In the afternoon, Qin Zhao sorted and packed the medicinal materials bought from the town.
Now that money is not as tight as before, he tries to buy more medicinal herbs every time to avoid having to run to town all the time.
Jing Li lay on the table and watched him skillfully sort the medicinal herbs.
He always felt very strange.
Today, Qin Zhao went to several clinics to buy medicine. He bought several kinds of herbs from each clinic and then went home to make the medicine himself. Jing Li noticed that Qin Zhao bought different herbs from the same clinic twice.
This always gave him a feeling that... Qin Zhao didn't want others to know what medicine he was buying.
The more Jing Li thought about it, the more curious he became. He called out softly, "Qin Zhao..."
Qin Zhao: "What's wrong?"
"What's wrong with you?"
Qin Zhao paused and looked up at him.
Jing Li felt a little guilty when he looked at her. He blinked and said, "I... I'm just a little curious. You've taken a lot of medicine, but why is it still like this? What medicine did you take..."
Qin Zhao said: "You want to ask why I buy medicine like that?"
The little guy could never keep secrets. When Qin Zhao took him to the clinic today, the doubts in the little fish's eyes were clearly revealed.
But he didn't ask after leaving the clinic.
Qin Zhao wondered how long he could keep his confusion hidden, but it seemed that two hours was the limit.
Qin Zhao retracted his gaze and said calmly: "Because I don't want anyone to know my prescription."
This is the same as Jing Li’s guess.
But he still didn't understand why Qin Zhao wanted to hide it? Was it because the recipe was extremely secret and rare, and Qin Zhao didn't want anyone to know about it? Or...
"I don't want anyone to know about my condition." Qin Zhao did not hide it. "Experienced doctors can deduce the condition through prescriptions, but my disease is quite special and it is not convenient for outsiders to know. I am afraid it will cause trouble."
Jing Li didn't understand: "What do you mean?"
"Silly boy, I've already told you there will be trouble if people find out. Aren't you afraid of getting in trouble?" Qin Zhao asked with a smile.
"I'm not afraid." Jing Li said, "Besides, I'm not an outsider now, right?"
Xiao Shayu was very into the role of her husband.
Qin Zhao's expression froze for a moment, then he smiled softly and touched his head: "Well, you are not an outsider."
Jing Li's eyes sparkled: "Can you tell me then?"
"no."
Jing Li: “…”
How could this person be like this!
Qin Zhao didn't say anything more to him.
He quickly sorted the herbs and poured them into the medicine pot to boil a prescription. He turned around and saw Jing Li still lying on the table. His slender white fingers fiddled with the herbal roots scattered on the table, pressing them back and forth between his fingertips out of boredom.
Qin Zhao called him: "Xiao Yu, go back to your room and take a nap."
Perhaps because of his illness, Qin Zhao's daily routine is very healthy. Whenever he is at home, he will take a nap for the length of an incense stick in the afternoon.
Jing Li had been with him for a long time and had developed this habit. He began to feel a little sleepy at a certain time.
But he just rubbed his eyes, without raising his head, pretending not to hear.
Qin Zhao naturally knew what he was upset about, and smiled helplessly: "It's only been one day and you're not listening anymore? Aren't you afraid that I'll send you away?"
"No."
Qin Zhao raised his eyebrows, but saw Jing Li turned his head and blinked at him: "I am your husband now, why would you send me away?"
His tone was quite proud.
What this means is that they are now husband and wife, and Qin Zhao can no longer abandon him at will.
Qin Zhao was interested and deliberately said, "But even if you're already married, you can still get a divorce."
Jing Li said: "Then I will go tell the village chief that you abandoned your husband and children and have bad behavior, and ask him not to guarantee your imperial examination."
Qin Zhao: “…”
Qin Zhao didn't know for a moment whether to say he was stupid or smart.
He has not yet expressed his desire to take part in the scientific examination to the village chief.
The first imperial examination is the examination for students who are admitted to universities, which is held in February every year. He has missed it this year, and the next examination registration is at the end of the year.
To apply for the Tongshi examination, one needs to have several fellow townsmen and a scholar as a guarantor.
The so-called guarantor is responsible for guaranteeing the character of the examinee. If the examinee cheats during the examination or does other illegal things, the guarantor will also be implicated.
Therefore, the guarantor needs to pay special attention to the candidate's character.
