Ancient Foodie Survival Guide Chapter 92
Tled by Serena Love
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Chapter 92: Xie Lang
Since she made spicy strips, Zhou-shi's wholeheartedly focused on it, and at the same time, began to think about other spicy dishes. According to her, when the winter arrives, the spicy dishes will be very warming.
And after Lin-shi tasted the spicy strips, combined with Jiang Shuyao's opinions, she began planning for a snack shop, but Jiang Shuyao held her down to let her raise her baby at home.
In the beginning, Zhou-shi's only made spicy strips, but later she made not-so-spicy ones so that when Xie Sheng was tired of reading, she could chew a few sticks to relieve fatigue. Of course, Zhou-shi's favorite is the hottest flavor.
The warmth went straight into the abdomen, it was as spicy as Mobei's burning knife, and it was a joy to eat.
Every time she thinks of this, she feels a little stunned.
Not sure from when, she always thinks of Mobei from time to time. Once the thought arises, it can no longer be suppressed.
Xie Sheng saw that Zhou-shi was in a daze again and called her softly, "Mother?"
Zhou-shi returned to her senses, seeing that Xie Sheng had already drunk the duck porridge, she smiled and said, "Are you full?"
Xie Sheng nodded. She hesitated and asked, "Does mother have something on your mind?"
Zhou-shi thought about what she had just thought and looked away in a panic, for fear that her daughter would see her thinking about Mobei, "It is nothing."
Xie Sheng was silent for a few breaths, then slowly sighed, "Have mother talked with father?"
She suddenly mentioned Xie Lang, Zhou-shi's body became stiff, and quickly asked, "What's the matter?" After she had a dispute with Xie Lang, the thing she feared the most was that Xie Sheng was affected. She walked over, took Xie Sheng's hand, and said, "No matter what happens between your father and me, you are the eldest daughter of the second branch, and your father will always love you like before..."
Xie Sheng didn't understand Zhou-shi's comforting thoughts. In her opinion, this is what it should be. She said, "Mother, I understand. I was originally the daughter of the Xie family. I rely on my identity, the pampering of my grandmother, the rules of the Xie family, not the love of my father."
Zhou-shi didn't expect Xie Sheng to say this. Her daughter is younger than her, but she could see clearly. She felt sore in her heart and didn't know how to speak for a long while.
Xie Sheng got along with Zhou-shi these days. After the mother and daughter had reconciled, the natural closeness returned.
She shook Zhou-shi's hand back, "Mother, so are you. You are the second lady of the Xie family and the daughter of the Zhou family. Why have you been holding yourself for so many years?"
Xie Sheng didn't understand love, so she didn't understand Zhou-shi's willingness to suppress her own temper for Xie Lang. But she also didn't understand why her mother argued with the concubines in the backyard for many years, then became more depressed and obsessed. Taking this opportunity, she simply asked her the doubt that she had questioned for a long time.
Zhou-shi didn't expect that she would have a day to talk about this with her seven-year-old daughter. She smiled bitterly, "Because I thought this would make your father change his mind, and I thought it would make you live better."
Xie Sheng didn't quite understand Zhou-shi's thoughts.
She tilted her head to think, but Zhou-shi raised her hand, rubbed her head and said, "Don't think about it. It's all ridiculous anyway. I only now understand that it's not worth it."
Xie Sheng nodded and did not answer.
The two fell silent. Zhou-shi turned the subject away, asked people to clean up the dishes, and prepare to go back to third branch to ponder about food. When she stood up, she was suddenly stopped by Xie Sheng.
"Mother."
Zhou-shi turned her head and saw a rare shame on Xie Sheng's face. She blinked her big eyes and asked, "I, can I watch you play with sword once?"
Zhou-shi was completely stunned.
When Xie Sheng saw this, she bowed her head and apologized, "My request is too unreasonable. Please don't mind, mother."
Zhou-shi was stunned at first, then she laughed, "How did you know that I can do martial arts? Is it your father?"
Xie Sheng sold Xie Lang without hesitation, "Yes."
Zhou-shi's laughter stagnated slightly, and at last, her smile disappeared altogether, and she randomly broke a twig in the yard while saying, "I haven't danced with swords for many years."
When she finished, she flipped her wrists, and the soft twigs suddenly stiffened in her hand, and even the tip with broken leaves condensed with sword energy.
