Rebirth as Hou Menfu

Chapter 25

On the vertical day, there was a lot of idleness in the market in the afternoon. A carriage hurried past, rolling up a burst of dust and smoke. The willow trees on the side of the road were already full of branches and leaves, and the green willow branches swayed on the river bank under the blowing. In the small private room of a tea house, Yingxiu looked at the Gulu rolling tea, scooped up a spoonful with a wooden spoon and put it into the teacup.

There was a sound of wheels rolling outside the house, and after a while, there was a knock on the door, Yingxiu signaled Qingbi to go to open the door, Qi Haoming appeared at the door in a wheelchair, Zhuo Ye pushed him into the room quickly , Qingbi subconsciously looked outside and closed the door.

"Miss Shen is really intrigued." Qi Haoming took a look around the furnishings in the house, there is such a quiet tea house in the capital, and even the small courtyard outside is decorated very charmingly.

"Young Master Qi gave this great gift, but Yingxiu couldn't think of anything to repay. Heard that Young Master Qi is also a tea lover, so she invited me here." Yingxiu filtered the tea for the third time, took a spoon and poured some onto Qi. In the cup in front of Hao Ming, "I'm not good at tea art, I'm laughing at you."

Qi Haoming picked up the cup and stabilized it first, then took a sip and praised, "Good tea." He looked up at Yingxiu and smiled, "Miss Shen is modest, this tea is absolutely extraordinary."

Yingxiu wore a light-colored skirt with a water-colored gauze belt around her waist, and a long skirt with a violet-colored hibiscus that tugged at the front and tucked in the waist and sleeves.The elegant orchids embroidered on the cuffs set off her white fingers like shaved onions, and her pink lips gently curved into a beautiful arc.There are light blue tassels hanging on the earlobe, the tassels are light, and can dance slowly when the wind outside the window blows.

A flash of astonishment flashed in Qi Haoming's eyes, and he almost lost his mind.

Yingxiu rested one hand on her cuff, and on her white arm was a string of gold and silver bracelets, which were adorned with exquisitely carved small balls. Accompanied by her movements, there was a crisp sound of collision from time to time. Yingxiu came from the side I scooped a spoonful of mountain spring water into the pot, and the rolling water instantly quieted down, only the soft sound of '噗噗' was heard.

"Yingxiu only understands a little bit, not as good as the master of Wan'an Temple." Putting the wooden spoon in her hand aside, Yingxiu took the brocade box from Qingbi's hand and put it on the table. I'm afraid it's unacceptable, so I ask Young Master Qi not to embarrass Yingxiu."

"There's no reason to take back what you give away, and it's not a generous gift, it's just Qi's wish." Qi Haoming drank tea with a cup in his hand, without looking at the brocade box.

"Then Yingxiu can't accept it." Yingxiu pushed the brocade box towards him a little bit, and shook her head, "I appreciate Young Master Qi's kindness, but we are not familiar with each other, and we are not married yet. , it’s better to be taboo.”

"I'm acquainted with your cousin. If I give you something, no one will say anything."

"If you send Cousin Jinze, that's of course not a problem, but I'm afraid it's not appropriate to give and receive in private." Yingxiu felt something was wrong after reading the letter. If you return the gift with the incense, then this bracelet will not be able to tell anything. Once or twice Yingxiu can be regarded as not caring, but if there are too many, you have to think about how important reputation is to an unmarried girl, let alone She is in such a delicate situation in Shen's residence, if there is a slight mistake, it will be considered that her life has been saved in vain.

Qi Haoming's calm and smiling face finally showed a slight change. She really didn't think of herself at all, "What if your cousin gave it to you?"

"Cousin won't send things to me for no reason, after all, I still have to be concerned about my identity, so I'm afraid, Young Master Qi, this thing will be taken back." Yingxiu didn't have much contact with Qi Haoming in her previous life, They didn't meet each other before marriage, and they rarely saw each other after marriage. One decision to go to Qiao's mansion changed so many things, and the intersection between the two suddenly increased.

"You really don't remember?" After a while, Qi Haoming asked suddenly, and Yingxiu looked at him puzzled, "Remember what?"

"You really don't remember who I am?" Yingxiu shook her head, seeing his persistence in asking, she thought about it, "I don't understand what Young Master Qi means."

"Ten years ago, a little boy and his friends went to an official's mansion to pay homage to his wife who had just died. He found a person in the room behind the mourning hall." Qi Haoming didn't want to use this share at first. The memory that has been forgotten by her tightens the distance between the two of them, but if this continues, it may be difficult for Yingxiu to have a good impression of him.

Yingxiu paused holding the cup, as if some memory flashed in her mind, the hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, "Who did you meet?"

"He saw a little girl in pink, who didn't even have time to change into mourning clothes, and hid in the corner of the table, crying secretly, saying that her mother didn't want her anymore."

Following Qi Haoming's words, there seemed to be some fragments of memory flashed by, but Yingxiu couldn't grasp it for a while, and vaguely felt that he was talking about herself, and she had indeed hidden behind her mother's mourning hall. As for the little boy he was talking about But very vague.

"Her nanny was looking for her all the time, but she ran out secretly. Later, the little boy went in to comfort her, and she fell asleep while hugging him and crying." Yingxiu looked at him suspiciously. In the embrace of her, there seemed to be such a pair of small hands, and that immature voice kept comforting herself in her ears. After breaking away from the coldness of the ground, Yingxiu felt very comfortable at that time, and fell asleep while crying, but specifically What kind of person she was, but she couldn't remember.

