I raised a husband in ancient times

Chapter 4

After comforting the person, seeing his well-behaved appearance, he recalled a person from a very long time ago.

Lu Yiming once had a younger brother, but the apocalypse was ruthless. The younger brother who came out of the orphanage with him did not awaken his supernatural powers. After being infected, he committed suicide in front of him. This was a regret for him.

Seeing Pei Xing is like seeing the shadow of the timid and cowardly younger brother who always thought about him. It's hard not to be attracted to him.

There is a sense of calmness around Pei Xing, but to say more, there is none at the moment.

He didn't know that two strangers who had never met each other had their parents' decisions bound to each other's lifelong feelings. As brothers, they married into husbands and relied on each other for life. They became each other's vassals and had no independence.

Although the child tries hard to play the role of a husband, it can be seen that he is still frightened and uneasy in his heart. Preparation and real relationship are two different things.

Now that you have decided to keep people, let's see what the future holds, step by step.

After eating a bowl of hot porridge, the coldness accumulated during the journey was gone, and he now felt comfortable all over.

Pei Xing lowered his head and ate corn with red eyes. He looked like a little hamster eating. He was so quiet and fast that people couldn't help but poke his cheek.

"Eat more, you can grow taller."

Pei Xing's height is already considered to be among the top among his brothers. He curled his lips when he heard that no matter how tall he was, he would be laughed at.

Lu Yiming was unaware, still thinking about how to fatten up his baby. His old skill... seemed not to be very good. It seemed that he had to find a new skill, which required careful planning.

As he walked, he thought about going back to his room first.

Lu Yiming's original room was changed to a new room. There was a red festive bed curtain and the word "happy" that had long faded in front of the bed.

The wooden bed was cushioned with a red quilt, and the folded red quilt was placed aside, with a red pillow showing off the necks of mandarin ducks crossing each other.

He stepped into the wedding room and raised his eyebrows slightly. If he remembered correctly, when he came back to pick up the silver in the afternoon, he didn't have these things, right?

Pei Xing came in with a basin of steaming water and placed it on the basin stand. He tested the water temperature with his hands, put a rough hand towel into the water, soaked it and wrung it dry.

He walked towards Lu Yiming who was sitting on the bed, stretched out his hand, and said with a red face: "Husband, please use it."

Being called husband by a boy, Lu Yiming almost got goosebumps. He took it with his right hand and wiped his face. Hand it back to him.

"Thank you, you don't have to do these things in the future."

Pei Xing was a little at a loss. This is how his father served his father. Since he is married to a husband, he should treat his husband. Is there anything he did wrong just now?

He didn't hesitate for long before he heard the other person say again: "I'm just not used to it. Boy, don't think too much."

This explanation did not make Pei Xing relieved, but his heart sank a little more. He was not a boy. It's a brother. As expected, Lu Yiming likes women but doesn't like a brother. In his eyes, a brother and a man are the same.

Seeing that he was crying again, Lu Yiming patted his head, but what he was thinking was something else: This is not okay, how can a boy be such a girl? It's time to put masculinity education on the agenda.

"Wash up too, let's soak your feet together later, and go to bed early."

Wash up?

Soak your feet together?

sleep?

Lu Yiming's original intention was to rest early, but to Pei Xing's ears, it was another story.

With an unexpected word, his face instantly turned hot. Was it because his husband didn't let him think too much just now because he wanted to consummate the marriage with him?

With a strange thought in mind, he walked over hand and foot, quickly washed his face, took out the still warm water, put it on the pedal, and wanted to help Lu Yiming take off his shoes.

Before he could squat down, a hand stretched out from behind his shoulder, wrapped around him, took him back, and sat down next to Lu Yiming on the bed.

Pei Xing shrank his body, tightened his clothes and lowered his head. He felt the body temperature coming from his side through the clothes. His originally flushed face became completely cooked, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"The temperature of the water is okay. You can put your feet in too. It will get cold if it's too late."

Seeing that Pei Xing was motionless, Lu Yiming reminded him.

"Oh? Oh, okay."

The child moved slowly, slowly taking off his socks and shoes. A pair of childish white feet were exposed to the air, which was far different from the skin color on his face.

Seeing that Lu Yiming's eyes were always on his feet, and the other person's feet shrank obviously, he looked away. It turned out that his brother also had this kind of care.

After finally putting his feet into the barrel, the man was still huddled in a corner, not daring to make any big moves. Lu Yiming glanced at the cautious person, lifted his feet out and wiped them dry.

"Would you like some water?"

Lu Yiming handed the footcloth to the other party and asked in passing.

"No, no need."

The child raised his slightly red face and replied in a low voice.

A hand suddenly stretched out towards him. Pei Xing subconsciously wanted to avoid it, but in the end he did not move and let his big hand cover his forehead. Lu Yiming originally wanted to reach into his back to feel the temperature, but suddenly remembered that men are different here, so he gave up. .

Looking at this face that was getting redder and hotter, Lu Yiming frowned and asked, "Do you have a fever?" "

No, I'm not complaining!"

A chestnut hit his forehead, interrupting his random thoughts. Lu Yiming was helpless. He said: "Be normal."

The other person's dark eyes flickered in the candlelight. Lu Yiming was stunned for a second and looked away.

