Shen Qing only drank half a bowl of rice soup this morning. Rice soup is really just soup. A handful of brown rice was put into the pot and two scoops of water were added. The men scooped out the dry rice, while Shen Laonian, Zhao Aiye and Shen Xiaojuan ate the half-dry rice and shared it with him and Miao. The rice grains in the bowl could be counted on ten fingers.
Shen Qing drank half of it, pushed the rest to Miao, and went up the mountain to find food. Fortunately, we found three pheasant eggs, which were seen by a few boys who were envious. At this moment, Shen Qing was not very tall and strong, and he had no idea how to fight, relying solely on his ruthlessness. The guys thought about it and realized that even though they had been hit by Shen Qing several times before, they were more in number. With so many people fighting in a round-robin battle, how could they not be defeated by one young man?
Seeing someone coming, and a stranger they had never seen before, these guys knew they were in the wrong and ran away with their hands covering their butts. Shen Qing also held two pheasant eggs and looked at Song Kaiji vigilantly - one of them was broken during the fight.
Song Kaiji looked at the smaller version of Shen Qing in front of him in shock. He suspected it was a dream and pinched his thigh hard. It hurt. Was this real?
Did he travel through time? Song Kaiji took a tentative step forward and asked, "Are you Qing Ge'er?"
However, Shen Qing quickly took three steps back, suddenly widening the distance between him and Song Kaiji.
Although the villages in the countryside cannot be said to be xenophobic, strangers and new faces are kept under close watch, for fear that kidnappers may sneak in. Without paying attention, he took advantage of the situation and beat up the little kids, girls and boys in the village. Shen Qing's age is exactly the age that kidnappers like most, so Shen Qing can't help but be on guard.
Seeing this, Song Kaiji stopped in his tracks, raised his hands and said to Shen Qing: "Don't get me wrong, I'm not a bad person!"
He looked at Shen Qing carefully again at this time. He is not very tall, just over 1.7 meters, but looking at his slender arms and long legs, his skeleton is quite long. His cheeks were sunken and he was so thin that he looked unrecognizable, but his eyes were big, round and very bright.
Song Kaiji felt distressed, thinking of what Shen Qing had told him about his past. When he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had just become completely disappointed with his family and had run to the mountains to find food for himself. During the transition period, we were not very good at fighting and had to be on guard against the kids snatching our food away from us all the time.
He lost some of his familiar calmness and restraint, and had more sharpness. At this moment, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was a little hedgehog covered with thorns.
Shen Qing rolled his eyes. Is it true that good people and bad people are just what they say? Do we have to believe it? He looked at the broken pheasant egg on the ground with regret, clenched the two eggs in his hands, and planned to slip away. But at this moment, his stomach made a rumbling sound.
More distressed expressions flashed across Song Kaiji's face, and he took out a few buns and a large piece of fried dough sticks from the space. The fragrance quickly hit Shen Qing's nose, and he paused. He couldn't help but look towards Song Kaiji.
It seemed like this person came here empty-handed just now, how come he suddenly had so much food on him?
Seeing Shen Qing looking at him, Song Kaiji hurriedly said, "Come and eat something." and handed the food to him.
More like a kidnapper. Shen Qing looked even more alert. If he wasn't a kidnapper, who would give him such good food for free?
"I'm really not a bad person." Song Kaiji put the food on a stone, stepped back a few steps, thought for a while, then tore off a piece of each and stuffed it into his mouth, mumbling: "Do you believe it now?"
Shen Qing's expression relaxed a little. But why was this stranger who suddenly appeared so nice to me? Shen Qing picked up a bun. The buns were still warm. Song Kaiji tore off a piece of the bun skin, revealing the greasy meat filling inside. The fragrance filled his nose.
"Eat," Song Kaiji looked at Shen Qing with loving and distressed look at this moment. Although he knew in his heart that this was also Shen Qing, this Shen Qing was different in both appearance and personality. It was difficult for Song Kaiji to immediately regard him and his wife Qingqing as the same person. But this was his wife Qingqing's past, and Song Kaiji treated him as a child who needed love, care and pampering.
He had heard Shen Qing talk about the past, including Miao Chunlei, and when he mentioned the days at the old Shen's house, his tone gradually became nonchalant, and he would even joke about those days with a smile. Because compared to the good days today, those days are indeed in the past and are not worth mentioning. There is no one left in the old Shen family.
Only when I saw it with my own eyes did I realize how difficult Qingqing's life was in the past.
Shen Qing held the bun and looked at it for a long time before asking in a low voice, "Why?"
Song Kaiji was stunned for a moment, then smiled gently. This smile made Shen Qing feel very sincere, and he relaxed a little. Then he heard Song Kaiji say: "Whether you believe it or not... I am actually your future husband."
Well, it’s a bit embarrassing to say these things to a half-grown child.
Unexpectedly, Shen Qing didn't show any shyness after hearing this. After being stunned for a while, his face became paler and paler, and he pursed his lips.
Before the end of the world, Song Kaiji met Shen Qing. Believe it or not, he quickly understood that "future wife" meant someone who came from another time. But at this time, Shen Qing had only one answer in his mind.
