There are flowers and wine, hoeing and farming

Chapter 53

One afternoon, Qiaoqiao continued her sewing business in the house. Boss Hu took her in and took good care of her. She couldn't do anything else, but at least she must do what she could.

There were no guests in the afternoon, so Liu Jian couldn't stay idle, so he ran to the back to have a look from time to time. When he came here for the first time, Qiaoqiao was sitting at the door, basking in the warm afternoon sun, thinking that it was Boss Hu who came over. I didn't care, but then I heard Liu Jian's surprised cry.

"Can you sew clothes?"

Qiaoqiao saw that he saw this, and there was no point in denying it, so he nodded: "Yes, yes. When you are away from home, who wouldn't know how to do these basic tasks."

Liu Jian thought for a while: "That's right, a few days ago I heard those soldiers talking about sewing their own clothes. Fortunately, my family is here, with a mother and a daughter-in-law, so I don't need an old man to learn how to sew. "

When it was getting dark, Qiaoqiao saw that there were very few people coming to eat, and they didn't go to the front. Maybe it was because those soldiers who had just fought a small war were tired and needed to adjust, so they didn't come out.

She didn't let go of the work until her eyes felt a little uncomfortable from the swaying of the oil lamp. Today, most of the work done is Boss Hu's clothes and the bedding that will be used, and the rest can be done tomorrow.

In the evening, General Li didn't bring any clothes. Qiaoqiao, who had been anxious for a long time, finally relaxed when Boss Hu closed the restaurant and returned to the backyard. He went to the front yard to scoop up footwashing water, laughing at himself After thinking about it, the person at most wanted to tease him, thought it was fun, and said a few words casually, how could he really come here to let him mend his clothes.

She walked a lot today, and soaking her feet in hot water really made her feel very comfortable, and she felt lazy all over.

When she was immersed in this comfortable feeling, the door was suddenly opened.Qiaoqiao was startled, and hurriedly looked over, and the man walked into the room unconsciously, immediately turned around and closed the door, and greeted with a smile: "Qiaoqiao, I'm here."

He didn't think there was anything wrong with coming to a daughter's room at night. Although they were relatives, this situation was a bit too embarrassing. Qiaoqiao's pants were rolled up above the ankles, and his feet were soaked in the water. If it were any other girl, she would definitely scream and faint.

Qiaoqiao's face was flushed, her feet soaked in it, it was wrong to take it out to dry it, and it was even worse to keep soaking in it, she sat stiffly, and shouted at Qu Zhiwen in a low voice: "Get out!"

Qu Zhiwen blinked his eyes in bewilderment, not knowing why, as if he was yelled at for no reason.He walked over and looked at Qiaoqiao: "What's the matter? Didn't I say that I would come to see you often? Are you busy today?"

"No, it's not this question, you..."

"Hey, you mended those? Whose?" Qu Zhiwen suddenly saw the folded clothes at the end of the bed, and he knew at a glance that they belonged to a man. Long to somewhat worn-out men's clothing.

Qiaoqiao took a deep breath and had no choice but to answer him first: "It belongs to Boss Hu."

When Qu Zhiwen heard it, he burst out laughing: "Oh, is it his? It should be, it should be, and I have taken care of you for so long."

Qiaoqiao really didn't know how to deal with this cheeky cousin, but no matter what she did, she felt very uncomfortable in this state, and she begged in a low voice: "You, can you go out first?"

"Why?" Qu Zhiwen walked up to her.

Qiaoqiao was so angry and ashamed, she was about to take it up and put it under the bed regardless of her wet feet, when Qu Zhiwen said, "Don't move."

His words smacked of an order, Qiaoqiao didn't react for a while, and subconsciously listened to his words.

After he finished speaking, he looked at Qiaoqiao's feet in the basin.

The light in the room is not very good, the light from the oil lamp is not too bright, but under this kind of dim orange light, the pot of water with a bit of warmth set off her small feet. It was as smooth as jade, as if there was no trace of blemish, and even exuded a faint halo, and the toes were curled up cutely.

Qiaoqiao followed his line of sight and looked down, and saw that he was staring at her feet seriously. Finally, she couldn't help but let out a soft cry, raised her foot, and directly lifted up the water in the basin, and then quickly pumped it. The playback was placed under the quilt, wrapped in a thin blanket next to it, so tightly covered that I couldn't see it at all.

Some water was splashed on the bottom of Qu Zhiwen's trousers. He looked at it, and didn't feel angry at all. He stared at the pot of water that was shaking violently, as if he was reminiscing about the scene he just saw. Huan said: "Qiaoqiao, you are really a girl..."

A word, with infinite emotion, said in that somewhat ambiguous tone.

Qiaoqiao was sitting on the bed, holding the blanket that tightly wrapped her feet with both hands, her face was flushed, and she looked at him with anger in her eyes.

"Qiaoqiao, we almost got married when we were young. If my aunt was not afraid that I would grow up in that environment and become a person with a bad temper. I'm afraid we would have married by now."

