Chapter 824 My cousin is reborn and wants to snatch my marriage (33)
The final result of the horse race was that Gu Shichu won by half a horse's length over Mingxun. Gu Shichu jumped off Xue Piao's back with a loud laugh and said to Mingxun, "I won! Remember what you promised, don't think of going back on your word!"
Ming Xun was originally quite disappointed because of the loss, but when he saw the bright smile on her face, he couldn't help but smile too, jumped off his horse and said, "Yes, you won, I keep my word..."
The two of them rode their horses so fast that they had already run out of the pony farm and into a lush forest. However, it was only the afternoon and the sun was shining brightly, shining through the gaps between the leaves, giving off a unique sense of peace and quiet.
Piaoxue and Mingxun's black horse had walked to the side and was eating grass leisurely. The clear and melodious sound of birds came from afar. The air with the fragrance of grass and trees was very fresh. In such an environment, it is easy to make people feel calm and happy.
Gu Shichu couldn't help but lie down on the grass next to a tree, looking up at the sky with mottled shadows of the trees.
Ming Xun also lay down beside her, with his hands behind his head, looking up at the sky like her. Suddenly, he had a wild thought: "It would be great if I could fly like a bird with wings. I want to fly up to the sky and see how wonderful it must be to fly freely in the sky."
His handsome face was full of longing. Gu Shichu turned his head to look at him and thought, it was a pity that he was born hundreds of years earlier. If he was born in later times, he would definitely be a person who loves extreme sports and adventures, and he would definitely like wing suit flying.
"Chu Chu, if I had wings, I would carry you and fly together..." Ming Xun turned his head and said to Gu Shichu with a smile, "You must hold on to my wings tightly when the time comes, otherwise I may not be able to catch you if you fall."
Gu Shichu raised his eyebrows and said, "When you have wings, won't I have them too?"
"That's right..." Ming Xun said with a silly smile, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said, "Then aren't we truly flying together as a pair?"
Gu Shichu couldn't help but chuckle. He could even associate this with a pair of wings flying together?
She deliberately moved her body, pressing most of her body onto his chest, then bit his chin and said, "Do you really want to fly with me?"
Ming Xun blushed, as if embarrassed. He suddenly turned over quickly and pressed Gu Shichu under him. He held her waist with one hand and pinched her chin with the other. Before she could react, he kissed her fiercely.
Gu Shichu immediately cooperated, and as they kissed, the two of them couldn't control themselves, and the situation got out of control, like dry wood meeting fire, crackling and burning fiercely.
It was extremely exciting under this scene. The two rolled around for most of the day before finally ending with a feeling of unsatisfied satisfaction.
When they returned home, neither of them rode horses anymore and sat in the carriage obediently.
Gu Shichu and Mingxun's life was as sweet as honey, but Gu Shichu did not forget the two corn seedlings that she had been thinking about. In order to make them grow better, she secretly applied fertilizer several times, and after a few months, she harvested six corns.
In ancient times, only two were picked, and four were left to grow and be used as seeds in the future. They could not be eaten all at once.
The tender corn is very fragrant and tempting just by steaming it.
Originally, Mingxun didn't believe that the fruit of this plant was edible, but when he smelled the fragrance of the corn cobs after being cooked, he no longer doubted it. However, to be on the safe side, he still broke off a lot of corn kernels to feed the chicken. Seeing that the chicken was fine and was still alive and kicking, he didn't stop Gu Shichu anymore. He himself was extremely excited and tasted the corn carefully.
After taking the first bite, his eyes lit up and he couldn't wait to take several more bites.
"Chu Chu! This corn is really delicious, sweet and soft, but there is too little of it. How about we cook two more?" Ming Xun said with a lingering look.
Gu Shichu rolled his eyes at him and said, "You ate all the seeds, what are you going to plant next year?"
Mingxun sighed in disappointment: "If I had known earlier, I would have bought more of these seeds from that merchant."
"You didn't even know what this was at the beginning, don't talk about it after the fact..." Gu Shichu retorted to him mercilessly.
Ming Xun said with a smile: "Isn't this just a comment?"
Gu Shichu knew the importance of corn, so he said to him, "We must take good care of the remaining four corn cobs and plant more next year. By the way, tell your father about this."
Mingxun asked in confusion: "Why did you tell Dad? It's just a new kind of food."
Gu Shichu said expressionlessly, "New food? If the new grains from overseas can be successfully promoted and planted in our Dayan Dynasty, they can feed many people... Whether the people can be fed is a major issue that affects the rise and fall of the country. If you can produce grains that can feed many people, do you know how great a contribution this will be?"
Although Mingxun never did serious work, he grew up in the political center and his father was a powerful minister. He still had some vision and awareness. Therefore, after Gu Shichu said this, he immediately understood. His expression suddenly became serious and he said solemnly to Gu Shichu: "I understand. I will go and tell my father about this matter now."
After Gu Shichu told Mingxun about the corn, he didn't care much about it. Qi Yanghou was indeed not like Mingxun who only thought about growing it for himself to eat. He thought about more.
So Mingxun's small garden was taken over by people sent by Marquis Qiyang, and the two corn seedlings were the focus of care. Even Gu Shichu and Mingxun had to report to Marquis Qiyang in advance if they wanted to go and take a look.
When the corn ears were ripe, Marquis Qi Yang solemnly collected them, waiting to be sown next year.
Knowing that Marquis Qi Yang attached so much importance to corn, Gu Shichu felt relieved. It seemed that she would be able to eat her corn pancakes, roasted corn, corn with pine nuts, corn cream soup... next year.
On this day, when Gu Shichu was thinking about carving jade with Mingxun, Zhiqiu came up to report that the wife of Duke Anguo was ill and wanted to meet the married ladies in the mansion.
Gu Shichu was very confused. Even if Zhou wanted to see someone when she was sick, she should want to see her biological daughter Gu Shiyao, right? How could she want to see her niece and her concubines?
Could it be that Zhou was not ill, but was using the excuse of being ill to come to them? But what could these married women have done that would make the wife of the Duke of Anguo care about them?
Gu Shichu soon realized that Zhou must have ulterior motives, but as a niece, her elders had clearly stated that if she was sick and wanted to see her relatives, she could not refuse to go back to see her, otherwise she would say a lot of unpleasant things.
Although Gu Shichu didn't care about rumors, it was better to avoid trouble if possible. Moreover, she was confident that as long as she didn't want to, even if her aunt wanted to plot something, she would not succeed.
So she didn't hesitate any longer and went back to the Duke of Anguo's Mansion without saying a word.
(End of this chapter)
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