Chapter 117, Extra 19: Little Wife X Cold Killer
Qi Ying is an ordinary little girl from Taohua Village.
The only thing that was unusual about her was that she was beautiful, and she was a well-known beauty in the surrounding area. Many wealthy landlords coveted her beauty and wanted to take her as a concubine, but Qi's parents disagreed and drove away all the matchmakers who came to take concubines.
They only have this one daughter, who has been held in their arms and mouths for fear that she might melt since she was a child. How could she possibly be someone's concubine? She must marry into a good family in the future. They don't ask for fame and wealth, but at least they want to marry her in a formal ceremony with a sedan chair carried by eight people. She can live a decent life after marriage and not suffer any loss or hardship.
When Qi Ying reached the age to get married, more and more matchmakers came to propose marriage. Qi's parents loved Qi Ying very much, so they asked her if she had any requirements in choosing a husband, and they could select the person she was satisfied with according to her requirements.
Qi Ying held a big peach and ate it while saying, "I want to find a husband who loves farming as much as I do."
Oh, I forgot to mention that Qi Ying’s biggest hobby is farming.
In spring, we have to raise seedlings and apply fertilizers to the fields. In summer, we have to plant rice and prevent pests. In autumn, we have to harvest. In winter, we have to collect firewood and prepare for the winter when the mountains are blocked by snow. The thing I look forward to most every day is to go to the fields with my parents.
For Qi Ying, farming is the most important thing in her life. Harvesting food after planting is the greatest satisfaction in the world.
So when looking for a husband now, of course you have to find someone with the same interests and hobbies as you, otherwise how are you going to get along in the future?
Qi's parents: "..."
According to my daughter's request, wouldn't she have to find only a tenant farmer?
The Qi family parents, who had always granted their daughter's requests since she was a child, rejected their daughter's request for the first time and chose a very promising husband for her - the young scholar who lived next door.
The young scholar's father was once an official in the court. He was demoted for making a mistake and later resigned and moved to Taohua Village. He had a clean family background and good upbringing. He was very gentle and polite to others and had extraordinary talent. If he passed the exam in the future, he would definitely become an official.
If Qi Ying gets married, she will be an official's wife in the future.
Qi's mother hinted to the young scholar several times, and the young scholar also had some feelings for Qi Ying. He patted his chest and promised Qi's mother that as long as he passed the imperial examination this year, he would come to propose marriage as soon as he came back.
When Qi Ying found out, she refused to agree.
The young scholar only loves reading and not farming, so she will never marry him!
Arguing with my parents at home all day.
At the end of spring, the young scholar passed the imperial examination and returned home in glory. However, something went wrong on the way back, and he encountered a bandit who blocked his way and robbed him, and he almost lost his life.
Fortunately, a passing hero came to his aid and drove away the bandits. The young scholar was frightened, so he took out his remaining silver coins and hired the hero to escort him back to the village. The hero looked cold, but he was actually very enthusiastic and sent him back without asking for the money.
The scholar's family was particularly grateful to the hero and strongly invited him to live in Taohua Village for a while to experience country life.
The hero agreed.
The hero was called Ji Rang. He wielded a short sword and had superb martial arts skills. He was cold and didn't like to smile or talk all day long. After arriving in Taohua Village, he hardly went out. He just sat next to the stone mill of the scholar's house, holding his sword and staring into the distance in a daze.
The young scholar passed the examination and could finally fulfill his promise made before the exam. He excitedly went to the Qi family with a betrothal gift to propose marriage, but was chased out by Qi Ying with a stick.
The little girl's soft and angry voice floated into the scholar's house through the courtyard wall: "You love reading, I love farming, we are not suitable! Don't come over again! If you come again, I will let the dog bite you!"
The big yellow dog that Qi Ying raised was very fierce. The young scholar was afraid of dogs to begin with, so after hearing what she said, he ran back to his yard with the betrothal gifts and was never willing to visit again.