There is only one scholar in Linxi Village, the village chief. If Qin Zhao wants to take the examination for the Tongshi, he can only ask the village chief for help.
But... it seems that his purpose of taking the imperial examination was to raise this little fish.
Did the little guy confuse the logic of this sequence
Furthermore…
"Abandoning your husband and children?" Qin Zhao's eyes contained a hint of smile, and his gaze slowly moved downwards.
Jing Li realized that there was something wrong with what he said after he finished speaking. Seeing Qin Zhao's look, he quickly covered his stomach and said, "What are you thinking? I just said that. I'm not..."
His voice became quieter and quieter, and the last two words could not be heard clearly.
In fact, Jing Li is not sure whether he is one or not.
But he was very clear that he must have been a normal man before he came to this world. And his current appearance was no different from the past. If his body structure had not changed, then he could not be Shuang'er.
Yes, definitely not.
"... So it wasn't?" Qin Zhao's eyes moved slightly, and he felt a little disappointed for some reason.
He didn't care what gender the fish was, but since the little fish had just said that, he naturally thought that the little guy was really a twin.
But it doesn’t matter if it’s not.
He did not bother with Jing Li anymore, but walked straight to the table, grabbed the back of the man's clothes, and lifted him up: "Go to sleep first, we can talk later if there is anything."
"After that?" Jing Li didn't trust his words. "How do I know you're not just trying to fool me?"
Qin Zhao looked at him calmly.
The two looked at each other for a moment, and Jing Li looked away guiltily: "I know..."
Qin Zhao is usually gentle and polite to others, but when he is silent, his sharp eyes are quite intimidating and even a little scary.
Jing Li didn't dare to ask any more questions and was about to go to the low cabinet to get his small wooden barrel. However, he had only taken two steps when Qin Zhao brought it back.
Jing Li turned around and looked at him: "What's the matter?"
Qin Zhao let go of his hand and explained, "People in the village don't have the habit of taking a nap, and it's noon now. What if someone comes looking for me and you don't have time to change back to your original form? What if someone sees you?"
Jing Li felt that what he said made sense.
He thought about it, and then tried again: "Then... How about I go to the bed and squeeze with you, I will definitely not push you off the bed!"
Qin Zhao looked calm and said, "Okay."
The wooden bed was not really big, but fortunately Jing Li had a small frame, so there was not only enough space for the two of them to lie on it, but there was also some room to spare.
However, he seemed to be afraid of crowding Qin Zhao, and kept shrinking himself into the corner, making his already small figure look even smaller.
Qin Zhao looked at the gap between the two of them, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Come out, isn't the wall cold?"
"It's not cold." Jing Li hugged the quilt, looking up at him from bottom to top.
Jing Li's eyes were moist and beautiful, with the corners of his eyes a little red due to sleepiness, but when he looked at people from this angle, he looked a bit innocent and well-behaved.
He only took off his outer robe when sleeping, and the clothes underneath were still Qin Zhao's. The collar was obviously much bigger, and Qin Zhao's angle made his white porcelain chest visible.
… Qin Zhao felt that all his lifelong endurance would be exhausted within this day.
He turned over, not daring to read any further.
The room was exceptionally quiet in the afternoon, and the breathing behind him quickly became steady, as if he had fallen asleep. Qin Zhao closed his eyes slightly, and his thoughts also calmed down.
After a while, a cold arm was placed on his shoulder.
Qin Zhao: “…”
He took a deep breath and pushed the arm, but the other party just muttered something impatiently, and then half of his body hung up.
The slightly cool breath sprayed on Qin Zhao's ears.
Jing Li had fallen completely asleep.
He had been feeling cold since he cooked the fish. When he was half asleep, he felt something warm beside him and he clung to it without thinking.
He wrapped his hands and feet around it, as if he was hugging a quilt.
Qin Zhao finally understood that it was wise not to let the little guy sleep with him.
Qin Zhao didn't fall asleep for a single moment throughout the entire afternoon.
It greatly affects the quality of sleep.
Since Qin Zhao had to go to town today, he did not go to the construction site to help with the work in the morning, and he did not have time to help cook for the villagers who came to work.
The meal was moved to the afternoon.
At dusk, Qin Zhao packed the food, but before he could ask the other party if he wanted to go with him, he saw Jing Li waiting obediently by the door.
He had long wanted to check out the progress of his new home, and now that he could finally go out at will, there was naturally no reason not to go.
