The Mid-Autumn family dinner was held exactly one month after Chen Jianfang returned from Jing County. Xianjin was stationed at the Jixi workshop grading papers and had a reason to be absent. He was so angry at the twenty pea shooters that his head was buzzing.
I used to have three or four people who were introverted, taciturn and hard-working. But after being surrounded by these weirdos for the past ten days, I suddenly felt the beauty of brain stem deficiency. The most annoying thing was Jiang Elbow. The night before the ten-day exam, he smuggled four or five pots of green plum wine. He didn't drink it himself, but persuaded others to drink it. When others didn't drink it, he said they were "not men".
In the final ten-day examination, he was the one who wrote the most.
Several others who were still drunk were like ghosts drawing talismans and successfully left the rest of the group behind.
Xianjin was found guilty at the first trial.
It’s not because Xianjin’s criminal investigation skills are so superb.
It’s simply because, when these brats open their mouths, they smell like fermented green plums.
When Xianjin walked out of the Jixi workshop, she stood at the threshold and took a deep breath - she finally understood Master Qin's mental state. She was tortured crazy by these brats, but she could also write a series of literary works such as "This Scholar is So Handsome".
Xianjin, with a rage that he had nowhere to vent, turned the corner and heard a sweet and clear voice, "Sister——"
Xianjin was frightened and subconsciously threw a punch.
Qu Qiushi said "hmm", covered his nose with his right hand and walked out from the dim corner, holding a sheep-horn lantern in his left hand. The warm yellow oil lamplight just shone on his face, which was as bright as the spring morning. "Sister, it's me."
Xianjin looked up at his nose first, luckily there was no blood, then he took the initiative and turned the tables, "How could Doctor Qu be hiding in the corner! You scared me!"
Qu Qiushi loosened his right hand, made sure there was no blood from his nose and that his image was still perfect, then he raised the lantern. The dim light was just on his brow bone - this was the best angle when the light shone on his face, which could highlight his tall brow bone and bright eyes.
Qu Qiushi smiled and handed over an oilcloth paper bag from his sleeve pocket.
Xianjin opened it and saw two small and beautiful glutinous rice dumplings inside.
"Haven't you eaten yet?" Qu Qiushi asked with a smile.
Xianjin swallowed his saliva, put the glutinous rice dumplings back into the oil paper bag, and said concisely, "I have a cold body, and it is difficult for me to digest glutinous rice at night. I will pass gas all night."
To let out gas is a more polite way of saying fart.
Qu Qiushi smiled, and as if he had expected Xianjin to come, he took out a small pot of coarse porcelain bottle from his sleeve pocket, "Hawthorn Nine Ingredient Soup. I've seen that you eat quickly, so I made it especially for you. I'm afraid you'll find it too bitter, so I added rock sugar and brown sugar. Just take a couple of sips and it'll be a drink."
Xianjin:......
The people coming tonight are here with bad intentions, so be prepared!
Xianjin took the porcelain bottle, glanced at Qu Qiushi, and walked out with his head down.
Qu Qiushi followed closely behind, speaking very slowly, as if afraid of disturbing the moonlight in Longchuan Creek, "Second Uncle asked me to drink a few glasses of wine, so I came here a little late. I guess you're not waiting anxiously?"
Xianjin took a deep breath, stood still, and turned around.
Qu Qiushi held the last word in his mouth. Xianjin's face tightened, his eyebrows and eyes turned into a straight line, his gaze stretched outward calmly and quietly, as if he was calmly waiting for him to finish beating around the bush and get straight to the point.
Qu Qiushi thought for a moment, and turned his unfinished words into a vague but appropriate helplessness, "Sister, you think I'm annoying too, right? I'm clingy, I can't read your expression, I don't know my own abilities..."
Qu Qiushi spoke in a faint voice, and the smile on his face was completely suppressed without leaving a trace.
The bright eyes and tall, delicate eyebrows just now, without the rendering of the dim oil light, only looked depressed and dejected.
"...Did I do it too obviously?" Qu Qiushi lowered his head, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "The old lady hopes that we can be a pair. I am unmarried and my sister is unmarried. I don't like this kind of marriage, but I can't resist the old lady's invitation. I wanted to go through the motions, but on that rainy day, when I saw my sister for the first time, I completely fell in love with her..."
Xianjin folded his arms across his chest, giving Qu Qiushi the opportunity to continue speaking.
"Later I thought, this marriage is really good. My sister is pretty and capable, and I am always motivated and hardworking. Although our family is not well-off, we are willing to endure hardships and work hard. If we work together, we can always live a good life."
Qu Qiushi's voice was like a bean pod that was cut in the middle, with several beans growing inside. It was easy to tell whether the beans were immature yellow or plump and rich green.
"I personally think this is a very good marriage. For me, I have found a wife whom I love and admire. For my sister, she can continue to do her favorite business. For the Chen family, it is natural for them to stay with me. For the Qu family, the relationship with the Chen family is getting closer and closer, and naturally it is getting more and more stable."
Qu Qiushi held the ox-horn oil lamp tightly in his hand. "After getting married, I will not take concubines or maids. I will study medicine well and look forward to going to Beijing to take the examination and become an imperial physician when I am thirty. Similarly, I will not stop you from continuing to work after marriage. You can do whatever you want. If I am lucky enough to have a baby with you in the future, my mother... my mother can raise the baby. No one in the Qu family, from the elders to the nephews, will say anything or criticize you."
Qu Qiushi raised his eyes and saw that Xianjin's eyebrows and eyes were still in a straight line. He spoke faster unconsciously, "What I said today can be written in the marriage certificate. If there is any offense, the betrothal gift given to you by the Qu family will not be returned or exchanged, and I will give you three thousand taels of silver as an 'apology fee'..."
The Mid-Autumn moonlight pours down like water and poetry.
Xianjin listened quietly.
I have to say that Qu Qiushi made a good move.
Just show your cards and reveal the king.
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