Xie Sheng was dumbfounded and stood up hurriedly for fear of missing a move.
Zhou-shi had practiced martial arts with her brothers, who had been fighting the enemies of the state since childhood. Her sword skills were not inferior to men. With just one branch, she could make a gust of wind. She had just danced a few moves, and the branch in her hand suddenly dropped and went straight towards the courtyard, flew away to the door.
She regarded the branch in her hand as the Frost Sword that she had used for many years, but a branch was just a branch. After drawing a sharp arc in the air, it fell to the ground halfway through.
Xie Lang stood at the gate of the courtyard, looking at her with complex expressions.
Zhou-shi glanced at him, stopped her movement of throwing the sword, and didn't want to look at him more.
Xie Lang has been depressed for many days since he saw Zhou-shi at the breakfast restaurant last time. He didn't dare to look for her anymore.
He looked for her today, but she was sword dancing.
In his mind, her figure gradually overlapped with the bright girl when he first saw her a long time ago.
Xie Lang felt sore in his heart, unable to suppress his emotions anymore, and strode towards Zhou-shi, "Can I talk to you?"
Zhou-shi was blocked by him and frowned, "I have nothing to say with you."
"I have." Xie Lang said.
Xie Sheng stood by, and Zhou-shi did not want her to watch the dispute between the two, so she reluctantly agreed.
The two walked aside for a while, looking for a quiet pavilion and sitting down.
As soon as Zhou-shi sat down, she said impatiently, "What do you want to say?"
During seven years of marriage, when did she ever have this attitude toward Xie Lang? Xie Lang was bitter in his heart and said softly, "Do you hate me so much?"
After all, she was once sentimental. Seeing his gentle appearance, Zhou-shi was silent for a while, and finally, the strong momentum dissipated. She did not answer his question but said, "What do you want to say? Just say it."
There was too much to say. Xie Lang didn't know where to start and finally said, "You picked up the martial arts again?"
"No."
Xie Lang looked at Zhou-shi's side and saw that she didn't want to look at him. He laughed at himself, helplessly, "Actually...we don't have to be like this."
Zhou-shi cast a puzzled look.
Some things are not so difficult to talk about after the beginning sentence, Xie Lang said, "How did we get to where we are now? Is it not enough for couples in the world to love each other?"
"Love?" Zhou-shi sneered, "You are just all talk."
Xie Lang was stung by her words, "Ruoying, can't we talk peacefully?"
Zhou-shi turned around, took a deep breath, and said sharply, "Okay, let's talk. You said you love me, but if you really love me, why would you still have a concubine? Why would you have children with other women?"
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Her sarcasm and questioning made Xie Lang a little dazed. He had always been mild-tempered and was not angry. After listening to her, his eyes were completely blank, "Did you...mind?" He recalled the past seven years, "If you mind, why not say it bluntly? For so many years, you just made a small mess, and the next day you lost your anger. I thought you just had a childish temperament and didn't like to share with others. Then after making a mess, you figured it out."
Zhou-shi looked at him in astonishment and smirked, "My sword cannot be touched by other people, and others cannot ride my horse. If I cherished it, why should I share it? Xie Shuyun, I am not a child. I just have you in my heart."
When she said this, Xie Lang's heart trembled, seemingly understand, and asked, "So do you mind because other women took my heart from you?"
He was really puzzled and said warmly, "Ruoying, how could I? In my heart, you are not the same as them. You are my wife, my sweetheart, and they are just concubines. How could I divide my heart from you?"
When Zhou-shi heard his words, she hadn't spoken for a long time but looked at him quietly.
The feeling in her heart that is hard to settle, the unwillingness in her heart, and the trace of nostalgia that could not be suppressed, were all dissipated in Xie Lang's sincere indiscretion.
"Fine." She smiled suddenly and shook her head. "From the beginning, I was wrong."
Seeing her smiling like this, Xie Lang was so flustered that he almost couldn't sit still, "Ruoying..."
She looked at Xie Lang and slowly said, "You are the noble son from the capital, you are very affluent, and others have held you up since you were young. I am a girl who grew up in Mobei, and I have followed my brothers throughout the city since I was young. We were not the same." The more she thought about it, the more ridiculous she felt, and her tone was also relieved, "I should have followed my Dad's words and find a good man to marry in Mobei. Now, if they dared to treat me like this, I would have used my whip a long time ago."
