Chapter 70: Paradise on Earth
Chen Qi carefully opened the envelope and took out a piece of paper with words on it. She thought it was another banknote, but when she took a closer look under the red candlelight, she found that it was actually a house deed.
It was clearly written on it that the house was on Magnolia Street, with shops facing the street. Chen Qi knew this place, and it was only two alleys away from Xiuqiu Street where her eldest brother's house was located.
"Whose house deed is this?"
"Ours."
Chen Qi didn't believe it, so she took a closer look and saw that Xie Yuduo's name was indeed written on it.
"We...are going to move out?"
Xie Yuduo smiled slightly, "Do you want to move out?"
Chen Qi didn't answer, and asked again, "Then why did you buy a house when you are still alive?"
"This house is on the corner of Magnolia Street. It has two storefronts. It's not big, but it's spacious. If you open a shop, you can welcome customers and do business on both sides. There are three courtyards in the back. The layout is not much different from your house, just a little bigger and with more rooms. My parents will be able to get used to it."
Chen Qi raised her eyebrows, "For my parents to live in?"
"Yeah. I wanted to pick a house next to my eldest brother's, but now that my children have their own families, it's not good for them to live too close to their parents."
As he spoke, he raised his chin towards the west yard.
"So I thought it would be better to live close by, but not right next to each other. This house is not far from the school, so it will be convenient for your little brother to go to school in the future."
He drank another glass of wine, and the fatigue in his brow faded a little.
"I wanted to write your name on the document, but after asking around, the government wouldn't let me. So I had no choice but to write mine. It was just to save money and avoid any trouble."
Chen Qi kept looking at the document in his hand and spoke for a long time.
"A mansion worth three hundred taels of silver. This birthday gift is too expensive."
Xie Yuduo leaned back in his chair and smiled happily.
"Oh, is this the first day you met your husband? For me, nothing is easier than taking silver."
Seeing that Shen Qi didn't say anything, he added another sentence.
"Buying a house is a small matter. As a son-in-law, I am an outsider after all, so this is all I can do. How to convince your parents to live in this house peacefully is your job as a good daughter."
It was a joke and she should have laughed, but she didn't.
Xie Yuduo saw that there was no smile on her face and hesitated a little.
"Will you blame me for... not writing your parents' names?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Qi quickly shook her head, forced a smile, and imitated his speech.
"Is this the first day you met your wife? For me, there is nothing simpler than being content."
She looked over it twice, folded the house deed neatly again, and sighed softly.
"Yuduo, thank you for your hospitality."
Xie Yuduo felt something was wrong with the tone and looked closely at her expression.
"Don't you like it?"
"Yes, I like it very much."
"I don't think you like it."
"I just..." She sighed again, "I just don't know how to repay your kindness."
Chen Qi put the house deed back into the envelope.
"I'm incredibly grateful for the money you lent my eldest brother last year. Even though opening a shop and buying a house were incredibly tiring, and you had more to do than just borrow money, you still paid me back early, which was a relief. But this time... I can't afford to pay back this much money."
Seeing that she looked a little depressed, Xie Yuduo stood up with the help of a chair, stood in front of her, held her in his arms, and rubbed her head with his hand.
"Since you say you want to pay it back, then please calculate how much silver I should pay you back for taking care of my household affairs so carefully."
Shen Qi smiled and shook her head.
"It's different. This is my job."
"Then calculate again. You've taken care of my father, Yujing, and my younger brothers. Even my eldest brother and his wife are indebted to you. How much silver do you want me to pay back?"
"This... these are not things that can be calculated with money. It's just... my heart for you."
"Then this house deed is my return of my heart to you. It's just that my heart just happens to have a silver coin. And the heart you give me is invaluable, no amount of silver can compare to it."
Chen Qi understood what he meant and clung to his chest, her voice still muffled.
"I sometimes wonder...what have I done to deserve you to be so nice to me?"
This is the truth.
Xie Yuduo bent down and kissed her hair.
"You and I are husband and wife..."
Shen Qi interrupted him.
"There are countless couples in the world, but few treat me like you do."
She raised her bright eyes and asked sincerely.
