Chapter 106 I Only Wish Your Heart Was Like Mine
But Chen Tang heard him stop, turned around and smiled, with a few flowers on the edge of her goose yellow skirt.
"Come here quickly!"
Qi Huaijing agreed with a smile, walked over and sat next to her. Seeing that the flowers were very fresh, he asked, "Where did you get these flowers?"
"I bought it on the boat next to me. It's not cheap."
He was stunned. "Which ship?"
Shen Tang pointed it out to him.
Qi Huaijing looked in the direction she pointed, and sure enough, he saw an exceptionally brightly painted boat.
There was a charming woman at the railing of the boat, with a bunch of flowers at her feet and a branch in her hand, waving and smiling.
Qi Huaijing understood it at a glance and murmured to himself.
"My dear little aunt, you really dare to buy anything!"
Shen Tang still didn't understand, "What's wrong?"
He was a little angry, but also wanted to laugh. He threw the flowers under the boat and took her to wash her hands.
"That boat is not selling flowers! It's a prostitute who uses flowers to attract customers... a singing girl. She will board the boat of whoever accepts her flowers."
This was the first time Chen Tang had seen such a thing and was slightly surprised. He turned around and saw that the woman was still smiling, but the painting boat was gradually moving away, probably going somewhere else to solicit customers.
"No wonder, when she heard I wanted to buy flowers, she just smiled and didn't mention the price. Finally, the boatman came over and sold me a few..."
Qi Huaijing couldn't help but urge her.
"Come and wash your hands, they are so dirty."
He poured a whole pot of tea and took some jasmine soap, rubbing her hands repeatedly.
Seeing how disgusted he was, Shen Tang guessed a little and felt a little embarrassed, but he did not forget to comfort him.
"Don't worry, they ignored me. The flowers were handed to me by the boatman."
Qi Huaijing turned a deaf ear to her and took more wine to wash his fingers. He washed until his fingers were wrinkled. Only then was he satisfied and took her to the bow.
There was a small table on the side of the boat, with tea and snacks on it.
Qi Huaijing looked at her hands again, making sure they were clean, before urging her to eat.
"Have some more snacks. You only ate half a bowl of rice. I'm afraid you'll be hungry before you go to sleep."
Maybe because of the rocky boat, she has not had much appetite these days.
Chen Tang smiled, "You are staring at my appetite again. You are not like a husband at all, you are just like my father."
"Oh?" He picked a nice-looking fruit and handed it to her, "Is your uncle watching you eat too?"
Chen Tang shook his head, "My father is always busy with his own things in the study and never cares about children's affairs."
The night gradually darkened. Passenger ships kept passing by on both sides. The vague voices of people, accompanied by the sound of rippling water, came to my ears wave by wave.
The two sat side by side. Qi Huaijing stroked her hair and talked about his plans after returning home. After talking for a long time, he saw that there was no response, so he thought she was sleepy.
Looking down, her eyes were still as bright as water, and she was still holding half a fruit in her hand, but her eyes were looking into the distance, with a faint smile on her face.
"What are you looking at?"
Chen Tang came back to his senses and said with a smile: "I looked at the bright moon in the sky and the breeze filled my heart, and suddenly I remembered an ancient poem that is extremely appropriate for the occasion."
"Which one?"
"I live at the head of the Yangtze River, and you live at the tail of the Yangtze River. I miss you every day but I can't see you. Let's drink the water of the Yangtze River together.
When will this water stop flowing, when will this hatred end? I only hope that your heart is like mine, and I will never let you down. "
The bright moon in the sky cast a dim light, reflecting her pink cheeks and a faint smile.
Qi Huaijing was stunned for a long time before he clapped his hands and laughed.
"It sounds good, very good. This is not the first time I have heard this poem, but there is no more moving poetry than at this moment, in this situation, and in this scene.
"It's really better to go out and see the scenery of the world before you can understand the poems in the book. Alas, it's a pity that when I return to Guangling tomorrow..."
"No problem. When we get home, I'll find a reason to have the east gate opened and have one of my people guard it. That way, you can sneak out through the east gate on weekdays, whether to go out for a trip, to hang out, or to visit me in the shop, and even my wife won't know where you are."
Shen Tang couldn't help but laugh.
"There is actually a husband like you in the world who teaches his wife to sneak out! I still remember that on the day of our wedding, my wife and aunt repeatedly told me to be low-key and cautious after marriage... Tsk, they never thought that you would be so unconventional."
