Smuggling Daming

Because of excessive grief, Wang Jinxuan finally fell asleep in Zhou Zhong's arms quietly, and she still didn't wake up until they boarded the boat. In the end, Zhou Zhong had no choice but to carry her to the cabin on the boat to rest.It's just that when Zhou Zhong put Wang Jinxuan on the bed, he found that the other party was holding on to her sleeve tightly, as if it would make her feel a sense of security.

Zhou Zhong was also very helpless about this, so he had to sit by the bed and accompany Wang Jinxuan, but he was also tired all day, and at this time the ship was also starting to leave the port, and under the caress of the waves, the ship was a little wobbly , like a baby's cradle, Zhou Zhong also felt his eyelids getting heavier and heavier, and fell asleep beside the bed.

In her sleep, Wang Jinxuan had a very long dream. In the dream, she seemed to be back when she was a child, running around in the garden with her temples tied, the garden was filled with the sound of her laughter, while her father was sitting in the garden In the small kiosk, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he looked at himself playing around.

But soon this peaceful life was broken, a group of brocade guards wearing flying fish suits rushed in like menacing spirits, tied up her father without any explanation, and then escorted her to the prison car, she stretched out her little hand to stop him, but She was small and weak, and she couldn't stop anyone at all. In the end, she could only watch helplessly as her father was taken away, and then the prison car drifted away, and it was about to disappear under the horizon.

"Don't!" Wang Jinxuan screamed suddenly and sat up on the bed, her whole body was dripping with sweat, and the hair on her forehead was all wet, sticking tightly to her fair skin.

Zhou Zhong, who was sleeping on the bedside, also trembled from Wang Jinxuan's scream, and sat up all of a sudden.When she saw Wang Jinxuan sitting on the bed with a terrified face, she finally understood, and immediately comforted her: "Jinxuan, don't be afraid, we are on the boat back to Shuangyu Port, Uncle Wang will be fine!"

At this time, Wang Jinxuan finally woke up from the fright of the nightmare. When she saw Zhou Zhong was by her side all the time, and her hands were still holding his clothes, she couldn't help but blushed, and hurriedly let go. Apologizing with both hands: "Jinxuan lost her composure. I disturbed Brother Zhou!"

"It's okay, you must be hungry now. I'll ask someone to prepare something to eat. Don't say no to eating, otherwise your body will collapse, and I won't be able to explain to Uncle Wang in the future!" Zhou Zhong said without waiting for Wang Jinxuan's consent.He turned around and left the cabin, only then did he realize that there was already a bright moon and few stars outside, and it seemed that the first half of the night was almost over.

Zhou Zhong came to the cooking position on the ship. The ship he was on was an ocean-going ship of the former Chamber of Commerce, and the hull was damaged before.Therefore, I can no longer go to the far sea, and can only run near the boat.The hull of this ship is huge.There is a special kitchen on the boat, and there are also chefs for cooking, but it is already midnight at this time, and everyone on the boat is asleep except for the boatman who operates the boat.

Zhou focused on turning on the lights and looking around in the kitchen, but found a lot of fresh ingredients, and the coal fire in the stove was still on.So he simply turned up the coal fire and cooked two side dishes himself.It was very simple, scrambled eggs and fried cabbage, and cooked a small pot of white porridge. Of course, these were not for Wang Jinxuan to eat alone. He hadn't eaten for almost a day, and now he was very hungry, so it happened to be eaten together.

When Zhou Zhong returned to the cabin with the food, Wang Jinxuan had already sat up, and washed her face with water, which made her look a little refreshed, but her eyes were still red, and there was a hint of melancholy in her brows .

At this time, Zhou Zhong put the food on the table, and then greeted Wang Jinxuan with a smile: "The cook on the boat has already fallen asleep, so I made some by myself. If Jinxuan doesn't mind, come and try my cooking." Zhuo'er and Duo'er like to eat the food I cook the most!"

Hearing that these meals were cooked by Zhou Zhong himself, Wang Jinxuan couldn't help being very surprised, and she shifted her attention from the grief of her father being escorted back to Beijing, and then asked very strangely: "Brother Zhou still knows how to cook? "

Zhou Zhong knew that Wang Jinxuan would definitely ask this question, and this was also his way of intentionally trying to divert the other party's attention, so he smiled and deliberately joked: "Although the sage said that a gentleman stays away from the kitchen, but I bet, the sage When he said this, someone must have cooked for him, and if he was allowed to live on his own for a few years, he might be able to develop a good cooking skill!"

Hearing Zhou Zhong explain Mencius's words in this way, and even make jokes about the saint, Wang Jinxuan couldn't help but feel very funny, and couldn't help laughing out loud, but her smile was also short-lived, and she was soon caught again. The heart is occupied by sadness.