"why is that?"
With his outstanding character and appearance, and his shrewd and capable means, no matter which girl he marries, his family will be prosperous, and he and his wife will love and live in harmony.
But unfortunately, I became the most blessed person.
If it were someone else... maybe... maybe...
Shen Qi didn't dare to think about this matter carefully——
The fact that he treated her so well might have nothing to do with her.
Xie Yuduo was silent for a moment, helped her sit down, reached out to pull over a chair, sat opposite her, held her hand, and answered her solemnly.
Why.
Back then, a young man in his twenties followed a caravan through northern Gansu and came to an uninhabited area. As night fell, he could see the cold air penetrating his bones, the cold moon peeping at him, the vast yellow sand and the silent mountains. Amidst the howling wind, he could hear the howls of wolves.
At that time, he was only in his early twenties and had just made his first fortune on the road. Now he was in the wilderness of mountains and ridges, where wolves were howling everywhere. He only needed to put a dagger under his waist to sleep without fear until dawn.
"Do you know why?"
Shen Qi shook her head.
“Because I think it’s okay.”
If a group of robbers comes out and steals the silver, it's fine to start over again.
If you encounter a pack of extremely hungry wolves and are outnumbered, it doesn't matter if you die in their mouths.
If you wake up tomorrow and the sun rises in the west or sets in the east, it doesn’t matter.
Even though he was young, he single-handedly made great contributions to the stable life of his entire family.
Even though he was a newcomer to the business world and chose a good place to make money, he was able to earn more money than an ordinary person could earn in their entire lifetime.
He doesn't really care.
My mother died young, my father is taciturn, my eldest sister married far away, and my youngest sister is ignorant.
He has been on the road and has always been lonely.
Along the way, there are fewer worries and fewer expectations.
In the vast universe, there was nothing that particularly concerned him.
It wasn't until I met her that I realized there was such a wonderful person like her in the world.
…
There were some things Xie Yuduo didn't say.
Even though she didn't belong to him at that time, a chance glimpse of her made his heart beat fast.
After that chance encounter, he would think of her from time to time, even though he had traveled thousands of miles on horseback.
It was not until he woke up from his dream of her again that he realized that only by having her as his wife could he have lived his life worthily.
At that time, she didn't even know that there was someone in the world who cared about her so much.
She didn't need to know.
…
"If I were to experience the same situation tonight, I certainly wouldn't be able to sleep. I'd probably sit there with a knife in my arms, awake all night, terrified that something might happen to me, that I wouldn't be alive, that I wouldn't be able to live well, that I wouldn't be able to come back to see you, to hear you talk, to make you laugh, to be with you... and make love..."
At such a passionate moment, Xie Yuduo did not forget to tease her. Chen Qi was almost in tears, but she couldn't help but smile and gently hit his chest and abdomen.
He couldn't help but hold her in his arms, put his face close to hers, and whispered softly, as if in a dream.
"Perhaps God took pity on me and didn't want to let my efforts go to waste, so he allowed me to have you as my wife in this life. Having you by my side has given me so many more worries in my life. I worry about whether the sun will rise tomorrow, whether my family is safe, and whether life will get better day by day..."
This intricate connection makes me feel alive, not just awake... You are the only one in the world who can make me care so much. For this reason, no one else in the world can compare to the place you hold in my heart... Not even myself."
These words really made Chen Qi cry.
Having such a husband in this life, her life has not been lived in vain.
Xie Yuduo couldn't bear to see her crying, so he tried to tease her in every way possible to make her smile.
The moon in my arms is not the moon in the sky, and the person in front of me is the one I love.
The two of them drank from each other under the moonlight, whispering their feelings to each other. Chen Qi was no match for this experienced man and got drunk in no time.
Seeing the girl from his dreams lying in his arms, drunken with brows downcast and eyes squinting, Xie Yuduo's heart beat as fast as ever, unable to contain himself, and he simply lifted her up and carried her sideways...
The full moon is by the window and a gentle breeze is blowing.
Inside the curtains, two hearts know each other and agree with each other, and on the pillow, they follow each other in every way...
The greatest happiness on earth cannot be expressed in words.
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