38. Talk
Ah Hao went to Zhoufu to get a needle this time, and Dr. Li said that it would be almost the same next time he would get a needle again in a month. But the medicine continues to be drunk, at least for three months. So this time I opened a month's volume. But for the sake of the bean sprouts and orchid beans sent by Geng Qiu. Dr. Li actually gave them a bottle of pills in friendship, saying that it was to be taken in conjunction with the prescribed medicine.
After Ah Hao finished the needle, Ju's mother came to invite them, saying that the master wanted to meet him. The two of them had always been a little curious in their hearts, and they only listened to the master of the ceremony whose name was not his name, and when they saw Steward Zhou nodding secretly, it was obvious that it was okay to see him, so they followed Mother Ju away.
The two followed Ju's mother to the main courtyard and met the master of the Zhou Mansion in a flower hall. When Geng Qiu saw this person for the first time, he felt a sense of amazement. He has always known that Ah Hao is good-looking, but this Xianggong is even more charming. A pair of distant mountain eyebrows, a pair of Danfeng eyes, and more literati temperament than Ah Hao, with more maturity and calmness on his body, just like a clear spring, giving people an indescribable leisure, but also feeling unfathomable. He was just wearing an ordinary blue cotton robe with fur trim, and his black hair was only tied with a silver headband at random. Half-leaning comfortably in his chair, he was about twenty-seven or eighteen years old. Maybe because he is pregnant, his whole person is a little round, and his complexion is ruddy, which shows that he will be raised really well recently.
As soon as the master of the ceremony spoke, he said, "Thank you both." I am nearly 30 years old, and I can't imagine that I am lucky enough to conceive this child, and I thank you for your care in recent days. โ
"Don't dare to be." Geng Qiu and Ah Hao said in unison.
"This Brother Hao must also be a person who has been reading since childhood, and he writes this good hand." The master of the ceremony took the recipe that Ah Hao wrote down last time, obviously he appreciated this word very much.
"Xiaomin was literate and read and practiced martial arts when he was a child, but because of his family's downfall, he didn't study anymore. Then I had to go back to my hometown from the capital and live in this rural ravine," Ah Hao thought for a moment and said slowly.
"It's a pity that this is a good hand, didn't you think about going to the exam to make a name for yourself and revitalize your family business?"
"I think I've thought about it, but I haven't been to school for several years, and I've forgotten most of what I've learned, and I don't have any capital here, so I still talk about revitalizing the family business, but it's just a life." Ah Hao thought quickly in his heart, but he was talking nonsense expressionlessly. He knew that the Zhou Mansion must have checked his details. However, he was not worried that the Zhou Mansion would find out his true identity, after all, his current identity was well-documented and the procedures were complete, and it was a real identity.
Hearing his words, Master Yi stared at him a few times with a smile, Ah Hao suddenly had a feeling of being seen through under his gaze, but he was burdened with a deep hatred of blood, and he had already practiced a copper skin and iron bones, and he could completely control his expression, how could he show something at this time.
Master Yi didn't care, he saw Ah Hao as if he had seen him before, and he couldn't help but have a feeling of sympathy for Ah Hao. Of course, I also understand Ah Hao's concerns. In fact, he really wanted to pull Ah Hao. If that incident hadn't happened at the beginning, wouldn't he be free now, instead of being locked up in this courtyard for ten years.
He once thought that his life would be wasted in this courtyard. Unexpectedly, the sudden pregnancy gave him hope in his life again. For ten years, he had been living a decent life, and because of the child, he realized that he was only about to turn thirty. There is still a great life ahead, and some unrealized dreams can be realized slowly.
To be precise, he is twenty-eight years old this year, because he was born at the end of the year, he was one year old within a few days of birth, and then according to the imaginary age, he is thirty years old. He hadn't been in this courtyard for more than ten years, but just over eight years. It's just that those most brilliant youths have quietly slipped away.
"Nengwen knows martial arts, presumably you are not willing to be so abandoned in the countryside mud ditch." Master Yi's cold voice was like an arrow shot straight into Ah Hao's heart.
"Yes, I'm not reconciled, but what can I do?" Ah Hao's voice was a little sharp and trembling, he knew that his opportunity had come, but the sudden good thing made him have to be on guard.
"I'll get it straight. You were born in Kyoto, and you probably don't know much about the local area. My surname is Yu, and my name is Mingyi. My grandfather was born in Jinshi, and after returning to his hometown, he opened a small private school in the local area and became a teacher. Many of the children in this 100-mile radius have studied in my house when they were young, and there are not a few people who have gone out of this small private school. My husband, Master Zhou, the prefect of Jianghuai, is one of them. After falling in the middle of the road, I was the only one left to support myself. There's nothing to think about anymore. Now that I have an extra child, I finally have some hope in my heart. My eldest son will follow my surname Yu and inherit the Yu family. It's just that the Yu family has been in decline for more than ten years, and now there is only an empty old house and an old servant left. The resources of the Zhou Mansion will take care of the lady and young master in Jingli, not to mention that my child will not be surnamed Zhou, so I have to find some help for my child. Master Yi saw Ah Hao's defense, and spoke quite bluntly.
