Chapter 5: Meeting on a Narrow Road
It would have been fine if the man hadn't said anything, because as soon as he did, Chunzhi also felt hungry.
Chunzhi said, "Just sit there and wait. I'll go cook the noodles."
Huo Zheng was seriously injured and had difficulty walking. He did not sit down, but stood by the window watching Chunzhi busy in the kitchen.
Chunzhi put on an apron, cut some vegetables and some shredded meat, then sat on a small stool, put some firewood into the stove and lit the fire.
Smoke rose from the cooking stove. She scooped a large spoonful of water into the pot, covered it with the lid, and waited for the water to boil.
I picked a few green onions from the small basin next to me, washed them and chopped them.
Soon, the water in the pot boiled.
She lifted the lid of the pot and put the noodles into it. White steam rose up and lingered around her.
Her face is as beautiful as a peach or plum even without makeup, her waist is so slender that it cannot be held in one hand, and her beauty is hidden under her clothes. No wonder she is always coveted by others.
Huo Zheng was watching this scene from a distance and had to admit that Chun Zhisheng was quite beautiful.
Even when busy at the stove, there is no dust at all, but rather a comfortable sense of homely life.
Chunzhi quickly prepared two bowls of noodles, brought them into the main room, and placed them on the table. "Aren't you hungry? What are you still standing there for? Come and have some noodles."
Huo Zheng heard the voice, but did not come over immediately.
Chunzhi thought he was a little strange, "You..."
Under her gaze, Huo Zheng took a step forward with some difficulty, but stopped after just one step.
He was injured so badly that he could hardly lift his legs.
It's because it's difficult to walk, so I just stand by the window.
"Wait a moment." Chunzhi then remembered that the man had injured his leg, and hurried to the next room to push a wheelchair out.
This was bought for Mrs. Lu with the money she had saved for a long time.
Old Madam Lu had broken her leg before. Although it healed later, she still suffered from unbearable pain on cloudy and rainy days and had difficulty walking. Chunzhi felt sorry for the old lady and secretly prepared this wheelchair.
But before she could send it out, she was kicked out of the Lu family.
It’s just right to use it for the injured man now.
Chunzhi pushed the wheelchair into the house and in front of the man, "You can use this wheelchair until your injury heals."
Huo Zheng didn't move. "I'm just injured, not broken."
Chunzhi said, "Then take a few steps and let me see."
Huo Zheng suddenly: "..."
Chunzhi said, "There's no one else here. Even if you were in a wheelchair, no one would know."
The man still didn't move.
Chunzhi went forward to support him, "Hurry up and sit down, if you dawdle any longer, the noodles will become clumpy."
Huo Zheng was almost half pushed and half pushed by Chunzhi to the wheelchair.
She pushed him out of the house and came to the eight-immortal table. She gave him a pair of chopsticks and a spoon and said, "Eat quickly, eat while it's hot."
Noodles with green vegetables and shredded pork, with a poached egg.
Both bowls were identical.
It’s just that the bowl given to Huo Zheng has more, and the bowl Chunzhi eats herself has less.
Chunzhi was really hungry, so she picked up the food and ate it.
She ate half a bowl before she realized the man hadn't touched his chopsticks.
Chunzhi asked him, "Why don't you eat?"
Huo Zheng said expressionlessly, "I don't eat onions."
"You don't want to eat onions?" Chunzhi said, "Then why not just pick them out?"
Huo Zheng didn't move.
Chunzhi had gone hungry as a child, and she hated to see others wasting food. She put down her chopsticks, took the pair from Huo Zheng's hand, and helped him pick out the chopped green onions bit by bit. "Okay, there are no more green onions now, so eat quickly."
Huo Zheng said, "The noodles still taste like green onions."
Chunzhi stopped serving him and put his chopsticks on the bowl of noodles. "This is the only thing I have here. It's up to you to eat it or not."
After saying that, she no longer cared about the injured man and started eating her noodles.
