Extra: Wen Ji Ming x Qi Yu Zhen (Part 1)
In the spring of the second year of Xihe, Nanzhou.
With two days left until New Year's Eve, all the shipbuilding craftsmen had gone home to celebrate the New Year. Only the craftsmen from the Ordnance Bureau, who were unable to return to Beijing due to the long journey, remained in the shipyard.
"Miss, have a bowl of ginger soup to warm yourself up."
The maid Zhenzhu brought a bowl of steaming soup into the room for Qi Yuzhen.
Qi Yuzhen raised her head from the desk and realized that her hands and feet were numb from the cold.
Although the temperature in Nanzhou is higher than that in the capital in winter, there are no kangs, and the temperature indoors and outdoors is the same. No matter how much clothes you wear, you can't stop the pervasive damp cold, and the biting cold penetrates into the bones.
If you sit for a long time, your joints will become stiff and hard, and they will creak when you move.
After drinking the ginger soup, Qi Yuzhen stood up and stretched his body. After his hands and feet felt slightly warm, he sat down again and continued to concentrate on deduction.
The gunboats they designed previously were prone to unstable center of gravity and capsizing, and she is trying to find a solution.
However, after repeated deductions, there was no result, and my eyes became more and more sore.
I looked out the window and saw that the sun was setting.
So he put down his pen and took Pearl for a walk by the river.
The sky was gloomy and firecrackers could be heard from time to time on both sides of the river. She couldn't help but think of her own fireworks workshop. Her mother had written to her not long ago saying that she was going to sell fireworks during the Spring Festival and she wondered how the sales were going.
She thought of Youyou and Luming again. She hadn't seen them for half a year. They must have grown a lot taller...
"mother!"
"Mother~"
Just as she was thinking about the two little guys, she heard their calls. She was stunned for a moment, looking at the two little balls stumbling towards her in disbelief.
"Yo Yo? Deer cry?"
The two little guys shouted even more happily: "Mom! Mom! We miss you so much!"
Qi Yuzhen almost thought she was dreaming.
He hesitated for a few moments before stepping forward.
Only when the two children were firmly in her arms did she believe what she saw.
"Why are you here?"
She hugged the child and asked excitedly.
The two children turned their heads at the same time.
"Dad brought us here."
Qi Yuzhen looked up and saw Wen Jiming's tall and slender figure.
"How did you find time to leave the capital?"
"The two children missed you terribly. The Ministry of War has been busy lately, so I asked His Majesty for leave and brought them to see you."
Qi Yuzhen's heart softened.
It is not easy to go out in the cold winter, and it is even more difficult to go out with children. Wen Jiming is a person who does not like to travel far, so it is really rare for him to bring the children to Nanzhou to accompany her for the New Year.
The two children have chubby cheeks and no signs of fatigue from the journey in their eyes, which shows that they have been well taken care of along the way.
"Thank you for your hard work." Qi Yuzhen said gratefully, "Did you have an okay journey?"
"Have a safe journey."
After hearing this, he replied clearly.
Qi Yuzhen said, "It's windy outside, let's go back to the boat shop and talk," and was about to pick up the two children.
Unexpectedly, the two children were much heavier than before, and she couldn't lift them even though she tried her best.
"Let me hold Luming." Wen Jiming smiled and held his son over.
Qi Yuzhen: (//▽//)
She picked up Yoyo and introduced the buildings along the way as they walked.
It was the first time for the two children to enter the shipyard, and they were curious about everything they saw. When Lu Ming heard that the unfinished ships were warships, he excitedly said, "When I grow up, I want to drive a warship and fight pirates."
Qi Yuzhen smiled.
Yoyo said, "When I grow up I want to make cannons like my mother."
"good."
Qi Yuzhen laughed out loud.
"Then I'll be waiting for you, one to ride the wind and waves, the other to shake the earth!"
When they arrived at Qi Yuzhen's residence, Wen Jiming took the bundle from the servant and put it on the table.
"I heard that Nanzhou is cold and damp, so I brought you some new down jackets, suede wool boots, and cashmere gloves from Qinghui Warm Velvet Pavilion, as well as the mung bean cakes from Guixianglou that your mother said you loved."
Qi Yuzhen chuckled: "Thank you."
This cold-proof clothing is more comprehensive than what she prepared when she went south.
She opened the lunch box containing mung bean cakes, gave one piece to Wen Jiming, the two children and Zhenzhu, and took one piece for herself.
The crust of the pancake that had been stored for many days was naturally not as crispy as the freshly baked one, but the fragrant and dense filling still made her unable to help but put one piece after another into her mouth.
He didn't even notice the crumbs on his lips.
Wen Jiming helped the two children wipe their hands and cheeks clean, then took out a clean handkerchief and asked with a smile, "Do you want me to wipe you?"
Qi Yuzhen: "..."
Do you treat her as a child too?
She glanced at Wen Jiming and said, "I have my own hands."
Wen Jiming handed her the handkerchief and said jokingly, "I thought I had found a chance to show my courtesy to Master Qi, but I didn't expect that my flattery would backfire."
Qi Yuzhen: ╭(╯^╰)╮
Doesn't she know his cunning thoughts?
After eating the mung bean cakes, Qi Yuzhen was about to ask Zhenzhu to go to the dining hall to order some dishes, but Wen Jiming's servant brought in two large lunch boxes.
"I ordered food from the restaurant before I came to Chuanfang," Wen Jiming said, "They just delivered it. Take a look and see if it suits your taste."
Qi Yuzhen glanced at it and saw that they were all her favorites. She raised her eyebrows and said, "Master Wen is so thoughtful."
Wen Jiming paused and said, "Calling you Master Wen is too formal. It's better to call me Jiming."
Qi Yuzhen didn't respond.
After the food was served, the two children sat upright and put rice into their mouths one spoonful at a time. Wen Jiming helped them peel shrimps and pick out fish bones. He was much more familiar with their dining habits and tastes than Qi Yuzhen.
Qi Yuzhen's fingers holding the chopsticks tightened slightly.
In order to forge the cannons, she was unable to accompany her two children and witness their rapid growth. Wen Jiming, as a father, was even more responsible than her, as a mother...
"Why don't you continue eating?"
Wen Jiming picked up a piece of fish belly and put it into her bowl.
Qi Yuzhen came back to his senses and sighed softly, "You've taken good care of them. I'm not in the capital, so I'm sorry for taking the trouble."
"We are all family, there is no need to be polite."
Wen Jiming chuckled.
"They are becoming more and more sensible and don't need to put in much effort."
If Qi Yuzhen hadn't personally raised two children, she would have believed what he said.
But after dinner, while the two children were playing with the model boat and not paying attention to them, she corrected them: "We are not a family."
Wen Jiming: "You and Yoyo Luming are a family, and Yoyo Luming and I are also a family. How can we not be considered a family?"
Qi Yuzhen: "According to what you said, Miss Yu Liu and I are also a family."
Wen Jiming: “???”
"Your mother treats Miss Yu Liu as a family member. You and your mother are a family, and you and Yoyo Luming are a family member. How can Miss Yu Liu and I not be considered a family member?"
Qi Yuzhen said seriously.
Wen Jiming burst into laughter.
"Miss Yu Liu is already married, and my mother has nothing to do with her."
Qi Yuzhen raised her eyebrows slightly: "It seems that when I return to Beijing, I must congratulate Miss Yu Liu on escaping the sea of suffering and getting married."
I heard it clearly: (;一_一)?
"Why has our Wen family become a sea of suffering?"
Qi Yuzhen smiled sweetly: "Marrying you is like being a widow, isn't that hard enough?"
Wen Jiming: "..."
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