The General's Wife
After sharing a meal with Chu Xiuming, Shen Jin discovered that every time she ate, there would be a small bowl in front of her. Sometimes it contained steamed eggs, sometimes fried fish, and last time she also ate some kind of bird. There wasn't much in it, but it was enough for Shen Jin.
At the beginning, Shen Jin felt particularly embarrassed. She always felt that Chu Xiuming and Chu Xiuyuan were eating such disgusting horse meat, and she was like eating alone. Finally, Chu Xiuyuan spoke up and said, "Sister-in-law, the little you have is not enough for the two of us. Just eat it by yourself." He glanced at his brother who seemed to be standing aside and not noticing the situation here. It was just a little food, but his eldest brother got up early every day to get it.
Some of them were exchanged with others, and some were captured outside the city. It took a lot of effort. It was not that Chu Xiuming was reluctant to let his family eat them, but it was not easy to find them.
Shen Jin is different from them. Although horse meat tastes bad, they are used to it and can swallow it. As for his sister-in-law Shen Jin, Chu Xiuyuan doesn't know what to say. Some time ago, when the barbarians besieged the city, she ate things that tasted worse than horse meat, but she still enjoyed them and was not at all squeamish. Now it seems that those squeamish habits have come back again.
But Shen Jin is not annoying at all. At least she won't eat something if she doesn't want to. She will just eat what she likes and won't be picky and make people feel embarrassed.
Chu Xiuyuan swallowed the food in his mouth and looked at his brother again. Perhaps that was the case. Not asking for anything made his brother want to pamper him more. Even if he was busy, he would take time out to find these foods. However, when Shen Jin ate the food in the bowl, his eyes were curved, and he really looked like the white cat that they had raised at home.
Every time, Shen Jin would divide the food in the small bowl into three portions. Even if Chu Xiuyuan said it was not enough for them to eat in one bite, he would still use the serving chopsticks to put the food into their bowls. However, if there were one or two extra pieces like fried fish, Shen Jin would not be pretentious and ask to share them equally. Sometimes he would eat it himself, and sometimes he would pass the food to Chu Xiuyuan.
It depends on whether she likes the rest. If she likes more of them, she will keep them, feeling a little satisfied and proud. If she doesn't like them, she will give them to Chu Xiuyuan and let Chu Xiuyuan eat more to replenish his body.
Shen Jin's little thoughts were very clear and could be seen through at a glance. There was a hint of cunning and intimacy in it. Before long, when Shen Jin gave him the last portion, Chu Xiuyuan would smile and say, "Sister-in-law, is this something you don't like to eat again?"
"No." Shen Jin would not admit it, and said with a look of good for you, "I see that you look bad, you need to take more supplements."
Chu Xiuming actually doesn't talk much. Most of the time he just watches them chat. After these few days, Shen Jin has also discovered that Chu Xiuming is really one way outside and one way at home, one way in front of acquaintances and another way in front of outsiders. She doesn't know when it started, but even when she is around, Chu Xiuming rarely speaks. Instead, he sits quietly aside most of the time.
He had a cool and clear face and was very good-looking. When he sat there without saying anything, Shen Jin felt that he was surrounded by an immortal aura, but Shen Jin did not tell anyone about this.
On the day when the imperial envoy came, Shen Jin had just eaten chicken stewed with mushrooms at noon. Most of the mushrooms went into Shen Jin's stomach, but she only ate two wings of the chicken and left the rest to Chu Xiuming and Chu Xiuyuan.
"I'm here." Shen Jin calculated that it was almost time, but she had eaten too much at noon and was forced by Nanny Zhao to walk around the yard a few times. She was feeling a little sleepy at this moment. The sun had been good these days, and Anping and the others had taken the mattresses and quilts out to dry in the sun. They were soft and warm, so she looked at the bed and didn't want to move.
Zhao Ma naturally saw it. This was different from forcing Shen Jin to walk around the yard just now. While helping to make the bed, she said, "Madam, please take a rest. Those envoys are also being entertained. They just arrived here, so they also need to wash up and rest their feet."
Shen Jin's eyes lit up when he heard that, and he said, "Mammy is really thoughtful." He didn't need An Ping and the others to serve him. He changed his clothes by himself and lay down on the bed. The quilt had been exposed to the sun and would leave marks if he pressed his hand on it.
Zhao Ma looked at Shen Jin and sighed that she was still a child. She tucked in the quilt and covered the bed curtains, and said, "I will be guarding outside. Madam, please call me if you have any problems."
