msmithbooks Chapter 55
Chapter 55
Min Junrun teased Shang Fuheng with "You didn't save face at Ah Wu's place". Shang Fuheng thought he was too noisy to answer, so he just asked Fugui and Qianqian, who were serving tea in the hall, to go to the kitchen and order lunch to be prepared.
Fugui and Qianqian didn't dare to ask any more questions, they responded meekly and then retreated together. They hurried to the kitchen and asked Fang Wushi and Bai Jinniang to take care of the lunch menu. Both Master Min and I will have lunch here.
Although Qi Wu said he didn't think of it, he couldn't fall asleep lying on the bed, so he was dazed for a while, and slowly got up and put on his clothes.The charcoal stove in the room had already been turned off, and it felt cold after getting out of bed, so Qi Wu took out the tongs from the small room next to him and added charcoal to it, imitating Cui Shu's technique yesterday and lighting it red.
When it was done, Qi Wu washed his hands with clean water in front of the compartment door, then hurried back into the room trembling and closed the door.There was a hint of red in the charcoal fire, Qi Wu put the cold teapot on the edge of the charcoal stove to wait for heating.
Back on Ba Bu's bed, Qi Wu sat on the side of the couch and unpacked the package of candied fruit and nuts, and just lazily started eating.
While eating, Qi Wu suddenly saw slight muddy shoe prints on the wooden floor of Babu's bed... He took off his shoes and boots on the outside of Babu's bed, and stepped in with only socks on.
So this inexplicable mud shoe print must have been directly stepped on by Shang Fuheng when he first came in!
Qi Wu: "..."
He murmured to himself: "I think I'm rude and disrespectful... I've never seen such a miserable person like you, who trampled my bed dirty."
After eating nuts and drinking warm tea, Qi Wu sat by the charcoal stove and roasted for a while, feeling that his mind was completely awake, he went out of the courtyard door of the house and came outside the courtyard to ask for hot water to wash.
It was still snowing in the sky, Qi Wu was drenched in sporadic white just after going out of the house, after he hurried back to the house, he patted off the snowflakes from his hair, came to sit by the charcoal stove, and then got up and went to the closet rummage in.
Taking out a thick cloak, Qi Wu put it by the door so that he can put it on when he goes out later.
After Liang Zhu brought the hot water bottle, Qi Wu washed up and ate some fruit, then he put on the cloak slowly and even put on the hat on the cloak, and then he went out of the yard and asked Liang Zhu outside: " Are King Lang and the others still here?"
Liang Zhu nodded: "It's in the hall in the front yard, where Fugui and Qianqian are serving."
Qi Wu walked towards the hall with his hands in his hands, thinking that he should buy a hand stove on the way.
Wearing a thick indigo cloak covered with snow, Qi Wu walked into the hall quickly.There was a charcoal stove in the hall and it was warming up. When Fugui and Qianqian saw him coming, they stepped forward to help take off the cape, took it to the side and patted off the snowflakes on it, and put it away.
"Awu, you are lazy enough." Min Junrun said loudly, "We only got up so late, and we just laughed at King Lang, saying that you didn't even give him face."
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Qi Wu only said with a smile.
Min Junrun clapped the gift box tied with a silk ribbon beside his hands: "You moved to a new house. Although I came here uninvited, I also prepared a small gift for you. You can look back and see if it suits you. If not, go to King Lang. Let's settle the score, the two of you are familiar with each other, so it will be more convenient for you to find him."
Qi Wu raised his eyebrows, nodded his head in thanks, and then looked at Shang Fuheng again.
Shang Fuheng who came empty-handed also took a look at him: "Look at me, I haven't prepared a gift for you, don't think about it."
Qi Wu also nodded slightly, and then said to Fu Gui: "Go to the kitchen and give an order, there are guests in the house, just prepare a meal for two at noon."
