After the sun goes down, the cool air is mixed with a hint of warmth. Close your eyes and experience the feeling of comfort. This air flow follows the skin and enters the body, making the heart feel peaceful and peaceful.
Zhu Daqiu is longing for someone, speeds up his pace, and goes to find Qi Yu.
Arriving at Cui Hanzi's noodle stall, Qiyu carried the last bag of noodles into the store.
Zhu Daqiu admires her with infinite warmth. Qiyu came out, full of affection and just smiling. Their relationship was already very deep, and now it was coated with another layer.
Qiyu's aunt also came out and looked at Zhu Daqiu's head from the feet to the feet, from the feet to the head, from the front to the back, and from the back to the front.
"Are you Qiyu's partner? How do you plan to support our family Qiyu?"
Her picky attitude made Qiyu worried, so he interrupted: "Auntie, don't ask like that, okay?"
"When elders are talking, don't interrupt, I'm doing it for your own good!"
Zhu Daqiu also met Qi Yu's aunt for the first time and said, "You asked me this. For a moment, I didn't know how to answer."
"You don't have any personal skills? Is it possible that I rely on Qiyu to support you in this place?"
Zhu Daqiu thought to himself: This aunt’s question is so heartbreaking. I really don't have much to offer here.
"What are you asking? Why are you silent?"
"I don't have any personal skills, just love her."
Zhu Daqiu didn't care anymore, raised his head and expressed his feelings.
"Can saying "I love you" be worth a bite of food?"
"cannot."
"Where did you come from?"
The aunt pointed at Zhu Daqiu's head and her voice was drawn out.
I wish Daqiu is unhappy and it will not happen due to Qiyu.
"I think there's something wrong with your attitude. Qiyu, it depends on who you're looking for! Except for his appearance, he's not good at anything else. I don't think he can carry a bag of noodles. He's not as good as me, the one I introduced to you last time. Woolen cloth."
Qiyu was not happy when she heard what she said about Zhu Daqiu.
"Auntie, you don't have to embarrass me, okay? You see how old I am. It's hard to find a suitable one, so don't embarrass him."
The aunt's eyes turned red, she shed tears, and said: "My sister, you are the only daughter by my side, and that kid can't come back. You are looking for someone to entrust to you for life, not just any man. I will definitely want to Keep it closed, it’s useless for you to annoy me.”
"I feel like you are very dissatisfied with me. I wonder where you are dissatisfied?"
She didn’t know much about Zhu Daqiu, and she singled out specific dissatisfaction points, so she could only say:
"I never take things personally. I seek truth from facts. You don't know how difficult life is here! If you have more mouths, you will have more pressure and more responsibilities!"
Zhu Daqiu was really speechless and looked at Qi Yu.
"Do you want Qiyu to help? In this place, who is not your closest relative, who will help you? You exposed your body outside for three days, and no one took a second look! Qiyu, are you right?"
Qiyu took his aunt's hand and said, "Please spare us. You are a businessman and you tell the truth, and we can't fault you at all."
Zhu Daqiu thought: Although the businessmen in Yingdu are philistines, they are all polite and respectful to me. Why do you come to her and want to dig a hole in your heart?
Zhu Daqiu felt very uncomfortable and wanted to leave here immediately.
"Like your mother, I'm very soft-hearted. However, you have to think more about the difficulty of life. In the future, if you give birth to a child for him, he will have another mouth or even several more mouths. He doesn't have any skills, and he only relies on How can you do it alone? When you live your life, you can't just be happy in the moment, you have to think about the long term."
Qi Yu's ears turned red from embarrassment, and Zhu Daqiu's face also turned red and white.
Zhu Daqiu saw that this aunt was about to shed tears, and he understood her temperament a little bit, and said: "Don't worry, making money is not difficult for me."
"Really? How much money do you have now?"
"Not a penny! And what's hers and where she lives is also hers!"
Zhu Daqiu hates the culture here where money is used to measure everything.
"Okay! Even so, you still don't have a trace of shame on your face! What kind of magic did you use to confuse Qi Yu?"
Zhu Daqiu felt that she was unreasonable and said hurriedly: "I live with Qi Yu, not you! Don't just take the carrot and worry too much!"
"Zhu Daqiu, what are you talking about? My aunt is also kind-hearted. Don't talk now, okay? Just leave it to me." Qi Yu quickly pulled Zhu Daqiu aside, "Auntie, he is an upright person, what can you say? What, please don’t take it to heart.”
Seeing that Qi Yu had been facing Zhu Daqiu, the aunt no longer wanted to make things difficult for him, and said: "No matter whether you have any skills or not, you go to the store and carry a few bags of noodles back."
