In the tenth month of the lunar calendar, the end of autumn is gradually passing, and the cold winter is coming.
In the thatched house, Qi Yu was staring at a broken bronze mirror in a daze.
Is the person in the mirror really me?
He really couldn't understand that he died like this.
It was just a small appendicitis operation. Before the operation even started, I was allergic to the anesthetic drugs and stopped breathing forever.
My death was painless and peaceful. The moment I closed my eyes in that world, I really felt like I was sleeping forever.
However, in this world, I was reborn in another way.
The previous consciousness is still there, but the body belongs to someone else.
After a complex ideological struggle, Qi Yu finally accepted the reality: he had traveled through time, or was resurrected through a corpse. Coincidentally, he and the original owner of the body had the same name, both were called Qi Yu.
Judging from the incomplete memories in his mind, the original owner was a cowardly and down-and-out scholar. He was stimulated by repeated failures in the imperial examinations and became crazy. His condition waxed and waned. In the morning, he threw himself into the river in a daze.
Drowning himself.
He died and I came back to life.
My previous life was like a dream.
Now I am him.
This is reality and we have to face it.
"Now that you've come back to life, let's keep going."
After opening the memory of the original owner, he discovered that the current country was called the Dafeng Dynasty. Since there was no record of this dynasty in history, Qi Yu couldn't figure out what AD it was now.
But one thing is certain, now that we are in a peaceful and prosperous age, Dafenghe has established trade relations with various Western countries. It is said that in the homes of high-ranking officials, there are already perfumes, soaps, glass products and other imported goods.
In other words, if you want to make a fortune by relying on these skills, it is no longer feasible; not to mention that the current family is completely broke, where will the capital come from?
The family is surrounded by walls!
This is the current situation! There are several thatched houses that have been in disrepair and are in dilapidated condition. They are the kind of hidden minefields that even thieves don't want to see.
There are only three family members. In addition to himself, there is also a blind old woman and a wife who has just been married for half a year and currently has no children.
The original owner came from a poor family, and his ancestors were all poor peasants for three generations, so there was only one way out, which was to get a job and change his life. The new owner Qi Yu also chose this only way after ruling out the unrealistic idea of getting rich.
Road - imperial examination!
In my previous life, although I was a college student, I was just dawdling around. What's more, I studied science. As a modern person, participating in this ancient imperial examination should not be as easy as imagined.
Suddenly, there was a noise in the yard.
"Mrs. Qi, what do you mean? The coffin I just ordered at noon today, why did you return it to me again?"
"Shopkeeper Qian, I'm so sorry, my man came back to life again, so the coffin is no longer needed..."
"Since ancient times, there have been people who have difficulty returning goods, and people who have had unsatisfactory marriages and have their engagements broken off. But this is the first time I have seen this returned coffin. At first, I thought that your Xianggong Qi was a scholar, so I agreed to give it to you on credit and order it for others.
The good coffin will be transferred to your husband for public use. Because of this, I also offended Blacksmith Feng from the East Village."
Qi Yu understood.
This coffin was originally prepared for Blacksmith Feng's family in East Village, but something happened to him today, so his wife Liu Quan bought the coffin on credit, but she didn't expect that he would come back to life again.
As a result, such an unexpected incident occurred.
"Now that Tiejiang Feng's family has gone to the city to buy a coffin, and you want to return it, who do you want me to sell this coffin to?" Shopkeeper Qian shouted angrily.
"Either this." Liu Quan thought for a while and said, "This coffin will be kept at my house first. When someone dies in someone's family, I will sell it and then give you the money. We are neighbors.
, I’m making a big fuss here over such a trivial matter, I’m a woman and it’s nothing, but I’m just embarrassing the face of your money shopkeeper.”
These words made Shopkeeper Qian hesitate.
This is indeed an idea.
But my shop is also a small business, so how can I have so much time to wait for her to sell this coffin?
From lumber to painting to the final product, the whole process costs a lot of money. If you can't make it back, then the shop won't be able to open, and the whole family will have to follow the northwest wind.
Therefore, my coffin shop has always only accepted reservations.
This time, seeing that the Qi family was in a hurry, they agreed to the credit and gave the coffin that someone else had ordered to the Qi family, but they didn't expect that such an incident would happen.
At this time.
With a creak, the door to the west room was pushed open.
"Mr. Qi came just in time. You are here to make an evaluation. How can you do such a thing?" Shopkeeper Qian's eyes lit up. He abandoned Liu Quan and left the matter to Qi Yu.
"Old shopkeeper, please stop teasing me. How can I dare to call myself sir in vain with my blank body?"
Qi Yu smiled awkwardly. His predecessor failed the exams many times, so that later on he became crazy and treated himself as sir when meeting others. As time went by, others often used this title to tease him.
Shopkeeper Qian was stunned and looked at Qi Yu with a bit of surprise.
He always felt that something was different about the Qi family's husband.
Did he change his gender after being thrown into a river?
Shaking his head, Shopkeeper Qian did not delve into the issue further and said, "Then what should you do about this matter? There is no precedent for returning a coffin since ancient times. If I agree, I will be asking for trouble..."
