Chapter 38: The Inkstone
"Today's incident is indeed what your eldest sister did wrong. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Grandmother!"
Facing her only precious grandson, Mrs. Deng had a rare face and asked him: "Hui'er, did you go to your third sister to ask for the guilt?" β
Li Hui pursed his lips unconvinced and did not speak.
Old Madam Deng shook her head: "Hui'er, have you figured out the ins and outs of the matter?" β
"What's not clear, the eldest sister's forehead is purple and bruised-"
"That's just the effect, why? May you ask? With your previous experience, you went to your third sister to settle accounts, and you also came to your grandmother to call the shots for you? β
Li Hui clenched his fist.
"Hui'er, you're not too young, it's not okay to be so calm in the future, we're just a boy in Xifu, and we will count on you to support this family in the future!"
Li Hui calmed down: "Grandmother, I know. So what happened today? β
What happened in Yaheyuan involved the character of the two girls, which was really not very glorious, and Mrs. Deng, as an elder, was not good to say, but she saw that her grandson was so jumpy, so she couldn't care about it, and she withdrew from the maid who was waiting in the house and told the matter in detail.
After Mrs. Deng finished speaking, she asked Li Hui: "Grandmother said that you can't hold your breath, is there anything wrong?" β
Li Hui's face was red, and he bowed his head and said, "Grandmother is right, I was indeed reckless today." But don't blame the eldest sister, she originally grabbed me and said that she was wrong, but I didn't listenβ"
"Your eldest sister is in a bad mood, grandmother can understand, and this matter is over." Old Madam Deng raised her hand and touched Li Hui's head, full of love, "Go ahead, make amends to your third sister." She used to be young and arrogant, but this time when she came back, her grandmother looked at her coldly and became much more sensible. You are an elder brother, be generous. β
He doesn't want to be the brother of that dead girl!
Li Hui thought so, but still responded: "Yes, grandson will go and apologize to the third sister." β
One yard to one yard, he did something wrong, he admitted.
Mrs. Deng was relieved and raised her voice: "Qingyun, have you packed up your things?" Accompany the third son on a trip. β
Li Hui looked puzzled.
Mrs. Deng explained with a smile: "Your third sister was wronged today, and I gave her the inkstone of the koi play lotus, and I just sent it over." β
"Grandfather's inkstone?" Li Hui exclaimed.
"Hmm."
Li Hui went out with Qingyun in a daze, and thought halfway through: Grandmother gave the inkstone to Li Zhao, does my father know?
Qiao Zhaocai sent the He family away, and he heard the maid tell him that the third prince and Qingyun, the eldest maid of Qingsong Hall, came together.
didn't break in, it seems that the old lady explained it to him.
"Invite them in."
A moment later, Li Hui walked in and met Qiao Zhao's calm face, quite embarrassed.
His gaze wandered, moved to the side, and said with a red face: "Third sister...... Today I was wrong, I misunderstood you, I ...... Apologies to you......"
Qiao Zhao poured a cup of tea, handed it over, and said with a faint smile: "Third brother sincerely apologizes, then I accept it." β
Holding the ice-patterned teacup in the azure color of the rain, Li Hui's scalp was numb.
Isn't there laxatives in the tea?
Meeting Qiao Zhao's black grape-like eyes, Li Hui gritted his teeth and took the teacup, raised his head and drank it.
After apologizing, Li Hui was quite uncomfortable, put down the teacup and hurriedly left.
Qingyun, who was waiting outside, handed the inkstone to Qiao Zhao and left.
Qiao Zhao let out a long sigh of relief.
It was quiet now.
She opened the soft cloth that wrapped the inkstone, revealing a smooth and warm inkstone.
White fingers swept over the inkstone, and Qiao Zhao nodded.
It feels like a good inkstone, which shows that the old lady is trying to compensate for her wronged granddaughter.
Thinking about the He family, and then thinking about Old Madam Deng, Qiao Zhao smiled.
Life in Loei doesn't seem to be so bad either.
Faced with a good inkstone, she was interested, tilted her head and knocked on the inkstone, listening to the sound it made.
"Girl, the master is here."
With the ice-green message, Li Guangwen stepped in.
The girl tilted her head sideways and tapped the inkstone mischievously, Li Guangwen was shocked: "Stop!" β
He rushed over with an arrow step, met Qiao Zhao's stunned eyes, resisted the urge to snatch the inkstone splitting hand, and said with a straight face: "The inkstone that the old lady rewarded you with is a rare treasure, how can you treat it so rashly?" β
Qiao Zhao blinked.
Where was she reckless? She's obviously very responsible.
Qiao Zhao put the inkstone down.
"Tap, tap!" Li Guangwen stared at Qiao Zhao's hand intently, and when he saw that she had put it away, he breathed a sigh of relief and criticized, "How can you knock it indiscriminately?" β
Qiao Zhao laughed: "Father, I'm listening to the sound and distinguishing the quality." β
"Listening to the quality?" Li Guangwen made it clear that he didn't believe that his daughter, who had not learned and had no skills in the past, understood this.
"Yes, the sound of the wood is the top, the sound of the tile is second, and the sound of gold is the bottom, and the inkstone that my grandmother gave me is a good inkstone."
Li Guangwen glanced at Qiao Zhao in surprise, and suddenly felt that his daughter was a lot more pleasing to the eye: "Of course it's a good inkstone, this is what your grandfather used." Back thenβ"
When he begged for a long time, his mother didn't give it to him, but now he actually gave it to his daughter......
Li Guangwen was in a complicated mood, and glanced at the inkstone again and again.
What if you want to?
The longing in his father's eyes was too obvious, and Qiao Zhao pushed the inkstone over: "If my father likes it, I'll give it to you." β
"No, no, no." Li Guangwen shook his head again and again, and said righteously, "This is a gift from your grandmother, how can you give it to others?" Zhaozhao, in the future, you must practice calligraphy diligently to live up to your grandmother's expectations. β
"In this way, I know, and I will make the best use of it in the future."
Li Guangwen nodded with satisfaction, staring at the inkstone reluctantly.
Qiao Zhaoyan smiled: "It's better to be like this, my father told me an interesting story, I lent the inkstone to my father to play with for a few days, and I regarded it as a daughter who was a little filial piety." β
Li Guangwen's eyes lit up, and then darkened: "Ahem, where can my father tell stories." β
How could a serious person like him read a book that young people like.
Qiao Zhao nodded secretly.
No, she knew her father would say that.
Qiao Zhao finally said his true purpose: "Then it's okay for my father to tell me about the interesting things that happened outside." β
It takes time for Ah Zhu to mingle with the people in the house, but she is now eager to know what is going on outside, so it is the best choice to find out the news from Master Li, who is an official in the court.
She was thinking about going to her father for another game of chess.
"Fun things out there?" Li Guangwen frowned and thought about it, and sighed, "There is no interesting thing, but there is a tragic incident." β
"What's the tragedy?" Qiao Zhao looked curious, but his heart tightened.
"Mr. Joe, you know, right? I remember that your mother used to buy Mr. Qiao's calligraphy for you to copy. "Mr. Qiao's calligraphy and painting are excellent, and there is a bookstore that expands his characters and prints them into calligraphy for sale.
"Hmm."
"Mr. Qiao's family was hit by the fire, and only the brothers and sisters of Gongzi Qiao survived, and now they are living in Kou Shangshu Mansion."
Qiao Zhao's eyes suddenly moistened.
After worrying for many days, she finally got the news of her family!