Fugui was taken aback, at a loss, when he heard Shang Fuheng chuckle softly: "Are you planning to feed me?"
"What kind of guest is it if you come empty-handed, not to mention you disturbing my sleep so early in the morning." Qi Wu raised his hand and poured himself a cup of hot tea, holding it in his hand and drinking it slowly.
Shang Fuheng intentionally distorted his meaning, and sighed softly: "I didn't expect you to be so invisible. I thought I was a guest, but you said I wasn't a guest."
Qi Wu snorted coldly.
Min Junrun watched the play while drinking tea, and found the scene quite interesting, it was rare to see His Royal Highness King Lang rushing to get close to someone.
He said he would not give him food, but when it was lunch time, there was still Shang Fuheng's bowl and chopsticks on the table.
Fang Wushi and Bai Jinniang brought the food together, and they were a little nervous at the moment... They only cook home-cooked dishes, and the presentation of the dishes is not exquisite, and they are used to entertain distinguished guests for fear of offending people.
But obviously Min Junrun and Shang Fuheng didn't mean to express their opinions, but Qi Wu saw that they were still standing still, so he said strangely: "You guys go to eat, what are you doing standing up?"
Only then did Fang Wu and Bai Jinniang heave a sigh of relief, and exited the warm pavilion where the tables were placed.
Picking up the chopsticks and eating for a while, Min Junrun suddenly let out a sigh: "Do you have wine in your house? It's freezing cold, it's comfortable to drink hot wine."
Qi Wu shook his head: "There is no wine, please trouble Mr. Min to replace the bar with tea."
Shang Fuheng chuckled instantly.
Min Junrun: "...Is this how you use tea instead of wine?"
"I've already said that he has the worst temper, and you still expect him to buy you wine." Shang Fuheng said, but his eyes fell on Qi Wu's face.
Qi Wu raised his eyebrows in doubt, looked at Shang Fuheng, and then said to Min Junrun: "Master Min, do you know why I don't send someone to buy wine? It's not that I'm stingy, it's just that His Royal Highness Lang insisted on staying for dinner, so he spent it. This is an example of buying wine."
Hearing this, Min Junrun was about to speak, but Shang Fuheng answered first: "But I haven't seen you for a day, and you are so poor?"
Qi Wu clicked lightly: "What's the matter, His Highness King Lang wants to help?"
Min Junrun listened to what they said, and after a moment of silence, he asked: "... Am I not supposed to be here?"
Qi Wu's tone was gentle all of a sudden, and he smiled at him, "How come, Mr. Min, eat your food quickly."
Min Junrun: "..." Eat quickly, and leave after eating.
After lunch in the warm pavilion, Min Junrun sat down for a while and drank two cups of tea, and then said that he was leaving.
Qi Wu didn't politely ask him to stay, after saying goodbye to him, seeing Shang Fuheng still sitting still, he was a little strange: "Are you still going?"
Hearing this, Min Junrun, who was walking out, quickened his pace and walked even faster.
Shang Fuheng chuckled softly: "I see that your courtyard is quite beautiful, don't you think I came here empty-handed and didn't bring a gift, so I'll draw a picture with you on the spot to express my heart, how about it?"
Qi Wu was really surprised now: "You can still paint?"
Shang Fuheng was very modest: "It's all just a little understanding."
Qi Wu then nodded: "Okay, then you can go to draw, if you draw well... I can keep you for dinner."
"Then you send someone to prepare paper and ink for me..." Shang Fuheng asked, "Why don't I go to your yard to draw. When I came here early in the morning, I saw a plum tree in your yard that hasn't bloomed yet."
"That tree?" Qi Wu laughed, "That tree is dead and cannot bloom. I plan to dig it out in two days, and then transplant it alive. You draw a dead tree as a gift for me. What's the matter?"
Shang Fuheng raised his eyebrows lightly: "It's okay, I'll order plum blossoms, do you like red plums or white plums?"
