Chapter Forty-Seven: There is a Tiger in the Heart

Fortunately, the yellow eel incident was a false alarm, and when Hua Ling calmed down, Shen Laibao was ready to clean up the fish. I looked at the fish that had been rolling on the ground for a long time, and I didn't know where to start with a knife. The two squatted and watched for a long time, and finally went to call Ah Wulai.

Ah Wu cleaned up the fish quite skillfully, Shen Laibao set up a fire, threw the crab into it, skewered the shrimp, grilled it after a while, sprinkled with salt, and it tasted good.

The two of them stopped eating and eating in the back mountain for an hour, which was quite full of wine and food, and they were very satisfied. Before leaving, Shen Laibao fetched water to extinguish the fire, leaving no sparks at all, washing his hands, and then going back with Hualing.

Quickly entering the temple door, Hua Ling pulled him again, "It smells of barbecue." ”

After saying that, he shook his body like a puppy, and Shen Laibao shook with her while laughing. However, the smell of smoke and meat seemed to seep into every crevice of the clothes, and it was not clean.

"Why don't you sneak in quietly, take a shower and change your clothes."

Hua Ling also felt that this was the only way to hide from the world, so she sneaked in with him.

Who would have thought that as soon as she arrived at the door of the room, she was seen by the flower phoenix in the same room, and sniffed after catching her, "Bad girl, you don't call your aunt and grandmother when you eat meat, you have no conscience." ”

Hua Ling said curiously, "But Grandma, didn't you just tell Master Yunyou yesterday that you should have a Buddha in your heart?" ”

"But there is another sentence that wine and meat have passed through the intestines, and the Buddha has left it in his heart."

"Then why don't they eat it, Master Yunyou, anyway, they keep it in their hearts." Hua Ling suddenly, "I understand, my aunt's comprehension is higher than that of the master." ”

Hua Fenghuang chuckled, "Why is the little girl so serious, she looks like your mother, but her temper is like your father, and she will definitely be a headache when she grows up." ”

Hearing her say this about her father, Hua Ling shook her head and retorted, "Daddy doesn't give people a headache, the elders all say, aunt, grandmother, you are the most headache." ”

Hua Fenghuang said helplessly, "Okay, good, my aunt is wrong, I'll go and bring you water to bathe and wash away the smell of meat, don't be discovered by the abbot, this is not good." ”

Hua Ling also had this intention, and immediately went in to find clothes to freshen up. In the past, it was arranged by Mama at home, and she only had to be responsible for sitting in the bathtub. But after following my aunt and grandmother, I had to do everything by myself, which was really troublesome.

Hua Fenghuang closed the door and went to the kitchen with a bucket to fetch water. As soon as the man appeared from the corridor, he saw a thin man standing under the cypress tree in the courtyard. He was dressed plainly, with no bruised and swollen side face, and a mountain breeze blowing, which made him more handsome and scholarly. She looked at Ge Mingxiu leisurely, and passed by leisurely.

Ge Mingxiu saw that the beauty went over directly without asking him, and immediately ran away, "Aunt of the Hua family." ”

Hua Fenghuang stopped, "Oh, it turned out to be Uncle Ge, I didn't see you just now." ”

Ge Mingxiu didn't care if she really didn't see it or if she didn't see it, and handed her a handful of wildflowers in his hand, "The ones picked on the mountain are blooming well." ”

The flower phoenix did not pick up, the beautiful woman was pursued by many people, and since she was ignorant and sensible at the age of thirteen, she received countless flowers. Some fell from the sky and smashed her head, some threw them at her feet, and some handed it directly to her like this. After seeing more, I understand a truth - men who have not made deep friends send flowers, it must be because of her face, so she knows what they want from her.

She had a vague disgust in her heart, and said with a smile, "I don't love flowers, Uncle Ge doesn't go to the Buddhist hall, why did he come here." I still have something to do, so I'll take my leave first. ”

Ge Mingxiu threw the flowers far away, and when he saw her carrying a bucket, he must be going to fetch water, so he climbed over the railing and said, "Do you want to fetch water, I'll go, this kind of thing has to be done by men!" ”

Hua Fenghuang immediately hid the bucket behind his back, "It's really not necessary, I can lift it, and I carry hot water, and I have to burn it myself when I go to the kitchen." ”

"I'll boil water, too." Ge Mingxiu was bent on being courteous, so he leaned over and went to get the bucket behind her. But unlike other women, Hua Phoenix will dodge sideways, but he has a temper that rises to the challenge, and he doesn't avoid it when his head is close. As soon as Ge Mingxiu approached, his forehead was on her heart.

