Chapter 273 I was wrong the next second
Dalang, Erlang and Si Niang looked at each other and felt that the atmosphere at the dinner table was a little weird. A Niang was eating with big mouthfuls of food, but her eyes were fixed on Awang who lowered his head.
Dad looked absent-minded and almost fed the food into his nostrils.
Only Sanlang was unaware and gulped down half a bowl of scrambled egg and vegetable soup with rice.
Si Niang shook her head helplessly and muttered quietly, "What a fool."
"Melon?" Sanlang didn't hear it clearly. He thought his sister was imitating the croaking of a frog with him. He laughed and croaked, "Quack!"
Si Niang: “.”
The younger sister patted her brother's head with her backhand and smiled, "It's okay, little brother, just continue eating."
Sanlang smiled brightly at his sister, picked up a large handful of scrambled eggs and put them in Si Niang's bowl, "Si Niang, have some too, the eggs are delicious."
Having said that, he stood up again and picked up a piece for Qin Yao and Liu Ji.
Liu Ji looked at the child with satisfaction, and secretly observed him while he ate, his gaze constantly switching between Awang and Qin Yao.
Qin Yao was not a wooden block and she glared at Liu Ji unhappily, then raised her hand slightly, and the man instantly became obedient.
After eating five bowls of white rice and two bowls of soup, Qin Yao finally put down her chopsticks.
She found that the food on the table was the amount for their family of six for one normal meal. This Awang really did what he said and only asked for some leftovers.
But whose portion would be left? She had already finished her portion.
Liu Ji felt like he was a worm in the evil woman's stomach. He could read everything she was thinking. Nothing could make one want to bang his head against the wall more than this.
"Come here, the master will give you something to eat." Liu Ji waved towards the door in an unpleasant tone.
As if he could not hear these bad words, Awang walked over respectfully, raised his empty bowl with both hands in front of Liu Ji, and said gratefully: "Thank you for the reward, Master! Thank you for the reward, Madam! Thank you for the reward, young masters and young ladies!"
Liu Ji got goosebumps after hearing this series of rewards. He quickly signaled him to stop and told him not to do it again next time. He should just say thank you, master.
Awang did as he was told: "Thank you, Master."
Liu Ji glanced at him and suddenly felt that this man was a little scary.
Even a clay figure still has some temper. Are there really people in this world who have no temper, no self-respect, and no shame?
But I couldn't help but want to do something more extreme.
Secretly glancing at Qin Yao who was resting on the chair, Liu Ji didn't do anything else. He poured all the food he couldn't finish to Awang, and divided the remaining eggs and vegetable soup on the plate among the four children, and poured the rest to him.
When Awang got the food, he immediately took it out and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he wolfed it down as he finished it in just a few big mouthfuls.
Liu Ji's heart trembled, and he asked him, "Are you full?"
Awang shook his head honestly, it was certain that he was not full.
When Liu Ji saw his look, he thought of the refugees at the city gate who were like ferocious wolves and wanted to eat even people, so he quickly asked him to go to the kitchen and get some multi-grain porridge.
Otherwise he was afraid that he would wake up in the middle of the night and find his hand had been chopped off and cooked.
Awang obviously didn't expect that the master who had just spoken to him in a harsh tone would be so kind. He was stunned for a moment in disbelief, and then looked at Qin Yao vaguely.
Qin Yao nodded, he thanked her in surprise, and immediately went into the kitchen to cook multi-grain porridge for himself.
The rice jar was placed in the kitchen. There was no one else at home. Liu Ji felt that he was different from those old hags in the village. He would not lock the kitchen to protect his son and daughter-in-law.
There are white rice, millet, sorghum, etc. in the jar, all without bran, very clean.
Awang scooped up half a bowl of millet porridge.
Qin Yao instructed in the main room: "Boil more hot water and wash yourself clean." She couldn't stand the smell.
Speaking of this, Liu Ji brought the person back all the way, and his body was full of odor. Qin Yao couldn't bear it at all, "Stay away from me. Oh, and find some of your old clothes and give them to him."
Awang is about the same height as Liu Ji, both are tall, and he can wear Liu Ji's clothes.
Liu Ji did have an old set of linen clothes, which was the same one Qin Yao wore when she first arrived here. It was also patched up. When it got dirty, he could only hang it in the sun and didn't dare wash it for fear that it would get ripped.
But it is much better than the one on Awang's body that has turned into strips and can be rubbed into black mud with just a touch.
Liu Ji was so kind that he found a pair of straw sandals for Awang. After Awang had filled his stomach, Liu Ji led him to the river, stripped naked, and jumped into the river. After a deep dive, he raised his head from the water and raised his finger:
"Awang, come down!"
Awang hesitated for a while before taking off the rags on his body and going down to the river.
In order to save some firewood, Liu Ji took great pains. He first used the river water that still had the residual heat from the sun to wash off all the dirt on his body, and then went home to wash it again with soap, which could save several buckets of water.
If he were to say, Qin Yao was just being pretentious. She had to take a hot bath. It would be so pleasant to take a bath in the river in such a hot summer day.
Seeing that the three brothers Dalang frequently looked towards the river, ready to make a move, Qin Yao solemnly warned them:
"You are not allowed to bathe in the river without permission. Do you hear me?"
In summer, the river is about 1.2 to 1.3 meters deep. It doesn't look very deep, but it can drown one or two children in the village every year.
After hearing what Qin Yao said, the restless brother finally calmed down and obediently went into the shower room to take a hot bath.
It was already completely dark. Qin Yao led Si Niang in the second wave to wash up, Liu Ji in the third wave, and finally Awang.
He thought that the host had gone to bed, but unexpectedly, Qin Yao and his wife, with their long hair loose, were sitting at the door of the main hall, facing the door and enjoying the cool breeze.
Hearing the sound of the shower door opening, the couple looked over at the same time.
"Huh?" Liu Ji raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Awang, why don't you wash your face? Didn't I just tell you to shave your beard with scissors? Why didn't you shave?"
Even his messy hair was not cleaned up, and his face could not be seen clearly.
Qin Yao asked jokingly, "Are you too embarrassed to show your face to others?"
Her joking question made Awang freeze in his tracks, and then he replied that he had forgotten and would clean himself up right away.
Perhaps it was unexpected that in this day and age someone would care whether a slave was clean or not.
Awang was obviously caught off guard. When he found the scissors and started to trim his messy hair and beard, his movements were very slow.
Half a quarter of an hour later, a face so ordinary that it would be forgotten at a glance in the crowd appeared in front of the couple.
Liu Ji didn't believe it and asked him to come closer and take another look, but he really couldn't remember it!
I just remember that there was a scar as wide as a little finger on the corner of Awang's jaw. The scar was not scary, as if it was left many years ago. It was slightly lighter than the skin color and could not be seen without careful observation.
Liu Ji curiously asked him how he got hurt, and Awang replied, "When I was a kid, I went into the mountains with my father to chop wood, and I accidentally got scratched by the axe."
"Oh." Liu Ji nodded. He didn't believe it at all!
After driving Awang to the attic and leaving only the couple in the room, Liu Ji immediately closed the doors and windows, slid down to Qin Yao's feet!
He hugged her legs and said in a low voice: "Madam, I was wrong! Madam, tell me the truth, did I bring a fugitive home?"
"He just went down to the river to take a bath. Although it was dark, I saw many scars on his body, some deep and some shallow. It was obvious that he had been bruised by a knife. The old wounds had not healed yet and new ones were added."
(End of this chapter)
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