"There are few ladies like you in the world... You are so satisfied with just a little bit of sweetness."
Chen Tang put down the fruit and talked about his past.
"When I was a child, I was not someone who was easily satisfied. At that time, I was the only child in the family and no one was with me. I played alone in the yard, looking at the sky and the clouds. I always wondered, if my mother hadn't left...what kind of life would I have lived?"
Qi Huaijing patted her shoulder comfortingly.
"Probably... won't marry me."
Chen Tang smiled, "Later, my family had a younger brother and sister. I wondered again, what would happen if I were Chen Di, born a boy, or Chen Li, the most favored youngest daughter in the family... After thinking about it, I figured it out. The past cannot be brought back, and the future cannot be predicted. Instead of being full of resentment or longing, it is better to cherish this life, this moment. Just like now, the moon is in the sky, the breeze is blowing, you and I are sitting side by side, which is worse than a thousand things in the world."
She looked at the night sky, took a deep breath, and turned to him again.
"What about you? Cousin, did you have worries when you were a child?"
Qi Huaijing thought about his youth spent in the Yue family.
"As for me, it's strange. I have everything I need, but I always have some unspeakable troubles. I always feel that my mother is too annoying, my father is too stubborn, and the playmates around me... I can never get along with them. They are too annoying! Especially, my mother told me early on that when I grow up, I have to marry Yue Lingshu and live with her for the rest of my life! Oh my God, Tangtang, can you imagine how distressed I was back then..."
In return, Chen Tang patted his shoulder to comfort him.
"... Later, I returned to Guangling, but I was not very happy. I felt that Guangling was not as good as the capital, and the Qi family was not as good as the Yue family... Until one day, I saw a strange sister at home. She didn't look that old, but she beat me in chess. I was a little unconvinced, so I asked her what her name was. She dipped her tea in the water and wrote two words on the chessboard. The writing was crooked..."
Chen Tang couldn't help but defend himself back then.
"I hadn't learned to write at that time, and my father didn't teach me at all... Even these two words were learned by me secretly."
Qi Huaijing smiled and said, "I know! You said it at the time... I felt soft-hearted when I heard that, and I felt sorry for you. I thought, if such a smart and well-behaved sister could call me brother, I would never allow anyone to let her suffer any injustice..."
Before he could finish his words, there was a sudden and gentle sound of a pipa, followed by the faint sound of a woman's voice.
It turned out to be the same pleasure boat. The singing girl searched for a long time but couldn't find any customers, so she turned back. Probably because Shen Tang bought flowers, she gave him a song she was good at.
The two were surprised and quieted down, listening attentively. It turned out to be a very unique little tune.
"Silly Junjiao, my brother, make two of us out of a piece of yellow mud. Make one for you and one for me, a sister and a brother~
Add some water, mix the clay again, and then make another you and another me. The brother has a sister, and the sister has a brother~"
The singing is loud and the melody is moving.
This was the first time that Shen Tang had seen such a lively little tune and couldn't help but praise it.
"Although this song is a little...it is more moving than the poem just now."
Qi Huaijing smiled and said, "Although it's a bit vulgar, it's very suitable for the occasion. It touched my heart. I appreciate it."
He took out a piece of silver from his purse and asked Chen Tang to throw it onto the pleasure boat.
The singer was just singing casually, but she didn't expect to be rewarded. Naturally, she took it calmly, bowed with a smile, and then showed off her best skills and sang several songs in a row.
Chen Tang had never heard of this kind of music before, and the more he listened to it, the more interesting it became.
But this singer not only kept singing, but her singing became more and more explicit. Qi Huaijing finally couldn't stand it anymore, so he threw another piece of silver and asked him to get away.
The singer earned such easy money for the first time, and she was not annoyed at all. She thanked him with a smile and finally ordered the boat to sail elsewhere.
Seeing him getting angry, Shen Tang couldn't help but laugh.
"It's obvious that you wanted to listen to someone singing, but you wanted to chase them away because they sang well. You are such a difficult person to please!"
Qi Huaijing did not refute.
"It's not that I want to chase her away, it's just that if she doesn't leave, she will see it."
"What do you see?"
Qi Huaijing didn't reply, but picked up the tea and turned off the small lamp on the table.
As the lights went out, the surroundings suddenly became dark, but he could still make out her dark eyebrows and eyes, and her soft red lips... and kissed her inch by inch.
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The ribbons fluttered in the wind and went straight up into the clouds.
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