Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 30

[Chapter 30 Preparing Meals (Revised)]

Xiao Qiao waited in the porch, and finally saw Wei Shao return. He hurriedly went down the steps to meet him, and said in his mouth, “Husband is hungry, dinner is ready, I will wait for you to come back for dinner.” After speaking, he secretly glanced at his face.

Wei Shao stopped and looked at Xiao Qiao.

He was called by his mother, and naturally he knew that he had thrown the blame to Mrs. Xu. After all, Xiao Qiao was still a little guilty. When he was waiting for him to eat just now, he also thought about how to deal with it. Seeing him looking at him like this, his eyes were dark and his face was sinking, he kept silent, just waiting for him to ask himself again.

“Let’s eat.” I

didn’t expect him to suddenly say something so simple. After speaking, he raised his feet and headed towards the dining room. As he walked past her, Xiao Qiao felt a breeze from him.

Xiao Qiao was very surprised and froze for a while. Seeing that he was walking fast, he had already stepped up the steps and hurriedly caught up with his back.

…

These days, Wei Shao doesn’t come back for dinner. Even this time, the two have eaten together three or four times.

To be precise, it was Xiao Qiao who served him three or four times.

The table was placed on the couch, and Wei Shao sat on the table. Xiao Qiao is a woman with a lower status than him, so she knelt down and served him with meals. After he finishes eating, he can eat it himself.

But the first few times, he ate very quickly, and he hardly sent her to do anything. It’s not tiring.

Xiao Qiao pressed her hips on her heels in a standard sitting position.

I have to say that Wei Shaosheng’s muscles and bones are straight, and he is a natural clothes rack. Right now, sitting on the couch behind the desk, he was wearing a neatly draped right-backed deep coat, and the wide sleeves fell gently down the sides of his shoulders. Coupled with his unhurried demeanor, he even stretched out his chopsticks to hold the vegetables. It looked so smooth, like a man who walked out of a volume of ancient books that exudes a sense of comfort. It’s just that he’s a real person.

Xiao Qiao glanced at it twice, then retracted his gaze. Suddenly I heard Wei Shao say, “Let’s have dinner together.”

Xiao Qiao stayed and looked at him. Seeing him look at him with kindness. Busy excuses.

“It doesn’t matter. I ask you to do it, and you will do it.”

He ordered someone to add a pair of tableware.

Xiao Qiao felt that his sudden invitation was very suspicious, especially after returning from the East House. But it is rare for him to be so kind, and it is not easy for him to shirk. It is expected that there should be no problem with eating. After bowing slightly to thank him, he took two knees forward and sat on the edge of the table.

No food.

Xiao Qiao finished his meal in silence.

This is her usual meal.

She raised her eyes and saw that Wei Shao had also finished eating, with her hands on his own legs and a smile on her face, as if she had been watching her eating just now.

Xiao Qiao swallowed the last bite of food in his mouth and gently placed his chopsticks on the chopstick rest. Just as he was about to ask someone to bring water to serve him to rinse his mouth, Wei Shao suddenly said, “Add another bowl of rice for the lady.”

Xiao Qiao hurriedly shook her head: “Thank you, husband. I’m full.”

“I just saw you. How can you be full after eating so many bites?” Wei Shao said.

“That’s enough. That’s all I eat on weekdays.” Xiao Qiao explained.

“That’s because you eat too little on weekdays!” Wei Shao looked at her figure up and down, showing a hint of disgust, “It’s been a while since I was at my house, and I seem to be thinner than before. I don’t know, I think I don’t even care if you are full. Eat another bowl.”

Xiao Qiao felt that he was talking nonsense with his eyes open.

At her age, she usually has enough nutrition and physical development. She can feel that the bellyband of last year has been tight recently, and the hoop is uncomfortable, so she has replaced it with a new one.

But the maid had already brought the meal.

Facing Wei Shao’s concerned gaze, Xiao Qiao was helpless, lowered her head and tried her best to finish the second bowl of rice.

The second bowl went down, and the stomach was full to the chest. Xiao Qiao endured the feeling of burping and put down his chopsticks.

“Add another bowl to the lady.”

Wei Shao’s voice rang again.

Xiao Qiao shook her head vigorously: “I really can’t eat it!”

“My grandmother reprimanded me for treating you slowly. You are thin and weak, why don’t you try to add more meals?”

Wei Shao threw his sleeves and got up to add a bowl himself. The rice, pressed tightly, brought it to Xiao Qiao.

Joe looked at him. He is smiling.

“I really can’t eat it.” Xiao Qiao said with a bitter face.

Wei Shao’s face sank immediately.