Hua Fenghuang froze suddenly, but Ge Mingxiu didn't notice it, if it weren't for his eyes full of "give me the bucket, give me the bucket", she really thought that he took the opportunity to play hooligan. She took a step back and held up the bucket with one hand, "If you grab me again, I'll hit you on the head." ”

Ge Mingxiu immediately became honest, he was really afraid that she would beat herself up again, "Then I'...... I'll go with you, in case you can't lift it? ”

The flower phoenix really wanted to lift him up and throw him on the cypress tree to hang, he shouldn't have used a beauty trick in the morning!

When it was almost time for lunch, Mrs. Shen obviously saw that her brother and the aunt and grandmother of the Hua family were much closer, and Hua Phoenix's suspicion was like a reserved move in her eyes, and her brother was very attentive. She was happy and sad at the same time, just because the two little ones who usually loved to eat didn't eat much.

Shen Laibao and Hua Ling had a full stomach, full of oil and water, and they were not hungry at all. It's just that they can't let the elders know, otherwise the two of them will be punished for kneeling and copying scriptures.

After lunch, Mrs. Shen sent her brother back to the room with the two children, and Ge Mingxiu felt strange how to hand over the children to him. He reluctantly glanced at the flower phoenix a few more times, and then grabbed the two children one by one and went back to take a nap.

Hua Fenghuang was also about to leave, but was stopped by Mrs. Shen's gentle voice, "Phoenix, I have something I want to ask you." ”

Hua Fenghuang sat down and said politely, "What does Mrs. Shen want to ask?" ”

Mrs. Shen smiled, "What do you think of my brother?" ”

Hua Phoenix, who was well versed in matchmakers' routines, immediately understood Mrs. Shen's thoughts, no wonder she smiled so gently just now, and dared to treat her as her own family. She pretended to think bitterly, "I'll tell you the truth, Mrs. Shen doesn't care." Your brother is a good looker, but ...... It looks like the shoulders can't be lifted and the hands can't be lifted, and it's very weak. That's it, the knowledge is not enough, by the way, the prince I met in the Great Moon Kingdom before is really knowledgeable and talented, and he is also good at martial arts. Speaking of which, he still wanted to marry me as a princess, but I politely refused. ”

Mrs. Shen, who originally wanted to ask further, had already attracted her attention with her last sentence, "Why did you refuse, princess, what a noble status, and Da Yue is no worse than our Da Yang." ”

Hua Fenghuang smiled, "Ordinary people, I don't look down on them." ”

Mrs. Shen was speechless for a moment, feeling that her brother was out of play. This princess doesn't do it, she thinks that the prince is an ordinary man, then her brother is a grain of sand in the world, and it is embarrassing to mention it. What's more, her brother is really not promising. The Shen family has been lonely a lot in the past ten years, and it is not as good as before. My brother has achieved nothing, and if I think about it carefully, I can't climb the Hua family.

She felt a pity, and Hua Fenghuang said again, "What's wrong with Mrs. Shen?" ”

Mrs. Shen is also an upright person, and she doesn't want to hide nonsense, so she said, "I originally wanted to ask you what you think of my brother, and if you think it's good, I'll tell you about marriage." But now there is no hope...... It's a pity that I've never seen my brother care for a girl like this. ”

Flower Phoenix smiled in her heart, haven't you seen it? I'm afraid I haven't let you see it as a sister. Otherwise, how could Ge Mingxiu be so attentive to her, but she had only met twice, and on the first side, she beat him up and embarrassed him in public. Did you fall in love at first sight when you were beaten?

She didn't believe it.

She also politely said that it was a pity, and tactfully said that it was impossible for the two of them, so she interrupted Mrs. Shen's thoughts. When she was almost done, she made an excuse to leave. As soon as I got up, I saw a shadow on the ground, as if someone was hiding behind the door. She frowned, her expression was blank, and she stepped forward and leaned over to raise her hand to slash the eavesdropper. But his hand froze in mid-air, just because this person was Ge Mingxiu.