He suddenly said these words, Qiaoqiao is not a fool, so he naturally understood what he wanted to express next, hurriedly forgot his shame and anger, interrupted his next words, bowed his head and said: "Hurry up, the sky is like this It's late, I'm tired, I want to rest early."

Qu Zhiwen nodded, and responded: "I have watched my mother suffer so much humiliation since I was a child, how can I let my future wife suffer this?"

He walked step by step to the side of the bed, and was about to touch Qiaoqiao's hair with his hand, but she dodged it all of a sudden: "Cousin, you are such a good person, cousin will be very lucky in the future!" After finishing speaking, Qiaoqiao managed to squeeze out a dry laugh.

Qu Zhiwen raised his eyebrows: "It's not kind to call me cousin, so you should call me Zhiwen!"

Qiaoqiao turned her back to him, looked at the wall inside the bed and said nothing, but Qu Zhiwen was obviously very patient, just stood there.

"Why haven't you left yet?"

"Okay, I'm going to write a letter to tell my aunt!" Qiaoqiao began to threaten.

"What are you going to write?" Qu Zhiwen raised his chin, thought for a while, his eyes lit up, and suggested: "How about, tell my mother that I will go to your boudoir in the middle of the night, and then make some useless things. about the ceremony?"

The anger in Qiaoqiao's heart was burnt to the highest point all of a sudden, and she couldn't do it if she had to endure it like a little daughter-in-law and cried for this person to leave. She stood up, picked up the hard wooden pillow, and smashed it directly .

Although Qu Zhiwen looked playful, he was still a soldier after all. He tilted his head slightly, and then caught the pillow.Looking at Qiaoqiao's appearance, he also felt that enough is enough and gradual progress is appropriate, what's more, today's harvest so much exceeded his expectations, so he apologized: "I won't do anything, you take a good rest, I still I will come to see you. Also, I have brought the letter my mother wrote to me, so if you want to read it, you can read it."

After Qu Zhiwen said this, he didn't leave immediately, but squatted down and picked up the basin of foot washing water.

"You, don't..." Qiaoqiao turned her head to see what he was going to do, and jumped out of the bed in a hurry.

"Go to sleep."

Qu Zhiwen didn't give her a chance to speak at all, and went out directly with the water for washing her feet. Outside, there was the sound of water being poured, and then, the door was closed from the outside, and the door latch made a click, and it was knocked down.

Qiaoqiao sat in a daze for a while before lying down under the quilt, and took out the letter.The above first briefly described the reason and process of her coming here, and then it was a long page to tell him to take good care of himself. At the end, the aunt mentioned that she wanted to get married since she was a child, but she missed it. , but now miraculously they are in another place again, it has to be said that it is predestined, if he grasps it carefully, he can get closer and closer in the future.

Covered with a quilt, Qiaoqiao decided to ignore everything for the time being and get a good sleep first.

Here, except when the wind blows, the weather is basically good at other times. At least it is sunny day after day, and it is rare to see cloudy or rainy days. For some plants, it is very suitable for growth.

Qiaoqiao is free to arrange the time from morning to lunch preparation and from lunch to dinner. This day, she had breakfast, wiped the tables in the hall, said hello to Boss Hu, and went out .

There is no flower market in this city, but when she went shopping, she found that the people here may be affected by the dry and sandy climate, and they like to put some flowers and plants in shops, streets and other places, most of which are only green leaves. Drought-resistant plants, a few pots of brightly colored flowers may be placed in very few luxuriously decorated restaurants.

Qiaoqiao thought, maybe, she can continue to develop her career here?
She wandered around for a long time, and finally found some flower seeds in a shop selling grains and seeds. The species were not clear, and those people had put them away for many years. Whether they could be fed was a problem.However, Qiaoqiao cherished it very much. She packed these seeds and went to the suburb not far away. There were some weeds and wild flowers growing here. The flowers were not conspicuous, and the flowers were small, white, and very inconspicuous. , Qiaoqiao didn't dislike it, and dug out a few of them that looked very good, wrapped them up and took them back.

After working for a long time, as soon as she entered the backyard, she heard the noise in the front hall. It seemed that there were many people there. She hurriedly poured some water on the root of the flower and put it on the ground, washed her hands and went to the hall.

There were a lot of people sitting inside, and it was very lively, and several impatient ones had already slapped the table and yelled: "Let me have a few glasses of water first, I'm dying of thirst!"

Liu Jian was walking there with a pot of water and a smiling face. When he saw Qiaoqiao standing at the door of the backyard, he was already in a hurry. When he saw someone who could save him, he jumped up and waved Shouting loudly: "Cheng Qiao, Cheng Qiao...Qiao...cough, here, hurry up, I'm so busy."

When he shouted, many people looked at Qiaoqiao. Qiaoqiao lowered her head and walked forward, took his teapot, and whispered: "I just came back, you go and do your work, I will pour water for them."

"Second brother, I didn't see you just now, I thought you weren't here anymore? What are you doing?"

"I went out to buy some things, I just came back, do you want anything else?"

"No, just serve us ramen quickly."

