Su Xubai was called to the county government office to discuss matters, but he didn't come back until late at night. By some strange mistake, he went to Cheng Chun's house.
Chengchun was already asleep, and Hongdou was also sleeping in the side room. He walked in slowly and saw a night light lit not far away. He walked to the edge of the bed and looked at Chengchun lying on the bed for a long time.
Chengchun was already awake when he came in, but he kept silent and pretended to sleep with his eyes closed.
After a while, Su Xubai sat down on the edge of the bed. He took off his boots and lay down next to Cheng Chun.
Chengchun turned over and rolled to the deepest part of the bed with his back facing him.
"You seem to hate me!" Su Xubai lay there, looking at the night light that flickered on and off, feeling a little lost.
Chengchun still didn't speak and just fell asleep on his side.
"Was it cold when you jumped into the river?" Su Xubai continued.
"The water is so cold, I just went down for a while, and when I came up, I was covered in ice scum!"
"How dare you jump with such a weak body? You must have hated me so much that you risked your life just to leave me!"
"I haven't had a good sleep for a long time. Every time I just fall asleep, I dream of you struggling in that cold and biting river!"
"Ah Chun, you clearly resent me, but why do you always look at me with such pure and dependent eyes? So gentle, so delicate, so serious, it makes me think that you really like me!"
"So, why do you hate me so, so much?"
Cheng Chun, who had been silent, slowly opened her eyes. She looked at the sheets in front of her and said lightly: "Su Xubai, have you forgotten how we met?"
Su Xubai was a little suffocated.
"If you hadn't broken into the shop, if you hadn't forced me, maybe I would still be the daughter of Cheng Huan's parents, and I wouldn't have followed you to the capital, let alone been forced to die by you. I like you? Why do I like you?
Why should I like you? If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have suffered at all. Su Xubai, I have never loved you from the beginning to the end. I just want to live, that's all!" Cheng Chun's voice was very soft.
, but the words he spoke were like a sharp knife, cutting into his heart time and time again.
Su Xubai looked at the top of the bed, cold tears sliding down the corners of his eyes and onto his ears. He just looked at it without saying a word.
"Su Xubai, please let me go, okay?" Cheng Chun lowered his eyes, looked at the quilt on his chest, and said softly, "Cheng Chun is already dead. If you let me go, it will be good for you and for me.
Good, isn’t it?”
"Okay? Where's the good thing?" Su Xubai sneered, "You took away so much money from me, but you have a carefree life for the rest of your life. What about me? I lost my wife and lost my army. This is a loss-making business!"
"
"I can give it back to you!" Cheng Chun sat up suddenly, and looked back at Su Xubai, "I can give you all the money back, just treat it as if we are even, and you let me go, okay
?"
Su Xubai looked at Che Chengchun for a while, then suddenly smiled: "Is it even? Chengchun, have you forgotten the knife that was pressed against your neck a few days ago? If I hadn't arrived in time, you would have already
He’s dead! This is a life-saving grace. It’s a life-saving grace. It’s a life-saving grace. Are you planning to leave like this?”
"I have also saved you!" Cheng Chun stared at Su Xubai in front of him, "Although, although I did not volunteer, if it weren't for me that day, you would have been poisoned and died. Now that you have saved me, you are also
It’s finally paid off!”
"Have you paid it off?" Su Xubai changed his posture, put his arms on his head, tilted his head slightly and looked at Cheng Chun, "Didn't you say so yourself? The former Cheng Chun is dead, and the debt will be wiped out after his death.
,Why offset it?”
"you……"
Su Xubai suddenly turned over and pressed Cheng Chun under him. He held her hand tightly, and then looked at her like a frightened deer. When she looked at him with wet eyes, he gave a bitter smile.
: "Chengchun, Chengchun, I really want to dig out your deceptive eyes!"
Chengchun gritted his teeth tightly, but just when he thought Su Xubai would do something, he suddenly stood up and left: "Remember to get up early tomorrow. Since you are no longer Chengchun, naturally you are no longer my concubine.
Then you have to get up and work, I don’t care for idlers here!”
"You can obviously let me go, then I don't need you to support me anymore!" Cheng Chun sat up holding the quilt with an unconvinced look on his face.
"Why, you don't want to see your parents anymore?" Su Xubai looked back at her and raised his eyebrows slightly, "By the way, a married woman has to wear her hair in a bun, and pretend to be an unmarried girl to save face!
"
Chengchun was immediately speechless, as if he had a breath in his heart, he couldn't go up or down, he was choking.
Seeing that she was silent, Su Xubai was quite happy and left with a smile, but he was no longer unhappy as before.
