Mrs. Xie Ergu said the conversation, and was a little tired, Liao Anhua got up to retire and let his mother rest.

When the brothers came out of the house and saw their little sister approaching, Liao Anhua whispered softly and lovingly, let's go in to accompany my mother. For this little sister who is ten years old, Liao Anhua has always been pampered, just pity her for having a father and not having a father, he is a man, he can't care about those, and he has to protect his mother, brother and sister, but his sister is pitiful, so he has always been spoiled by his sister.

Su Shi was busy with the second aunt's house for a few days, she was busy changing all the winter clothes for Minshan, and the children were growing up, and they had to be replaced every year.

was sending Qiu Teng to the sewing room to make some clothes, the third master came back and said today's trip, the other Su family was not interested, but when he heard that he saw Su Zilin, the third master was surprised that he accepted the unintelligent Ah Man as an apprentice, Su Shi then remembered that the last time I went to my mother's house I heard my sister-in-law say, and I didn't tell the master when I came back.

"I will know this when I go back to my parents' house, my brother is rare, teaching such a child, it is not just as simple as learning to paint, it is clothing, food, housing and transportation, all have to be taught the same, it is not an easy task. ”

The third master agreed, and sighed: "So I said that since Lin Dayi, with this mind, it is worthy of being able to draw a good painting, I am ashamed of myself, except for thinking that the family is good, I have seen anything else, at most I sympathize with my heart, if I am asked to take care of it for a lifetime, then I can't do it, when relatives can have someone to take care of, but when an apprentice is different, it takes a lot of effort." ”

He praised as he spoke, and at the end he said, "I admire such a person!"

After sighing, I remembered Su Zilin's words, so I asked my wife, "Why is the second sister Zhiyuan's godmother?"

Su Shi heard from his sister-in-law, but when he came back, he only remembered the difficult experience of his brother and son, and he didn't think to talk about it.

Su called Dao Ya, estimated the size of Su Zheda and Aman, and asked Dao Ya to go to the needlework room, make a few sets of winter clothes each, and prepare some coverings for the clan brother Zhuangzi. I found Qiu Zhi and asked him to go to Steward Yu and send some vegetables and food to his brother regularly.

The third master has always cared about his wife's miscellaneous things, he took out a miscellaneous book, saying that he saw it from the boss, and thought that some of the stories in it were good, and saw how to change it to draw a picture album for his son.

Now he is keen on writing stories and drawing albums, but he is afraid that his wife will sometimes teach his son crookedly by talking nonsense, so he has to find something knowledgeable and rigorous, and he has to change it to be interesting, otherwise his son will let his mother tell it, and he will not listen to his father, so he will be hit.

Su Shi glanced at it, it was very boring and profound for children, but she didn't talk much, it was okay to let the old man volatilize, it would be okay, just look at her son's reaction, this will be said, the third master has to feel that his wife can't look down on his knowledge, so shut up and let him explore the world in the child's mind by himself is different from that of adults.

The third master's first adaptation of the story, Min Shan didn't listen to it at all, and directly took out the nonsense story that he had heard countless times about Su's random changes, and asked his mother to read it, and Su's peeked at the third master's surprised and frustrated look of being quite shocked.

When the old man began to write and paint independently, Su Shi tried his best to hold back what he wanted to say, wanting to say that the child was not interested in that kind of textbook-like story at all, but he didn't want to pout baldly, and see the truth in practice.

The third master prepared all the pen and ink, suddenly remembered his son's name, looked up and said: "Jin Niang, today the master named his son Conghe, what does this mean? I pondered for a long time, I didn't figure it out, but I am very familiar, I have to turn the book to see." ”

Su Shi also asked which two words, and said: "Conghe, don't be too sharp and be kind, this must be the case." ”

The third master was right to think about it, but he felt a little strange, where the strangeness couldn't be said, so he nodded and continued to make up the story, planning to make up one first and then turn the book.

In the middle of the afternoon, the third master said that he had promised his son to pick him up in Panyun Mountain, but he didn't want to break his promise, so he changed his coat and hurried away.

After coming back, Min Shan excitedly said his new name and asked his mother if she was okay.

Su Shi asked, "Does Min Shan like it?"

"The master said that Le Conghe, then I will call Xie Conghe, I don't want to call Xie Jiading, Brother Zidan said it is not good, or I will call Xie Zihe. ”

Su Shi didn't understand what Le Conghe was, glanced at the master, and said to his son: "Xie Conghe is very good, you have a son in front of you, and if you call Zihe again, you will be confused, and my mother will not know which is my mother's son when I arrive." ”

When Min Shan heard this, he hurriedly said: "Then it's not called Xie Zihe, it's called Xie Conghe, and in the future, you will call me Conghe, don't call Min Shan." ”

Yes, he decided for himself.

Su Shi thought so, otherwise the Minzi signboard would always feel like his.

"How good is this master, anyway, Minshan is called so by the two of us, outsiders don't know, this son will be six years old soon, and he will be thanked to the outside world in the future, and the mage will give it, just call it away, how good it is to be harmonious, make money with harmony, and take harmony as the precious, and I hope that my son will be peaceful in the future." ”

The third master also agreed, nodded and said, "Yes, that's it, after reading, it will be regarded as a son's word." Come to think of it, Leconghe is a good name in Chinese. ”

"Conghe, Dad will take you to the garden to play, and come back for dinner later. ”

Looking at the son who was holding his father's hand and still looking up and chattering, Su Shi thought, the days passed so fast, and the busy son was so old.

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Mrs. Xie Ergu waited for him to settle down, and then went to the princess's mansion, this time she didn't bring her daughter, she wanted to talk to the princess well.

Outside the princess's main courtyard, when she saw Su Zilin, she looked at the father and son with a complicated expression.

Zhiyuan went up happily and saluted, and said, "Godmother, I haven't seen you for a long time, and you have come to Beijing too?"

Mrs. Xie Ergu took his hand and said in a soft tone: "Zhiyuan, my godmother has just arrived, and I plan to visit you when I am settled, how is Zhiyuan lately? What is the discomfort of coming to Beijing? It is colder here than Jiangnan, pay more attention to keeping warm." ”

"Thank you godmother, it's very good here, Aunt Sufu and aunt have sent me clothes, I am now studying in the academy, today my father took me and my junior brother to greet the princess, godmother, this is my junior brother Aman. ”

Mrs. Xie Ergu noticed that she saw a little erlang beside Su Zilin who was tilting his head, and that look was not quite right.

Seeing the gaze of Mrs. Xie Ergu, Su Zilin explained: "This is the apprentice I just accepted, I like to paint, I will take it with me in the future and live with Zhiyuan." ”

Mrs. Xie Ergu nodded, did not speak, the two looked at each other wordlessly for a moment, and Zhiyuan stood beside her godmother affectionately.

Su Zilin spoke first: "I'll take them back first." ”

Mrs. Xie Ergu nodded slightly, Zhiyuan was reluctant to let go of her hand, returned to her father, and said before leaving: "Godmother, you wait for me to rest on the day before going, I will wait for you in Zhuangzi." ”

Mrs. Xie Ergu responded with a smile, and when Su Zilin's father and son and apprentice left, their eyes were moist, and they stood there for a long time, and after half a day, she turned around and saw the princess standing not far away, she quickly took out a handkerchief and wiped her tears, and then stepped forward with a smile.

The princess watched for a while, looked at the two speechless, and saw the tears of Mrs. Xie Ergu, she sighed and smiled again: "Come, let's enter the house." ”

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