The more her tone was calm and relieved, Xie Lang panicked.
As if he was being held tightly in his heart, he was almost out of breath in soreness. Seeing her getting up to leave, Xie Lang hurriedly grabbed her sleeves and pleaded, "I don't understand. Can you explain clearly??"
Zhou-shi turned around and asked indifferently, "What else do you want to hear?"
Thinking of what she said just now, Xie Lang could no longer deceive himself that she would change her mind again. The tip of his heart felt like it was stabbed by a blunt knife. He tried his best and asked palely, "What else can I do?" Slowly let go of her sleeves and asked, "...Do you still have me in your heart?"
"I have you in my heart," Zhou-shi answered happily.
Xie Lang didn't expect her to say this at all. An ecstasy rose in his heart, but after seeing her gaze, it all disappeared, and he felt like falling into an ice cave.
"Because you are Ah Sheng's father and my husband." She adjusted her sleeves, and her words sentenced Xie Lang to death. "But I don't admire you anymore. From now on, whether you take a concubine or pay a woman, I won't care anymore."
After she finished speaking, she left without nostalgia, as if she was just saying a light farewell.
*
Xie Xun was young and had practiced martial arts since childhood. His injuries healed faster than ordinary people. After lying down for a while, he could move around.
He had been lying on the bed for a long time, and he felt that he almost forgot to walk. Originally, Jiang Shuyao only asked him to walk around in the third branch's courtyard, but he had to go inside the house.
Jiang Shuyao couldn't let him go alone, so she could only accompany him, "If you are tired, you must tell me, don't force it."
Xie Xun was helpless, "I hurt my chest, not my leg."
It happened that they just had eating dinner. Jiang Shuyao took his hand, wandered around the house with him, and took a walk to digest.
When he reached a place, Xie Xun suddenly stopped. Jiang Shuyao thought his wound was uncomfortable and immediately became nervous.
He felt it and squeezed her hand, "I'm fine. I just saw my second brother."
Jiang Shuyao followed his gaze and looked at Xie Lang sitting in the pavilion, who knows how long he had been sitting there.
Seeing that he was motionless, Xie Xun was still a little worried and said to Jiang Shuyao, "I'll talk to him a few words. Can you wait for me?"
Jiang Shuyao nodded and agreed, waiting for Xie Xun in place.
Xie Xun walked slowly to Xie Lang. Until he sat down, Xie Lang did not respond.
"Second brother." He had no choice but to call out to him.
Xie Lang returned to his senses, looked up at him, and then at the sky, only to realize that it was already dark.
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"Why are you sitting here in a trance?" He wanted to tease Xie Lang, but when he saw his look, he stopped his smile and asked, "You talked with your wife?"
Xie Lang nodded.
Xie Xun didn't know what to say. He didn't want to intervene in the second branch's matter. He just said, "Don't sit down here. Go back early."
Xie Lang suddenly said, "Third brother, you...don't lose third sister-in-law."
Xie Xun frowned and said, "Of course I won't."
Xie Lang smiled upon hearing the words, "I know, you are not me." His smile was as gentle as ever, but the bitterness was too strong, and his smile was no longer as pleasant as before.
After all, he was his own brother, Xie Xun wanted to comfort him, but he didn't know how to speak.
Xie Lang shook his head and said, "I know what you want to say. It's okay. Third sister-in-law is still waiting for you. Go ahead."
Xie Xun raised his head to look at Jiang Shuyao, who was playing with stones not far away.
He thought about the similarities between Jiang Shuyao and Zhou-shi and couldn't help but said, "Second brother, what were you thinking?"
Xie Lang puzzled.
"If you don't have your wife in your heart, why are you depressed and become the way you are now? But if you have your wife in your heart, how can you fall in love with other women, bring them into the house and hurt your wife?"
Even his younger brother, who was only recently in love, could understand it better than himself. Xie Lang shook his head and said, "I didn't understand... I was arrogant and unreasonable, and I lost my beloved person in the end."
"Okay, you go quickly. I'll sit for a while and think again."
Xie Xun nodded, got up, and went to Jiang Shuyao.
As soon as he arrived, Jiang Shuyao hurriedly took his hand, not at all afraid of the passing maids who saw her and laughed.
Xie Lang watched from a distance and only woke up from his memory after they disappeared from his sight, feeling lost.
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