"What do you command?" Ah Hao was in his heart, he knew that this was an opportunity, but he didn't know what price he would have to pay.
"I don't think you're a doer. Sooner or later, I will be successful, I just hope that you can give me a little help when the time comes. I don't want him to be promoted and make a fortune, I just want him to grow up peacefully and inherit the Yu family in the future. โ
"But what if I can't make a name for myself? After all, I am now a commoner at the bottom, and I have already married and had children, and I am over twenty years old. Ah Hao asked rhetorically. It's not that he doesn't have confidence in himself, but he doesn't know how capable this master of honor is?
"That's my life, I've done my best, and I have a clear conscience. Anyway, I'm helping you now, and I just hope that my son will have more ways to retreat in the future. Although Mrs. Zhou and I have the same status and the children we have children are also sisters-in-law, she has the support of a high-ranking mother's family, and her son has long been an adult. For many years, I have been living here, and I have no choice but to do so. I don't want to see my son like me, so I can only hide here, helpless. โ
Hearing the conversation between Ah Hao and Master Yi, Geng Qiu had already made up the story of love and hatred between Master Yi and Master Zhou. He could see that Master Yi didn't trust Master Zhou, and this husband and wife were probably a typical example of the same bed and different dreams. I don't know, what is the relationship between Master Zhou and Mrs. Zhou? Anyway, he can't understand how multiple wives got along in ancient times, this Master Zhou enjoys the blessings of all people, there are wives and gentlemen, I don't know if there are any concubines?
But he knew very well that there was competition between the children of these different mothers. What's more, these are still two sisters-in-law of the same status and different mothers-in-law, maybe there was some hatred between the two? Therefore, the master of the ceremony does not trust his husband, but wants to find external forces. Obviously, Master Yi didn't like Master Zhou or even looked down on him.
Geng Qiu's brain was cheerful, and later, he didn't listen to the conversation between Ah Hao and Master Yi at all. This is a bloody drama that he has rarely seen in the almost year since he came here, and it is still alive in front of him, which suddenly adds great joy to his boring life.
Ah Hao was speechless by the master's straightforward words, and after a long time, this master only found him for some things in the inner house. However, he was thinking of coming to Zhou Fu to set a relationship, but this Zhou master is even more rare to see than this master of the ceremony. Now that Master Yi has spoken, he must have some ability, so he took it unceremoniously. It's just that he has experienced life and death, and now he has to be very cautious in everything he does, and after thinking about it, he is afraid that something will go wrong and cause irreparable consequences.
"How can I help my child?" He asked. I really don't know how to grasp this degree, maybe you feel that you have tried your best, but others think that you have not contributed, what should you do? He doesn't want to owe a bottomless pit of favors now, and he won't be able to pay it off in the future.
"Hehe, hehe, you're a man. I've said it so bluntly, what are you still worried about? Master Yi actually laughed. He found out that Ah Hao was actually a very interesting person, and he was also very straightforward and had a taste for him.
Master Yi himself dislikes the seven-bent and โกโก minds of Master Zhou and Mrs. Zhou very much, they have to think about everything they say and do, and they don't know if they are tired or not. In the Zhou Mansion before, he dealt with Mrs. Zhou with a trick, and directly said that he didn't understand. made her unable to go up or down in one breath, and her face turned pale with anger. Of course, he was still young and impulsive at that time, and he was not as mature as he is now, because he had been assassinated by Mrs. Zhou a lot, and he had never liked that woman anyway, including the children she gave birth to. Hypocritical, always thinking that they are smart, and treating others as fools, is meaningless at all.
"There's nothing I can do right now that can help you? The world is impermanent, and how can we make a conclusion about the future? I'm afraid that you will regret it too late in the future. Ah Hao emphasized his attitude. To be honest, he doesn't believe in this master of ceremonies now. It should be said that there are too few people who can make him believe now. has experienced too many betrayals, and he feels suspicious to everyone, not to mention that this master of the ceremony completely took the initiative to come to the door.
"Well, I don't have much to help you with these days, but I've got a few books to lend you here. Let's talk about the future. After speaking, the master sighed happily. Saying that he was also tired, the conversation ended.
When Ah Hao and the others left, Ju's mother gave them a bag of books. She didn't wait on the side during this conversation, and she didn't know what the master and Ah Hao said. I only know that these are the orders of the master early in the morning. She is a simple-minded person, only loyal to her master, and she will do whatever the master tells her to do? However, she actually heard the laughter of her master, and she was very happy that she hadn't heard him laugh for too many years. She knew that the master was very happy to see these two people, and the person who could make the master happy, she felt that he was a good person. So this time, her attitude towards Ah Hao and Geng Qiu was quite good, so good that the two of them were a little uncomfortable.