The good husband was gone just like that. Qi's parents were so angry that they locked Qi Ying in her room to reflect on herself, and punished her by not allowing her to eat for a day. Then they sent her out to work.
It was almost afternoon, and Ji Rang, who was sitting on the millstone in a daze as usual, heard continuous cries for help from the yard next door.
——"Help! Is there anyone here? Let me out!"
——"I'm so hungry, woooo, I'm starving to death."
——"Even if there is no food, give me some saliva. My throat is smoking."
Although the voice was soft, sweet and pleasant to the ear, it was annoying to hear it shouting like that all the time. Ji Rang couldn't stand it anymore, so he tiptoed over the wall and walked to the locked door.
He said coldly: "Stop shouting!"
Qi Ying finally saw someone and immediately peeped out through the crack of the door: "Who is it? Is anyone here? Let me out quickly."
Ji Rang said, "Stop shouting, it's too noisy."
Then I heard the little girl inside say, "If you help me break the lock, I will stop shouting, otherwise I will keep shouting."
There was no sound outside for a moment, and only a vague figure could be seen. After a while, the dagger was unsheathed, and with a clang, it split the door lock.
Qi Ying opened the door quickly.
I saw a tall figure at the door, blocking out half an inch of sunlight.
He was more handsome than anyone she had ever seen, with eyebrows as sharp as a knife, fierce and cold. When he looked down at her, his dark eyes were as deep as the deep well in the village.
The little girl blushed inexplicably at this cold gaze.
She hurriedly thanked him and ran to the kitchen to find food. When she came out after filling her stomach, the man was gone.
She had never seen this man in the village. After a little thought, she remembered that the little scholar had been saved by a hero before, and immediately realized that he was the hero.
As expected, no other way around he is called a hero. He came to save her as soon as he heard her cry for help.
Qi Ying stared at the broken lock on the ground for a while, then ran into the house, picked up a chair, moved it to the side of the courtyard wall, piled a few bricks on the chair, and then stood on it.
The chair was a little unstable, and she clung to the wall tremblingly. Her eyes could just see over the wall and see the hero sitting on the millstone in the young scholar's yard, polishing his sword.
She pursed her lips and called him, "Hero, what's your name?"
Ji Rang turned around and saw the little head against the wall, and was stunned for a moment.
The little head squinted and smiled at him: "My name is Qi Ying, what's yours?"
He paused and said calmly, "Ji Rang."
Qi Ying repeated the name twice and thought it sounded really nice. She squinted her eyes and asked him very seriously, "Master Ji, do you like farming?"
After waiting for a while, I heard Ji Rang say, "I like it."
The little girl clinging to the wall immediately had a burning look in her eyes.
In the evening, when Qi's parents came back from farm work, they heard their daughter declare righteously: "I have someone I want to marry! He's perfect for me!"
Father Qi: “…………”
Mother Qi: “…Who is it?”
Qi Ying: "I live next door!"
Qi's father and mother asked excitedly at the same time: "A scholar?"
Qi Ying: "It's not him! It's the hero who saved him from the bandits! He's a really nice guy, kind and enthusiastic, good at martial arts, good-looking, and most importantly, he also likes farming!"
Qi’s parents: “???”
Marriage is a serious matter, so the two refused without a second thought when they first heard their daughter say that. Qi Ying was not in a hurry. Every day when her parents were not at home, she would stand on a chair and lean on the wall to chat with Ji Rang.
He was always cold, didn't like to smile or talk, and only responded to her questions once, but he would answer whatever she asked. In this way, Qi Ying quickly mastered all his personal information.
Then she wrote it down on a piece of paper and showed it to her parents: "His name is Ji Rang, he is 27 years old this year, he has not married yet, his parents have passed away long ago, he is a swordsman, he used to work in the capital, now he is tired of the worldly things, and plans to find a quiet and ordinary place to live out his days. He thinks Taohua Village is nice, and he intends to stay here, but he is still thinking about it. His dream is to raise dogs, ducks, chickens, and farm. Look! It's exactly the same as my dream!"