Ge Mingxiu's overly pale face was a little panicked, "I, I didn't mean to eavesdrop, I just came back, and when I heard you mention me, I couldn't move my legs." ”

He was so panicked and embarrassed that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet. Hua Fenghuang was also really embarrassed, she didn't want Ge Mingxiu to hear it at all, after all, some things were too much to say - although she was stating the facts, she could let the parties hear it, and she was afraid that it would become a sharp sword.

The two were embarrassed for a while, and Mrs. Shen hurriedly came out to play a round, and the two broke up.

When Hua Ling took a nap, he listened to Hua Feng say that he would go home from the mountain later. The news came unexpectedly, and after Hua Ling washed up, she went to find Shen Laibao.

Shen Laibao had already heard what Uncle Ge and Hua Fenghuang had said, and now he was in such a hurry to leave, which showed that he was really embarrassed at that time. He called Ah Wu to take the four nurses to send them out, and when he left, he said to Hua Ling, "I'll go home soon, you feed Feiyang for me first." ”

Hua Ling nodded seriously, thinking that he would have to stay here for a few more days, and thinking that he still had to drink clear soup and little water, so he said, "Brother Noble, you have to remember to catch fish every night, don't go hungry." ”

Shen Laibao smiled, "Got it." ”

Hua Ling was quite reluctant, took two steps and looked back at him. When he was picked up by the flower phoenix on the horse, he looked at his face. Shen Laibao couldn't bear to see the parting eyes, how could it be as if he was going to be separated for a long, long time, and he would be able to see each other in half a month.

Hua Ling still left in the end, Shen Laibao looked at it for a while before going back, and when he entered the temple gate, he saw someone standing next to him standing by the wall and looking out, he wanted to call Ge Mingxiu, but he held back.

Hanging Erlangdang's uncle doesn't seem to be like that at this time.

Could it be that he really fell in love with the flower phoenix at first sight?

But a woman with a character like Hua Phoenix would not fall in love with Ge Mingxiu.

Shen Laibao sighed with emotion in his old life, and went into the house to concentrate on chanting Buddha with Mrs. Shen. Without Hua Ling by his side, it was really deserted again, and he didn't even have the heart to catch fish. If you catch no one to share, it's better to eat tofu and cabbage.

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After a month and a half, the Shen family returned to Mingzhou in a majestic manner. Shen Laibao sat in the carriage, pinched his arms and calves, and felt that he had lost a lot of weight. However, except for the old lady of the Shen family who loves her grandson, no one should find out. Forget about Daddy Shen, he can't wait for himself to be able to train all his muscles, and he doesn't want him to become a little chubby.

But it's clear that he has eaten a fat mound himself.

I don't know if Hua Ling has arrived home, according to Hua Phoenix's personality, she may turn around halfway and take her to play elsewhere.

It took a few more days to get home, and Master Shen was still doing business outside, so Mrs. Shen and Shen Laibao went to say hello to Mrs. Shen first. Old Mrs. Shen was already in good spirits, and she was also happy to see her grandson, who was thinking about her for a long time, and pulled him to him and said that he had lost weight, and hurriedly instructed the kitchen to prepare big fish and meat.

Shen Laibao came out of his grandmother's room, and asked someone in the family, "Are the grandmothers of the Hua family next door and Hua Ling back?" ”

The servant said, "I came back ten days before you." ”

Shen Laibao was relieved, so he went back to the room to wash and lie down to rest. When I slept until the afternoon, I always felt as if there was a slight movement outside the door. He lay down for a while before getting up, washed his face, and opened the door to see what the sound was. When I opened the door, I saw Ah Wu standing there, with a helpless face and a gesture below. When he looked down, he saw a small ball squatting on the ground and throwing stones.

Five stones were held by the little hands and spread to the ground, Hua Ling grabbed one and threw it gently, and quickly picked up one on the ground, the one that was thrown was almost on the ground and landed firmly in the palm of her hand. The little hands are too small, and they can't catch two of them, so they spread them out again and come again.