Qiyu knew that Zhu Daqiu didn't have much strength, so he said: "Auntie, we have enough. Didn't we make a lot of noodles last time?"
"Don't protect him. I always feel that he floats when he walks, so I want him to try carrying two bags of interviews."
Zhu Daqiu said frankly: "There is no need to try. I can't carry it. Even if I carry it out of your store, Qiyu will help me carry it on the way."
The aunt was furious and said: "Good boy, I dare you to marry Qi Yu just for free food!"
Zhu Daqiu knew what kind of person this aunt was. He was neither angry nor bothered with her, and said frankly:
"You are right. I have been eating for free since I came to Qiyu's house. I may have to eat for a while after marriage."
The aunt rolled her eyes angrily and said: "You stand taller than her, lie longer than her, eat more than her, and yet you have the nerve to say such things! It really pisses me off! I really want to beat you up !”
Qiyu quickly said to Zhu Daqiu: "Don't always tell the truth, okay? There are some things that we both need to know. From now on, don't speak."
"Auntie, we are engaged and will get married soon. This is a foregone conclusion. Don't embarrass him. He will definitely do great things in the future. But here, there is no room for him to flourish."
"Huh, I can't even carry my face, what big thing can I do? I really don't know what's so good about him! You are hell-bent on following him.
Even if he has no skills, I can support him to open a shop. It's better now, he's not even a man. "
These words were very insulting. Zhu Daqiu couldn't help but said, "Qiyu, let's go! There's no need to talk nonsense with this bitch!"
Qiyu was caught in the middle, really on the verge of crying, not knowing what to do.
The aunt picked up the board and hit Zhu Daqiu. Zhu Daqiu couldn't dodge and raised his arm to block it. This board is wide and long, may the big ball fall.
Qiyu immediately helped Zhu Daqiu up and cried: "It was him who saved me that made me like this. Without him, I would have died a long time ago. Auntie, please don't do this to him! He also earned the money."
"Is there such a thing? Why didn't you tell me earlier! Zhu Daqiu, are you okay?"
Zhu Daqiu got a slap in the face and was originally full of anger. Qi Yu's tears made him unable to get angry and said:
"The stress-bearing area of this board is so large! I didn't take it to heart, and you don't need to take it to heart either."
The aunt was embarrassed, lost her temper, and then turned to feel guilty.
"Qi Yu is right, you are a person who can do great things. With this kind of mind, you can't find a fourth person in the entire United Arab Emirates."
The first three people are the coffin owner, the gold owner and the spirit owner.
Auntie put her big gold bracelet on Qiyu's wrist. He also asked Zhu Daqiu to come around and play more often when he was free, and to recognize his relatives more often.
The unhappiness caused by this aunt, Zhu Daqiu miraculously disappeared at the last moment, and he was even a little moved.
After leaving, Zhu Daqiu stared at the thick shade and greenery on the other side of the Kuan River, which was misty and gray.
"Does this aunt support us or oppose us?"
"What do you think?"
"I have no idea."
Qi Yu smiled and said, "Of course I agree."
"Oh, it's very different from what I imagined. At least she should be nice to me, right? Why are they all sarcastic about me and saying that I am worthless. How to make money and how to make a living, it seems like I don't know anything about it. As if you don’t understand.”
"She is motivating you, putting pressure on you, and making you motivated. That's the kind of person she is. She has a good heart, but she may be a bit harsh in her words. However, she treats you as one of her own family members, and she is polite to outsiders. Yes. Thank you for not throwing away your sleeves."
"I see. Fortunately, in the end, this aunt was quite touching."
"If you think so, that's great."
After leaving the market entrance, Qi Yu said, "Do you feel any pain?"
"It doesn't hurt."
"You can tell me the truth. You've got a scratch on your face."
Regardless of passers-by, he blew softly on Zhu Daqiu's face.
Zhu Daqiu lowered his face and said, "Oh, how embarrassing it is! There are so many people there, I feel shy!"
"You said everything I said."
The two entered the elm forest, and Zhu Daqiu walked slower and slower. Qi Yu said: "Are you tired?"
"I'm not tired when I'm with you."
"Why don't you want to touch me?"
“I don’t want to ruin the mellowness.”
Zhu Daqiu thought of Butcher Zhu and wondered what his next move would be. As I am now, I can't interfere even if I want to.
Qiyu said sympathetically: "Why are you in a daze? I'm tired and want to take a rest."