When Su Xubai walked out, he saw Hongdou wrapped in a quilt and squatting at the door: "Why, are you afraid that I will bully her?"
"No..." Hongdou lowered his head, not daring to say a word.
"Remember to get up early tomorrow and go to work for me!" Su Xubai was about to leave after saying that, but he stopped as if he suddenly thought of something, "At that time, you followed Cheng Chun and jumped into the river.
, he also fished in the river like crazy for several days, and lost a lot of weight in just a few days. If I hadn't forced him, he would have starved to death long ago!"
Of course Hongdou knew who Su Xubai was talking about, but she couldn't say a word.
"You two must have been vixens in your last life, vixens who can deceive others!" Su Xubai sneered, turned and left.
Hongdou never thought that one day she, with her mediocre looks, would be called a vixen.
This night, Cheng Chun was so angry that she didn't fall asleep again. She got up early the next day and when she was combing her hair, Hong Dou originally wanted to comb her hair into a girlish bun, but she remembered what Su Xubai said yesterday.
Although I was annoyed, I still said: "Let's comb the snake bun!"
Although Hongdou felt strange, she didn't say anything else.
When preparing to go out, Su Xubai saw Cheng Chun who was ready at the gate. He laughed, then got on his horse. He sat on the horse and stretched out his hand to Cheng Chun: "This is not the capital, there is no carriage.
Come up!"
Although he was reluctant, but at the moment he was stronger than others, Cheng Chun silently took Su Xubai's hand.
Su Xubai carried Chengchun onto the horse, and then rode out.
Su Xubai threw them into a porridge shed at the entrance of a government office, asked a woman to lead them, then went in, and ignored them ever since.
The weather turned slightly hot, and porridge was being cooked in the porridge shed. The heat was rising. After a while, Chengchun and Hongdou were sweating. But even so, the two of them kept making porridge there without saying a word.
.
The woman with Cheng Chun, who originally thought she was a noble lady from Su Xubai's house, would definitely not be able to do such menial work. She was just here to show off and gain a good reputation, so I thought of giving them the highest priority.
Where there is a lot of effort, it won't take long for people to run away, but they didn't expect that the two people were just working hard there without saying a word.
"It's very hot here. You've been busy for several hours. Let's go outside and serve porridge. It'll be cooler!" The woman walked in and said to Chengchun and Hongdou.
"It's okay, this job is easy, we can do it!" Cheng Chun said, wiping the sweat from his head.
The woman looked at their flushed faces and said with a smile: "We are here to change, otherwise if we do it for one day, we will not be able to survive tomorrow! Leave it alone, someone will take over later, you follow us
Outside!"
The women had said so, so Chengchun naturally didn't say anything else and just followed them out obediently.
When he walked to the soup kitchen, Chengchun looked at the queue outside and was a little surprised: "So many people?"
"The disaster this time is very serious. Many people have fled to us!" The woman said helplessly, "The food we have now is provided by grain merchants. I don't know how long it will last!"
Chengchun didn't say anything more, rolled up his sleeves and walked aside, taking the spoon.
The porridge shed here is pretty good. Although it is all coarse grain porridge, it is thick and not the kind of clear soup that is watery. It can make people full. I am worried that if they only eat porridge, they will be exhausted and unable to bear it. There are also porridge on the side.
I bought some pickles made by local people at home.
When Chengchun made porridge for them, it was always full so that they could eat well.
Perhaps it was because it was rare to see someone as good-looking as Cheng Chun. The queue at Cheng Chun's side was a bit long, and there were a few people with evil intentions who would touch Cheng Chun's hand when receiving bowls of porridge. She was very concerned about these.
The refugees were a little frightened, so every time their hands were touched, they would be frightened.
After a while, she couldn't bear it any longer. She put down the porridge bowl in front of her and entered the shed at the back. She refused to go to the front to give porridge.
"No, you are such a person. You are not willing to do this easy job to earn your reputation!" The woman was a little surprised.
A woman who followed in said "poof" and said, "Don't you know, those refugees are really nothing? We give them porridge, it's just that they don't know how to be grateful, and they take advantage of other people's little ladies, really."
It’s not a thing!”
The woman said "Hey", rolled up her sleeves and walked out. Then Hongdou and Chengchun heard a lot of yelling and scolding outside.
Hongdou went out to take a look curiously, and came back after a while: "That lady is so amazing, she doesn't even repeat her curse words!"
"That's the wife of the Wang family. She's famous for her shrewdness, so she's naturally powerful!" The woman on the side smiled, then looked at Cheng Chun, "You're a new lady, you look like you just got married from home.
Not long after we go out, when you become the master of the house, you will become more powerful, so it won’t matter!"