Dressed As the Deadly Opponent of the Male Protagonist of the Imperial Examination
Chapter 46: Donate cotton
Pei Yunxiao paused, put down the wine glass and stood up, reaching out and attaching the wine jug in Tang Xing's hand: "It seems that everyone is drinking very quickly, so let's just add some at the same time."
Tang Hang looked over, Pei Yunxiao handed a helpless look.
The hip flask was loosened and fell into Pei Yunxiao's hands. She laughed secretly, starting from Tang Heng, clockwise adding all the wine glasses in front of everyone.
Han Shaozhen even took a sip to add wine to her immediately.
Although the atmosphere was inexplicably embarrassing, it was finally revealed, and everyone was struggling for a while before they left.
On the way back to the house, Han Shaozhen stopped Tang Hang: "Zi Kuan, do you think that Zhao Yongnian was deliberate?"
"I think he seems very hostile to me." Tang Hang frowned slightly.
This feeling is very subtle, an intuition that is not clear. From the first time he saw Zhao Xizhe, he believed that he and this person would never be friends.
On Zongshan, Tang Heng thought that his hostility towards Zhao Xizhe came from his inner possessiveness towards Pei Yunxiao's friendship, but now that he wants to come, it is not entirely true.
After all, he had no ill feelings towards Han Shaozhen, Pei Yunxiao's childhood playmate, and instead they became friends. There are also Xie Ying, Shen Siqi, Qin Dongxiang... each of them is equally good.
Only this Zhao Xizhe.
Han Shaozhen leaned on the pillars, without a daily slinger: "It stands to reason that Yongnian rescued me. I shouldn't have said so much. But I just think something is wrong..."
"In the beginning, Xiao Qi and I both had doubts about him. But the facts have also proved that he is really frank and unintentional. But I think he is staying with Xiao Qi, how do I feel awkward. Just a little bit awkward. Er... Tired!
Zikuan, I made a mistake on Zongshan that day. You have a deep affection for Xiao Qi, but you respect his freedom and independence.
This Zhao Xizhe, on the contrary, is like a child who has not grown up, trying to monopolize his favorite toys and not allow others to get involved. "
Tang Heng's expression became cold for three minutes, his eyes narrowed slightly: "Brother Rong Qing agrees with what I want. Xiaodi's personality seeks to be free and easy, but he can't ask for it. He often suppresses himself and thinks too deeply."
"Now she just got acquainted with Zhao Xizhe, and still can't see much. But for a long time, if Zhao Xizhe is really as Rong Qing said, Xiaodi must not be able to bear it. Then according to Zhao Xizhe's temperament, what will he do?"
Han Shaozhen thinks so: "I see, I'll try to keep Xiao Qi away from him in the future. This person can't tell what's weird."
However, their plan did not go as expected.
A few days later, the academy gave a lecture, perhaps because the academy donated a very substantial amount of money, or perhaps the Liang and Wang families, the most prestigious families in Wuzhou City, also took the lead in donating money. After the whole lecture, the money raised was very substantial. gratifying.
The good things are done to the end. On the one hand, the academy provides porridge in the porridge shed outside Wuzhou City, while on the other hand, the students personally send some of the cotton-padded clothes they bought to several nearby villages. As for the other cotton-padded clothes, the academy hires people to distribute them.
A crowd of students was sitting in a carriage, followed by a truck transporting cotton-padded clothes. Along the way, Zhao Xizhe remained the same, only willing to follow Pei Yunxiao, as if tied to her.
"We still have three places, Zaozizhuang, Changcun, and Huyanggou. It's getting dark. Why don't we send them separately." Han Shaozhen looked at the map and suggested.
"Okay." Qin Dongxiang responded first: "We are seven people, divided into three groups, a group of at least two people, how about?"
"I think it's OK." Han Shaozhen said rushingly: "Zikuan and Xiaoqi go to Zaozizhuang, Yongnian and I go to Changcun, and Brother Jingwen goes to Huyanggou with Chu Fang and Yu Xian, how about?"
The others naturally agreed, but Zhao Xizhe did not speak, but stared at Pei Yunxiao.
Han Shaozhen was a little angry at the first glance, isn't Zhao Xizhe just forcing Pei Yunxiao to make a decision? But Zhao Xizhe can still compare to Tang Hang? Why do you have to embarrass Xiao Qi? Do you really treat Xiaoqi as him alone?
Thinking about it, Han Shaozhen took Zhao Xizhe's shoulders, as if he were close: "Oh, it's so set, it's getting dark, go early and get back early."
With that, Zhao Xizhe was taken away by half pushing and half shuddering.
Pei Yunxiao and Tang Heng took the truck left for them and headed towards Zaozizhuang.
"Brother, did the fifth brother deliberately?" Pei Yunxiao saw the problem at a glance.
"Brother Yongnian is indeed a little...too close, but I think he may be due to his character, and he is not very malicious." Pei Yunxiao considered his words: "I know that you and the fifth brother are good for me. If he lets me If I feel uncomfortable, I will deal with it by myself."
"Brother Xiao." Tang Hang stopped and faced Pei Yunxiao with a serious expression: "I shouldn't have interfered with your private affairs, and I know that this will make you feel offensive..."
"But I do feel that Zhao Xizhe's behavior is not appropriate, and I am afraid that when Xiaodi discovers something wrong, I can't get rid of him."
Pei Yunxiao was taken aback by Tang Heng's statement. She didn't refute at the first time, but thought carefully about the daily relationship with Zhao Xizhe.
Maybe it is that Zhao Xizhe behaves too much like an immature, naive and innocent child, so she unexpectedly asked Zhao Xizhe to compress their social distance step by step. Sometimes, even Tang Hang and Han Shaozhen have never surpassed that distance.
