Chapter 24 It’s a pity that it’s so delicious
Shen Qingzhou never expected to be caught off guard and meet Lu Jia under such circumstances.
What made him even more confused was why every time he met this woman, she looked so embarrassed and speechless.
Even though this face belongs to six years ago, even though her hair is now loose, there are slap marks on her face, and most of her face is stained with mud, her eyes that are always ready to fight are still recognizable at a glance. Get her out.
When the aroma of food poured into his nose, Shen Qingzhou finally opened his eyes.
What you see is a tent made of coarse cotton cloth. The light was dim, with the light source located at a point to his left.
Shen Qingzhou turned his head, and a magnified face of a young man came into view. When he saw himself with his eyes open, the young man jumped away with a whoosh!
"Sister! Sister! He's awake!"
Shen Qingzhou sat up on the bed board. In the blink of an eye, the boy had gone out. The room was not big and simple. Apart from the bed he was lying on, there were only two wooden boxes stacked against the wall and a clothes rack. cabinet. There was a table under the window, with an oil lamp burning above it.
"Wake up when you wake up. What are you yelling about?"
The voice of the girl outside the door gradually faded, and then the door opened, and Lu Jia walked in carrying a tray. It was the third time they met. At any rate, she had washed her face and combed her hair again.
Shen Qingzhou breathed a long sigh of relief, swallowed, and got off the bed.
Lu Jia came over, bent down and propped up his knees, and looked at him.
Shen Qingzhou was forced to lean back, with a dull face: "What are you looking at?"
Lu Jia was not disturbed by him. After looking at him back and forth twice, he grinned and said, "You have a bad temper."
Shen Qingzhou was speechless.
"Are you hungry? I cooked for you." Lu Jia called to Xie Yi and brought a small square stool over. "The doctor said that you are weak in energy and blood, so you are hungry. Looking at the clothes you are wearing, it seems that you are not short of money. Why didn’t you even eat? ”
After saying that, she sent Xie Yi: "Go and boil a kettle of water and make some hot tea."
Shen Qingzhou looked down at the silk shirt he bought for three taels of silver to keep a low profile, and then looked at the coarse cloth clothes he was wearing, and understood what he meant by "no shortage of money".
But he said: "I don't eat spicy food."
"I didn't put chili pepper for you." Lu Jia brought the food over, "Do you think I'm stupid? Judging from your serious illness, the doctor must have told you not to eat spicy food.
"Here."
She pushed over a bowl of Japonica rice porridge with minced meat, and placed a bowl of steamed egg custard and a plate of steamed salted fish with black bean sauce in front of him.
"This is all we have at home, so you make do with what you have."
Shen Qingzhou is not picky about food, and the food in front of him has already made him appetite.
The reason for being unable to eat spicy food was simply because his father, Shen Bo, was in command outside the country. Although he and his mother received preferential treatment in Beijing, they did not have freedom of movement. He has never been north of the Yangtze River, so naturally he has never been exposed to these overbearing tastes.
But she said he was "very ill"...
He raised his eyelids and picked up the bowl: "My illness is only temporary and I will be cured soon."
The rumors in the capital were somewhat true. He had been suffering from frailty since he was a child, but it was not until two years later that he found out that his illness was not congenital.
But some people didn't want his father's stay at the border to go too smoothly, just as he suddenly fell into the water last month despite everything was fine. All because, as Captain Shen's "only son", he was a target.
After waking up, he stopped taking the body-building pills he had been taking for more than ten years. There were some things that he had to deal with after he returned.
Unconsciously, the porridge bowl reached the bottom, and he put it down hesitantly.
Lu Jia quickly refilled it for him with a wink, and then sat next to him curiously: "You are so hungry just because you don't eat spicy food? Where is your family? They don't care about you?"
When she saw him lying on her feet without saying a word, she thought he was frightened by her appearance!
