Having made up her mind, Huo Shichu had to face reality. She said to Wei Dalang straight to the point.
"Although your family used herbs and food to get me back, I have no intention of becoming a real couple with you. However, I will take good care of you while you are recovering from your injuries. After you recover, I will find a way. What do you think of returning the herbs and food to you in exchange for my freedom?"
Huo Shichu didn't think that Wei Dalang would refuse, because he was an honest and honest man, and it was difficult to refuse others. Otherwise, he would not have been a soldier for almost ten years and still sent his salary home obediently. There is no way, if you are a little bit evil, you can't be so honest.
Sure enough, Wei Dalang just looked at her lightly and agreed, "Okay."
Huo Shichu immediately laughed and said, "Then I'll clean the house first, and then go next door to borrow some rice to cook. I can't bother others all the time - but I don't know if others are willing to borrow it?"
She was a little worried again. After all, she had just arrived here and didn't know anyone else at all. Moreover, even if there was money, rice and food in her companion space, she couldn't use it openly.
Alas, do I have to go back to my old business and go hunting in the mountains?
"Go to Aunt Zhou's house earlier. I gave her some money and asked her to take care of my food these days. She will give you rice and grain." Wei Dalang said.
"Okay..." Huo Shichu responded and went out. Fortunately, although the deserted house was deserted, there was no one living around it. Huo Shichu didn't go far when he saw a family in front of him.
She walked up and knocked on the door, "Is this Aunt Zhou's house?"
"Milk! Someone is looking for you!" A seven or eight-year-old boy was playing in the mud in the yard. When he saw Huo Shichu, he looked at her curiously and shouted loudly.
Soon there was a sound of fast footsteps, and a somewhat familiar voice asked, "Who is it?"
As soon as he finished speaking, an old woman with gray hair and wrinkles appeared in front of Huo Shichu. Huo Shichu quickly asked, "Excuse me, are you Aunt Zhou? I am from Wei and Wei Dalang's family. I want to talk to you." Borrow something..."
"From Dalang Wei's family? Oh, you are the wife that Dalang's stepmother bought in exchange for a bag of corn..." Aunt Zhou suddenly realized and stared at Huo Shichu without blinking. Although she saw After Huo Shichu, she was given medicine, but at that time we saw her in dim conditions, so it was impossible to see her clearly.
So now Huo Shichu was standing outside in broad daylight, and Aunt Zhou squinted her eyes and looked at the person carefully, and finally saw her appearance clearly, "She is a handsome girl..."
She murmured something, then raised her voice and asked, "What do you want to borrow from Dalang's family?"
"I want buckets, rice, pots and bowls, etc. If you can borrow them, borrow them. If you can't, I'll go to other people's houses and ask." Huo Shichu was not polite to her.
"There is some rice and grain. Dalang gave me some money to buy it. The bucket can hold one for you to use for a few days, but there is no way to help with the pot. I only have one at home." Aunt Zhou said one by one while talking. While loading rice for Huo Shichu, he took out another bucket and said, "You can make do with it. I'll go to other people's houses to help you and ask who has a spare pot or crock."
"Then I'll bother Aunt Zhou." Huo Shichu thanked him, took his things and went back.
"Grandma, who is that sister? Why haven't I seen her before?" the little boy asked his grandma curiously, and Aunt Zhou lowered her voice and said
"What's your name, sister? Auntie. That's the wife your Uncle Wei got back yesterday..."
"Then why didn't you have a wedding banquet? Don't all brides have to have a banquet? There is meat to eat." The little boy asked innocently.
Huo Shichu walked far away and could no longer hear Aunt Zhou's reply to her grandson. The original owner and Dalang Wei had such a perfunctory and childish marriage, and the Wei family was already extremely hurt if they were willing to provide a bag of grain. How could you still pay for the banquet?
Fortunately, the Wei family was not so shameless that they did not even give the broken bowls and chopsticks to Dalang Wei. Huo Shichu saw several bowls with missing bowls, two pairs of blackened chopsticks, and one with a missing piece of lid in the kitchen. crock.
Huo Shichu threw away the two pairs of black and dirty chopsticks, went to break some branches near the house, and asked Wei Dalang to get a dagger he brought back from the battlefield, and cut the branches into chopsticks.
If she had a stronger knife, she could dig out a few wooden bowls. Unfortunately, Wei Dalang's dagger was very ordinary and could not chop down trees at all. She had to clean the nicked bowls with soil and plant ash. brush.
Both of the family members were injured, so Huo Shichu didn't make any complicated meals. Of course, even if she wanted to, there were no ingredients for her to cook. It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, so she had to make porridge.
While making porridge, Huo Shichu didn't take any time off. She fetched a bucket of water from the river and found a broken wooden basin in the house that was still usable, so she started to clean up the house.
Wei Qi lay on the bed, closing his eyes and listening to the noise outside. The sound of footsteps, water, and cleaning things. Even if it was not noisy, Wei Qi could still hear it clearly.
He did not expect that the young girl who was exchanged as his wife would become so calm today, as if the crying and despair yesterday were all his illusions. She would rather die than stay after seeing his appearance yesterday. But today, I calmly accepted this fact. I really planned to take care of myself, and I was smart and sensible when negotiating terms with myself.
Can a person's mind change so completely in just one day? Wei Qi was confused, but if she said she wanted to stay, he wouldn't drive her away. At least if she stayed, it would be more convenient for him.
Thinking of this, Wei Qi looked at his legs. These two legs were indeed seriously injured. They had comminuted fractures and were basically incurable. Even if they were cured, they would only become lame. If they recovered better, they would be able to walk. , but cannot exert force; if the recovery is poor, you can only use crutches.
With limited legs and feet, he was basically useless in this village where he could only work hard at farming. No wonder the Wei family didn't even care enough to save face and kicked him out of the house.
However, Wei Qi is not worried. He is confident that his leg can be completely cured without any sequelae. Therefore, even though he is in a miserable situation now, he is not afraid in his heart because he knows that the current difficult situation is only temporary. , when he recovers, nothing will be a problem, and he can take revenge.
"Dalang, would you like some porridge?" Huo Shichu brought the rice porridge to Wei Dalang's bed, helped him up, touched his skinny body, and couldn't help feeling a little pity for him.
Alas, after being seriously injured and abandoned by his family, he must be feeling desperate and despairing, right? A double blow to the body and mind. He is considered strong if he has not collapsed. It is normal to be so thin...
She had no idea that Wei Dalang was not in as much pain as she imagined. Instead, she was still thinking about sharpening the knife to take revenge after he recovered from his injury.
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