36. Give a finch to the heart
Hua Junhou was sitting behind the long case, facing a large number of paperwork headaches. Since the death of the mother of the two sisters and brothers, he also thought about helping a concubine to be his wife again, but Hua Xun Huayan will definitely not agree lightly, and besides, this Huafu has just calmed down, and if he wants to cause any more trouble, he will really be annoyed to death. Unexpectedly, before he was born a few days ago, Hua Xun was drunk and fell off the horse and was injured, Hua Yan couldn't see Hua Xun, and there was no way to make trouble, so he shouted at the dignified Miss Huafu, the county lord of the Son of Heaven was so careless, as the eldest sister made a bad example, what kind of body did the daughter's family become drunk. In order to show his dissatisfaction with Hua Xun's outrageousness, Hua Junhou reduced the amount of food and clothing for Hua Xun, which can be regarded as balancing the treatment of Hua Xun and Hua Yan.
He was looking at the report presented by the fiefdom official, his eyes were a little dizzy, and he felt tired after looking at it for a while. In the past, before Hua Xun's mother had an accident, Hua Junhou would let Hua Xun sit in the hall to accompany the review, Hua Xun was full of quirky ideas, and knew how to do things, so Hua Junhou asked her to read the newspaper, which saved a lot of effort. However, Hua Xun's injury has not healed, and he gradually feels that it is not appropriate to let Hua Xun participate in the clerical affairs. Just as I was thinking about whether to let someone call Hua Yan over and let him start to learn to deal with things, he heard a servant outside the hall report that Hua Xun was coming.
Hua Junhou held the bamboo slip's hand for a moment, and a trace of inexplicable fear flashed in his heart. Because of this hint of fear, he frowned, a little uncomfortable. He sat up and said solemnly, "Let her in." ”
Hua Xun Shi Ran walked in, followed by a maidservant, who was holding a tray in her hand, and a delicate bowl and spoon on it.
"I've seen my father." Hua Xun knelt down, a smile on the corner of his mouth. The maidservant knelt down.
"It's to ask Tang." Hua Junhou threw the bamboo slip on the long case, leaned his hand on the case, leaned forward slightly, and asked, "Aren't you still in good health?" Why don't you have a good rest and run around? ”
Hua Xun lowered his head, pursed his lips and smiled: "Thank you, father, for your concern." I heard that my father was correcting the papers, and I guess I was tired, "She turned around and took the bowl from the maid's hand, Ying Ying walked slowly to the case of Hua Junhou, and put the bowl in front of him, "I thought that the weather was a little hotter, and I told the cook to make a bowl of sour plum soup for my father to relieve fatigue, and my father should taste it." ”
Hua Junhou saw that the fresh bayberry was floating on the water, and there were a few ice cubes, which made people feel mouth-watering.
"My son has a heart." Hua Junhou picked up the bowl and took a sip, the cold soup slid into his throat and into his lungs, and his spirit was shocked, and it was very refreshing.
"Father," Hua Xun observed his words and looks, and saw that Hua Junhou was in a good mood, so he said, "My son wants to ......"
"Someone's coming!" Hua Junhou interrupted her words and summoned the servant, "Recently, the heat has risen, so I told the dining room to make more bayberry soup, go and send a bowl to Gongzi, and add more ice cubes to Jinghua Courtyard!" ”
"Yes."
After a pause, a trace of unevenness flashed in his eyes. But she quickly lowered her eyes to hide the little affection.
"What do I want to say to my father?" Hua Junhou softened his tone and said with a smile.
"My son wants to tell my father that my son wants to worship Hua Xie Yu as a teacher, and let her teach her son to raise flowers and grow grass." Hua Xun looked at Hua Junhou innocently and smiled, a little shy.
"Huh? Hua Junhou......'s face changed slightly, and the fear in his heart became even more magnified, and he felt a chill behind him, and felt that he felt that this Jian Yiyu should be vetoed in his heart. But he looked at Hua Xun's yearning look, and he didn't know how to refuse, and was thinking about it, when someone outside said again, "Childe!" ”
I saw a young man with red lips and white teeth coming in at the door, his face was full of joy, and when he saw Hua Xun's face suddenly distorted, he was so frightened that he took half a step back, almost fell to the ground, and stood under the hall with a pale face, and said with his hands and eyes: "My son has seen my father, and I have seen my sister." ”
Hua Junhou obviously saw Hua Yan's face, and he looked at Hua Xun, who was still smiling and did not complain. Before, because of his mother's death, Hua Xun wanted to kill Hua Yan, but today Hua Xun was able to face Hua Yan calmly, which made Hua Junhou suspicious.
"Ah Zhi, you are flustered, what do you look like!" Retracting his gaze, Hua Junhou took another sip of soup and scolded Hua Yandao.
"Son...... Belch...... Mr. Zhang sent a big bird to his father, it was very gorgeous, and it was trapped in the cage, and he asked Du Zhong to put the cage in the back garden, and he wanted to invite his father to take a look...... "Hua Yan shrunk his neck and secretly glanced at Hua Xun from time to time.
Seeing his cowardly appearance, Hua Junhou snorted coldly: "The eldest husband is timid, what kind of system has he become!" ”
"Yes......" Hua Yan looked at Hua Xun, not daring to refute.
"Since it's a gift from Mr. Zhang, you should go and see it. Q Tang, let's go to the back garden to see how about this bird? Hua Junhou eased his tone and asked Hua.
Hua Xun naturally did not refuse, Hua Junhou walked out first, Hua Xun followed behind him, when passing by Hua Yan's side, Hua Xun sneered, and said in a low voice: "Ah Zhi, the trapped beast in the cage may not really be trapped, if it is successful, the hunter who is under the trap should be pecked by the bird." ”
Hua Yan was silent and did not answer.