Qi's parents: "..."
The daughter, who had only been interested in farming since she was a child, showed such great enthusiasm for a man for the first time, and her parents had to re-examine the matter.
Finally, after a series of inquiries and observations, they found that this swordsman named Ji Rang seemed to be quite reliable and suitable for their daughter.
So the two of them discussed it and secretly asked the village matchmaker to help. After the matchmaker got the letter, he pretended to visit the young scholar's home, and when he saw Ji Rang, he enthusiastically chatted with him for a while, and then got down to business.
"This young man is so handsome! He hasn't got married yet, has he? Look at our Taohua Village. Although the place is small, there are many girls, and each one is prettier than Taohua. Why don't I find you a marriage, and you can live in this village from now on. What do you think?"
Ji Rang looked at the smiling matchmaker with his deep eyes, which made the matchmaker almost unable to hold back. Then he heard him ask, "Which girl?"
The matchmaker breathed a sigh of relief and pointed to the side: "How about the girl from the Qi family?"
Ji Rang followed her hand and raised his lips quickly, then said nonchalantly, "Okay."
So the marriage was settled.
The two got engaged first, and then Ji Rang used his savings to build a yard in the vacant land next to Qi's house. According to Qi Ying's preferences, a vegetable plot was reserved in the yard, a chicken and duck shed was built next to the vegetable plot, and a swing was built for her under the tree in the yard.
After the new house was repaired, the two got married in the new house, and Ji Rang officially became a member of Taohua Village.
After the hustle and bustle of the wedding banquet in the daytime, the night is left with only the tranquility of barking dogs and croaking frogs.
Ji Rang held the delicate little girl in his arms and smelled the faint scent of new wood in the house. Only then did he feel that his half-life of wandering had finally settled down.
The little girl rubbed against his arms until she reached his chin, and then she put her arms around his waist and said happily, "We can farm together in the future."
He bent down and kissed her cheek: "Yeah."
She said in a soft voice: "You have to learn what you don't know. Next year we are going to grow the most grain in the village."
He said, "Okay."
She was happy alone for a while, then thought of something and asked nervously, "You've lived in such a prosperous place before, and now there's nothing here. Will you feel bored after a long time? If you get bored, will you leave?"
He hugged her, as if he couldn't kiss her enough: "No. As long as you are here, I won't go anywhere."
He didn't tell her that he wasn't actually a swordsman, he was just a killer, a killer with countless lives on his hands.
What he was tired of was not the worldly vanity, but the human blood and corpses.
He wanted to find a place where no one knew him and start his life again, and it was at this time that he met her.
She thought he had fallen into her trap, but she didn't know that those traps were actually set by him on purpose.
He wants to fall in, and she will succeed.
The killer who was once feared by the entire martial arts world put his sword into the scabbard and left it under the bed.
After getting married, Ji Rang planted many fruit trees near his home because Qi Ying liked to eat the fruits from his own trees the most.
There was a well in the village for drinking water. Every time Qi Ying went to fetch water, he was worried that she would fall into it. So he dug a well in his own yard and surrounded it with a fence taller than Qi Ying. No one except him could fly in.
When it was the harvest season in autumn, he couldn't bear to see Qi Ying bending over to harvest rice in the field under the scorching sun. He said he would do it, and then he swept his palm over, and all the rice ears fell to the ground.
Qi Ying: "!!! Do you know how to farm?! What should we do now!"
Ji Rang: “…………”
So he had no choice but to work day and night, picking up the rice ears bit by bit in the field, begging his young wife for forgiveness.
Otherwise, it would be too miserable if his wife wouldn’t let him go to bed at night.
Later, Qi Ying found out that this man said he liked farming, but in fact he didn't know anything and was lying to her!
But what can she do? After all, this man is the husband she fell in love with at first sight.
Alas, I can only live like this for the rest of my life.
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