So Lu Jia went home to call for help, and happened to meet Xie Yi who had just returned home. After a lot of effort, the two finally carried him back.
As a result, the doctor said that it was actually a combination of illness and hunger that made me hungry!
This guy! This is not just a matter of being hungry for a day or two. People with a family and a house cannot do this.
The porridge bowl in Shen Qingzhou's hand stopped at his mouth.
After a long while, he took a slow sip: "I have no family."
It turned out to be an orphan!
Lu Jia was surprised and sympathetic.
Looking at his pale face and tall but not strong body, he asked again: "Then what kind of business do you do?" Shen Qingzhou shook the gruel in the bowl carelessly: "Unemployed. Let's count it in one day." One day, I sometimes help people fight to make some money.”
Lu Jia was silent. Then he asked: "Do you earn much?"
"It's okay."
Lu Jia: "Oh."
Then he stared at the ground and thought about it.
Shen Qingzhou glanced at her, comparing it with her impression.
She must be over fifteen years old, and she looks much plumper than when she was on the run in her previous life.
This Xie family looks poor. The previous young man also wore patched clothes, but not only are there no patches on her clothes, but her skin is rosy, her hair is shiny, and she is full of energy. It seems that the Xie family really cares about their adopted daughter. Beloved.
This girl tried her best to escape from the Yan family to collect the remains of her adoptive mother, which shows that she also has a good conscience.
After finishing the porridge, he looked up: "Is there any rice? The porridge is too watery and not very filling."
Lu Jia came to his senses: "Yes!"
She turned around and shouted outside: "There's still rice left in the rice cooker. Brother Yi, hurry up and pack two bowls of rice!"
After receiving the response, she looked at Shen Qingzhou who was eating salted fish and eggs calmly, her heart swaying repeatedly as if the wrong weight was on the chest.
After what happened today, she deeply felt how nice it would be to have someone by her side who could fight. Unfortunately, he was also very good at eating. Whether she could feed him was really a question.
Not to mention providing him with food and drink and paying wages.
Qiuniang quickly brought rice and some tung leaf cakes. She said that Xie Yi would boil water again and he would be able to drink hot tea soon.
Then he greeted Shen Qingzhou a few more times and went out to boil medicine for him.
Lu Jia loaded the food for him and sat there uneasily for a while before deciding to ask, "How much do you usually charge for people like me today?"
His skill in beating people today was indeed powerful. If the fee is not expensive, she will hire it on a per-time basis. Let him take care of himself by eating and drinking.
Shen Qingzhou thought: "Ten taels of silver."
She was questioning him so much because she was probably not trying to reward him.
Given Lu Jia's family background, he naturally couldn't afford ten taels of silver.
She said lazily.
Shen Qingzhou added slowly: "Of course you don't have to give me anything. Treat me with food and hire a doctor. This should be considered as an offset."
He was originally here to repay her favors from his previous life, and by chance, he saved her from an injustice today. If he doesn't mention anything, I'm afraid she won't agree, and might become suspicious. If he offers her help in the future, she will most likely not accept it.
Shen Qingzhou still has his own way to go, and he doesn't want to spend too much energy on the entanglements of his past life.
If she wants to be paid, then negotiate the way she wants to be paid.
This girl knows how to repay a favor. A meal can be worth ten taels of silver. She will feel guilty and remember herself as a benefactor.
If he comes to visit again later, he will definitely not be ostracized, nor will his origins and motives be suspected.
Even though she knew that she and the Yan family were not from the same family, she was Lu Jie's daughter after all. Based on their respective positions, there shouldn't have been too much interaction between them.
"Can one meal offset the reward?"
After he finished speaking, Lu Jia's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Great!"
She was so excited that she clapped her hands, and then she became full of momentum: "Then I'll treat you to a meal, and you can help me beat someone up, okay?"
Shen Qingzhou, who was waiting for her to rack her brains and pour out the news:...
(End of chapter)