When he arrived in the backyard, Hua Xun saw Hua An standing next to the cage from a distance, looking left and right, wearing a red dress blowing white snow, and revealing a piece of green in his hand.
"Wuya, what are you doing?" Hua Junhou looked at Hua An curiously and asked.
Hua An turned her head and smiled delicately: "Uncle, I'm curious about this peacock." This big bird was bought by my uncle? ”
"Hahahaha......" Hua Junhou walked to the cage, saw clearly that it was indeed a peacock, stroked his beard and smiled, "This peacock was sent by Yan'er's husband." Mr. Zhang is an interesting person, and he actually gave this kind of thing. Well, good! ”
"There is a great bird of Yan Fang, and the spirit and the instrument of coming. Yuli essence to stand tall, the south of the Dan acupoint. Dai Cuiyun is a cousin, and the forest of green ferns is drooping. The warping of the cutting tail is like a tailwind. Five-color dot note, Hua Yu is uneven. The scales are intertwined, and the literature is separated. Dankou Jinfu, Xuanmu Sugui. or Shu Yi Xuanzhi, Fen Xun Hongzi; Or hesitating and whining. Without thinking, Hua Xun read a passage of Wei Zhonghui's "Peacock Fu", and said with emotion, "It's really worth the name!" She carefully looked at the peacock's demeanor and said with a smile, "Mr. Zhang's gift to his father Hou Peacock is really heartfelt." ”
"Well," Hua Junhou touched his beard, thought for a moment, nodded, glanced at Hua Yan, who was speechless, sighed meaninglessly, and said, "Yan'er, do you want this peacock?" ”
Hua Xun, who was standing beside him with his hands down, his face stiffened, his expression changed slightly, and his clear eyes darkened.
Hua Junhou suddenly turned around again and said to her, "...... Or do you like it? ”
Hua Xun lowered his head and said with a smile: "Since my father intends to give it to Ah Zhi, how can I grab things from my younger brother when I am a sister?" ”
"Father, this is a gift from Mr. Zhang, besides, how can there be a reason for the younger brother and the eldest sister to snatch the gift......" Hua Yan heard Hua Xun's resignation, and she didn't know why, so she pretended to be a sister and brother, and she also pushed it away.
"If you don't want it, give it to me!" Hua An grabbed another handful of melon seeds from his bag, leaned on the edge of the cage and knocked the melon seeds, while watching the two of them push around, their eyes wandering around Hua Junhou and Hua Yan, and said lazily.
"Since Wuya has spoken, then give Wuya." Hua Junhou's face sank, and he glanced at Hua Yan unintentionally, and walked away with his hands behind his back.
Hua Yan naturally glanced at Hua Junhou and followed Hua Junhou behind.
Hua Xun had a white face, holding the cage, and forcibly calmed down.
"Eh, what's wrong with you?" Hua An saw that her face was wrong, and she couldn't understand what was going on, so she quickly helped Hua Xun.
"I'll talk about it later." Glancing back at the peacock that was combing its feathers, Hua Xun grabbed Hua An's hand, bit his lip, and forced himself to go to the yard.
When Hanaan sent Hana-kun back to the Mirror Flower Courtyard, Hanato was sitting in the courtyard looking at the messy pile of leaves on the ground.
"Hey, I said that fairy sister who looks fascinated on the ground, can you come and see me, who is so calamitous and frail and sickly, can you ask cousin Tang?"
Hua Du raised his eyes and looked at it, and there was a rare hesitation in his eyes.
Hua Xun sat next to Hua Du and poured a cup of warm tea, the heat was wafting away, and the tea bowl was shaken by Hua Xun's hand.
"What's wrong?" Hua Du asked, but he looked at Hua An.
"Look at the peacock, who knows what she's doing."
"It's okay, I'll rest...... Just take a break. Hua Xun tried to suppress his feelings, revealing a forced smile.
Hua Du clasped her hand and found that there was nothing serious, but she felt that her breath was disordered and her mind was disturbed, as if she was frightened.
Scare? Hua Du frowned and asked softly, "What peacock to look at, so frightened that it was so frightened?" ”
"Poof? Can a peacock scare her? She was still there just now. Hanaan waved his hand, denying the reason.
Hua Xun let the two of them speculate a lot around her, and she sat there silent, as if she was in shock. After a long time, the tea was cold, and she got up, and said with a tired face: "I haven't been in good shape recently, so I'll go back and rest first." Without waiting for the two of them to say anything, Hua Xun went back to the room first.
Hua Xun was full of speculation about Hua Junhou, and he was not in the mood to rest at all. But she thought about it for a while, and also had a way to deal with it, went to the study, let Bai Qian sharpen the ink, and began to write to Chu Yan with a solemn expression.
“…… Mr. Zhang's gift to his father Hou Peacock is really heartbreaking! Since ancient times, peacocks cherish their wings, Mr. Zhang intends to fight with me for the lord of the flower mansion, if my father can't see the meaning, it's just that, but Mr. Zhang clearly knows that his father can understand his meaning but let Ah Zhi give a gift, is this a warning to my father to cherish Ah Zhi, or to warn my father that I am too proud? Hua Xun threw away the pen, sat down in a chair in disappointment, closed his eyes, and sighed, "Or, signal to my father, when it is broken, it will be broken, and it will be disposed of to me?" She lowered her head and smiled bitterly, as if she felt that she was stepping on thin ice, and the river was surging under her feet, and if she was not careful, she would fall into the abyss and be buried at the bottom of the water.
This Ah Zhi is really step-by-step, and he is bound to share the victory and defeat with her.