After looking around the dim room, he changed the subject: "How much food is left at home?"

Before the forced conquest, Lu Yiming had no intention of taking the imperial examination. He originally planned to continue to be a farmer and stay in Wuhe Village so that he could serve his parents.

His family has seven acres of paddy field and three acres of dry land. Before the natural disaster, three acres of paddy field were planted with rice, two acres of paddy field were planted with Chinese cabbage, sweet potatoes, corn and sugar cane. Cotton and wheat each occupied one mu of dry land. The remaining two acres of paddy field and one mu of dry land were rented for rent. Just give it to the village and collect interest every year.

It's not that their family doesn't want to plant, it's just that their family has a sparse population and no manpower to do the work. Wuhe Village only has such a small population, so it's impossible to hire anyone during the busy farming season.

In the past three years of famine and natural disasters, except for three acres of rice and one acre of wheat, the rest of the land has been abandoned. If you plant it, you can't survive it, and if it survives, you can't harvest it. It's all been stolen, and you're going to starve to death. Who cares? Is it your own home?

This dynasty did not have strict restrictions on trading. Before going to the front line, the original person would occasionally go to the town with his father and mother to set up a stall and sell fruits and vegetables from the fields to subsidize the family.

Logically speaking, with the money and food saved by the family, they should not be living in such poverty as they are now.

"The food for the past three years will be forcibly taken away after the autumn harvest. The family can survive for a month if they live frugally."

Pei Xing thought of what happened this morning and found that Lu Yiming's attitude towards Aunt Song was not as obedient as the rumors said, and tried to Open your mouth.

"Aunt Song said that our family has a lot of food." He glanced at Lu Yiming, and when he saw no response, he pouted and continued, "She brought the town's government servants with her to buy and sell the family's food, and gave her two taels of silver. It's not even half of what it was before the famine."

"The grain from our family was confiscated, so we had to go to the town to buy grain. The grain merchants raised the prices, but the family spent a lot of money on grain." "

The government officials didn't leave any grain?"

"Yes. "

There is no war this year, so I can breathe a sigh of relief. The main reason is that my family has very little silver left.

Lu's father was not only furious but also suffered a lot of losses when the hospital paid him three taels of silver. How could a poor family be willing to spend money on nourishment and health care?

Originally, medical treatment did not require so much money, so Lu Yiming secretly asked the doctor to help recuperate Lu's father and Lu's mother, so he spent so much.

He took out the remaining five hundred and thirty coins from his pocket and handed it to Pei Xing: "This is the remaining money. You can keep it."

He had use for the other half and didn't tell Pei Xing for the time being.

With less money, Pei Xing is not unhappy, but feels very comfortable. This shows that the Lu family does not regard him as an outsider!

He solemnly collected the money and put it into his purse. He wiped his feet and made sure that the door and windows were closed. He quickly got up and climbed into bed, lifted a corner of the sheets, stuffed the purse inside, and smoothed out the wrinkles. .

Lu Yiming was a little funny, but he didn't expect that he was a little miser. He looked at money in a completely different way, but his ability to hide money needed to be improved.

"I'm going to pour the water. You can help me find some old books."

Pei Xing didn't have time to stop him. He didn't put on his socks, and the other party had already strode out of the room with a wooden basin and disappeared.

He rustled and sped up, walked around the single cave, walked to the closet, carefully took out the books in the cabinet, blew away the little dust, and placed them in the middle of the desk.

Although he was illiterate, he knew that literati always say they can't put it down, and the book they like must be the one they read the most. He secretly guessed Lu Yiming's preference and placed one of the books with slightly curled edges at the top.

Hmm... My husband will definitely be happy with such a thoughtful approach.

Although the original person did not take the imperial examination, he also went to elementary school. He had some idle books at home. He would kill time in his free time. He had found the bookshelf while searching for memories, but there was nothing on it. He thought someone had put it away. , to prevent the books from getting dusty.

Lu Yiming wanted to look through previous books not because he really wanted to read, but because he had two things to deal with.

First, the original handwriting.

In the military camp at that time, he looked through the half-written letter written by the original person, and it was completely different from his handwriting. It is impossible for a person to change his writing method for no reason in half a year. Once this flaw is discovered, it will cause unnecessary consequences. Suspicion.

Second, the writing of this era.

Lu Yiming has been practicing calligraphy since he was a child, and he basically knows the fonts of various dynasties, but he is not sure about the meaning of the words of this dynasty, so he has to find a comprehensive book and try to read to get a feel for it.

When Lu Yiming returned to the room, the books and the four treasures of the study were placed neatly on the desk. Pei Xing straightened his back and stood aside seriously with a small face. The expression on his face was very strange, like a child waiting for praise from his parents.

The firelight jumped a little, and he looked along the light, his eyes fixed on the book. He saw a few big words on the blue book cover: Boudoir Secretary.

He moved his eyes away from the writing and moved it to the other person's face. How could someone who was shy after just a few words seriously ask him to read this kind of book?

I didn't expect you to be such a person, little Pei Xing, can this hint be stronger?

Lu Yiming felt a little complicated. He slowly approached him, looked down at him condescendingly, and said sincerely: "You are still young, don't always think about unnutritious things."