Since ancient times, coffins have been used for dead people, so if there is no death in the family, one would not place a coffin at home for no reason, as it would only bring bad luck to the family.
Therefore, there will never be any such thing as withdrawing the coffin.
After all, Qi Yu's situation is too special.
Qi Yu sighed and said: "Shopkeeper Qian also knows that I have been in poor health before. I took hundreds of soups and medicines alone. Almost all the money at home has been spent, and now I really can't get it out..."
Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Qian became anxious, "Then what do you want to do? Let me tell you, if you don't give me an explanation today, then we will meet with the government."
"Don't worry, Shopkeeper Qian, haven't I finished speaking?"
Qi Yu continued: "I really can't get the money now. It's useless for you to force me. The most I can do is compensate you with my life..."
"What's the point of wanting your life? I want money!"
"If Shopkeeper Qian can trust me, you might as well grant me some time, and then I will deliver the money to your shop with interest."
As he spoke, Qi Yu looked around, then walked to the corner, picked up half a brick, and handed it to shopkeeper Qian: "If the shopkeeper doesn't agree, then just give me a brick, and I'll treat it as a brick for your coffin."
Money."
Qi Yu stretched his head over, as if he wanted money rather than his life.
Shopkeeper Qian: "..."
After talking about this, shopkeeper Qian had no idea.
Staring at the bricks handed over by Qi Yu, he could only sigh, waved his hands, and said: "That's all, I'll give you ten days. If you can't pay me back after ten days, don't blame me by then.
If you don’t talk about neighborly relations, you’ll become ruthless!”
"Thank you, shopkeeper Qian."
Qi Yu breathed a sigh of relief and thanked with a smile.
As an unsociable man in science and engineering, he was filled with nervousness when he made the move just now.
Fortunately, the final result was good, and we saved ten days.
"snort!"
Shopkeeper Qian snorted coldly, ignored Qi Yu's thanks, and turned around to leave.
I just have some doubts in my heart.
Could it be that the husband of the Qi family was replaced by a water ghost?
Thinking of this, Shopkeeper Qian quickened his steps.
Watching shopkeeper Qian walk away, Qi Yu threw away the bricks in his hand and turned to look at his wife Liu Quan.
Although she is dressed as a peasant woman and does not wear any makeup on her face, she can still tell that she is a beautiful woman.
In my memory, my wife was a gentle and intelligent woman, but because of the original owner's failure, her gentleness gradually became a bit more fierce.
If it were Liu Quan from before, it would be impossible for him to say those words to Shopkeeper Qian.
Qi Yu sighed and began to despise his predecessor more and more.
In my previous life, I was single and couldn't find a wife, but this guy actually guarded such a beautiful wife and didn't know how to cherish her. He was crazy all day long, daydreaming about the imperial examination and high school.
"Madam..." Qi Yu called softly.
Liu Quan's body trembled slightly, and she looked at Qi Yu with a bit of surprise in her eyes.
Did you take the wrong medicine?
Or was it replaced by a water ghost?
Qi Yu asked: "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"fine."
Liu Quan shook his head, turned around and walked towards the main room.
The hall, also called the main hall, was the living room of ancient people's houses.
The interior decoration of the house is simple, with an old shabby square table and two small benches, which is small and simple.
Qi Yu followed into the house and saw that the lady was a little distracted and didn't pay attention to his soft call, so he had to raise his voice and said, "Did I scare you today?"
Liu Quan gave a faint hum: "Your life is your own. Don't do such stupid things again in the future. I heard that people really drowned in that river."
"I threw myself into the river because of my stupidity, and I promise I will never do it again."
"Um."
Liu Quan remained indifferent and did not raise his face to look at him. He worked a few times with his hands, tied a piece of wrapping cloth diagonally, and then hung it on his shoulder.
"Package?" Qi Yu was startled: "Where are you going, madam?"
"Go pick up your mother."
Following his memory, Qi Yu glanced at the room on the east side and saw that the old quilts on the bed were neatly folded, but the old man was missing.
My mother, Zhou, has poor eyesight and is almost blind, which is somewhat similar to cataracts in later generations. On weekdays, apart from walking in a small area in the yard, she spends most of her time lying in bed to rest.
Qi Yu was a little confused: "Mother...where is she?"
Liu Quan said softly: "After your accident, my sister quickly picked her up."
The original owner had a sister named Qi Lan who got married five years ago, and her mother-in-law's home is not far away in the East Village.
A good girl never marries far away. When it comes to finding in-laws, Mrs. Zhou puts this first.
My elder sister took my mother away because she was afraid that the old man would be sad and anxious, so as to avoid something bad happening again. After all, no mother can accept a white-haired person giving a black-haired person.
"I'll pick you up. You're tired too, so you'd better rest at home for a while."
"..."
Not only did he become more diligent, he also became kinder.
Could it be that...
Liu Quan didn't dare to think about it anymore, and felt a little hesitant in his heart.
"Okay, I'm going."
Qi Yu smiled, grabbed the package and went out without noticing the surprised expression on his wife behind him.