It turned out that the person who kept making the sound of rustling just now was Hua Ling, but Shen Laibao didn't have the gas to get up, and squatted beside her to watch her play quietly. looked at it and smiled, and the laughter caused Hua Ling to find his cunzài, turn his head and look at him, and show his face when he saw him, "Brother Grandbao, you finally woke up." ”

Shen Laibao flicked her pigtails, "Well, when did you come?" ”

"Just here." Hua Ling said again, "Brother Noble, didn't you catch fish and eat well, you have lost a lot of weight." ”

Shen Laibao touched his face, "Just a little." ”

Hua Ling pinched his face, and then pinched his own face, "It's clear that I've lost a lot of weight." She took his hand and said, "Brother Laubao, let's go eat duck neck with sauce and make up for your meat." ”

Shen Laibao smiled, it seemed that in addition to his grandmother, there were others who could notice that he had lost a lot of weight.

"Let's go, go eat meat."

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In the blink of an eye, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Academician Nachang officially took over the position of the cave master of Moxiang Academy, and as soon as he took over, Shen Laibao and Hua Ling also returned to the academy.

Master Changdong is very old-fashioned, and in Shen Laibao's opinion, he is not a drastic person, but the atmosphere is indeed much better than before. There was a former academician of the Hanlin Academy, and Father Shen felt that his son had come to the right place, so with a wave of his hand, he donated 3,000 taels of silver to the academy.

Towards the end of the year, Father Shen sent another thousand taels and a hundred quintals of grain, filling the academy's granary.

The first silver snow of the year fell in Mingzhou in the wax moon, and the roofs were sprinkled like cotton wool overnight, and the streets were not visible, and they were covered in silver everywhere.

Hanazu is afraid of the cold, and because she is afraid of trouble, she hates winter very much. Just because the word trouble is written everywhere in winter, I have to wear a lot of clothes in the morning, three layers inside and three layers outside, and I have to hold a small incense burner to warm my hands everywhere, and I have to pour out the ashes inside from time to time. There was also a carriage out of the house, the door was closed tightly, but the cold wind was still blowing in.

On the contrary, Shen Laibao likes winter very much, and when he found that he was like a little fire man who was not afraid of fire, he appreciated this body for the first time.

When he went out in the morning to wait for Hua Ling, he saw a little fat dun moving this way, if it weren't for the fact that person was indeed Hua Ling, Shen Laibao thought that the Hua family had a second daughter. He looked at the flower bell that was reluctant to step on the snow in every step, as if he had been wrapped in layers of zongzi clothes and twisted his little brows, and suddenly laughed.

Seeing that his daughter took three steps and stopped one step, Liao simply picked up her daughter and stuffed her into the car, and added a small stove to her.

When she arrived at the academy, Shen Laibao got out of the carriage to pick her up and gave her his stove. Hua Ling took a bunch of stoves and went in, causing others to look sideways, she didn't care at all, as long as it was warm.

"Brother Noble Treasure, my aunt and grandmother will leave the day after tomorrow."

Shen Laibao said unexpectedly, "But then leave after the New Year?" ”

Hua Ling replied, "My father said the same thing, but my aunt and grandmother said that if they let people who came to visit relatives and friends see it during the Chinese New Year, they would definitely nag her, so I didn't stay." ”

Shen Laibao understands that there are marriage urging families in any era. The flower phoenix is not easy to turn around, and it can't convince them, so it can only hide, and it is also a good strategy to retreat.

When they arrived at the fork in the road, Hua Ling and Shen Laibao separated and walked to their small class. After walking more than ten steps, she heard someone shouting to herself behind her, and when she looked back, she was covered by a big snowball, and then she was pushed down. She wiped the snow off her face with a "bang", and the incense burner in her hand also rolled to the ground, but fortunately it was sturdy, and the charcoal fire in it was not thrown out.

Before she could see who it was, she was covered with snow again, and she shivered with cold. She yelled, "I know your name. ”

Chai Qi thought that she would not be seen if she attacked her with snow at the beginning, when did she see it? He panicked, pulled two followers and ran away.

Where did Hua Ling see who it was, her eyes would still hurt. She sat on the ground and covered her eyes, smoking her eyes with the heat of her palms, trying to look forward, and even the figure was gone.

When she got up, she found that her pants were a little wet, because although the incense burner was not dumped by charcoal, the heat smoked the snow on the ground, which happened to be next to her. She twisted her pants and unexpectedly wrung out the water. She was very angry in her heart, and she was teased for some reason.

At this time, the bell of the academy has sounded, although the body is a little cold, but there is no time to go home to change, Hua Ling endured it and went to the small class, and endured until noon, and the classmate called her to eat, but saw that her little face was pale, and her forehead was frighteningly hot.

