Nie Zhao really wanted to spit something into Jiang Yue's face. He had never eaten something so unpleasant in his life, not even in exile.
He suppressed his nausea and swallowed the moldy batter, and couldn't help retching.
If it weren't for the fact that the contents of Jiang Yue's bowl were the same as her own and she ate deliciously, Nie Zhao would have suspected that she was retaliating.
On the contrary, a person who can eat all the weeds in the yard must not be able to eat anything.
He didn't know when he had stocked up on these white noodles, but they were so moldy and infested with insects that even he had forgotten about them.
"What do you usually eat at home?" Nie Zhao held onto the table, covered his face and retched a few more times, and couldn't help but ask.
Jiang Yue had already scraped the bottom of the bowl clean with a spoon, and stared at Nie Zhao's bowl with salivation, saying, "Some brown rice, green vegetables, and seasonal wild vegetables."
"After all, the Jiang family is the richest man in Canzhou, so you only eat these things?" Nie Zhao thought, no wonder, he had never eaten anything good. The brown rice was dry and hard, hard to chew, and astringent in the mouth, making it difficult to swallow. The wild vegetables were bitter and light. It's not a sophisticated diet.
After realizing this, Nie Zhao couldn't believe it. Could it be that the huge Jiang family still lacked her meat and eggs?
"My mother-in-law said that a girl must be diligent and thrifty, able to endure hardships, not eat meat, fish, greasy food, no, unclean things, and abandon arrogance, extravagance and lewdness, only then can she become an excellent girl," Jiang Yue said. These feudal dregs are shaking their heads and stammering a little less.
Nie Zhao's suppressed nausea was stimulated by her words, and he finally stumbled out and vomited while holding on to the wall.
"Three, third brother, aren't you going to eat?" Jiang Yue was shocked and shouted hurriedly.
Nie Zhao came back after a while and pushed the remaining batter in front of her: "If you like to eat, just eat more."
Jiang Yue's eyes lit up, and she happily held the bowl and started eating.
Nie Zhao was disgusted by the sight, but there was really nothing to throw up, so he could only look away.
Jiang Yue's body is really fragile and rough. It can't be damaged even if it eats too much rags. It's rough but very fragile. A quick attack on the heart can almost burn someone to death.
He tapped his fingertips on the table and said, "After you finish eating, wash the dishes. I have something to tell you when you come back."
Jiang Yue obeyed, hurriedly poured the remaining batter into her mouth, hurried out to wash the dishes, and hurried back to sit upright.
"Since you want to live here, you have to abide by my rules."
Jiang Yue nodded heavily. She was waiting for Nie Zhao to explain his rules. If she hadn't been illiterate, she would have taken a piece of paper to write them down at this moment.
After waiting for a long time, but Nie Zhao didn't continue to speak, she couldn't help but ask: "Third brother, what are the rules?"
Nie Zhao was still holding his chin in thought, and gently said to her: "Don't say anything yet." Let him think about it for a while.
He is an old boy. When he was born, his eldest brother was twenty-five, his second brother was eighteen, and his nephew could even walk. He was treated as a treasure by everyone in the Hou family. He was held in their hands for fear of falling and held in their mouths for fear of melting. .
As long as he wanted to, there was nothing he couldn't do, so Nie Zhao's biggest rule was that he had no rules. It was really not easy for him to set some rules now.
As the lanterns crackled, Nie Zhao had a flash of inspiration, snapped his fingers, and looked at Jiang Yue: "Yes, the first rule is that you are not allowed to talk about your three obediences and four virtues in front of me. I want to vomit every time I hear them. It has caused tremendous harm to my body and mind. If you hear it again, get out and sleep on the street."
Jiang Yue was horrified, but she didn't dare to disobey, so she could only nod her head as she was told: "Return, is there any more?"
"Second, stop cooking for me; third, don't bother me if you have nothing to do. That's all for now, I'll add more when I think of it."
Jiang Yue raised her hand hesitantly: "Well, then I won't cook, what shall we eat?" She can't ask the third brother to cook for her, right? A gentleman is far away from the kitchen, and cooking is what women should do. But she didn't dare to say this to Nie Zhao, who had just said that if she dared to talk about the three obediences and four virtues again, she would sleep on the street.
"You don't have to worry about it now." Nie Zhao reached out and grabbed her sleeve. The fragile and weathered fabric made a "sizzle" sound when it was gently pulled. He shook his head and looked at her tatters and tangled clothes. Hair clicked his tongue and said, "Go to bed tonight. Early tomorrow morning, I will take you to get some clothes."
"I, I don't need it. Third brother, you, if you don't want any clothes, just give them to me..." Jiang Yue thought, buying clothes costs money, and she couldn't let Nie Zhao spend money for her anymore.
Nie Zhao said in a contemptuous tone: "You are the only one worthy of wearing my clothes?" He stopped talking, stretched his arms, and said that he had found another place to sleep, and asked her to go to bed early.
Find somewhere else to sleep?
Usually Jiang Yue didn't think about it carefully, but tonight she was so blessed that something suddenly flashed in her mind, and her heart skipped a beat, as she had a bad guess.
There was no advice to him in those three rules. Jiang Yue thought about it carefully, stood up quickly, grabbed the hem of his clothes and said: "Third, third brother, no, you can't sleep on the hook, it's not serious..."