Seeing this, Zhou Zhong also knew that it was not good to tease Wang Jinxuan at this time, so he greeted Wang Jinxuan again and said, "Jinxuan, sit down quickly and try my cooking skills. I know you don't have an appetite now, so I cooked two A light side dish and white porridge, let's go to bed early after eating..."

Zhou Zhong was taken aback when he said this, because he found some ambiguity in his words, and immediately explained again: "I mean I'm going back to my cabin to rest, not here..."

Zhou Zhong found that the more he explained, the more embarrassing he became. Wang Jinxuan stuck her head deeply into her chest at this time, and her ears turned cute pink because of shyness. Good porridge, and then passed it over, but because Wang Jinxuan was shy, she almost knocked over the bowl when she took the porridge.

Because of Zhou Zhong's unintentional words, the atmosphere in the cabin was awkward and somewhat ambiguous. Wang Jinxuan lowered her head and sipped the porridge softly, while Zhou Zhong ate at the fastest speed, planning to finish eating early and leave early.But at this moment, Wang Jinxuan who was still blushing suddenly raised her head and said, "Brother Zhou, I heard from my father that you seem to have plans to give up your official career. I wonder if this is true?"

Zhou Zhong was also taken aback when he heard this, and didn't understand why Wang Jinxuan asked this suddenly, but he still replied: "It's not that I gave up completely, but you also know about my family. Since my father passed away, I have become a family member. The only man, as the eldest brother of Zhuan'er and Duo'er, I naturally have to take on the important task of supporting the family, and at the same time find ways to revive the family business, so I took over my father's business."

Zhou Zhong paused when he said this, and then explained the reason why he persuaded Wang Lun at the beginning: "In addition, the eunuch party in the court is now in power, and the court is in darkness. I even heard that as long as the officials in the court are promoted , is going to give Liu Jin a congratulatory gift called "He Yinqian", ranging from a few thousand taels to as many as tens of thousands of taels. Under the power of these eunuchs?"

When Zhou Zhong spoke to the end, he also showed a righteous and dignified expression on his face, as if he really disdain to collude with Liu Jin and others.It's a pity that only he knows that the basic foundation of ancient prose in his belly is not to say that he is going to take the general examination, and I am afraid that he will not be able to pass the provincial examination again.

However, Wang Jinxuan is naturally unaware of the changes that happened to Zhou Zhong. In her eyes, Zhou Zhong is still the 14-year-old scholar who passed the exam and the 15-year-old who wrote Journey to the West. It is very appropriate to describe her future husband-in-law as brilliant. but.Therefore, when she saw Zhou Zhong's two reasons for giving up his official career, she couldn't help but admire her even more. The first reason showed that Zhou Zhong was a responsible person who knew how to give up, and the latter reason proved Zhou Zhong's character even more. All these made Wang Jinxuan more and more satisfied with Zhou Zhong, and even couldn't help but feel secretly happy in her heart.

With Wang Jinxuan taking the initiative to break the embarrassment between the two, Zhou Zhong no longer just cared about eating, but began to chat with Wang Jinxuan while eating. Speaking of which, it was the first time since the two met for the first time that they talked so much If so, and through this chat, both Zhou Zhong and Wang Jinxuan have deepened their understanding of each other, and this has even narrowed the distance between the two sides.

In addition, Wang Jinxuan was also full of praise for Zhou Zhong's cooking skills. Although they were just two very ordinary side dishes, Zhou Zhong's cooking was just right, which could be compared with the skills of some chefs.This made Zhou Zhong very happy. In the end, he got carried away and blurted out: "Jinxuan, if you like to eat, I can make it for you every day from now on!"

As a result, as soon as Zhou Zhong said the words, he immediately felt wrong, because the meaning expressed in this sentence was too ambiguous. After listening to it, Wang Jinxuan immediately lowered her head again, and her face was blushing.But what Zhou Zhong didn't expect was that although Wang Jinxuan was shy, she nodded subtly, and at the same time gave a soft "hmm", which was regarded as a response to Zhou Zhong. With the education she received since she was a child, she could make such a bold move. The move is already very rare.

It's just that Zhou Zhong smiled wryly in his heart at this time, and at the same time wished he could slap himself a few times, he blamed his stinky mouth, he could eat as he wanted, but he insisted on chatting, even if chatting, he even said these things If Wang Jinxuan misunderstood, now that he has given him the following response, how should he speak up about retiring the engagement in the future?

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhong couldn't help showing annoyed look on his face. Fortunately, Wang Jinxuan was only too shy to look up at him, so she didn't notice the strangeness on Zhou Zhong's face.

After finally finishing the meal, Zhou Zhong hastily excused himself to leave and went back to his room, but he didn't feel sleepy at the moment, thinking of his relationship with Xie Lingyun and Wang Jinxuan, he felt extremely headache, At the beginning, Xie Lingyun's father, Xie Da, asked him to cancel the Wang family's marriage within one month, but because of Wang Lun's accident and Xie Lingyun's persuasion, this deadline was removed. trouble. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)