Hua Ling and Shen Laibao are neighbors, and all the gentlemen know that they come back together every day, and there are no other Hua family members in the academy, so someone went to call Shen Laibaolai.

Shen Laibao heard that Hua Ling was sick, and ran to see her before she finished eating. Hua Ling had just fallen asleep after taking the medicine, when the female doctor saw him and said, "I heard that someone pushed her down on the road and wiped the snow on her face, so she caught a cold." I asked who I was seeing, but they cowered and wouldn't say. ”

As soon as the doctor finished speaking, he saw Shen Laibao running out with a blue face.

People who can do such despicable things in this academy, Shen Laibao knows without thinking about it. When he came out of the house, he saw a student looking in the courtyard, but when he saw that he was looking away, he stepped forward and asked, "Who did it?" ”

But no one answered, and no eyewitnesses were found.

Shen Laibao was furious in his heart, without eyewitnesses, he couldn't prove that it was Chai Qi, and if he couldn't prove that it was Chai Qi, there was no way to punish him in the right way.

That certainly doesn't mean he's left alone.

Shen Laibao walked on the snow, his mind was heavy, and he vaguely noticed that someone was smiling at him, he looked over there, it was Chai Qi and his two little followers who looked at him, smiling proudly and arrogantly, with a look of what you can do with me.

The smile was full of provocation, as if he wished that he would go over and do something.

Chai Qi thought that he would not come, after all, he was only alone, and there were three of them. Who would have thought that Shen Laibao came to him, his face was gloomy like a dark cloud, as if there was a stormy wave coming to the sky. The three people who were still laughing couldn't laugh anymore, and they all went into a state of alert.

Shen Laibao walked up to Chai Qi step by step, and said word by word, "Do you think that people are good at being bullied, and it is expected that Hualing and I will not fight back, so we are so unscrupulous?" ”

Chai Qi smiled, "Shen Laibao, you are too arrogant, if you hadn't made me ugly under the loquat tree and was laughed at, I wouldn't have done anything to a little girl." But if you can't find a witness, then you can't slander me, we're scholars. ”

Shen Laibao nodded, "Yes, reader, fighting is insulting." ”

- But how can the debt not be repaid?

Chai Qi guessed wrong again, he thought that Shen Laibao came over aggressively to fight with him, but he left after saying this. It took him a while before he breathed a sigh of relief, and laughed out loud, "What are you pretending." ”

He was disdainful of Shen Laibao, and because he didn't dare to fight back, he was excited to plan the next plan, and his heart was very beautiful.

When it came to Shen Shi to put the hall, he had already brewed three ways to torture Shen Laibao and the stinky girl, each of which was more exciting than the other. He walked slowly outside, almost happy at the thought of tomorrow. Before he could get into the car, a snowball was thrown at his waist. He frowned suddenly, "Who threw it?!" ”

As soon as the end of the note fell, another snowball fell on his neck, and the snow shattered around his neck and rolled into it, making him shiver with cold. He looked up again and shouted angrily, but he was stunned.

It seems that with him as the axis, there are people holding snowballs in all directions, and they are all people from Moxiang Academy. There are only a few people in the small class of the big class who pass by and don't stop, and they are basically in his direction. It seemed that seeing him, everyone hesitated slightly, and they didn't know who shouted, "One person smashes one, one smashes one or two", and suddenly snowballs flew towards him. His face and arms were beaten, and it was cold and painful, and he was so angry that he jumped to his feet. But it doesn't matter where you run, there are people everywhere.

Master Changdong heard a lively sound at the gate of the academy, listened carefully, and said with emotion, "Winter snow is very good, very good." ”

Hua Ling also rested and came out with Shen Laibao, she saw that there was a lively snowball fight over there, and her heart was a little itchy, but Shen Laibao grabbed her hand tighter, and said with a smile, "Let's go play another day." ”

He pursed the corners of his lips slightly and glanced over there, there were hundreds of people in the academy, even if there were only a hundred people involved, there would be a hundred snowballs. said that if you don't smash it on the head, the clothes are thick, and you can't kill it, but it can also make him freeze, which can be regarded as revenge for Hua Ling.

The money I made in the mountain villa on Tanabata finally found a place to spend it, and it was worth it!