Chapter 4: Burying his father alone, living in a humble house and having a poor family
The two of them stood one behind the other in the dark room, and the atmosphere seemed a bit awkward.
Shen Tang sat down, while Liu Xiangling held a handful of dry firewood and started working outside the house. After a while, Liu Xiangling took two green bowls and placed them on the square table.
"There are only these two bowls of rice porridge..." This was the first time Shen Tang heard Liu Xiangling's voice. It was extremely clear, and with a hint of Wu Nong's soft voice, it was extremely pleasant to the ears.
Shen Tang was stunned at first, and then a wry smile appeared on his face. The hall was not big. He stood by the table, and with the flickering oil lamp, he could see clearly the rice that had been swept away enough to make a mouse cry. The vat, and the bowl of clear rice porridge.
This family has obviously reached the point where they are running out of food and ammunition.
Shaking his head and sitting down, he pushed one of the bowls in front of Liu Xiangling, "Well, let's eat. Take an early rest after eating. You'll be tired after a long day."
Hee, snoring, it took almost only one breath. Before Liu Xiangling started, the porridge in Shen Tang's bowl had already reached the bottom. Shen Tang had been busy for a long time, and his stomach was already empty. It was as empty as a bowl of water. The porridge was of little use. However, since there was no rice at home, he could only endure it.
Feeling Shen Tang's gaze coming towards her, Liu Xiangling felt a little unnatural.
"You...you can eat, I'm not hungry..." Liu Xiangling spoke softly as she carefully pushed the porridge bowl in front of Shen Tang.
"You eat!" Shen Tang simply pushed the bowl back, his tone unquestionable.
Liu Xiangling hesitated for a moment, but did not refuse anymore, but slowly started eating.
Her way of eating was obviously different from Shen Tang's. Even if it was just a bowl of clear porridge, she still felt extremely elegant. She even took a quarter of an hour to eat this bowl of porridge. It was just declared over.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine with me here." Shen Tang's voice suddenly sounded.
Liu Xiangling was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly.
After clumsily but carefully tidying up the table, Shen Tang said, "Okay, let's have a rest!"
After saying that, Shen Tang walked towards his house as a habit. However, when he took two steps, he found that Liu Xiangling had not followed. When he turned around, he found that Liu Xiangling had something on her face. Shy and hesitant.
Only then did Shen Tang remember that before, although the two of them were in the same room, he had been in a coma. But now, he was awake. Even if the two were nominally married, if they were in the same room, It will indeed make people uncomfortable if they stay in the room.
"I'm going to sleep in dad's house." Shen Tang said.
However, just as Shen Tang walked past Liu Xiangling, his sleeve was carefully held by Liu Xiangling...
Shen Tang was stunned and looked towards Liu Xiangling, only to see Liu Xiangling's eyes dodge a little, and he said hesitantly: "I...I'm a little scared..."
It was only at this moment that Liu Xiangling showed her true colors as a little daughter. Shen Tang sighed quietly in her heart. No matter how calm Liu Xiangling was, facing today's scene, and even being almost burned to death by everyone, she felt in her heart How to settle down?
Shen Tang nodded and pulled Liu Xiangling directly into his house.
The room was also extremely simple. There was a dilapidated wooden bed in the back, and on one side of the wooden bed was an even more dilapidated and simple small bed.
This small bed is obviously Liu Xiangling's bed before.
"You sleep up there!" Shen Tang said.
Perhaps because she was used to obeying Shen Tang's words, Liu Xiangling just hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly.
Shen Tang, on the other hand, just lay down on the small bed, undressed and closed his eyes.
In the dark room, the two of them were lying on their own sides, no more than two feet apart. They could even hear each other's breathing clearly.
The oil lamp had been extinguished, and the soft moonlight slid in through the dilapidated window, reflecting two pairs of eyes that occasionally flickered. Everything they experienced today was an 'exciting' and difficult experience for both Shen Tang and Liu Xiangling.
Shen Tang's mind was peaceful. Although he miraculously traveled through the ages and came to the Song Dynasty, in his previous life, he only depended on the old Taoist priest. After the old Taoist priest became immortal, he had no worries at all. Here, he only It's just a change of place to live.
Although the woman beside him was graceful, Shen Tang had no other thoughts. What he did today was just that he couldn't bear the woman to suffer because of his family. After solving the problem of livelihood and allowing the woman to have a livelihood, he Whether it was marriage or not, Shen Tang didn't have any unacceptable emotions.
As for myself? Maybe I am traveling around the world, maybe I am following Tao Yuanming's example of "picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, leisurely seeing the Nanshan Mountains", just relying on my own will.
If you are poor, you can help yourself, if you are prosperous, you can help the world. Whether it is economically or in terms of strength, Shen Tang thinks to himself that he is definitely in the category of "poor". Therefore, he has nothing to help the world. The idea of rewriting history.
As for Liu Xiangling, her thoughts are more complicated.
From the moment groups of soldiers broke into her mansion, her life changed drastically.
His father was beheaded, his mother was missing, and everyone else was either dead or demoted. In an instant, he went from being a high-ranking daughter to being a prisoner among the subordinates. He even became a commodity in the hands of the Yaren. This experience is said to be earth-shaking. It’s not an exaggeration either.
As for the man next to her who became his husband, she was just confused, indifferent, dead-hearted and confused, and just allowed herself to be manipulated.
Once upon a time, she also had fantasies about the man who would accompany her in the future. Was he a brave general? Or a talented man with poetry? In short, he had nothing to do with this village man. But now, all she has All the illusions have been crushed with the ruin of the family. The village man next to him, who is wearing a coarse cloth and single clothes and looks a bit weak, has become his pillow?
She wanted this to be just a nightmare, but unfortunately, she knew that it would be difficult to wake up from this nightmare.
Although Shen Tang's words and performance today made her give up a little bit, it still couldn't warm her heart again.
"I'm a monster, aren't you afraid?"
Liu Xiangling's voice suddenly sounded in the darkness and entered Shen Tang's groggy consciousness.
After a moment of silence, Shen Tang chuckled, "Where is the monster!"
"But, Lord Divine Fox said..."
"call!"
Shen Tang's exhalation interrupted Liu Xiangling, who was already cautious, "Stop thinking nonsense, that colleague...oh, that Taoist priest is just ventriloquism. As for the coffin, there should be another mechanism with you. Whether he is a monster or not has nothing to do with it..."
"Okay, go to sleep!"
Fatigue struck, Shen Tang ignored Liu Xiangling, and his consciousness fell into drowsiness again.
And his answer made Liu Xiangling stunned. Ventriloquism? She had also heard a little sister say this word. It was said to be extremely magical. So, she was no longer a monster? But, this Shen Tang, again How did he know? He even knew that there was another mechanism in the coffin?
Liu Xiangling was not stupid, but how could she think of this when she had lost her ability to think before? In addition, there were many rumors about ghosts and monsters, which made her a little scared.
Thinking vaguely that she was no match for sleepiness after all, Liu Xiangling also gradually fell into a deep sleep. In her dream, a talented man in white appeared for a while, and then turned into a general in golden armor, making her cold face gradually soften, and even Occasionally there is a bit of a shy smile...