"What are you talking about? You didn't even call us." Zhao Yunniang and Ling Lizhen came over from under the flower stand and said with a smile.
Zhao Yunniang looked at the wine glass on the table and saw Liu Zhongwen's heavy face. She felt something was wrong and said, "What's wrong? Did something happen?"
"Zhongwen, do you mind?" Ling Shiqi asked Liu Zhongwen for his opinion and would you mind letting these two people know.
Liu Zhongwen said: "Everyone, sit down. There is nothing unknown, and I believe Qi Zi won't mind. I'm telling you, and I hope everyone can get to know Qi Zi better."
Ling Lizhen heard Qi Zi's name inexplicably, her face looked a little ugly, and she said: "So I don't want to hear about her anymore. You guys can go ahead and I'm leaving."
Zhao Yunniang pulled her to sit down and said, "You're already here, why don't you take precautions if you listen."
Ling Lizhen sat down reluctantly and said, "Okay, since you are about to become my sister-in-law, I will listen to you just once. I want to see what kind of things Brother Zhongwen can say."
Liu Zhongwen drank another glass of wine and said: "After Qizi and his mother were kicked out of the house, they rented a courtyard next to Dabo Academy several times."
"It turns out she was kicked out. She deserves it." Ling Lizhen said angrily.
"Shut up. If you really don't want to hear it, then leave." Ling Shiqi said angrily.
Ling Lizhen stuck out her tongue naughtily and stopped talking.
Liu Zhongwen continued: "I remember one time I went to the door to play and saw a little girl walking to the door with a small bundle of firewood on her back. She couldn't drag it up the steps. It could be seen that she had used all her strength.
, I kindly walked over and helped her carry the firewood to the yard. When I put the firewood down, I saw her hands full of blood blisters. I ran back home to get her medicine, and then I wanted to help her wipe it.
But she insisted on doing it by herself, but I couldn't resist her. I watched her endure the pain and apply the medicine gently, tears welling up in her eyes, but she refused to cry. By the time she applied the medicine, her lips were bitten and bleeding.
I admired her strength at the time, and that's how we got to know each other. Later I learned that her mother was blind, and she took care of everything at home. She was still so young, only ten years old at the time."
"I really can't believe that Qi Zi has suffered like this." Zhao Yunniang sighed with mist in her eyes.
"What happened next, Zhongwen?" Ling Shiqi asked.
"Later, whenever I had the chance, I would go to her house to help her. There was a girl next door, Yi Qiu. After I met Qi Zi, I would go to help her from time to time. Qi Zi didn't agree at first, but later I couldn't get over it.
We agreed. Her mother's illness required money to treat her illness. She learned embroidery skills at a young age and worked for a small family to support the family. She was so filial and kind, and she never
She was reluctant to eat delicious food, use practical things, and wear good clothes. I still remember one Lantern Festival. She had been hiding at home because she had no good clothes. Most of the clothes she wore were Yiqiu's old clothes.
, it was rare to get new clothes, so she couldn’t bear to wear them and kept them at the bottom of the box, only taking them out to wear during the New Year and holidays.”
After listening to Liu Zhongwen's words, Zhao Yunniang cried, and Ling Lizhen's nose was sore.
Liu Zhongwen continued: "When she was thirteen years old, her uncle taught her piano art. Qizi was very talented and could often learn it immediately. Her uncle said she was a genius. Later I found out that her mother had taught her before. She not only knew the Four Books
She knew the Five Classics, knew music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and was also good at embroidery. Everything about her made me fall in love with her. I fell in love with her, and Qi Zi also fell in love with me. We vowed to each other and were committed to each other for the rest of our lives. This was how a few years passed.
In 2000, the relationship between us became deeper and deeper. She worked as a heroine for a wealthy family to earn money to buy medicine for her mother's medical treatment, and taught piano in the academy to earn money to support the family. Although her life was poor, she was happy."
"Then why didn't you get together in the end?" Ling Lizhen asked with a tearful voice.
Liu Zhongwen continued: "When relatives, neighbors, and friends all thought that we would be together, something happened."
"What's going on?" Ling Shiqi asked with a solemn expression.
"My father was ill in the country, and my mother asked me to go home. Before leaving, Qi Zi's words gave me an ominous premonition. I didn't expect that when I came back, she would have returned to her father's home.
I'm getting married next to you." Liu Zhongwen said with a tear.
"Don't you two have an oath of love? How can she marry someone else?" Ling Lizhen said angrily.
"Yes, why did she marry someone else?" Liu Zhongwen wiped away his tears and said, "Later, I inquired a lot and found out that someone proposed to the palace, but the other party made the eldest lady dissatisfied, but this marriage was
No one dared to shirk it. So the eldest lady came up with a plan to let the second lady, Qi Zi, marry for the eldest lady."
"Then she can disagree?" Zhao Yunniang said.
"Humph." Liu Zhongwen sneered: "Is it okay if you don't agree? Qi Zi's mother was detained in the house and was not allowed to see a doctor or take medicine. She was forced to have no choice but to agree with tears. Qi Zi agreed to marry.
After that, in order to keep the promise between us, she suffered a lot of torture and endured humiliation, just to escape and be with me. But after she escaped as she wished, I followed my mother's orders to celebrate my father's marriage to Yi Qiu.
, the moment she saw me, I could feel her sadness and her heartbreak, but I couldn't do anything."
Memories emerged layer by layer. Liu Zhongwen talked about the sadness, picked up the wine glass and raised his head. "Then she left. As the saying goes, there is no greater sorrow than heartbreak. Aunt Yang also passed away, and I left her again.
At that time, I was really afraid that she would do something stupid."
Ling Shiqi looked at the sad Liu Zhongwen and asked tentatively: "Who is she married to?"
"No matter who she marries, it doesn't matter now." Liu Zhongwen said quietly.
"Is it Mr. Zheng?" Ling Lizhen asked.
"Mr. Zheng? That Mr. Zheng?" Liu Zhongwen immediately understood and said, "Yes, Mr. Zheng."
"I'm just telling you, how could Qi Zi be a maid?" Zhao Yunniang said with a smile.
"But, Zhongwen, I still don't understand." Ling Shiqi poured the wine and said.
Liu Zhongwen said: "Shiqi, I can tell you everything I can about Qizi. You'd better not know what I can't. After all, it's not good for us to know."
"When I first met Mr. Zheng, I knew he didn't look like a businessman. I didn't expect his identity to be so mysterious." Ling Shiqi said with a smile: "Since you don't tell me, we won't ask anymore. Come, tell me
The glass of wine is empty."
Liu Zhongwen picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp...
The moon is still hanging in the sky, shining brightly on the sky.