Zhu Daqiu looked at the starry sky in the gaps between the elm trees. Qiyu sat down next to him and said: "Actually, you have the best skill - painting. Auntie said that I can help you sell your paintings to the pilgrimage area and make more money."
Zhu Daqiu was annoyed for a moment, put the money on Qiyu's lap and said, "I'll give you the money and see if it's enough for you to spend!"
Qiyu didn't understand Zhu Daqiu's paranoia about painting, so he opened a bag of money and started counting. Because it was too dark, I had to lower my head and count blindly, making sounds while counting.
Zhu Daqiu stood up and left. Qiyu hurriedly wrapped up the money and chased after him, saying, "Why don't you just leave without saying anything?"
"You have money in your hands, money in your eyes, money in your mouth, and money in your heart. Why don't I leave?"
"With money, we can live a good life. You are not in charge, so you don't know that firewood, flour, oil, and water are expensive."
"I don't want to quarrel with you. The last thing I want is for my loved ones to see me in desolation. If the teacher sees us like this, I don't know what to think. We can't even afford food and are worried about money. "
Zhu Daqiu plans to write a letter and ask the teacher to pick him up. It is unrealistic to leave if you lose your ability. As long as the teacher comes, you don't have to worry about the coffin owner, the financial owner, the spiritual owner, or Zhu Butcher!
"As the saying goes, when you accumulate baht, a little makes a lot. I also want you to leave here as soon as possible. I never want to be seen by you as a person who only sees money. You can look down on my situation, but you can't belittle my personality. .”
What Qiyu thinks about is the long term; what Zhu Daqiu thinks about is how to change the status quo in the short term.
"My paintings are not to make a living, but to be good friends and companions that resonate with my realm and heart. You don't have to worry about money."
"Yes, yes, you are right. You are a person of great ability and a person of great deeds."
Zhu Daqiu heard what she said and said helplessly: "Do you know how much one of my paintings can sell for?"
"How do I know? I've never sold a painting."
"In the eyes of people who know the goods, one of my paintings is worth at least 200,000 yuan. In the eyes of the people who don't know the goods, it only costs a few hundred yuan. But I promised the teacher that I can't sell the paintings that I am good at. I can give them to others, that's fine. Help others, but you can't sell it yourself.
But to paint a good painting requires not only mood and passion, but also concentration. Techniques and layout are the most basic. "
Qi Yu took Zhu Daqiu's hand and said, "I will never use those superficial thoughts to make you angry again."
"If you are shallow, I am shallow."
Qiyu was so happy that he picked up Zhu Dagou Shou and rubbed it on his face.
Zhu Daqiu didn't dare to touch him. He was worried, so he retracted his hand and said, "Who is this Butcher Zhu?"
"Why do you suddenly ask this?"
Qi Yu smiled sweetly and said: "At that time, strong winds kept blowing, heavy rain kept falling, water was everywhere on the ground, and the houses were submerged. This elm forest has the highest terrain, and those who survived fled here one after another.
Heavy rain poured down for many days, and the country outside was completely swampy.
Therefore, elm trees have become a vital food for people to survive. Whoever occupies the most elm trees has a chance of survival. For this reason, they fought with each other.
My mother couldn't compete with them, and she didn't dare compete with them. I put my young brother and I into the big bookbox and pushed the bookbox to soak in the water outside. My brother and I were sitting in the book box. My mother was outside the elm forest, picking up a few handfuls of elm leaves and forcing my brother and me to eat them.
The butcher, Uncle Zhu, suddenly walked over from the flood at that moment. He looked at the three of us for a long time, and then glanced at the people around him.
He was covered in bruises and bruises, none of which was good.
My mother was frightened by him and pulled us into the water. As soon as he came, the rain stopped. In the elm forest, there was heavy rain and strong winds. Those who stayed in the elm forest were disoriented and could not get out no matter how they walked.
Until the elm forest was silent, and everyone inside was dead. It rained intermittently for several days in the elm forest. Many corpses flowed out along the ditch.
It hasn't rained since.
After the rain stopped, my mother thought that it was thanks to this Uncle Zhu that we survived by scaring our family away. So I found Uncle Zhu, but he was sitting on the roots of an elm tree, not eating or drinking, and saying nothing all day long. My mother built a simple scaffolding for him.
After his injury healed and the scab fell off, he disappeared.
After several years of development, a town was formed here. When I arrived in the town, I found out that Uncle Zhu was a butcher there, selling meat. "
Zhu Daqiu thought to himself: That Zhu Butcher is not ordinary, he must have some special ability.
"Ah, that's all? God's will is unpredictable, and some strange things happen."
It's better not to let her know about his suspicions, and to leave here first.
