"Maybe Mr. Chen is busy today and has no time to go..." Achou stammered.
"No time?" Kong Wenjie glanced at Ah Chou. "Ever since the prefect mentioned the marriage to him, this sour scholar has never had any free time. He is really busy with all kinds of things. Even His Majesty can't catch up with him."
Ah Chou's heart skipped a beat. It seemed that Chen Qingxuan really didn't want to get married. Could it be that...
"Is the daughter of a rich family pretty?" Ah Chou asked in a low voice after a while.
Kong Wenjie glanced at her again. After a pause, he said, "She is on par with Miss Duan."
The Miss Duan that Kong Wenjie mentioned naturally refers to Duan Rulan.
"That's very beautiful," Ah Chou frowned and muttered softly, "What on earth does Mr. Chen think? Why doesn't he want to do it?"
"Are you going shopping today?" The two of them arrived at the market unknowingly, and Kong Wenjie changed the subject.
"Yeah. Buy some cabbage and other things to take back for the winter." Achou said hurriedly.
"Then we have to hire a car." Kong Wenjie frowned and said, "I have to hurry back to report to the prefect, so I can't take you back."
"No need! No need! Guard Kong, just go and do your thing! I'll buy something and go back by hiring a car." Ah Chou waved his hands in a hurry. "You go and do your thing. Don't worry about me!"
Kong Wenjie took out seven coins of silver from his pocket and gave them to Ah Chou, saying, "Here's the money for this month."
"Guard Kong. Isn't it six cents?" asked Ah Chou.
"Don't we still have to hire a car?" Kong Wenjie explained. Seeing that Ah Chou was about to refuse, his face turned black on the spot. "How about I take you back?"
"No, no, that's not necessary!" Ah Chou took the silver in a hurry and thanked Kong Wenjie, "Thank you, Guard Kong."
Kong Wenjie ignored him, turned around and got on his horse.
October 20, 2013
Ningguta.
The whole room was filled with cabbages. Zhong Mingwei sat on a small stool and peeled the outer leaves of the cabbages one by one, preparing to pickle them. Achou was cleaning a ceramic jar in the outer hall. The bedroom door was not closed, and the two of them, one inside and the other outside, were chatting casually.
"You don't need to remove so many leaves," Ah Chou looked at the cabbage leaves that Zhong Mingwei had chopped off with a knife, feeling distressed, and hurried over to say to him, "You don't need to remove these leaves, they are good and not bad, just remove the rotten leaves."
"Oh," Zhong Mingwei nodded, and held Ah Chou's hand. It was wet and cold, and Zhong Mingwei's face immediately turned cold. "You peel the cabbage in the house, and I'll go outside to clean the pottery jar."
The day before yesterday, while hiring a cart, Ah Chou bought all the cabbage and pottery jars, as well as pork, fish, rice, flour, sweet potatoes and so on. Later, even a donkey cart was almost not enough.
"No, no, there are still four or five more vats to be cleaned, it will be done quickly." Achou said hurriedly.
"Help me out." Zhong Mingwei didn't waste time talking to her.
"Oh," Zhong Mingwei always kept his word. Ah Chou knew that he could not persuade him, so he helped Zhong Mingwei up and said while holding his arm, "Slow down."
Zhong Mingwei was much better than before. He could always move slowly by bending over and holding the edge of the kang. However, he could not walk well when he stood up. At this time, with Achou's support, he walked very slowly and shook violently. But Achou was happy in her heart. For a person who could only lie paralyzed in bed and could not move his fingers before, it was not considered slow for him to recover to this level now. She was really satisfied with Zhong Mingwei's recovery.
"Better than the past few days," Ah Chou was a little excited. When they stopped by the door to rest, Ah Chou wiped the sweat off Zhong Mingwei's face and said, "Let's stew some big bones to nourish you."
"Why do you want to eat big bones?" Zhong Mingwei leaned on Achou, smiled slightly, and looked at Achou.
Every day when Achou helped Zhong Mingwei practice walking, they would rest here. Over time, it became a habit. Zhong Mingwei could not stand steadily before, but now he can stand by himself by holding on to the wall. But Achou was still worried and always had to support Zhong Mingwei. Zhong Mingwei naturally would not refuse and enjoyed the rare opportunity for Achou to hold him.
"You are what you eat," Ah Chou smiled with narrowed eyes, and took credit for it with Zhong Mingwei, "I bought a lot of big bones when I went down the mountain this time. Maybe after I finish eating all the big bones, you will be able to walk more smoothly."
"Then should we buy a few more wild geese and store them?" Zhong Mingwei said with a smile.
"What's the point of collecting geese?" Ah Chou didn't understand. He put away the handkerchief, put his arms around Zhong Mingwei, and asked him with his head tilted.
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