Qin Zhao took him to the west of the village.
The speed of building houses in the village was amazing. In just one day, the main house in the yard had already been roofed. In this case, you can just move the bed in and live there.
Several villagers were digging a canal, and Qin Zhao called out, "Uncle Lin, it's time to eat!"
Lin Lao Er heard the shout and looked over: "It's Qin Zhao!"
His gaze then fell on Jing Li beside Qin Zhao, and he was stunned for a moment.
He was also present when the incident happened yesterday, so he naturally heard about Qin Zhao's husband's affairs. However, there were too many people surrounding Qin Zhao's house yesterday, so he couldn't squeeze in at all.
Naturally, I didn't see what Qin Zhao's husband looked like.
But if you just ask anyone who has seen it, the conclusion you get is just two words: beautiful.
The villagers have not received much education and have a limited vocabulary. After trying for a long time to compliment someone, they can only say something nice.
Lin Laoer originally thought that they were exaggerating, but after seeing it today, he finally understood.
It is indeed beautiful, and not just ordinary beautiful.
Not to mention Linxi Village, even looking at all the people he had met in his life, apart from Qin Zhao, there was no one else as good-looking as him.
During this moment, everyone put down their work and looked at Qin Zhao.
The young man felt a little embarrassed being stared at by everyone, so he hid behind Qin Zhao with the food box in his hand.
"Good boy, I asked you before if you were going to get married, but you insisted that you were not. What are you doing now? Are you hiding a mistress in your house?"
Everyone sat on the stones and bamboo strips in the yard, chatting and eating.
Qin Zhao was very practical. He only cooked rice for them, and even had a fried egg among the side dishes. It was so extravagant that it was unbelievable. You know, some farmers were not well off, and they didn't even give them a side dish when they hired people to work, and could only afford some porridge.
When Qin Zhao said this, he was putting the eggs in his bowl into Jing Li's bowl. He paused for a moment and said calmly, "He just arrived in the village and is still a little uncomfortable. I wanted to introduce him to the villagers later."
"If you're not used to anything, just walk around more and you'll get used to it!"
"That's right, we should bring more people out to meet them. We will be neighbors in the future, so we can help each other."
Qin Zhao nodded: "Yes."
Everyone was talking and laughing while eating. Someone suddenly thought of something and said to Qin Zhao, "Oh, right, there's a place in the ditch that's hard to deal with. You have to see it for yourself before you can decide. Come with me and take a look before it gets dark."
After the sun sets, nothing can be seen on the construction site, so we have to hurry.
Qin Zhao nodded in agreement, put down his bowl and chopsticks and followed him.
After he left, the only people left at the dining room were the men who came to work and a lonely little koi.
Jing Li was worried that saying something wrong would reveal some flaws, and he felt inexplicably nervous. He just lowered his head and ate obediently, not daring to raise his head.
But someone wanted to talk to him.
Lin Lao Er has always been a bit outgoing. Seeing Qin Zhao leave, he moved towards Jing Li and smiled: "Now that Qin Zhao is not here, tell us how you two met?"
"Yeah, when did you meet? Why haven't we heard that Qin Zhao has a crush on Shuang'er?"
"... And you're not from one of the nearby villages, I don't think I've ever seen you before."
Everyone was talking at once, and Jing Li was a little at a loss as to what to do.
He answered hesitantly, "I... I live far away from home, not from this village. I met Qin Zhao... about a few months ago, and he saved me."
Most of the villagers were honest and simple, and no one questioned the truthfulness of his words.
Lin Lao Er asked again: "So, you came here to repay your gratitude?"
Jing Li hummed: "Not entirely."
"What do you mean?"
"Actually, it's because..." Jing Li looked back in Qin Zhao's direction and said with a stiff face, "Qin Zhao was infatuated with me and pursued me hard and persistently for several months. I was moved by his sincerity, so I agreed!"
…
There was silence for a moment, and everyone had a look of surprise on their faces.
I didn't expect Qin Zhao to be such a person.
It was easy to continue the story once it was started. Jing Li sat up straight and said seriously, "Yes, I didn't want to stay at first, but Qin Zhao was very sincere and said that if I didn't stay, he would-"
"What should I do?" A voice suddenly came from behind.
Jing Li turned around and saw Qin Zhao standing behind him, smiling at him gently.
The smile was quite gentle.