She was a young girl, and she was already so embarrassed when she mentioned the hook. After saying this, her black and yellow face actually showed a bit of blood in the candlelight, and she lowered her head in shame.
But the third brother is her husband's brother, and she can't let others go astray!
Nie Zhao wanted to see what was in Jiang Yue's mind.
He turned around and picked up the oil lamp on the table, and brought his face close so that Jiang Yuezai could take a closer look at his appearance.
Jiang Yue was caught off guard by him. She was stunned for a moment, then startled. She subconsciously stepped back. Nie Zhao held her head and brought her back. He smiled brightly and lightly parted his red lips: "Look at me clearly." Is this the face?"
She nodded blankly: "Look, I see clearly."
It is so beautiful that she is shocked every time she takes a closer look. Unfortunately, she has never read a book, so even if she is searching for words, she can't find any words. She just feels like the Yaohuang peonies blooming in the flower garden at home, not too rich, not too light, she I have never seen anyone better looking than Nie Zhao.
Seeing that she was fascinated, Nie Zhao couldn't help but smile with pride and pointed at himself. He saw that his fingers were slender and as white as jade, and his nails were lightly pink: "With my face, are they worthy of sleeping with me?" It’s an immortal who comes down to earth and gives me ten thousand taels of gold, but you have to weigh whether you are qualified or not. You’d better stop thinking about these messy things in your mind and tarnish my pure and pure beauty.”
After he finished speaking, he threw the candlestick back on the table with a thud and walked away.
Jiang Yue touched her chest, fearful and palpitating. She shook her head to get Nie Zhao's face out of her mind. She didn't dare to think about it any more, for fear that she would have some inappropriate thoughts because of that face.
She washed up in a hurry, slept on the table with her clothes on, and didn't dare to touch Nie Zhao's bed for fear of making him angry.
The moon was sparse, and the clear light filtered in through the sparse gaps in the window lattice, making Jiang Yue unable to sleep. She turned over several times. She used the moonlight to look at her withered and yellow hands, recalling that she had become black, yellow, shriveled and ugly. Nie Zhao's flawless and handsome face uncontrollably rushed into her mind.
She sniffed, turned over again, hugged herself, and cried silently. She was good-looking before, but she was not so ugly before.
Jiang Yue didn't know when she fell asleep, but she still opened her eyes on time at 9:00 the next morning. Her body was used to such a routine.
Nie Zhao hadn't come back yet, so she had nothing to do. After washing, she wiped the tables and chairs again, then sat under the eaves and looked at the square sky, waiting for him to come back.
When it was Chen time, Nie Zhao came back with a yawn.
If he hadn't taken Jiang Yue to buy clothes today, he would probably have slept until noon, and then eaten breakfast and lunch together. His personal schedule was as chaotic as the order of traveling around the city.
Nie Zhao opened the door, stood at the door and tilted his head, calling Jiang Yue: "Let's go."
Jiang Yue tangled her hands together, stood up uneasily, and followed him.
Since she was going to live in Zhucheng, Nie Zhao pointed out to her along the way so that she could easily identify the place: "Don't go out after the sun goes to the west. You should know that if you go out on weekdays, you must go home as soon as possible. Others say Don't believe anything.
Oh, turn left at the end of this street. There are two drug stores. Chen Ji’s is more affordable than Sun Ji’s. Turn left is a porcelain shop. Since the business road is closed, there are no good things in there. It’s better to buy pottery from a stall outside the city. The fired ones are almost the same in use anyway, and they are a little cheaper outside the city..."
Nie Zhao recalled it carefully and murmured a few words. He didn't hear Jiang Yue's response. When he turned around, he saw her bending down and following him like a thief. When he turned around, she hurriedly hid behind him. Cover your face with your sleeves.
He hadn't woken up yet, and his anger suddenly started to rise. He casually pulled out a branch from the ground: "Jiang Yue, I humiliated myself to go shopping with you early in the morning, and you came to be a thief for me? What I said last night It’s all in vain, right?”
Jiang Yue didn't dare to show her face. Firstly, she was afraid that people would laugh at her because she was in rags and looked ugly. Secondly, she had never gone shopping before. Her mother-in-law said that women could not go out before marriage. Even married women had to cover their faces with a bamboo hat when going out. No bamboo hat.
But she couldn't tell Nie Zhao, who had just set rules for her last night.
Nie Zhao pinched the branch and hit her on the back: "Straighten your waist."
The branch hitting her back didn't hurt, but Jiang Yue felt ashamed and angry. Nie Zhao's teachings were contrary to the education she had received for more than ten years. She was pulled in the middle, and her strong sense of shame and betrayal made her dare not stand up. waist.
"If you still want to stay here, just follow my rules. As long as I don't die in this Zhucheng, you can walk sideways. If you don't want to stay here, go back to Canzhou and avoid doing these unworthy gestures. It annoys me.”
Is he going to drive him away? This is absolutely impossible!
After being driven back to Zhucheng and betraying her boudoir, Jiang Yue finally made a difficult choice. She slowly straightened her back as if enduring some humiliation.
Nie Zhao's branch slid down her back to the nape of her neck: "Stiffen your neck, raise your head." Then moved it to her shoulders, "Open your shoulders."
