Chapter 34: Stingy

Xie Tingzhou stopped looking at her and paused after picking up the clothes. The torn seams of the clothes were sewn crookedly, and the threads were not the same color, like a centipede crawling on the clothes.

No wonder Shi Yu was a little embarrassed when she said it just now. Xie Tingzhou, who was used to being particular, was not sure whether to wear it or to be cold.

After a long while, he exhaled and put on the clothes.

When he went out, he saw him talking and laughing with the old man. The old man was cooking and he was sitting behind the stove and burning the fire.

I don’t know what he had applied on his face before, it was black, but now it has been washed clean, and his facial features are still the same as before. His fair skin makes his face beautiful and a bit heroic.

There are seven or eight families in the village. This place is close to the edge of the village, and there is a big tree next to it.

Xie Tingzhou stood in front of the door.

A goshawk flew across the sky. The sunset was in full swing, and wisps of cooking smoke merged with the sunset light. Xie Tingzhou actually tasted a rare tranquility at this moment.

He was born in a high position, and he was destined not to live a plain life like other people.

"It's time to eat." The old man smiled and waved at him.

Xie Tingzhou nodded and walked over. He hadn't eaten for a day and a night, and his stomach was so empty that he felt uncomfortable.

Green vegetables were rare in the snowy winter, and the table was filled with pickled potatoes, two red eggs, and a bowl of hot wild duck soup, which was considered very rich.

Shen Yu was very grateful. The old man took out everything he had to entertain them when they met by chance, but unfortunately she was penniless now.

She thought that the old man must be reluctant to leave home when he was old, and when she went back, she would send someone to repair the hut for grandpa and give him some silver, so that he would have no worries in his later years, and grandpa would not have to drag his old body up the mountain to hunt.

Xie Tingzhou's every move was noble, and it was obvious that he was not from an ordinary family. The old man didn't dare to talk to him, but he chatted very well with Shen Yu.

"The family at the head of the village just gave birth to a big fat boy. I shot a pheasant and sent it to them. These red eggs are what they gave me."

The old man pushed the red eggs in front of the two people. When he went to deliver the things, he didn't say that he had guests, so they only gave two.

Shen Yu refused and said with a smile: "I don't like eggs. Grandpa, you eat it."

The old man put both eggs in front of Xie Tingzhou and said carefully: "You eat it, just right to replenish your body."

Xie Tingzhou looked at the eggs without saying anything. The red eggs made him fall into a bad memory.

His arm was suddenly touched, and the chopsticks picked up all the rice in the bowl.

He turned his head to look at Shi Yu beside him, and asked him with his eyes why he touched him.

Shi Yu winked at him.

Seeing that he didn't understand, he lowered his voice and said: "Be more easy-going."

Xie Tingzhou pursed his lips. It was the first time he heard such a request. He turned around and saw the old man holding a bowl, and heartbrokenly pushed the rice he had just dropped into his own bowl.

Xie Tingzhou was moved. He glanced at the untouched rice in the bowl and put some into the old man's bowl. The old man wanted to refuse, but he didn't dare to move because of his expression. He held the chopsticks and kept saying "enough, enough".

"How many people are there in my father-in-law's family?" Xie Tingzhou took the initiative to speak halfway through the meal.

The father-in-law said, "There were quite a few people originally, including my husband and two sons."

"What about them?" Shen Yu found Xie Tingzhou glanced at her after asking.

"Now I'm the only one left," the father-in-law said, looking at the table, "both sons joined the army and never came back after going to the front line, and my daughter-in-law ran away. The half-grown grandson was sick and couldn't be raised. My husband was sad and sad, and later he followed him. Now Da Huang is with me."

Shen Yu knew what Xie Tingzhou meant by that look, and she suddenly felt very uncomfortable.

Aren't he and my father-in-law the same? All his relatives died on the battlefield, leaving only himself.

She was better off, at least she still had her grandmother who loved her to the core in Hezhou, and her sister Shen Yan, who was not close but had blood ties with her, but her father-in-law was really the only one left.

Xie Tingzhou saw that his eyes were red again.

Shen Yu noticed his gaze and suddenly laughed, "Grandpa, if you don't mind, you can treat me as your grandson in the future. I will come to see you when I am free."

The old man waved his hands hurriedly, "No, no, you are noble people at first glance, how can you recognize an old man like me as your grandfather? It will make people laugh if you tell others about it. It's not possible."

"I haven't seen my grandfather," Shen Yu said, "I will be close to you when I see you. I have called you grandpa so many times. You can't refuse to recognize me."

Shen Yu's grandfather also died on the battlefield. At that time, Shen Zhongan had not yet married, and he went to the battlefield with a knife.

How could a noble family be willing to marry their daughter to a general who guarded the border all year round? Besides, Shen Zhongan had not yet made a name for himself at that time.

But on the way back to Beijing to report on his work, he met the daughter of Hezhou Lu family. The two of them went to Beijing together, and then Shen Zhao and Shen Yu were born.

After dinner, it was already dark.

The old man went to bed early. Xie Tingzhou and Shen Yu had slept all day and were not sleepy at this moment.

It was very cold at night, and walking in the moonlight was something no one wanted to do, so the two of them could only stay in the room.

There was not much furniture in the room, just a wooden bed and a small table.

Shen Yu lay on the table and said, "This is still far from the county town. I heard from my grandfather that there is a clinic in a town not far away. I will go to get some medicine tomorrow and find out more news. Your Highness will stay here to rest."

Although the wound on Xie Tingzhou's back was simply bandaged and some herbs that his father-in-law had crushed himself were applied, the effect was not good.

His wound is actually very painful now, but there is no trace of discomfort on his face.

"You call me Your Highness now? Didn't I call you directly before?"

Shen Yuxun glanced at him, "At this critical moment, the title is not important... right?"

The more she talked, the more uncertain she became. Sometimes she saw Xie Tingzhou as being tolerant and generous, and sometimes he seemed to retaliate, it all depended on his mood.

Xie Tingzhou fiddled with the tea bowl and asked, "Do you have any money to go to town?"

Shen Yu looked at the jade pendant on his waist and then at the ring on his hand, as if she was considering which one to take first.

"If you don't want to die too soon, it's best not to think about these things." Xie Tingzhou reminded.

Shen Yu buried her head on her arms and sighed secretly: "Stingy."

Xie Tingzhou heard clearly. He didn't want to explain at first, but somehow he changed his mind, "If these things are discovered, someone will follow the traces and find them. How can you be sure that you are looking for one of your own and not an assassin?"

"Oh." Shen Yu thought about it for a while. Xie Tingzhou's unique item was too eye-catching when taken out, but she didn't have anything special on her, and the previous package had been lost a long time ago.

She thought for a moment, "Then I have another way."