Chapter 176 Comrade Xiao Xu's IQ plummets
After one stick of incense.
After Wei Changtian repeatedly assured Xu Qingwan that he would not let her lose the twenty taels of silver, Comrade Xu finally stopped crying in disbelief.
Until this moment, she finally knew how to blush.
She struggled to break free from Wei Changtian's arms, wiped her tears with her little hands and pinched the corners of her clothes, but she always felt that it didn't look right wherever she put them.
In the end, it was Wei Changtian who spoke up to ease the awkward atmosphere in the room.
"Well, you haven't had dinner yet. Today is Laba Festival. I asked the cook to make some Laba porridge. It should still be hot."
As he spoke, Wei Changtian took out a pottery jar from the food box and said with a smile: "It just so happens that I am not full either, so I will accompany you to drink some more porridge."
"oh"
Xu Qingwan lowered her head, quickly took the small wooden box on the table and hid it behind her. Wei Changtian pretended not to see it, picked up the pottery jar and poured out two large bowls of Laba porridge.
As the name suggests, Laba porridge must have at least eight ingredients, but it’s fine to put more if you want.
For example, in a wealthy family like Wei Changtian's, there would be at least a dozen kinds of ingredients put into a bowl of porridge.
In addition to the common rice, millet, coix seed and lotus seeds, there are also red dates, walnut kernels, raisins and other ingredients that ordinary families would not put in. The fragrance of the porridge instantly filled the whole room.
"Drink it."
He handed Xu Qingwan a pair of chopsticks and took out a few plates of pickles from the food box.
Wei Changtian was the first to pick up the bowl and took a big mouthful of porridge, then he happily ate the pickled peppers made by Li Suyue.
Xu Qingwan had originally been thinking about washing her face first, but seeing how deliciously Wei Changtian was eating, she couldn't help herself. In the end, she simply ignored the tear marks on her face, held the bowl and started drinking in small sips.
"Slurp, slurp" two sounds, one big and one small, echoed in the room. The big one was made by Wei Changtian, and the small one was made by Xu Qingwan who was "crying and eating".
But this time she didn't cry because she was sad, but because of the spiciness of the chili pepper.
"Hahahaha, so you can't eat spicy food."
Wei Changtian deliberately stuffed another pickled pepper into his mouth and said with a smile: "Shuzhou is cold and gloomy. If you can't eat spicy food, you will easily get arthritis in the future."
"K-arthritis?"
Xu Qingwan stared with tearful eyes, looking puzzled: "What is arthritis?"
"Ahem, it's just bone-chilling."
Wei Changtian changed his words, shaking his head and saying, "If you get sick, I won't serve you."
"Who, who wants you to serve?"
Xu Qingwan's face turned even redder: "Always, always saying these weird things."
"That's not as strange as you."
Wei Changtian suddenly frowned and said seriously: "You haven't answered my question just now."
"Why didn't you reply to my letter? Why didn't you tell me in advance that you were transferred to Shuzhou?"
"I"
Xu Qingwan put the bowl down, lowered her head and stammered as if she was answering, but it was not clear.
"I, I wanted to write you a letter."
“But, but.”
"But what?"
Wei Changtian directly moved a chair and sat next to Xu Qingwan, saying dissatisfiedly: "Speak louder."
"oh"
Xu Qingwan quickly wiped the corners of her eyes and explained aggrievedly like a mosquito: "But, but every time I pick up a pen, I cry and the paper gets soaked before I finish writing, so I didn't send it to you."
"Please don't be angry, okay?"
Comrade Xiao Xu gently tugged at the corner of Wei Changtian's clothes, looking worried.
Wei Changtian was stunned when he heard this. After a long while, he took a deep breath and said seriously, "Can't you wipe your tears while writing?"
“.”
Now it was Xu Qingwan's turn to be stunned.
She opened her mouth, not knowing how to answer. Fortunately, Wei Changtian was just teasing her and then asked:
"What about coming to Shuzhou? Even if you can't write a letter, but you have to get my father's approval before you can be transferred from the capital to Shuzhou."
Wei Changtian analyzed: "But my father didn't tell me either. Did you stop him from telling me?"
"Uh-huh"
Xu Qingwan still tugged at Wei Changtian's clothes: "I, I'm afraid that if I tell you, you won't let me come."
“.”
Wei Changtian's tone stagnated: "Are you a fool?"
Xu Qingwan shook her head innocently: "No, no."
"???"
Looking at Comrade Xiao Xu, whose IQ seemed to be no more than 50, Wei Changtian almost laughed out loud.
"Hehe. Ahem! Have some porridge!"
"Whoa whoa"
Xu Qingwan also realized at this time that she seemed a little stupid, and she lowered her head in embarrassment to drink the porridge.
Wei Changtian looked at her for a while, drank the porridge in his bowl, and suddenly asked:
“Is it delicious?”
"Good, delicious." A very sincere answer came from behind the big bowl.
“.”
When you are hungry, everything tastes delicious. I guess many people have experienced this.
When you are hungry, you will drool at the thought of steamed buns, but when you are full, all delicious food seems tasteless.
So it is understandable that Xu Qingwan, who didn’t have dinner, thought the Laba porridge was delicious.
But Wei Changtian had obviously eaten hotpot before, but now he smiled and nodded.
“Yeah, I think it tastes good too.”
After drinking the porridge, the two sat and talked for a while.
Xu Qingwan talked about some things that happened in the capital during the past three months, while Wei Changtian selectively talked about what he saw and heard in Shuzhou.
As for Yang Liushi and Liang Qin, he did not hide anything.
After all, this thing can't be hidden.
It would be a lie for Comrade Xiao Xu to say that she didn't care about this, but she didn't say much either. I guess she was already mentally prepared.
Time passed quickly and it was already very late at night outside the window.
A single man and a single woman were in the same room under such circumstances. If it were in their previous life, the man would have to have been kicked in the head by a donkey to turn around and leave.
But it was still ancient times when the degree of openness was not very high. Therefore, although Wei Changtian really wanted to stay overnight, he knew that a "decent" woman like Xu Qingwan would not agree.
Good things come to those who wait, so forget it.
"You've traveled so long, you should rest early tonight."
Standing up, Wei Changtian said regretfully: "I'm going back first, I'll come see you tomorrow."
"Um."
As expected, although Xu Qingwan was a little reluctant, she only wanted to stay with Wei Changtian for a while longer, and she probably had no intention of "sacrificing herself in advance" at all.
"Go slowly on the road."
"knew."
Wei Changtian put the pottery jar and other items back into the food box and reached out to take the torn red rope again.
But Xu Qingwan suddenly called him at this moment.
"Wait a minute."
"What's wrong?"
“This is for you.”
He reached his hand behind his head and pulled gently, and the soft black hair fell instantly.
Xu Qingwan handed the red rope to Wei Changtian and said softly:
"I was supposed to embroider a sachet and purse for you, but I don't know how to do needlework. I have been learning from my mother for a long time but I still can't do it. Please don't despise me."
“.”
Taking the new red string, Wei Changtian put it in his chest and kept it safe: "No. Okay, I'm leaving now."
"H-wait a moment."
"What happened again?"
Wei Changtian turned back with a puzzled look on his face.
However, Xu Qingwan did not say anything this time. She just gently pulled his sleeve, and then suddenly closed her eyes in Wei Changtian's surprised eyes, and pushed her thin lips forward like a martyr going to die.
"Right~"
(End of this chapter)
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