Chapter 173 Escape
Early the next morning, the heavy snow calculated by Qintian Supervisor began to fall from the sky.
After a while, the ground was covered with a layer of white, and the entire village was covered in white.
The farmers got up early and braved the heavy snow to sweep their yards, trying to clear the main road to prevent Chu Jingqi and his little masters from walking around and covering their shoes with snow.
But as soon as I finished sweeping, I looked back and saw that there was another layer of snow quilt on the road.
Xia Zihan was wrapped in a big cloak and stood at the window, admiring the snowflakes. He also saw a peasant woman on the verandah outside vigorously sweeping away the snow.
Xia Zihan called Chu Fei, pointed at the peasant woman and said, "Go tell her to wait until the snow stops before sweeping." At this time, sweeping was in vain, and soon there would be another layer of snow on the ground.
"Reward her with another red seal," she said.
Chu Fei put on his cloak and went out.
Outside the window, she saw the peasant woman nodding and bowing to Chu Fei, her hands and face were red from the cold, but the smile on her face was very bright.
When Chu Fei gave her the red seal, she was obviously stunned for a moment, and then she smiled happily and bowed to Chu Fei repeatedly.
The snow continues to fall, fluttering and falling one after another.
Chu Fei walked in and said, "Master, Prince Chu is here."
Xia Zihan looked out the window, and sure enough, Crown Prince Chu, wrapped in a big cloak, walked quickly towards this side, followed by Ma Bao, who was wearing a thick cotton coat and a thick cloak.
Chu Jingqi seemed to have seen her too. He smiled happily and walked quickly. After a while, she appeared at the door.
Only after taking off his cloak and dissipating the cold air did he dare to come over.
"Ayu, you don't have much to do alone. I came here specially to enjoy the snow scenery with you."
He stood next to her and saw that she kept looking out the window, as if she hadn't seen or heard him. A hint of sadness slipped across his face, and his tone was a bit condescending, "Are you still angry with me, Ayu? I won't do it anymore." I’m asking about you and Song Huai, I swear, please don’t be angry.”
"Ayu."
"Okay Ayu, I know I was wrong, please forgive me this time."
"Ayu, Ayu, Ayu..."
……
With his ears constantly being abused, Xia Zihan finally couldn't help but look back at him, "I know, I'm not angry with you."
She was angry with herself.
Angry at myself for being too easy on him, like now.
Chu Jingqi was happy, and imitated her, tugging on a corner of her sleeve, "Then make a promise, you will never be angry with me in the future, and I will never make you unhappy in the future."
"Okay, you have to remember that you are my brother." There can be no other relationships or other feelings.
"Well, I understand." Chu Jingqi's heart ached. Although he was unwilling, it seemed that he could only choose to compromise under the current situation, otherwise he might not even have a chance to see her.
The two stood at the window watching the snow scene together.
Half an hour later, the heavy snow had not stopped, and Chu Jingqi said worriedly, "It's snowing so hard, our way back may be blocked."
There is only one road from the city to here, and if it is blocked, they will be trapped here.
"Send someone back to tell us, otherwise, grandma will be worried at home." He said.
Xia Zihan summoned Chu Cong and sent her back to tell her, "Be careful when riding on the road. The snow is too heavy. Don't come here after you go back. There are Chu Fei and Nuan Yu here. It's enough for me to have them two to serve me." ”
Chu Cong said yes, then bowed and left.
Chu Jingqi stood with Xia Zihan until almost noon, then Xia Zihan looked back at him and asked, "Aren't you going back?"
She meant his room.
He deliberately arranged for the Dou sisters to live in a courtyard, but she lived in a place not far from his room. When he went out and walked through the veranda in front, he came here.
"I'm not going back. I'll have dinner with you at noon." The snow is too heavy, so everyone will have their own meal at noon, and they won't eat together.
Seeing that he seemed to be cheating, Xia Zihan really couldn't do anything to him.
She was scolded and scolded but couldn't get away, hit and beaten, and even gave him a cold face, but he didn't care, and he was still shameless and shy to please her.
Hey...
There were few people at noon, and there were four dishes and one soup. When he saw two vegetables, Xia Zihan said, "Don't let the raw land return to the city."
It was difficult to walk on this snowy road. If something happened, she would feel guilty.
Besides, although there are no green vegetables in Zhuangzi, there are also potatoes, radishes, Chinese cabbage, onions and other vegetables that are easy to store.
Seeing that Xia Zihan was actually worried about her boy, Chu Jingqi felt happy. She would even care about the boy next to him, but what about him?
You must be very concerned about it, right?
He grinned and said with a happy face, "Well, today I brought vegetables that can last for seven days. He won't go to the city these days, so you don't have to worry."
During these seven days, only Xia Zihan could eat, not counting the Dou sisters.
Chu Jingqi didn't say it clearly, so Xia Zihan thought that the Dou sisters could also eat it. When the snow stopped the next day, Xia Zihan insisted on eating in the Dou sisters' yard for lunch.
"I've been here for three days, and I just had one meal with them." She insisted on going.
Chu Jingqi had no choice but to accompany him and told the boy, "Send the county master's meal to Chaoyang Tower."