Huo Zheng sat quietly for a while, but finally couldn't resist the hunger and started eating with chopsticks.
After taking a mouthful of hot soup noodles, his dark eyes lit up.
Obviously, he didn't expect the noodles she cooked to be so delicious.
It was so delicious that he completely ignored the taste of chopped green onions in the noodles.
Huo Zheng ate noodles very quickly.
The bowl of noodle soup was quickly finished.
He asked Chunzhi, "Anything else?"
No one doesn't like someone who is so supportive of their cooking skills.
A smile appeared on Chunzhi's lips. "There's still some in the pot. I'll go get some."
She quickly brought over another bowl of noodles.
Huo Zheng ate silently. He ate quickly but not voraciously. His eating could even be considered elegant.
Chunzhi slowly finished her bowl of noodle soup. Before Huo Zheng looked up at her and asked if there was any more noodles, she said, "No."
Huo Zheng said nothing and slowly put down his chopsticks.
Chunzhi knew that men could eat more than women, so she specially ordered an extra bowl of noodles, but she didn't expect him to eat so much.
She began to worry that if she kept the man here, he would bankrupt her.
Huo Zheng suddenly felt that Chunzhi's eyes looking at him were a little subtle.
He raised his eyes and met Chunzhi's gaze.
Chunzhi immediately looked away and picked up the dishes to wash.
After packing up, Chunzhi said to Huo Zheng, "Get familiar with this wheelchair. I'll go out and buy you some medicine for your injuries. You'll also need to buy a couple of sets of clothes so you can change into clothes."
The most important thing is to go to the government office to check the notices and find out if there are any criminals who have escaped recently.
If Huo Qi was a fugitive, she wouldn't dare keep him and would have to report him to the police as soon as possible to have him arrested.
Huo Zheng said "hmm" and said nothing.
Chunzhi went out with a few coins in her pocket.
She first went to the government office, and there were indeed several wanted warrants for the arrest of bandits posted on the notice board.
The men on those wanted posters all had big beards, scarred faces, and very distinct features, completely different from the extremely handsome young man in her family.
She went to the back door of the county government office to ask the county government cook who often bought tofu from her stall. After confirming that there was no fugitive like Huo Qi in Linshui Town recently, she breathed a sigh of relief.
I hope the man I picked up and brought home is not a fugitive.
After leaving the county government office, Chunzhi went to Li’s Pharmacy to buy medicine for her injuries.
The shop owner recognized Chunzhi and asked curiously, "Why are you buying medicine for your injuries when you're fine? Not only did Mr. Lu abandon his wife, he also beat you up?"
The fact that Lu Zhuangyuan abandoned his wife and married another woman is the biggest anecdote in Linshui Town recently.
Almost everyone regards this as a topic of conversation and a side dish for drinking.
Chunzhi's heart was suddenly stabbed, and she said helplessly, "It's not like that. The ones we had at home accidentally broke, so I bought some more to keep in case of emergency."
"Okay, then wait, I'll get you the best medicine."
The owner of the drugstore turned around to get medicine for the wound.
Haruji stood in front of the medicine cabinet and waited.
At this moment, several servants and maids came in and asked, "Where is the doctor? Come with us to the Lu family."
Ji Ruzhen came in later and met Chunzhi's gaze as she turned around and looked outside as soon as she entered the pharmacy.
Chunzhi didn't expect to meet Ji Ruzhen here. She was slightly stunned, but then quickly reacted.
Ji Ruzhen obviously didn't expect that Linshui Town was so small that she would have to meet Chunzhi in person just to find a doctor.
The shop owner quickly came out with the best medicine for the wound and handed it to Chunzhi, "Here, I'll give you half a guan."
"Thank you." Chunzhi paid the money, picked up the medicine and turned to leave.
Ji Ruzhen suddenly said, "Did I let you go?"
The accompanying servants and maids immediately blocked Chunzhi's way...
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