His face was pale and his expression was solemn. After a long while, he smiled with some sadness and looked at Song Kaiji: "My grandma sold me to you?"
Apart from this possibility, Shen Qing could not think of any possibility that this person could be her future husband. No wonder this man stared at him as soon as he came and gave him such delicious food... He looked at Song Kaiji carefully again. He was dressed luxuriously, and the crown on his head looked very expensive. The food he took out was also expensive. His face became even uglier: "...Be a concubine?" The country people call concubines "concubines", and there is a strong sense of contempt in their tone when they say this word.
Even with his appearance, he might not even be able to get a concubine and can only be a concubine?
Shen Qing felt weak. He thought he had done a good job and that no other boy in the village was better at working in the fields than he was. He was responsible for all the household chores at home. Even when he was not given enough to eat, he never argued and went out to find food.
But even so, his grandmother said she would sell him, so she sold him. It would be fine if he became someone else's concubine, but he would have to endure hardships wherever he went. Besides, this guy doesn't look bad, seems to be quite rich, and looks... very handsome. Maybe I've gotten the upper hand. But he was sold, how would his mother survive?
Song Kaiji seemed to be scalded and almost jumped up, waving his hands repeatedly: "What concubine? Don't talk nonsense. First wife, only wife! No, your grandmother didn't sell you to me, and I haven't even seen your grandmother." He had never seen either world. When he was able to come to ancient times, Old Lady Shen had already died.
He looked at Shen Qing and said seriously: "I mean, I traveled from the future. In the future, we got married, loved each other, and had a lovely daughter."
A look of confusion appeared on Shen Qing's face. Time travel? Can't understand……
It was rare for him to show such an expression. Song Kaiji felt both distressed and itchy, and secretly went over to rub Shen Qing's hair. The touch was actually very bad, Shen Qing's hair was dry and frizzy at the moment, but Song Kaiji was reluctant to let go. But after just a few rubs, Shen Qing quickly dodged and continued to look at him warily like a little hedgehog: "You mean... I will marry you in the future? It wasn't my grandma who sold me, it was my dad who promised me marriage? How can you prove what you said?"
Song Kaiji shook his head: "No, we are in a free love relationship. You love me and I love you very much, so we are together on our own."
Shen Qing had never heard of the term free love, but he quickly understood its literal meaning. For an ancient man, these words were obviously very straightforward and explicit. Shen Qing turned her head away unnaturally and said stiffly, "How is this possible? My parents' orders and the matchmaker's words, my father doesn't allow the marriage, how can I marry you?"
"What's your father?" Song Kaiji counted the time on his fingers: "You will be very powerful in the future. Your father hooked up with Widow Li from your village. You divorced your mother and left the Shen family. That's when we met. Your father can't control you at all."
Shen Qing looked surprised: "What Widow Li, which Widow Li?" Why didn't he remember that there was a widow named Li in their village?
"My name is Li Jiaofeng."
Shen Qing's mind was in a mess. He knew that Li Jiaofeng was the daughter-in-law of a family at the east end of the village, but she was not a widow. It was just that her husband was indeed sick and had spent a lot of money on medicine recently. A few days ago, Shen Qing saw Li Jiaofeng crying while boiling medicine at the door of her house. She looked very miserable. Whenever I passed by their house, I could smell the smell of medicine from a distance.
So... Li Jiaofeng’s man will die?
Then his father would have an affair with Li Jiaofeng, and he would leave with his mother... Thinking of this, Shen Qing was terrified and anxious at first, but gradually, he felt that what was wrong with this? It’s just that he is still too weak now, but in the future he will definitely be stronger and more powerful, and be able to support his mother, right?
"Yes!" Song Kaiji suddenly slapped his thigh. He had come all the way here, maybe it was an opportunity given by the gods. Why should he let things continue to develop along the original trajectory and let his Qingqing suffer for several more years? Couldn't he rescue Qingqing and Miao Chunlei in advance?
Thinking of what Shen Qing had just said, Song Kaiji pondered: "If I really asked your grandmother to buy you, would she sell you?"
The word "sell" was very harsh. Shen Qing subconsciously did not want his ownership to be transferred to another person, but... this person said he was his future husband. He hesitated for a moment before asking, "Do you have money?"
Old Madam Shen is not someone who can be fooled so easily.
Then, he shook his head again: "Don't buy me, I still have to stay and take care of my mother. Since you said that we can leave peacefully in the future, I will wait for the future to leave with my mother."
Song Kaiji patted his pocket and said, "I have plenty of money. Even if I take a step back, can't I buy our mother as well?"
Shen Qing was confused. How could this be possible?
Just do it! Song Kaiji urged Shen Qing to eat the buns and fried noodle cutlets. It was the first time for Shen Qing to eat fried noodle cutlets. At first he didn't know what it was and was afraid to eat it. But after a few bites he was conquered. What a delicious delicacy!
He secretly glanced at Song Kaiji. If he married this man, would he be able to eat delicious food every day?
Song Kaiji didn't know about Shen Qing's change of mind. He took out a pack of wet wipes and helped Shen Qing wipe his hands very naturally, then took Shen Qing's hand and went down the mountain.
Shen Qing was led by him and followed behind him. She curled her fingers but did not pull her hand back in the end.
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