C18 Life of Two People

"This is the old man, picking flowers in February, gathering fruits in April, picking roots in August …" Gu Caiwei bent down to dig the ground with her small hoe and said to Master Soong, who was standing behind her.

"Shut up." Song Duo suddenly interrupted her.

Gu Caiwei turned her head to look at him, flabbergasted. She saw that he was looking into the distance with bright eyes, so she immediately went silent.

Song Duo bent down and pulled out a dagger from his boot. He suddenly threw it away and a flopping sound came from afar. Gu Caiwei clutched her chest, nervous to the point that her heart was about to jump out.

An assassin? It hit?

"Go and retrieve them." Master Soong's mouth twitched as he commanded with his hands behind his back.

Gu Caiwei trembled as she stood up, her legs went numb and she almost fell to the ground. "Cousin, I might not be afraid of blood, but I'm afraid of death. I'm also afraid of half-dead people. You should go."

Song Duo said snappily: "It's a wild chicken!"

Gu Caiweixin stopped jumping and her legs stopped shaking. Her face was immediately filled with smiles as she shot out like an arrow.

"Good luck." Song Duo despised her, but the smile on his face widened.

"Wow, wow, wow!" Gu Caiwei's exaggerated cheers came from behind some bushes in the distance. "Two birds with one stone! Cousin, you're too godly!" If this Master Soong was a man from the village, she would definitely repay him with her thick skin. She would be guaranteed to eat meat for the rest of her life.

She pulled out the dagger, not disdaining the fact that the pheasant was covered in blood. She cleanly cut each of the two wild chickens on the neck and drained the blood before happily returning to Song Duo with her spoils of war.

"Eat tonight called Flower Chicken, Fried River Shrimp, Twisting Silk Sage and Garlic Green Vegetables." Gu Caiwei pointed at the yam and pheasant in the basket and said, "Just thinking about it makes me happy."

Song Duo was relieved when he saw her running away with a red face and sparkling eyes like stars. It was as if he was infected by her emotions. A cool breeze blew through the mountains, and the sound of flowing water could be vaguely heard. The early autumn scene was filled with luxuriant-purple flowers, causing one's mind to be relaxed and happy.

Perhaps, when the dust settled, it would be good to return to the forest.

This was the first time Song Duo had such a thought.

"Come, cousin, let's see how my ginseng is doing." Then we'll go home and cook. " The sun had gone down and it would be dark soon.

Song Duo silently followed behind her, listening to her explanation to him like an oriole bird. He suddenly wanted to know that in those days without him, it was a miracle that she hadn't starved to death or been choked to death by words.

"Still here." Gu Caiwei was relieved when she saw that the few Codonopsis stalks she couldn't bear to dig were still growing there.

"There's no one collecting herbs nearby, so this can't be used as food. No one wants it." Song Duo couldn't help but stab her when he saw her satisfied look.

"It's all silver, so I can't be at ease." Gu Caiwei carefully covered it up and didn't mind his attitude. He was a young master, how could he know what was going on in the mortal world?

Song Duo remembered how miserable she was when she was on the ground begging for help and how much she had suffered for the next few months. It wasn't easy for a weak girl like her to have a roof over her head. Thinking of this, his usually cold heart seemed to soften a bit as he no longer looked at her with a picky expression in his eyes.

Gu Caiwei didn't know that his heart was so soft and full of thoughts about the dinner.

When they were almost at the river, she took off the purse at her waist and handed it to Song Duo.

Song Duo looked at her actions and was puzzled. He then heard her explain with a smile: "Those children are definitely waiting for us by the river! "When we went up the mountain, you were so serious, you must have scared them. Each of them will give us a piece of candy, and I'll give them the coins."

Gu Caiwei patted the purse on the other side of her waist.

"No need." Song Duo refused stiffly. He was born with a cold face and didn't like children. Of course, he had no children. The younger ones cried whenever they saw him, while the older ones ran away without crying.

"How can you do that?" Gu Caiwei pushed the bag into his hands, "You won't have children in the future? We have to learn how to coax our children. "

Song Duo looked at her as if he was looking at an idiot. He wondered why a man would coax a child, but after getting along with her, he already knew that this girl's brain was always open, so he didn't refute her.

"Wow, so many." Two large lotus leaves, wrapped in a bulging bag of fresh river prawns, jumped about the moment they were opened.

Gu Caiwei said happily. She opened her purse and said to the eight to nine year old boys in front of her, "Come here, two coins per person. Remember, you are not allowed to go to the depths of the river, otherwise I will not give you sugar next time. "

The children were delighted to see the coin, which meant that they could be praised by the adults when they went home. Hearing Gu Caiwei talk about sugar, they all drooled and looked at her eagerly.

Gu Caiwei nudged Song Duo with her elbow. Seeing that he pretended not to feel anything, she looked up at the sky and said to the children, "The candy is at Uncle Song's place. Ask Uncle Song for it."

The children looked at Song Duo. They were afraid that Song Duo's cold face would not dare to approach them, yet they were reluctant to eat the candy that was hard to come by.

"Cousin." Gu Caiwei was a little depressed. "You want to keep it for yourself to eat?"

"Take it." Song Duo stiffly put the bag into the hands of a child, strode forward.

"This person!" Gu Caiwei stomped her feet and caught the bag the child returned with the candy to her. She jogged a few steps and caught up with him, "Awkward!"

Bang!" You can die if you don't feel uncomfortable!

When he got home, Gu Caiwei was working in the kitchen like a hard-working bee. Song Duo washed off the mud on his body and sat on the brick bed looking at her, but his eyes drifted away from her.

He thought of his childhood, of his loving mother who had passed away, of being extremely cautious while growing up in the palace, of being carried by his uncle on a horse when he was eleven years old, walking west to the military camp, and all he could see was sand and rough men filling the sky …

He had already forgotten what it meant to treat each other with gentleness.

Those dead lives, those unforgettable memories of shame, those blood-washed panic and indifference, all surged to mind in this warm courtyard with its smoke rising and the setting sun in the courtyard.

Song Duo held the sword in his hand, with veins popping on the back of his hand.

"Cousin —" After an unknown period of time, Gu Caiwei's melodious voice came from the kitchen, "I'm here to help."

Song Duo slowly walked into the kitchen and saw Gu Caiwei staring at a one-foot square of mud. Her eyes were shining.

"Cousin, help me smash it open. It's too hard." She handed him a small hatchet.

"Retreat." Song Duo could not help but reprimand her when he saw that her head was about to touch the mud and her saliva was about to come out.