Chapter 161 Comparison
Under the willow tree by the river, Lu Songli and Qin Sheng sat side by side.
Qin Sheng took out a handful of raspberries from somewhere, stuffed them into her hands and asked her to eat them.
Lu Songli smiled and asked him, "Am I the only one who has it?"
This bunch of raspberries was large and plump. Lu Songli recognized it as the palm-leaf raspberry, the best tasting variety of raspberries, with the sweetest flavor.
The thing that Lu Songli was most dissatisfied with during this exile was that there was no fruit to eat. In fact, even if there was no exile, in this era, there was no fruit to eat in the middle of winter.
"Eat it quickly." Qin Sheng refused to answer, picked up one and fed it into her mouth.
Lu Songli ate it from his hand and said, "Leave some for the children?" This kind of raspberry is also very attractive to children.
Qin Sheng said seriously, "This is too sour. It's bad for the children's teeth if they eat it." So he didn't keep it.
"Then you're not afraid of hurting my teeth?"
Qin Sheng looked at her resentfully. She was so smart, she must have heard it. He had searched the mountain for a long time and only found this handful. If they shared it, each person wouldn't get more than two. Bad people just loved teasing him.
This was obviously sweet and sour, and Lu Songli leaned on his shoulder and laughed.
Qin Sheng put his arm around her shoulders, his ears turning red.
Lu Songli ate one herself and then fed him one.
Qin Sheng only ate one. When he was fed again, he shook his head. He had searched for a long time before finding such a small handful. He was reluctant to eat more.
Regardless of his refusal, Lu Songli ate two raspberries herself and then fed him one, and she couldn't refuse. In the end, the two of them shared a handful of raspberries.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Lu Songli pulled him up and they walked back hand in hand, so that Qin's mother wouldn't worry and send someone to look for them.
When they returned to the shabby house where they were staying, Qin's mother was standing in the yard. She looked at the two people holding hands with a smile, "Are you back?"
Qin Sheng struggled, but Lu Songli didn't let go. He stopped moving, fearing that if he exerted too much force, he would hurt her.
Lu Songli replied nonchalantly, "Yes, mother—"
Qin Sheng's face turned red, but he tried to remain calm.
"Mom, let's go in first." Lu Songli pulled the person away to prevent the fire from happening. She let go of her hand only after they went in.
I had another good night's sleep.
It was still dark in the early morning. Qin Sheng vaguely felt pressure on his right shoulder and hot air coming out from the side of his neck. His right hand was resting on a soft waist.
Qin Sheng was already familiar with this situation. He had personally experienced his wife's awkward sleeping position since their wedding night. During their exile, as long as they slept side by side before bed, no matter what happened the next morning, she would definitely roll into his arms.
The room was quiet. Qin Sheng was drowsy and didn't want to move. But the unexpected soon made him unable to sleep.
In the morning, his brother was always very energetic. Then, perhaps he bumped into her, and she, still immersed in her sleep, swatted him away with one hand.
Hiss—Qin Sheng, who was attacked suddenly, opened his eyes suddenly.
Lu Songli frowned slightly.
Qin Sheng was woken up by her and was at a loss when she saw the culprit was once again annoyed by her...
He immediately stared at the person in his arms with wide eyes, and the person in his arms, who was already irritable, was quiet for a while, then slowly opened his eyes.
The two looked at each other, and Lu Songli was still lying in his arms...
At that moment, both of them breathed lighter.
Fortunately, the two were covered with quilts, and this dilapidated Taoist temple was big enough, so everyone's quilts were far enough apart. Otherwise, from the two people's behavior, anyone who had seen it would have been able to guess what had happened.
"Good morning, hehe——" Lu Songli slowly let go of her hand.
Qin Sheng felt it, and while he felt relieved, he also felt a little disappointed?
Unexpectedly, after she let go of her hand, she came back with a sudden move?
Qin Sheng's eyes widened after being caught off guard, and then his handsome face flushed red, "You..."
"What about me?" Lu Songli looked at him righteously, thinking that her eldest baby's eldest baby was quite important.
"How could you do this?" Qin Sheng's face was red as if blood was dripping out.
"What's wrong with me?" Lu Songli teased him.
That's her thing, is there anything wrong with her getting to know it first?