"Master Qi, what do you want to explain?" Yingxiu didn't realize that her voice had cooled down a little. She seemed to be talking about herself. She didn't know how many mistresses died in the capital ten years ago, but the nanny later I told her that I hid in that room and couldn't find many of them. They were sent back by others, and when they were sent back, they were already asleep.

Seeing that she didn't seem to remember, Qi Haoming couldn't hide his disappointment in his heart, his warm eyes flashed slightly, showing a touch of sadness, "I just want to say, it wasn't that little boy who broke the appointment later, but that he didn't come back after returning. I prepared a gift for her, but an accident happened. He accidentally fell into the pond. After being rescued, he was in a coma for many days. After he recovered, he wanted to go back to find her, but found that his feet were unconscious and unable to move. gone."

Yingxiu's eyes subconsciously moved down a little bit. Qi Haoming's legs and feet were inconvenient because he accidentally fell into the water when he was a child. He wanted to say that he was the little boy back then?

"Master Qi's story is very touching." Yingxiu put her hands between her legs, raised her head and kept smiling, "If she knows the reason, she will definitely understand."

Qi Haoming just stared at her with burning eyes, "Will she forgive?"

Yingxiu just felt a little breathless, nodded, and wanted to leave here quickly, "Master Qi, it's getting late, I should go back, I can't stand this brocade box, Master Qi is slow to use it." After finishing speaking As if fleeing, she got up and walked towards the door, just as Qingbi opened the door, his voice came from behind:

"Really, don't remember?"

That gaze seemed to burn through her body, making her dare not turn her head to look at him, Yingxiu stood at the door and paused, "I don't remember."

Hearing the sound of footsteps leaving in a hurry, Qi Haoming realized that the pot of tea had just boiled, imitating what she did just now, picked up a spoon, scooped it up and slowly poured it into his cup, signaling Zhuo Ye sat down, "Come, have a drink with me."

Zhuo Ye sat down and picked up the good tea he had poured and drank it down in one gulp, Qi Haoming looked at it and laughed, "Zhuo Ye, you are ruining the good tea by drinking it like this."

"Zhuo Ye is a rough person. If the young master likes it, I'll chase the talented Miss Shen back." Qi Haoming watched Zhuo Ye's face slumped and said this sentence, his tone remained flat, and he couldn't help laughing louder , "Zhuo Ye, you have learned badly."

"That's enough, don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry." Qi Haoming poured him another cup, watched him drink it up in one gulp, smiled and shook his head and said...

Yingxiu hurriedly got into the carriage, clutching her chest and gasping for breath, why did that man give her a deeper feeling than Shang Qi Haosheng, Qingbi hurriedly put two cushions behind her, and supported her to lean on After a while, "Miss, are you okay?"

"It's okay, I'll just lie down for a while, let the carriage go slower." Yingxiu narrowed her eyes and her forehead was covered with fine sweat, Qingbi took out a handkerchief to wipe her, and looked at her worriedly, In her understanding, if a young master cares about her lady like this, with things and letters, he means to belong to her, but if this kind of private giving and receiving is known, it will be a matter of ruining people's reputation, even more so. What's more, Second Young Master Qi is still handicapped.

Back at Shen's mansion, Yingxiu was lying on the bed thinking about it and couldn't fall asleep, so she asked Qingbi to call Yan's mother over, pulled Yan's mother to the side of the bed, Yingxiu coquettishly went into Yan's mother's arms, and yelled coquettishly , "Nurse."

Yan's mother touched her long hair in the shawl and smiled, "This is a girl who is about to get married, why is she still like this?"

"Nurse, do you remember how you found me when your mother passed away?" Yingxiu sniffed the faint fragrance of Yan's mother, hugged her waist and refused to let go, and asked in her arms.

"I didn't find you. You were lying on the back of a young master and let him carry you back. You were asleep at that time." Mother Yan hugged her distressedly. Is that little brother gone?"

"When did I say that?"

"You don't remember. After you woke up, you kept talking about the young master in my ears, but you didn't even know who the young master was, and you kept shouting like a little brother. You said that the little brother agreed. He wanted to come to you to play, but you waited for several months and he didn't come to you, and you cried and said that you should never think of him again." Seeing her disbelieving expression, Yan's mother gently scratched her nose, "Why, you forget when you cry?"

"Nurse, I don't have it." What Yingxiu thought about was the authenticity of Qi Haoming's words, "Nurse, did I throw away anything?"

"Yo, you remember that. At that time, you even threw away the doll that your wife carved for you, and I hid it." Yan's mother patted her on the shoulder, got up and searched in her room. After a while, it didn't take long to hold a dusty box in front of her, wipe off the dust on the surface, and Yingxiu opened it to have a look.

Inside lay a blackened wooden doll quietly, and a jade pendant half the size of the palm of your hand. You touched the jade pendant, and when you turned it over, there was an inscription engraved on the back of the jade pendant.

Yan's mother's voice came ramblingly, "You cried and said you would throw it away, I was afraid that you would think about it later, so I secretly hid it for you, if you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten it too. "

"Little brother is a liar, he didn't come to find Xiu'er."

"Little brother is a liar just like mother, who said he would stay with Xiu'er all the time, but they all disappeared."

"No, I don't want what my mother gave me, and what my little brother gave me. Throw them all away. I don't want them anymore. I don't want them anymore."

The memory box was opened following the objects in front of me and Yan's mother's words, that sunny afternoon, those warm little hands and that warm embrace, and the person crying with me with tears.

"Little brother, it turns out that you don't have a mother either, so it's okay, Xiu'er is with you."

(End of this chapter)