stove room, he returned to the room without saying a word.
It didn't take long for Zheng Quqi to bring out a bowl of hot and fragrant dumplings.
"Liu Fengmian, come and eat."
She only cooked ten, and the smell of the food spread as soon as it came out.
Yu Wensheng has always had a bad appetite, even if the palace delicacies are served in front of him, he only hastily takes a few bites, but just now he heard the dispute between her and Brother Sang in the stove room, in order not to make the nosy person uncomfortable, he did not refuse.
After tasting one, the sour, fresh and crisp taste that was different from the previous dumplings made him feel novel.
He asked, "What is the bread here?" β
"It's the sauerkraut I pickled a few days ago, it's sour and crispy, and it's wrapped with pork and fried wild onions in lard, don't you think it's very fragrant and appetizing?"
After saying that, she was also stimulated by this domineering aroma of food and sucked her saliva.
It's really good, so that he, who had no appetite, ate several of them unconsciously.
He saw that she was greedy, but he was reluctant to wrap a few for himself, so he divided some into her bowl of porridge.
"I can't eat it."
"Really? Aren't you sorry that I didn't eat it? She laughed and exalted.
Yu Wensheng paused and said lightly: "Did you tell your brother that you were going to go far away?" β
Zheng Quqi took a bite of the dumplings and squinted his eyes with satisfaction: "Which pot is not opened, which pot will be mentioned, let's talk about it in a few days." β
"Do you have to get this far away?"
Why does Zheng Quqi think this sounds weird, as if asking, do you have to commit this cheapness?
This person really doesn't belong to his family, and he doesn't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil, and salt are.
"Yes, it's not easy for anyone to persuade you."
Yu Wensheng put it down with a "snap" and got up: "I'm going to go out." β
Zheng Quqi was stunned: "Where to go?" β
He smiled like a cold plum in the snow, regardless of the arrogance of others: "What do you have to do with it? β
Zheng Quqi choked.
I watched him pull out his blind cane from the door and walk smoothly outside.
"What were you talking about? Who's going to go far away? β
The questioning and angry voice behind him made Zheng Quchi's body freeze in vain.
When she turned around and saw Brother Sang's dark face, she hurriedly raised her hand: "Big, big brother, calm down and listen to my cunning...... No, listen to me. β
Yu Wensheng, who was outside the door, heard the reprimand and scolding from the courtyard, and the smile deepened, like a spring breeze, he took out the letter on the gray pigeon's feet, and after reading it, he shattered it with five fingers.
"If you lose, you've finally appeared."
(End of chapter)