“Eat it for me!” The voice also had a coolness of water, “Not only this meal, from tomorrow onwards, you have to eat three bowls of each meal for me! Grandma loves you, if you don’t grow meat, next time When I get to my grandmother, I’m afraid I won’t be able to explain it.”

Xiao Qiao looked at him for a moment, then bit his lip: “Husband, I was wrong.”

Wei Shao lowered his head and straightened his sleeves casually, “What’s wrong? alright?” The voice was careless.

“My husband asked me to go to my mother-in-law’s place to spread the word in the morning, but I went to the North House.” Xiao Qiao looked at his face and said in a low voice.

Wei Shao snorted, his eyes half smiling but not smiling: “Then what do you say?”

“Next time I won’t dare…” Xiao Qiao hummed, hiccupped, and hurriedly covered her face with her sleeves.

“And next time?” He raised his eyebrows.

“No, no…” Xiao Qiao hurriedly put down her sleeves and waved her hand. Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps behind him. Xiao Qiao turned around and saw a servant girl hurried in. She bowed and said, “Jun Hou, General Li Dian asked to see me and said that there is an urgent matter.”

Wei Shao was slightly startled, his expression turned serious, and he got up and left Xiao Qiao and walked out quickly .

Xiao Qiao finally exhaled after watching the back of him leave.

This evening, Xiao Qiao didn’t dare to relax as usual, so he just waited for him to come back in the room. By the way, eliminate the food that has been blocked by eating.

She waited until the end of Hai Shi, and Wei Shao never returned. Finally, I couldn’t stand it anymore, so I lay down with my clothes first.

Wei Shao didn’t return overnight.

It wasn’t until the evening of the next day that Xiao Qiao got the news that the Shanggu area, which had been peaceful for a long time, was suddenly plundered by a large group of Huns cavalry the day before. Saying this was a birthday gift for Mrs. Xu of Yuyang, she fled north.

Wei Shao was furious when he heard the news, and immediately led his cavalry to pursue the Huns.

…

Wei Shao led 2,000 elite cavalry and pursued at extreme speed day and night. They had already driven out several hundred kilometers from Shanggu and arrived at the Sanggan River, which was the temporary border acquiesced to the Xiongnu royal court. Just now, when the Xiongnu brought the looted cattle, horses, women and other trophies to return to the royal court, Wei Shao’s cavalry came after him unexpectedly and responded hastily. The two sides fought on the Sanggan River. And Mo chariot, and Mo chariot was chopped down by him under the horse and captured alive, and the rest of the Xiongnu cavalry either fled or captured, and were scattered in embarrassment. The cattle and horses that were taken away from the residents of Shanggu returned. Except for a few women who were killed and injured, most of the rest were unharmed, but it was inevitable that they had been humiliated.

Wei Shao’s iron armor was stained with blood, and he strode past the group of women who were crying and crying for the rest of their lives by pressing the knife, and came to the front of the Xiongnu Qiemo.

Moreover, Mo Che was very strong. Although he had been captured and his body was covered in blood, he still stood firm and refused to kneel. He raised his head high, and laughed at Wei Shao: “What, a birthday gift for your grandmother. Courtesy, are you still satisfied?”

Wei Shao looked gloomy, stepped forward and raised his hand, the scabbard slammed hard on Qie Moche’s face, and Moche’s head was immediately bleeding, and half a row of teeth were broken in his mouth.

“Little Wei Shao! If you dare to kill me today, I, the Huns, will repay it tenfold!”

Moreover, Mo Che’s face showed pain, blood was constantly bleeding from his mouth, and he scolded vaguely, describing it as terrifying.

Li Dian, the general who followed Wei Shao, was furious and kicked Qiemo Che’s knees, and Mo Che fell to his knees and was about to get up. “Rats” kept scolding.

Wei Shao slowly drew out the long knife from his waist, and the blade flashed with icy snow. A hand raised a knife and fell, and Mo Che’s head rolled off his neck.

There was silence around, and even the women in the distance stopped crying.

“The rest of the Xiongnu prisoners, regardless of their military rank, will all be on the spot.”

Wei Shao put the sword back into its sheath and gave the order, with a calm expression on his face.

…

The wound Hu Yanlie’s left chest was stabbed that night was very deep, and after another half an inch, it reached his heart.

In the past few days, he was tortured by injuries and restricted his movement. Along with the group of captured clansmen around him, they were taken to the execution ground. They secretly exercised their strength and tried to get up and break free from the ropes. Suddenly, there was a pain in the chest, and the eyes were darkened. The person was unstable, and fell to the ground.

I never thought that, by accident, I would die on the Sanggan River like this.