"Okay." Shen Jin had already closed her eyes. She responded and didn't say anything else. She thought that this would satisfy Chu Xiuming. After yawning, Shen Jin fell asleep in a daze.
Shen Jin was woken up by Nanny Zhao. As soon as she opened her eyes, Nanny Zhao asked Anping to bring her some brown sugar water. After drinking a bowl of it, she was completely awake. Anping had already prepared the water. After Shen Jin washed up, although she didn't put on makeup, she looked much more refined than usual. However, this refinement was only relative.
She didn't wear any of the things worthy of a princess.
Before calling Shen Jin, Nanny Zhao had asked someone to ask the messengers to wait in the hall. After they had dressed up, they had to wait for at least half an hour. When Shen Jin came out, his face looked a little ugly.
Shen Jin took a look and didn't care at all. She just thought that these two people were a bit stupid. They didn't even think about whose territory they were standing on and dared to look at her in a disdainful way. Even when she was married in as a princess, she didn't dare to put on airs at all.
These two men did not know Shen Jin. At first they thought that it was the Earl of Yongning who was meeting her. Who could have thought that it was a weak woman who came out? It was not the first time for them to issue an edict on behalf of the emperor, but this was the first time they had received such treatment.
"Madam, these two are the gentlemen from Beijing." After An Ping and Shen Jin sat down, they poured tea for Shen Jin before speaking.
Shen Jin raised his eyebrows, glanced at the two of them and said, "You two adults are a little late."
Nanny Zhao, who was standing behind Shen Jin, brightened up her eyes when she heard this. This was a very good double entendre, not only meaning that they came late today, but also that the rescue was late.
"The auspicious time has passed. Even if I want to accept the decree, I dare not do so. This is disrespectful to His Majesty. If my father knew, he would scold me for being unruly." After Shen Jin came here, it was the first time he mentioned King Rui. It was at this time. "Okay, go back. Come back tomorrow morning. Don't be late again."
Shen Jin's expression seemed as if he was giving instructions and showing concern, but the implication of his words was that it was not that they did not want to accept the order, but that these two people had missed the auspicious time and could not accept it, and it had nothing to do with them. After saying that, Shen Jin got up and went back.
After saying this, the two envoys were not even given a chance to react. Nanny Zhao thought even more highly of Shen Jin. She was indeed a princess in the capital, with such a strong aura.
Who knew that when she was holding Shen Jin's hand and walking inside, Zhao Ma felt that Shen Jin's hands were cold and sweat was coming out of his palms. When Zhao Ma found out this fact, her eyes twitched. She felt that she might never be able to see through this lady in her life. She had heard that she was still taking care of the soldiers in the wounded barracks, where there were so many soldiers with missing limbs and open stomachs that even she was scared to death once she went in.
But this delicate lady was not hurt at all. She even took care of many patients herself and washed countless blood-stained cotton cloths.
Who would have thought that such a small thing would make her so scared that her hands turned cold and she broke out in a cold sweat. She didn't know what to say.
"Mammy, how was I just now?" After returning to the room, Shen Jin said with some pride.
"Madam, you behaved very well." Aunt Zhao chose to forget about the cold little hand and said, "Madam, you should behave like this."
Shen Jin pursed her lips, trying to hold back a smile, but couldn't help but smile again. The dimples on her face were faintly visible, and even her eyes were twinkling. "I learned this from my mother."
What did you learn? Still holding your head like this? Madam Zhao looked at Shen Jin, wanting her to continue, but she found that Shen Jin was not going to say anything more, but went to look for those silk brocades. These were the only fabrics she could find in her dowry. People disliked them because they could not be used for bandaging and were not warm. "Madam, how about embroidering a fan cover with this in sky blue? I'll slowly make it and wait until the weather gets hot, one for each of my husband and brother."
"I think it's great." Well, Nanny Zhao had only been with Shen Jin for less than a month, and she felt helpless more times than in the first half of her life.
Later, after Nanny Zhao and Anping recommunicated, they found out that Shen Jin had behaved well in the wounded camp, but as soon as he returned to the room, he vomited and cried, and was shaking with fear. However, those were too embarrassing, and Anping was embarrassed to let the general know, fearing that he would look down on Shen Jin.
Zhao Mama also thought that this lady was not born in the Year of the Rabbit, but in the Year of the Tortoise. Her reaction was really slow. She only slowly stretched her head out to take a look after being beaten for a long time. And the general? It was probably the tortoise shell. If you dare to hit Shen Jin, I will let you taste the pain first.
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