"Otherwise, you touch it back?"
Huh? Qin Sheng was defeated. It was because he didn't have the thick skin like her.
Qin Sheng wanted to say something, but suddenly he saw Qin Jia rubbing her eyes out of the corner of his eye.
"Get up." Qin Sheng motioned for her to get up.
"I'm sorry!" Lu Songli was playing tricks.
Qin Sheng gestured for her to look towards Qin Jia. When Lu Songli looked over, she met Qin Jia's curious gaze from afar.
Finally, Lu Songli stopped teasing and the two of them got up smoothly.
This morning, their breakfast was wild vegetable and lean meat porridge, white flour steamed buns, pickles, and salted duck eggs.
There were both dry and rare side dishes, and everyone was very satisfied with the meal.
Liu Erxi bought these pickles at Yuqianzhuang, the village where his cousin lived. There was a family in their village that made delicious pickles, renowned far and wide. As soon as he arrived, he bought up all the pickles they had picked that year. Because he was so generous, the family didn't keep a single jar; they sold them all to him.
At that time, nougat and rice cakes were also made by his cousin, who asked the skillful women in the village to help him make them.
He taught his cousin's aunt the method, and after she learned it, she led the other women to start working on it. Knowing that he needed it urgently, they worked overtime to make it for him.
Of course, it also had something to do with his generous wages. Later, he not only paid them their wages, but also left them 20 kilograms of nougat and 20 kilograms of rice cakes, asking them to share. 20 kilograms was not a lot, and each person could get about half a kilogram of each item.
He also gave his aunt a generous thank-you gift.
So when he was about to leave, many people came out to see him off, and they were very reluctant to let go of such a generous man.
Finally, the head of Yuqianzhuang told him that if he needed such work in the future, he could just come directly to their Yuqianzhuang and they would assign him to do it.
Liu Erxi himself did not expect this to happen.
Unlike Lu Songli and his group who lived a peaceful life, the Xie and Zhao families had a very difficult time.
Xie Nan handed the small half basin of hot water in her hand to Zhao Yutan, "Sister-in-law, can you wipe my eldest cousin's body?"
This small half basin of hot water was made by them using a chipped clay pot.
Xie Nan knew that her cousin Xie Zhan had always been a clean person, but after they came out of prison, they were exiled all the way and had not taken a bath since then.
At first, my eldest cousin had been tortured and had been in poor health. In addition, the relationship between the bailiff and the police and the fugitives from the Xie and Zhao families was tense at the time, so there was no condition for him to take a hot bath.
After my eldest cousin got better, he was found to use a piece of cloth soaked in snow water to gently wipe his body.
Now that the weather is getting warmer, Xie Nan knows that his eldest cousin Xie Zhan is not feeling well. Now that the conditions are right, he boils some hot water for him.
In fact, it's not that he can't personally deliver the water to his cousin, or even serve him, but he just can't stand Zhao Yutan and deliberately orders her around. Besides, his cousin is her husband, isn't it her duty to serve him?
Xie Nan was dissatisfied with his eldest cousin's wife Zhao Yutan, and felt that she was not worthy of his eldest cousin.
Ever since the Xie family's downfall, she'd been completely lost in thought, completely devoid of resilience. Her clan had been defeated, and so had she. Furthermore, as a wife, she'd been sloppy in her care for her eldest cousin despite his ordeal. In short, she was completely incompetent at everything.
The most important thing is that he felt that if it weren't for her, if the eldest cousin's wife had always been Lu Songli, then this disaster would have been avoided by their Xie family very likely. In other words, not only would their Xie family not have suffered this disaster, but it would have been very likely to have gone further.
Because the one who dragged their Xie family from a high position into the quagmire was none other than Lu Songli. If the other party was the young mistress of their Xie family, would she still do the same?
Zhao Yutan slowly took the wooden basin. She knew that she was not recognized by the Xie family members. Xie Nan's dissatisfaction was relatively mild, while others were more obvious.
She knew that the Xie family looked down on her. Firstly, she was thrown into prison right after getting married, and she had no chance to show her abilities. Secondly, these people were mean. They knew in front of the prison gate that it was Lu Songli who had harmed them, but they still cherished her in their hearts.
But why don’t they think about it, Lu Songli is so capable, why is the Qin family still exiled?
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