Wei Shao, a young Han Chinese, has also trained a powerful cavalry with a fighting strength that is comparable to that of the Huns. In frontal combat, the Huns never took advantage of him. On the contrary, the Yunzhong and Shuofang areas that had already entered the Xiongnu territory were also recaptured by him, and the Huns were forced to retreat to the north hundreds of miles away to herd sheep and horses.

His name is not known in the Xiongnu royal court. Mention this name, from Shan Yu, the kings to the people, everyone is not afraid.

But unlike the prince of Tu Qi, Zuo Xian Wang Wuwei, who vowed to be an enemy of Wei Shao, Rizhu Wang did not hate this Han Chinese opponent very much.

Perhaps it was because of the former princess from the Wei family that Hu Yanlie could only make noises like this.

On this trip, he had already completed what he needed to do, and he didn’t want to meet this team sent by King Zuo Xian on the way back. After learning of King Zuo Xian’s provocative intentions, Hu Yanlie immediately stopped him, and Mo Che would not obey, and the two sides clashed.

Hu Yanlie has always been the leader of a thousand cavalry of the Xiongnu platoon, and he has many achievements in battle, but that day, he was alone and injured, and he was finally defeated and captured. Moreover, Mo Che wanted to take him back to King Zuo Xian, thinking that it would be difficult for King Zushi, so he tied him up and took him to Shanggu. After the looting, he was also forced to go with him. In the end, the two sides fought, and he became a prisoner along with the people who were not driving.

He has killed countless people in his life. There are their own people who kill for power, and there are Han people, Wusun people, and Hujie people who kill for land. It’s okay to

die. But he was really unwilling to die like this.

Hu Yanlie knew that Sergeant Wei Shao was already carrying out Wei Shao’s order. Shouting and scolding Qi Rao, various voices mixed together, and the prisoners in front of him fell one by one. Soon it was his turn.

He took a deep breath and was about to make a final struggle with luck when suddenly someone stepped on him from behind, and then a voice he knew rang out: “This Hun has a grudge against me, I will kill him with my own hands. ”

Wei Yan said to the school captain who was ordered to execute the execution order.

Wei Yan spoke up, and the captain naturally obeyed, and immediately handed over the person.

Wei Yan dragged Hu Yanlie without moving, and came to the Sanggan River. There was no one nearby. With the tip of his knife, he lifted the rope that bound Hu Yanlie. Hu Yanlie

was extremely grateful, struggling to kneel and bow to him: “Young master, the matter of going to the valley was done by King Zuo Xian…”

“Go back.”

go.

…

On the fifth night after Wei Shao left, he finally returned.

Madam Xu was very happy and went out to greet Wei Yan and Wei Shao in person. Seeing the dust and the dust, after comforting him, he ordered his brothers to go to rest early.

When Wei Shao returned to the Westinghouse, it was already dark.

Xiao Qiao greeted him outside the Westinghouse door.

The iron armor on his body has not been taken off. Standing there, the maid took off his armor for him, and he looked at Xiao Qiao with both eyes.

Xiao Qiao hesitated for a while, but finally walked up to him and raised his hand to help him disarm himself.

When the servants saw this, they retreated.

Xiao Qiao was very close to him. When he took off his armor, he smelled a dry smell mixed with dust and blood on his body, which was a bit pungent.

She felt as if there were two eyes on the top of her head. Raising his eyes, he saw that he lowered his head slightly, looking at himself.

Xiao Qiao’s two rows of eyelashes fluttered. Biting his lip, he lowered his eyes. Holding his breath, he finally helped him untie the heavy armor, and then took a step back quietly.

Wei Shao unloaded his armor on the ground, leaving a middle coat that had been stained with dust and blood. Glancing at Xiao Qiao who had left him, he turned around and entered the bathroom. When he came out, he had changed into neat clothes, his long sleeves fluttered, and his wet black hair was tied with a hosta on the top of his head.

“Husband, are you going to eat?”

Xiao Qiao asked him.

Wei Shao touched his stomach, nodded, and turned to go to the dining room. Xiao Qiao followed her to serve. When she arrived at the door, she saw Jiang Li coming from the east room. With a respectful look on her face, she bowed and said that the lady had prepared the meal, and asked the gentleman to move to eat.

“Madam loves the man. She cooked it herself. I hope the man will move.”

Wei Shao hesitated, then turned to look at Xiao Qiao.

Xiao Qiao hurriedly said, “Since my mother-in-law has prepared meals, my husband can go over there. I’m fine here.”

Wei Shao didn’t say anything, and walked towards the east room.

[End of This Chapter]