Chapter 12 Marry Me
Chunzhi stepped forward and took the tinderbox from Huo Zheng's hand, "I'll do it."
Huo Zheng pushed his wheelchair back a little. The kitchen was filled with thick smoke. He choked as soon as he opened his mouth and couldn't help coughing a few times.
Chunzhi used the broken firewood to light the fire and soon got it started.
She fanned the fire with a palm-leaf fan, and the fire grew bigger and bigger, and soon the water in the pot boiled.
The rising hot air gradually dispersed the thick smoke.
Chunzhi was in the middle of it, feeling the full flavor of life.
After a moment, she turned to Huo Qi and asked, "How about having lean meat soup tonight?"
Today, Brother Zhao happened to send some pork.
Huo Zheng said "hmm".
Chunzhi started to busy herself with cutting the meat, adding salt, eggs and sweet potato flour, mixing them well, and then putting them into the boiling water to cook.
The aroma of the lean meat soup soon spread.
Huo Zheng smelled the aroma of meat and couldn't help but look at Chunzhi twice more.
This girl is really good at cooking.
Chunzhi originally wanted to add some chopped green onions to increase the color, aroma and flavor, but when they were eating noodles at noon, the man said he didn't eat green onions. It was only after she picked them out bit by bit that he ate them.
So this time Chunzhi only put chopped green onions in her bowl.
Huo Qi's appetite was much bigger than hers, so Chunzhi directly took a large bowl and filled it with lean meat soup for him. She brought it to the eight-immortal table before she told him, "Eat it while it's hot."
Huo Zheng pushed his wheelchair to the table, holding chopsticks in one hand and a spoon in the other and started eating.
This lean meat soup...
The food is fresh and tender, and is on par with the imperial chefs in the palace.
Huo Zheng's eyes lit up as soon as he took a bite.
Chunzhi brought her bowl of lean meat soup to the table and sat down, then asked him softly, "Is the lean meat soup delicious?"
"Fine."
Huo Zheng's face showed no expression when he said this, but the speed at which he ate the lean meat soup mouthful after mouthful betrayed his true thoughts.
Chunzhi said gently, "Eat slowly. If you're not satisfied, there's more in the pot."
Huo Zheng was eating when he suddenly realized something and asked, "Do you have something to tell me?"
Chunzhi was surprised and asked, "You can even see that?"
Huo Zheng took a sip of soup and said slowly, "It's obvious."
This girl's worries are written all over her face.
I have no idea what "not showing emotions on one's face" means.
What's more, her attitude at this moment was unusually good, completely different from the initial look when she didn't want to keep him.
It was hard for him not to see.
Chunzhi was seen through by him, so she just said, "I'm already nineteen."
Huo Zheng asked: "And then?"
Chunzhi gently stirred the lean meat soup in the bowl with a spoon. "According to the laws of this dynasty, any woman who is over 18 and still unmarried must pay a fine, be forced to marry by the government, or go to jail..."
Huo Zheng said: "There is indeed such a law."
Therefore, families with daughters would arrange their daughters’ marriages when they are fifteen years old and have reached the age of marriage.
Even if the elders in the family are reluctant, they will still marry their daughter off before she turns eighteen.
There are only very few cases of girls who are over 18 years old and still unmarried.
In the afternoon, Huo Zheng heard the yamen runners coming to his door, scolding Chunzhi and wanting to take her away and force her into marriage.
But at that time, Chunzhi bought three days and went out without saying anything to him.
Didn't come back until dark.
Now that she mentioned this to him, I wonder what she was thinking?
"I'm telling you this because I want to ask..." Chunzhi was a little embarrassed. After hesitating for a moment, she finally got straight to the point: "Huo Qi, are you married?"
Huo Zheng paused slightly and said in a low voice, "Not yet."
Upon hearing this, Chunzhi's almond-shaped eyes instantly became bright, "Then, can you do me a favor?"
"What's the matter?"
Huo Zheng suddenly had a very subtle premonition.
"Marry me," Chunzhi said, and then immediately added, "It's a fake marriage."
Huo Zheng was stunned when he heard the previous sentence.
Even after hearing Haruji say "fake marriage", I still thought it was ridiculous.
"Fake marriage?" Huo Zheng asked, "What do you take marriage for? A joke?"
Chunzhi explained anxiously, "It's not that I treat marriage as a joke, it's just that the government is pressing me hard, and I can't find someone worthy of entrusting my life to right now."
She said to Huo Qi, "I've already met two men this afternoon. They look good, but I really can't marry one of them within three days..."
Getting married is a major event in a woman’s life.
It is equivalent to a second reincarnation.
Chunzhi didn't want to marry herself off so hastily.
I can only find a way to fake a marriage with someone.
Huo Zheng raised his eyes and looked at Chunzhi, "So you've set your sights on me?"
"I have no intentions towards you. This is just a fake marriage." Chunzhi said, "There will be nothing between you and me. When you recover from your injuries and leave here, you can marry anyone you want in the future. When the time comes, I will tell them that you are dead and I will remain a widow for you."
The more she thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.
It was obvious that the man would not stay in Linshui Town for long, and Chunzhi had no intention of leaving here in her life.
I guess we will never see each other again after we separate.
"You still want to spread the word that I'm dead?"
Huo Zheng's eyes became a little complicated. He didn't know what Chunzhi was thinking.
Chunzhi said: "That's not the point. The point is that we are having a fake marriage."
Huo Zheng said without hesitation: "No."
"Why not?" Chunzhi asked in confusion, "You stay here, eat my food, drink my drinks, and use my things. I just asked you to do me a favor, so why not?"
Huo Zheng said, "I can help with other things, but not with the marriage."
Chunzhi corrected him, "It's not a marriage, it's a fake marriage."
Huo Zheng said: "Marriage is marriage, there is no such thing as true or false."
"Yes," Chunzhi said, "After the fake marriage, we can still sleep separately. I can cook for you every day, take care of you, and support you. You can also leave whenever you want. It's absolutely no loss."
Huo Zheng said, "Then let me ask you, if it's a fake wedding, do we still have to worship heaven and earth? Do we also have to hold a wedding banquet and invite all the neighbors? Heaven and earth know, everyone knows, so how can it be considered fake?"
Chunzhi was stunned by his question.
The government had already set their sights on her, and in order to put on a show, they had to get married in front of everyone and set up several tables of wedding wine.
While Chunzhi was stunned, Huo Zheng had already finished a bowl of lean meat soup.
He handed the empty bowl to Haruji, "Another bowl."
Chunzhi was angry that he refused to help, and said unhappily, "Go get it yourself."
Huo Zheng suddenly: "..."
This girl changes her attitude faster than turning the pages of a book.
She was so gentle and considerate just now, but now she doesn't want to serve you.
Huo Zheng held the bowl in one hand and pushed the wheelchair in the other to the stove, and added another bowl of fragrant lean meat soup himself.
Chunzhi saw him eating with relish, but she herself had no appetite due to worry, so she said to him, "If I were to marry someone else, someone would come here right away to arrange things, and you wouldn't be able to stay here to recuperate. Even so...you wouldn't be willing to be with me for a while?"
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