Seeing that he was really attached to the dead tree, Qi Wu didn't care: "I like black ones."
"Black is bad luck. I painted indigo. It just so happens that you are wearing an indigo cloak today." Shang Fuheng took the words very smoothly.
Qi Wu is also inexplicably interested in tossing around with Shang Fuheng at the moment: "Just draw the black one, the left and right are for me, I don't think it's unlucky. The black one can be drawn with ordinary ink for writing, you want others For the color, I have to ask someone to go outside to buy paint in the freezing weather, trouble."
"If you want to go out, you can buy wine just in time." Shang Fuheng said, "Although Min Junrun is not serious, it is really good to drink some hot wine this winter. Since you are idle and bored, there is no harm in trying it. At most, he was drunk and fell asleep."
"Drunk? I'll tell you to see what it means not to be drunk after a thousand cups." Qi Wu raised his eyebrows and said at ease.
He was originally in Licheng, when he just escaped from the post station and stayed in the inn, he also tasted several kinds of wine, the taste was very light, and occasionally he choked his throat, but it was only the raw materials of wine making that affected the taste. It's not easy to get drunk.
Calling Liang Zhu and Ru Ya, Qi Wu asked them to drive a carriage to buy paint and wine and come back.
After finishing the order, Qi Wu put on his cloak and went back to his yard.Shang Fuheng walked with him, but Shang Fuheng didn't wear a cloak to avoid the snow, snowflakes fell all over his body.
Shang Fuheng was dressed in white, the snow falling on the clothes was not conspicuous, but it was very obvious when it fell on the hair, and soon even the eyebrows were dyed a little white.Occasionally, Qi Wu glanced over and saw it, then laughed, and said in a leisurely tone: "Look at me, this is another bad hospitality, it's time for His Royal Highness Prince Lang to take an umbrella to block the snow."
Seeing him like this, Shang Fuheng's hands were itchy, so he simply raised his hand and pulled off Qi Wu's cloak and hat.
Qi Wu's head was suddenly exposed in the cold air of the snowy day, although he was not considered to be cold, but he was very speechless, so he turned his head and gave Shang Fuheng a white look.
Shang Fuheng smiled: "The snow is very artistic, I invite you to enjoy it together."
Before Qi Wu could speak, Shang Fuheng said again: "You're welcome."
Qi Wu: "...Forget it, you are sick after all, and it's not easy to live."
Shang Fuheng smiled lowly, stretched out his hand to pat the snowflakes on Qi Wu's hair, and pulled his hat back on for him to put it on.
Qi Wu clicked his tongue softly, originally wanted to hide, but failed, so he could only ask Shang Fuheng: "How long have you been sick? Why are you so neurotic at every turn, and you haven't settled the account of pinching my face for some reason, Now you're messing around again, don't you know the difference between men and women?"
"I've been ill for 25 years. I've been suffering from old illnesses. Since I'm older than you, please be more tolerant." Shang Fuheng said in a very cheerful tone.
Qi Wu curled his lips: "That's right, Your Highness is old, it's better for me to care less about you, so as not to be infected with brain disease by you."
Shang Fuheng could only smile and shook his head: "You are today... just because you are in your own house at this moment, you don't have any scruples in speaking? You have buried me many times in a short period of time, you are really very presumptuous."
Hearing this, Qi Wu was surprised: "I thought it was a common thing for me to bury you at twelve hours a day. When did I stop this thing? You cursed me to die early this morning."
Shang Fuheng stared at Qi Wu's clear eyes, then suddenly stretched out his hand and pinched Qi Wu's cheek.
The force was not heavy, but his hands were very cold, Qi Wu was shivering from the cold, and then hurriedly stepped back a few steps, his face was speechless and disgusted: "What are you doing?!"
"You are too presumptuous, this is a small punishment and a big punishment." Shang Fuheng rubbed the residual touch of his fingertips, and said calmly.