Chu Xuanyu's Zhuangzi is large in area and has many houses. There are five small courtyards in total, Chaoyang Tower, Sunset Tower, Jinyang Tower, Ziyang Tower and Yeyang Tower.
The Sunset Building is the courtyard where the farmers in Zhuangzi live. It has the most rooms, more than sixty, and is built closest to the vegetable garden on the edge of the field. The kitchen, warehouse, etc. are also there.
Yeyang Tower is the main room, with only three main rooms, where gatherings, receptions, and meals are all done. The first one is the Yeyang Tower where six people eat together.
Chaoyang Building is the guest courtyard, with three main rooms, two side rooms, two side rooms, and a vineyard of only half an acre, where the four sisters of the Dou family live.
One main room was used as a hall, two main rooms and two side rooms were suitable for the four sisters to live in. The two side rooms were crowded by several maids.
Every time they come, they stay in Chaoyang Building.
Ziyang Tower was the courtyard where Chu Jingqi lived, but now it was given to Xia Zihan. He himself went to the courtyard where Chu Xuanyu and his wife lived in Jinyang Tower.
There is a large hot spring pool in Jinyang Tower, enough for a dozen people to take a bath together. Chu Xuanyu and his wife would wash themselves in it every time they came. It was Chu Xuanyu's private bathroom and was not allowed to be used by outsiders.
Except, of course, his son.
There is also a hot spring pool near the periphery of Ziyang Tower that can accommodate seven or eight people. It is exclusively for Chu Jingqi, but when guests come, he has to let it out.
Now Xia Zihan and the Dou sisters are using it.
Several sisters from the Dou family used it before, and Chu Jingqi didn't have any objections, but now that he's grown up, it's awkward for him to think that a hot spring pool used by a man is used by several girls.
So Chu Jingqi made a decision. After the spring got warmer, he decided to dig a hot spring channel and introduce the hot spring into his room. After converting a side room next to his room into a bathroom, he dug a pool inside and made An artificial hot spring pool.
In this way, no one else can use his hot spring pool except himself.
Oh, no, if Ayu comes, he can generously let Ayu use it.
But she was the only exception.
Xia Zihan and Chu Jingqi arrived at Chaoyang Tower. The maids and peasant women were setting the table together. The eldest and second eldest son of the Dou family were playing chess at the most critical moment. The third and fourth sons were cheering and cheering beside them, which was quite lively.
At this moment, Xia Zihan was very envious of the relationship between the four sisters of the Dou family.
It turns out that the relationship between biological sisters can be so good, unlike her and Xia Ziying.
After she moved into Xia's house, Xia Ziying wanted to step on her and slap her every time she saw her.
Xia Ziying also did it and slapped her several times.
It's just that she has a mother to protect her. She is a motherless person. Even if she is beaten, it is her fault, and she must be the one punished in the end.
Looking at the four sisters now, Xia Zihan is truly envious and jealous.
"Chu Yu, Cousin Aqi, you are here. It's time to have lunch. Let's eat together." Miss Dou Si had sharp eyes. When she saw the two entering the house, she left the other three sisters behind and jumped to greet them.
She held Xia Zihan's arm and pouted, "The weather is really annoying. The last person I made an appointment with you to go to the hot spring room didn't even make it."
"Let's go in the afternoon." Miss Dou San came over, glanced at Chu Jingqi, and looked at Xia Zihan with a smile.
"Well, I came here to mention this matter." Xia Zihan said.
At this time, two peasant women brought Xia Zihan and Chu Jingqi's meals and put them on the table.
Miss Dou Si’s eyes lit up, “There are spinach and celery.”
At this time, Dou Da and Dou Er also determined the winner. Miss Dou won one piece. Miss Dou Er became old-fashioned and kept saying that she made one wrong move and lost the whole game. She pestered Miss Dou to continue in the afternoon and she wanted to make a comeback. If we start over, we must win Miss Dou.
Dou Da and Dou Er made such a fuss, but Dou Si's exclamation was suppressed. No one noticed that Xia Zihan's face stiffened for a moment when he saw the food on the table.
The dishes on the table, except for her two plates of spinach in oil and celery with pine nuts, which are rare in winter, are mostly vegetables that are easy to preserve in the cellar, such as radishes, pumpkins, and large yams.
Although there are many plains, there is not a trace of green.
Xia Zihan knew in her heart that she was the only one who could eat green vegetables.
After feeling Chu Jingqi's strong feelings, the feelings were like a big mountain, which suddenly overwhelmed her and made her breathless.
She subconsciously wanted to escape and run away far away.
In this life, she doesn't want to marry Song Huai, but she doesn't want to marry Chu Jingqi, and she doesn't want to marry into a noble family and live the life of a noble lady who is beautiful on the surface but miserable in reality.
I don’t want to stay in the small world of the inner courtyard for the rest of my life, I don’t want to share a husband with other women, I don’t want to be like other women who crane their necks every time night falls, hoping for the occasional blessing from their husband.
She didn't want to watch her husband teasing her with his beautiful and charming concubine in his arms, while she hid in the corner and cried alone, living lonely day after day.
She didn't want to live those days when the noble lady smiled on the outside and cried on the inside.
She just wants to find a child from a poor family who is kind-hearted, emotional and responsible, and they can have a few more children and live a peaceful and stable life.
(End of chapter)