Qiaoqiao smiled and nodded, just as she was about to leave, a person suddenly called out to her: "What's your name?"

Qiaoqiao didn't raise his head to notice him just now, but after hearing his voice, he raised his head and looked over. Sure enough, Zheng Cang was sitting at the back of this table. His expression was a bit strange, as if he heard and saw something unbelievable. matter.

In the past, people in restaurants always called her Xiaoqiao. This name was unremarkable and very common.

However, her name is Cheng Qiaoqiao. Anyone who has heard of her will naturally look twice when someone calls Cheng Qiao.He saw Zheng Cang's eyes fixed on her face, and she could feel that his eyes moved from her eyebrows, forehead, eyes, mouth, every place, every line, and the expression on her face became more and more confused .

"Captain Zheng?"

A few soldiers nearby called him suspiciously.

Qiaoqiao's heartbeat was a little flustered at the moment, and she didn't know if he could deduce her from the little impression he had when he was a child.

"Where is your hometown?" Zheng Cang fixed her deep eyes on her face, her expression was not as confused as before, but she was somewhat sure.

Guessing that he should doubt who she is, Qiaoqiao lost the excitement and panic and calmed down a little bit. She changed her mind and smiled politely at him: "I grew up here. Big one, this is my hometown.”

Lieutenant Zheng was still looking at him, and the soldiers around him didn't know why, and they were getting pissed by him, but Qiaoqiao was not affected, she suppressed a smile, and said with a straight face: "My lord, is there anything else? I'll go to the kitchen if I have nothing to do, I still have to serve."

After speaking, he turned around and left.

"You guys often come here to eat?" After Qiaoqiao left, Zheng Cang looked at her back for a long time until she disappeared at the kitchen door.

"I will come here during the break, hehe, captain, you know that the food in the army tastes like that."

"Well, has this little brother been here all this time?"

"No, he just came here a few months ago. At that time, everyone thought he was a little girl, but Boss Hu said that he was a little boy, just a boy and a girl."

Zheng Cang asked many more questions, but over and over again, he only got some superficial information. He didn't know where she was from or why she came here.

In the meantime, Qiaoqiao walked in the restaurant with bowls of ramen several times, but because she had called Liu Jian in advance, Liu Jian was responsible for delivering them to their table.Even so, Qiaoqiao could still feel Zheng Cang's scorching eyes fixed on her back.

After all the people had dispersed, Zheng Cang still hadn't left. There was a jug beside him, and he poured some into the small wine glass from time to time, and sipped it slowly.

Because everyone had almost left, it was time for the four of them to eat. Master Lu was a little tired today. After a busy day, he asked Qiaoqiao to take care of the dinner. Cut it into shreds, then mixed some sorghum noodles, put in an egg, added seasonings like salt and green onion, after stirring well, fried the pumpkin and ate it.Then I fried shredded pork with black fungus and green pepper.After it was served, the aroma was strong, and several people sat there, chatting lively while eating.

"Boss Hu..." Several people were eating when Zheng Cang, the only remaining guest, came quietly behind their dining table.

"En?" Boss Hu still had something in his mouth, looked back, raised his head and asked suspiciously.

"Some things, come here, I'll ask." After finishing speaking, Zheng Cang stepped up to the door.

Boss Hu also put down his chopsticks and followed.

Qiaoqiao secretly moved the chair, and then let herself be able to lean towards the two of them. Zheng Cang said a few words, and then Boss Hu answered, and then Zheng Cang continued to ask, and then glanced at Qiaoqiao. , She was so scared that she hurriedly lowered her head.

"Boss, why does he want you?"

Boss Hu and Zheng Cang chatted for a long time before returning to eat, and Liu Jian asked with a stuffy mouth.

"So much nonsense, eat your meal." Boss Hu glared at him, and gulped down a big mouthful of noodle soup.

At first he couldn't recognize himself, so he was naturally angry, but when he recognized himself, he didn't want to admit it so quickly, Qiaoqiao's petty temper played, and he still hoped to torture the brother Zheng Cang when he was a child of.

Thinking of how he wanted to recognize each other, but didn't dare to act rashly because of her own denial, Qiaoqiao felt a burst of joy in her heart, she thought about it, and grinned.

"You look so stupid, what are you doing? You are young, don't you want a wife?" Liu Jian raised his eyes and saw her smirking, and gave her a blank look.

Because he was happy, he had a full dinner, so Qiaoqiao let Liu Jian go first, and get busy with work by himself, and digest the food by himself.

After washing the dishes and chopsticks, wiping the tabletop, the floor, and the counter, everything was cleaned, and then the firewood was pressed down, leaving only a little spark. She beat her back and went to the backyard to fetch two pots of hot water.

Just as she was about to take off her socks and wash her feet, she suddenly thought of her cousin, and hurried to the door of her house, hung the latch heavily, and then went back to wash in peace.

However, today her worries were a little unnecessary. Qu Zhiwen probably felt that she came here yesterday, so she didn't need to use it today. Qiaoqiao didn't hear anything until she finished washing her feet and lay down on the bed to fall asleep.

(End of this chapter)