Pei Yunxiao suddenly thought of some examples in modern psychology. Some of Zhao Xizhe's practices did show extremely strong possessiveness and control desire, which he couldn't bear.
Thinking of Tang Heng's words, Pei Yunxiao's back broke out in a cold sweat. She actually relaxed her vigilance against Zhao Xizhe so easily, which was terrible.
"I remember what my brother said, and I will pay special attention to it."
"I want to try first to see if I can communicate well with Yongnian. After all, this may just be caused by his infrequent association with people. If he can change, we can't easily lose such friends. But if he can't, I I also know what to do."
Tang Heng agreed.
No wonder even Zheng Boyan and Song Jue praised Pei Yunxiao. Such wisdom, calmness, rationality, and tolerance are not something ordinary people can cultivate to home.
"Let's go, Zaozizhuang is in front." Tang Hang pointed to the village not far away.
It was dusk, but only sporadic cooking smoke rose from the village. Walking into the village all the way into the snow, the wheels rolled out long ruts on the ground, without even seeing a single figure.
"This village must have a difficult time." Tang Heng saw the farmhouse with broken eaves on the side of the road, and he understood a little bit.
"If you don't meet anyone, you can't even ask about the road. We have to find some famous elders in the village to take charge of this matter." Pei Yunxiao was a little worried.
Suddenly, Tang Heng saw a person walking out of a farmyard not far away, and said hurriedly, "Brother Xiao, there is one there!"
Pei Yunxiao fixed his eyes on the bridge, how did he feel that this figure was a bit familiar.
The man still carried a box in his hand, getting closer and closer.
"Miss Ning?" Pei Yunxiao cried out in surprise.
Isn't this tranquil heart!
Tranquil Heart, who was walking with his head down, stopped and raised his head, showing surprise: "Master Pei? Master Tang? Why are you here?"
"We brought the cotton-padded clothes donated by the academy. Where's Miss Ning?" Pei Yunxiao said.
"I..." Tranquil Heart didn't know what was thinking, a trace of pity crossed her face: "I'm here for the free clinic."
"Free clinic? It's getting dark, why are you here alone? It's too unsafe!" Pei Yunxiao said.
"Thank you Young Master Pei for your concern. I usually live in the village for two days before leaving, and... the patients in the village are all women." The tranquil expression of the heart flickered.
Pei Yunxiao and Tang Hang looked at each other, and at the same time they found the strangeness, but they didn't ask much.
"Miss Ning, it seems that you are familiar with this place. Can you tell who is in charge of the village and where you live?"
"I'm about to go to Po Jiu Po's house, the two sons will come with me." Tranquility said.
In this way, the two followed Tingxin to a dilapidated farmyard.
Seeing Tingxin tapped Chai Fei lightly and shouted something, a gray-haired old woman quickly walked out of the room, staggering slowly with her legs and feet seemingly inconvenient.
"It's meditation, come in quickly." The old woman opened Zaimen: "I have finished the consultation today, how about it? How much is left tomorrow?"
Tranquility didn't answer, she pointed to her back and said, "Grandma Jiu, this is the noble son from Wuzhou City. He is here to give the villagers cotton coats. Do you think people from the village are called to get them?"
The nine-grandmother looked twice with her muddy old eyes and sighed. She was not happy or disappointed. She just said indifferently: "Oh, then I will let my granddaughter go and call someone."
With that, she called out a little girl who was only eleven or twelve years old from the house, and asked her to go to each house to report the letter.
As soon as the little girl left, Po Jiu beckoned, and looked at Pei Yunxiao and the other two: "Since they are from the city, come in and sit down."
Tranquility pulled out a smile and moved two rattan benches for both of them and placed them in the courtyard.
This weird atmosphere made both Pei Yunxiao and Tang Heng hairy. The nine mother-in-law's eyes were like a pool of stagnant water. When they looked at them, they looked like lifeless puppets. Every move was just pulled by a wire.
The nine-grandmother had no interest in them, and greeted Tingxin to enter the house for a meal, without paying attention to the two of Pei Yunxiao.
On the contrary, Tingxin declined a few words tactfully, saying that he would wait a little longer.
After a while, Mother-in-law's granddaughter came in with a group of people.
Pei Yunxiao glanced, and was immediately shocked. Almost all women followed the little girl, there were only a few males, either the old body was rickety, or the young one just knew how to leave.
This... At first glance, there are more women in the village than men, and it is the women who are standing on top!
But there has been no war in Wuzhou in recent years. How could Zaozizhuang lack so many men?
Seeing that everyone was almost there, the nine-grandmother raised her voice and said a few words, roughly because the noble boy in the city gave everyone the cotton-padded clothes, and each family received it by head.
The women listened to the words and went to the carriage to take their own clothes. They were methodical and did not scramble. They didn't even make a sound, which was completely opposite to what Pei Yunxiao and the others had seen in other villages today!
Pei Yunxiao swallowed.
Why is this situation so like a horror scene of zombies? The eyes of these women are the same as those of the nine grandmothers.
Soon, the coat on the carriage was finished.
Granny Jiu's granddaughter took two of them and walked back to the house, and the women outside also dispersed.
The nine-grandmother stopped the two slender and frail women. Their pale faces were so thin that they were almost out of shape, their chins were pointed, and their eyes were big and double.
It is not difficult to see that they should have been extremely delicate beauties.
The two of them didn't seem to be surprised that they were stopped, and both walked forward.
Jiu Po Po pointed at Pei Yunxiao and Tang Hang on the side, and said without warning, "Tonight, you will come and serve these two sons."
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